The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
Chief EXECUTIVE 81 California
Denounces Fights and
Piize Fighters
WOULD STOP BATTLE
IF HE WERE ABLE
Saws it l. a Scheme To Make
Money Out of the Cred
Utility of the Peo-
pie.

CHICAGO. ILL., June Ali prize
fights are fakes. don't want to have
anything TO de with them or with
anybody who has any interest in
them"
Governor J. y. GinetL Of Califor-
MIA, thus expressed himself to-day In
United Press when questioned about
an interview in which he had declared
the JeTrfcs- johnson hsht IS
frame up"
Governor Gillette denounced dsti-
cuffs fer prize money.
He criticised ths American public
sor taking more interest In prize
lights than ia national questions.
The governor said he would gladly
stop the coming battle for the world
championship II ne could, hut that
ali sorts ei frauds are allowed and
nobody has the power to stop them
ssssoirte tiTYse- mans ptiA4te-Ttev-=
aoslt agree with his prlavet attitude.
Now that my private VIEWS nave Uy-
come public, | don care "a continental
what ANYBODY, thinks about them.
kfsow what / think, ] mink that every
prize fight is a fake. This Jeffrtes-
johnson fight Is simply 4 scherne to
make lot of money out OF the credu-
lity OF the people,
anybody with the least sense knows
the whites of this country won't allow
Johnson or any other niger to win
the worlds championship from JEFF
fries. They simply wont stand for
ii. johnson knows that. He ts no
fool lie knows that to win that fight
ne would have TO whip every white
man AZ the ring side. SO he has agreed
to lay down for the money. Why, he
would no more think OF trying TO
knock Jerries out than he would of
trying "a stop a bolt of lightning. Not
that he might rot be- able 10 do II. But
| know he woulG not only have to
whip Jeffries hut the spectators, the
police and every white man that could
get at him.
When the big championship battle
ia ended on July 4th, every white
mar In this country will be told that
a white man has demonstrated the
physical superiority of hts race over that
of a rival race, and every one who
has no sense will rejoice In the vic
tory after vindicating tho conf
denee In him Jeffries will retire and
johnson make more money out OF the
creduious fools OF the country.
There was no chance to get JEFF
fries back into the ring until he was
assured that he would win, Jeffriek
does not need the money and while
he may patriotic and willing to bear
the white mans burden, there were
toc many chances for him lie had
nothing 20 gain. Johnson on the other
hand had little To lose and prospect
OF getting Of lot of money.
suppose the whole affair were not
a 'frame-up' What chance has John
son to get away with a victory None
at all. He would knock himself out
II he had TO avoid winning.
THE Jeffrtes Johnson night is what
= race track toot calls a lead pipe
cfrch'
when the time comes johnson will
lose.
81 would like TO interfere if ! could
n I>~had the power ia QUICKLY stor
the fake but all kinds OF frauds are
permitted by law and nobody can
stop them. Foot races and rrize Nights
are two OF the worst OF these frauds
The only thing that viii Justify my
Interference would be II riot and
don't think that viii occur"