ELLIOTT AND SULLIVAN

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 920, 13 September 1910, Page 7

ELLIOTT AND SULLIVAN

o Ji'^™^.-'7 ■•'states that Billy Elliott,; through - Patsy. Burke, haspntvup X2O to bind'.;amatch-,with .who, previous to bis deiparture. for New,-Zealand; promised to /meet the.young feather-weight champion, and lay him 2 to 1 on to any amount

According. to' the American correspond- * f nt of'the. Sydney "Referee" Sam -Langford is, pressing Johnson hard for a fight, ■but Johnson is not, at all eager to hook up', with the chunky-Bostonien/' With Langford, Johnson is inclined to make ■hard terms.' '.',':

Johnson talks of backing Joe Joannetto and insists: that if .bangiord still wants a'crack at tho $ am ott shl ? >' n»»stjmt 'up aside bet. .Noticing Manager the crowd in the thea;*re rjohnson c.ime.to' the -footand flaunted a bundle of bills supposed to represent 20,000 dollars. He dared Woodman to cover it then and there, but of course Woodman was not prepared for an. emergency of that kind. Next .day Woodman gave out that ho had secured backing for Langford to the extent desired, art that Johnson would either have ' to ■ fight or leave the country. The correspondent thinks that the next time Johnson enters the ring—that is if he fights on this. side of the water— Langford'will be his opponent, 'just at present, : however, it is hard to 'keen track of Johnson's purposes-from the interviews i that are published. One day he-is going abroad, the next he is: to remain here to fulfil:a,'long-drawn-out theatrical engagement. The . very latest is that his next fight will in all probability take place in Australia■• under Hugh M'lntosh's direction. M'lntosh is now

in England and news from him is being awaited;'/It'is believed■ that ho will nunouuee a Tommy-. Burns-Sam Langford 'fight for. September or October. Burns, who'was "in Seattle until recently, is probably on his way East now, in company with W-" IV Corbett. . Mr. W. Rogers, the light-weight boxing champion of Auckland, intends to take up" his residence., in Napier, and will return thorb for that, purpose iii' the course M a week or two. "Mr. Rogers is also a swimnier of repute.