The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
Indications That There Will Be
No Labor Day Programme
Worthy Of Note.
JACK JOHNSON TELLS
OF HIS FIRST BATTLE
Harry Lewis and Jim Smith Still
Have Ambitions for Mid
dleweight Title. q
By JEFP THOMPSON.

/ NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-The Labor day
boxing programme Is In doubt. The orig
InaI programme was:
Tommy Burns VS.. Sam Langford
Battling Nelson VS. Ad. Wolgast-
Stanley Ketchel vs. Harry Lewis.
II has begun to look as though there
| will not be big fight OF Importance In
this country next month. The Nelson
| Wolgast negotiations fell through and
| another attempt was made to arrange
match between Champion Wolgast and
Packey Mcfarland. Paclsey wants TO meet
Wolgast before he returns TO England.
but the Milwaukee boy wants so much
money that managers cannot consider
| extended Into for the men to engage in
combat before the New Orleans Athletic
bout. but the Louisiana authorities are
following the lead Of the Californians in
the matter Of pugilIsm now. Fearing that
,w VIII 9oI hurt the eaances nan OF the Crescent
| position, the southern authorities are
barring prize fights
| What was the hardest fight ever
whimslcally.
"Weli. 1t happened nearly fifteen years
ago ago. near r, my old home n Galveston;
was matched with John Lee. who was
| regarded then as the heavyweight cham
pion OF the south.
He was veteran OF the ring. and /
was only a Kid seventeen years old. and
| the trouble we had In pulling of that
| fight didn't add anything to my conf
1--WE were matched to fight on the
| beach near Galveston. but the authorities
| got after us and chased US fourteen miles
into the country. There In an open field
! the ring was pitched and before such
| spectators as were able to follow us In
| our flight we went at II.
Say, but that was a fight. Lee was
big colored fellow. who weighed 1ss
| pounds, while weighed only 15S pounds
then. The hot sun beat down on us as
we fought about the ring. and ! never
and out I'm the seventeenth round. But
I know 1 was mighty happy. kid when
he finally went down and failed to get
up and sail into me again In that sev
AFTER that fight concluded that there
was more money for mo In the prize
ring than In anything else / could do.
and resolved TO stick 10 H.. For year
trained with Dan. creedon, Tom Tracy.
Joe Walcott and other lighters,
A Lot of Satisfaction.
"Of course was proud to win the
title from Tommy Burns. and Z was glad
l was able to defend 1t against SAi Kauf-
| man, Stanley Ketchel and Jim Jeffries.
| but I don't think / ever got so much
satisfaction out of any battle In my life
as did when won over Frank Childs
| in twelve rounds In Los Angeles In 1902.
81 worked with Childs when he was In
training for several of his fights while
championship OF the world. and the way
| that fellow treated me was shame.
II didn't mind so much what he tried
| TO do 10 me In training quarters. but
| Childs wasn't on the square with me. and
| I could have starved to death TOR all he
cared,
Now maybe didn't tell Chllds all
Los Los Angeles fight. When I saw had
him thought OF all the mean things
| he had done to me. and every time
handed him one & ! told him him about s It. o., I
| the dirt he had done me wnen I prac-
| tically ended his ring career.
after my fight with Childs ! was given
recognition. and / have worked always
with the heavyweight championship In
view
Harry Lewis. who spent a great deal
Of time In Paris; Is back mere ne alSt iSr Sc Sc
cislve battle with Stanley Ketchel for the
mddleweight championship. Lewis wants
to fight in Reno where cecisive battle
can be fought. He Is also after Billy
Papke.
weight. also has ambitions to become tho
With witt Stanley KetcheI did not take all the
fight out OF him by a darncd sight
He is just as enthusiastic as ever about
the game: as much 80 as he was before
Stanley sent over that sleep waiiop on
him,
Jim's retention OF hope is based on
the fact that he was practically novice
when he tackled the champion, and he
thinks he did very well under the cir
cumstances. particularly In view OF the
fact that Just a week before he fought
Joe Jeanette hard fight
An this information comes from his
manager, George Hoffman.
Mcintosh Wants Johnson.
Hugh Mcintosh is evidently determined
TO get Jack johnson TO sign up few
fights which he intends to bring off In
England this winter for @ he made hin. him
men, the first fight to be with Tommy
Burns In three months.
Mcintosh told the writer that Johnson
was willing TO fight, but that he thought
he should get more money for the three
battles. II think I will finally get John
son to accept my offer. said Mcintosh.
"as don't think he. could get as much
as this amount for his end In three bat
ties In this country.
Now that Lord Lonsdale, the popular
English sporting man, has consented to
name the referee for n return battle be-
tween Packey Mcfarland. the American
fighter, and Freddie Welsh. the English
lightweight champion. II is almost a ccr-
will got together and sign articles OF
agreement for the contest. Eugene Corri
the we'll known English referee. will In
all probability be named by Lord Ions
dale as he seems 10 he the most COM
pe.ent man for the job, The fighters
have already received three offers. two
OF them being purses OF $4,000.
Champion Jack Johnson has announced
that he had accepted an invitation 10
deliver an address at the state fair TO
be held by negroes OF Virginia at Rich-
tntion to Johnson To speak was deliv-
cred II is stated that Colonel Roosevelt