The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-06-17
Gables Invitation to Ieffries and
Johnson to Hold Bout
Here.
NAMES PuNcHBowL AS ARENA
But BreCkons Declares Federal
Law Would Apply and He
Would Enforce 1t.
"w. W. Norton, Sporting Editor, Elk


aminer, San Francisco, California.
"will you try and fix Jeffries-John-
son fight. Honolulu good place for
fight. Have full authority to grant
permission. Dictate your own terms.
Please give matter your own personal
attention. Cable Western Union code.
rsCULLY-McRAE,"
This cable was despatched yesterday
by the signers after some strenuous
hustling to make sure that the author
tiles would not block the big event
here and throw the whole sporting
world into state of bewilderment, up
set the transeontinental railroad and
steamship schedules, San francisco
hotel arrangements and sidetraek thou
sands of fight fans on their way from
everywhere as has been done within the.
last twepty-four hours by the Governor
of California.
AS soon as Mr.. McRae learned that
the big battle must move again, that.
California had been forced to put a
damper on the JeffriesJ ohnson bout
being pulled off in the Golden Gate city,
he conceived the idea of making bid
for the show to come to Honolulu.
The thousands of sports who would
come down, attracted by the event, to
spend their money freely as they whiled
away a delightful sojourn in the tran
quillity of this Paradise of the Pacific,
would, he supposed, be given the glad
hand and the merry aloha. Why he
figured it would be windfall to Ho-
nolulu, and the wealth that would fol-
low in to the local merchants would suf-
fee to deaden any delicate aversion
that might be felt to witnessing such
an exhibition in this peaceful city,
while the worldwide fame that would
suddenly descend upon Honolulu would
put the Hawaii Promotion Committee
to shame.
Immediately this popular actor man
set to work on little political jobbing,
and last night, when questioned as to
the "full authority for granting per-
mission to hold the fight here, he as
sured The Advertiser that he had that
call fixed, ''Laand if the big fellows
would vent1Hs down to this garden
spot they need have no misgivings as
to their, being permitted to wage the
battle to a finish. They could have
PunchboR4 4basin to hold their exhibit
ton in, with accommodations for all
the multitude who might crowd these
shores.
Having it doped out thus, the smiling
McRae flashed the cable to his old
friend Norton, and then took Jack
Scully into his confidence, and both of
these gentlemen took on the air of pro-
moters of world events.
They overlooked R. w. Breckons in
the game, however, and did not know
that he had his ante down.
United States District Attorney
Breckons soon spiked the big gun.
When told of the action taken by the
local promoters, that a cable had been
sent saying that such an affair as the
Jeffries-Johnson fight would not be pre-
vented in Honolulu, he begged to differ.
There is the federal law, he said, which
he would enforce to the letter.
"Much as l should like to see such
scrap, for it would be a fine exhibit
tion," Mr.. Breckons said, "I would
enforce the law against it, and there is
no doubt that any such a prizefght
would be in violation Of the statutes,
both in spirit and to the letter."
This law, under which Breckons
would knock out both champions, was
passed by the federal government for
the express purpose of preventing the
off in the Territory of Arizona, and was
framed to fit just such a case as this
Jeffries.Johnson affair, that appears to
be under a Californian cloud.
Fake, Says Governor.
CHICAGO, June 15.-Governor Gil,
lett branded the Johnson-J effries fight
as a fake before he left this city on
June 3.
81 am sick of the whole business,
was the final interview the California
Sexeeutiye gave out.
The governors interview has caused
a storm of comment here, and fight fans
are at a fever heat of excitement over
Gillett Is statements. Sporting writer's
commenting on the interview declare
that "supicions regarding the fight y
have been greatly increased, while
'thirty.seeond degree fight bugs
agree that the match will have to be
watched very closely indeed, If the sus
picion of "frame-up," which Gillett
voiced so openly, Is to be avoided.
Gillett, who has been discussing the
fight at rather frequent intervals ever
since the death Of Tommy Mccarthy
which started crusade by ministers
against the Jeffries-J ohnson fight, wa
eYidently somewhat annoyed when q
Representative of the United Press
called his attention 10 a published
statement, attributed 10 him, Ia which
be said the big hgbt was fixed. This
governor az once admitted that he hRe
made the statement.
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publication be said, shut nov thai
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