The evening world., 1913-07-30


PACK JOHNSON has publicly %
pouncsd In Paris that he has no IN
tsntson Of returning 70 this cosintr
q stanA trial again. In . signed articl
pubhshsd In Ia Boxe Of Les Boxeurs.
! prominent French sporting paper. IN
Ter the heading MY AAsf0rtunss." John
,on Writss:
II COUNT ON SETTLING PDRMA
GENTLY IN THEIR CITY PARIB
MD NEVER RETURNING TO TIL
United STATES"
a PPARENTLY Johnson's legal ain
~ euitIss in America don't make his
= les popular In France. Frencl
apsrs print many photographs OF John
%. with his white wife. sitting In
arriass and wearing his million-dolla'
mile. Each picture shows numerous
Struggling to set into focu
Iear the sx-ohampion.
yohnson's sisned article runs - fol-
eWs:
since my return from France 70
America must say that have been
the most psrsscutsd man In the
whole world. The Americans. De-
oileAiy unable 70 stomach my VIC
esey over JsfRriss. and some others
relatively Important that gained.
have trssd 70 destroy anA ruin me.
TAas haa net bssn . day on which
I vas not Ne Victim Of some plot.
q sems ridiculous charge. which
Solsd only with great loss OF money
for ne Oae DAY they accused me
Of violence to my chauffeur. when. IN
onet. he menacsd me. and was
eoeeed b Sivs up heavy damages.
A.. the sane time was In trouble
~ s1ceediaS the spsed limit. when
] AaA made ten milss an hour. ane on
che charge that my auto smoked.
VAieA Waa absolutely false. and the
anss we're always drained from me.
1hey accused me Of trading In white
female slaves. when had simply
tgAvdlod With my legttimete wife
09reste1. and was not released until
! hsA dsoositsd ball Of 5000 franco.
Il Was siwsyu my money that they
Vsro after. II would take all the
Oagaa Of this paper to tell all my
- sullciene. One day when I was
Danching the bag In public the cord
kelains the bali broke. and the bag.
yro5scted ten metres. struck .
woman spectator lightly. without
AdrtiAg her In the least The
wonan's lawyer hailed me into court
anA claimed enormous damages. DO
you know What che dsmandedf Sim.
DAy e2toe UB,W francs). Notwith-
standing the. tad faith Of the COM
Dlaint. tie Court condemned me to
pay o1.eoo OA00 fVaHbs--a sum ab0o-
lutely ridiculous under the circum-
staacss.
:, ''ln brief. with all these attacks
and prosecutions. the American
Judges had already succeeded In
forcing me TO pay. In some months.
moro than so0.000 francs ei2O. 0Oo). and
% there was no reason why would
oct b contin" ally arrested until my
last dollar was gone, ! resolved to
take TO Night. But, alas. that seemed
impossible. They obtained an order
- arrest. charging mo with lsavinl
Chicago. ] resolved to use q ruse
] organised In CHICAGO . baseball
team composed OF negroes. ! has
chosen for II fifteen men ~ big and
black ~ possible. all of whom 70
oembled me >marvellously. Ny team
being IN training. ! sent . challeng
. = the name Of the negro team 4
enc Of the best teams In Canada
The chAllsnge was accepted and
date quickly nxed. Disguised In base
ball outfits. II was very hard I
identify me. Ny secretary. wife an
domestic embarked for Canada b,
another route I had bought In I'D
vance tickets direct to Havrs by tn
steamer Cortnthian. When ] arrive
ct Montreal this precaution save
ne ! had arranged with big negr
Who ressmbled me closely, and whe
; ~ sad he was Jack Johnson III
policemen would have taken hi
back triumphanuy to my house
Chicago. ] had promised to pay hi
veil. fortunately. all went well
Montreal. The local authorities, III
friendly. demanded how long wou
stay, In Canada. and II I had NJ
had my ticket might not have BET
% fortunate. A. ! was only goir
through their country the CANADIAN
could say nothing. Once on boai
the Corinthian was safe. ",
n England. The oilicsYs and pa
ssngsfs Of he Corinthisn were tru
ehaSming to me
II count on settling permanent
= theAr city and never returning
che Unitsd States!"
- oOKIN0 a II Ia. an offhand.
psrsenal sort Of . way. doesn
- seem about time 20 drop
"GranA cd man" line when msntio
chTisty Aathswsonf
a man 10 ~ old ~ he feels an
bassbaii pitcher 10 - old a. the gu,
Of his pitching may Indicate ,Accor
= this. cAFlsty Aatthswsoa u al
twenty. physically. ana afty msnt
He he's ths fine judgment and 81
kssvlsAgs Of the veteran. comb
VITA Ill the yosthfui are sad stree
u his greatest ysaxa.
Yes GO call Q man "o,d" Until pc
beoia - sbink that No y oid. In Ma,
60, thsse's 10 fear cf injury 70
puestiOs. Tor every time some exc
~ yslps that Aatty y growlnS sti
~ Jeiats Nstty comes est 80 Dit
- ~ % ~ that ssiy Aathss
- 49, IVY T.