The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
Jack johnson Arrives in New
York Hale and Hearty.
Big Crowd at the Station to
Meet Him.
CAN'T BE TOO SOON.
Says He Is Willing to Meet
Jeffries Right Away.
Insists On Winner and Losers
Division of Purse.


back to New York. 1 have come all the
way from San Francisco to meet Mr.
Jeffries and sign articles for our battle.
and 1 am willing to make the match
under any fair conditions said Jack
johnson, the negro heavy weight, as he
disembarked from the Twentieth Cen
fury limited from Chicago at the Grand
Central station this morning. There
was a big crowd on hand, including
many of his negro friends, to welcome
Jeffries' rival Johnson was accom-
panied by his manager, George Little.
The two men had some difficulty in
getting through the crowd which gath
cred along the station platforms and
crowded and cheered the champi ~
Johnson grinned from ear to ear as
the crowd gathered around and shook
him by the hand and asked him about
the fight with Jeffries.
Il hope to meet -Jeffries at once, the
sooner, the better said Johnson. II
never felt better except that the boil
on my cheek bothers me some. I weigh
about 205 pounds. How did I get that
boil? 1 guess 1 have been living too
high
johnson in Hurry.
Speaking of the match with Jeffries,
Johnson displayed an evident desire
to have the articles signed right away
and the negotiations for the contest
concluded.
George Little. my manager, will
see Sam Berger" said Johnson "and
arrange for a meeting. OF course
shall be at the meeting, for Jeffries
and I can do more in five minutes to
settle this matter than all the go be-
tweens can do in a day.
Il am ready to abide by the condi-
tions that I entered into with Berger
in Chicago except that I shall ask for
a winners and losers division of the
purse
Jeffries was delighted when he
heard that Johnson had reached the
city and said he was ready at any
time to arrange terms.
The ex-boiler maker put in some
time this morning in gymnasium
work.
Jeffries Finds Society Fighter.
While actively training here, James
]. Jeffries has uncovered a likely can
didate to wrest the heavyweight
championship title of the socially elect
from Anthony Drexel Biddle of Phil
adelphia, who was first introduced to
fame by philadelphia Jack" O'Brien
The new candidate is Warren Bar
bour, son of Colonel Barbour, the
thread manufacturer and socially
prominent.
Barbour who says he has chaIleng-
ed Biddle for a finish fight before a
select audience, of their friends, hap
pened into the gymnasium here while
Jeffries was training and the profess
sional pugilist induced the amateur
to box and wrest1e with him. Bar
bour, who is feet 81 inches in
height, and weighs 20 pounds, made
such d creditable showing that JET
fries declared that with competent
training he could win the professional
championship of the world.
Jeffries Didn't Wait.
Little went at once to the hotel
where Jeffries and his manager, Sam
Berger are staying, but was inform
ger had gone out. Little expressed
surprise that Jeffries should not have
remained to meet him, knowing that
Johnson and himself would arrive to-
day. Little left note for Berger say
ing that Johnson and he would remain
at their hotel all day to make the
match
LAS to the $1,000 which I put up
some time ago that Johnson would
fight" Little said, 'I am willing to bet
that sum even money that Johnson
wins and further 1 will wager $40, 900
more at the prevailing ringside odds
that Jeffries is defeated.
Il understand that Jeffries spoke
contemptuously of the pictures of the
Johnson-Ketchel fight and that he
said it was bout between a washer
woman and boxer. If Jeffries thinks
Ketchel fights like a washerwoman,
let him fight him. Ketchel has a
terrible right hand"
Little then returned to the hotel,
where Johnson was stopping. john
son said he thought the fight would be
held in California.
Will Sign Articles Tomorrow.
The match of the vy-weight cham
p;onship of the world between Jack
T0hr he
James J. Jeffries. the retired titleholder
will be arranged at a meeting of the
principals and their managers at
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon in this city
The arrangements for the meetins
were made by George Little, manager
OF Johnson, and Sam Berger, who rep
resented Jeffries. who held a conference
a few hours after the arrival here Of
johnson from Chicago today.
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