JOHNSON-JEFFRIES.
FIGHT TO TAKE PLACE AT BJGNO. United Press AESiciation—By Electric Telegraph Copyright, Keceived Juue 22, 1 p.m. SEATTLE, June 21. Jeffries and Johnson will fight on the afternoon of 4th July, at Reno, Nevada. This is absolutely certain. An arena, capable of seating 25,000 spectators, is to be built immediately. Fruitless pressure was brought to bear on Governor Dickerson, of Nevada, to stop tbefieht. Mr Dickerson says the battle is lawful and honest. Rickard, one of the tight promoters, is his personal friend. Keno is on the principal railroad, and distant ten hours from San Francisco, There is a general felling of relief among sportsmen nuw that uncertainty is at an end. Bloodshed is feared if Johnson wins the fight. :
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10076, 23 June 1910, Page 5
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121JOHNSON-JEFFRIES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10076, 23 June 1910, Page 5
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