Show BlA BUCK K fi 1 STAYS AT HOME Johnson Decides He Will Not Go to Europe Europa at Eleventh Hour Because Theatrical Managers Threaten Him New ew York May Ia 2 25 Fifteen Fifteen minutes before the thc Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse was rend ready rendy to cast of off her lines tines and set sail for Europe today Jack Johnson the colored champion Informed the tho officials that ho had changed his mind about sailing sailing sail sall- ing InI and that a truck was already upon tho the wa way to get his luggage And this Is why why from from Lil LII himself He received a n cable from London Londona a few tew hours before sailing time In Informing Informing In- In n- n forming him that he was waa to ns bo served with an nn injunction as ns soon as ns ho he her set foot Coot on British soil A theater proprietor pro pro- proprietor proprietor pro pro- and booking a agent ent named Valter Walter Val Wal has ter Gibbons claims that 1 ho has Johnson Johnson John John- son under contracts So does another owner and agent named Seymour r Hicks Gibbons threatened to serve SOI Johnson with restraining papers If IC he hedared hedared dared work for tor Hicks lucks who has a con con- tract Gibbons according to s Johnson Johnson t thas has not Rather than make maleo tho the trip that might tie him up In an endless court wrangle he decided at tho eleventh hour to stay home and London wont won't t see him after arter all and ho Is going to get bet busy too loo First ho wants to fight Al Ai Kaufman Knufman the six rounds In Philadelphia which he proposed to Billy Wily Brady S Six x rounds with a bet of ot 1000 upon the side for each round the bet to bo he selected if tt decided by four tour papers that doesn't satisfy Brady then he he- wants Jim Corbett for Cor six tho the same sarno conditions to prevail If It Corbett CorLett is ts willing Johnson will post his mla money Immediately Immediate In case caso neither of oC these matches go through then Kaufman will bo be taken on as was Jack Jacl OBrien O'Brien in an ordinary ordinary nar nary match Corbett can have a a. plain six round bout too If he wants It IL Stanley Stanle Ketchel is is' is likewise included Johnson stated that he ho Is willing to bet either of ot time tho men 1000 to a side Step up gentlemen What's hats your several answers answers' |