The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-02
Time-Keeper and Announcer
for Big Championship Fight
Named Friday.
TEX POSITIVELY WILL
REFEREE THE CONTEST
Reno Much Perturbed by Ru-
mors, Most of Which Prove
to Be False.

RENO, New, July With the ap
pointment today of the timekeeper ant
the announcer, The circle of ringsid'
officialdom for the Fourth Of July bat
lie between Jcffries and Johnson, upor
championship of the world, was com
pIcted, The officials are;
Tex Richard of Nevada. referee.
Charles White of New York, alternate
referee
George F. Harting of San Francisco
limckceper.
Billy Jordan Of San Francisco, an.
nouncer,
''Tim " Sullivan of New York, stake.
holder.
Tom Corbctt of San Francisco, bet.
ling commissioner.
Despite inc persistence of rumors tina:
Rickard does not intend 10 actually ref
cree the contest. no tangible ground for
rhe report could be discovered Rick
ard himself denied emphatically that
he had any intention of stepping down
nj the last minute in favor of the New
Yorker.
Rickard Will Referee.
o.
"and ! am going to do the referceing
Here (Rirkard reached into his pocket
and produced roll Of bills). Just bet
that $500 for me that I referee the
fight. That's how ] feel about it,
'Of the fight officiais named above
Ill but Jordan are az the ground. Hart
ing and Sullivan arrived today.
'' have $4,000 of the purse none :
now III my hauds, SAID Sullivan. "and
tho resi- will be turned over TO me to-
morrow -
Rickard WAS at the depot TO meet
Sullivan. After brief conference the
pair climbed into an automobile and
set out for .Icffrics S camp. Five mem
hers Of Sulivan's party accompanied
them.
When the machine drew up in front
Of .Ieffries s cottage, the FIGHTER came
forward.
Hello, Tim, he said. extending his
hand.
'IIIcllo. Jeff. . rcnlicd Sullivan. ~
wish you all kinds Of luck, boy.'
Af,cr few moments OF, talk with
The big man, Rickard and Sullivan
whlrled over tho dusty road TO John
sen s quarters They arrived lust after
the champion returned from his after
noon road work. The greeting between
Sullivan and johnson was cordial. and
after an interchange of remarks the
two officials FASTENED back TO the city.
Reno was much pcrturbed today by
rumors. They were flying everywhere,
runlors about .Ieffries, rumors about
Johnson, .rumors about Rickard and the
referee Job, rumors about everything
and everybody directly or indirectly
connected with the fight.
Many Rumors Afloat.
Taking the Jcffrics rumors in chron.
n NO hrS l.,
at noon he ruptured blood vessel in
his elbow, and at 3 clock in the after
noon he underwent an operation for
appendicitis.
In spite Of all this hard luck. JEFF.
ries was sufficiently recovered at D
o'clock TO look up from a game of cards
and drawl:
"WeIl, so long as [ am all right on
Monday afternoon, IT don cut much
it?', '"' u'''
The only real afniction to come upon
.loftrles during the day was one which
threatened his pocket book. A suit
for $4,000 attorneys fees was filed
against him in the district court by the
local lawyers who drew up the CON
tract conveying the fighters share IN
tho moving pictures to an eastern syn
dicate. The lawyers alleged that be
cause of the terms of the contract
with the syndicate IS representative,
they were entitled to at least $4,000,
They argued that since by the contract
,jeffries and his partner in the deal.
Tex Rickard, would get $4,000 in good
hard money as soon as the first gong
tapped on Monday. and that even if
no blow was struck in The fight, that
$66,000 belonged TO Tex and Jim abso.
mtcly. and they could throw it at the
birds if they liked, $4,000 did not look
very big after all
Matter Is Adjusted.
Rickard said later in the day that
the matter had been adjusted The
lawyers said that II had not They
admitted, however, that it was liable
To be settled at any moment. There
were numerous conferences at the law.
yers' Offices during the day and Rick
ard did not appear worried i'm the
cast, SO it is supposed it was all SCI
led 10 his satisfaction or would be
lnv moment,
Another of the flock of rumors that
electrified into life the corps of news
paper men and sports that dotted the
shady side Of Center street was one
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