Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
FIGHTERS MEET IN AUSTRALIA
Heavywei2hts q tic World Have
Been Signed b. McI1tosh. II
JOHNSON WILL BE IN THE BUNCH
It RIR black Fixht,r Does Not Mec|t
LangfOrd In Australia the CIT
max wul ne Reached In
Pnrir NcNt Scnaon.

NEW YORK Aus. Australia VIII be
the Mecca OF the pugilist,c heaNNweighu
during the coming fall winter and spr.ns'
After considerable engineering ana an eN-
penditure Of time and money, Hueh Nc
Intosh has succeeded IN making contracts
with the big men of The fistic arena That
will give the sub-contlnent almost E'ut
Of battles between burlies. Mcintosh lef
London a short time ago for sydney ~
make prcparntlons for the greatest ses-
sen he has ever had. and he carried away
with him contracts signed by JACK john
son. sam McVey. Bill Lang Marcel Nor
eau, the Frenchman, and Others ali OF
whom have placed themselves unreserVedly
in the hands of Mcintosh to fight or play
according to his dictates,
In addition to the above named he has
assurance from Al Kaufman Sam Lang
ford and Jim FLYNN to leave America
shortly to take part In this fistic carnival
Mcintosh is negotiating with Jimmy Clae-
/ by and Jack Dillon OF America, oven.
Moran and Bandsman Rice Of England Sfot
Paul Til and Eustache OF France to make
the trip across the line and throw in their
fortunes with his plans for the coming
campaign. Most of the latter named have
already consented to 20 to the south with
him.
Mcintosh is to have absolute control
all of johnson business arrangements for
the term of one year, from october 81, next,
On or about that day Johnson accompanied
by his wife and one other person, who 10
yet to be selected will sail from London
for the Antipodes, stopping en- route to give
lectures. Immediately upon arriving In
sydney. johnson will go into training for
twenty round contest with Bill Lang on
December %. Boxing day. for the cham
pionship of the world. The big black holds
Lang very cheap, and says that he will
have no trouble in disposing of him On
Easter Monday, next year. Johnson will
meet Sam McVey. also in Sydney, for the
title. These are the two fights that John
son has signed for. but according TO the
contract with Mcintosh the latter has the
right to match Johnson against Langford,
Kaufman, Tommy Burns or Flynn, as he
may elect All told IT is expected that
Johnson will clear considerably over
quarter Of a million out of his year, under
the management of the Australian.
As soon as Mcintosh arrives in SydfSsy
he will match Bill Lang and Jack Lesfer
for a return engagement McVey will be
matched against the winner OF this con-
test Al Kaufman will be pitted against
Bill Lang once more. and II he wins will
be asked to fight Langford. Then II will
be the turn of McVey and Langford to re-
new their Paris battle. BY a series OF
eliminating contests on these dimes, with
Jim Flynn getting his chance, McIHsosh
hopes to produce the best white man apd
the best black man outside of Johnson,
and should they not prove to be Lans
and McVey they will be matched against
Johnson in addition to the last named pain
II Johnson does not meet Langford in
Australia, the climax of next season will
be reached in Paris, when on the eve OF
the Grand Prix, Mcintosh proposes TO
bring Lii Artha and the Tar Baby to-
gether for a finish go. With Langford
johnson will insist upon side bet OF
$4,000. as he says that he is not going to
allow Joe Woodman or Little Samuel to
gain any money through fighting him.