The evening world., 1911-10-20

Jack Johnson's Sparring Part.
ner, Marty Cutler, Reports
That the Champion Has Re.
tired, So Is Looking for the
Title Himself.
Copyright. 1911. ny The Pres Publishing CO.
THE New York World.

INV
ARTY CUTLER, a large. rotund
w person. who has been travelling
Ava with Jack johnson 40 sparrinE
partner. dropped In yesterday afternoon
with scme information. Marty says
that johnson IL all In" ana that the
champion has retired for all time. He'll
play no return engagements In the rims,
% hays Cutler. Marty wishes II to he
understood that he isn't knocking Jack,
a. the champion hasn't been living high.
cutting loose, revealing under tho arc
lights and lingering where the crap IL
red, white or yellow. with or without
bubbles. mix on that rough stun about
Johnson says Marty. Hes taking
good rare OF himself. running On the
road, boxing In shows, and trying 10
aeep In shape. But he isn't there ara
more. Why. when We boxed. once. 4
split his eye &C.
But Marty continues. Jack might
be induced to night asain-if the purse
was dig enough-out 1t would take .
mighty big purse at that
Being confident that johnson II now
Asfunct a. an active champion. Cutler
would like 10 appear as = white hope.
0U0 u0 - Wutuk " etuy tseht hSfV ~
New York. out the local white hope
erep for ". and stow It away In the
barn.
saw Cutler in his daily boxing stunts
with johnson In TAI Francisco and At
Reno. Al that timc he was a rather
small man for a heavyweight. fat. with
no knowledge Of boxing at all, conspicu-
y only because Of his willingness to
let johnson thump him oil the nose
and keep on humping until he was
trsA.
= you can't beat the excuses these
managers hand out Three min
utes after Walter Coffey OF Call
foruia had hattened Jack Dennins the
other night the loser passed mo on his
wAy hack TO tho dressing room. Den.
mag didn't have anything 10 say. Ha
~ looking arounu at the ring ~ X
s,iii Wondering how It happened. But In
psnninE's wake was his manager.
Danny McKetrick.
AZ they went by Danny saw me and
slipping sway from his beaten hshta
Ser . moment. cam to where I stood.
Say" he whispered. mysteriously.
Ml8nClnK over III HuOuiuVrs Wh2t Wv
you think happenedr
why" said 1. ''CoRey dropped one
sA bis chin"
Pulling a large Nat medicine bottle
from his hip pocket. Danny showed me
the label. In big red letters It said
LEAD WASH.
Look at that" whispered Danny
After the nrst round l called back 4
tine seconds for the brandy bottle. ant
this IL what some one slipped to me
put II up to Jacks mouth w!thou
looking at II. and he took q big swig
After tina, he WASH; N good. VIVA
had I better DO about ~"
Oct q stomach pump and notify tn
Coroner" l suggested, and Dan hustle
along after his fighter.
However, ] note that Denninx 10 live
" enough to challenge Cofey for . re
turn match. Perhaps he knew the di!
ference between brandy and lead was
(~aatever that may bel after all.
-REppY WELSH doesn't take Tor
o'Rourke's knock very seriousl,
o'Rourke has reported him" I
the Boxing Commission. alleging tha
Freddy has broken his contract Wit
o'Rourke and asking the commisslo
10 bar him from the game for a fe'
months,
Welsh received an offer froI
O'Rourke Just before he lost his TIL
20 Matt Wells in England. BY cab
o'Rourke proposed giving him p.coo &c
three matches. with the privilege Of
PEI cent. gross, n In case he fougi
ether wolgast or Mcfarland a iarg.
sum. He also forwarded transport
ton.
Welsh came here and boxed p
Moore at the National, beating hi
easily. lie received his guaranteed s2,O
After thst Welsh waited two mont
for another match. and. not getting
went 10 California, where he fouE
Mstty Baldwin. Then he wro
o'Rourks and was told TO come bac
o'Rourke offered him q match vi
Tommy Murphy. but refused 10 81
him ;le s2.Wo guarantee, Welsh turn
the match down.
OF course" sa!d Welsh yesterds
my acceptance OF o'Rourke's cabl
offer wasn't q contract. as that was /
fore the Frswley law came In. a
hgnt contracts were illegal then
New York, And as II ~antedated
Frawley law the commission ca
oors.der II. But ! shan't urge a
ieehnlcalit!es Of that sort. ] made
agreement with O'Rourke. and L
been willing to keep II. But he had
rlsat to expect me to wait indehnit,
until ne was pleased 10 put me on.
iii 49,, sAA 49, 49,. <gn --
broke our agreement himself. ] did
accept h match Nth Murphy at
new terms. ard the announcement IN
We were matched was msdS aesir
my protest. We weren't mstc1P : st q
uRA."