Show N FRANCISCO b OUTBIDS s S SALT LT LAKE s j CITY CITY j JL A FOR JOHNSON JEFFRIES-JOHNSON NS N BATTLE Goes es to Reno Reo I Governor Ginet ett ard Declares a Promoter Bumps the Bumps Over a Hard and Rocky Course I By T Tex ex Richard Rickard iT EFFORTS to have the Johnson Jeffries-Johnson fight at Salt rake ake City proved futile I am still of the opinion that it uIa ld have gone there As I have said my judgment was wason ea on Oll the fact that Salt Lake City is nearer the center of and would get the people from other sections very VY Important to 10 tO o consider consider con the me tue meera D Ders er ers era of population in staging a a. big I like a a. worlds world's championship ta I make a a. point of considering Players Staging thirst lis I e California I f crowd argued and ar ar- ar though They brought every pose pos- pos G Great rea t R Race Kace ac e for e influence to bear for tor holding the fight right in San Francisco The newsier news news- A ier thor men San of Franciscone Francisco the coast took toole up the S. S Scoring corIng H Honors anal s ne ne ne- neof of my y objections was as the gov- gov rt not permit I It Thereupon e the theS A keen for Feb A 4 A race n writers saw Governor Gil- Gil newspaper Ii Is He e told them that the laws of or offo S scoring being f Ing g s staged honors ds by of t the Wade waco a Ogden of or g Ogden division vJ n na a an ana ad a fo fonia nia pc fi milled boxing and he saw forma are I treason re san why the right fight ht should not be Skidmore of Boxelder Both men VI to been been wonderful wonderful won won- Ji I forwards ards and have playing a a. San a Francisco r ls with this tins they finally wore me ma h down u eA season e n game game started of basketball Tet Last week e ever hA the er since Boxelder the i i very VY Important to 10 tO o consider consider con the me tue meera D Ders er ers era of population in staging a a. big like a a. worlds world's championship ta I make a a. point of considering thirst lis I e California I f crowd argued and ar ar- ar though They brought every pose pos- pos e influence to bear for tor holding the fight right in San Francisco The newsier news news- ier men of the coast took toole up the A thor San Franciscone Francisco ne ne ne- neof of my y objections was as the gov- gov rt not permit I It Thereupon e Ii n newspaper writers saw Governor Gil- Gil He e told them that the laws of or offo fo fonia forma nia pc fi milled boxing and he saw treason re san why the right fight ht should not be VI Ji San a Francisco r ls with this tins they finally wore me ma h down u I Jilt gave in in The people of Salt Lake were disappointed but I had done dono best hen our troubles started anew To they made me buy a license Rich cost Under the law a a pro pro- Mer had to have a a. license for a fight a air af certain day Another man had and I had to buy his license ext I had to arr arrange for building an ona nn That In Itself was a big Job fter ter many negotiations I finally sereda seVed se- se Ved reda eda a lot at Market and Eighth streets an arena at a cost coat of bY itch by the way was a total loss IX IN MAN Then Then right in n the midst of ot other dlf- dlf sullies a a. dispute arose arosa over the ref- ref leef Berger and Jeffries would not notee ree ee to any man who suited Johnson d Johnson would not agree to any by them Everybody soon oka okra hand In the argument Jack Jacle elsh Ed Smith and Eddie Graney were I couldn't get the prin- prin pals to agree on any anyone one of themer them ere ere ere- were still others but these were e ones j the matter with you being feree Three Johnson finally suggested to el elm in desperation oThe Idea of ot being referee had never to me I had had no expert expert- perlIce perl- perl Ice piou lYou You dont don't need any Johnson said eald Is 1 long as you are square This got to Jeffries In a a. few hours Jeffries assented Others came to me and to settle the theatter theatter atter alter I decided to be the referee I take It as a a. Joke because I re real real- d the responsibility of the JobIn Job Inthe In the meantime we had started ed sell ell nm eti art alt all of f which had been at bIg big cost Much Jealousy jealouS had risen over one thing and another seemed confused and ble We had out tickets c for o and In h f the bank I am sure sura t tle that le fight would have drawn It as ea If It we were to see Bee th the record of at all Then came the bombshell Governor forbade the fight tri err EllORE TIm TIlE START t You can Imagine what consternation its realised sed And this on top of all the and expenses and arguments was Iwas enough to matte make a a. man throw up upa a I hands But we 1 1 have never been able to discover Gillett changed mind ter giving us the assurance on which so much money lie He curtly Glared that he would not permit the and that ended It lie He gave no J. J Mind you I was now out the arena not a a. cent of ot which I back I was out the tha for Je not a a. cent of which was er to me I was out all the expense of promotion such euch as c s and Innumerable details details- o oo time I will never JIm Jinx Jeffries Tex he said to me roe If lt we wa dont don't ith success of el It nO now you tc c can ef f forget i out the guarantee Even If t the e fight toot Inot not held at all alt I will go anywhere Idl for you or I will go on the thead ad a show to sea see that you dont don't me Out me-Out out loser Aiman Aman who will do that Is In a IL real man roan llong as I live I can never forget foret Jef- Jef that Never mind well we'll hold bold It It I assured X n N-J N waa a. a too late now to to g go back to Lake City people I didn't have e nerve even If I had had the on iI There was nothing left let but to go Imy tiny own state state Nevada I got In touch ith Reno They agreed to build an anena anena ena ena at no cost to m ma me if It we would Ing log the tha fight tight there That was Wall finally upon I IT T Then en came oame the tha big move to Nevada lose were exciting days Training rope mpa had to be moved headquarters reed and everything The Tha newspaper lony moved out in a IL body loruM is Some ugly rumors ran arose about the tha ake money They were wera quickly sl- sl Big Tim Sullivan of ot New York a as stakeholder and he had mostly In 1000 bills I was ady to go through with my end of ot It a a. chance Now arose arosa the biggest problem of all l had to be returned to those Ho had bought seats in San Francisco wanted U. U Those O f who wanted frt es keep their seats a could get t them m trans trans- to the Reno e stand I imagine m gr o U ii Isn't t difficult UI for you to see sea what wha i that meant A Jigsaw puzzle was tame tarn alongside that I put a a. notice In the San Francisco paper that anybody who desired to have hav his isis tickets redeemed could do so by applyIng applying applying ap ap- ap- ap plying at the tha bank The other difficulty difficulty culty of seats seata we had to settle at Reno I have a a. notion that you are ant now beginning to see sea the troubles of at a pr pro moter rooter especIally especially a green one IN TOMORROW IN TIlE THE C. C CAMPS Copyright 1824 UH In U. U S S. an and Great Grut Britain Cuba Japan and South AmerIc America Amer Amer- ic ica Ic by North American Newspaper Al Al- liance All rights reserved Wealth may be a a. disease as Mr l Bryan claims but those who have it can well afford It Na Nashville Banner |