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Show Idaho Man Says He Can Whip Johnson (By W. W. Naughton ) San Francisco, Jan 19. if Jim Jeffries Jef-fries harbors the Idea that the commotion com-motion consequent upon the capturing of the championship by one Jack Johnson John-son will pass away like other spasms of public indignation, he will find himself him-self mightily mistaken. The trouble has only begun; we have simply heard tho low growling of an approaching storm which, when it bursts in all Its fury, will burst upon the head of Mr. Jeffries of the alfalfa patch. The American public is waiting until un-til it gets JetT. The public wants to get him cm the stage; to draw him into ambuscade, as it were. In the mean-t'me, mean-t'me, the;e are other would-be opponents oppon-ents of Johnson to beguile us whilo Jctf is coming timidly forward to the footlights. Jim Corbett is willing to oMigo for one, and a few others who were brilliant performers in old years, when the shadow of the black hand did not intrude itself above tho championship cham-pionship situation, Men with brilliant schemes, too, are numerous but tho most original proposition propo-sition of all comes from Wallace, Idaho. Ida-ho. It is the eclieme of a man who is $f.OO 'to $1,005, but she was retalnedv Results: First race, six furlongs, purse Palo Alto, 112, (Ross), 9 to 1. won; Rosamo, 112. (Keogh). 23 to 5. second; Aco of Diamonds. 112 (McCarthy), 11 to 5, third. Time. 'l:17 15. Second race three furlongs, purse Gerando. 105. (McCarthy). 6 to 1, won; Old Mexico, 100. (Gilbert). 4 to 1, second; sec-ond; Twin Screw 103), Kirsc-hbaum), l'J to 1, third. Time. :37 3-5. Third race, milo and twenty yards, selling Estella C. 105, (Butler), 3 to 1. won; Mabel Hollander. 102. (Sullivan). (Sulli-van). 7 to 1, second; Prince Nap. 109, (Scovllle), S to 5, third. Time. 1:47 3-5. Fourth race, mile and a quarter, selling. sell-ing. Lord Rossington, 101. (Taplin). 7 to 1, won; Gambvscs 101, (A. Walsh). 12 to 1, second; Warning. 109, (Butler) 9 to 1, third. (Time not taken owing to dense fog.) j Fifth race, mile and a quarter Pan J D' Oro. won; Graphite, second; Apt, third. Time, 2:13 1-5. Sixth race, Futurity course St. I Francis, won; Deutschland, second; Tom Shaw, third. Time 1.13 4-C. not only willing to furnish the sinews of war, but to fight for the champion- j ship, and what is better, or worse, ne is willing to take Jack Johnson and Sam Langford in the same ring and fight them, "one up and one down." The intrepid challenger slgn.s his mime "Ding Rountrec." He says he was always opposed to bocomlng a professional pro-fessional pugilist, but tne prominence of the negro in the prize ring sport has impelled him to cast aside all scruples. Then he proceeds: "To begin be-gin with. I will deposit $10,000 with The Examiner. I will light Johnson and. Langford the same night in the seme ring under the same rotif. The rounds are to be of three minutes' duration, du-ration, with one minute Interval. Johnson John-son will fight the first round, Langford Lang-ford the second, and so on, thus giving each coon a re&t of five minutes between be-tween rounds, while I will hae the rest of one minute. I do this to prolong pro-long the fight so that the fans may have a run for their money. But be it understood that when the first victim is counted out, the other will thereafter there-after have to 'content himself with one minute rest. "The fight Is to bo a finish, the winner win-ner to take the full gate allowance, plus the $10,000. The purpose of the fight will be to demonstrate the supremacy su-premacy of the white man, and having restored the title I will then retire, for I have no desire to continue in the game."' Rountroe says in his note: "I have boxed with Jeffries and he can. and no doubt will, give you some Interesting information that we have kept to ourselves. He says further that he would like to dispose of Johnson and Langford in a San Francisco ring and will deposit the $10,000 the moment there is a prospect of a challenge being accepted. |