The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
Bat It's Joke = Opponent
Weighs 100 Pounds.
FRAZEE FILES SUIT
Saws He Will Make Negro Prove
His Charges.
Johnson Waits for COrbetts
Show to Arrive.

.,,,ica II, a battle staged in the ring o.
o,conpeu,s gym. a white nope
,,.r,ed rt5irsch. who heretofore has not
80 -,rcb notice in the public prints
+urned the trick. to the great astoIllsii-
ment and amusement of the crow va
vv17ich hacked the State street nome u
the boxers 81, hit out
ZACH tine, arising only with the gre<1 I.
est effort and with LOOK OF pan -. :
his face which showed pla1liiS lie
ne was suffering from the Ie1A u
-,,1rr17ez doIed out by the ne" WI
der. A left to the jaw sent nun I'm 800
4Tae drst time and q. right 70 inc go
r1o+ inset him in the following To IN
- ohaeTnnion was so badly stune thar
~ tI1e close of one round he Walh al7
20 Hfrsch's corner and nuns iLlllP.S 5
over the ropes The pen l NJ to his
-bair and slapped him into shape ~
nDoflner three minute PERIOD .+
TTvl7a surprise came in the tllru % u
Of Johnson's afternoon OF So ,l,sn and
49, Cutie about in easy 1asHlOn
for six rounds. He gave CuIleL n. ~, =
457an the latter was antlclpdI5I6 49,
SoIacJx eve and cut lip testlneu' 10 Il
---Sa E5trSch the latest Carl motifs
md three desperate rounds IN winch - -
men fought savagely rough s-nI IN rrl
BILE. standing up, lying uoNn -. o,,l5iflv
Sne on their knees. Johnson go,
Wanted the timekeeper when the hlieaA
However. IL James J. Corbett could
have seen the bout, ne woHlu 1I 10 49, an
c71le to prove Johnson raKer a aIul-. 81
1-+5s+5e one at that. For the hoPs
was Especial Delivery Hlrscn, tne -
fIe 100 FOUNDER who promises TO Dec S = =
: Faa tberyefght star. Johnson an -
= - y,tn,1 rounds of vaudeville that
anv wise theatrical manager 49,. :
nav a high price 70 get Jollll'0 ~ .
e1tios we're coTnical in the extreme ~
a big cOlOIcu ACA7
low VINO was taking a beating IN va.
fIe royal and was looking lot d Cile'i-oo
to lump out of the ring
Crowd as Referee.
Tho e-zro rang with laughter as JACK
car1.ec; out the comedy, urOpplne -
the floor with an appearance oL uii 49,
suffering and staggering TO ms -
each time the crowd, when acteu 0.5
referee, counted nine" He gave
-,e,.fect imitation of a boxer IN as
rose and was ably assisted by Hlrsch,
who is rapidly becoming hrsl-cis''S
clown under Johnsolls tuIeIeese ,,,ber
Tohn's mood changed, however, VINE"
after the boxing he was SHOWN IN :
New York story whlch se -+ D I,o,,,,,i3
commissioner O'Nen WouId not peAAlii'
him to fight there -
that yyay." said Jack, because dC net
want to box there. But 1 don't IKE 10
he barred without any JUST reason 49, 49,
what is more, I win show them tnal
+ne11 can't bar me am going 10 New
York before long and DEFY commas comm >
e;oner O'Neil to stop me II ne permits
others to box Ihose Iello W. a. .+.1,ta5
s70Zvn there because when they sIaT
+rvins to sign me for matches tolo
them I wouldn't appear IN New AolN
unless a Chicago referee oElclaeeu-
a4nO YOU know why they try 70 pa
~na in New York and London? Wen
4t is because they know no white man n
alive can whip me- Ihey DeAeVe u
~T,aiT hearts that Jack Johnson Is Lhe
oUQ lived and just
SAco,,se he is colored they don't want
so give him chance to beat anyD0 ny
WHY if they had a big White IelloM
m New York that they thought cou1u
s-iv-, me there would not be the sllgnl-
est objection in the world 10 INC
-1a+ch They would let me fight jean
nette too because ne also IS cO1 -t, e. a.
rF1,It INST because I have it on the Whlce
Fellows they say, Let's bar him. mat
no+ Justice and I will leave it to any
fair minded person II 1t Is.
Another Shot at COrbett.
Johnson shot another broadstde at
Jim Corbett today also, ana some 49, W.
Is things may happen when Coroett
sets here with a theatrical company
s;Corbett says he could have whipped
me- ten years ago. Say, I could have
staten lin Corbett every afternoon
s1,st for fun when he was at his very
hest. He never knocked out gooo
man. John L. Sullivan and CharIle
So1vht them Why, Mitchell took OF
over 100 pounds while training Tor
ssSo-bett never was worlds cham
-osoT either He was only American
%bamnion That was all Sullivan was,
because he refused to box Peter JACK
son And Corbett got the title Sullivan
had. Bob Fitzsimmons was the 1lrst
real worlds champion
johnson received another letter
from Dan McKetrick. Joe Jeannette
1naDaRer. and was stirred up about II
1,v the contents. Johnson has been OIL
~ered $4,000 for the fight. AIcKetrick
alters to give $4,000 more, Jeanette 8
and Johnson cant see it. He wants
$4,000 or nothing
s.rT7his McKetrick makes me tired,
~aid lack stAt first he said Jeanette
was a marathon fighter. that he could
- at me over a route but would have
no chance in ten rounds. NOW ne
~rarts TO make it ten rounds and bunk
411s p,1bIfc because he knows can
make Joe look foolish. However II ne
comes across with a $4,000 bid he can
have ten-round whirI before 1 box
Flynn"
H H. Frazee Files suit.
New York. Jan. 13.-John Arthur
Johnson. champion heavyweight of the
world is in bad up this way Recently,
johnson issued an ulxase in which ne
said that Jim Corbett and II Il Fra
zes the theatrical manager, had OF
fered Johnson $1,000 to lay down to
Al Kaufman. Corbett, who is in Bos-
fon this week, says Johnson is liar
So does Frazee ana ne goes Corpett
ono better by entering a suit against
the champion for defamation of char
ut is ridiculous to think that I
would offer Johnson anything to lay
down" shouted Frazee upon arriving
here today. II never met that smoke;
would not even speak to him if he was
pointed out to me. You can rest as