The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-31
ZION BUSINESS MEN
BECOME INDIGNANT
Alleged Reports From Cali
fOrnia TO Knock Ufabns
Means "War.
WILL. TRY TO INVOLVE
THE MORMON CHURCH
People Will Now Endeavor to
Cinch Jcifrics-J0hnsOn
=. Contest.

eve mus, have tho Jenres Johnson
boxing contest? is the WORT seIo 90. ,ce
ports from the Pac5fic coast recently re-
l-ived in this city. tho Natiy" sons 9l
California and to turn Ot2h rps,dic psniS:
Cd 90 and d secure ssi eth, the big contest
The business men ~ this city are
greatly disturbed Regarding Inc ihSinouS
10 he used 10 prevent The 5dyeTtlsed con
,csI for Sajtair 10 be held here. 1t vs.
said thai tho Mormon church VIII ho
uuwillinsly dragged into ne mater ~
those on the coast. who, IT IS sa'o. 90
not care what sea ndal thcy may h"'p
upon Utah so long as they can accom-
plsh their purpose,
hzre from California say that as laSt
resort 10 steal" the Jcffries1ohnson
boxinc match from Utah IL Is tho inter-
ton OF making ono last STAB inr or II ,inr' nmo
mon church in tho matter aud 10 spread
the news broadcast that Inc cnurch *
hacking TEX" Rickard TO promote tne
big contest here, and that it viii he
staged at Saltair which they say belongs
10 ih" church. with the hope that tho
church authorities will interfere, When
thesc stories reached the city last sal
urday and Sunday the business men OF
this city were ready TO take up arms
against the proposed gross insult and arc
now irT1er than ever in their desires 10
keep the contest here.
Business Men Angry.
talking of the matter Sunday were rs
pccially loud in their protestatlons. anu
one Of them said
For Ih> life of me I can't understand
why tho Mormon church is brought iuto
this matter. why don't these Callfor-
mans briug in the Prcsbytcrian Catholic.
Methodist Congregational and the other
churches" They have Just as much TO
10 With IT, This church business is get
tiuc to he n hoax and every sane man
knows that there is no church today That
ord a :
contest 10 more than IL would sanction
= saloon. | have heard great deal OF
this church business. and ! want TO say
that tho people Of this city indignantly
resent the continual attacks which are
being made ihat this boxing contest cam
not take place here unless the Mormon
church backs il. | have talked WIN n |
hundred men on the matter. and II is
now proposed 10 cinch this contest and
got the money FOR Utah instead OF allow
ing the biG affair 10 go 10 Frisco, which |
city is making such a mean fight for the
contest.
LAS far as Sal.air is concerned, every |
man who reads the daily papers knows |
that the famous resort passed out of the |
hands of the Mormon church several |
years ago. and that tho church has no
more To do with pulling the contest 10
Ssltar jhau has the Catholic church or |
any other church.
Il do not fear FOR our people here, but |
these damaging reports which arc 10 be |
sent out from Frisco may bear weight |
with some outside people, but amy one |
VINO roads the Dcscret News, the Nor |
mon church paper, must know the Nor
mon churCh Is opposed To prize fighting. |
and that tho News has already said so,
and that ought 10 settle tho matter as
far as the Mormon church is concerned,
Il. myself. take no interest in boxing,
but as business man OF this city can
not help but realize The great amount
OF money this contest would bring here. |
and I am working with the other bust
ncss. mon to bring tho contest TO this
city. Ii aEv ono thinks that tho bus-
ness men of this city do not want tho |
contest. the matter can be easily settled
hv asking any OF them
General Opinion.
The foregoing is not only the opinion |
of one man. but everybody is talking |
along the same lines. and now that IL has !
been reported that California is going 10 !
make = dirty fight TO secure this contest |
from Utah. the people in this state arc !
more anxious than ever 10 keep the con-
test here, according to what people say
While Governor Spry has already an
roUnced that he would uphold the Utah |
law and allow no prize fighting he has |
said nothing regarding boxing contests, |
IS it is generally taken that such af-
and arc being held without interference |
from any one at tch present time, still |
the governor has been misquoted by
spondcnts who seem to be anxious
10 knock the Jenrics- johnson contest In
this state and boost for California. Re-
ported interviews have been sent out |
from JeitrleS 10 1nJure TINS city. but |
when he was here he said that he did |
moi care 20 talk about the match and.
furthermore, would not. saying that II |
was mp 10 Rickard and Gleason. and con-
tvaJictcd all reports alleged TO have come |
from him as TO where the match should |
be held.
The business men Of this city. as we'll |
As OF every other city say that the con-
test will bring lot Of money where il |
Is iicld. and further say that as the laws |
Of Jhe state allow boSing contests they |
cannot SEQ why Utah should not get the |
benefit nor why Utahng shold lay down |
ness men here sag is true. the real fight |
Is between Salt Lake City and San |
Francisco. and Salt Lake expects 10 win |