The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-16
SAYS JOHNSON
SHOULD FIGHT
Black Champion Would Better
Accept Proposition to Meet
LangfOrd.
RETURN MATCH WITH JEFF
SAID TO BE PIPE DREAM
MacFarland Arrives in New
York for Bout With
Goodman.
BY w. B. (BAT) MAsTERsoN.


NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-If Jack John
son ever intends fighting again, he had
better not wait until some white man
comes along with sufficient quality to
justify promoter in staging the battle.
He had better grab that s25.o00 guaran-
Wagram club OF Paris for a battle with
Langford, This is perhaps more money
than will ever again be offered him for
battle so long as he remains in the
game.
In speaking Of Langford. 1t is dollars
TO doughnuts that there was more fight
Jeanette In Tuesday nights battle In
Boston, than there was in the entire
fifteen rounds at Reno.
Johnson, being the champion, he has
rlgnts or compensation for his service
But even so, he should realize there Is
limit to a champions demands. On
anything Johnson has ever shown in the
prize ring, guarantee of S25.00o. wirh a
percentage OF the pictures. seems to Be
Langford the Man.
Nor is there any doubt in my mind
that johnson would joyousIy accept the
Langford is the man he would have to
meet. The story sent east from San
Francisco TO the effect that TEX" Rick
ard and Jack Gleason were endeayoring
TO promote another battle between John
son and Jeffries. will probably be found
to be one OF those pipe dreams that every
so often comes out or California.
Rickard and Gleason well know that
a match OF this kind would be financial
| failure. AS neither would care to get
into the fighting game for his health,
even thought of bringing johnson and
| Jeffries together in another match. It
is extremely doubtful If Rickard and
| Gleason would even take a chance in
Kaufman, let alone one between John
| son and Jeffries. kaufman would be a
] much better dra wing card than Jeffries.
but even he would fail to draw a crowd
| try today who are familiar with all the
inside facts. connected with the ten
round bout between Johnson and Kauf-
man TO make a match between them
dreams out in Gods country 1t was in
San Francisco. l believe, where the white
smoke hop and there are several out
! there yet who are still laborlng under
its inspiring influence, 1t would seem.
MacFarland Arrives.
| Packey MacFarland arrived in the
city Friday morning and Immediately
went to his training quarters where he
is putting on the finishing touches for
his bout Tuesday night with Jack Good
man at the Fairmont A. G.
Packey has given 1t out since his ar
CAST for tep-round bout in Milwaukee
| In the near future. Packey's- ,srticleX
have not been signed but he feels coEsfa
dent the match will take place. He fec
has repeatedly refused to fight MacFar-
land unless the latter agreed 10 1873
pounds ringside. MacFarland once
| greed to make this weight for Wolgast.
but later ran out on the match; as he
did with Phil Knight. whom he had
agreed to. meet at the lightweight limit
but sidestepped when it came time to
sign articles Of agreement.
Those who have had experience with
MacFarland consider il best TO make him
put uo his money as an evidence that
he will live up to the terms OF agree
ment. Otherwise they want no dealings
with him whatever. He will probably
meet Goodman Tuesday night. but It's
no sure thing at that.