Salt Lake Herald | 1909-08-09 | Page 6 | Bids Expected for Big Fight

BIDS EXPECTED fOR BIG fiGHT Berger Says There Will Be No Trouble in Signing up Ar Articles Articles tides of Agreement New York Aug 8 Many bids for the Johnson heavyweight champion champlon championship championship ship fight are expected within the corn com coning log lag ng ten days but It is well understood that tot only two states will wUl WI permit a heavy heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight weight championship mill within their borders border Nevada and California This Thill country Is the place in which to Fight ht for the championship Jeffries told its his manager Sam Berger before leaving for tOl Europe last week and dont forget that when you consider the bids Hugh McIntosh who put on the John fight in Australia is awaiting Jeffries arrival in Europe and will doubt doubtless doubtless less 1 make an alluring proposition to the retired champion to battle with Johnson Johnsonn John on In n the antipodes Offers for the mill are not unlikely to be received from the Na Isa National National Sporting club of London and the de do Paris With the selection of the th battleground and the placing of the forfeit in the hands of the stakeholder Jeffries and Johnson will wilt go at once Into active training Berger said saki today that there would be beno beno beno no difficulties about arranging the final conditions with Johnson No unusual demands will be made by Jeffries said Berger Jeffries wants to fight ficht and under conditions that Johnson and the public will think fair