JEFFRIES WANTS BIG SIDE BET.
The side bet caused more difficulty. Jeffries wanted to wager 20,000 dollars. Johnson, more cautious, offered 5000 dollars. Little, his manager, wanted to lay the money at ringside odds, "as a I business proposition." As a compromise they agreed to let the 5000 dollars already posted to secure to-day's meeting stand, with 5000 dollars .additional to be added forthwith, "All right," assented Jeffries, plaintively, "but I wanted that twenty thousand."
A great roar of laughter went up from the crowd, and even Johnson grinned. Bob Murphy, manager of the Hotel Albany, was chosen as temporary stakeholder, the final stakeholder to be chosen by the club.
"No, sur," said Johnson, "I has a say where my money goes." "The club has-more to say than either of us," put in Berger. "No man has more to say about my money than I have," affirmed Johnson, shaking his head; yet he yielded while protesting.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12396, 17 December 1909, Page 3
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156JEFFRIES WANTS BIG SIDE BET. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12396, 17 December 1909, Page 3
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