Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-28
By Ed W. Smith.

has been selected to referee the
Johnson Flynn battle.)
TAS LAS VEGAS, N M, June
T. 2s.-Jack johnson appears to
be casting covetous eyes at
Australia. There are numerous fat
and juicy purses dangling before
his eyes in the far-away land of the
kangaroo, and Jack is getting nerv-
GUS about it. He likes to be up and
at the work of harvesting them.
Jack has received a letter from
Hugh Mcintosh, the whole thing in
the promoting line over there. Hugh
did not treat Jack right at one
stage of the game and Jack was
not little peeved as a result of 1t.
Once Jack had his buds and his
racing ears and all the remainder
OF the kit of a first class champion
fighter packed and ready to ship
toward Australia, where Mcintosh
had offered him stunningly attrac-
tive terms for some battles but the
tickets never were deposited and
that was the last Jack ever heard
from Mcintosh until now.
Langford as Bait
In this latest letter Mcintosh says
he will deposit $4,000 as a guaran-
tee in any bank over there, the
same to be payable to Johnson as
h. f,,IG hi
part of the agreement Just what
that agreement is, is not made
plain, but evidently the ultimate
aim is a contest with Sam Lang
ford, over which so much perfect
ly good paper and ink has been
wasted in the last two years.
OF course. Johnson must first re-
move this Flynn person from his
path before he can make many
plans for the future. and there also
is that cafe idea in Chicago, to
which Jack expects to retire on the
night of September and forever
after give all promoters and clubs
the laugh.
But you never can tell, especial
ly after the way johnson talks
about this latest bit of palaver from
kangaroo land. But one need not
be surprised to hear of Jack hik-
ing off toward the under side of the
world pretty soon after July T. cafe
and retirement to contrary not
withstanding.
Tom Flanagan has a new idea.
He sprang it on the champion yes
terday and 1t met with his entire
approval. Johnson will enter the
ring July 4 weighing within few
ounces of 212 pounds. 1t was the
original intention of the champion
to get down to about 2l5 pounds
about a week before the contest
and remain there until he entered
the ring. But inasmuch as he is
down to that figure already and
has a chance to take off little
more weight, the loss Of which
probably would increase his speed
considerably, the decision naturally
comes In favor of the lighter
weight.
Johnson looked fit and ready yes
terday afternoon during his work
out and has but a few more steps
of it to perfect himself entirely for
the fray with the Pueblo rusher.
johnson Weighs in Public.
There is one strange thing about
JohnsonMthat is in direct contra
diction e the usual plan of fighters.
Jack delights to have people see
him weigh in, and he Is ever ready
to hop on the scales and let them
look for themselves. The cham
pion never asks anybody to take
his word for it; he gets right on the
scales and shows them. During
the course of an afternoon Johnson
is apt to weigh in anywhere from
a dozen to twenty times day, and
he always does it cheerfully too.
1t rained mighty hard here Sun
day night and another cloudburst
struck the town yesterday noon
and as a result the roads all about
the meadow cities are in horrible
shape. Whena Johnson discovered
their condition yesterday morning
he ordered out his car and had
himself taken to the railroad
tracks. where he did his road work