JOHNSON AND JEFFRIES MATCHED.

NZ Truth, Issue 234, 18 December 1909, Page 3

JOHNSON AND JEFFRIES MATCHED.

The Fight to Take Place m America

And Mcintosh Misses the 'Bos.

After months of skite and hot-air the preliminaries attached to the JefiriesJo'mson fight have Leen fixed at last, and the chances of the big exponents ol tlie art of bash coming together at last are beginning to take definite shape. There is, unfortunately, no chance oi the men coming together m Australia. Hugh Mclntosh, m spite of all attempts to manage the contest, lias been slipped up by the slictc Johnnies across the pond. The Austral'an promoter at the outset sent the following csvble : — 1 guarantee eacii rcan — For contest m America £7500, Un^laud £8000, France £8000, Australia £10,000, all rights reserved. Alternate offer — America, England or France, whole of gross gate less £2000, with guaranteed minimum

of i's3-CO each man, all rights reserved ; Australia, whole gross gate, without deduction and with guaranteed minimum of #5000 each man, all rights reserved. Second alternative otTer— Will give America or France A:iU,UUO and O n> thirrt pictures ; England, A;i3,000 and one-fourth pictures ; Australia, £20,l>UU. ail rights reserved. Contest to tate place on. a date to bo named by Mcintosh during ISHO, eaoh contestant to roccivc not iess than three months' notice. Five thousand dollars deposit "New. York l'Jvening Journal." He followed it up with a deposit of -•£IOOO, and instructions to his Mew York rcpresrntative to raise the bids up to £40,000 if necessary. The next informa- . tiou on the subject received was the fol--1 iov/ing press cable : — LONDON, Friday, Noon I.—Keuter's1 .— Keuter's Agency reports that the heavy-weight champions, Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries, have accepted Tex Kichard's offer of 101,000 dollars (±20,000), and twothirds of the cinematograph receipts for the tights of the piomotion of the fight for the world's champ lonship. Thus Mclntosh's chance of handling the. . light gofc smote on the skull with a club, and great is his wrath accordingly. But, unless Mclntosh is an Ananias, or somebody is pulling his leg from YanKee.land, there has been trouble m the pug. •camp. The following cable he received : : recently •:— All off. Your £40,000 put aside. Jeffries will not fight out of America,' and will not consent t 0 a negr 0 referee. Jack GTeason has the light, && O,WK) antl two-thirds pictures. Tex liichard refuses Jeffries' condition .regarding conduct, of fight and tile referee t o be ap-* pointed. Scthere the matter stands at present.. .No reasons are given as to the rumpus,•but it is very evident that there has been •trouble m the camp. TaKe the world ail ■over, champion pugilists are the king pins of the earth for squabbling, dispen-. v.sing hot air, and scll-adver Using on th&. cheap. They are even worse than, the prima donnas ol a cracfc opera company.