The evening world., 1911-05-02
Jack Johnson Celebrates His
Liberation from Jail by Buying
$3,450 Worth Of Clothes In
Chicago for Trip to Corona
ton.


OBrien six ROUNDS IN ihllad"tpHla'
n the other r. to take a trip across
10 sec the Coronation. Already. In
preparation for a trip 10 England. the
champ has invested In $3.50 worth OF
ChicaSo made clothes. embracing every
thing that the aristoorats OF the Windy
0ty consider n~sceasary TO the complete
ws1 being OF . real CONT
Jank V to BE- accompanied By ssvsn-
ten trunks. The only fighter who sves
bseks that record was Spike Sullivan.
and Spike took his truck load OF trunks
ovSs empty and brought them back fun.
johnson may take on that six-round
tAinS in Phiiad elphia before going to
England a. he needs . little pocket
money 70 spend on tho Strand. He
couldn't ind An easier way to pick II
u~pAiways providing that he Is in some
Kind OF shape. II he isn't he nay get
wtndsd In six rounds with o'Bren.
-oM JONES. wolsas,'s
says that Wolgast intended stall
ing the ten rounds with Hogan.
and would nav done II II Jeffries hadn't
urged that Jones tell Wolgast to 90
IN and nEht. There was an oTer OF
$1,000 for q twenty round wolgast-Ho-
gan nght In California. or course that
u on.
One Of the possible reasons for Ho-
CAMS quick defeat. by ths way has
leaked out since the fatal Wednesday
night. Hogan has been wing signs
Of possessing an endless thirst. and a
thirst Of that kind doesn't 60 well with
q good nGh,ing stomach.
HoGan's manager says that he will
20 right on nghting. but that he Is
going TO start at the bottom next time
instead Of At the top. He will try to
pick . few easy marks-not too easy.
but rust graduated nicely. like n stair
way. for his new upward climb.
@ACKY Mcfarland made tho hit
OF his life Saturday night when
he boxed at the N. Y. A. c.
Just a. q token OF appreciation tho
club presented 20 Packey a diamond
and ruby studded Mercury foo, en-
blem. and Packey was moro pleased
over the trinket than he would have
been II he had just won a big purse.
Under Tim Hursts management
the Pastime a. G. iii run an
International amateur boxing
tournament. II will take place on the
evenings Of the 18th and Goth Of this
month In Madison Square Garden. Al
ready several English amateurs are on
their way 10 New York. Eight or ten
Canadians are entered, and American
boxers will be invited from al OF the
big clubs IN different cities,
Eight years ago the Eastern Sport
ing Club Of London sent IA man TO New
York to Invite American amateur boxers
to TAX part IN a big tournament on
tho other side, Three or four alleged
college champions were taken across
Not one Of them had ever put up his
hands In q ring before. and they were
all beaten very easily. The Harvard
champion. a heavyweight. backed away
as soon as he was hit and called out
"Don'tdon't. don't hit me" At tina.
time the English boxers formed ar
opinion OF American amateurs tina
probably still exists In the shape OF ira
di,ion.
The English amateurs are fairly goot
A AANe nav AbAA AAtANlAfllAS tNfN.
week or so and get plenty OF practic,
In competition.
II 10 hard 10 tell the difference be
tween professionals and amateurs on IN
other SIDE. In fact. there isn't muc.
difference. II stories told about tibet
amateurs are true, But. for TIA
matter. ama,eurism among America
amateur boxers isn't OF a very hig
standard. Practically every mats
goes into the game intending to ,ur
professional as syon as lie can.
A BROOKLYN paper printed ysste'
"a day an alleged Interview Wit
Jack Johnson. IN which Johnso
was quoted as saying that Jenri'
quit In the fight a. Reno. To Try
prove that Jefries "uult' the pap,
printed also a photograph showing De
fries on the floor hoIdiug the lower roi
of the ring. Underneath was run a m
quoting Johnson; ~ you viii STUDY
picture OF the end Of the Reno Zig.
you will see mat / am right when ! 81
that Jenries wasn't kE hed out. b
quit" and adding; Here IS the pi
turel"
The funny thing isn't so much that
Brooklyn writer has made this Ma
vellous new discovery IN ~coHnectI
with last years hght at Reno but IN
the picture shown Isn't a picture Of ,
end Of ,be tsat at al. uut a suapst
Of the dlst a~H-eodaNg. Jeu-."s Co
the cola. -.4 4a.4spI 90 set -p az,
that, aA4 .,a. la.s Vas knock
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