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Show jCorbett and Johnson Will Fight to Finish By Sam P. Hall, Jr. By, International Kiftwo Service. CHICAGO, Jan 26. James J. Corbetl and Jack Johiisoii arc to rirlii it out in Chicago inside the oexl month Not with clovps, perhaps, bnl thej maj gel together with the bare t'is before - over. They are t" stage their battle in court. "Martinis "i Black' stnijr" rules will govern. Eacb i in acl as Ins own attorney and cross-examine the other. Thai surely oughl i make ;i lively set-to, both pride themselves "ii their legal abilities and repartee, Jack put it over Jim in ili idlkiVst al Eteno because lie was winning over Jeff easily and Had all the better of things generally, Phis time it maj In- differenl Corbatl is to ht- ihe agsreaaor in k.-ai battle. James J. arrived in town this morninc lie left tonight for itngtc work at LaCrosse. Waterloo ami Detroit II.. will be foaok in two wk- ami (li.-n the fun will hesln The former cnavmplon is to gu John- SOI1 for llhel. haxlnc his .ase bn Ihe iif- fiduNit made out recently by Johnaon. I'll affldavli charges that Corbetl apd ii. ii Frazee, the thentrtcalaanan ' conferenoe with Johnaon ;:i DeavrWrn treat, .''i"'-.i him to fak a six -round rig;hl "iih Corbett at Philadelphia. Corbet! Cor-bet! brands this RfOrV f a lie. lie admit- talking with Johnson, hut sas Frasea eras not there also claiming that (nhnson agreed to ftKht him and then ducked mit ..t ihe match "I'll pet that fresh fellon a hah I : ba.'k to town. 1 nam Cornell hefoie departing. de-parting. I sent word to him that I was al Ihe Risniar-k and waited all ilnv for htm to Boon up. He doe not dare .p'-al to mc on the street. After the threats he has made aboni punching; my nos--he jt in for a trimming if he ever lai-kU-j in In lit. sli. e Y'iii '-in lust sa- that that will be one flghl he will lope. "Ai the tbae ( n conference with the bombastic negro Mr, Frasee as not present at all. T askefl Jack to fight ht ud I poatad S1"''", liara ami I1OO0 Ifi Now TOrV to that 1 meant hiislness. I did not srajnt to flghl him nix rounds, but to a finish. I wrote .lini Jeffiiei. that I knon I ataS con,-) -nonsh to Rie lohn-.-on a hard fight and thai If I lopt I a .uiii k.-'ow enotigai about him to tench Jeffries now to heat him. Jeffries hei that letter toda. JohnaOn aareed to box ftar demanding that l cle him 10 per cenl of my .share of the puifC. Then he dodged ;he match. , "I am coins to sue him on that af-fldavlt. af-fldavlt. And I'll start the suit as toon as i sd hark to ChloaaTO. about two areoki ftom now. lie .an t prove anything any-thing that h chaises. I I1 . roHs-eMimine hlra myself, show him up for the. Iter ht i. and cot damaces-. t.r. The affidavit l now In the possession of the Chicago Examiner, and Corbett proposes to ha it offered iM evidence Asked what chance (her WO of ny-body ny-body baaitlng Johnaon 1,1 th ring, fur- hett reliKtantlv admitted thai no whit man at present had a chnnc. But he made some CSUatlc remaiks about .lolir,-son .lolir,-son dodging the heavy bo s of hjj DWD color. Joe JeanOette is the only man I know who cava take Johnson out to Nevada a route with him wnd have a chance And Johnson Is afntid to fight .lean- nett. JI knows how touch Joe I- ami that h is cood over the Marathon route Jaek wants a setup and he has that In Flvmi. Longford and McVey, the lro other colored stars, rank next to lean- octte ' Oorbeit announced he saw the re. ent b Attefl-K O. Rrown flghl In New Tork apd said if hii opinion it was not fake. "I aeree with Tom O'Rourke, gad Jim. that Attell looks to he all tf At (hat I don't thmk he trained well for the fight. Rut tie boxed badly and I don't think he will keep his title lone. Brown's .katd st;; baffled htm, too. I lake n., stofk In Ale's cocaine st..r. ' |