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Show oo JOHNSON TO SIGN FOR FIGHT Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion cham-pion of tho world, said last night ho would sign an ngreemont today to fight Jim Flynn, tho Pueblo fireman, at Wendovcr, Novada, either in Juno or July JohnBon's end In tho bout according accord-ing to the agreomont, will be $20,000 and a third Interest in the moving pictures. The champion has stood out for $30,000 win, lose or draw for his next fight He realizes now that It is next to impossible to obtain this amount Johnson believes tho present arrangement ar-rangement will amount, to tho samo thing. A Chicago dispatch, late this afternoon, after-noon, says "It appearod today that there might bo delay in signing tho formal articles of agreement for tho fight between Jack Johnson, tho world's heavyweight heavy-weight champion, and Jim Flynn, who aspires to that title. "Both Johnson and Jack Curley, who Is representing Flynn, admitted that tho figures, $20,000 purso, gon-orous gon-orous training expenses and a third interest In tho moving plcturo contract, con-tract, woro mutually agreeable. Curley, Cur-ley, however, declared that the staging stag-ing of tho bout, which Is scheduled for June or July, at souio place in Nevada, Ne-vada, near tho Utah line, not moro than 100 rallos west of Salt Lako was somewhat contingent on tho other contests which Flynn Is arranging arrang-ing for noxt two months. "A tentative agreement to fight Al Kubiak 20 rounds in Toronto, next month, a similar contract to meot Al Palzer in Now York, Feb 8 or 1G for a 10-round go, and tho possibility that Flynn may put on tho gloves with Bombardlor Wells, according to Curley. Cur-ley. may havo a direct bearing on whether tho Pueblo fireman will step into the ring with Champion Johnson" |