The Denver star., 1915-12-11
JACK JOHNSON ONE OF THE
GREATE0T 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 70 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
his or the Negro race after he is dead.
| 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.nghting 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 Reeruits-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 a recruiting speech. He
drove his big motor car to the Royal
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 Trafalgar
Square, London. but an American
prize-fighter securing nine recruits for
Ki,chener's army in Glasgow open
air meeting is a novelty not alto
gether destroyed in interest by the
fact that johnson Is appearing In a
local music hall this week In a
revue
Incidentally his wife is placarded
as Americas most beautiful and YER
satile artistic. the originator OF Amer
ica's greatest craze. the oyster dance.
The second article is clipping
from q Nevada paper which was pub
lished the next day after the great
Reno victory. which I had the pleas
ure of seeing and which also goes to
show the great flow of racial blood
that flows through his veins. This
ought to he an example for every
member Of the colored race. The art
icle is as follows. by Otto Floto:
Reno. Newt was a wsll-known
fact that UP to and within 4 couple
OF days be.ore the Johnson-Jenries
fight there was something rotten in
Denmark All sorts OF rumors were
in the air and 1t was generally con-
ceded that johnson WAS to lay down.
Mind you, Jeffries at no time knew
this, nor was he a party to any deal
of this kind. Certain parties close to
him took 1t upon themselves to act
without his sanction. The very best
evidence that Jetr knew nothing or
any arrangements OF this KIND was
when on the morning OF the fight he
refused to consider Johnson's oher to
split the money" When the PROPOSE
n 1anrtaa he AlHO-
lutely refused to listen to 1t and 1t
took the hardest kind of work on the
mart of his friends to force him to
agree to a co and 40 per cent. agree
mept. / ran across can VINO was
closely connected with Johnson ana
other interests at Reno and he told
me the following story the other morn
ing:
DO you know" he said. that went
10 Johnson the Saturday before the
fight and offered him $l50.O0O to al
low JefYries to win and he turned me
down. That's what he did. and all
this talk that $4,000 or $25.000 would
have made him lose Is rot. figured
that IL Jeffries won the pictures would
be worth q 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
IL. l told him that glory was fine
thing. but 1t didn't buy beefsteaks or
pork chops. l told him about that old
saving 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-
I~xA 4, ,tvv, vay{v1 hspt
kill him at the ringside. He listened
.....uo,,, ,ud than turnpd IN mo and