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Show JOHNSON DECLARES HE WILL RETIRE. Kansas City, July 6. "1 never want to see another pair of boxing gloves, either In private or in public," emphatically em-phatically declared Champion Jack Johnson, while here a few minutes last night en route to Chicago. Johnson John-son was in a happy mood, unmarked by his fight yesterday with Jim Flynn at Las Vegas. "If Al Palzer wants to fight me," declared the champion, "he will have to do it not later than Labor day, for on the day following I will retire from the ring forever That's final I quit then for good " Johnson said he had cleared $36,000 on his victory over Flynn. He received re-ceived $31,000 from Jack Curley, the promoter, and won $5,000 in betting on himself "And Mrs. Johnson won $6,000 betting on mo," laughingly remarked re-marked the heavyweight. "She gave odds of three to one at that" |