Arizona republican., 1912-07-21
LII ARTHAH
 CAN'T DECIDE
Tempting Offers Don't Move Black Champ From Victorious Calm; Hopes Have Troubles of Their Own to Settle

AS the dust of the Las Vegas fight
 beg pardon, tea party-subsldeS,
 Jack Johnson sees looming all around
 his small and shiny pate green coin
 like the fruit of the vine waiting to
 be harvested. Managers of white
 hopefuls the world OCT thrust great
 punches of the long and lureful kale
 at the poor man, until he doesh
 know whether he is afoot or on
 horseback Sometime when the gusts
 of autumn sweep yellow leaves be-
 fore their chilly breath, the big shine
 will make up his mind and accept
 one or more of the suitors for his
 fist.
 Eager to get a match with the un-
 disputed before he becomes proprle-
 tor of a rum shop or similar hang out for tired and retired pugs, Tommy Burns formerly husky champ, has hung up a crop of greens at Calgary. Canada, to avow and aver and affirm
 his intention of taking another whack at reganing his lost title. Time of performance 20 rounds and place, either here or in Australia. Jack, however, seems to think Tommy's in
 the back to the woods class, and match between them wouldn't draw
 house worth exerting a finger for. But Tommy is not the only one.
 There are two good chances with Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian fight promoter He has authorized his American representative. Tom An drews, to offer s45. 1000 as purse for two battles in the biggest island. one with Sam McVeyy now pet of Paree. and the other with Langford. the
 Boston tar baby. Six months is the ! time limit on Hugh's offer.
 Then there is Joe Jeanette, whose pronunciamento is calculated by that dark gentleman and his packers to bring Jack out of his woOdpile for a bout or send him definitely into the ranks of the once vases. Joe's sin cerity in his defi has brought Bill Gibson forward with an offer for the dusky would -be'S appearance at the Garden A. C. in New York, of which MT. Gibson is now chief fight inn presario And even Bill has been having his troubles getting Jeanette hooked up for a tWosome with a near heavyweight. Dan McKendrick. man ager of Jeanette, has asked Gibby to arrange a ten-space debate with any body in sight, but speaks with par ticular reference to winners of the Wells Kennedy and Stewart -Storbeck scraps. The four principals. as one one man. talk of the weather and decline to be pinned down to any thing like an agreement
 From a reliable source it is learned that Al Palzer the I-o-way sport
 has reasons for not taking part in any gentlemanly arguments just yet a while so soon. chess vot? He de clined to sign for a fight with Luther McCarty at New York because he wants to wait for the courts deci- sion on his contract with Tom O. Rourke. PalZer says he doesn't wish to share any fight earned money with O'Rourke, thanks awfully. and for that reason is hanging back like
 purp in the meshes of the dog catcher waiting for chance to cop one grand sneak into the nearest back alley. If the court decides in his favor, Al says he will sgn-up with
 McCarty, but if the decision is against
 him he will not make the match
 Thus with the woods full of 'em, yes, the forested parts densely peo- pied with hopes of black, white and fawn color. there seems no prospect of an immediate collision of ring artists. And the poor sport fan will have for while only such tame ex- citement as the return of the Olym- pic gamesters, miscellaneous baseball and political rumpus now and once
 more to enliven the dull days of au- tumn.