Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-02-27 | Page 5 | Big Jack Johnson Will Fight Johnson

BIG JACK JOHNSON WILL FIGHT JOHNSON new york feb 27 tammy burns is called after sleeping over the offer fer from england of bf for his end of a purse to meet the heavyweight champion jack Jo johnson lingon has come to the conclusion that there Is no sense in waiting for better financial inducements the big colored boxer announced that he would accept the offer at once and added that he had cabled london to let the whole go as a side bet johnson will likewise accept the other condition of the offer which abich call for a 16 foot ring and a date some time tiffie in advance of juno june 10 burns can maue make the ring ten feet square and selecta a a private ring and throw the key out of the window if he dares said johnson joh 1 I know I 1 carl can beat him and I 1 think he known it too if he backs down on this proposition I 1 will vill go over to london anyway and shame him out of king jung edward fisl ands i a s when tile the offer was first cabled from the other side it seemed so unfair to me that 1 L naturally balked wo we could get mote more money in california and money is what wo we are both after but I 1 am so anxious to getham get him into a 1 ring that I 1 will waive everything within reason to make a match by bv betting tile the 1 I can double my end i d of tle the i purse or quit without a nickel either way suits me if bums can beat me I 1 am willing to quit the balme any number of rounds will suit me from one to a thousand in tact fact now that I 1 have made up my mind to accept burns can name the terms As long as he be demand chati wear hobbles tie my arms behind me and wear weara A blindfold I 1 am willing to meet him on any grou grounds ads 0