The evening world., 1911-05-18
Jack Johnson Is No Easy Mark
N the Ring, but He Surely Is
Outside, for He Is Forever
Being Sued, Touched or Fined.

The New York World.
PACK JOHNSON must have q genius
for finding trouble. Either that.
or he has developed into he uni
versai easy mark. When things
are dull M one who needs money has
only TO ind Johnson's address and the
rect r. a map. II a week passed and
jack found himself without at least
three or four lawsuits on his hands
he'd be DO bored that he'd probably
40 out and beg some one TO sue him
for something. And II he woke up In
the morning without being handed n
lawyers bill the champion would pinch
himself TO see II he wa awake. Pinch
ing himself would be % much more
exciting that being pinched by . po-
liceman. The latter performance has
begun TO grow commonplace and tire
some.
hess tnan a year ago johnson cleaned
up- something more thai . hundred
thousand dollars, and at intervals aimee
th(n he has been picking up q few
hNusands here and there with thestri.
cal contracts. But his expenses Of one
soS and another. damages. nnes.
touches. etc. must have cut a big hole
in1the champions fortune, II wouldn't
surprise any one II he beGsn Hooking
srbund for another night before long.
the ring. at least. he isn't an
IT H. rpr ~u| all /,
+HAT ~Jearet,s- iangScrd = s,nisn
fight. scheduled for Parih next
month. Will end q lot Of dis
otesion. II has been talked OF for years
ger since Jeanette and Lanxford be-
20 lighting. In fact. These two dusky
me- r-cbampions have met several times,
an with varying fortunes. Once Jean
et9 gave Langford UGH q gruelling
int San Quit. lie claimed that he was
on OF condition. and Was unable 70
stand the pace. since hat time. to
: m Dc his claim good, sammy has hand
edt3eanette some OF the hardest wal
bhpgs a fighter ever took and came
b*k from. Langford seems able to
iaed on Jeanette In the frst round OF
ea@h night. aad-to do 4 lot OF damage.
E4ch time Jeanette takes whatever
,ronses. n thrives under the punish
ment. finishing even tronger than the
Boston Tar Baby. Hence there has
betn much speculation about what
mpht occur in 4 long night.
east time the two met. In Boston.
Lskkford managed to place a terrible
svsng In the nrst round-a swing tina,
In I'll proba billy would have put on,
any other heavyweight now fighting
)e&netts slowly. as tho hsht wen,
sl9hg. regained his strength. and al
Though Langford kept right on drop
pip crushers on his jaw and shootins
prSsdsides TITO his body. he was tn,
stranger OF the two at the end OF tn,
twfifth round. jeanette said. after
waSd, that he was certain III coul,
haDs beaten Langford " there had bee,
cid Or eight more round to 20.
SAGE that time Langford has hat
many good offers for a long nght will
Jeanette. but has resolutely refused L
consider anything over twenty rounds
Jeanette has as resolutely held out 70
,hg big test-the finish fight. or forty
hvl rounds. Sam has acknowledge
tthA no dkln't a to meet Jeanett
hnish scrap. fears defeat in
ttH1 u kniuUut'o hllu hIlNt. bu
,hd offers made in Paris have at las
won him over. II he beats Jeanette h
is 70 have big money in Paris and L.or
ioU for two or three easier matches
anv eventually a match with Johnso
. khe promoters can induce the char
pioA to maet him
physically Langford IL a marvel. !
.laerness he Is hard to beat. b,
L.ahgford has not taken tho best
.a&e OF his physical capital and Jeai
.oSat:.
BE ATTELL always has his ner
- with him. He hasn't evNded ma,
- OF the men in the weight ella
ab9ve. He hasn't haggled over a II
pounds In his matches. Battling N,
sol Tommy Murphy and othe= ligf
w4shts have fought him and havei
hab much the best OF II. There W
onN little fellow that Abe never wor
h3t-Terry McGovern. when he W
mS1dng his effort to come back" A
admitted oheerfully that Terry hit I
hsfd n fast and was too ~dangerol
Atvthat time, too, Terry was a goo
s!akd lightweight. at least.
mhklHg u match Win n, ". bro
ANe Is taking a chance with a your
stfr who had many OF the McGovs
Qualities. *. O. rushes all the time.
Nd er discouraged .andt Keeps on VIII
lnb away for general results as (
ssqhe can keep his hands going.
Probably Abe will stick X. o. v,
SCIENTIFICALLY and keep out OF dam
himself. Just As he did in the Nels
MSrphy and other nights against h,
pu6ohers less skiliful han hims
B4t II luck should 20 agains. Able
wdh't md q Frankie Burns In fr
Of him, tap-tappinG a hundred tin
without sending hip down. He viii
taFing a risk. ~ "9y
TELLS career Is a remarks
one. He began fghtlng when
AhA present generation OF boxers
int kneebreeches. He fought Oft
m&de a great deal OF money. gamh
itSail in as he went along and kept
h6hting because he needed more.
champion he has lasted several ye,
n1Esr in serious danger of Ir''ns
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