BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 6

BOXING.

', '■ JEFFRIES-JOHNSON' CONTEST. TENDERS OPENED. .- Sydney";" Referee's" , latest advice from NeiY-Xork'uiider. date . . December. 1, it was practically,' though not formally, decidedthat afternoon at a conference following tlio opening of bids for'the Jeffries-Johnson .contest, that the . combination.' of ."Tex". Jtickard and 'J. 1 J. ' Gleason of 101,000 dollars cadh. and two-. - thirds 'of r the .'pi'6hire; privileges .would -be ;' 'accepted; ■ Eickaril, andVfeloason iwait, to ; hold? the .contest either'at' Ely, Nov., or ■San' July;> ; 4: '.' Tieir bid. is considered by-many, to be .the;bcst of. the ..five; offered, as the inoving pictnre pri- ; vileges. are estimated to be worth at least 50,0b0 dollars, the sum offered, for-;the'ring contest 4151,000 dollars. . ; . r Bids w-oro-oponod at-Naedi's Hotel, Ho™ken, »five*'aspirinra ;for' th?„privilege>bf .llplding'.'lh'e world's champiiinship . event , submitting: :propositiphs. Bids, ranged -from. X-7500,- offered by. Hugh Mlntosh, the Australian; promoter,:■ -srho, stipulated "that ho to retain all the 'picture, privileges for himself, up to 1 the 125,000 dol'larS guaranteed purse.' offered by J. W. Coffroth' .'and,: Jack ; Gleasoh to hold-. the contest at Golma,:' Cal., ' they, likewise to retain the. pictnre.privileges..-v>, . - From each;: of ■ the,- ftv.e.bidders . came propositions ranging between these two extremes.;'" Some ioffered'-guarantees, ■ others a percentage of the gross-receipts, and all : ha4.,different. stimulations abput-,the, picture Vprivileges, 7, which,>-are,-estimated •as being;extremely -M'Carey, of Los. 'offer«4_ 110,000 .dollars cash arid 50 per-'cent.' of the moving picturo receipts... ■v. 'v'•' - .Teffries was r not.;at : the meeting. Ho was reprejiented his manager. ■ J;ic.k Johnson,-lioivever, was on the: scene in ! ' person; - attended v by' his. manager, George: Little. Bobort P. Murphy, prelirainaty . stakeholder,; opened ! the' bids. Nearly, i.;thousand ;.of,..the .best-known sports , ; .of. promoted,were present; Several of the ,bidders "sought for. informatiohy bn/the.'picture 1 privileges as soon as .- tho.'gathering -was ready, for business. Johnson spoko up briskly; and : declared that ' the , rovenue from' the moving pictures must go to' the ; contestants; -:,; ;, - , ."It's the ohly fair way, and ; it;,was'so understood, from ; the' ;beginning,''. he ;'de-, clared. 1 1 . ■ "Coffroth is not hero. We've only got the'fli.ttle.' fellows on. hand*- to bid," then declared Berger. ■ - t'Coffroth aid. I :are, bidding together," said Jack Gleason,. which settled Borgflr's objections., : J;'-;,;- -'.--'V;-; ; Murphy was .then made recipient :of five bulKy envelopes, 1 - after 1 which -he ; declared the and;proceeded to? open the';, propositions. The. bid' lof 1 Ettdie Graney was first to be-opened. , Bidding on behalf of the Tuxedo Club of San Francisco, ho enclosed a certified cheque' for IMO dollars, as did others, and offered .fixxt' SO per cent; of the gross receipts, with a _ guarantee of 75,000 dollars and the'. ■ entire' picturo . privileges. ; Next ■ : he offered 80vper cent, of the-gross receipts and. two-thirds of the ,picture privileges pins 20,000 dollars, while he would retain and take a chance on making moro than that on-his-third-of the privileges.- He . lastly offered 90, - per : cent, of -, the, gross receipts to ; the: contestants, the club to ,take: all'of■'the privileges money. ; Graney. . guaranteed .to navo an - arena.; seating 25,000, and: withrn five miies of San, Francrsco ready' for tho . event. 1 The joint-ibids of J. W. Col Troth and "Jack" Gleason were next opened. They offered 125,000 dollars -.to.;_the, : , men,' the. promoters-to'retain'.-all,privileges and tie; ;contest:to. be held;on July,4 at Sam Fran-cisco.:-On, this .proposition, they* offered to .put-iup :'a-(guafantee ..of; : 30,000 dollars 'within. ■ twenty-four■:;honrs.,- i Coffroth:,; and : Gleason. mado a second.proposition. It 'Was';to .'guarantee: the fighters 75,000 dollars and give them two-thirds. of , the: ;pictuTev privileges,, the promoters -to put up; 20,009 dollars: -guarantee ,on this propositi on-, : --Tlw,thixd- offer was 80. per 'c-onti;': of/the" gross'; receipts;, ( :,Oio men' fand"',one-third ;of. the',.;piia^e.v;mbriey,-.. a. 10,000 dollar guaTanteo- to go with ; this; offer' • -• ■: -all'the privileges for himsolf, ? Hugh f .M;3itish''?'m'a3e''^afr- offer .-'of- ■'J7500; ;fbr; tile eve-nt if held in .' the ' United:' .States," jEßooo,:.if ■' it; were,;,held in France "oV England,■' and ,£10,050 if Ke '.could. take it to Austraha • - '/Tox''"l{ickard : and"J.~J; Gloason made 1 i combination bid by putting; fifteen'- one-. :.thousand-,doUali'; i i bills''witH* l to 'hold the. OTCnt at Ely, Nev.,' or; San; "Fffmcisco,-'' Jnly'4,. offering lOljOOO; dollars' l and;6o,'pM::ceiit:''of : tho 'picture privileges.' "Tom" M'Carey, for the Pacific Athletic Club- of Los Angeles, then offered to givo die entire gate receipts-and 50 per cent, of , th>! 'picture privileges : for. the-.contest, or to; guarantee them 110,000 dollars and 50 per '.'cent. ..of, the. ■ privile^o, money. • If. ,this; offer ;-:was" (accepted,; he' wanted new articles' signed - within' twenty-fours, ho said.. ■■ . ,"It alL.sonnds'big- to -, ino,- gentlemen, ha^e : something : to say. in making np- my''own miiid,' .and I ain t .the "to''figure ; 1 they .mean: in"'a : minute'?i.ddblared;. Jack Johnson, after the bids' had "been, opened. /--- "There ain't .any. great'.'npcd of .hurry, and we better lot this all. go', over until to-morrow, so we' can think about, it. >1 won't sign- to-day, and thafs. all about :it.".-; : .;,',v : 4His . attitude , was;* duplicated by Sam. Bergeri' repr<sm±ing r Jeffriesi ; Both men w.anted' I ''tiflie;. ;tofconsider;-'.'rand althbughievery' effort was made - to''have them reconsider. and - a«xpfc; dofimtely.i this after r ,no<inj> theywfiisß"wSs,, ; finally de^ : cided -' to;- 'postpone'. (u^jUance;: of ; an; offer .until, to-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock, at • the • same place;'- '■ .'v.of

