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Show To Fight in Reno. H If nothing else happnes, the big fight between Jeffries an Johnson will bo pulled off in Reno, Nevada July 4th. Tox Rickard made tho fol-lowing fol-lowing official statement Mon- "I have decided to hold the J off ries- Johnson fight in Reno. Iu making the solcction I wish to give my reasons for doing so, Goldfiold made an offer that was hard to turn down. They are tho gamest lot of men I over Hj saw. This morning a committee B of Goldfiold business men of-fcrcd of-fcrcd to take mo to a local bank and give a guarantee of $200,000. H I decided on Reno, however, fl for several reasons. In the first placo I did not feel that fight fans of tho cast and west should be compelled to take that extra twelve-hour rido accross tho hot desert to Goldfiold. Then, again the pcoplo of San Fran-cisco Fran-cisco can got here in the morn-ing morn-ing of July 4 and leave the same night and be bock to their business Tuesday morning. For qV this reason, I think, probably jfl ono or two thousand more will como from San Francisco than would go to Goldfiold. Tho Rono people havo done all thoy could. They will build a suit- able arena and buy tho $1,000 license for mo. (Signed) "Tex Rickard." I |