Show THOMAS THOHAS BOUT 1 WILL Ift BE 1 j SAN FRANCISCO May 11 The The fight between Joe Thomas and Billy BlUy which wa was to have ha been staged staKed at Colma May 14 H. H has been postponed Mav I 19 The mill mm will take place pla TH ai VI m- m land rink San Francisco and the distance die dis tance has haIl been cut from twenty five to w twenty rounds round The changes In th plans for the fight were made on account of ot the opposition I which the promoters encountered In San Mateo county District Attorney Buttock Bullock I announced that he would prevent the fight tight b being given In that county citing clUne j the statute which prevents pre boxing ex exhibitions 11 being given in an unincorporated town I Colma Col ma Is not Incorporated f What effect will the enforced switch of or t tho the Thompson bout from Colma Cola to San Francisco have the on John Jeffries-John John a-John son fight Is framing many answers to that question but the rank and file of ot the sporting fraternity take a generally hopeful view of things and the majority Inclines to tho the opinion that the action of the San Matoo Matco county authorities In callIng canIng call can Ing a 0 halt on the middle le weight mill will exercise no sinister Influence arT orr the holdIng holding hold hold- Ing of ot the big Me battle at Emeryville July 4 Analyzing the tho situation the cheerful ones note this difference That Colma Is not an incorporated town and the county officials therefore had no no power to grant granta a 0 license for the tho Thomas go but that that- Emeryville the scene of ot the Johnson Johnson- J fight ht is a a. regularly Incorporated municipality with Uh regularly eJ elected officials dale dAIs who have full and local legal right t under the laws of at tho the state or of at California to grant frant a a. permit for a boxing match to a regularly incorporated club such aa as the tha Marathon club of which Promoters Promoter RIckard Rickard RIck RIck- ard and Ole Gleason n are regular members member J Jack k Johnsons Johnson's baseball game yeater- yeater day afternoon drow drew a large crowd of spectators The negro seems to get et as u much enjoyment out of tho the national pastime pastime pas pu- time as as does Jeffries and he has haa announced announced an arm that baseball will be part of ot hi his dall dally daily routine for the tho remainder of th the week Asked If it the n fighters failed to agree on ona ona a referee would he be willing to pr preside Tex Richard Rickard has put a quietus on that possibility thus Not for tor I 1 have my hands full as It U la is Richard Rickard it is said would be 8 agreeable to both Jeffries and Johnson in the third ring man capacity |