The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-05
JACK JOHNSON'S RING RECORD
TENS NEGRO mas HiD PLEN-
n or ENPERIENIE.
knocked Out ~ shoynSki On iO0i' u"
Gradually Earned PANE WIN III"
Gloves NTH Tie stopped Oih FnI-
simmons, Tommy Burns and hrirhrl.


| simmons, Tommy Burns and krirhrl.
jack Johnson was born IN Galveston.
/ Tex IN March II. lS5s. and ~ therefor"
mor- han - wears Of age n" II " f''t l''
] inches tall When he won M" heavy
weight title from Burns h." weighed lpS
| rounds tiftean pounds less than b" scaled
| YESTERDAY lie began lighting a. pro
| fassiunal IN 1901 and IN March Of that year
h. was knocked out IN thre" rounds Nv
/ Joe Chuyn-ki th. only decisiv" defeat ever
| recorded against HIM He lost on foul Z"
! Joe Jeannetts. hut later h" beat J"ann-lt"
| IN clean cut fashion IN fifte"n round bout
in Baltimore Marvin Hart got de-
cislon over him IN a twenty round bout
IN Frisco hut the verdict was pronounced
manlfestlv unfair.
When ChoynskI put johnson away IN"
negro was "a novic-. u. had taken
boxing lessons from Choynski. who knew
him like a book he fight caused 80
much of a stir IN tho Lone Star state that
GOV Savres ordered the arrest OF III"
pugilis,s who were thrown INTO jan 10
await the action of the Grand Jury Ih"F
were soon released in - go hail and were
finally allowed 10 go free. a. IN" Grand
Jury failed 10 lndiCt them. leo Posn"r'
promoter of the Galveston A G. was th"
man who gave Johnson his first boost up
the pugilistic ladder. Charley Brooks.
4 Colorrd mass-ur and boxing inst ructor.
introduced johnson 10 Posnar. with tho
information that Jack was "A conner foS-
ner agreed to match Brooks and johnson
al his club and they met IN 1911. johnson
was tall rawboned and powerfully built
and in two rounds lac had Brooks uncon-
scious on the floor ~ the ring
you'll do said posn"r. who pro
ccedei TO arrang" strenuous pro
gramme for the ing negro Johnson
then stopped Horace Miles IA thrc" rounds
and heat George lawl"r Of Chicago. who
B called himself Jack Met nrmck, IN ten
rounds Mccormick wanted NOR" action.
- johnson trimmed him twic" IA success
SION. each fight ending IN tn" seventh
round johnson also 'eat "A fighter named
Jack lee IN fifteen rounds On pointS and
hy that time th"r" was not a negro m
ToxaS who wa. willing 20 take a chan""
With him Po>ner then induced gigantic
black called klnndyk~ to visit Calves
ton and johnson heat hum m "a grd"llIhg
encounter that lasted twenty rounds
Joe Chovnski came next and Johnson
iumrrd at the chance I" meet HIM
ri"no"d ring general mad" monkey 81
John-oo and put hum AWAY - quickly
that ~" ncgrn.s reputation Wa tenn
fnrarilv blasted IN Ip? Johnson took
mart ~, .rNt.cu ha'tlr- winning tw"l'"
and drawing m four Among ms ,i'ilm-
vs. back Jnnri"- Jlw'~ husky trn'p"-
u who " - knuCkod oU' IA hN' i"r0" rounds
al lo- Angrt- VI" kuo I'D uUt joe,
Kennedy TWICE N fnur r'ltlt~. ~ippf"d
kIpud-,r m 'ti-'.cu. toUTN' draws with
, hlv SUIT and Hank Grlfp and on
y roiu'"d p"'. Everett Frank .lld-
C,"o~g" Gt-dr"r and Fred Russell. "a"
Evrr"i' and 'itrdu"r contests "tch Last
4 ing fV"n'v rounds
In lp.3 Johnson 'g''r"t 90 --'N'n
BATTLES ~ got e verdict over IHnNer
Fd Martin m twenty rounds and h1d 4
rla1r lat .d-antlr" over sum rN"V
f,t , similar bout - ~ viii n b." l--u"d A
,hall"rgn - Jirr ,I"fTrI"~ Who ignored hl'n
: rv driving -" color I'm" h'"r nat
. johnson nuttoiutsd sandy Ferguson m
4 ten round bout m Boston aud knn"k"d
out Joe Butler IA three rounds m Phllt.
