Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-19
THE PUGlLISTS
MUST FIGHT FOR
 THE LONG GREEN
Fitzsimmons and Johnson Have Not Yet Been Paid For Their Riug
 Battle.

Philadelphia, July 19.-Bob Fitz- simmons and Jack Johnson, who met at the Washington Sporting club Wednesday night, must go to court to get their share of the receipts. The club will enter a bond to-day to cover the attachment on the boxers end of the receipts and will then carry the case to court in an eoHrt to prevent Bob and Jack from col lecting.
 MT Greenlee, one of the promoters of the club, said to-day:
 Our legal advisers are Of the opinion that the boxers did not earn their money and that we are justified in not paying them. We do not want to keep the money and if the courts decide in our favor we will return it to all of our patrons who present their coupons. We only desire to prove to the public that we were not party to any prearranged affair.
 Sporting men here laugh at the stand taken by the club. Only re- gently the club tried to withhold from Harry Greenfield, an English boxer, and give to the police pension fund $200 of his share of the receipts because he proved to be lemon" instead of champion. but the off, cials came down when threatened with suit and paid up.
 Any claim that the club might have to hold back the money of the fighters is believed to have been lost by the action of Manager McCarney of the club in jumping into the ring after Fitzsimmons' speech about his arm being in bad condition and ord ering the men to box.
 That Fitzsimmons and Johnson will eventually receive their money is considered certain.
 If proper inducements are offered and by that I do not mean a for tune or any great part, of one-I stand ready to go to the United Stat es and fight Tommy Burns for the championship of the world" This statement Gunner Moir, heavyweight champion of England, made last night in his office in Fleet street London.
 Moir is anxious to fix up a fight at once. and, providing a suitable in- ducement is made, will cross the At lantic. It was thought that Moir summed the idea of voyaging to the united States, but he has evidently changed his mind on that score. Ii is sporting offer on the part of the English champion, and 1t rests with America to make the monetary offer and if it is at all reasonable Moir will be on the job like a tiger.
 The Gunner was denied a match with Philadelphia Jack O'Brien in the beginning of the year and he does not want to be left again. He has been carefully studying the perform ances of Tommy Burns and thinks that he will at least make a better showing than did Bill squires.
 Joe Cans would prefer Battling Nelson as his next opponent in the ring, but if he cant get the Dane he will take on Joe Thomas, if the latter will fight and they can agree on weight.
 Negotiations are pending between Cans and Nelson, also between Cans and Thomas.
 Just now there is a hitch in the Gans-Thomas match. Ben SeIie cleverly worked up controversy over the weight question and when Thomas declined to weigh in at 145 pounds ringside. called off all nego- tiations until the arrival of the col ored champion, giving as the excuse that he wanted Cans to decide this particular point. Thomas wishes to weigh in at 154 pounds four hours previous to the contest. If Cans can- not entice Nelson into a return match he will probably concede this point to Thomas.
 Jack Gleason is one man who real ly thinks that Cans is trying to side. step Thomas.
 Finally in order to cinch the match, Gleason states that he made the offer of $15,000 as Joe Cans end. win, lose or draw. The champions manager declined to give a definite answer at the time, and nothing fur ther was heard from Selig until Ben started to dicker with Coffroth for a bout in Jimmy's new arena.