Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-05-15 | Page 30 | Rickard Shakes Head Sadly after Seeing Black on Referee

RIChARD RICKARD SHAKES AKES HEAD SADLY SAUL Y AfTER BLACK ON REFEREE I San Francisco May 14 Tex Rickard who Is mightily worried these days d s over OTC the prospects or of a continued ed cd deadlock in the selection of or a ref ret referee ere erl for the fight fig t paid another visit to the Johnson camp today but came away a shaking his lk d sadly While bIle Tex was not inclined to bo bc b communicative It Is known that he ho suggested sU to Johnson that he accept Eddie Smith of or Oakland as the ref referee referee cree and that Johnson John n flatfootedly refused to listen to any an such proposition proposition tion Is of the opinion that the thc two fighters are arc not going to reach any an agreement although there Is 1 a slight possibility that Eddie Graney will be selected Sam Berger Is la opposed to Graney 1 however and denies that there Is any truth in the story from Ben Lomond to the effect that Jeff was willing to accept Graney For a number of ot reasons said Berger I cant talk taik about the th mat matter matter matter ter but b t there th re Is nothing to the story that Graney is acceptable to Jeffries Notwithstanding both boxers have reiterated their desire to see a Call Cali Californian selected aa as a referee there is isan isan isan an undercurrent un er urr nl of feeling that it is In the cards to name an eastern man and the local sporting critics are up in arms declaring that Above all I other things a CalifornIan must be named for the position Johnson is going ahead with his training and unless approached on the subject Ignores the referee dis dispute dispute dispute While he hels Is handling that th t end of the Ule discussion instead of leaving it to Manager Little the black cham champion champion champion pion seems seams to think that matt rs will come out ut all tU right in the end Late this ts th s afternoon there was a re report report report port around the Johnson camp that In cave cae c e a further rt oc occurred occurred the promoters would ask asic the sporting editors of the San Francisco dailies to como come into conference with them to name the referee The only reason for f r such a plan would be be because because because cause Rickard and Gleason might not care to assume all of the responsibility responsibility Johnson was on the road this morning from 9 until short shortly shortly shortly ly after 11 and had haa a run of some something thing like twelve miles mlle After he re returned returned returned turned he played pla ed ball for a time and this afternoon was waz racing around the park boulevard in his automobile Quite late In the afternoon he once more played a little ball before liar hay ing his dinner All AIl arrangements have been com corn completed for the first work In the gym nasi urn and the initial boxing that will come tomorrow afternoon The champion has six rounds of sparring on the program and has an announced announced announced that he will put on the gloves with George Cotton the big colored boxer from Chicago and also with Martin Cutler who has been with him since the arrival of the par party party party ty In this state If It the weather Is good the negro Is bound to have a banner house as people are consid considerably considerably worked up over oyer him and want to see how he shapes up