Show BURNS MAY AY MEET JOHNSON AGAIN Battle May Be Pulled Off at atthe atthe atthe the Stadium in I London AN INTER INTERESTING STING STORY Murder Almost Committed During Selection of Referee for Big Bout I 11 II 1 D. D II Promoter hu l hums front 1 Shooting I Joun un I IBY BY W W. W p. p NAUGHTON San Francisco Feb 17 The The followIng follow- follow lug Ing up letter from Sam Fitzpatrick the th manager er of ot Jack Jacl Johnson tho the now new champion heavyweight came carao to light last ast night It tells ot of a a. violent scone In n the choosing of a a. referee for tOl the tho Johnson Sums match According t to tt Sam the Canadian threatened to murder mur der don Johnson and furthermore threatened threatened threat throat ened cued the negro with mob violence This of at course was before the 11 fight ht Hero Horo Is what Fitzpatrick has to say W. W W. W y Nuu Sydney Sdney Jan Jaa 17 W. 17 Naughton Dear Friend I Friend I think I I mentioned to you some time timo ago aho that I 1 didn't think Burns Bums would give Johnson much more trouble than Flynn did Well Vell such was wa 0 o case the only difference differ differ- cues ence In the two lights tIghts being that the Burns affair lasted hasted a n couple of rounds longer and Tommy took A bit morn more punishment Burns and Fl Flynn nn stood about tho flue same chance chanco of at winning and In tile the fourteenth round when tho the police took tool a n hand Tomm Tommy was fl a. L pitiful pit piti fill ful sight It was the biggest st crowd I over o oversaw oversaw saw at a fight light fight between and and out of oC every thousand wanted to see Burns win As the one one- sided slaughter went on round otter after round you OU can Imagine tho tue feelings of ot that mob Quarrel O C Over r Referee Burns McIntosh Johnson and m myself myself my my- self met at Syndey three days das's as a's before the tho fight for tor the purpose of or picking a n. referee and anti tho the meeting broke broko u up without any uny pro progress ress being made Several Several Sev Sev- eral names were mentioned but those thosa we mentioned did not suit Burns and vice Ice verse versa Without nn any warning Burns reached over o for a largo large Inkstand inkstand Ink ink- stand to let lot It ft go at Johnson McIntosh McIntosh Mc- Mc Intosh grabbed his hand and th then n Tommy picked up a I. I chair and to toM told Johnson ho would kill him before he ic got out of ol tho the room Mcintosh got ot tho the chair away from tram him Burns Burn put jut his hand In his hip pocket and said aid again ln that ho lie would kill John- John son on All this time Uma Tommy wits was pouring out ut a lino line of ot abuse on Jack that would not ot look good In print Johnson kept his Is head and amI all he lie said in reply was Tommy youre you're a gentleman As 9 Toni Tom my ly continued on the murderous moot moo T Johnsons Johnson's eyes snapped and he lie said aid Dont Don't hold him Mac lots lot's see what he e will do do But McIntosh was thinking of ot the tho boxing da day event and of or the tho heavy hea advance sale salo aiO of ot tickets and would not riot lot ot go Final Finally McIntosh opened tho the doors and got Burns out Into tho the hallway allway and then Into his hili During the tho rumpus Burns told Johnon Johnson Johnson John- John son on that tho the crowd clowd would mob him hint whether ho he won or lost and In reply to o that Arthur said ho would Just as soon oon die ilia In Australia as anywhere else Every E referee that has bas officiated In n Australia was named and objected to o by one oyie sido or tho other and we wo nally finally agreed to take Hugh osh tosh tho the promoter who Is Tommy Toman Burns Burns' personal friend He lIe did the tho job ob well however or and the tho crow crowd gave UYI us is a square deal Burns put up ono of ot the greatest uphill fights I have havo ever seen At no tape stage c of ot tho the game did ho look to havea have o a ghost of ot a chance Its It's all over now however but If Sf Mark Jark Twain ever reads some Borne of ot the tho excuses Tommy Is makIng making mak- mak Ing ng for his defeat ho bo will be bo Jealous ot of f him Another Meeting McIntosh left leU for tor London last week with tho the pictures He lie may arrange ton for or a second meeting between cen tho th champion and Burns to take tako at athe atthe he tho Stadium In London where the bl big athletic competitions were held last year ear If It the tho present program goes goci through Johnson and myself will leave here on tin February 17 after alter giving n- n a farewell show at tho the Stadium Wo We 0 will Ill catch time tho boat at Brisbane and ami arrive In Vancouver somewhere around March 1 12 I am nm looking after Bill Lange who is ts matched to meet Bill Squires on February 3 S. lAnge Lango Is a It abig abig big strong young oun tellow and It If Ithe ithe he wins I 1 will take him hini to San ban n Franciseo Francisco Fran Fran- cisco chICO and tr try and got a match withAl with Al AI Kaufman Kautman for him J If all goes oes well will see seo eo you ou In San Francisco about March 15 Yours sincerely SAM t l- l FITZPATRICK It will be bo noticed that there is not nota a r word about either Jeffries or Langford Lang Lang- ford fond In the tho foregoing Tile The letter WL was written on January 17 17 however and It Is Quito possible po that tho the English match with Langford has been brought to a n. head bead since Another view of ot tho the matter maUr Is that feels that It Is 18 up tip to him to display managerial tact now that he has a a. worlds world's champion champion cham chani- pion under his wing Sam probably thinks that Johnson should be bo dignified fled fied and reticent and let tho the other fellows tel fel fel- fel lows lotus do tho the talking and challenging |