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Show ( i B He Desires to Get HI Jac Johnson into pi the Ring HKJ New York, April 15. Sam Lang- afefc i ford, tho colored heavyweight who is dtlS i? Jnst back rora n lhree months' trip Q .' abroad, before leaving Nova Scotia to- jjTPI daj', told a party of admirers h.ere of ,Aj his experience in Europo and hla as- iCK I piratlons of a contest wjth Jack John- IffS'li Eon- drtS if "My fight w,th BU1 Lane Ia London l.fjm ; was easy," he declared 9 "Mister Lang was scared most to jj ? death ' He didn't know what struck 3RASA j n'ri wl,en I slammed him In the first q 4 round He was game though and took -Swl ft nard bcatin? " jj ? "I really beat McVey in Paris two' 'reai i weeks ago. It wasn't a fake, although gjjj a it maj have looked queer. I tried to berlh 3 lnock him out, but lie hung on and t4M i clinched for the last eight or ten r rounds so that I couldn't land him. r?3 i "So M,stcr Jobnson Is in jail? Well. vV3 I I knew they'd get him sooner or liter TfiS 'I f0r 9Pec(llnE This ought to bo a les- sS'J son When they let him out Sunday. PS? il 1 hope he'll keep out. Well, will I fight I him? Sure I will. Ho can have a mill with me in London or Par,is, but v I don't believe he wants to fight mo J I'd Just like to get Into the ring with r$ him for ten or fifteen rounds. That SjZ i would be time enough for me to prove tfS that I could whip him " |