Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-17
Despite Governor Spry's State
ment That it Will Not
Occur in Utah.
HAS CLOSED WITH LANGF0RD
Another Meeting This Afternoon to Go
Over DetaIls-Somc Schemes
To Evadc the Law.

Jcffries, whilom champion or them all
and LIT Ahthuh' johnson. the big Tex
as negro. is going TO take place in Salt
Lake. and you can put that in your
inetaphoncal pipe and smoke il
1t was simply a remark OF Tex Rick
ard this morning In little out-of-the-
way place after he had agreed to terms
with ], E. Langford. manager OF The
SalteIr Beach company. At o'clock
this afternoon there is TO be another
conference at which the ways and
means. and few other matters will be
considered.
The fact OF the matter is that Tex
Iiickard has chip on his shoulder,
elevated TO that Struggling point by
tclcgrapnic reports which cast reilec-
lions upon statements made by him.
II put down thousands In gold in New
York 10 get me the match" remarked
the Nevada promoter. mining man.
gitmblcr. and what not And | am
ready to put up the rest of that Sl0l, coo
II II is asked for at any time. That
scrap Is going To come to Salt Lake and
San Francisco amt In II for a minute.
There has been a whole lot OF talk over
The wires. but l am taking all of 1t
with great big grain OF salt"
And that Is the dictum of the man
with the iron jaw, the man who when
he went broke" was able to COM
mand all sorts OF money to put him
on his feet, the man who pulled of
the battle between CAM and Nelson
at Goldneld in the face of all sorts
OF predictions about his inability, the
man is In Salt Lake at the present
time and says thar Salt Lake Is to
have the fight.
OPPOSED TO FIGHT.
In opposition to all of this Is the
telegraphlc assertion of Governor Spry
that the fight cannot take place in
Utah. according To the laws OF the
state There is also said To be an op-
position locally. OF just what dimen-
sions cannat be said, but it is mensur-
ed legally The result OF the warning
OF the clans cannot be determined. The
cohorts who are behind the fighters
claim that the contest can be held.
There are intunctIons and all sorts
OF other things which enter into the
controversy. The fight promoters con-
template getting out writs against
everybody from the governor down
to the most Insignificant constable in
the county. should any action be con-
templated against the proposed exhi-
bition. They aver that the law gainst
prize fightlng-for tho veneer has been
removed and II has como to common
parlance-is an old statute which does
not cover the proposed exhibition and
there Is no law in Utah statutes
case OF the recent CONTEST In ogden.
for instance
TEST CASE PROPOSED.
The lighting contingent has all sorts
OF legal opinion arrayed behind 1t. Not
n line of Utah law but what has been
scanned with discerning mind look
ing for loopholes, and the fighters have
been advised to go ahead In the event
of the defeat OF inJunctlons. 1t Is PLAN
ned to bill as "prizefight' an cxhibi-
tion which is to be staged shortly In
event OF an arrest, the court Will be
asked for a decision. In case of ad-
versi,y. the program Is to take 1t up
TO the supreme court and hold other
like contests awaiting the decision of
the upper court.
There are other WAYS which have
been considered and which arc up the
sleeves of those behind the guns But
there IL an air of certainty about those
who are supposed to know Just what
is doing Tex Rickard Is not talking
much for publication but at 4 O'Clock
this afternoon he is expected to put
his final fist" to the document which
Is expected To bring the greatest pu-
gilistic encounter of all times to Salt
Lake.
PLEDGES MADE.
This morning. in a two-hour con-
ference at the Knutsford hotel. Rick.
ard absolutely pledged himself TO stage
the big exhibition al Salt Lake, He
was closctcd with j. Z. Langford. man
aGer OF the Saltair Beach company
and number OF others who arc vital
~ Interested. and an agreement was
reached. This was concluded with the
exception OF drawing up the articles.
which VIII be signed this afternoon nj
O'Clock. according 10 Mr.. Langford
LANGFoRD's STATEMENT
AZ the conclusion OF this meeting the
following statement was issued nv Mr.
Langford, after having been carefully
pcrused by Mr. Rickard:
Yes, ] closed the contract with Mr.
Rickard this morning. By the terms ~
tne contract We furnish him the Salt
air saucer track on which to hold Tho
big contest Mr.. Richard agrees with
me that this Is absolutely rho hos,
place in tho world for an athlete oxh,N
billion OF this kind IL has tha I'd
vantage OF q roof I'm case of rain n,
storm and at the samo time has nlo,,,,,
OF light for the moving pictures W.
wlll rearrangc the seating capacity 10
take caro- of $1,000 peoplc, ever. one NJ
whom will have n clear ana unoh-
structed view OF the ring. | believe thJ.
many Will be present If II ~ shown
there VIII be moro we viii make our
preparations to take care OF as MANY
as may come ''s
Now for the terms We give Mr.
Rickard the use of the coliseum ahsn.
lutely free OF charge We cxpect 10
bring at least 100. 600 extra peonle ~
Salfalr this summer as A result of thls
contest You can see. therefor thai n
IS perfectly good business proposition
for us. but the real desire TO bring tbc
contest to Saltair Is for the adveTtisa.
ment IT VIII give our resort throuvb-
out the civilized world. This win h.,
invaluable to US for yclrs to come
we VIII have PEOPLE stopping over
IN Utah and Salt Lake To visit SoitaIr
In order TO see the place where Tho
FAMOUS contest was held No anoun,
oil money. no matter how spent FOR ad
vertislng. would bring SaltaIr hefor,
the world like a contest OF this k,nd
In fact We believe any city In tho ,vori1
could well afford to pay Mr.. Rjekard =
big bonus for the advertisement and
business II would bring to them"