The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-05
HIS COURAGE AS
WHITE AS HIS
SKIN is BLACK
Til ere Is Nothing Of.
the yellow About
Johnson.
JEFF's MASTER
AT A LII TIMES.
Comes Out Of Battle Without a
Mark, and So Easy Was His
Victory That 1t Seemed Like
Joke to Him-But There's
No Cheering in

Reno.
ny MIKE MURPHY,
OMcinI Trnfner Of the University Of
Pennsylvania.
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american and The Times-Dlspatch.)
Keno, July Al have no pleasure In
saving. Il told YOU So" picked the
winner. and my judgment that Jeffries
was not In shape 10 cope with this
wonderful negro has been indicated,
but, like all Americans who admire
JeHries. cannot but feel the deepest
regret over his downfall. 1t Is a pity
that he allowed them to bring him back
I IN the ring to meet a man who was HIS
master In every particular And yet
~ is not fair to permit this sentiment
70 take from Johnson one tota OF the
credit that is his. II must be remember.
cd that he has beaten fairly the man
who has been acclaimed the greatest
hghting man the world ever knew, and
ne did II fairly and squarely, absolute.
1y on his merits.
Regret over the defeat OF the white
gladiator should not let anyone COM
init the unsportsmanlikeT fault of deny
Ing TO johnson the glory that is his
He Is real champion. phenomenon.
and for the first time he showed the
world Just how good he is.
n, Has Net a Mark.
not a Single mark. He came out Of the the
contest as though he had never had 4
glove on. And have TO give him the
S.eait tha, he Is not chesty over his
his modest bearing. And yet there is
no cheering in Reno. Everything is
sadness and pity for the boilsrmaker.
VINO has ended his ring career. tina,
nEEViOtIElu ina rad k,.1
tfon.
And yet there IS no doubt that the
the fght from the very beginning. He
hardly landed a good hard blow in the
entire fight. Johnson was his sINliag.
tannting master at all times. In fact.
there never has been greater display
OF superiority. Johnson really over
patched him. He had Jefries splitting
blood early In the going. and from tile
fitzEimmons. corbett. Rubin ant
Sharkey. one might have thought that
1eHr1es was novice pltted agains,
top notcher.
time. and to the credit OF both men
be II said that there was no shadow Oh
taking, nor was there a hint OF foul
fighting. Neither man tried to take
any improper advantage. and Jeffres.
even after he must have known that
defea; was certain. still retained his
head and made no attempt at any
thing dirty.
Always His Master.
Both in fighting and at long range
johnson had the mastery. ali The time.
like a Joke for him.
wonder now what some OF those
people think who eontended that John
take the sey to
prophets. There is nothing yellow
about this champton.g His courage Is
as white as his skin is black. felt
said before. Johnson did not act to mo
alike the kind OF man who is quit
ter Johnson actually made fun OF
Jeff's attempts to hit him. and ie was
with purpose. for as time went Oh
and jeff saw that he could not reach
his opponent, that he was like a wo-
man trying to land on trained. boxer.
fought wild and really decreased his
chances.
-Jeffries could not Withstand the
awful left of the negro. II had been
a good right, his left was no good
This was not borne out today. Every
time that Jeffries came In Johnson was
there with that awful jolting left, and
submission.
1t was with left upper cut that
johnson nearly put him out in the
nearly had him. Jeffries had based
his hope on getting at. @ hnson's
stomach. Futile efforts. Every time
psuneh the Johnson arms w We're oa there.
That black guard was impregnable.
la marvel
johnson demonstrated that he is i,
fighter as well as boxer. In fact.
should say that he was twice as good 4
la fighter as boxer, for he displayed
IN marked decree the ,qualificatlons
head. and his courage was right at ali 1
% s and ala ota w WaI ana I'd is viii Eli be-
many Day ! be before they can get q,
The crowd was as fair as It could
4 be, Just as I knew they would be,
! both from what I had seen of the
that Reno has a man for, sheriff,
who had determined on the fairest
kind of fair play
ssI had good chance to look at
was pitiahle spectacle His right
I seriously injured. and the most talked
finish without serious damage being
Bsra f. ether ths o Is g oanas
was constaniy spitting Blood. and this
bothered him quite a little, It is az
very slekenIaing thing t. :, the !, STOMACH
mouth. but 1t is probable that. try as
he would. j eff could not help swal low
q 1ng some OF It. .4}s
Jeffries went through the fight In
1tfatrly good shape. I do not think
q fail him. until about the seventh
F round. Then he seemed to bel gin to
Z lrealiae that he had tough Job on
\ hand. His wind was good, but I am
abdominal muscles, to which / called
attention In previous story, was
there. and did it's deadly work In
\ 1esseninE hls,Syitality. In fact, 1t iss
useless TO deny that Jetfries swas only
Il n shell, only O. shade Of HIS former
self. AS for hi tting the black cham
y plon. he might as we'll have taken az