The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-31

san fTdIClSCOy uly oO~--4l bliC oSAOiAiS Hugh D. Mcintosh has in view works out the way the promoter expects Australia will be the scene of all the heavyweight fights next summer, which, by the way, will be next win ter in these latitudes Mcintosh has his lines out for every heavyweight that is supposed to be worth his salt, either as a fighter or an attraction. The lure Mcintosh Is using is that he wishes to arrange an elimination tourney for the purpose of developing an opponent for Jack Johnson. Need less to say he intimates that Johnson will be on hand ready to risk his title with the survivor of the tourney.
 Sam Langford has been asked to visit Australia and so has Sam McVey. So has Al Kaufman and so has Jim Flynn. If Carl Morris has received no invi- tation as yet, he need not begin to sulk. He will surely be asked to par ticipate in the grand free-for-all.
 Out in Australia at present there are comparativ few heavies, but that will not matter so much if all the Americans who have received offers from Mcintosh make the trip. The vis- itors will be strong enough Ameri- cans to make the tourney an impos- ing affair.
 There are some heavies out there, of course. Bill Lang, the champion of the British empire, is in Australia and so Is Jack Lester, who seems to sniff the elimination trouble from afar and is prolonging his exile so as to be in on the big doings. Then they have one Bill Turner, a Tasmanian, who is thought to be a fellow of infinite prom ise.
 champion, has had a boxing bee in his bonnet for quite a while. Dick was first a cycling champion and then he made up his mind to become an oarsman. By wonderful determination he mastered the river pastime and won the premiership. He has an idea that if he tackles boxing he would meet with similar success, and 1t may be, if the Mcintosh venture thrlves, Dick will decide to become a championship can didate
 In such case the Australian repre- sentatives would be Lang Turner and Arnst The American. Lester, Kauff- man, Flynn. Lanford. McVey and pos sibly Morris. ,e19
 Jack Johnson, who is always an un- certain quantity and who contradicts himself nearly every day, is saying ~ if Langford had not been invited John son would have jumped at the chance In any case, if, as rumor has it, John son will have to fight before long in order to replenish his exchequer. he will be compelled to follow the bunch out wonder. There will be nobody left north of the equator for him to box
 Australia Is ripe for a big sugfest of the kind described Times are good out wonder and money is plentiful Box ing, which Is always staple sport | there, is more popular than ever at present.
 The Rushcutters Bay stadium on the outskirts of Sydney would of course be the scene of the elimination con tests and the championship match which would bring the Queensbury ear nival to conclusion. The tourney NObib pippdpiy 6AiihS dloIlk FiHIOukF VI the summer and autumn and have its culmination about Easter Monday next Now there is many slip and tho Mcintosh scheme may not go through A good deal depends on the terms he | offers the Americans for their pre- | liminary fights. There isn't mar among them, with the possible excep- | ton of Langford, who would conside, the prospect of a match with Johnson sufficient inducement to undertake tho journey.
 Mcintosh. by the way, seems to thinl | that Bill Lang will win the tourney and the right to oppose Johnson 1T the final. The wish probably is fathel
 to the thought. If Lang waded success fully through all contestants the Lang Johnson affair would be a bigger care
 than the Johnson Burns fight of few
 years ago
 | If, on the other hand, the cutting O the pugilistic cards resulted in tn
 pairing of Sam Langford and Jaci
 Johnson for the championship tilt, tn
 outlook for financial gain would no be so rosy. The white Australian spirit. which pervaded that country a
 at present. would probably cause ]
 shrinkage in the receipts if the tw'
 colored heavyweights were sent to
 gether at the close of the tourney.
 Just what Jack Johnson intends do
 ing Is good deal of a conundrun