The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-16
Everybody Is Talking Of the
Johnson.j Jeanette Bout Sched-
uIed for Next Month.

o,ylsbt. 1912. ~ Tss prsa rubihhins %.
thu New yst world.
TVHE Jack Johnson-Joe Jeanette
bout signed by the Mcmahon
= brothers Of the st. Nicholas A.
G. has already stirred up a lot OF talk
The expected opposition to II. II there
10 any. hasn't asserted Itself yet. hui
here and there expressions OF fear for
the continuance of the popular game ara
heard. Whether or not any serious I'm
poetsnce may he attached to these re-
mains to be seen. Right now the con-
test looks the biggest thlng In q nstic
way that has come New York's way
since Corbett and Mccoy furnished their
celebrated act" at the Garden just as
the Horton law was dying. Apparently
every body wants to zee II.
Nothing had been heard up TO q late
hour to-day concerning the details of
the match or how Jess Mcmahon sue
cssded where Billy Gibson had failed In
getting Johnson's signature to articles
Of agreement that no had been lodging
for months.
Those interesting thinEs will not be
told until Promoter Mcmahon IL ready
10 make them public. Eddie McMahon
explained Il In . measure to-day by
saying that his brother Jess knew John
son we'll before he started for Chicago
TO sign him up. Jess had befriended the
champion years ago before he had any
thought Of winning the heavyweight title.
Aocording to Eddie. Jess had often
staked johnson to deuces and nve spots
for umpiring ball games on old Oym-
pic neld when Jack thought there wasn't
~ much ~ ~. 00o In the world.
6OHNSON'S seeming appreciation of
what Jess Mcmahon did for him In
y the ''old days recalls the story Of
how Tex Richard put II over on thu
other promoters when he came East to
bid for the Johnson-J effries night Up
TO this time II has never been told Tex
quietly slipped into Chicago on his way
East from Salt Lake City and saw Mrs.
johnson. The conversation between
them driftsd to the subject OF fur coats
rather than Jacks proposed night with
Jsn. Rickard soon discovered Mrs
johnson had . weakness for the finest
OF furs and quickly bargained for her
influence on Jack In Getting him the
night Tex bought the lighters wife the
best fur coat purchasabis In Chicago
and then proceeded East. satisfied that
johnson would favor him In the bidding
that wAs 10 follow for the big contest.
Few know that Rickard had stopped
on In Chicago on his way East-in fact
his APPEARANCE among the other pro-
motors At the Albany Hotel q few days
before the night bids were TO be opened
Wa big surprise. No one was aware
until that time that Rickard had ANY
Intentions OF bidding for rne contest
II will be remembered that Jeffrie,
aso his advisers tried to hand the Ugh,
TO JACK Gleason. with whom Sam Der.
ger. then Jeff's manager, was suppo.ec
to b interested. but they struck 4 ana
In johnson. The big negro held out for
Riekard In all negotiations. Finally ,
compromise was reached. by which
Hickard had TO declare Gleason in Lon,
= AtterwArd Rickard told me this story
He was satisfied. he said, that Mr..
Johnson's fur coat and nothing else 20
him the night.
Tat MDoNALD. the biggest mem
Der OF the American Olympic
team. has Just arrived from h,
trip to Stockholm and other famou
European cities. and expects to repor
for trafiic duty. corner OF Broadway AN
Forty-third street. to-day. He'll be
busy man for the next rev days, wha
with tending TO his regular police 10
and receiving congratulations fror
friends for his great Victory In tn
shotput.
Mcdonald didn't return home alon,
~ he had several other athletes 10
company. among them being Mike Ryai
the Marathon runner: Wesley NJ. Ole
ST.. high Jumper: Vaughn s. Blanchar,
hurdler, and r. u. Thomas, sprinte
The athletes brought back with ther
the news that Ernie Hjertberg. the FOL
msr Irish-American trainer, whose e
forts as a trainer had so much to d
with the great showing the Swed,
made In the games. has signed . col
tract for four more years
THE Giants will have to bra,
nightly II they hope to win Il
4 National League pennant, WIFI,
they appeared TO have clnched arour
July L. II they keep losing games
the present rate they'il be iucky to ev,
nnish third How the mighty ha
fallen.
Johnny KILBANE will short
start Eas, to get In champions
company, where he belongs. II
featherwelght champion Is TO make !
temperance before local fans In DO
with that nifty local product John
Dundee. early next month. Dundee
about the best boy OF his weight {
veloped right here In New York
years. Up to the time he fought Pat
Kline there was suspicion that
couldn't stand body punishment.
took plenty OF II that night and tn
boxed rings about the walloping Patsy