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Show CORBETT WILLING TO I MEET NEGRO JOHNSON Leadvllle, Colo., Jan. 1. James J. Corbett, former heavyweight champion pugilist, tonight announced his willingness willing-ness to meet Jack Johnson if It were necessary to bring the championship back to a white man. "My stage career," he jsald, "Is the only thing which prevents me from at once taking up the gage. It makes my blood boll to think that a black man should hold the title a man who has not shown himself a great fighter. , Johnson simply Is not In the champion- j shipclass. "Jeffries waa very foolish In not ac- 1 ceptlng that $50,000 offer from him, win, lose, or draw, because he Is even more than a match for the victor of tho Burns fight. If necessary, I will challenge chal-lenge Johnson In order to endeavor to return the championship to the white race." I |