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JEFF AND NEGRO MAY SIGN UP TODAY TO FIGHT IN APRILJohn L, Offers to Referee Fiee and Give the Public an Hon- | est and Fearless Decision, jAi»odatml Pi ess.Ni*w York, Oct. 29.—I'hIcks some mi-! expected hitch occurs .lames Jeffrie*, retired champion. and Jack Johnson, negro heavyweight titleholder, will il nx their sigiintnres today to article*.| calling tor'n buttle lor the premier title of the listic arena some time nest April before the clnb offering the largest purse. Ph. two pugilists and their man-1 ager* were scheduled to meet thin afternoon at an uptown hotel and fra pie I up a lighting agreement.“I'm ready to fight, and Johnson says he is. said the big boiler-maker. “And that’s more than half the mutch making. I think we will arrange to meet in April. I suppose the fight will be! held in California, as tlmt at present seems the most likely plaee.”“So Jeffries wants to wait till April. said Johnson smiling. “Well, that's n long wnv off. hut l*m willing if he wants to take that long, only I want a big forfeit put up. I think . about $'000 would be rjjit.John L. Sullivan telegraphed from Chicago saying he would be willing to referee the Jeffries Johnson tight with out charging a cent and guarantee the-i American public an honest and fearless 1 : decision.
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San Antonio Light and Gazette
San Antonio, Texas, US
Fri, Oct 29, 1909
Page 10
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