d.Iphlt ~. h.,-'sd Ferguson again ~
: siN and twenty round bouts aud also
:, outroin'"d McN"y again IN 'w"ntv
~ round affair In 1904 johnson took part
m only four lights. knoCklng ~ NCN"v
, In tn. twentieth round ~ Nuu frlrCI-Co
: and pItt|uE stop 10 Denver ~ MtrtlA
m 'vn ~pl'd-
, on March ?. 1885 johnson met Marvin
! Hart tr"r ~" ritlsholt"r. - "a twenty
rouri n..ttla ON the roAs' johnson. az
or .i-g 20 urIrsJu 'iC-t wit ''~ssS. ma -
}. H,-' look ike a fourth rat"r all N" wav.
.nrI'roiuttrg him with CpIr~iTnT' tf- '.a-'-
= an Looking hk. m" aA.i.-~t kind 81 a
yyir.r..r A. the - ~ 'h.. twentieth round.
b. 'L"ua'i,- sons hat their COIN on Hart
: an. 'l., r,''"r.-' "TaN."t them - win "
- Nv .,'. IF ~" most Unfair decisions ever
A r...r ..i ~ Gsliioruit Johnson was
- furious , .'Caus" ~ thIs raw 'cal. but all
h.. got was IA" laugh. - b" l"f' Frisco
~ race .'."l.-IuS 'ha' n" vouli never
fight there agair
p knocs.i ont Jim J-Tor J.. O. tough GUS
, TONER IN four rounds An Hl=p d"f"Stet
- Riaci. Bill IN ~" lame ls'.Efh ~ time
: ~" met lean "''" for N" 'irs' tim" IN
\ thai civ and they Went 'h-o-. ~ - rounds
n with no t.risiou Walter Johr son was
f, nut tu sI-.r o. lg tIT0" aH' after Jack
Munro ha I is-.l uutuuirt''i IN six round
johnson sropv"i M" heavy hitting Morris
' Harris a pegrO. with COupl" " well
4 tlrarta punches ~" Iesi Ferguson
A On "A foul IN siN T"5ir To- o. thelSea. Mass
. hamr-r"i Jo" GrIm for -iN rounds ~
Qua A"r'pv.u AMI thHu los' IN "a foul %
.I.auI,.ti.. ~ two rour = johnson fought
< a ffta.u round draw with Young Pete
. Jackson ~ BtltImOr" and wound up the
= wear = campaign with -iN round NJ
. decision tput with l"aUU"tts IN Phila
dsluhia
" Iohnsnn's iirS, sc-ap m 1919 was u three
round AFFAIR with J"annett" m This CITY
:. which looked lik" a fax" Then h. sig
A nnlv defeated Jaann"t'" ~ fifteen rounds
: ~ Baltinur" In ANIL ~ that wear
johnson went 20 chelsea 10 tackle San
p Ian ford. then u welrrrw"iRht They
4 were matched 80 e. fifteen rounds and
r Ian gfurd. weighing 10 pounds. was al
least ffty pounds lighter than IN" dusky
Texan In th. second round Ian Rford
! landed a quick lefr hook On IN" Jaw and
SON johnson 90 the floor He took a Slow
. count ~ nine but was DOWN AZ least -iS
D, teen seconds bv th'. wa ch"S held az The
ringside Nv prominent Spor'in men
When johnson got up be- was grpgRv and
: hung on until the tell rang AFTER that
! he fought Ian gford a. long rang" and got
> a decision on scientific points. hui II IL u
. noteworthy fact that Johnson never was
! willing {" 0e' into the ring with Ian gford
again BEFORE that wear ended Johnson
, met Jeanette three times. twice for six
, rounds and ono" for ten. each bout being
a good draw
! johnson went 10 Australia IN 1877 and
on February 10 h" Knocked ont Peter
: FeliN At sydney ~ "a round We also
squeched Bill Lang ~ Melbourne IN nine
: rounds and hen came hack to this count ~
with reputation He took IN tho