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Show son, and that is Jeff. But I don't think that even Jeffries could beat the black. Jeffries is a long way from being in shape, and even if he could get in condition, I sincerely believe, knowing both well, that the colored man would have the better of it. For Corbett to fight Johnson, would be ridiculous. Ketchel is altogether too small. It would be a shame to match them. For second choice after Jeffries, I vould select Jim Barry' of Chicago, but really, real-ly, he wouldn't have a chance. Johnson John-son is destined to hold the championship champion-ship for some time to my way of thinking." Johnson's former manager bears the colored man no ill-will, declaring with a shrug of his shoulders that it was impossible for any man to handle Johnson John-son after he gained the title. Johnson has wanted since then to be his own boss absolutely, though Fltzpatrick declared de-clared that he understood the champion's cham-pion's white wife would assist in, arranging ar-ranging matches for him. Fltzpatrick left this afternoon for Seattle, cu route to San Francisco, whence he goes to New York. Regarding his fight with Burns, Jack Johnson said this morning that he had no proposition made to lay down to I Bonis. But he added: "I know though, that Referee Mcintosh Mc-intosh was supposed to bo fixed to give Burns all he could." DRAW THE COLOR . LIE Vancouver Hotel Fail to Accommodate the Colored Champion Vancouver, March 10 Vancouver hotel proprietors drew the color line very strictly last night when Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight champion cham-pion attempted to put up for the night. Coming up from the steamer, the colored man with his white wife and friends went to the St Francis hotel. Johnson was politely told that I ho hotel w as filled to overflowing. The clerk was very sorry, adding, "Really, Mr. Johnson, lt.couldn't be helped " They did not have any rooms and that was all there was to it. The fighter took the turn-down with good grace the first time, but when it was repeated in five other hotels, especially espec-ially two-dollar-a-day houses, he wa3 abusive. Mrs. Johnson said very little, lit-tle, but was plainly very much disgusted dis-gusted at the turn of affairs. Late In the evening, they obtained accommodation accommo-dation at the Dominion, a down town house. Johnson spent part of the night at the lwme of George Paris, a boxing instructor. This morning, Johnson could not be found anywhere. Sporting men here are inclined to comment on Johnson's lack or deli-nlteness deli-nlteness In making possible arrangements arrange-ments for a fight with Jeffries. When the newspapermen last night asked him if he would fight Jeffries, he invariably in-variably replied: "Oh, yes; I will take on anybody.' But when it came to pinning down the black man to details that brought up In mind a vision of himself in the j squared circle with the boiler-maker, Johnson sidestepped across the Pacific Pa-cific to some more or less irrelevant story of his treatment in Australia. Time and time again, he refused to talk about Jeffries. Plainly he does not Intend to meet tho white cham-! cham-! pion for a year or two anyway. The sport "dopesters" here figure it out that Jack learned so many lessons in chasing and W;lng chased when he I went after Burns, that It will be a j long and merry hunt that Jeff will : have to get him into the ring. Some even think that Jack is a little afraid of the bigwhlte man. but Sam Fltzpatrick Fltz-patrick comes to the black man's rescue on that score. Sam Fltzpatrick, erstwhile manager of Jack Johnson, the world's heavyweight heavy-weight champion, iu an interview this morning, gave out the following statement state-ment to the Associated Press: "I can see nothing to it but that JohuKon will be champion for as many years as Jeffries held the title at an-rate. an-rate. You may take it from me that J'-hnsou is not afraid to meet Jeffries. Tlie colored man says that he will meet any man, and literally, that Includes In-cludes Jeffries and he means it that way. In their fight at Sydney, Burns waa never iu it for a moment He had not chance at all. I believe fully that Johnson is the greatest fighter now in sight, black or white. He has great courage, and is as quick, agile and hard os a big tiger." Fltzpatrick read in detail the interview inter-view given the Associated Press in New York by Jeffries last night When he had finished, he suggested that the big boiler-maker was underrating Johnaon and added: "There is only one white man who has Any right in the ring with John- |