The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-22


Moseley, sporting man OF this city.
received the following letter from Jack
Johnson the pugilst who recently de-
reated Tommy Burns:
Sydney, Australia, Jan. 1-Your
kind letter received before my fight
with Burns. but not having a private
secretary then | have delayed n reply
until now. ] enclose the photograph
as requested and hope 1t will reach
YOU without getting ruined in transit,
and answer the purpose for which ii Is
desired, Concerning the go with
Burns, AS wrote You. knew 1t was
a clnch, and | could have won easily
In the first two or three rounds, but
! wanted to show ] wasn't the yellow
dog with the yellow streak" that Tom
called Inc. If You failed to get down Il
good bet on me. why, it's Your "fu-
neral" for. In reality Burns was the
easiest I've ever been up against" AS
to your suggestion that | don't fight
Langford In the event | whipped
Burns, will say that am open to all
comerS and would not call myself the
champion if ] cannot defend the title.
| gave my word to my English friends
to fight Langford. win or lose with
Buns, and shall do so. l know Sam
has whipped some good men in Amer
lea lately and that j am going up
against warm proposition, but you
Will remember | bested him In our tif-
teen-round fight, and while he has i'm
proved a great deal from his recent
fights, / have learned thing or two
myself. | do think, however, that Sam
iS hnC rod In c
OF myself: but when we fight get big
bunch on me, for "Pll deliver the
goods
The papers here from America, and
dispatches. speak of jeff coming out
and the only man TO whip me. Well, let
him come. You know he refused to
fight me in his prime, but instead sent
in Brother Jack. and YOU know what
did to him. Ell? | don't fear JEFF now,
or any man living. am in much bet
ter condition now than when We were
In Atlantic City and have learned "a
thing or two since being on this side.
II / fight JEFF or he will fight me
land I believe he's bluffing) | would
prefer the fight taking place in Syd-
ney, as Australia is the greatest coun-
try for a fight | ever saw The game
here is on the square and very popular
With the exception of the English
people, the Australians are about the
squareSt / have ever seen. | feel at
times as If would like to be an Aus
tralian or an Englishman intsead OF
Jack Johnson, Galveston, Tex, U. S.
A, champion heavyweight of the
world
However, I am from dear old Amer
lea, and while press reports state that
] am not taken seriously by my own
country, | assure you that the fellow
who gets the title from me will have
to do some tall fighting" indeed. My
one ambition now is to return to
America the champion, and after
short stop in Frisco will visit New
York, Chicago and a few other cities,
when. after a call on the president,
will visit my old home town down in
Texas. and after chat with the may
or will give a public reception to every
little American boy, both white and
colored. In my town.
In the event of Jeffries' returning to
the ring, Il would prefer fighting him
here. Should | fight him in America L
SUdlI IdNG oOiieluiuB " soy ScPSS'o'
ly concerning the third man In the
ring, and shall insist that he is one of
my own color, as there are plenty of
good men among the colored fighters
who could act as referee. If we fight
in Australia / am not so particular as
to who the referee will be. AS to the
purse. III fight for 5000 or 100000.
with a $4,000 side bet winner take
all.
Mcintosh will leave here IN a few
days for England and for America
from there, Any arrangements he
makes will be satisfactory to me. am
booked here for five weeks at good
salary. after which | shall leave for
dear old England, where have enough
to keep me busy for two years. But
mine. you know. Is the fighting game.
and as you both know, too. what poor
actor made in Uncle Toms Cabin.
YOU may imagine how look before the
footlights in the role Of an actor
When | reach England / will drop
YOU a line and would be pleased TO
have a letter from YOU
Remember me TO Cans when again
In Baltimore, and also to our old
friend Fitzgerald Of Atlantic City. Re-
CARDS to all friends. and with best
wishes for You both, ! am. sincerely
your friend,
JACK JOHNSON.
Champion of the World, of Galveston,
Texas IT, G