The chronicle=news., 1914-06-05
BRITAIN WANTS
WHIiE a0PE"'
TO DEFEAT
JOHNSON

London. Jun- s.--ES-f since Car
pentisr. the French boxer. beat Wells
Great Briisin's '~hit. hope" the
English haN. soh. boains mad. The
sr.ai ambition 0f III. nation now
s..ms to lie To find a man who .ah
defeat both Jack Johnson and Car
Ienti-r: and great impetus tn this
ambition Mas given III. other iay by
King George. who went to an army
barracks ia London ani watched a
with evident delight. NoN even the
sShoDii,oya forge, To tall about f"",-
bali "r cricket in their noble rag.
tn discuss the merits of iiritish fight
9rs ~ha may prov. 4" he the bees,
bossfs in III. world.
Stephen Hack. the amateur miiii.
weight champion of Souih Africa.
holds that many sisns arr mot want
ins that the hitherto exclusive Eng
iish ar nor iakihs the friendly in
,-s-sl in bowers which the rni,ri
Stairs ahsc tosk.
III i. he urges. extremely later
-~iine Ia ahsi,t- the pfinsiissi causes
sf the changed ou,i.-,I of En siani
uppa i-axiax ami lovers withssst
eoins intn all the causes for this.
sn~ -.aid say ,hs, the popularity
zn.s lrrsiiss al present .ias pasi'isni
ss- duo 10 cleaner contests. greater
Intelligence at 'ot-fs. and the s-.i,.
II fake fighting Hat these abtlous
effects have ,--n principally pss-iu.-
81 by the three I"s-sfui sEun's
sh- stage. the hin-ma aaa bis pussrss
II .sr ~ish-. Z. deal phIis."phisaiiS
ssish the question. the ,hr-- can he
..a.irnsr.i Int. tho ."sh 'puhiiriufs'
''Ai-au. i.sias ,h-r- is aav the
sianssr of the faliish,s. sai ~-rr
IL. average rf.s- fighter ~ 'a-iaT Ia
ra-s-s the f-tin-tHrass d-rar,ns-ri
ka.s sui,ur~ at The as-fssr sss.r. HE
tia.o in s.ei-,s ~oaii I.- tnarh sh-
same iias the as-ras- trs-r has aas
The n-aiei advantages .t 'h- acton.
b-saus- in th. first pias- = has..'s
~.rk IA t-,sa as.ualiy int-ti-.tuai. snd
also h.s--s have ,--n looked ugaa
j. shs ras. as .a&iaii, ia.rrssr. and
consequently have sssira So sssras'
in,s their ranks ,sr better sn-n.ai
iFr~s
-pn- of ,h- nns, in,rs-ssins as
s,rs.s as ,hs ,---a, Weiis,piatr san.
,rss vas th- audience Incredible
,ruvis tili.-s she streets snf hnars
',rtnro The contest sirshs. tyris'ss
ao~i"rs. lawyers. iasi,sh drivers. ON.
nibus tn-a. m-a ~ the world. ani
p.usru ns the world sna ,hruGEh ali
,h-s- i-as-n Of the old pusiiis's
shns-s piac- -n the tr-. iiss had van
i.irei -isa their po--rs many yrass
as..
sPi.aaiJ automobiles g'sshs.' the
~ay sl"~ir 4. tho ,h-a,-r 'ioars. and
t-hina the glass ~iniass ga, 'a-n
p nj ~url-n in th. fure and siiss that
ate such a. ono sr-S ar-uai 'h~ ring
in Paris The stalls st-aus-'' ~ith
vhi,- shirts. and dainty hands arr
pisua-.i the struggling bowers Thcr
lid So at Intervals. property d-suTs
ously. There vas not the '"nsiiy or
the loud. savage. unr-s,rain-.s shout.
ing that comes from an hahi,ua' rinE
crowd Thi. va. tho nr- audience.
To-day not "niy is the prize ring
rr-p-r in England in the most pros
p-rnus condition in which l, has ever
Ircsp. hut tho army and Hsvv cham
ri.nshirs and amateur composition.
are exciting -S,raordinaryI
interest and producing splendid con-
tests. Tho other week harun-' won
. championship Of the Uri'ish army.
and everybody knows the Carari'y uf.
',ia John Uori-y. son Of ono %
1cush Africa's most distir Euishc'i
Judges. Lord I,onsdaIc's interest in,
glove contests ia no, by any means
unique. for the pcerae": u would he
hard. for example. to find anywhere
, greater enthusiast than Lord Dcs-.
borough.
"Aristocra'ic interest. of course.
existed long before the present dsy.
but I doubt II there have ever before
,ccn in England so many intellect.
ial men and creative artists follow
nx the fortunes Of tho ring. And
his. by tho way. is an Infinitely
more eloquent sisn. since artists arc
"o often prone TO snccr at sports Of
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