Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-28
JACK JOHNSON AGAIN
IN NEW YORK TOWN
Immense Crowd at Railroad
Station When C0I0red
Boxer Arrives.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW. YORK. October 2s.-Jack john
son, the champion heavyweight pugilist
of the world. arrived in this city this
morning at go from Chicago to complete
arrangements for a bout with James j.
Jeffres In company with his manager.
George Little. he was greeted by a throng
of some 5000 persons curious to see the
man who was deliberately seeking a
match with the undefeated pugilist from
California.
The entire section of the platform on
which the Twentieth Century limited dis
charged its passengers at the Grand Cen
trail depot had been roped off and an eX-
ira force of police was on hand to keep
the crowd in check. There was little need.
however of these precautions, for the
throng proved to be far from disordeTly
one. In fact. aside from a few cheers.
there was little demonstration or crowd
ing as the big negro walked toward the
exit of the depot.
Curiosity seemed to be the keynote of
the gathering, and while the crowd
watched every move of the big black and
his manager they did not offer to obstruct
his way or bother him with impertinent
questions. Johnson was informed by one
of the assembled newspaper men that jim
JeHr1eS ndO stated last night tnaI he
would leave the selection of the place for
the meeting between the two fighters to
Johnson. Upon hearing this the ETH
opian smiled his golden smile and said
| that he was not in a position to name a
place of conference offhand. He talked
| with his manager a moment and then an
nounced that as soon they had time
to get their bearings he would select a
| meeting place. If the same was agreea-
BILE to Jeffries he said he expected little
or no difficulty in making the match.
so far as l am concerned" said john
son, there need be no trouble in making
the match. | am willing to concede to
any reasonable demands made by JEFF
fries"
When Johnson was questioned as to the
truth of the reported statement that he
had agreed to Il winner-take-all fight, the
big negro said: That is absolutely false.
When Jeffries and | meet and sign arti-
Giles l will insist that there be both a
winner and loser end | don't see why
Jeffres should expect to be allowed to
deal so arbitrarily in the matter. l am
the champion and shall insist on certain
of my rights in match making.
Il have been chasing Jeffries over the
country for months. 1t seems to me that
it is the old case of Tommy Burns over
again. | have to trail people to get them
into matches. It's fact that any time
any travelling has been done with a view
toward settling the match, that l am the
one who has had to go on the journey.
Here I've Travelled across the continent
from California Just to get him into a
match. Pm here in town for business
and l don't intend that there shall be
any slip up. | have a vaudeville engage
ment in Chicago next Week and must be
back there later than Sunday"
When informed that Jeffries had stated
last night that Johnson would have to
name the place. for the conference the
negro smiled and said
.'All right. just as soon as l have a
chance to look things over I'll appoint a
meeting place. If it suits Mr.. Jeffries,
we'll and good: if it doesn't, we'll and
good. Sometimes l am compelled to think
that he is bluffing when he talks of re-en-
tering the ring. However, recent devel-
oEments lead me to think that he will
sign up for fight if only for the theatre
cal advertising that he can get from it.
mean business. Jefferies must sign his
name to a set of articles. post good
sized forfeit and make the match regu-
lar in every respect. or l will pass him
up. Ny time is money. 1 have a num-
Der of good theatrical offers and if JEFF
fries doesn't show a disposition to do
something definite very soon l will sign
up for theatrical engagements.
When the Twentieth Century limited
rolled into the big trainShed the gigantic
form of the negro crept down the steps
from one of the parlor cars. Immediately
some twenty dusky porters engaged in a
mad scramble for his travelling bags. The
lucky" station Land bore them off with
a smile of triumph. johnson was dressed
rather rakishly. His black cloth satin