Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-10
Former Manager Of Jack Johnson
Gets in from the Scene Of
the Fight.
COMING Is HAILED BY THE FANS
Declares There Was Nothing Wrong
with the Contest.
TELLS WHY JEFF LOOKED GOOD
Colored Champion Had Fallen and
Was Badly Hurt e.
BALKs ON POSITIVE STATEMENT
Feels Pretty sore, bat Refuses 20 Say
Anything Against the Hon
esty of the Big
DlRck.
BALKs ON POSITIVE sTATEMENT

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George Little. former manager OF Jack
johnson, reached Chicago from Reno this
afternoon and his coming was hailed by
fight fans as a signal for further revela-
lions concerning Johnsons reported state
ment that he had been offered a bribe to
throw his fight with Jeffrles
Those who know Little believe that he
will not rest under any false charges, and
that II there was anything wrong before
the fight he will tell of II. However, II he
relterates the statement made three days
before the fight, he will insist that there
was nothing wrong with the contest.
Jack Johnson's statement that Little had
sounded him regarding his price for losing
the battle was not even limited at in a talk
had with Little In the Hotel Golden the
day that Little reached the battle-ground.
Little said he wanted to explain how he
had come to get a settlement with john
SON of their financial difficulties, and
showed the agreement he and johnson had
signed The facts of that settlement al
ready have been printed. and Little merely
exhibited the paper to show that his state
ments in the case were true. That state
ment, made to the press, was as follows,
aeA Aas never before been printed:
| He then fell TO discussing the fight and
expressed the opinion that he thought
johnson would be beaten by Jeffries and
that he intended to hedge out on some Of
the money he had bet.
What are your reasons for changing
your opinion Of the fight?" was asked
had Fall for johnson.
well, up to a few days before we
reached San Francisco to finish training
him for the fight, Johnson had bad fall
down stairs in front of the building In
which Gleason and Richard had their Of
flee, and he seemed SO badly hurt that we
were ali frightened half to death. We stuck
with him all night and went over to Oak
land to get a doctor he thought would un-
derstand how to treat him.
The injury did not yield, to treatment as
well as we thought It would and he com
planned about It for such long time thai
: we came to the conclusion that he had re-
) ceived injuries which might prove to be
Z permanent, and for that reason did not fee
) confident any more.
That the reason, too, that do not fee
at this time that johnson can whip JET
fries. II Jeffries hits him In the bach
3 where he was hurt he will curl the bis
Q fellow up and beat him sure
Every thing is on the level in the fight
0 is it not7' was asked him.
. Knows of Nothing Wrong.
Q That's one thing you can go out an'
q bet on unless they have done someihinl
0 since / left him." was the positive state
Q ment by the ex-manager There neve
4 was anything doing in that fight that
Z know anything about, and know enoug
i Of the black fellow TO feel satisfied In IN
: own mind to know that he wouldn't ente
;; into any agreement with them to lose"
e Little was feeling pretty sore and hur
Q over losing out with johnson and was will
y ing to say a lot OF spiteful things abou
l. the champion. but he baked at postiv
y statement that there was or ever had bee
!, /, anything wrong at any time with the hor
l. esty OF the contest.
d For that reason Little's tribute to Johr
q sons entire honesty was worth something
!, for In the mood that Little found hlmse
at the time Of the talk with him, he surel
would have said something had there bee
N anything wrong.
Perhaps Little forgot the conversatlo
"a Johnson says ne had with him regarding
proposition 10 name figure at which b
ie would agree to LAY down" for Jeffries. A
g. any rate. he didn't have a word to 50
ir about 1t in Reno ~
Perhaps the rundown that Johnson say
he gave LittIe's proposition was what MAJ
i Little so positive at the time In his stat
ment regarding the honesty of the battle.