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HALF AROUND THE WORLDJO EIGHTThis ihurningV mail brought mu a long letter- from Tommy Burns from AuBtraim, and tho following para*. 151.1 jilt certainly made ino sit Uji and. take notice:**Mr. McIntosh, Bob Fitzsimmons-Jiiil Lang iintl myself, Bccoimmuled by twenty-Lwu of Australia's beal sportsmen, anil June 6. by fur Frisco to allcnd the big fight.•fust .think of the interest, the contest, is uraualng: nil over tho world. Hero are a group of people making approximately a trJp of 16.0U0 miles, v,1pii wc figure the return ujlleage to Australia, to nee ft 1'iglit. The other diiy 127 arrived from England 011 the mime niiHsinu, ami about GUO more will XollQWi \ y hnvc n letter from Jack Gleafion.In which-lie Htates that a Mr Hymunn of Capetown, Soulli Africa, reserved leu tickets for a party that Ik coming from .there, and n James A. Brown nf Brazil is coming with 11 parly of seven.Hums . Ih an: cnllmsiaslk; .Jeffries man and writes as follows. *'I shall be at lliQ ringside shouting for Jeffries. If by chance Johnson should win, I want- to take Jerrrlea' presentplace as.representing the white raceaiid wilt scad Johnson to the.hospital onco more, u» 1 did in. Australia, Johnson- would rather fight my other 1 ban hi the world than he would me,-Me knows it, and lie known Umt t wna :fully able in continue when tfte ppllce.:stopped our Tight. It was .stop--ped • because .u friend of Johnson'* wciit to llic police and sold 1 -had onn p.t my rlge broken. Just give me one tunra -nliancn aud I will show the big siQnke up. But whin's the lisa? Jeffries will make him jump over the tup rope tho first time he stings him. You take it from me, the Smoke will try and. lose on a foul, as he: acYct Will stand for Ike knockout unless. Jeff should happen to put it over guild and-strung and . put him away ■with a single wullop before Johnson gets u chance to unit.. When I meat you in California I want to ask .Tohnann right before you wliy lie went to the Manley hospital in Melbourne, and lie will not deny that, his rllin were frnctuv.ed and that the X.-vny iliHcloKed this fact. I have the Australian statement of tbe physi* clans tlmt examined him and will publish them if he denies my state-ni eiU. ’• •
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Ogden Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Thu, Jun 09, 1910
Page 4
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