The evening world., 1910-12-06
Johnson Must Be Thinking Of
Fighting Again, and Tells Of
His breakdown So as to
Give an Impression That He
Can Be Beaten.
AcK JOHNSON has as many stunts


as "a press agent. Now he has
given out That he thinks he's going
''nutty." TO use his own expression.
Jack has gone to his Chicago home and
is having X-ray photos taken OF his
upper turret. The N-rays show moth
ing more alarming thar a couple of
dents. and those are on the outside.
inside of Johnson's skull there are no
dents. There may not he room for a
dent. but as to that the doctors are
silent.
Jacks notion of having his brain
X-rayed Is a little bit novel. lie ought
20 have X-ray moving pictures. and
: I'll guarantee that The result will net
him more money in the m~oving-picture
business than the ~Jef-Johnson films
did.
As for Johnson's breakdown" I sus-
PEG; that he's thinking " hghting
again and wants to give an impression
that there's a chance OF his being
beaten. somehow or other JAG thinks
that people will turn out and pay a lot
of money 10 see him drop. And just at
present there's no fighter In sight who
can come near being an even chance
with the big black champion. Johnson
had one of those 'breakdowns'' before.
when he was about to light lack
O'Brien six rounds In Philadelphia.
johnson was training for that fight by
seeing Philadelphia after midnight along
the cab route. lie was drinking heavily,
was fat and blear-eyed when he stepped
Z into the ring. But he got into shape for
the next flight. Poor Stanley Ketchel
/ found that out.
q 4 LII sorts OF rumors about Johnson
~ have corne out during the past
few months. The latest one was
I just before he left the theatrical circuit
up In Massachusetts and started west
ward. IL was said that johnson had
been stabbed In a row with some other
marcos and that two Boston physicians
hUd been rushed out to fix him up. In
'v~estigatlon proved hat Johnson had
been In a mixup OF some kind, but no
details could be obtained. II may be
just possible that he Is concealing an in
jury tina would put him out OF the
lighting game for n while.
l cant help taking a healthy interest
sn exposing "A faker now and then. 4
Jew days ago / referred To tie Dixie
KIDS performance at Waterbury. Conn.
cHsre IL n letter from Dan Il. McMahon
of the Albany Knickerbocker A. c. that
may be worth reading;
Albany. Dec. ..
lrr. =. Edgrsn, sporting Editor
o. New York Evening World:
Dsar 6ir-Your article Of We'd
Z assday last relative to Dixie KID
; 1santoli night Thanksgiving Day
afternoon was OF some interest to
me, ~ I had Dixie KID matched to
meet George Cole ut this club Mon
day, Dec. 8. I made the match -four
weeks ago and would have been
pleased II you article had ap-
psarsd = few days earlier. How
svsr, I was willing 10 stage the
bout, depending on Cole TO force
the Dixie KID to make some show
ing. To-night-ssturday-at IL
o'clock, I received a telegram.
reading; Dixie sick. WIN I bring
his brothsrf MY answer was;
Fight 10 OF. Mail mo t~ransporta-
tiou back immediately The club,
sooner han be held mp and die
tatsd to, assume the loss OF nearly
$500. and will have no bout Mon
day. II doesn't speak very well for
the managers Of Dixie KID to let n
club 60 to that xponso and not
notify until the last minute. II
looks TO mo as IL Dixie thought I
would be Obliged to use his Lrother
n he held on until ths last minute,
but Don h . take q substitute
for the man we have advertised we
viii W. the clubhouse dark" this
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week. I am sorry OF Coles md,
but We viii arrange for him Later.
think promoters should send the
likes OF Dixie to work., driving an
ash wagon or something like that.
am, very truly,
DAN Z. MMAHON.