Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-17
PROMOTERS GIVE UP EFFORT TO
PULL OFF JEFFRlEs-JoHNsoN
MILL IN CALIFORNIA.
GOVERNORS THREAT TO CALL
OUT STATE TROOPS HAS EFFECT
Probable that No Change Will be Made
in Date and That Contest Will Be
Held July 4EFighting Game Be-
Iieved to Be Dead in california-Has
Governor With Backbone.

San Francisco, June 17.-Tex Rick
Jeffries fight will go to Goldheld, Ne
vada.
Both Governor Gillett and Attorney
General Webb declared this morning
with more positiveness than before
that there will be no fight between
Jeffries and Johnson in California,
Webb adding that the Kaufman-tLang-
ford mill scheduled for Saturday also
will be prevented, and If force Is nee
essary to stop it that means will be re-
sorted to.
Rickard announced to the Associated
Press, on receipt Of telegram from
Morris Sullivan, of Goldfield, New, that
the Jeffries-Johnson fight would be
held there July 4. Sullivan guaranteed
$4,000 to the promoters.
Open to Higher Bid.
sullivan is an old friend of mine
and absolutely dependable" said Rick
ard. Il have no details. but know
the man. You can announce that a
fight Will go to Goldfield unless a much
better offer should come from some
other Nevada city. I think 1t IS hard
ly possible any other city will raise
Goldf1eld's bid"
Promoter Blot to Defy Troops.
Governor Gillett has ordered Adult
ant General Lauck to have two COM
panies Of MALTA Under arms and ready
to stop the Langford fight
tomorrow, should an attempt be made
to pull It off. Lauck arrived here this
morning from Eacgamento.
Promoter Blot. of the Langford-
Kaufman fght. after hearing OF the
governors decision, declared that he
would hold the contest as "he had ad
vert1sed It and compel the troops to
stop the fight
Promoters Still Hoping.
The fact that Rickard conferred with
attorneys IN regard to suing the gov
ernor and attorney general for damages
did not make much of an impression
on the followers of boxing here. TIE
re3ofnder from Governor qillett, when
apprised Of the threat. that IL Richard
sued he would have a bigger fight on
hands than the one scheduled for Inde-
pendence day, seemed to snow that the
state executive intended to- stand by
his guns.
Fighting Dead in State.
AS the situation is viewed by those
best posted, "the game is up" and prize
fighting is dead in California. That
this view is shared by the promoters is
best evidenced by the fact that work
on the arena being built here was stop
ped. Reports have 1t that Rickard,
thru some underground source, was
apprised of what was coming days in
advance and that he made all prepara-
tions for building an arena at Reno,
New. 1t Is claimed that he has al
ready contracted for all the material
necessary and that work in the sage
brush town wi1l begin at once.
No Change in Date.
Sor far rs holding the fight on the
agreed date there will be 10 hitch. Pro-
moters Rickard and Gleason made the
positive announcement last night that
the fight would be held on the day
originally scheduled. the place only be-
ing held in reserve. The promoters
were in commumca ton with both prin-
cipals In the bout during the day and
were assured that neither would object
going to the ends OF the earth for a
chance to pummel each other AS 1t is
looked upon heR too much is at stake
to do anything Else. The fact that the
governor made a covert threat to call
out the militia and arrest the priflci-
pals and promoters as soon as they
stepped into the ring made the fighters
see the wisdom of the transfer.