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Show , JOHNSON SIGNS TO H i FIGHT JEANNETTE H 'i Chicago, Aug. 15. John Arthur H ' Johnson really has signed up for 1 another fight. This oventful , pugl- H llstlc episode happened last night out H . fct tho champion's South Side cafe. H i Jesse and Eddio iMcMaJion, New York H ' promoters, arc the men who induced L Jack to sign his name to the papers, H and they were a happy pair of fel- B, lows when tho negotiations wero B i concluded successfully H i Johnson signed to fight Joo Jean- W . nette, a rival of bis hard luck days, Bj ten rounds, no decision, at the St, H Nicholas club in New York, on tho H' ' night of September 25. Johnson gets B a flat guaranty of $25,000. H But there nro other interesting H financial clauses In the articles The H champion is to receive tho first $30,- 000 taken in at the gate, provided H the receipts total $60,000. If tho re- H celpts arc over $60,000 Johnson is to H get in addition 25 per cent of all over H ' that sum, H Johnson explains his change of m heart In not holding out for a $30,000 B l guaranty by saying that he expected H i tp make more than that out of tho H' ilght under the terms he accepted. H- The colored man has unlimited faith H 1 In his drawing powers. Ho knows rlf New York does not like him, but BrU figures the fans will all be there In Hm the hope of seeing him whipped. Hr J Johnson will start both road work Hjv and boxing tomorrow and avers he 7 will have plenty of time to get in ""Hf first-class shape by the September Hlj dnte. He is now weighing 242 pounds ""Hm and declares he will chop off but Hl twelve pounds of that for ten rounds HV with Jeannctte. ""Hl Johnson spoke in sneering terms of HH, Jeannctte after the match waB made. H "I whipped that fellow three tlme3 H and can do it every day Just for H fun, he said. ''The only time ho B ever did make a shewing with mo, I HvJ was under wraps a hit, though I ncv- Hl er permitted him to hold mo even. Hf You know I had a hard time getting ""D ; matches In those days HJ "But believe me when I say I'll Hjf convince the public that I'm still a H ' great fighter by whipping the life H i out of that fellow Ho'll be lucky HT Indeed if he slays six rounds and I W have no idea, whatever that it will V1 last the limit. I'll be fit for tho Hft mill and win in a canter. T expect H to make more than 30,030 out of it, |