Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-20
Associated Pressl

SAN FRANCISCO, June depending
Tex Richards final announcement,
which he has promised to make before
noon tomorrow, the fight location situa
tion tonight is still in allegiance.
Rickard, it transpires. is pinning his
hope of holding the Jeffries-Johnson
contest in San Francisco on the pos
sibility that Governor Gillett will re-
sede from his firm position in opposing
the match, and will consent to having
the issue put up to the courts.
1t is understood that heavy pressure
was brought to bear on the governor
today in n last desperate endeaVor to
secure the fight for San Francisco, and
that Rickard is awaiting news from
Sacramento of the outcome of this at
tempt before giving out a definite
statement regarding the Dattle ground
In the event that the governor re-
fuses to relent, 1t is said to be obso-
lutely certain that Rickard will de-
clare FOR Nevada. Reno is looked upon
by all as 'the one best bet" Training
quarters for both fight principals have
been reserved near Reno and their
managers are holding themselves in
readiness to move as soon as they re-
ceive the word Rckard was in con-
ference today With his attorneys. and
several city officials, among them, 1t
is said Mayor Mccarthy.
Louis Blot promoter of the Kauf-
man-Langford contest, which was
stopped yesterday by the police as the
result of the governors stringent or
ders, declared today he would not at
| tempt to stage a test" contest tomor-
row as he had planned, but would try
to secure from the governor a defini-
tion of a boxing contest.
The governor has asserted he will not
interfere with any strictly boxing
contest that Blot may hold. but that he
will not permit prize fight.
TEN GOING TO RENO
| Although Tom Flanagan, manager
of Johnson, kept his appointment with
Tex Rickard at a local hotel tonight,
| expecting to accompany him to Reno
on the train leaving Oakland at 10
o'clock, he was instructed by the pro-
moter an hour before train time to re-
| turn to THE Johnson camp and be pre-
pared for an early morning confer
! ence.
| 1t was intimated that manager and
| promoter will pull stakes for the Ne
| Vada town on the first train in the
| morning, where two committees, one
| from Goldfeld and the other composed
| of Reno business men, await Rickard.
| Rickard received a telegram from Gold
| field that twenty prominent men of
that city will be in Reno and will re-
main there until he comes to join
them.
Johnson has arranged for a training
| camp at Lawton's Springs, six miles
west of Reno, on the Southern Pacific
railroad, and Manager Sam Berger has
wired the manager at Moana Springs,
! two miles south of Reno, to prepare a
gymnasium and reserve accommoda-
| tions for Jeffries and fifteen members
of his party.
GOLDFIELD RAISES BID
1t was stated that Goldfeld mer-
| chants, in an effort to induce Rickard
to bring the fight to their town, have
offered to guarantee him against all
! loss No money consideration was
named. The choice of site seems to
lie between Goldfield and Reno, with
everything to indicate that, barring
the occurrence of the great unexpected,
Reno will be selected. Ely, New, is
eliminated as a possibility because OF
it's disadvantageous location away
! from railway facilities
Tom Flanagan issued the following
statement regarding Johnson's condi-
| ton:
1.-The peculiar turn in events has not
worried Johnson in the least. He is
lust as cheerful as always, and the
| change to Nevada, if we go there, will
not affect his training or condition.
The champion will enter the ring
Weighing 212 pounds"