The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

among the great catchers ~ the
came n few years hence.
be well planned and spectacuia draw.
calculated to whet the appetites OF fight
fans back ter hum and thereby coax
another large and woolly purse of Reno
dimensions.
irresponsible as he may seem at times,
Jack johnson Is a pretty shrewd scherner,
to give him his due Let IL be as
sumed that he really means to return
To tn" United States--not necessarily t.
the state Of Illinois-and that within a
few months lac satisfies the sporting pub
lie he still liz there" by knocking out.
say. Carl Morris twho might beat him to
| II pulp or Gunboat Smith also let 1t be
| assumed that sam Langford also returns
home. where he trims. say. Pelkey and
Smith in short order. Then the size
of the purse Langford and Johnson might
command. somewhere in Anierica. would
be many times the best the National
sporting Club is likely to offer them.
So perhaps Liz Arthur is not gossping
through his headgear when he talks
about returning home before long.
some funny things are pulled off
pugilistically in this quarter of the globe
quite lately big negro calling himself
Jim johnson appeared here and began
to hobnob with the champion. Pretty
soon the newcomer who knows the rudi-
rnents of scrappin;, went to Brussels as
Jack johnson and engaged in n bout with
some big dub. whom he licked. OF
course the house was sold out, and the
sturdy Bruxellans still believe they saw
the champion Of the world in action no.
body having taken the trouble 70 en-
! tighten them.
About the sam" time Deschamps. the
clever manage of Young Georges Car
pentier. the champion OF Europe, wanted
"a frp f. Al
vance OF the recent meeting with Wells
in London. After looking around for an
opponent they announced that Carpen-
tier WAS matched to fight Jim Lancaster
champion OF Scotland IN a provincial city
of France. To the good bourgeoise Of that
city the champion of Scotland was Just
as worthy a foe for their French boy as
the champion Of America would have
been. and they embraced one another
many times N their great JOY when the
pet Of the Parts boulevards knocked out
the foreign champion. who in real life is
an instructor in Paris gymnasium. As
matter of fact the fight fans OF Paris
and London did not know OF any Jim
Lancaster. champion of Scotland" but
they learned there actually is such n
person. because he arose somewhere in
Scotland and made an awful roar when
his impersonator was thrashed
But OF all the extraordinary things that
get by in these parts tie most extraor-
binary was the alleged fight between
the two Johnsons, in another hall. the
night preceding the Lang ford Jeanette
bout. How Jack johnson could get away
with such palpable farce would bc in
conceivable TO American sporting writer's
The acknowledgements twenty round
bout week ago in big Luna Park Pa
vilion, which resembled Frcnchy fairy
land rather than the setting for prize
fight, has given the Boston Tar Baby's
stock quite a boom over here. Joe Jean
nette already was known favorably to
Parisians. he having had a number Of
successful bouts here in 1903 and his
win in the forty-ninth round from Sam
McNea was not forgotten. Langford was
remembered favoraby in London, where
| he knocked out Iron Hague in the fourth
! round at the National Sporting Club in
May of 1909. which was one of the few
years that have passed without Lang
ford-Jeannette encounter in the ring.
In both capitals great public interest
was taken In the acknowledgements
bout, although. on account OF the many
bouts they have engaged in as a matter
Of business. this interest was tempered
with doubts In some quarters.
Lord Northcline, with his customary
enterprise. engaged well known Ameri-
| can newspaperman Of long experience.
| T.. q. II. Fltzhamon, from San Francisco
who happened to be In London. TO come 10
| Paris. size up the bouts on its merits
and write "A special account of 1t for the
| great London Times. This in itself at
tracted much attention. as il is said to he
| the first instance of an American writer
being selected to cover the sporting event
Of the hour In Europe. Moreover, a
whole column Of the famous "Thunderer'
was devoted to his report. which. in true
American style, gave the feature at the
| outset instead of arriving at 1t some
| a l..
| the practice in English and Continental
! newspapers, Thus, without and beating
about the bush, he wrote;
Joe Jeanette took convincing beat
| ing from Sam Langford at Luna Park on
Saturday night and took it like man
Mature gave Jeanette a >tin Of pc
, culiar saffron hue, but put no yellow
In his heart. Had Langford gone into
the ring as 1T as the loser the bout
might not have gone the twenty rounds.
He was not so pulpy AS when he and
: Jeanette boxed ten rounds in New Yorl;
on October 9. but he still carries too
much.
The men are old opponents. having
had several encounters in America and
they have done so well together fnanc-
tally 10 tn" ring and have been on such
good terms out of IT, that II victory with
out n Knockout may commend itself to
them"
That tells the story. Jeanette was re.
. cciver general IN n spectacular bout that
: made a hit with the great crowd which
cheered his rally after each knockdown
, but among the very few present who
! really know what's what there was a sus-
! picion that Langford let his oft tim.
I rival stay through.
In the thirteenth round Jcaunettes
seconds splashed some cold water over
him when he was groggy. and the French