The Denver star., 1915-12-04
JACK JOHNSON ONE OF THE
GREATEST MEN EVER LIVED.
(By B. F. Chambers

ready to grasp an opportunity of see
ing the low side of life rather than the
high elevating side and are nothing
more than parasites to those members
of their race who strive to make a
high and intelligent mark in life. Es-
pecially is this true in the case of Jack
Johnson, who is recognized by the
leading people of Europe, such as the
kings, queens, dukes and lords, as one
of the smartest and greatest men who
ever lived.
But Johnson, like all other great
Negroes of our race who have passed
away. will only be given credit for his
great skill and wonderful genius by
i his or the Negro race after he is dead
I wish to call your attention to an
article direct from the English gov
ernment, which goes to prove that
Johnson is even greater today than
ever before during his fight.
Although he elevated the scientific
prize-fighting to the highest stage of
science, this profession is now in
ferior to his present and feature work
in life. The article is as follows:
Jack johnson Gets Nine Recruits-His
Wife Featured In Oyster Dance
Glasgow, Nov. 29.-Four thousand
people blocked traffic in Queen street
for half hour today while Jack John
son made recruiting speech. He
drove his big motor car to the Royal
exchange, removed his big white hat,
showed his plentiful display of gold
teeth, told how he had given two of
his own motor cars to the government
and urged every strong man to enlist.
He was introduced by Corporal
Baker of the Scotch Rifles, clad in
khaki, and the result of his speech
was nine recruits.
British actors are frequently max
ing recruiting speeches from the base
of the Nelson column in Trafa gar
Square London, but an American
prize-fighter securing nine recruits for
Kitcheners army in Glasgow open |
air meeting is novelty not alto
gether destroyed in interest by the |
fact that Johnson is appearing in |
local music hall this week in |
revue
incidentally his wife is placarded |
as Americas most beautiful and ver
satile artistic, the originator of Amer
ica's greatest craze, the oyster dance"
The second article is clipping
from Nevada paper which was pub
lished the next day after the great
Reno victory, which l had the -pisas- |
ure of seeing and which also goes to |
that flows through his veins. This !
ought to be an example for every |
member of the colored race. The art |
icle is as follows, by Otto Floto:
Reno, Newt was a well-known
fact that up to and within couple |
of days before the Johnson-J fries |
fight there was something "rotten In |
Denmark" All sorts of rumors were |
in the air and it was generally con |
ceded that johnson was to lay down.
Mind you, Jeffries at no time knew
this, nor was he party to any deal |
of this kind. Certain parties close to |
him took il upon themselves to act |
without his sanction. The very best |
evidence that Jeff knew nothing OF |
any arrangements of this kind was |
when on the morning of the fight he |
refused to consider Iohnson's offer to |
split the money" When the proposi-
tion was taken to Jeffries he abso-
lutely refused to listen to it and 1t
took the hardest kind Of work on the |
part of his friends to force him to |
agree to a 90 and 40 per cent agree
ment. | ran across a can who was
closely connected with Johnson and |
other interests at Reno and lie told
me the following story the other morn
ing
DO you know" he said that went |
to Johnson the Saturday before the |
fight and offered him 100000 to al |
low Jeffries to win and he turned me |
down. That's what he did, and all |
this talk that $4,000 or S2500O would |
have made him lose is rot. | figured |
that if Jeffries won the pictures would |
be worth a million more. and ! went |
out to get Jacks consent and then
would have sold my option to the pic |
ture people. But Jack wouldn't have
it. / told him that glory was fine !
thing, but it didn't bny beefsteaks OF |
pork chops. | told him about that old /,
saying that has been handed down for |
generations about "a bird in the hand
being worth two in the bush | called
his attention to what an unpopular
champion he would be and even tried
to scare him by saying the white peo-
pie would never Let him win, but would
kill him at the ringside. He listened
attentivefy and then turned to me and
said: