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SOMETHING WILL DROP ABOUT WEEK AFTER NEXTJeffries Will Finish Theatrical j Tour Then and Will Talk Fight With * A Vengeance.1’Otatej PICSI.Chicago III., July 17.—James J. Jrf fries reached Chicago today hut tin much advertised meeting between the | former nvvweight champion and .lark Johnsm, the black boxer, did not 1 take place. IJeffries nppeared ns scheduled, at a | local amusement park, but Johnson did | not. and on James O'Leary, a local j sporting man. devolved the duty ol formally printing Johnson’s certified' check for *lt.Odft to bind a match1 with Jeffrie*. The big Californian waved it aside and said ho would not talk fight with Johnson or nay of his rep- . rcsentativvs until after he had condud- . ed bis 20 weeks' theatrical engagement. : Then he dc In red ho will talk fight J with a vengeance.In statement to the United Press J‘ ffries set at rest reports that he is , trying to ••hedge” on the proponed i light with b.lmson I / declaring urn* ,!uiv«M*nMv that he positively would j ight and would put up u forfeit tor the muteh next week when ho finish- j i ed his .Minnea-jtolK' engagement.Looks on It As Duty. .“f have made u compact with (lit 1 public to fight Johnson, It is my duty to re-establish white supremacy in pu- 1 ffilisni. ” he -aid. “When I finish my (; 20 weeks' theatrical tour I shall make I' known my plans for fighting Johnson.11 I shall dictate the terms, place midi' conditions. Johnson is not the drawing end of this match.* * The white public need not fear the* outcome. 1 am not now as good a man physically as I was wlu n I fought Bob I Fitzsimmons, but I do not need to be \ to whip Johnson. His present posses- j •ion of the title is due to an accident nnd » dearth of fighters of the heavyweight elnss. Johnson’s managers may get all the advertising they can out of following me nromid the country and flaunting Certified chocks at me. When my engagement ends I’ll appoint ’ a time uud place and name terms that will be fair to both sides. Then John-son can show his sincerity bv covering.”Jeffries’ tour ends next week in | Minneapolis.
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San Antonio Light and Gazette
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sun, Jul 18, 1909
Page 6
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