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Show ROOSEVELT AS REFEREE Jack Johnson Names the Ex-President as His Choice New York, Jan. 17. Jack Johnson wants Colonel Roosevelt as referee of the championship fight next July. In a statement published here today, the negro champion said: "Ex-Pret.ldent Roosevelt ought to be n good authority. He has been boxing himself and ought to know the merits of both men. He has carefully care-fully studied both men, and I think he would make a good referee, being our nation's chief leader, and a great leader was he. "I am satisfied that If tho club would choose him as referee, It would satisfy to the queen's taste. He Is cool and collected, and no one can rattle him and get his goat like they would a lot of fellows who have their names down as referees. (Signed) "Your Champion, "JACK JOHNSUX." |