The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-16
REVENGE IS SWEET
Johnson Evens Up for Insult
Years Ago.
Black Champion Will Not Allow
Flynn-PaIzer Fight.
HE DISLIKES O'ROURKE
Curley Says Big Smoky Is Afraid
of Fireman.
Jack Plans to Prevent Enemy
Getting Money.

Chicago, Jan. 16.-Revenge is sweet
to Jack Johnson. So sweet is it that
he is ready to sacrifice $4,000, his
guarantee to take on Jim Flynn in Ne
vada. The champion has taken a de-
termined stand against the staging of
the Al Palzer match before Tom
O'Rourke's club in New York and to-
day again informed Manager Curley,
who has Flynn under his guiding wing
that if he makes any further attempt
to go through with the match he will
call off all negotiations between him
self and the Pueblo fireman.
Johnson is bitter against O'Rourke
and also the boxing commission which
put the bars upon him recently. His
main grievance, however, is against
O'ROurke, who is naging Palzer and
who promotes bouts at the National
Athletic club. The feeling between
johnson and O'Rourke dates back to
Jacks earlier pugilist days. When
Johnson was only a little fish in the
pugilistic sea willing to take matchesa
for a little more than the price of a
weeks board, O'Rourke Inundated
him and went so far as to put him
out of his club. Jack says the action
was uncalled for, but inasmuch as he
was nobody so far as prominence was
concerned, he took his medicine,
though a bitter pill, but vowed to get
even.
Today he is champion and he is go
ing to pay back the old score.
1.-The commission in New York
barred me from showing there" he
says. ''Wen, I'll make it possible that
Gotham will see no good matches in
the heavyweight class hereafter. III
put the bars up on all heavyweights
who perform in that state. But
O'Rourke is the man I want to get
back at and this is my chance. 1
notified CurIey yesterday that If he
goes through with the fight our match
in the west is off. Thirty thousand
dollars is a lot of money to get in one
day, but it's worth twice that sum TO
me to get even. Flynn and Palzer
would possibly draw $11.0OO in the
east. Being before O'Rourke's club
and having an interest in Palzer, his
end would be big That's where I'm
going to hit and let me tell you when
you hit a mans pocketbook you hit
his tenderest spot.
Can Fight Out West.
''Wiu I let Flynn fight PaIzer in
the west? Yes, and to show that I'm
not a pilzer, I'll give Flynn SIS, 900 if
he gives PaIzer d beating which will
make him retire from the ring. III
get even with ORourke.'
Jack denies that he wants piece of
Curley's end of the fight. He says
he never suggested that, his main OBJ
ject only being to get back at the east
ern promoter
Manager Curley is much put out
about Johnsons stand and looks at the
whole affair as a move on Jacks part
to get out of the Flynn match.
II guess Johnson is beginning to
realize that Flynn trained by Tommy
Ryan will be some man for him to
tackle and he is beginning to show
fear. BY fighting Palzer we can get
$1,000 and prove to the public that
Flynn is a worthy opponent for John
son. / think Jack is acting unjustly
in his stand,'' said Curley-
Curley leaves today for Toronto to
handle Flynn in his fight with Kubiak
Wednesday night.