The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-16
Johnson MORAN ALLEGED
FRAME-UP is EXPOSED
"John Bull" London Weekly, Says
Rcfcrce Carpenter Got Cold Feet
L.

Lond9n, July l5.-The weekly paper
Fl Bp taking ,iIi sdxan,ags of the
lished to-day what 1t terms "A Boxing
Bombshell-,nn expose OF Jack John
recent night with Frank Moran in Paris
a fac -simile OF an agreement signed
by Johnson is printed with the article.
The agreement roads as follows:
81 hereby agree to divide tho receipts
OF my contest with Frank Moran on
June 81 on the basis OF 40 per cent TO
Moran and 60 per cent 10 mo. provided
Frank Moran loses inside OF eight
(signed) JACK JOHNSON"
ceipt."
According to the wcekly's ACCOUNT OF
drawing UP OF this agreement. Johnson
at first insisted on getting so per cent
of the two thirds share of the gate re.
ceipts. which Nienne. the promoter of
tho match. allowed the two fighters.
Nienne receiving the remaining one
third.
states in the article tel; that j. Johnson came
Instead Of Fl 10 per c. cent It Il Moran p' Would
round. McKellrick justifes his accept:
ance OF this proposition on the ground
that II. The ,,,. end Justified the means lie
son Into tho ring.
Johnson is crook and should never
again be allowed TO fight. the paper
from letters written by Johnson to Nc
KellricE two days before the tight and
while Mckellrick, possessing the signed
agreement, was trying TO avoid the
negro. One OF these excerpts is as fol-
lows
Now. Dan, must see you to get
things Strengthened out. e. I am
going to have things Q. X. before
put the gloves on"
The story has caused a tremendous
sensation here. but not the. least aston
tonight in the Savoy Bar. when a we'll
known American sportsman contided to
The Times Dispatch correspondent a no
less amazing. disc osure concerning the
fight In Paris. According to this in
formant. there was a carefully laid
plan to double-cross Johnson so that
he could not possibly win. Only the
fact TINT the referee, Georges Carpen-
tier, developed cold feet" according
to man who was on the inside. caused
To begin with. the schemers know
Carpcntier was perfectly willing to
meet Moran in n championship contest
ii Moran won the championship. This
was the schemers' first and most I'm
portant bait In addition. however. an
offer was made to Carpenter In his
agree to do one of three things
/. Award Moran a decision II Moran
lasted twenty rounds and If Johnson
had not punished him to such an ex-
tent to make such a decision impossible
>. Call the fight draw If Moran
were so hopelessly beaten that nothing
else could DO done.
3. Declare Moran the winner on
foul if johnson violated the French
Federation rules by hitting on the
break away.
This last was considered the schem-
ers' best chance. Johnson having signed
tho articles OF agreement without
knowing word in them-the agree
ment being written In French.
AS Johnson's chief asset is right hand
upper going out of a clinch. IL
seemed certain he could not break him
self OF the habit even If he knew IL was
against the French rules. as matter
OF fact, Johnson did upper-cut Moran
after Carpenter had ordered them TO
break In the eleventh round, and the
Frenchman promptly warned the negro.
The crowd booed and hssed-un
doubtedly at Johnson-but Carpenter
misinterpreted II as a rebuke directed
at him and although Johnson several
times offended in the Same way I'm the
latcr rounds, Carpenter made no at
tempt TO disqualfy him.