The evening world., 1914-04-07

- project to hold q six months
Socing meet at Reno during the Pan
oma Exposition in San Francisco.
Although Reno IL quite a distance
nom the coast metropolis, and In
smother State. this 10 q reasonable
scheme. The ride from San Fran
CISCO to Reno by rail 10 short.
California has just completed
mASnincent automobile road from
An Francisco to Lake Tahoe. in the
9lorra Nevada Mountains, near tho
Nevada border. From Lake Tahoe to
0ouo 70 only about eighteen or twenty
miles. The men behind the racing
project propose building . fine auto
0obile road from Reno to Lake
With San Francisco. When that 10
Done Il will be less than an hours
ride from the lake to the track.
The racetrack itself N to be built
about . mile outside Of Reno. con-
locted with the town by q splendid
boulevard. Large hotels are to be
oeectsd to accommodate the racegoing
regulars ~ we'll as those who take
short trips from the Golden Gate.
California, once the greatest racing
Deate In the Union. has no more rae
Sng. Californians who followed the
sport In the old days would have no
0otoction 70 going across the Nevada
line to see II again.
Lake Tahoe itself would furnish q
eAlr crowd. The lake 10 the finest In
America. and In the past few years
land all around It. except where the
mountain sides slope straight down
eotlotng plots. Thousands of summer
oongalooa and tent houses have bee.
~ mp. and now that the automobile
road V finished Tahoe will be the
unoot ana most populous summer re-.
oort on the whole coast.
THE meeting Of the International
Boxing Union. held In Geneva.
Switzerland. In probably taken
- seriously In France and Belgium
- u 10 lightly In the rest Of the world.
The International Unions decision
that Jack johnson and Sam Langford
nave tentative claims to the worlds
neevyweight championship. and that
onIees johnson boxes Langford by
AUG. the title will revert to the ia
nous Boston Tar Baby" IL a good
oool OF joke. 30 10 the abatement
nat should Moran defeat johnson he
won't DO champion OF the world un-
- - b S., So.e .u and defeats Sam Lang
In this country. Australia and Eng
md johnson will be recognised an
champion ~ long as he IL willing to
9efend II. and isn't defeated. II Moran
knocks johnson out mot an absolute
Smpossibility). or II Gunboat Smith
knocks him out. the conqueror OF the
~ black man will be hailed a. cham.
Ion. and no edict by an lnternat ional
0oxing Union that 10 without repre-
sanitation In this country will have
much weight.
OF course johnson should fight
xAngford or the man who beats John
con should night Langford. That
would settle all claims made by the
Boston man. Az Langford 10 growing
yery tat. and will probably be much
latter year from now. he won't be
half the obstacle he might have been
. Few years ago. His recent fights
have shown that he 10 going back
rapidly.
TIVE International Boxing Union.
no matter how It's DEGREES are
regarded now. Ii on tho right
track. There should be such q body,
with representation from all coun.
tries that have boxing, and Il should
decide what boxers are entitled to be
called champions"
A. things are now. a champion can
stall along for years without fighting
at all. and still retain his grip on the
title. Or he can do Al johnson has
Done ever since the Reno AFFAIR, night
yeArs. johnson has fought Jim
Flynn, q small heavyweight who had
70 chance whatever against him, and
jim johnson. bulky black man of
Ajo own weight and size. but little
eeass. He has ignored Langford, who
Z, rs grown fat waiting for him, has
ignored Sam AcVey. who had right
70 challenge, and has ignored Jean
cite. although offered the $4,000 he
demands for night with any OF those
three. Also he has sidestepped Gun.
boat Smith. who challenged him after
gotting . decision over Langford In
Boston.
YoHNsON. although a great fighter,
10 the poorest excuse for a cham
y pion We ever had. Other cham
picns fought to uphold their right to
the title when other good men chal-
leuged. When Jeffries was champion
~ fought all the men the promoters
were willing to match against him,
until the crop ran out. Fitzsimmons
Lest TO JefYries In his first fight after
winning the title from Corbett al
Carson. Corbett fought Charlie
Mitchell and Fitzsimmons. and had
6our rounds with Sharkey. Sullivan
fought a. often as he saw q purse In
aght. Champions In lighter classes
g10ked their titles at short intervalA.
II II TO be hoped that the next
champion, willing to defend the hon.
ess. An International union, with
power to declare championships va.
: Gated when the holders refuse OF
! nogiect 70 defend them after receivina
Ultimate challenges. would be Q noel
ennelaens tAlag ~ ~ s0est