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California's "hope of the white
race," who may meet Jack Johnson,
the negro champion heavyweight of
the world, in London, during corona-
tion week, next June. Jack Gleason,
the famous promoter of the Jefferies-
Johnson match, now in Chicago
spending his share of the $270,000
house at Reno, is said to be one of
the promoters of the coming match.
H. Frazee, a former partner of Hugh
McIntosh, the Austrailian promoter,
has let it be known that he had made
a bid of $50,000 for a battle between
Kaufman and Johnson during corona-
tion week. Gleason and Frazee are to
be partners in the promotion of the
fight. Both partners state that John-
son has agreed to meet Kaufman for
the $50,000 purse, but that he was
holding out for $45,000 for his end.
Kaufman, it is known, would be un-
willing to fight for $5,000, but the
promoters think the two big fellows
will be able to agree on the division
of the spoils.
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