The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-17
FIGHT FANS ARE
Up IN The All
Rickard Will Announce Contest
Site Today Noon, Proba-
bly, Reno.
PROMOTERS WILL SUE
THE STATE FOR DAMAGES
Webb Will Ask for Permanent
Injunction; May Kill
Boxing Game.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.-To all in
tents and purposes the Jeffries-Johnsor
championship battle Is n pug!listic out
cast a social pariah. II IS n perfectly
good fight except for the fact that IL has
no scene OF hostilities. so TO speak The
hShters are ready and are training faith
lotly; there is no doubt about the gi-
GantiS purse, as nearly half the money
mas been deposited In the bank; the
ana attracted greater interest than any
contest In ring history, yet II is incom-
plete In one essential detail-nob body
Knows where it is going TO be fought
That II will not be held In San Fran
cisco or elsewhere in California is gem
eralIy admitted. conclusion which sport
ing circles grudgingly concur in Tex
ItickaTd. promoter of the much -heralded
bout, Is so certain OF this that he has
GeiGGlared his intention OF suing Governor
Glllett and Attorney General Webb for
damages which he alleges he sustained
because OF the Intervention OF state au-
thorltes TO stop the fight.
Permanent Injunction.
While no legal steps have been taken
as yet against any OF those concerned.
fight slated for Saturday next. is In no
better case. He has the published assur-
ances OF the attorney general that that
against the match tomorrow. Blot de-
clares that he does not see how his twen-
1y-round go can be prevented. and states
that he will hold IL on programmed time;
but his tone lacked conviction when he
said IT.
AS to the big fight, Webb stated today
that he would not bother with an appli-
cation for temporary restraining order. |
but would ask for permanent injunc- !
ton. He expects 10 have his applica ton
on file with the court within few days, |
Rickard does not intend to contest He !
said TODAY that he would Immediately |
transfer the match 20 some other state |
II the court ruled against him. He does
not look with favor on the prospect of a |
long legal fisht TO keep 1t here
Governor Gillett, whose letter yesterday !
TO the attorney general created the great
Corbett defeated John l.. Sullivan. ar
rived from Sacramento today. He was
positive in defining his position The
stopped be declared, For the opposition
his procedure might arouse he did not
care hoot, apparently He said as much
IN almost as many words.
Fans Are Gloomy.
The governor came to san Francisco TO
preside over exposition mass meeting.
As II has been noised around that the
status OF the exposition a Washington
had much to do with his mo fight" or
10 hear anything relative TO the battle
that might slip out They We're disap-
pointed, Not a word concerning 1t was
spoken at the meeting.
The only real action OF the day I'm the
big night mixup was a gloomy one of
the fight fans. Work was stopped on the
construction OF the arena. The men were
not actually laid off until today
Rickard had little to say today and is
awaiting developments If his predictions
hold good. he viii be able TO say what
town gets the fight by tomorrow noon
The promoters office has been flooded all
day with proposals as to where to take
his big show. Reno. Tacoma. Juarez
Mex and several other places have been
suggested. and offers of all kinds came
during the day, Rickard said that no
discussion of the site for the battle, II
not carried through here had been had
between himself and Gleason. but 1t
seems very probable that the battle OF
the century" will take place in Nevada
The state laws there are emphatic In :
permitting prize fights and the promo =
ters know that II Will be impossible to :
draw big crowd unless all fear OF inter- :
ference and doubt that the fight Will !
take place is removed.
SO the situation tonight is just about /.
where II was last night. Nobody knows. .
Everybody is guessing. Rickard is the !
only man who has any real inkling of ..
what is going TO happen and Rickard :
says: 'I'll let you know"