Johnson deposits $100000 amid fight fix claims
Chicago July 8 Champion Jack Johnson deposited 190000 in the First National Bank to buy his mother a new car and to confirm claims that he was offered 100000 to drop in the big fight. He says manager George Little proposed a frame, he refused, and lengthened the camp. Dope attempts against him and gambling ties are noted as motive for bets against Johnson reaching the eighth round.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
First National Bank
Tex Rickard
Sig Hart
Johnson
Jeffries
Cotton
New York
Rickard Details How He Buncoed Bidders for Jeffries Fight
SAN FRANCISCO July 8 Tex Rickard, the promoter of last Monday's Jeffries Johnson contest at Reno, in an interview here today makes sensational disclosures of how the big contest was arranged. He declares that two days before bidding he had Johnson and Jeffries signed through Berger, and no other promoter could get the fight. He says he offered Johnson a $10,000 bonus and made him think Jeffries was worse. He notes Jeffries thought Gleason would partner. Rickard says bids were opened but all were cinched, and he had to put up $22,000 with Stakeholder Bob Murphy and lend Johnson $2,600. The purse was cut 75 to 1, then adjusted to 49 and 60 between the principals. The house paid $270,775. they still own one-sixth of the moving pictures. He predicts profits from the pictures and asserts no ordinance can stop showings in San Francisco. He blames crooked politicians and criticizes the city. R. L. C.-Fitzsimmons won the title from Corbett in 1897. Jack Johnson will be credited with a knockout in the Jeffs fight.
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Johnson
George Little
Jeffries
Little
San Francisco
Tex Rickard
Reno
Berger
Rickard
Owever
Jack Gleason
Hoboken, N. J
New York
Bob Murphy
Moving Pictures
McCarthy
Pugilist
Joe Gans
Baltimore
Terry McGovern
Chicago
America
Nelson
Gans
McGovern
James J. Jeffries
Bob Fitzsimmons
J. J. Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Jack O’brien
Jack Johnson
Only One Boxer Recovered After Knockout Defeats
Historic prize ring record shows Joe Gans and many greats failing to regain titles after defeats. The piece notes Gans loss to McGovern in 1900 and later titles, Fitzsimmons and Jeffries battles, Corbett’s rise and fall, and other champions like Dempsey and Lavigne failing to return to former form after defeats or long absences.
Classy Card At Bike Track In Pro Racing Display
Not since the days of Eddie Bald and Willie Fenn has cycling seen such classy riders. Frank Kramer, current national champion, is peaking and targets another title with a half mile and two mile pro races at Revere Beach tonight. He faces Fred Hill, Joe Folger, Jean Goulette, Peter Drobach, Walter Bargett, and George Wiley. Jimmy Moran and Elmer Collins will chase the motors for 15 miles, aiming for victory after a week of training.
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Eddie Bald
Willie Fenn
Harry Ellis
Samuelson
Frank Kramer
Kramer
Revere Beach
Fred Hill
Watertown
Joe Folger
Brooklyn
Jean Goulette
Australia
Peter Drobach
South Boston
Walter Bargett
Buffalo
George Wiley
Syracuse
Jimmy Moran
Elmer Collins
Bucket Brigade Fends Fire at Phelps & Bradley Plant
Flames at Phelps and Bradley furniture factory, 38 Wareham Street, forced 150 workers to flee before firefighters arrived. A bucket brigade of employees reentered the building to control the blaze, which began in a boiler room and spread through partitions to upper floors before burning out in the drying room. John Dracy suffered minor burns on both hands and arms and received care at a drug store. Estimated damage set at $1090.
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Phelps & Bradley, Furniture Manufacturers
Wareham Street
John Dracy
Bucket Brigade
Passenger traffic through Hast River tunnels delayed until Sept 8
New York July 8. Passenger traffic through the Hast River tunnels between the new Pennsylvania Railroad station in Manhattan and Long Island will not be opened until September 8, an official statement said by President Ralph Peters of the Long Island railroad.
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Penn
New York
Hast River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan
Long Island
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
Malden Couple Mark Silver Wedding Anniversary
Malden on July 8 192? Mr and Mrs George William Boyce celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at their home 70 Bartlett Street Guests came from Europe Mexico Minneapolis Brookline and the West where Mr Boyce lived until a year ago They were married July 8 1885 in Oshkosh Wisconsin by Rev Father Randall and later moved to Malden They have a daughter Laura
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Malden
George William Boyce
Bartlett Street
Europe
Mexico
Minneapolis
Brookline
West
Boyce
Randall
Oshkosh
Wis
Laura
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NCER
Billy Jordan
Ries and
Dana
Jerfries
Harting
Jeffries Innocent
Jordan
Wta Mayap
John L. Sullivan
Hugh McIntire
Fred Gotch
Tom Sharkey
R. L. C.—Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Carson City
Jeff
James J. Corbett
Jack Dempsey
Lavigne
George Lavigne
George McFadden
Jimmy Britt
Battling Nelson
Young Corbett
William Rothwell
Philadelphia
Joe Walcott
George Dixon
Frankie Neil
Tommy Burns
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