Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
JOHNSON'S MATCH
LOOKS LIKE JOKE
Curran Has Not a Siqn of
Chance to Win From
Colored Man.
WOLGAST is NOW
PRAISED BY ALL
Those Who Called Champion
"Cheese Fighter" Lavish in
Lauding Him After
Moran Victory.
By James J. Corbett.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. July 15.-Champion Jack
johnson will make his 1911 debut some
time next month. But, wise child that he
is. there viii not be the slightest danger
Of losing the title. Patrick-likewise
called Petty Oficer"-Curran is to be
the fall guy. The second week in August
and the city of Dublin are thus signally
honored through the selection Of that
time and place to pull off the important
CD pugilistic doings.
Curran is. I believe. the chap who won
over the much travelled Bill Lang in
London several months since Lang had
an easy victory in grasp early in the me-
lee. but unfortunately lost his head and
swatted the other while on his knees,
thus bringing Currans name into a
prominence he otherwise would probably
never have attained. The latter's show
ing was miserable. and how the Johnson
crowd expect the Irish sports to fall for
the match is beyond my ken.
Please note. readers. the cable informs
US that Jack has also signed to box
Bill Lang in Australia and the date set
for Easter Monday. 1912. Why SO soon
and why Lang? Curran and Lang! Is
there no other who would appear to have
d StIOHScT Call OH Tie CHdIuplOu! ANol
that 1 am not still of the opinion that
Bill Lang might be developed into a first
rate heavyweight, but did not Langford
put it over him in London recently?
Whether Langford really believes or not
that he can lick the champion. of course,
can't say, but the fact stands out
prominently that johnson refuses to en-
terrain a proposition to meet him unless
guaranteed small fortune, win, lose or
draw. Jack Is not taking chances of pos
cf dafoot 70 iC CUR
made the champion a number of enticing
offers to box the Tar Baby" but he al.
ways came back strong with the state
ment that he would box no one unless the
sum of $1,000 was deposited to his credit
No sane man could see his way Gear to
acQuiesce to such exorbitant terms, and
Mac wisely withdrew from a competition
in which he was apparently the only en-
trant. We are now Informed that John
son is to box Curran for purse of $3O.-
co., but that statement may be taken
with several grains of salt.
Day Sidetracked.
BY the way, they must have side
tracked Day, the Canadian, whom Tom
Flanagan shipped over to Ireland several
weeks in advance of the champ IONS
party. The plan was to first stack Day
against some pork and bean" scrapper,
and then have him challenge the cham
pion Very likely the sports over there
caught on. the work was SO coarse The
Curran match is on par with the other,
and l will be greatly surprised If the re-
ceipts come up to Johnson's exaggerated
idea Of his power as drawing card.
The latest Australian letters and sport
ing papers bring the information that Bill
Lang has entered the turnout" class.
and refused Jack Leater return battle.
You will recall that Lang won over Tom
hn az
some part of his anatomy. Lang's ex-
cuses are his bad hands. which necessi-
tate long layoff
Following this the Australian champion
announced he would again box old "Bosh
ter Bill Squires This brought forth con-
siderable caustic criticism from the press
and sporting men generally The acri-
monious censure was evidently too much
for William. and he has since announced
that he had reconsidered and passed up
the offer to box Squires.
One thing is certain. and that is the
Australian sports are fair minded lot.
They believe in a square deal, and, real
izing that Lester lost the heat through
an unfortunate accident, tried to arrange
for a return match. In this respect they
differ materially from their Engl sh cous-
ms, whose boasted spirit of fair play is
q huge joke. Several eyewitnesses of the
Papke-Sullivan bout in London inform me
the English sports are the toughest losers
on earth.
From the beginning Of the fight it was
all Papke. which fact apparently did not
please the crowd, for Americas repre-
sentative was hooted constantly. Referee
CORR. an eminently fair-minded and
equitable umpire, criticised the actions of
the crowd severely. and acquitted Papke |
of even a suggestion of unfairness in his
boxing. Englishmen's antipathy toward
Americans dates back to that great con-
test Of 1778
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