The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-13
CORBETT REPEATS CHARGES
 AGAINST CHAMPION JOHNSON
rGentIeman Jim" Also Threatens to Sue
 Negro For Making False Accusations
Boston. Mass. Jan. IS. 1912. To the Sporting Editor of the Even ing Farmer:

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 It is not my desire to encroach oI your valuable space. but in view ol the ridiculous charges made agains me by Jack Johnson. and widely cir, cuIated through the medium of tn, press. a few words from may in. terest your readers
 In my weekly sporting letter ot January1e. published in a number o the leading newspapers of the coun. try, | called attention, to Johnson's stalling tactics. I pointed out tha- he was using every possible means oi dodging a match with either Mcvey Jeanette or Iangford, each of whoru ] has. repeatedly challenged and whose record in the ring entities him to 9 contest for the championship.
 stated exactly what I believed to be true; and in signing to fight J.m Flynn at Nssome unknown town in Nevada some day next July" John son has made it evident he wants easier game than any one of the three above mentioned. Further more he has done what predicted he wouId- do, ie-, tie himself up in 9 match with one of the white hope brigade, thus postponing indefinitely the proposed match with Sam Me Vey in Paris.
 In questioning Johnson's courage. to which he takes exception. nm not alone in my views, or the first to do so in the public prints. A number of others entertain the same opinion regarding the lack of that es- sential quality in the heavyweight champions makeup.
 I do not care to dagnify Johnson's s absurd charges by replying to them in detail here. have been; in formed that he has made affidavit to certain accusations. [ will be in Chicago within the nexEten days and %ilI take the necessary legal steps that will give Johnson, an opportun- ity to prove the charges in court.
 Ever since that proposed absurdity dn the way of a championship con test the Jack Johnson-Bombadier Wells match, put tho boxing game. on the blink in England. leading British boxers have been casting covetous eyes in this dfreedon- The invasion of America has already commenced. in fact
 Owen Moran Is in the van of the British invaders. When that cIev- CT lightweight left here last Summer. after the defeat by Ad wolgast, he was not so sure. he would ever return to this country, Upon his arrival in England he Arranged to box Jen1 Driscon for $15.o0O purse and sub stantiaI side. bet. Had. this match gone through it would have added materially to the wealth of the win ner
 The strenuous opposition to the Johnson-W thing extended to the smaller man and Moran and -Driscoll were the 5principal. sufferers of the antiboxing crusade that followed. Owen finally decided that England was no place for an earnest and will ing glove wielder and resolved to ..beat'' it. back here while his shoes were good He is at present busily engaged in training and seeks work with any of the industrious light WG1BnlS OI lIlC uPPGE cLlds V4OAe e1AA ought ' to be able to hold his own with the average man of his weight. and maybe a bit better. Outside of champ WoIgast and Packey Me Faraand, the little Englishman looks the peer of any boy in this country. An ideal match would . be one in which Owen and One Round Hogan ~x,1,,Il R,a
 Following closely upon Moran's footsteps, so to speak, will come Matt Wells, England's- champion Lightweight boxer, said, to be hank ering for McFarland's scalp. Sid Smith; hy-weight title holder, and Bombadter Wells, GrsAt fsritadn's white hope.'s and indirectly the cause of all the recent trouble in box ing circles on the other side. Jem has also declared his intention to vis- 1t us and settle for good ana all that mooted question of superiority be- tweeen Attell and himself.
 The more the merrier. especially when the visitors have the class of this bunch. Moran, Matt Wells and Driscon are well and favorabIy known, but the Bombadter is an un- known quantity and will have to1 ''show us.'
 From recent issues of English sporting papers I gIsan that the Bom- badfer is not so highly thought of as the championship possibility as hds pres5 agents would lead us to be- lIeve. The criticisms of his action in battle, with the Storbeck contest ns example, are anything but favor able to the English champion. How ever. we will welcome him just the