BOXING.
JOHNSON AND JEANETTE MATCHED. .lark Johnson hafi signed articles for a t»zi rounds tight with Joe Jeimette before the St. Nicholas Athletic Club in Chicago on September 25 (says a cable mesage- to the independent Australian service). The champion has been guaranteed £5,000, with the privilege of taking 50 per cent, of the first £IO,TOO of the receipts, 35 per .w>nt, of the gate over £IO.OOO, and half of the moving-picture righte. A forfeit has been ported to both parties to the agreement. BURNS AND AUSTRAIJA. Tommy Burns thinks that Tom Sharkey's challenge is a, joke, but save that he might mi.'et him if the financial inducement if good enough. Burns <?avs he has no desire to participate in one-sided bouts, and, besides, he might go to Australia at Christmas to meet Landlord.
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Evening Star, Issue 14962, 23 August 1912, Page 6
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134BOXING. Evening Star, Issue 14962, 23 August 1912, Page 6
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