The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-21
JACK JOHNSON IS
MOST EXTRAVGANT

Jack Johnson, the best dressed and
most extravagant pugilist in the
world.
This Is the opinion of Fighting
Dick Hyland, the coast lightweight.
Dick trained with the negro champion
for long time in Philadelphia and
was in his home. According to Hy-
land, not a piece of the clothing John
son wears is poor. He wears the very
finest money can buy, and for this
reason Hyland thinks the negro will
never have anything even IL he makes
vast fortune out of the ring.
johnson is too extravagant to save
money" says Hyland. 'T have known
him personally for a long time and
do not believe he will ever put money
away and leave II to net an income
even II he makes $500, 900 out of his
battle with Jeffrles. Johnsons believes
i'm stunning through with everything
he has. When he fought for medium
sized purses back east he always spent
every cent of his earnings before his
next fight, and generally had to bor-
row SEINE frem some prominent negro
gambler. johnson does not know the
was training with him i'm Philadel-
phia he was signed to fight before
Jack 0'BriGn's club and the minute
the farfeit money was posted ne order
ed four new suits of clothes. He al
ready had six. He believe in having
different suit an every day in the
week and few others lying around
he can use when occasion demands it,
Like Man of Millions. s.s
There is nothing Jack Johnson
likes better tnan to go down the street
dressed in $z5 suit, loud shirt and
pair of socks, fine pair of shoes, a
silk hat, a headlight in his tie and
gold headed cane. IL you would see
that big negro walking down the
street you would actually believe that
he had $4,000,000 to spend in the next
ten days. He puts on more style than
the president OF the greatest trust in
the United States. That Is one reason
he is not popular with some people.
"Johnson's clothes are all OF the
finest. He does not simply make
good appearance with his outer gar
ments, but his underwear, hosiery and
all such things are of the finest silk.
He has been that way ever since he
started fighting. When ne is broke
without q cent to get his next meal
with, he looks like a millionaire. /
never saw a man with so many shoes
in my life. His room is always full
of shoes. He has as high as twenty
pairs at one time.
when 1 was training with him
used to go down to his place in the
morning to take him out on the road.
I would find him In bed and mis- wife
would have me call him. He was al
ways lazy about HIS training and he
never liked road work very web. He
would rather fool around his gymnas-
ium and box.
Stronn on Wardrobe.
"The fight before which he purchased
the four new suits of clothes, never
came off, because Johnson received a
telegram to go to Europe and try and
get on with Burns. People who never
new how many rags Johnson had
found out when they went TO the boa
dock to see him off. was there and
was surprised myself to see the amount
Of stuff he had. although / had seen
a great deal of his wearing apparel.
Johnson took his white wife with him
on that "trip and it took a great big ex-
press wagon to haul their trunks to the
depot. There were ten of them, and
some hat boxes for his lids and a few
for hers. He believes in dressing his
wife as well as himself and her cloth
ing would do for society belle in
the New York 400.
III johnson makes a fortune out Of
the Jeffries fight there will not be a
chance to hold him. He will strut down
the streets of Chicago with enough dia-
monds to run opposition to the electric
light company, and viii travel through
his bank roll just as fast as he can.
He is good to his mother and gave her
a fine home. He should be given credit
for that