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Show I voted much time today to .conferences I with their attorney, Herbert Choyn-skl. Choyn-skl. Whatever the courseOf legal-defense decided np'm; Jt will probably J not ! given out until'WebH liaji.rad" a statement. . V- ) ' Opinion Without Delay ' ftiekard said that Webh had proui-lsoil proui-lsoil him . because of the great ex-. ex-. prnse under which the promoters have i Keen in erection the arena and. ether , matters connected with the fight, that J hi. opinion would be forthcoming I without delay Rlckard expects It within two duys. In the meantime, v he said, he would make ready to take 1 the fight to Nevada or Utah If com-1 com-1 ' pelled to do so. 1 Juet what will i,e the nature of tho legal proceeding instituted hv the atJ ' torney general is not known. The gov-neror's gov-neror's letter I onltIv in directing that tlie courts be Aslced to Intervene; and urges & definition of prize fighting by tho supreme court. Heeause of this. It Is believed that Webb will apply for a writ of mandntuus before the state's highest tribunal, thus bringing all parties before that lody for a bearing, and securing a temporary tem-porary writ of Injunction pending a decision. By this atop ho would avoid delay, since tho promoters would have no appeal .f Judgiiienl was rendered fcf'!4liiKf theni ' th .contest-of competition, either' u b .Y OA from the contestant or to , tttfrwftie awarded, coupled with an Intent to inflict upon such contetau( eonv degree of bodily harm," Wben word-' of the governor's order reached lien Ixmond Jim Jeffries refused to believe I'. The camp was thrown iDto aa uproar by the rues page, and there was exciting conversation conver-sation on all Fides. - Jeffries, however, after delar(ng hist disbelief, retired to his cotu.so and was found" therr later sound asleep. Salt Lake May Get Fight. Rlckard estimates that he will lose 130,000 if h Is forced to take the fight I elsewhere. He Rtated he would con-j con-j sider Reno. Kly and Salt I.ake. and seemed to favor the last named place. Work on the arena has leen progressing pro-gressing rapidly since it was started about two weeks ago, and It Is well under way. Work was ordered suspended sus-pended temporarily wheu the action of the governor became known, but the promoters did not say whether they would extend this order pending a court decision or not. The legal proceeding. It Is believed, will make no difference at the fighters' fight-ers' camps. It U thought probablo that they will go on with their training train-ing as thoiich nothing had happened. But the whole matter Is In such a dis- WHY HE STOPS THEiG FIGHT c c o o o o o o o o o o o c o o O GILLETT'S STATEMENT. O o o O SACRAMENTO, Calif., June O O 1 3. "I have no statement or O O explanation to make other O O than that contained in my let- O O ter to the attorney general." O O said Governor Gillett this O O evening. O O "I am simply doing my duty O O as I see It. I only acted after O . O tho dlBtrlct attorney of San O O Francisco reported to me that O O he would not try to prevent O O what I deem to be a crime O O against the Btato of California, O O tho laws of which I am sworn O C to protect from violation. 1 O O have been deliberating on this O O matter for abour.,.ton days and O O have gone over the whole O O thing very carefully. O O "I have received hundreds O O of letters," he added, "but O O these have had no bearing O O upon my action. I propose to O O do my duty as I see it, no O O matter what people may nay O C or do, and no matter whom It O O hurts That is all there l O O o it." O O O oooooooooooooo lurhfd and iinuf filed state tonlKhl that It is hard to prodlct what the next mov of any of the interested parties will be. District Attorney DUpiays Bitterness. District Attorney Flekert. mention of whom is niad by the fcOeruor, displayed some bitterness when asked frr a Bto'.eninl. He-gaid that tho slate executive had "heeded the clamor clam-or of tho mob" and made satirical ref-nrnc.ea ref-nrnc.ea to "political capital." "However," ' he 'concluded "I still heJiovo that the flxht win hold here, as the courts nre, more powerful than the sovernor." Soaking a reason for the action of C.'oernrr Gli'ctt. followlnc. ns It does, hta own repeated declaration that he ('id not believe the light could he prevented pre-vented and did noi propose to begin p useless opposition, many think that pressure was brought to bear upon him from Washington; that tho state's representatives at the national capllal . have informed Moi that the holding of the fight was standing in the way of Sau Francisco's effort to secure national legislation in favor of the Panama Pacific exposition. This belief waa strengthened by a message received from Washington by President Presi-dent Wheeler of the San Francisco Traffic association, In which such a condition Is said to exist at the capi-tol, capi-tol, was sent by Representative Pen-net Pen-net of New York ten days ago. but was not made, public until today. . .Think Day6 of Fights Are Over. As a conclusion arrived at today, after much discussion the sporting fraternity in general seems to feel that the. halcyon days of the pugilistic game In California are" over, and that even though the Jeffries-Johnson fight may .be carried through here, the next session of the legislature will he