The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-16
Governor Gillett Serves Warn
ing on Promoters Of Jeffries-
Johnson Contest That It
Can Not Take Place.
JEFF IS MUCH SURPRISED;
RICHARD A HEAVY LOSER
PUgiliSts Intend to Go on With
Training Just as Though
Chief Executive Had Not
Announced His Decision.
GAME DEAD IN CALIFORNIA

GAN FRANCISCO. June I5.-stfrred
- - action b. insistcnt protests
from rt parts Of the state Gov
crnor James =. Gtiistt took steps to-day
80 prevent thc championship fight he
Johnson. scheduled 60 he held In this
city July ..
in a letter OF instruction 20 Attorney
General u. s. webb the governor eN-
presses his disapprOval Of prize-fiEht-
Ing ln uumcasured terms. directs that
the aid 0f the courts be invoked 20 pre-
vent the match and concludes with
positive order that IN case the plea Tor
a restraining order is not granted and
the fight d. carried out, the attorney
general proceed 90 gather evidence and
prosecute the principals and those in
tcrcsted Ga the fight FOR violation OF
thc Dcnal code OF the state
The letter declares that the supreme
court of California has never defined
prize fight and suggests an oppOr-
tunlty be given 10 70 do so. This is
taken 20 indicate the governors intcn-
ton 20 press bis opposition 70 the end
and. while the status Of the Jefiries-
Johnson fight is IN on unsettled c0ndi-
zion tonight the sporting fraternity Is
much cast down. and 40 is generally be-
licved that the death knen n prize
DEhtir in California. the Mecca or
prize r rhfers' according TO the gov
eruor's letter. has been sounded.
This is borne out by the fact that
the governor tcicEraphcd to Attorney
General webb later iu the day. % take
similar action On the matter ~ the
Kaufman. which was % have been
fought here next Saturday.
Promoters Surprised.
Promoters Richard and Gleason OF
the big fight were completely taken by
surprise. They had heard no whisper
% the governors intended action.
When the news reached him. Richard
rushed 90 the office OF Attorney Cen
cral webb and asked what that official
proposed % do. After a conference
with webb. Richard said that ho be-
iievcd the fight would be held I'm san
Fra uciscO and on the advertised date.
despite the governors orders. He said
that be- could not say positively what
an opinion. Yet. Richard has no fnteu-
ton OF abandoning the effort 90 hold
the fight here. Both Dee and Gleason
devoted much time today 90 confer
cnccg with their attorney. Herbert
Choynscl. whatever the course Of
lcgai defense decided upon, 70 viii
probably not De given out until Cen
tral Webb has made a statement
Nevada or Utah.
Richard said that WEBB had prom
ised him. because of the great expense
under which the promoters have been
in erecting the arena and other mat
opinion would be- forthcoming without
delay. Richard expects 10 within two
days. IN the meantime. he said. he
would r1aEc ready Co take the fight to
Nevada or Utah. if compelled to DO So
jest what WIN De the nature 81 tho
ieEa- proceedings Instituted by the at
toraey general d. not known. The gov
ernors letter is positive I'm directing
that tho courts be asked 10 intervene
and urges a definition % rrizc-fight-
ing ~ I1c supreme court Because OF
this, 10 is believed that webb viii nU-
piy. for writ n mandamus before tho
states highest tribunal. thus bringing
an parties before that body for n hear
ing and securing temporary writ Of