The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-06
Jess Willard Becomes
Heavyweight Champion
Kansas Cowboy TrOunces Jack johnson For
rs Rounds and Then Knocks Title Holder
Cold, Few Regrets AT Passing Of Ill Arthur

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which half alled tho hrht arena here,
Jnss willard Of Potovatomio. Kansas,
q. s. A., yesterday defeated Jack
johnson Of Ualv6ston, Texas, y. 8 A.,
~ the twenty.sixth round for the
heayyFeight championship Of tho
johnson isft the ring unmarked, OK
cept for . cut np Gloomy, And with
his golden sinile gone. 10 evaded inter
viewers and refused 70 talk Of his
future plans Last night he disap.
peared IN an AUTOMOBILES Wnlard's
friends and hackers were juDilant.
.xherpn be no moro negroes IN tho
ring now, they cried.
Youth, backed NJ With etsmina and
gamonesa brought the crown 70 the
cowboy. Az he entored the ring. WI
lard showed decided nervousness, and
~ the two men stepped 70 tho mark,
johnson began peclkihg away At the
mouth and nose Of the younger man
and soon Johnson brought first blood
| Of the battle. He fought his usual
nasty fight and Continually tainted
and ieered at his opponent. Time and
again johnson rushed willard to the
'ropes, bewildcring him with his fast
glove and foot work
willard faced the muEic gamely and
| gradually began 70 show confidence in
himself. and IN the ninth round cut
loose with vplisy Of vicious left and
right swings, backing gohnson TO the
rope and causing the blood to flow
from the nogro's mouth.
HHort after eifort on the part OF
| johnson TO wear down the white man
1 met with ! vicious return and Il was
evident to the spectators that johnson
/ was lettering He held 4 slight lead
/ In the boxing mp to the twenty second
round Here the strain was beginning
| TO tell on him And his blows lacked
steam and he was missing his mark re-
| peatedly. All the time willard was
showing to better advantag6 ana
with the opening Of tho twenty sixth
round rushed at johnson. Rointing
with his LEFT willard, as1 the men
pulled out Of clinch, crossed the right
to the point 6f the hsgross jaw and
the big black tottersd 70 the canvas 3
As he failed 70 arise ii the count Of
Iteh, the. spectators broke into the ring
and johnson had great dificulty in rp-
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the dressing rooms. The knoc kout
came after johnson had looked at his
wife, who spt a the Tingside. !.
pared wen for the match and was
pounds. johnson gave out HIS weight
an 225 pounds.
me crowd vas far below the ex-
pectatiops Of the prometers and Il is
douptful II the gata receipts reached
| SIS, 900. The Presidont Of Cuba, the
mayor of Havana. military. naval and
lcivil dignftaries were at the ringside.
John Arthur J Crimson, known throqgh
out sporting world as Jack johnson and
LII Arthur, and champion heavyweight
Fighter Of the world up to yesterday,
has passed into the discard heap, and
fow il any tears win be shed over the
4 defeating of the big fellow by jess
/ Willard In fact conditions are the
opposite, and the sending Of the col.
ored man into obseurity brings a tone
lof general satisfaction among the men
who follow the lighting game, At his
best, johnson was far from being a
booster Of athletics. He lived vicious
life, aud Was responsible for the many
hard raps given the boxing game in
the last Eve years. The United States
would have none Of him, Australia
kchased him from her borders, while
warning and scrapping Mexico, with
al its faults wanted none Of the big
fellow. ~
Perhaps Cuba saw the handwriting
on the wall, that Jess Willard was the
Imam TO wipe johnson on the ,pugilistic
map, and loE that reason permitted the
invited to Leave s
After stalling around Oakland for
several months, during which he failed
to pay his bills, being finally invited
/ to seek other elihee, johnson dTifted
70 Los Angeles, and with 4 few other
heavyweights Of 4 like character pulled
on several scraps which had Q shady
Burns then iourneyed 70 London,
where he beat Gunner Moir aud Jack
Palmer, both claimants for the heavy
weight crown Next he fought lem
Roche in Ireland and Jewey Smith and
Bill Squires in France, beating each Of
them, Next Burns turned UP in Aus
tralia, whore he fought Bill Squires
again and Bill Lang, and having
knocked out both these men, was pro-
claimed the real white champion heavy
weight Of the world, ~
look. Joe Jeannette, Frank Childs,
Hank Griffin and Ed Martin were a
few Of these man, and in most cases
johnson won. ~
Jack johnson beeamdl the champion
/ Of the world according TO tradition
Of the prize ring. After Jim Jeffries
had whipped Jack Munro at San Fran
| cisco, August 90 1904, Jeffries retired
10 his ranch and the heavyweight title
was presented to Marvin Hart From
Hart the title passed on to Tommy
Burns (Noah Brusso) at Ontario,
Canada Bnrne travelled alIaover the
country on his new ladrels, meeting
and defeating big and little lights Of
the ring, ending his American tour by
\ Knocking out Bill squires Of Austria
4 la, July 4, 1907, in the frat round
Defeated Jim Flynn
In the meantime johnson was fight
inc about the States After n thur OF