forced to go on record as prohibiting prohibit-ing bouts of more than a few rounds. The Governor's Letter to Webb. Th governor, In bis letter, declares ( the toleration uf prize fighting in California Cali-fornia to be a disgrace to the state. . The letter follows: I "1 desire to call your attention to a so-called prize fight lo take place on Ihe Fourth of July next In the city of San Francisco, between Jim Jeffries ' and Jack Johnson. Many complaints j are received at this onlc from pronii-' pronii-' nent citizens of the state protesting against this so-called fight, and re-' re-' questing that some action be taken j by tho proper authorities to stop the same. "The district nt'orne rf S.10. Fran-! Fran-! claco has informed uie that he does not propose to Interfere in tho uiat-I uiat-I ter. The flrHt session of the legis-j legis-j lature hold in this sta.te in the year ; IS'iU enacted a Ihw mnklng !t a felony : for two persons to fi,lit e.ch other j upon a previous agreement upon a i wager for money or nny nthr reward. ! "This has been amended rom time to time, but never so a to inako pri?e i fighting lawful. In ."! the leglshi-! leglshi-! lure uvain amended (he law relating 1 lo prize fighting.: While ihe law, as ; amended, permitted 'sparring exhibl-' exhibl-' Hons for a limited number of rounds, I with glovs, to l.e held by a domestic j Incorporated club, it did not remove ! the ban which the laws of this state has always placed upon prize fights, and while ; sparring exhibition ' Prize Fight a Felony, i "Under certain conditions and restrictions re-strictions Is penm'ssable under this act, a prize fight still remains' a felony. fel-ony. Therefore the cueslion arises what Is a prize fight, ami what Is a 'sparring exhibition?' The former Is a crime, the latter Is lawful. It is clalmeil by many that the contest soon to tuke place between Jeffries and Johnson Is in bo a prize fight, as that term Is understood in the law, and therefore a crime under our SAN FRANCISCO. June 15. Stirred lo action by insistent protests from si! parts of the state, Governor Ins. N. Gillett took steps today to prevent the figbt betsseen James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson, scheduled to bo held In this city on July J In a letter let-ter of instruction to Attorney General U. S. Webb the governor expressed his disapproval of prize fighting In unmeasured terms, directs that the aid of the courts be invoked to prevent pre-vent the match and concludes with a positive order that In case the plea for a restraining order Is not granted and the fight Is carried out. the attorney attor-ney general proceed to gather evidence evi-dence and proserttte the principals and those Interested in the fight for violation of the penal code of the state. j Supreme Court Must Define a Fight. Tho letter declares that, the su-1 prenie court of California has never! defined n prize fight, nnd suggests an ( opportunity be given It to do so This , Is talion to Indicate the governor's in- j Mention to press hK opposition to the end, wbjle the status of the Jeffries- Johnson fight Is in an unsettled con-1 ditlon tonight, the sporting fruternlly I is much cast down atd It i. goner-) ally belhved that the death knell of prize lighting in California, the "rnoc-ca "rnoc-ca of prize fighters." nrcordlng lo the governor's letter, has been sounded. This Is r.irne out by the fact that the governor telegraphed to Attorney Geu-itiiI Geu-itiiI Webb later in the day to take! similar atflon in the matter of the ) fight between Sain I.nngford and Al Kaufman,, which to have leen fought here next Saturday. Promoter Surprised. Promotei-s Rlckard and Gleason of the big fiyht were completely taken by surprise. They had heard no whisper whis-per of the governor's Intended action When the news reached htm, Rickard rushed to the office of General Webb and asked what that official proposed to do. Aflar a conference, with Webh, Rlckard said that he believed the light would be held in San Francisco, and on tho advertised date, despite tho governor's orders. Tie said that he could not say positively what be would do until Webb handed down an opinion. Yet Rlckard has no intention of abandoning the effort to hold the fight here. Roth he and Gleason de- statutes. IT this Is true it, should'he prevented, but If carried out the Interested, In-terested, parlies should bo punished as provldd by law. "I believe that you should ines-tipnto ines-tipnto the malter-at once, and tako Biich legal steps as may be proper. In your Judgment, If warranted by the facts in presenting the case to the conn for Its decision, and ask to have all Interested .parties, enjoined pending pend-ing the hearing. .' Mecca for Prize Fighting. "Since the amendment of the law in 1809 permitting 'sparring exhibitions' exhibi-tions' prize fighting, under the guise of this amendment has greatly increased, in-creased, . and lias been tolerated in California until today our state is a inecca for prize figbteis, much to cur discredit. Our people have tho right to demand prize fighting shall cease In this state, and It will if our prea-eut prea-eut laws are enforced, especially If our courts follow the decisions of" the supreme courts of our sister states In defining a prize fight. In Michigan a prize fight exists when there is .'an expectation of reward to be gained by |