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Show SALT LAKE'S ONLY "WHITE HOPE" SOLD TO NEW MANAGER FOR $100 1 " i "White Hopes" are worth $100 apiece In Salt Lake If they are In good condition. condi-tion. Other cities may not bo able to get market quotations on their prospective prospec-tive opponents of Jack Johnson, but Salt Lake's only white hope, Jack Leon, the Russian giant, fetched $100 In the open market yesterday. Mark Shaughnessy, who for tho past month has been managing Leon, sold him to D. B. Hagan. who paid a crisp $100 bill. Hereafter Hagan will direct Leon's wrestling and boxing matches, count up tho receipts and hand over to Jack whatever portion may be mutually satisfactory. Shaughnessy, when asked why ho sold Leon, hesitated and then said: "Well, you know an athlete's manager' has to feed him and Jack rellsheB about four double porterhouses a day and " "Did you tell this to the man to whom you sold him?" Shaughnessy was asked. "No," ho answered, "but ho found It out at supper time. A hungry Russian giant, who weighs 214 pounds and has a reach of eighty-four Inches, usually gets what he wants from his manager. I have had enough." Jack Leon Is the most tractable follow In the world and he really seems anxious to got a wrestling or boxing match. W. C. JonoB has been offering to match him with Jack Rogers, but Leon Is afraid that he might kill Rogers. It Is less than two years since he had to defend himself from tho chargo of manslaughter because an opponent died after a boxing bout. At any rate, hereafter Hagan will manage man-age tho Russian giant and will also feed him. |