The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
JOHNSON F|ASCO IS
INJURY TO BOXING
British Sportsnen Wanted
Bout Stopped, but for Very
Different Reason.
COMEDIAN SURPRISED
George Robey Knocks Jack
Down, but Is Soon Worsted
and Carried Off Stage.
COMEDIAN SURPRISED
BY RICHARD DAHLaREN.

Special Gable TO The lrloune.
LONDON, Oct 2s.-The decision OF
the courts that the Johnson.Wells
fight was contrary to law and its con
sequent stoppage is still one Of the
most fruitful topics Of conversation
among sporting men, and with hardly
an exception they resent the idea that
boxing is brutal sport.
AS I have previously poluted out
there arc many leaders in sporting cir
cles who deprecated This match on va
rious grounds but they all agree that
tho grounds on which it was stopped
are unfortunate and calculated to do
| harm to this great British institution.
johnson still declares that he Is
done with fighting announcing that he
| has a nest egg of 100000 cash be-
| sides iewelry. automobiles and the
| like stored away and doesn Z have to
| fight any more
! If Jack Johnson. costly epsconse1 IN
John Brill g bar at Chingford- says
that he will never more pull on box
ing glove, nobody ear say; "What
rotl" in his presence and roman
whole. but when johnson pouders that
sydney. n. S. w. has bundles of
money to back three men-Bill Lang,
| Bill Sauires and Jack Lester-wbom
he has every right to regard trespect-
| lvely) as the soup. the fish apd the
! entree. then LII Artha' may present
| " feel hungry again.
Knocks johnson Down.
The audience at the London Palls'
dium experienced a surprise the other
! evening when johnson. who was giving
| sparrinp exhibitions there, received
challenge from George Robey the come
dian Stepping on to the stage with
the remark that he intended TO test the
champion IS powers for himself. kehey
led off with swinging thump on tbe
colored mans jaw. BRINGING a hard
right into effect on the other SIDE pc
fore johnson could counter, and put
| ting the champion to the boards.
Johnson did not take the count. how
ever. and after some good sprlutlng
Robev again came to the attack with q
hurricane of blows which the champion
did not reply TO except by smile.
After banging the comedian into the
timekeeper's arms with a blow in the
chest Johnson picked him up and car
ried him off the stage.
Just as the names OF ". G. Grace and
! John Roberts stand for cricket and bll-
liards. so that of Harry Warden is
synonymous with golf, even to those
who have never been lured into playing
it. Some years ago it might trutbfuily
be said that there we're only two classes
yardon-in the other, all the other
golfers. Then Nardon fell i'll, and for
eight years there have been other and
very great champions; but the magic or
his name still went on. and it was still
Vardon that the crowd always flocked
to watch, despite his evil fortunes
Now, after those eight years, he has
come to his own sgain. Vardon has
had to fight not only with real and seri-
Gus illness-and he fought with most
courageous cheerfulness-bu also with
that which 10 golfers is in itself
dread disease, bad putting. Even on
the occasion of his last winning he
nearly threw away his chance by miss
ing some of those short puts which
look so supremely ridiculous.
Famous Athlete Dies.
Sir Charles b. Lawes- -Wittewronge,
who both early and late in life was a
famous athlete, died recently az his
residence at Rothamstesd. near Harper
den. For nearly q fortnight he had
been i'll, death occurring after an opera
tiou for appendicitis. The late bsropet
was 6S years of age, aud it was as
&C. 3. Lawes that he won fame as an
athlete. 1t was said of him that he
won every prize worth winning. and
then, his Young days over, he conf
menced cycle racing as comparatively
old man, and again achieved distinction.
II was at Etou that he first showed
promise of becoming great athlete
! There he was the winner of the 100
yards, the quarter mile, the mile, the
Isteeplechase. the sculls and the pair
oars. Going up to Cambridge, he won
the half mile, the mile. the twomlle,
the Oxford and Cambridge one mile. and
the Cambridge SOULS. In 1853 still be
added TO the list the diamond scuIls, and
in 1865 stroked the Cambridge boat
which lost to Oxford, and won the
Wina6eld sculs for the amateur cham
picnship of the Thames In 1865 he
again competed in the varsity mile, won
by j. ". Laing
Tn addition tn being double blue. he
was secretary of the G. U. A. c. in sos,
and in 1856 he competed III aud won the
IGrst amateur mile championship at
Beaufort House, his time being 4 min
utes 80 seconds. Tho mile was his ia
vorite race. and he presented to the
Amateur Athletic club the mile cha
lenge cup which is still competed for
aunuslly in the A. A. A. Championships.
1 In 1898, his 6fty-ffth year. he took
up speed cycling, aud made his speciality
race following. He had his own pacing
| team. and in 1899 achieved the remark
able feat of beating the mile and TWEEN.
tv-Yive mile amateur records. and sci
up fresh times at several other dis
tances. Sir Charles was one of those
lwho did not believe in training on very
much exercise. He WAS well known IN
thc neighborbood of Chelsea. where be
had sculptor s studio He was pres.
dent of tho Incorporated Society OF
British Seulptcrs A.
4 very rood story was relsted By MT;
Sutherland, NJ. p. at the opening OF
a new golf course at Mintore the other
! dnv lie said he had been oolfing one
| day with Mr.. Asquith. Asking his cad
| die If he had ever carried for the PRIME
/ had done so often.
! . What sort Of player is he''
asked Mr.. Sutherland -.