Show I BIG BOXING BOUT TOPIC Of INTEREST Tex Rickard Must Have His Answer Answer- From Salt LaKe Lahe Tomorrow CAN THE GOVERNOR PR PREVENT VENT THE CONTEST Admitted He Had no Right to Stop Such Affairs by Action Toward Ogden Newspapers all over the country countr arc taking it for granted that that- the Jeffries- Jeffries Johnson boxing contest will be held hold in ill i iSalt iSalt Salt Lake They base their thai statements on tHe fact that the sh sheriff riff of Weber county the mayor of Ogden Og Og- Og Ogden Ogden den and the Ogden chi chief f of police with power to interfere made no pro pro protest protest test whatever against the Su Col lins has twenty round bout at Ogden January January January Janu Janu- ary 7 although that affair had been advertised ad ad- so extensively that the theatre where it took place could not hold the crow crowd that appeared for admission a Many wired ired for tickets begged for tickets at any price but hut could not find tind finda a 3 seat An And that great t public interest was shown when neither of the contestants contestants contestants contest contest- ants was a a. champion For weeks before this ring ring- battle wa was fought new newspapers papers al till all over the United States and for that matter in all aU parts of the world worM where boxing holds public interest commented daily on the fact that it would be a test of the Utah alt l law w that if a tW round twenty boxing bout was allowed in in Ogden the gov governor o- o could not consistently interfere with a boxing contest in iu the states state's capital Thi Thip one feature of the m meeting eting he between between be be- tw tween en Peter Sullivan an and Bird Bird Leg Collins CoUin made male the affair of world wide in interest in- in terest Newspapers which did not consid consider con con- sid sider r the these e men men- of enough DOu h importance in in- inthe the pu pugilistic world to ote m much mitch ch spa spa space co ce to their meeting ordinarily fp Jol lowed t the the- bout e bout closely it t would pr prove n conclusively on whether th the Johnson Jeffries-Johnson meeting could be in Salt BaIt Lake Now the big big- newspapers are aie e s saying saying- yin that surely the big contest will come corne to Salt Lake because there is no law against it and aud it is certain that Tex Tax RicKard Bickard the promoter wants it here and business men feel that it will brin bring bring- thousands of dollars to the city eity Business Mans Man's View Tho only difference difference between between the Sul Sul- Collins livan-Collins affair and the Jeffries Jeffries' Johnson match i jl s the number of rounds said ono one of the business men of Salt Lake who is boosting for the tIlE bi big event One One was a twenty-round twenty engagement the other will be for forty forty- five fie rounds Jound Governor Spry wired to Mayor Glasmann Glas Glas- manu mann at Ogden at-Ogden Ogden asking ski him to see th that t the match was stopped if it came within the law lawS Glasmann ll sm nn wired back that it TV was as only a boxing contest not a a. prize fi fight ht Why was it only a boxing contest ecu con 4 test not ot a prize fight Be Because ause 1 I Ia to a prize fight is a meeting between be be- I. 4 I tween two men who agree to i 1 stand up and slug until one lUO of 1 I- I Ithem them is is so badly punished no o is Io f unconscious or entirely unable una-ble 1 I longer to toI I stand up and fight I. I Ito to while in n a boxing contest science v I enco ence and ring generalship play 4 1 the big parts and a referee d deI de de- I t. who vho is winner on points 1 o The Tho number of rounds is limited so- so it is not ne necessary essary for one oue man to knock the other out to tp be the winner ronner The men inca wear heavily padded gloves lo and the contest is decided on the cleverness cleverness clev clev- erness science jud judgment ment and speed of the contestants Peter Sullivan an and Bird Leg Collins Collins Collins Col Col- Col- Col lins gave an an interesting exhibition for twenty rounds Battling Nelson and Joe Toe Gans Cans boxed two forty rounds at Goldfield Godfield in one of the prize plize rings ring's most famous contests and the affair was wu stopped stopp because the referee believed the white whito hito boy had fouled the ne negro ro 11 was ilia scheduled for forty-five forty rounds as the Johnson Jeffries-Johnson bout is 4 The law says nothing about S 4 1 4 3 boxing contests the governor l land i J- J Jand and Mayor Glasmann by their oJ 4 actions admitted this And the ther r 1 Johnson Jeffries-Johnson meeting will be 1 oo I- I a boxing contest The articles of 4 4 agreement call can for this It Is 18 a a. v 5 to limited glove contest nothing 1 more Tex Bickard Rickard is due in Salt SnIt Lake toni tonight ht lie will ne-will will confer with the committees com of prominent business men tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to to- morrow and learn finally if Salt Lake wants the tho bi big contest Jack Curle who is ahead of the Gotch show arrived last night The rhe man who is is going go going go- go ing to try tr- to wrest the heavy y weight title from the negro Jack Johnson will willbe willbe JIl be here bere January 2 22 with other worlds world's famous athletes to give an exhibition Salt Lakers Lakel's had an opportunity recently re re- to size up Johnson and they are anxious to get et a ook look at lt Jeffries and form some opinion of the chances of the two great reat boxers whoa whon the they face bce each other next Fourth of Jul July |