Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-18
BIG FIGHT
is SURE TO
TAKE PLACE
III STOPPED in ALAMEDA COUN-
TY SCENE OF BATTLE WILL
BE TRANSFORMED TO SAN
FRANCISCO, SAYS RICHARD.

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San Francisco, May 1S.-Fight
Promoter Jack Gleason today admit
ted that there is great possibility
that the Jeffries-Johnson fight will
not be held at Emeryville July 4. He
said that the preponderance Of feel
ing among the merchants and resi-
dents of Alameda county is against
holding the fight at Emeryville.
Rickard said that he had not def
nitely decided where the mill will be
staged, but that San Francisco will
have first choice. Several other
places in California have made offers
for the fight.
Point Richmond, where Nelson and
Wolgast fought, and Marysville,
which has offered to give license
free and build an arena, are being
considered by the promoters.
THAT the fight will take place is
the greatest certainty in the world"
said Gleason, and that it will take
place in California is an equal cer-
tainty. We are well within the law,
and nothing can stop the contest.
'The only question now is as to
where the boxers will meet. 1 ap-
preciate the fact that the air of un-
certainty regarding the battle
ground that has suddenly developed
is not doing us any good, but within
the next 4S hours it will have been
definitely swept away. Emeryville
can have the fight if it wants it, and,
if the merchants of Alameda county
do not see their way clear to giving
us support, then it is up TO us to go
elsewhere.
1--WE can come to San Francisco,
am sure, but we want to give Emery
vile every possible chance. 1t is not
that we fear that the district attor-
ney of Alameda county can stop us,
but if we cannot get the support that
we think we are entitled to in con-
junction with plain statement from
the district attorney over here, in
stead of an evasive Interpretation of
the law, which would only tend to
create lasting feeling of uncertain
ty on the outside, then, as business
men, we must go where we can find
the smoothest sailing
"If we decide to come to this city
the question of site and permit will
have to be gone into to the end that
all hands are satisfied. We can Sc
cure the July permit, but have not
gone deeply enough into details to
say whether we will or will not ar.
range to take it off the hands Of Jim
Griffin, who, by rotation in the issu-
ance of permits, falls heir to the priv
ilege for that month. We have
number of local sites in mind, but
are not considering the arena that
Louis Blot proposes to erect on the
lot at Eighth and Howard, as it will
not accommodate the crowd that we
expect the big fight to draw.
81 have had no intimation as to
what District Attorney Fickert's at
titude will be in the event that we
come to San Francisco, bu l know
that he is capable of interpreting the
law, which gives us the right to con
duct a limited round boxing contest,
which we have contracted with jeff
ries and Johnson to engage in.
I'VE continue to receive seat res
ervations, and, where they are ac-
by check or postal order,
we are issuing certificates indorsed by
our bank, making them as good as
government bond. If there is no fight
(and l will stake my life that there
will be) these certificates can be re-
deemed at their fun face value"