Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-30
BIG FELLOWS AGREE
TO FIGHT 45 ROUNDS
Jeffries and Johnson to Meet
Not Later Than July
5, 1910.

NEW YORK, October 30.-JuSt like
couple OF bank presidents discussing
loan TO client sat Mistoh Jack Johnslne
and James j. Jeffries in the banquet hall
of the Hotel Albany yesterday, when they
agreed TO box for the title of heavy
weight champion of the world. says Bill
MCLAUGHLIN, In the New York World.
It had been planned that nobody would
be present but the principals. their man
ayers and the representatives of the
newspapers, but the usual bunch of
broadway impossibIes blew inflow they
did, nobody ever tell But that
crowd can beat a ticket speculator or
horse and buggy salesman when u comes
to getting something for nothing.
And so they were there. There WASH
much to impress one after a survey.
And the rest Of this article will not deal
with the two-spots. sure-thing players
and srab-alls who have discredited and
killed the sporting game In New YORK.
Sam Berger. the gentleman haberdasher
OF San Francisco. acted as spokesman FOR
after Johnson's end of it. Little and Ber-
ger sat side by side. Jeffries sat to the
left of Berger. and Johnson to the right
of Little Somebody spread a wild
report that four men had to sit between
the two principals In order to keep them
from eating each other alive, but ! give
you my word. kind reader, that there
never was anything more orderly and de-
Gently arranged in all the world than
the terms Of this here bout between
Jack johnson and James J. Jeffries.
have seen articles of agreement for
hstic bouts arranged before They nave
left a murky red glare IN my mind. There
were acrimonious arguments. roughhouse
tactics, fishwife epithets and BOwery at
mosphere over them all. Now here's what
happened yesterday:
Jeffries comes from his room in the no.
tel. Proprietor Bob Murray puts Young
Corbett on the door leading to the ban
quet hall Don't let anybody in there
but newspaper men and the two princi-
pals and their. managers. says Bob to
Young Corbett
Right you are" said Corbett: and to
show he was in earnest he let in every
fellow who was out of job in that part
of New York. Two Terrible Turks were
there. They are new wreStlers fetched
over from the sultan's regions to crack
the vertebra of Frank Gotch or Tom Jen-
kins. They look awful. they do. but 1t
was funny to see the way that Broadway
crowd handled them. The Turks were on
the outside ragged fringe before they
knew how 1t happened, and their manager
was frantic. 1 think he believed they
were flattened out somewhere on the
door.
Then Came johnson.
johnson comes along later. Slight muir
muir as Bob Murphy readj1lsts tho tables.
The shifting of the tables is done to
oblige one hundred and forty-seven varie-+
ties OF photographers. Sam Berger en-
tiers with clean shave and his hair split
in the middle. George Little comes along
carrying a diamond counter weight that
would sink the Mauretania If it were
dropped on her top deck. Pussy little fell
low with knob on the end Of his nose
makes a noise. I'm the stenographer,"
quoth he with pride in his tone. Get that?
stenographer to draw up articles of
agreement for boxing bout. Oh, yes,
We are moving along in this world. Well,
as ] was saying: I'm the stenographer.''
said he
sit down. says Murphy.
Where? says he.
Anywhere We can says Bob.
All right" says the stenographer. who
at this point is the biggest noise in the
house. Because v'hy-well. because john
son doesn't look at jeff and JEFF ditto.
But, lordy. lordy. how that golden e. nm
flashes from that black mans teeth. You
must all go to see that mouthful of gold
which LII Artha carries around imbedded
In his crockery. Looks to me as If he
has 1t shined up every day. 1t sure is the
f1ashy goods
Now. to get back to our stenographic
friend. He sticks a pencil atop of his
right ear. holds another crossed between
his lips, pares a third on both ends and
grave1y coughs. Then he says:
Whereas this indenture entered into
thlS DIdnk Gay Oh
Help moaned Berger weakly.
Wafer" cried Little.
Say" said Murphy, you want to keep
still until somebody dictates to you what
TO write. This is not court case-it Is a
The stenographer slares back. II am
one OF the most expert stenographers in
the business and l guess l can take care
OF a little thing like this
'Idttle?-why you-do you know that
this Is to settle the championship OF the
worid.' Missed Berger You're a nut
Edgren Got Busy.
Nut was a fatal word. 1t go the
stenozraphers goat and he went to pieces.
whereat Bob Edgren took his pen in
hand and wrote UP the articles die
tated oy Berger and Little.
Little starts by announcing: Jack
world. and James j. Jeffries hereby agree
TO battle for the &c; but Edgren put
Jeffries' name first.
IT object" says Little. My man is
worlds champion and I want his name
firSt.
1 notice smile in .Edgrens left optic
He says not a word
Berger appears to be annoyed. bet only
for a moment. Put his name on top OF
ours If you want" says he.
And that remark proves to be the max
ing of the match. Everything after 1t
giides smoothly and there is a spirit OF
present.
Now then, says Edgren I'VE have
arranged to have battle for the cham
pionsbip of the world. That's article !.
How about article =?
ITO meet for the club organization or
person offering the best financial re-
Turn" suggests Berger. THAT satisfac-
tory" he asks Little.
.'AlI right. says Little.
Suits me-" says Johnson.
Me, too says JEFF.
Bout to go forty-ive rounds or more, j."
proceeds Berger.
Look here, Mr. Berger" says john
son, you can go only twenty rounds In
Frisco. and this stipulation would wipe
Frisco of the map. A very good offer
has been made from that city.
There is a short discussion. 1t Is
SHOWN TO Johnson's satisfaction that the
bout can be pulled of within trolley ride
of Frisco. and he says:
IAN right. All doan't care whether 1t
IS twenty or one hundred rounds. but All
want to give show to everybody and
every cfy TO bid for that yer bout