Show FRIENDS Of BRITT ROAST THOMPSON Declare Fake Talk About James Will Wi Not Stand an Investigation SAY CYCLONE WANTS BOOM 1 1101 11 Smith Says Sars ll Pug lug Took look lok Heart O il to ti Charges lr f Joc Ioe GHI Gans GaILS C Cyclone Johnny Thompson's Thompsons story told toll back In his home hOle town o of S camol ca more mol c Ill I. I that that J. J Edward Britt r refused re refused re- re fused usell to o f fight hl him unless he agreed t to tofake tofake ral fake e the match has brought s Clen friends s. s up on their hind legs leg Johnnis Johnny Johnn is doing nothing at present but bu loafIng loar loaf loaf- Pig Ins and talking lo tu the sports around Chicago Chicago of his great real achievements Ii In Iii tho thu West est t during the las lag six Ix months HaT Harry B. B Smith iu in Iho tho San Francisco Chronicle comments on Iho tho fake falc light tal talk In Inthis this wise vise Accor According ln to the lie Eastern Imp papers rsC rs C Cyclone Johnn Johnny Thompson has beer been end endeavoring lo to secure sen sensa lentil som advertising by 1 statements l reflecting on tho tIme integrity of or James Edward Edvard Brill Dritt Doubtless the thc fact that Joe Gaits claims he lie faked Caked with iIi wih Brill t when they met In San Francisco has made it I all al the easier for Thompson to lo get ct awu W wilh his stO story Time The ie East Jast ast Is ever er e rca ready lo to absorb such a yarn particularly arly when it I refers to a a native sn son so it Is wonder vonder that the favorite son SOi of r rS S Sycamore amole Ill II has ha been securing more than Ic legitimate ihnate space in the Chicago newspapers There is no intention on the part pait of f time the writer wrier to enter entel Into Inlo a discussion as asto lo to whether Britt Cal faked d with time the colored col cot ored man Granted for Cor the Eal sake e of argument that ho hc ha had an agreement It docs not nol necessarily prove pro e that he tie would enter into with wIh 1 Thompson aTon along similar Jn lines I Ih h bat t. t C Cyclone Declares Decare AST As AS Cyclone tells the story he lie says lie he 10 was wa offered a n f fight ht with wih Britt to lo total tal take ake e place in San Francisco Francsco He lie le dc- dc dares cares further that wren he arrived In n this ef city made mad him a u lon Uon ton by which Thompson was to lay down and receive 2000 from Brit Johnny Johnnj declares that he hc agree agreed as s h ho he realized that was wa the out wa way li ho ha could get a match with Jimmy He lIe says MYS that thal It I was vas his Intention to double double- C cross O tho the flat tat own owner l' l OI C they wore el In Iii Inthe inthe the lie ring but lut that un- un July 8 l 1 and abt from demanded t mr ld j he the y th that H he up upa a a a. forfeit CorIelL o ol oio that thal h ho w would Jo p sus Ur he d Thompson refused refused and and the nf negotiations ended The rhe stoy stO does docs not sound reasonable The only chance that Thompson may have ha c had for fOl a t fight t with wIh was wa ImmedIately after aCer Fitzgerald Fizgerald and Brit could not agree as to weight Thompson Thomp Thomp- son on was in fact rushed rushell to San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco to lo substitute with wih Fitzgerald for Britt Brit but VIllus VIus refused the f fight ht stating there was wa not enough money I In sight The rie game was badly disorganized J and you ou must give Britt th cre credit i of knowing that he could coull not afford to offer otel Thompson 2000 to fake take The Tho story is beyond all al reason To agreed to a proposition Britt would have lost lest money as a the f fighters would have hac lone wen to se secure secure se- se Cl cure 2500 for fur their cn end Britt might po possibly fake alto ac but he w would ul doubtless be more artistic Evidently Thompson wants want to lo work up UI a boom for Cor himself and selected Britt because Se he ho would be a n vulnerable victim and many of the time Eastern fight fans would readily believe beleve in such a alory astory story lory I f deserving o of considerable con eon cr credit for Cor his recent fights but he will wi not nut boost himself Into f favor by telling stories that it I will wi be he Impossible for Cor him to corroborate |