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Show I. a ' Promoters Come fo Amicable Agreement and Select Kmcvy-PKKSIDBNT Kmcvy-PKKSIDBNT WILLIAMS GIVES UP RACE COURSE fileasou Was M Present al the Mceliag. lnJ. Kiekard SAN' FRANCISCO. March S. After weeks of Indecision, negotiations and mote, or le?s controversy between the joint promoters It was definitely an-jioiincctl an-jioiincctl (his evening hy "Tex" Plckard .-ml Jack Glcnaon thnl the Jerfrlcs-.John-bi'ii foriy-fivc-round championship battle, .inly I, will be held In an arena within t'i race track inelosure of the California .lckcy club nl Emeryville. Alameda -Junly, just across the bay from San I'rancisco. '"he announcement wa made following follow-ing a meeting held in the. offices of the Jockey vliit) In this city this afternoon Ifiwui Rlekord, Thomas II. Williams. )rosldeni or the Jockey club, and Mayor In istio of Emcrvvillo. Williams anil Christie, both signified their willingness in have the fight staged in Emeryville ard an agreement to that effort was entered en-tered Into. .lack Glenson. Richard's partner, part-ner, was nut present at the conference, bit UlcUurd slated that Glcason had given bis approval of the Emeryville I'lnn and that all that remained to be had was the formal permit to be granted b the tov. n board of trustees. ttlt-knrd has been assured that Mils will be forth-cuining forth-cuining upon application. Selects Race Track. "I have secured the. permission of Mr Williams to hold the tight In the race track and have finally decided that ti is Is where the big men will meet." said Itlckard tonight. "It Is an ideal place and we will be able to scat an almost unlimited number f people. 1 think that 30.000 people will ye the light. From now on I will de-oTc de-oTc inv attention to conducting the thousand and one details of arraivcmcnt that will be incident to the handling of tin- big affair." "1 have always been opposed to the use of the track at Emeryville for anything any-thing but racing events." said President Williams after tile meeting, "but this Jeffries-Johnson fight is a sporting event of national importance and for that reason rea-son I have given my consent that the men meet In the track field. All that 1 ask is that the track be placed In order after the tight Is over." The town of Emeryville Is located between be-tween Oakland and Berkeley and within easy access to San Francisco. |