The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-09
AFTERMATH OF
HAVANA fight
McVey and Mills Believe
Johnson Laid Down to
Willard.
REFUSED TO TRAIN
REFUSED TO TRAIN
Sparring Partners of Negro Fighter
Think Four White Hopes Have
Chance with Jess.
BY DAMON RUNYON.

Baltimore. Nd. April S.-Samuel McVey,
the senegambian slammer from oxnard,
Cal. and his trainer, Dave Mills. who
both served as hostlers to the late John
Arthur johnson in the recent triumph of
the noble white race at Havana, and who
have been lost in an extremely dark reve-
RE the past couple of days. as they rolled
up through the South, got to telling US
this afternoon just what they think about
that Willard-Johnson matter.
They think that so far as johnson was
concerned it was like the train schedule
Of the Atlantic Coast Line, which Is to
say, all wrong. Personally We do not
wholly agree with the views of Messrs
McVey and Mills, but our amazing re-
porterial efforts seem to have so thor
oughly exhausted all the other news
sources on the train that we feel it in
cumbent upon US to tell you about Sam
and Dave
They are still occupying lower II in the
Pullman car Gamboa, and as these lines
are written they have a table between
their knees covered with a lot of fried
chicken and spinach and such like. Their
spirits have been steadily rising since the
NJ. Il d. line was sighted hull down upon
the horizon, and by the fact that the
abolition letter "R" has commenced to
creep back into the language Of men. A
few moments ago Sam was heard hum
ming some light, lifting lay, with a Call
fornia accent.
Believed Jack Faxed.
What Sam and Dave told us today they
will repeat all over the country. but IL
must be remembered that they are both
colored boxers, and it is not likely that
the coiored men of their craft are going to
give willard any more credit than they
have to. 1t should further be borne in
mind that Sam Mcvey has engaged in
several conflicts himself that were not
wholly commendable
George Lawrence, an Australian who
manages McVey, seems to think pretty
much the same as Sam and Dave He
says he had 500 pounds bet on johnson
IN australia. but managed to call it off
at the last minute.
Jack never did train like man who
was getting ready for a hard fight"
says Sam, with Dave nodding assent to
every sentence. He didn't do any road
work. He just took a walk every day.
His gymnasium stuff didn't amount to
anything. He started out all right when
he landed there. but after the first week
he wasn't So brisk. I think something
had happened. I wouldn't have thought
SO much about 1t if the fight had been
for twenty or twenty-five rounds, but
] says to him one day: Jack I says,
'Forty-fve rounds is a long ways from
home. man. and he just looked at me
and says. You think So but he didn't
know different
Asked to Sign Papers.
When the fight was about to begin, I |
had his gloves. but he wouldn't put 'em
on right away. You hold them until
/ sign a paper he says, and he waited
right there in his corner until he had
signed the agreement that gave him 50
per cent Of the pictures and the manage
ment of the European rights.
That fellow Willard walked into him
mighty confident for a man who had
never met a big fighter. it seemed to me. |
thought Jack ought to have been able
10 do more to him than he did for a