Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14

claims he will be Johnny on the spot
May I, the date set for posting Of GER
tain forfeits, and that the contest will
surely take place as originally planned.
unless johnson gets cold feet and runs
ont on his agreement.
1t is reported the negro is dissatisfied
and ready to call things of. so far as he
is concerned. The agitation against the
apparently one-sided match is given as
the reason for Johnson.s willingness to
withdraw, but wise ones say he Is in
possession Of inside info that there Is
not a chance to go through with 1t. and
that he has decided to make peace over
lures to the New York and Philadelphia
authorities with the hope of landing some
easy money matches over the limited
round route
Many rumors are anoat, and 1t is hard
to tell those that are based on facts from
the romances Of the press agents, but 1
would willingly. gamble that Johnson re-
fuses to entertain propositions to box
either Langford or Jeanette under any
conditions. unless guaranteed an enor-
nous sum and given plenty time to pre-
pare for battle. / doubt II there is very
much fight left in johnson. OF course.
IL would appear to be an easy enough
job for him to stall through ten rounds
of boxing with AL Palzer or any Of the
white heavies. His experience and knOwl-
edge of the game ought to easily carry
him through a dash Of the kind. He
could squirt as occasion offered, just
enough to make the verdict his beyond
question Of q doubt There is nobody In
the game today among the whites who
could hope to make 1t interesting for the
champion in q ten-round bout, II he Is
anywhere near himself. With Langford
h. a,.l s<
easy task.
The point to be taken into consideration
VIII johnson succeed in sQuaring him.
self with the New ork. state boxing COM
mission and be allowed to show in Goth
am? The commissioners some months
ago announced they would not stand for
q bout wherein the champion was prin-
cipal But that edict may have been
issued with the hope Of soaring the negro
on for the time being; certainly there is
no authority vested in the commission
that permits OF such an arbitrary ruling.
Possibly II q match were arranged be.
his own color. the members Of the state
board might be persuaded to reconsider
their decision to bar the champion. 1t
Is thought that desire to checkmate the
get-rich-Quick plans Of certain New
York promoter. calling for a series of
bouts in which several half-baked heavy
weights were to be offered as sacrifice to
Johnsons superior skill, was the reason
for the peremptory ruling of the author
tiles. and that no serious obstacles would
be placed In the way Of the champions
appearance In a local ring with an op-
ponent who figured to have q chance.
Another heavyweight match that was
on the fire has been abandoned. Eddie
Graney of San Francisco had planned a
battle between Al Palzer and Bombadier
Wells. England's candidate for champion
ship honors. The latter's unreasonable
demands forced the promoter to give UP
In 40 Loo ~
national heavyweight fistic festival
While he may not be the great fighter
friends and admirers claim, 1t must be
said that Wells entertains a pretty good
opinion OF his incorporating capacity.
When ii came to the point where siE-
natures were necessary to the Anal
cl!nchfng of the contest Wells asked
$4,000 for his bit" win, lose or draw.
Also training expenses and two round
trip tickets between London and Frisco
Either the English champion has little
confidence in his ability to successfully
cope with the big Iowan or else he has a
bad case of the big head. Very likely
Palzers recent defeat Of Al kaufman has
thrown scare into the Bombadier and
the extraordinary demand was made with
the idea of avoiding the match as grace
fully as possible.
Graney is hustling for substitute for
Wells: he has Tom ORourke's promise
That Palzer will box before his club on
the nations birthday. Carl Morris an
pears to be out of the running and
Graney favors Tony Ross, the PennsyI-
vania Italian. The latter should be able
10 give Palzer hard fight. II the pro-
Inoter IS unable to land Ross big Jim