Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
JOHNSON'S DEMANDS TOO HIGH
Black Champion Won't Get Better
Offer Than $25,0C0
IS WILLING 10 DODGE LANGFORi
story that Rirkard aud Gleason ~
tttcT Another Johuspn-JeffrIcs
Match ~ branded ns
Dream.
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NEW YORK Jan. l5-Cspecisl Tele-
gram. n Jacs Johnson ever Intends Eight
ing again he had better not wait nm q ne
white man comes along with sufficien;
orsllty TO Justify promoter IN staging
tho battle Ho had better grab that $4,000
guarantee that has been offered him by
the Wegranl club Of Paris for a battle with
tahsford This is perhaps more money
than viii ever again be Offered him for
= battle. so long as he remains in the
game
IN speaking OF t.angford Il IS dollars to
doughDuts tibet there was more fighting
In one round between him and Jeanette
in Tuesdays night battle in Boston than
there was in the entire fifteen rounds at
Reno.
Johnson being the champion has certain
rights respecting compensation for his serv-
Ices But even he should realize that
there Is limit even to a champions de-
u1ands On anything Johnson has ever
shown In the prize ring guarantee Of
s?S.o0 with a percentage of the pictures.
seems 10 be more than generous offer
for hts work
Nor is there any doubt IN my mind
that johnson would joyously accent the
proposition were It not for the fact that
Laugford is the man he would have to
meet. The story sent east from san Fran
cisco 10 the effect that TEX Richkurd and
lack Gleason were endeavorinR to promote
another baltic between Johnson and JEFF
fries win prQbabi'' be found to be one OF
those pipedreams that every so often comes
out OF California.
Nuothrr 'I~tch wouId Fpn.
Richard and Gleason know mighty well
that match of this kind would be IA
fHsncial failure. As neither would care
TO get into the fighting game for their
heath, there IL little likelihood that they
have ever even thought Of bringing John
son and Jeffries together I'm another match.
II Is extremely doubtful IL Eickard and
Gleason would even take chance in stag
Ing battle between Johnson and Kauf-
mann, let alone one between johnson and
Jeffres, Kaufman would be much
better drawing card than Jeffrles. but
even he would fall to draw a crowd There
are too many people I'm this country to-
day who are familiar with all the inside
facts connected with the tep-round bout
between. Jeffries and Kaufman to make
match between them profitable They
are great for pipe dreams out on the coast
II was In San Francisco ! believe. where
the white men of this country first learned
10 smoke hop, and there are several out
there vet who are still laboring under it's
inspiring influence. IL would seem. Packey
mcfarland 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
neht with Jack Goodman at the Fairmont
Athletic club.
Mcfarland Matched with WOIGRst.
Packey has given out since his arrival
that he is matched with Al Woigast for
tAn-round bout in Milwaukee I'm the near
future. PRckey's articles have not been
s'sntd. but he feels confident the match
VIII take place. He feels the lack OF a
press agent also Wolgast has repeatedly
refused TO fight MacFarland unless the
latter agreed 20 1893 pounds ringside Mac
FarlRnd once agreed to make this weight
for Woigast. but later ran out on the
match, as he did with Phil Knight whom
he rad agreed to meet at the lightweight
limit but sidcstepped when II came time
10 sign articles OF agreement.
Those who have had experience with
MRcFHrland consider 1t advisable to make
hlm put up his money as evidence that
he will live up TO the terms OF his agree
ment. Otherwise they want no dealings
with him whatever. He'll probably meet
Goodman Tuesday night but it's no sure
thing az that