El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-07
JOHNSON NOT MUCH
OF ROYAL SPEHDER
If He Is Broke, He Has
Spent His Money
Upon Himself
. ~ ". ". NauEbtWl

San Francisco, Calf, OCT. lis JACK
Johnson broker
English Mrs Grumpy says he Is.
American Nanny Johnson says ne IS
not-that he has $4,000 tied up in
stocks OF bonds, or In some manner
that savOrs OF cold storage.
Jack, according to his mother. has
the knack of making expenses as he
goes ol0ng- If hard pressed he is ike
ly enough TO pawn a motor car or a
bunch Of diamonds. but when doing
so he is merely temporarily smbar-
raised He'll strike it rich again pres
emily and viii never, never, encroach
upon his nesregg-
Nanny Johnson may know what she
IS talking about Jack was never very
much Of spender while in this coun-
try anQ mere rs no particular reason
TO think that he has changed When
I say he was not much OF a sDender.
j mean he had nothing In common with
old Peter Jackson and a dozen other
champions ana near champions can
recall. Peter loved TO treat his friends.
Johnson believes in pouring ubations
into himself. No one ever heard 81 a
crowd making merry at LII Arthas eE-
Gay Life Nay Change Him
OF course, men change and It may
be that the gay life Of London and4
Paris mas crept into Jacks blood He
has an expensive habit to begin with
Ine automobile craze-and that is a
direction in which he cannot very we'll
pursue his customary policy of making
some one else foot the bills. II In
addition he is treading the primrose.
path. as rumOr has it. and IS holdinaf
with his fast living English friends
II would be easy enough to figure him
tight hauled for ready money
II the financial stringency in Johu+
sons case is as reported, It must be-
quite shock to have his bout with
BOmDard1er Wells killed off by a COM
binati0n Of popular sentiment and lorf-
= q 81 arrH
was to have had $4,000 cold cash for
his share Of the plunder. and that
meant a whole lot Of auto trips and.
wine parties
BY Johnson's actions IN the near
future some idea as 20 his circum-
stances should be gained If the 20
with Wells Is permanently off he WIN
soon be looking for ring enEa Eeuneutz.
His nose viii lead him 10 New TOrIe
as surely as the sun shines. for thersi
is Wnere Dig gate awaits Jack
Johnson and Sam LanEford And IN
less all signs are misleadiuE a thor
ough understanding exists already a.
TO the way the loot is to be divided
when the color heaTies get together.
1t is well for Johnson probably that
these are the nights Of short bouts and
mo decisions. where the sport of the
glove flOurishes best. They say he
has grown fat and whether ii be-
through bibulOus habits OF a combine
ton OF gross living and Incidence iE
is a symptom Of going to seed.
Woe to the Fat Fighters.
woe TO the fighter who wakes stout
and has 20 be stripped Of flesh in
order 10 be brought back to ring uro-
portions The lives Of other puEiIistio
stars remind us that when the fac
comes OF again. something cones
with tin most cases everything. Il
was so with Sullivan at New Orleans
and it was so wi Charley Mitchell
at Jacksonville May be 10 was that
and other things allied JET
fries at Reno
do not know whether Johnson is
as fat as they say read one re-
port which had him 40 pounds over
weight If this Is true bill and
Johnson has % rid himself Of the &C
emulation III wager that whoever
sees him In action on the occasion Of
his next appearance in the ring VIII
say. Ny! How he has slowed upl"
I hardly think at that there is much
menace to JOhnsOu's laurels In a meet.
Ing with LRngford As I have already
said I have a bunch that an under
standing exists In regard 10 meeting
or the pair though would not 80 so
far as to say that a slapsticz has BEEN
agreed upon.
Tine For Announeememfa.
1t could hardly be supposed thas
Johnson and LangfOrd would be FOOL.
ish enough to overlook the chance FOR
big killing the FraWleT law a1LOrdsai
The law IN question is regarded as
merely q temporary measure BY those
lAleL AEEl-l Ll-e- EsL0A III 10 -1L L4aA
matter. they are running &c into tha.
ground already It IS up to Johnson
and LangfOrd through their agents. to.
announce something very shortly ana
I DO not think we viii have long "a
wait When the affair comes off ID
win not be as bruiseful and blood be4
spattered as the Carl 1Iorris-Jim Flynn.
contest
Johnson has little to fear from
LanEford. The latter has done nothl
ing for quite while to quiet the susf
picfon that he IS asding away as 81
uuired the habit OF getting fat and
has learned to discriminate be+Weent
the various brands Of London Flnf
there is a husky white man developinEe
somewhere who viii pound him out Ot
the a~-rrfou shin corral within q weaHI