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Show Frisco Promoter Ignores Rick-a Rick-a I'd and Nelson Alter Agree-ing Agree-ing Upon Meeting. H LOS ANGELES STARTS RIDDING FOR FIGHT fl Dick Ferris Will Guarantee $150,000 lor Jclfries-.Ioiin- son Contest. ri.'AXCISCO. -March . Tex lilt K.i nl and Joe Nelson, president of :ho Saltan- Beach company i f .Salt Luke Citv. iv ho is here lo take i lie Jeffries-Johnson Jeffries-Johnson fii;ht to L't:il). if possible, unit ctl .U their hold lor 1 in co hours last infill for Jack Gleason, partner of Kicknrd, and who had promised lo inocl tlirin arid make final arrangements for t ho hand lint; of (he contest. Gleason did lift appear and seal no word to explain his absence. "1 do not know what to think." said li'ickard. "I have wailed a long time, and the people out, here have given me nolhini: in the way of si' lis fuel ion. I am patieur, though, and will keep I LOS AXGlil.lSS. -March 1. Dick Ferns, Fer-ns, who managed the recent aviation meet in this city, has begun a movement move-ment to brine tho Jeffries-Johnson fight to Lis Angeles. Ferris has sent the following telegram to Ricknrd and Gleason. Glea-son. "'Will you consider legitimate proposition to hring the Jeffries-Johnson light to Los Angeles if guaranteed $L"0r tllJf" Answer." Ferris savs thai ono local capitalist stands ready to put up $100,000. If the ofTer bo accepled the $150,000 will , be deposited at once, in proof that the promoters are not 'binning." Promoters Can Sell. KrrJs"s of for Is to pay Gleason and !! lanl 5150.000 for the contracts with .Itffrles and Johnson, which involves ihom In the sum of $101,000. and also to assume nil additional Indebtedness inel-driu inel-driu to the holding of the fight in Los Angeles. In the transfer of tho contracts with Jeffries ami Johnson. Ferris also .isles for the one-third Interest In the moving pictures held hv Gleason and Ul. hard. "I'Ik fight would, under the terms of the agreement offered by Fcrils. ho held under the management of Ferris and his associates here. Ferris agrees to pay at oiui a sufficient sum lo guarantee the fulfillment of the agreement ho offers to make. Tho fight, if hold in Los Angeles, would be singed 'at a point just outside ihr city l'nills. where contorts for any number of rounds are permitted. SVX FRAXCISCO. March 1. When apprised ap-prised of the terms of the offer made by Dick Fouls of Los Angeles to handle the .Jeffries-Johnson tight. Tex Riekard tonight to-night made tho following statement: "All that I can say at this time is that I haw a better proposition from Salt l..ik than the one made lo me by Ferris. Of course. Ferris will got duo consideration, considera-tion, but we still wait for his letter he-fore he-fore taking any action. A decision will be made by next Monday at the lat.si. What It will be depends upon tho offers wi ictcive. I am tired of bickering." Six-Day Race. Rl'FFALO. Mar. 1. Ten teams still re- j main in the six-day bicycle race hero. Ben Hill and Saxon Williams wllhdicw todaj. tun their partners. Walter Hard-, rlt ami Fred Jones, united mid are one 1 ip behind the leaders. When the aee-ond aee-ond day's riding ceased at midnight, the it Mai distance by the lending teams cover cov-er cl hi 20 hours was 17.1 miles. |