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BIG HOTELS BUBTilVISITED IN THIS COUNTRY.___ | TIncJOHNSON HAS TROUBLES :]:/1—- - i 111112Claimant fcr th • Championship of the \ |^e Ward Find; He Cannot Stop in| 1M .the Big Motets at Van- f eveicouvvr# L. C. j smci ie !h* a: ttS tV ancom c*, ki. C.. March 11.—Jackthe lately lamle«] h#*a\y-j tuui weight charauiou ut the world in an- ] P®***; Wit)KW€r to qite)iuf;ii8 burled at lam uy , jiert.Col i cwvoudents. states that he will’forlight Jim Jefferies at an\ line on three P1* 1 . . ! comu w' m-1'- ii.evJohnson has not received Lreatmeut I expI Wha to his liking in Victoria. As soon asI astlt;h»* landed he hit tor the swelk-st hotel 1*1 in *. in the eiry anu. walking up to the reg- whi Lsler with the most confident ait in the WCM. ,j world—the air of a man who believeshimself to be tlie* greatest human being ,1 in the universe—the heavyweightrhampton grasped a pen in his ponder-,s ous fist anti proceeded to inscribe his namlt; . One of the clerks hasleiuniafflt;( itK111at. over, however, anu with many apolo-gi« .■ told i he champion that there were |,, no rooms valt; ant in the house ami j IH‘' parSi'll!eisl“s.that he would have to go elsewhere. 1,1,1• Chre bo out went Jack in search of an- : wo[ 9 cbicr hotel. He went to the next best, thobut ■:,lt;lt;( the same answer there and i •*to 1,, aj ain at another. By this time ne hej hutcame abusive ami hegon to tell people New hat he thought ot them. At length I ****i i inhe secured lodgings ai a down town | nuj ,7 hotel, b it was quite dissatisfied because he eon Id not stop at the best. Sam Fitzpatrick, his former umnag-r. er, is also in Y'aucouvcr and when iu-tei vi« wed on Johnson's chances m a light with Jefferies said:•'I ran see nothing to it but thathiletolifeUIMofiogamIt Johnson v\ i 11 bn champion lor as many j disyears as Jclicrics held the title, at any j.s rate. t\hi may take it from me thattha 1 of 1 toJohnson is not atraid to meet Jeffer- j an(iefi. [ voitotoe-mi-e-y-ese.eder•nFitzpatiiok react in detail the inter-; view given in New York by Jefferies;as.*earTuesday night. When he had finished frolie suggested that the big boiler-umkcr me was underrating Johnson, and added: Lj^Flier*! ts only one white man who pr*dieth*forhas any right in ihe ring with Johnson. and that is Jefferies. But 1 don’t think that even Jefferies could beat prlt;the black. Jefferies is a long vvaf Nwelioin being in shape, and. even if he j ^could get in condition, I sincerely lie-j i vlieve, knowing both well, that the col-! yo oielt;i man wonl«l have the better of it.yoayit.rygsled.ina I-wit es| qu PrFor Corbett to light Johnson would be i idicitlous. Ketcliel is altogether too small. It would he a shame to match them.Johnson’s former manager be uu the big colored man no ill will, declaring with a shrug of his shoulders tiiat it was impossible for any man to handle j m Johnson after lie gained the title. Hm John.-ou has wanted since then to le his own boas absolutely, though Fitzpatrick declared that be understood the champions white wile would assist in ai tanging mat lies for him.thca11.fainoinitortie;\hin
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Logansport Daily Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 11, 1909
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