The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-20
In Less Than One Year COIOred
Heavyweight Champion Ar
rested Thirteen Times.
LOOKS LIKE FREDDY WELSH
is DOING SOME STALLING
Terry McGOvern Is Released
From Sanitarium; May Be-
come Trainer.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.
Wire TO The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-NeXt month we
shall know just what Will happen TO Jack
Johnson as regards his twelfth arrest
the one when he was charged with as
sauting Norman Pinder, the consumptiye
negro who claims Johnson floored him for
offering TO buy beer instead of cham
pagne in Baron WillSins's place, this
city. But while Jack Is waiting for his
trial to be called in this city and while
the sports are Keeping aloof from the bet
ting until II is seen whether the dusky
champion will be sent over the road.
Jack goes merrlly along getting arrest
ed is though nothing had happened. The
thirteenth arrest came In Detroit, when
Johnson's Boston bull pup chewed the
coat of OF an inoftensivc pedestrian. Sam
Lewis OF Detroit. the owner OF the coat,
halcd Jack INTO court IL begins TO look
as though that black opal wasn't the
real cause OF the champions miSfortuncs
after all
4 battle royal of nearly as much in
terest as the big fight will be pulled off
In Richmond, a suburb OF Oakland, Cal.
on Washingtons birthday. when Battling
Nelson and Ad Woigast clash. Right here
wish 10 poin; out the newest pro
gressive step in twentieth century pugi-
ism. For the first time In ring history
the referee was insured. so as 10 guar
antee the fighters against loss il he
When they approa ched Eddie Smith.
the chosen referee with the proposition
lie gasped.
die Honest" said lie.
well. the Battler wants IL done. for
he says he not going TO tram Tor moth
ing and YOU never can tell what might
happen" replied Sid Hester. Therefore
Smith was insured Tor $4,000, of wh'c
sum $4,000 is TO go to each fighter in case
of accident before Tuesday
In Sfn Tod
in TO make the required 1873 pounds
while Wolgast started in ut 1S5. Both
are down 10 rlngslde weight now.
Sullivan Has Suspicious.
John Lawrence Sullivan. who Is in
Europe on his honeymoon thinks that
the ,Ieftries- Johnson iight Will not be on
the level if il Is pulled off. Cables bring
burning words from the lips of the for
mer champion The big fellow first OF
all thinks the fight will never take place
son will never meet. 7 feel sure of it,
Notice the difference from the business
like ways OF the old days. But If they
should. The fight wont be on the so square are
When a bale of money ~ To be pulled on
like that ON the Jcnries- johnson fight
something will go crooked. That Is HUI
1t comes now TO plain point OF ad-
mission that Freddy Welsh. lightweight
champion of England, Is staller and
time. il can't be denied that Welsh has
grand taste I'm press agents After pick
ing UP Lord Lorsdalc's lightweight belt
In England. Freddy began hurting dctcs
at Battling Nelson. Freddy insisted that
the Battlcr ngnt either in London or
Wales The Bnttlcr being lightweight
champion of the world naturally felt
that IL was his right to say where the
hight should he held. Then Freddy turned
his attention TO "Packey' Mcfarland.
.Packey'' hastcped away TO England and
said he would fight on any condition. At
present, Freddy is preparing for Dris-
coll.
| don't know that boxing IS going back
much according 10 the hop from TenneS-
see. The tabernacle erected at Nash
villo for Sam .Joncs's evanGclistic serv-
ices has been transformed into n fight
ing pavilion, and / understa nd some very
good bouts will be pulled Off there
Since lin Flynn administered n ten
round rebuke 10 Sam lansford In Los
Angeles we have been hearing fewer
walls frori the Boston tar baby. Quite
tI1,c, the men fought the last two rounds
with their heads instead Of their hands,