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Show off the event In Salt Lake In splto of anything that may com up. Tex is not talking much these days, but he is doing a lot of working with the wires and otherwise. To a friend he remarked that. If certain matchmakers matchmak-ers who think they own the pugilistic world get too obstreperous be will pull off tho contest out on some sand hill If there are not 10 people present pres-ent And, according to the contract, both Jeffries and Johnson must com through or forfeit $10,000 each. "TEX" SAYS SALT LAKE IS FIGHT FIELD Salt Lake, Jan. 19 Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing tbe opposition' that has been manifested man-ifested In regard to bringing off the Jeffries-Johnson prize light In Salt Lake, tbe promoters from Tex Rlckard all the way down the line, even Including Includ-ing J. E. Longford, manager of the Saltalr route, maintain their stand that the big contest will be present ed at the bicycle track at Saltalr beach. This morning a high priced photographer Journeyed to tho place beside the lake for the purpose ot obtaining views which are intended to boost the contest Tex Rlckard preserves his equanimity equani-mity and his stand In the face of all sorts of antagonism. He sts his Jaws the fire-fight comes into his ey, and ho asseverates that the fight belongs to him, no matter what the San Francisco Fran-cisco people sayj and that he will pull |