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the two fights, and was also given ar
offer for d third fight with Joe Jean
nette.
When Johnson returned to Chicago
after defeating Flynn, he opened his
Cafe Champion, and was making money
so fast that he could not see Australia
nOhOw. The big offer did not appear
as tempting to him as when he signed
the contract at Las Vegas, and after q
great deal OF dickering back and forth
he announced that he was through with
the ring; then came the Jeanette Of
fer from New York. JOhnsOn's accept
ance and the final blow out which pre-
vented his getting the easy money in
Gotham Following this setback come
the hardest blow of all. the suicide OF
his wife; il changed JOhnson's future.
From that time he had a desire to get
away from the cafe in Chicago, as he
told the writer, and made up his mind
to get away from everything connect
ed with it for the time being.
It was then that ". c. J. Kelley, who
was connected in the sporting soo6s
business, with Mcintosh in Australia,
came over here, on business. and ex-
pressly to try and get Johnson to 90
back with him. He will no doubt sue
coed, for il a talk with the writer,
this week, Johnson stated that he
would make the trip and practically
carry out the terms of the contract
signed at Las Vegas 1te is 10 meet Mr..
Kelley in Chicago, the first OF the
week, and settle all details. after which
he will be prepared to sail for AUS
tralia, early in November. ct will be
a case Of doing some hard and honest
training for me" said Johnson for
am going over TO beat both Of the con-
tenders for the heavyweight crown. and
while I am at it, / will also give Mr..
Jeanette an opportunity to show
where he stands in the heavyweight
line. l will meet all the legitimate
claimants, as challengers, while I am
at it this time. and then retire for
good"
Mike Gibbons, the St Paul $50 pound
er, who aspires to the middleWeight
championship along with Eddy Nc
GOOrty, Jimmy Clabby, and others. has
had his first run Of hard luck Nike
was in a position to pick I'D a lot Of
couple of big matches set for November
But a strained tendon in his arm has
prevented him from engaging in any
boxing bouts for the present, and it
viii probably be the latter part OF No
vember before he can use his arm,
safely. What would have been a great
battle between Gibbons and Wildcat
Ferns, at Indianapolis for October IA,
mad be Cancelled, and also several other
matches, so that Michael figures his
loss for six weeks, at about $4,000. His
match with Eddy McGOOrty, which is
to take place in New York has been
postponed until December 3. Eddy
Raddy, manager Of Gibbons. states that
Nike viii be in the best Of condition
by that time, and ready to give Nc
GOorty the battle Of his life at the
middleweight limit which viii be 15S
pounds rinESide.
There viii be a lot Of betting on the
Gibbons-McGOOrty match and 1t viii be
as for the worlds middle
weight championship. OF course no one
can prevent the advertising OF a match
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championship. nor for any American
title as the New York law 6nes not yer
NIT it. and no decision is allowed There
might be such a thing as a knockout,
and in that event, the winner would lay
claim 10 the title but there are others
to be considered before either Nc
Goorty OF Gibbons can claim it.
Hugh d. Mcintosh. The AUS
tralian sporting promoter. evi-
sonfi1e his efforts 10 the bcxinS
game alone, for he has announced that
he has taken over the vaudeville and
theatrical enterprises, carried on in
Australia and New Zealand, by the late
Harry Richards, >of Sydney. 1t is a
huge proposition. for he takes over the
entire business, including the theateTs
at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Ade-
laide, Perth and the principal cities in
New Zealand. He also assumed con-
tracts for such stars as Harry Lauder,
Cissie Lotus and couple Of American
stars The transaction involved an
outlay of over 100000, and viii mean
busy times for Busy Ma" in COunec-
ton with his mammOt stadium in
Sydney and another at Melbourne. In
his cable Mr. Mcintosh states that he
intends to go after some of the greatest
stars in vaudeville in America, so there
viii be opposition for the big wheer'
in the states, in the near future.
It takes a sporting man with nerve,
to carry out propositions of this kind
and when one looks back to the time
Mcintosh brought off the Johnson
Burns fight, it is not to be wondered at
that he was successful. The purse ne
offered at that time was considered
out Of all reason, but his great success
with the venture was what stirred up
Tex. Rickard and Jack Gleason to ac-
ton in bringing off the JOhnsOn-Jef-
fries fight in Nevada It is not to be
wondered at now that several new York
financial men tried to induce Mcintosh
to come over from Australia last year.
similar to the way he runs the stadium
in sydney
It is rather unusual for a woman to
be mixed up in any way in a boxing
match. but Madam lsa belle I'll wife
of Paul Til, the French lightweight,
has been making a name for herself, in
Mrs. Til, who is a clever
little French woman, attends all the
fights, in which her hubby" is engaged
and is always at the ringside to watch
Pauls every movement. During the re-
cent battle between Til and Young Nc
Coy at Sydney, the little Frenchman
a straight left on the nose,
and the claret began to flow. The
little FrenchwOman could not stand
for this, and rushed to the office Of
the mana gement, and protested that
Mccoy was not fighting fair, but hit
ting in the clinches, which she said
would not be tolerated in France. How
ever the rules were not transgressed,
according to the referee. and every
thing went along smoothly after Paul
had his face dOused with the sponge.
1T was the first time I ever saw
blood on Pauls face" said Mrs. Til,
and of course thought matters were
worse than they really We're" She had
fOgOtten all about the incident the day
following. and helped to entertain many
at the stadium, with a pink tea,
which is all the rage there. nowadays
these matinees being given once
week, for the fair sex.
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