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Show JACK WILLING TO J TAKE PERCENTAGE 1 Las Vegas, N. M., June G Treas- 9ffl urer Lewis of the Flynn-Johnson HH fight has announced that tho seat ijH sale at the first box office sale ap- iH proximated ?25.000 Jack Johnson, ''H who conferred with Jack Curley at 'H right headquarters, told the promoter jH that if he wished he could tear up 9 Lhe articles of agreement, getting 93 Johnson ?31,100, and that Jack would ifl take .1 chance with Curley on a per- jH rentage of the receipts. I 9 "I would like for nothing better H han to be gambling on this match 9 nyself," said Jack. "You got mo H :heap, Curley, for that guarantee, and 9! 'm willing to give you back your coin '9m ind take a chance with you." Curloy jBt leclined. however. flM Before going to fight headquarters. M fohnson, Cutler and George Debray "9 ook a long hike over the mountain JH oads, remaining out until an hour J 9V efore noon. In the afternoon the big WjM lack boxed. H Tommy Ryan, In charge of Flynn's J'H raining, ordered his protege to con- 'J iuue his long walks, announcing that 1-jHj :ymnasium work would not start be- JaH ore the end of the week. He says mfil io believes Flynn will be in perfect wH ondition when he takes off eighteen H r twenty pounds, making his fighting 9 weight 195 to 200. '9 PITCHER SMITH SOLD. iflj New York. June G' The Cincin- 19 ati Nationals yesterday sold Pitcher tH rank Smith and Pitcher Graham to (B lontreal Smith is one of the oldest urni itchers in length of service in the 19 Ig leagues. j9i (Continued on Page Nine.) -,91 oo (Continued from Page Two ) OWENMORAN Will" MEET JACK WHITE Los Angeles, June R Owon Moran of Birmingham, England, has reached his training quarters hero. Moran comes to the coast to keop an en gagement with Jack White in the Ver-hpn Ver-hpn ring of tho Pacific Athletic club, on the afternoon of Saturday, June S, when the boxers agreed on 128 pounds at 10 o'clock as tho weight nrrangement. Rioran suffera a ghastly lookiug cut over his right eye and has a lot of trouble on his mind. In tbo first place, Owen wants to talk about his defeat at the hands of Charley White "in tho Syracuse ring. '1 was dlsquallflod f6r fouling, but tho decision was robbery," says tho British boxer. "It wasn't, a full blow that caught White. It was a legitimate legiti-mate right wallop to the body that mado him quit after ho bad butted mo over the right eyo and slung the rough stuff through tho wholo fight without the referoe- batting an eyo." |
