The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-18
-rrplEs SHOULD FIGHT NEGRO.
Can, Austin Thinks Champion Has No
Rioht to Draw Color Line.

Pioht to Draw CoioT Line.
lin, Teffries lament over not being
o,la 70 find an opponent worthy of his
,osidaration would be silenced in
,or+ order if he would sdestep his
.oi,dica and agree to fight black
man lack Johnson the big negro
heavvweight. whipped Denver Ed Mar
,in AGAIN the other night and in a
manner which qualified him for battle
NTH left, and he and his friends imme-
diateIv started a campaign which it is
believed will ultimately lead the
champion to fight Johnson. In the bout
,1rith Martin Johnson won by the
knockout route in two rounds, the
and came from punch on the jaw with
the right. Martin went down heavily
and was out for nearly ten minutes. In
fact the blow was such stiff one that
the police became alarmed and held
Johnson until Martin recovered
There was nothing in the mill except
Johnson. In the first round Martin
made several Intellectual leads, and
Johnson poked him on the nose. When
,1e gong sounded Martin was very
saggy. In the second after receiving
+ couple of hard smashes in the
stomach. Martin was easy.
Mistah Johnson Talks.
Johnson Immediately issued a chal-
enge to meet Jim Jeffries for the
heavyweight championship. After the
contest Johnson said:
Il will not rest until public opinion
forces Jeffries to recognize my claim
for a fight with him. His drawing the
color line is all bosh. His famous battle
with Peter Jackson out here, his fight
with Bob Armstrong in New York, and
his tussle with Hank Griffin, all ne
groes makes his drawing the color line
ridiculous. Jeffries says when a man
comes along better than Bob Fitzsim-
mons he will fight again. Well 1 am
better man than Bob Fitzsimmons.
| knocked out George Gardner, feat
FitzSmmOnS was unable to accomplish.
have never been defeated and am the
one man in the world fit to make JEFF
fries extend himself to the limit
JohnSon's line of argument is rela-
lively true and by every law of sport
and fairness and gameness he has the
right to claim a fight with the boiler
maker
Johnson showed wonderful class
when he knocked out Martin, a power
ful negro pugilist, who can fight like
demon. 1t was the Jeff -Munroe battle
all over again. Johnson was as fast
as an electric spark, and as full of
power as a 90-horsepower automobile.
FfNate advices say that Johnson
looked every bit whirlwind heavy Of
The kind that would make Jeffries fight
for his life
No Right to Draw Line.
Je1ries has no right to draw the
color line. This crude. uncouth, unpop-
ular giant, fought Jackson, old and
WorId-Weary, Hank Griffin, a third ra-
Ter and Bob Armstrong, who busted
MN Tor ten rounds. This trio were all
OF the black race. Why will he not give
Johnson match? Here is a man who
can fight, and is ready and willing to
, do So
Jettres doesn't defend his position,
ou' rather arbitrarily determines that
ne has the best right to say whom
he shall fight
do not care whether Johnson
HICKS the Japanese army he says. I
nave repeatedly declared that so long
as am in the fighting business 1 will
never make match with a black man.
"7 negroes may come and the negroes
may go and some of the negroes may
excellent fighting men, Just tell the
F0oAc That James ]. Jeffries has made
uP MS mind that he will never put on
YVAlhg gloves to give battle to an
Ethiopian