JOHNSON AND' BI3ENS' OFFER. : ;'l menced'operatiohs ; .with thelbbject .of securing, if.,possible; another,'matcli between; Jacki'Johnsonvand'iTomTny'Burns to; take placo.iirA'ustralial " ; I?(irnS'w£L<.>pproaclie<l rfirst 'to, meet' 'tlra'! t^-V^^^r^oTtfoitths-ttfter his. conifest with' 'J.effries, ; winner take; all,'and Biiriis'readily' assented, and. ■imniediately signed a; provisional agreement i embodyms' ,the ' suggestion. -John•'son' was ' at; ornie 'communicated, with through "Tho -BefcreoV- special American C^bmissirat^.-.atßaa-' £caiibisc6;'- l Ur.' \7. ,\V.' Nauglitnn.-;;,Mr. M'lhtosh' under-vof.--the :■ coloured : man's - expenses, should htf :'agree. to come out, and is .now,/, awaiting : a reply from ;that; niuch-talked-about individual.: Burns is so satisfied ■ regarding his : ability to ,reverse,'-'what : happened on - .: Boxing j) a y '12 months ago that ho would take any monetary, risk ,in reason to ,be given 'another chancb-against Johnson: ; • , ' .

KUENS-irVEA MATCH. ; A prominent; Parisian promoter of ■ boxing contests'haswired Mt. ; H.D.- Mlnitosh asking him .to .ascertain from Tommy Burns what lie would he agreeable to .'accept to go to the French capital to meet: the big coloured man,' MTea, whom Jack Johnsori said, : .before leaving Australia, 'was the next .best boxer in the ' world to i himself; - Tommy Burns was • inter- : viewed, with,, .the: result ithat •he - agreed to'' take; a ,£ISOO purse and- fares; for. himself • and Mrs. Burns, provided, the date was. not j>ut' : 'ofTtoo .far;' as he ' would let'overythingielse go by the board sooner than miss meeting Jobison were the lat;ter..'.t» ' 'arrange ; coitest under the '-"conditions mentioned 4 . tosh's, cablegram. '