Show i. i o J mJ J u u u 1 I ff CI JOHNSON SAP SA YS 4 HE 1 L I T TF l E Fd V ANA d 1 P PRIZE FIGHT TO d JESS SS WILLARD NAl iAL f R FEAT fAll IS GIVEN Says ays Arrange Arrange- t Made That He 2 in Post Post- ment Necessary 8 A Press A TA A Cuba March t former heavy heavy- in a signed a 1 given to the Associated s night declared that his hish 1 h ess Willard m in this city city's s 's gO go was vas a prearranged at- at ht t he allowed Willard to toa a addi dWon lon to the sum of gl to io the pm in inK in picture Europe and 33 per cent of f Jd their exhibition In gd fd States and Canada are I d together with aid to settle Johnsons Johnson's I the federal authorities oiso O that the colored pU pugilist iII t turn there to reclaim hIs II and see his mother in his declares statement was vas arranged that he should ie tenth round provided Vilow Vil Vilow ow ow ng were such as to justify a at s Willard Villard was doing ith fig g he was forced to walt wait al agreed upon was given inthe In the h round Johnson states l l ed d until the twenty sixth Willard Villard an opportunity showing CHAMPION champion declares that Y Jard hard agrees to fight him r time he will claim lalm 1 title lie He signed his state state- ek Johnson Champion DEstrampes former cont con con- t who is backing Johnson tt lt Johnson is willing to battle in the United States ds to go to the Clark Griffith I I Ij j jail Il fund and f or to any charitable charitable t I Colonel DEstrampes hasa has hasti a ti Masterson of New York r the he addresses of Dempsey n nt with the idea of arranging in between either of Johnson ns n D' D DEstrampes says that Johnson Is dis dis- dis d defend f nd the worlds world's champion champlon- ii t either of these men e 1 nt in part follows a ange 11 the match Jack Curley L London from New York Ile He I. I were willing to fight n nW said I would It if he gave gaver r ce I 1 thought I could beat for tor him Curley said he hena hat I told Old Curley I na match ch ready to leave London I 1 irly y for a Certain sum of hT h he readily sent Well o on nd began to bother me ok oke to my wife who adnot adnot ad- ad not to do It ft bu but t I 1 told her w re re goIng to lose Id I'd send ri ime to get out The real rea- rea l that hat was because there was coming to me and I did dido o 0 ose until I found out they e e the sum I asked for foran an eed ed that they would get r uble In America the most I t lug for me ROUND SELECTED on the best round I nd agreed upon the tenth Ie re o 0 give the word In the thee e or tour four rounds J if Willard Villard t good showing end of the tenth round Wil- Wil wIn w had been so poor It was fur final J. J continue the tight fight furJ fur fur- J agreed upon was twentieth round but I con con- Yi lards lard's rd'S showing showing sQ poor I Id I'd Id d d until the twenty twenty- carrying out the agree agree- IJ t t aVe all aJi the moving pie plc- ts n Europe and 3 per pel in America and Canada f finally received the moving lm It was a blank one 1 the rUi best film experts in Eur Eu- Eu r ls found to De be worthless oely ody knows how anxious I 1 out the little Chi Chi- culty I would have done al- al i 11 h ng In reason to be able to tomother I mother who was oM old and I illard agrees to fight reasonable r time limp which heon he on on page 2 r rII II RECENT picture of Former Fortner Champion Jack Johnson JohnI John John- I son in ill street clothes I I iI i ii i I at ati i I i M y CK JOHN I FIGHT FAKE SAYS FORMER CHAMP PUGILIST S Continued from page e 1 should do to prove if he can that he I beat me faIrly I shall claim the world trUe title WILLARDS WILLARD'S STATEMENT By Associated Press LAWRENCE Ran Kan March 13 1 Jack Johnson sImply needs the money I and Is trying to put over another I match was the tho of Jess Willard ViI Wil- I lard when shown the statement received re- re from Havana today in which 1 Johnson claimed the championship bout with Willard Villard four years ago was wasa a prearranged affair There Is absolutely nothing to it Willard continued 1 refuse to dignify dignify dig dig- the statement with a denial for foras foras as far as I am concerned it Is simply a crude joke In view of the fact that there were sport writers and fight critics from all allover allover over the world In Havana when I won the championship from Johnson It Is foolish to suppose that a fal fake e could have been perpetrated even if I had been so low as tu to countenance such an arrangement CHILDISH GAME Johnsons game Is almost childish in Its simplicity and you ma may say for forme forme me that I refuse to fall for it I 1 do donot O not intend to fight Johnson again or I any other colored man When the Associated Press representative representative asked Willard Villard If he wished to make a formal denial of Johnsons Johnson's charges Willard exclaimed rather impatiently impatiently im- im patiently CertaInly not I have nothing to deny Is It not apparent that there is no foundation for fOI such bunk as this That guy just wants to force me Into another fight Willard Villard added that Johnson was a along along long time tim getting around to his story It takes considerable nerve to admit being a party to a fraud and in the same breath wanting to arrange another another an- an other bout TOM JONES SPEAKS By Associated Press COLUMBUS 0 March So 13 far faras faras as I know Jess Willard Villard won the worlds world's heavyweight champIonship from Jack Johnson purely on hIs merits declared Tom Jones former manager of Willard Wil- Wil lard today when questioned as to the statement given by Johnson to the Associated Associated As- As Press I was closer at that tIme to Willard than any man in the world and what Johnson says Is absolutely the worst kind ot of bosh Willard Villard beat Johnson fairly and squarely and thousands ot of r people who were at the ringsIde InI In- In I eluding the highest boxing boxing- critics in inthe inthe the world will agree with me that Johnson at no time had a chance with JessI JessI Jess I believe Jack Jacl Is in need of money As s to 10 the pictures I had little or nothing noth- noth Ing to do with them as we were barred from showing them by UnIted States noth-I noth laws I do know however that Johnson Johnson John John- son had some orne dIfficulty with a film and that an expert In films was sent from this country 0 Europe to cl ar arup up the difficulty I JACK CURLEY TALKS By AssocIated Press I CHICAGO March Jack Jacl curle promoter of the Johnson Johnson- Johnson Willard Willard 1 heavyweight championship battle and andone andone one ot of Willards Willard's managers today I J Johnson Johnsons confessIon as a pathetic childlike wh whine ne coming from froman I an ignorant mInd from one who realizes he has gone the end of his his' I rope I It has become so fashIonable of i late to make confessions a la Ia Fred I Fulton that Johnson had to fall In II line S Willard defeated Johnson in I Havana In as square and as honestly fought contest as was ever pulled off I |