The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1910-03-10
TRAINING CAMPS
ARE PICKED
Big Scrappers Will Get
To Work Within Next
Seven Weeks.
FIGHT SITE 0. X.

New York, March 9-(Spl)-The selec-
tion of the Emcryville race track near
Oakland, which is across the bay from
San Francisco for the Jeffries-JChnson
fight on July !, is the result of some fine
diplomacy by hickard and Gleason, the
promoters, who have refused to be held
up by certain individuals in the earth
quake city.
1t is understood that Rickard was in
formed ten days ago that he could have
a permit to hold the fight in Frisco for
5000 cash and thirty per cent of the
money in excess OF the purse and eN-
penses. Rickard refused to be held up in
this manner, with the result that when
Thomas H. williams. owner Of the EN-
eryVille track, received a hint that he
could get the fight, he jumped at a
chance to recover the losses incurred by
the race meeting which has been running
at Oakland all winter.
Emeryville is a township which in
cludes the race track property. 1t has It's
vor of the officials of Alameda county.
The track can be reached by large boats
running from Frisco in about % min
utes, the battle ground being about as
far from the earthquake city as Staten
Island is from the Battery. The boats
are equipped with dining rooms and can
transport many passengers.
The grand stand on the track has room
for $780, but new stands will be con.
structed to accommodate thirty thousand
more at least, Riclard says. The ring
will be pitched in the intied not far away
from the judges stand and the crowd
will surround it on all sides. As the track
IS outside the city limits the law per-
mits a 45-rouud fight.
Jeffries and Johnson when notified
Wednesday that the battle ground had
been selected expressed satisfaction with
the plans. Jeffries, who is in Los An
EelCs, said he would have refused to fight
outside California. He confirmed the re-
port that he had chosen a place in the
mountains near Santa Cruz for his reg
ular training camp and said he would be-
gin active work on April l.
Johnson has already engaged quarters
near San Francisco and will begin train
ing on May IS. Big Tim Sullivan, the
permanent stakeholder, received tele-
gram from Rickard stating that Emery
vile had been finally chosen and that
work on the big arena would begin as
soon as the winter race meeting ends
early in April. Rickard also declared
there was nothing left to be done except
ing the posting of the entire sum and Sc
lection Of a referee.
Charles Eyton of Los Angeles, Jack
Welsh of San Francisco. and Eddie
Smith, who judged the Meteorological
and Murphy-Moran fights. are the fore
most candidates for the position of third
man in the ring. It is understood that
the referee must he a native son and as
johnson is strongly in favor of Welsh he
may be the man.
It is conceded that San Francisco fail,
ed to get the fight because of the atti'
tude of John l.. HeTget, one of the SUI
pervisors. 1t is well known that Her.
get tried to dictate to Rickard and Glea'
son by insisting that a club managed by
Sam Fitzpatrick should stage the mill
As Rickard did not care to have out
siders cut into the affair he decided in
favor of Williams, whose terms were
moro reasonable So after months OF
seuscIess wrangling the battle ground
been fixed and it looks as if no fur
,SSvsr obstacles can be thrown in the way
of ~ s.s4sssR t.T->ss L. hsaESES 81 Saa5l-
piOnshin.