The evening world., 1913-04-12

!. b Paris.
Z ouUaGnA. io1S. By ne Prssa Publishing Ca.
tTAs New YotG World.
. a L HA1-zER and Jack johnson viii
not night In Paris. Probably no.
- body IN this country ever thought
~ would. The notion was confined
- ~ Ftench promoter who was trying
/. - Ge4gs the match and to Palser and
~ manager.
~ sorts Of assurances from johnson
eAas the negro ex.champion would be
- hsDd. Paiser had signed and John
- had aligned. Palzer was on the
battle-ground. johnson wasn't. There
,vas the hitch. Week after week
- Vsaas cablsd johnson. Once In n
,Vaolo ~ received assurance that all
~ we'll. BY cable. collect. That was
an h did receive The longed for word
49, Johnson had sailed from America
lwas never delivered.
Finally. WHEN even NJ. vienns came to
SAe coaclusion that johnson was either
Railing or stellsS, the Freedman de-
o11a that he'd eau the match OF. Ills
- bis prospective pront. He notified
- oRourke. manager Of Palser. and
o'2eurks shook thu dust Of Paris from
~ shoss and SAILED for America.
JeAnsoa never viii nSht again: that's
q hundrsd to one shot. He may stall
sohseugh somstAtnb -but he'll never nsht.
- on FLANAGAN. who managed
johnson at Reno and has ooca-
= sionaiiy advised him ever since.
- satishsd tha< johnson 10 enthusiastically
. aeaA one. Whsn In New Yors Q shor.
~ 80 FLANAGAN teld me that John.
osofs way - living has absolutely On.
49, hin - . Aghtsr. regardless q
heW his ieGai sntanGismsnts may tusa
60 'yehasen 10 Ill In" saiA Fhna.
-. ~aSee,ntsay ealy . shsli q HE for.
~ ~. H hes notAins isft 4 year
- ~ 80 10 haA enough lsft 70 lick
hnn. but thaA Aidn't take much. Nov
~ hes lest even that Any college foot.
tatl plAyer or athlste-Any Of the white
hGoe6 nghtin5 around the country who
havs any class 1t ALL could beat john
- - hs y to-day. anA turn the trick
- . few rounds"
-HAT'e Why I say johnson may
stall through sometime" II
=, he ever should night again II
would b. only for the purposs q mak.
~ last cleanup. Suppose johnson a.
sauBed 70 nght and let his little" slip
% some Of the hopes" He couldn't
ut any mensy for doing that. could hsf
Net much over . million dollars or %.
aayA0w.
- uAIY rAPKD has been barred
3rem boxing In France. When
0olly was being whipped BY Klaus
~ aspbsratsay buttsd. The referee eau.
tienaA HIM about the foulins. Papks
SutAsA sgain and again until he was dis.
<paaliAsd. The boxing authorities took
y his case and decided that the sport
haA 10 use for boxer who prefers los.
Ing On foul TO taking his beating like
. nan. % Papks was put out q com.
misston. % tar - Europe 10 concerned.
see . year.
.TAaes Q very seod thing. Papks wa
ualse suspseslen In New York STATE
whsn he went 70 Paris. Under the
eAGresmsnt between the governing bodisi
heeo aaA In France he should have been
4 bsus1 from competition there until bill
Guspenston here was W. But the
Trsachmsn lodged the issue BY say1ni
that Papks wAs already under CONTRACT
when he was suspended In New Yort
ana that he must be allowed to box
Nov. hewsvsr. they know more sbou
papks.
~9rr nHssru he. r.,urrsA "a Ar..
lea to tickle up the middlswsish
situation here. JsR was developed
u ORourkes club on Forty fourth
street. and he did some very good night
ing there until no met Mike Gibbons
who completely buffaloed him and mad
him show the white feather. shorti.
aftsswArd JET went 70 France. He 4
fase Gsvsr. strong and . hard hitter
He made good In France. beat tn
French middieweishss one after another
With Q few foreign stars thrown In
anA y now regarded as the star ma
IN the class. next to Klaus
With he confidence that comes wit
winning . long string Of ring battles
JsfI may come here and stir w = Ia
Of trouble in his class. Hope he does.
W. ILILE LEWIS will never see tn
w Gas House District again ur
w less all OF his plans 20 wronl
Lewis II In Paris. where he 10 agai
hghting In his old-time form, or som,
thing that Is 4 very good Imitation Of
Lewis. being the first clever boxer
10 70 Paris from these shores, is sti
Immensely popular In France. lie We
the hrst idol OF the ring t..sre. al
among the Frenchmen he occupies ii
place held by John l.. sullivan her
'WilNa you know. weighed only i
pounds on his nrst trip TO Paris. an
he Knocked out q number Of Enylii
~ Australian heavyweiYhts.
LsWis plans to live In Paris for Il
rest Of his life, He has sold his ca
here In New York and his wife ~
family are now on the way to Paris
Join him. Willie plans 10 open a b
boxing sch col In Paris He may go In
some other business. too. lie has bee
offered q hve-yesr contract q. vel
Goed salary TO botome toyins d!rec,t
Tor the public schools, On the who
he French prospect, are nuch mol
Stealing than the D1ssibi','r OF goir
eaek 70 tho old plumbing JOB IN Ne
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