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Show GLEASON GOES EAST 18 INSURE FICHTEBS KaiVoad Tickets May Have Fight Coupons Attached. Preventing Loss. CHICAGO. Match 25. Jack Gleason of San Francisco, who. with "Tex" Riek-ard. Riek-ard. is staging the Jeffries-Johnson fight in San Francisco July I. in company with Sam Berger. manager for Jeffries, arrived ar-rived in Chicago yesterday to make preliminary pre-liminary arrangements for the contest. Gleason denied the story about the possibility pos-sibility of either fighter "flunking" out of the match by stating that one of the objects of hi visit east was to gel an, insurance policy of 550, 00n on each of tho fighters. Berger came east principally to gather In a few more human punchlnc bags for the use of Jeffries. Ho 1ms already engaged en-gaged "Farmer" Burns. Frank Golcli. Roger Cornell. Bob Armstrong and James J. Corbett. Gleason will meet Jack Johnson today on the la Iter's return from New York, and h will Impress upon the colored man the necessity of being at his coast training, quarters at least by May 1. Joffrles will be at his own quarters by April l. "I am going to meet a lot of rallroud people here." said Gleason, "and see what can be done about having seat coupons attached to the railroad tickets, which would guarantee the holders absolutely ab-solutely against loss. "The tickets for the fight will be printed In Chicago, and every effort to forestall counterfeiting will be made " |