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Show I if BOB CONTEST GOES TO n f Last Straw to Place Fight Rc-! Rc-! moved When Laiigt'onl and -i Rickard Sign Articles. :' ASSURANCE GTVPAT THAT . i GOVERNOR SANCTIONS BOUT i Reach Company Tenders Bicycle I Track to Promoter Free of Charge. 11 -rI-vryvI- l,!"I.,-I,v,!Ty'i,'f' , 4 J' E' LAIIGFOHD'S STATEMENT ' "Yes. I closed the contract with I ! Mr. Rickard this morning. We. fur- R Ish him tho Saltalr saucer building ! I, " -I in which to hold tho big contest, - I . Mr. Rickard agrees with mo that I this Is absolutely the. best plnco in I tho world for uu athletic exhibition -r I J of this kind. It has tho advantage I i of a roof In caso of rain or storm, y and at the same tlmo bus plenty of y p . light for the moving picture.-;. Wo 4 i v x-v ill rearrange the seating capacity y I , to take caro of fiO.OOO people, every ono of whom will have a clear and i y unobstructed view of tho ring. I y ".Vow fof tho terms. We give Mr. I y Rickard tho use of tho coliseum ah- I I y solutely free or" charge. Wo expect 4 ' lo bring at least 100.000 extra, people y to Saltalr this summer as a result I of this contest. You can see. there--I fore, that it Is a perfectly good bnsl- v - ness proposition for us, but the real j- desire to bring tho contest to Salt--I- air is for tho advertisement it will v glvo otir resort throughout tho civil- sJ-lued sJ-lued world. - ' "This will be invaluable to us for -I- years to Come. We will have people - v stopping over in Utah and Salt Lake y L- to visit Saltalr in order to sec tho t place where the famous contest was - held. No amount of money, no mat- v tor how spent for advertising, would y - bring Saltalr before the world like y - a contest of Ibis kind. In fact, wo -- believe any city in tho world could well afford lo pay Mr. Rickard a y v big bonus for tho advertisement and ' -I- business it would bring lo them." y Itlckard Complctos Work, The last straw was removed Monday v afternoon in tho successful effort lo stage .by Jeffries-Johnson boxing contest here, when Jerry Langford, manager of the Saltalr Bench company, and Tex Rickard, promoter of tho championship contest, " signed articles of agreement, calling for tho contest to bo held in tho present arena of the ten-lap bicycle track at Salt-Mr. Salt-Mr. The parlies lo tho agreement met at tho Wilson hotel at 1 p. m. and after 3 short discussion of the principal points In relation to tho light, Langford and I Rickard attached their names to a legal document. After the meeting Rickard appeared in 'ho lobby of the hotel and waa immedl-1 atcly surrounded by a dozen reporters who were "on the spot" to get tho first news. Rickaid drew a long brcalh of relief re-lief and said: 1 'Well. boys, it's all over. Salt Lako will get lhc big light and it will be held at Saltair. I have just signed an ngrcc-r ngrcc-r mem. with Mr. Langford and It is now up to you boys to do your beat in tho matter. Ton, no doubt, know that this Is a big undertaking and I have got to have the press, as well as the good will if the people. .1 understand that Governor Gover-nor Spry will not Interfere with tho con-' con-' test as all the people in the state want " It held here, and T am also told that the ' jont"st can be held here under the pres-i pres-i lit law. Other contests have been h"Id 1 under the Fame law and are now being piomoted at various points wllhin the siaic and I cannot see why such a blc business proposition as ithls should be turned town, especially when tho busi-' busi-' ness men want It. Tou see that the city council of San Francisco has repealed the city ordinance and has given Gleason a permit lo hold "this fisrbt" in 'Frisco. The California people know the value of the contest and I am here to tell you 1 that there will bo a giwit deal of knock -I ing from tho coast, but don't pay any 1 attention to it. I have the full right to I swing everything and the job is finished." i i |