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Show "T1 He Wires Friends Not to Bet on the Coming Com-ing Fight Chicago, May 3. Jack Johnson wired a close friend hero from San Francisco last night telling him not to bet any money on tho coming fight until he whs ndvlsed further. The tf legram also stated that the death f Tommy McCarthy had given the church p ople, who are opposed to tho Independence Day contest, ammunition ammuni-tion for their struggle against the big light. Several thousand dollars are being held by sporling men In the colored belt to bet on Johnson and the men who have this money say they will have more bi fore .fuJy 4. Many bets already hae been made, the colored people getting as good as 10 to C for their money. |