Show TEX RICKARD WILL MILL REFEREE THE FIGHT Question Settled Permanently ThiA Thi Thi Time ime According to tho Latest J J San Francisco May 31 The iu qu lUS 3 Uon tion of tho the referee of ot the Jeffries 9 Johnson fight was a settled again to tonight t night this time with a degree C r finality emphasized by 1 y the promoters Promoter Tex Tx Rickard will Win officiate positively po by his own announcement Overtures looking toward the sl tion of ot Eddie Smith of Oakland bl been made mado in both camps rent Rickard Richard was to step out as often had bil It 11 been predicted The promoter down to Men Ben Lomond I mond to talk Wk with Jef Jf Jeffries fries about Smith after aCter finding that Johnson had backed down from hs ha original hostile ho Ule attitude toward the tho Oakland sporting g man Smith wa w tL Jeffries first choice In the original meeting But nut for tor somo some reason or other Jef Jr Jeffries Je Jefries fries changed his mind after ho learned that Johnson was willing t t have Smith officiate Richard lUckard re returned returned returned turned to San Francisco Francl oo He held a conference with Johnson today In li which the Ute negro champion said that ho did not want to push PIh Rickard Richard out it and would agree to Smith only art aft r rl Richard had withdrawn |