Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-18
JOHNSON COMING
SOUTH TO FIGHT
WANTS TO MEET WINNER OF
BURNS-FLYNN GO
McCAREY is WILLING If JACK
is SUCCESSFUL
Jeffries Sailing for Home and Pre-,
liminaries of Big Fight May Be
Settled Here-Heavyweiahts
Are Working
BY A. e. DUNNING

Jack johnson is ready to fight again
JUST as soon as an opponent can be
picked for him. No more startline
commentary on the so-called 'heavy-
| weight championship thing staged bv
Jim Coffroth at Colma Saturday after
noon could be found than the an
nouncement made by the big negro
Immediately after the battle that he
! is planning to come to Los Angeles to
fight the winner of the Jack Burns
Jim Flynn fight, scheduled for Octo-
! Der 20 at Maud Junction. In a legit-
innate battle for the worlds premier
honors it would be expected that thea
contestants, not one but both wou1d@
emerge from the fray somewhat battle
worn, if not battle Scared But here
Is champion who has come out Of
the fight with only a slightly swollen
jaw, ready to commence training to
meet another big man within a month.
This declaration of Johnsons is
| prime evidence of the fact that the
match last Saturday was so one-sided
as to amount to the jocular. The chal-
lenger was battered into insensibility
and the title holder is ready to go the
| route again. 1t is also proof that
while Johnson may not be underrated
his adversary was certainly either
overrated or pitted against a man
whom he knowingly had no chance to
defeat.
wants Local Matcn
Johnson. is anxious to obtain an op-
portunity to stick his huge paw into
the box office receipts For a cham
pion his delving into the box Office
moneys has been small and far be-
tween. Consequently he is anxious to
| seize every opportunity to box. He
is expected to arrive in the south in
few days, and Manager McCarey
will consider staging him with the
/ IOtTts TI,rAr al,
| by no means arranged, but provided
Burns wins decisively the black man
probably will appear before the local
fans in a mid-November card. Flynn
| having already been whipped by John
son in eleven rounds, will hardly prove
a good drawing card with John Ar
! thur, but as the southern fans have
communicated to McCarey their desire
to see the black man in the ring. even
| if he appears only as sort of easy
exercise, the Pacific Athletic club is
! seriously considering putting Johnson's
name at the head of program in case
Jeffrey's man whips the fireman. The
Angel boxing fraternity wants to wit
ness the champion in action for the
purpose of viewing at first hand the
work of the Galveston negro. 1t is
five years since Los Angeles saw John
son in any serious performance To-
cally and with the Jeffries- johnson
/
ring followers are anxious to observe
and draw their conclusions at first
hand concerning the ability of the
dusky heavyweight.
Our Jeff Coming Home
Jim Jeffries is homeward bound. The
merriest message the rosin attendants
have needed in many a month was
that from Queenstown that flashed as
surance that he had taken steamer on
his way to New York. Jeffries ex-
pected to arrive in New York the lat
ter part of this week. and his business
partner, Jack Kipper, says he will be
in Los Angeles just as soon after that
as he can arrange his affairs This
means that November ! will probably
find the big fellow at home. 1t is not
improbable that the final setting of the
lstage for the enactment of the pre-
liminares to the big battle will be
Jeffs home town.
The fight camps in and around Los
Angeles were humming yesterday with
preparations for Friday nights card.
At San Pedro big Battling johnson
worked out, and the Russian used a
sparring partner all his own. When
a fighter attains the dignity of a spar
ring partner it is evidence that ne
thinks he is winner. Bat has a real
dyed in -the-woo1 punching assistant
which is some class for the husky ma
| i've OF Il6 DARK emp iieH 4 ~
is the name of the mysterious partner.
johnson is back in his old quarters,
working like an Industrious elephant.
Cameron, his coming opponent, is
training at the pavilion and JACK
Geyer is working at the same place
for his ten-round bout with Jack Sic
berg The latter is. rounding to at
Venice.
Sam Coulter put in a busy day at
Doyles camp. while Norval did his
stunts at Venice Al Rogers is at Re
dondo. where he is rounding to under
the direction of Charles Palmer, who
vouches for the fighting abilities of
Rogers from this time on.
Jim Flvnn put in the day at Doyle's
camp taking off some of the super
fuous flesh which he has accumulated
since he last fought in Los Angeles.
Flynn expects to buckle down to hard
work today, getting ready for the go
with lack Burns on the goth at the
pavilion Burns is training at Venice.
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