Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-16
Nevada is Now Only State in the Union
Where Contest Can Be Held and
May Be Successful in Secur-
ing the Great Bout.

| The Jeffries camp Was in an up
roar this afternoon as result of
the governors order TO stop the
Fourth of July fight. Jeffries said
the articles of agreement signed by
Johnson and himself were the same
as were signed for every other
fight ever fought in California and
he couldn't understand why the
governor wanted to stop the fight
at this late day. Jeffries also stat
ed he would continue training un-
til informed by the promoters that
the affair could not come off.
CARSON CITY, New, June 49,.
That the law of Nevada would per-
nit the Jeffries Johnson fight to
take place in this state was the
statement made tonight by JUS
tice Sweeney of the Supreme court
when the question was put to him
in the absence of Governor Dick
erson. With only the formality of
obtaining a license for which 81 900
must be deposited, he said the fight
could be held in any county of the
state without fear of interference.
| The law permitting contests for an
unlimited number of rounds in Ne
vada was passed for the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight and was never
amended or repealed
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June
15.-Governor Spry hes declared re-
peatedly the laws of the state dis
tinctly prohibited a prize fight and
he would use his authority to en-
force the laws.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.-
Johnson when informed of the ac-
tion of the governor said he didn't
care where the fight was held and
that he was willing to go to any
place the promoters agreed upon.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15-"I've
nothing to add to my letter to At
tcrney General Webb. My position
is fully set forth therein" said
Governor Gillett 81 shall file a
petition with the superior court
within two or three days asking
for temporary restraining order
against the Johnson-Jeffries fight
principals and promoters said At
torney General Webb.
"We will not contest the action
of the court if the first ruling goes
against us. 1t will then be Reno
or Ely, Nevada, or Salt Lake." said
Tex Rickard.
Looks like the game is off here,
but we may hold the Langford-
Kaufman fight next Saturday for
all that" said Louis Blot.
Looks like the finish" 81 see
no way to contest it, The governor
represents both the civil and mill
tary authority of the state. They
have put crimp in the game in
California" was the statement oi
James Coffroth, the promoter of the
Ketchel-Langford bout for July 2
These utterances epitomize to-
} night the expression of what the
sporting circles believe to be the
final farewell of pugilism in Cal
ifornia. The seat sale for the fight
on July now totals $140,000 il
cash and according to Rickard ex
penses have been incurred tha
reach nearly 100000.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-Th'
move by the stats authorities O.
California to stop the Jeffries
Johnson fight, it is believed, il
Washington, had It's origin in |
5 telegram that Representative Ben
: nett of New York sent to William
$ Wheeler, president of the San Fran
cisco chamber of commerce on Ma,
2S. The telegram was to the eff
feet that the moral sentiment o
the country was so opposed to tn
: Ugh that. rnie-- prevented the: