The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
|I|E Johnson
| IS HOME AGAIN
f,rld's Champion Fighter Is
|ti,eu Great Ovation Upon Ar
rival in Chicago.
BSoT YET CERTAIN
AS TO FUTURE PLANS
h Enough Money to Last a
Week and Will Have a
Time.

~rc,no July Jack Johnson.
N.,o, NJ all champions. Is once more
/. som. With his mammy-and his auto
4. por,e a returning victor was led
~, native city with his spolls
~.,,n breach In the wall. and adula-
I eompatrlots rent the air with ae-
Nc. 49,, -
,.lsv Johu Arthur Johnson. best OF
~. sladiators, with the modern
- .ame into the city with his fol-
~ through solid wall OF people,
1, s,hical Chicago lined miles OF side
u, u,,h solid ranks to catch glimpse
~ ~. nan whom no one has whipped
1 hte years. ,
!, vas go much after his own heart
y .nr,Ino into his own-that the cham
8. snnolinced all tentative plans for the
|Ius were OF.
Not Looking for Fight.
-s.n Langford?'' he asked. You
.,fe me laugh, am not running arouma ,
Ne to6 900 first, then he con talk.
rox am going 10 rest. l am going
/. ysw York Sunday afternoon 70 begin
,sI,ty weeks vaudeville tour-at least.
ssss contracts for that many. II IL
I'd like a good thing. I may accept
r.rs 10 20 to Europe.
puIt! We'll, I'll tell you, sonny, Il
- toId any one 1 would quit, but IL
"a rs though I'D have to. don't it!'
'Hn thousand members OF ms race
4 a Dig sprinleling OF white persons
n the living wall at the Chicago &
;'abwestern railway station when
Soon arrived at p. IN, Police were
I'd away like chaff when the I'M
- fighter. looming above the crowd.
7ht his way through handclasps and
-oi.natured pats on the back to walt
4: uutoruoblle a line OF garishly, deco
u;a automobiles containing men (ampiy
I'd for at Johnson's personal requesO
|EoEtd his machine until suddenly 1t
10 lost
'7fw minutes later, with a rush and
roar he shot out of somewhere In hia
- iae.horsepower car and dashed mad
4 boue. where his mother, Mrs. Tiny
.nson, and members OF his family
nIted In the midst of another crowd OF
>crzauds.
Given on Ovation.
Nsss waved. and an ornately attired
m major of a colored regiment OF
Ne militia swayed 10 the rhythm OF
|lnerlca" and "Mstah Johnsing, Turn
Z Loose" and other similarly patriotic
h md in the midst Of "Oh. you Jack
|nsun," the champion alighted at his
ID door.
Be pushed his way into the house amid
|aftnlng roars, and with real tears
|resnlng down his face, embraced MS
<ksr Behind him compatriot struG-
- through the crowd bearing aloft
1e Of bacon, symbolic OF Johnson's own
mage home: I'm coming home with
. bacpn."
Tou doan need no bacon. chile" the
"a Mrs. Johnson cried. "Ah want to
g yop Use got a mighty fine chicken
LON out heah In the kitchen, and
knows how likes watahmelon. We
ave got some dandies. Jack"
ne Champion on the balcony OF his
- paused suddenly as he caught
Esn pointed his way. lest his picture
"a he glanced at his racing car, sur
zded by street full OF dark-sklnned
>1e folks" He didn't talk, A few
1eies later figure appeared at the
~ and came struggling through the
shdS. II Was nor the gladiator, the
nmpbant victor with his laurels at his
\ sas Jack johnson. "joy rider" and
"oattle Of the century" was a COM
.e memory
dh new automobile can ''go some"
while till it was slowed up by
E policeman.
Here goes the profits" laughed Jack.
The policeman clasped the cham
ns hand and clouted him on the back.
s5<Ahlng over he whispered:
ppnI tel any one. you old war horse.
y ~ won s2p on YOU"
WOOD. answered Johnson, and an
5hl2z and cloud of dust later re-
sa MIN at a certain corner up
& Where any one may acquire liquid
Nf'nments after a dusty ride.
Volley Of Questions.
NOV, Jack" the Associated Press rep
ssNliYe asked. what are YOU going
90! What about Sam Langford
~ ABOUT your mothers saying you
70 quit? What about your trip to
,rse-also ,r', other things?"
1Id you asked me all at once" he
80 because I can say I don't know.
enough money TO last me till
~ week and I am going to find out
49, 49, aolng before 1 do anything, Sam
slola or any one else better get their
up first and then proceed 10
w me afterward.
AtnHve some chances to go 10 Europe
m k anlnk the thirty weeks IN vaudeville
nN me batter. Guess will have
suM though. whether I want TO oil
,,a,1. Sn you hear about tho picture mems
he was asked,
M no answered. "but 1t does moi
Nj "a me- me- They all told mr. ! was q
1spll 'ell my share for $50 moo. but they
kfan1. ,ney could whip Jeffries. too"
irrhsna frustrating .s the manner in which
<7sr,irN ,he trick" with a reporter rep
!u''ms !us os icnries (much TO the discon.
"a NJ. INC reportcr) he said the iigh
= n NJ MI md Tets forget II for awhile '
4 fso had n chance tn drive n car
af seeks' and nolIy, I want TO get n
y m. %o'snne again"
!" neht is indeed over
Details Do Not Worry.
ii r. night Johnson will attend a ban
IA .yrs says he Is too busy having l
alsae 10 he bothered with rcplcNi'
Ffaer ,odny by George w. Little, hi
Bis dSn,'a,nagor for $1,000 ring.
"a nn,,. plans. he says. can he out
2I,ss'sed them
- I1some; some; ent pile of good catabIcs
whe,thls MS racer. II remains tn b
cons sS,eF whn ,he thousands of colorc
kls v..no choked the street In from
kIs,aa5pa avenue home for hours
!n ibor and pRttcd his autnmebll
70 could not reach him. will ALLOW
y 10 ith%poSo thpS OF himself thus easily.
lssr ~ t" nehl. he has adopted Il ney
sink .9uirers. II is n nod, q know
teefn "u smile of depreciation an
~ AS to his future, he himscl
ana SaIp'y would like to stay rlgll
a ths,, noht know but what / vii
iorce INC OUT