Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1909 — JEFFRIES DEMANDS $150,000 [ARTICLE]

JEFFRIES DEMANDS $150,000

Disappointed at Offer of $55,000 For Bout With Johnson. Paris, Oct. I.—James J. Jeffries will start for America Oct. 18. He expresses himself as disappointed at the offer of $55,000 for a fight with Johnson, saying: “I am the champion of the world. I have everything to lose and nothing to gain. Therefore I don’t want to fight for a purse of less than $150,000.”