The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-02
JACK JOHNSON
WEARS JOHNSON
There Being No One Else 10
Fight in Australia He's
Going Home.

Colored pugilist Jack Johnson, Wear
;ng diamonds and very evidently feel"
ing 'some punkins'' passed through
Yesterday on the S. S. Sonoma, en- route
TO San Francisco. He's going home
because there are no more gooo os
men TO fight in the Colonies.
Rrer Johnson went to 'Strylier TO
force a meeting with "Boshter BIN
co,,ires hit Newcastle William lit out
for Frisco without satisfying the
dinge's ambition, and the cullud gem
man is hot on Squires' trail.
johnson had a couple of fights III
cornstalk country. meeting n oe1eat-
ing Peter Felix and Queenslahoef
Iaing. the two best men outside Oh
Souires in the Antipodes.
Johnson wasn't exactly flush when ne
went through here the first time. DUR
ing his stay in Australia he pet'ereu
! himself financially and IS returning
home with a roll of bills that it would
strain an ordinary man to jump over
He is also taking back with MIN some
| costly jewelry and a solid gold cigarette
case presented to him by admirers at
the other end. San Alien, the "eh'
known bookmaker, came through with
the coffin-nail holder
Johnson made a decided hit in AUS
tral;a his gentlemanly bearing ana
snortsmanlike traits gaining for him a
host of friends.
Like other celebrated pugs have done
lotto lack had a bout with KID
Cupid and came off second best has en-
eagement to Mrs. Toy. a charming syd-
,av ,adv being announced just before
he left the country.
Johnson put in his shore tine yester-
dav around town with friends. HIS
ex-manager Al. Mclean is also ABOARD
tba Sonoma, but, in the words OF the
song. they don't speak to n another
now" Al. and Jack had a dispute
over money matters and the pan
a oread to disagree, an assault and pat
terry seance going with the decision
"The best 7 can say of my treatment
in Australia isn't good nough SAID
Johnson. They sure are princes over
+bare sixteen thousand people saw
me fight Felix. I'm going back AGAIN
IN about a year. Squires is a nice Eel
low and a wonderful fighter at his
weight. He's not big enough for tn'
American heavies, however, with tai
exception of kaufman, whom thii'
he'll beat. I'm going to challenge TN
winner of the Burns-O'Brien battle OF
Nav 10 at Los Angeles. If I'm no
5 taken III I'll go after Squires Tor ne
= the bow that's going to draw the Oh
nonev and T am pretty sure OF get
ting on a match with him eventually
wont to Australia to fight him an
a I'm going to camp on his tran III
D gat a match. AS soon as l lana 1
Frisco Til go on the stage on a S5O
uoax contract-which was what
or cattinp when I left for Australia
1.-The trouble with Mclean was tina
ha wanted fifty per cent. of my WIZ
nings I was willing to give MIN
~ouarter of what I made but couldn
see why I should do the fighting an
him to get just as much out of II e
mo And YOU might say thai III gl'
$1,000 to anyone who can prove that
left sydney owing a cent there
anywhere else. I'd have stayed the
longer if there a been anyone eli
~ worth fighting.
n Travelling with Johnson are F. '
ir Thatcher and J. W. Birdsall, two Ns
South wales sporting men, n j. A
A len of New York.