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desirable citizen wherever he went
The press turned upon him and the
people engaged in promoting and man
aging boxing exhibitions eliminated
him from their list.
Nevertheless, he continued on his
way, became an outlaw, and. so far as
any one can find out. never did any
good turn in his life to help his fellow
man.
''He refused absolutely to defend the
title of champion in his class. and In
due time. when his money was squan-
dered. he considered the proposition
put before him to allow another white
man the privilege of trying to win the
championship.
"Of course, IL is not necessary TO
mention that the promoters and man.
/ ayers. with innumerable officials. have
all got to have their share to pay them
for their trouble and sacrifices. SO tina
in all the expense to the public. il they
enter into the thing literally. should
be at least from $4,000 to $4,000. I
believe some OF those Interested think
that $4,000 would not be too much to
ask from the public.
Now. there is just one person in
terested in this whole thing that one
principal as you would admire the
courage and daring recklessness of a
highway robber or a bank burglar
you admire them because they take
such a desperate chance and show so
much courage.
You can't help but admire johnson.
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for the simple fact that he doesn't mis-
represent himself or pretend to be any
thing else than Just what he is-a
He uses everybody for his convenience,
and when they are no longer Of any use
to him he drops them on the spot and
looks Tor something more useful.
He has no respect or consideration
for any person. He Is not brave and
reckless, yet he Is not a coward-he is
just cowardly enough TO be safe, shrewd
and careful. He never seeks a victim:
he waits for them to come to him; he
seems TO know that they will come. and
they do.
There is just one professional boxer
that he is afraid OF and he is afraid OF
him because he thinks that boxer can
beat him and take the championship
away from him. and when johnson
thinks so 1t must be pretty nearly true,
for he is certainly a good Judge in mat
tiers of that kind
That particular boxer that johnson is
afraid of will never have an opportunity
to try his skill. strength and endurance
with johnson as the demonstration. That
boxer is also a colored men. Then there
are one of two more colored men in the
boxing profession that have an even
chance OF defeating the champion in a
fair contest. and these colored men are
the only ones in the boxing profession
that have anything near a chance with
johnson.
The public should know that, If they
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Left to right-James ]. Corbett.
Luther Mccarthy, James Jefries.
and Jess Willard.

Jack Curley, who is promoting the Dat
tie. is one OF the best men in his pro-
fession. With Tex Richard, he staged
the Johnson-Jeffries fight. and If It IS
possible to arrange a bout he can be
depended on to do II.
There are many who assert that il
Willard and Johnson get together the
fight will not be on the level They
have pointed out that II Johnson wins
he will probably never fight another
battle, while the moving pictures would
not draw very we'll and In some States
could not be shown. TN the other
hand should johnson lose. he would
Immediately ask for another fight and
would get it and stand to share In al
other cleanup, while the moving pic
lures of the fight In which johnson
was defeated would draw everywhere
and there would be less opposition TO
their being shown. Viewed from this
angle. II looks like Wizard would be
the best bet in the coming battle.
It's mighty hard to get experienced
fight followers TO see a champion in a
great big inexperienced youth when he
is pitted against an experienced. hard
hitting, speedy scrapper like johnson.
Jess Willard. regardless OF his ability
as fighter will have the chance of a
lifetime If he meets the negro in the
ring willard is a pure American. His
father is an Ohioan and his mother a
kentuckian, while he was born in
Kansas.
Should he win the championship he
would be the second pure American
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his life.
After these three fighters. born of
foreign parentage. there came along the
only American TO hold the championship
Jeffries won the crown by defeating Fitz-
simmons and he not only turned the trick
once. but in n return battle he showed
that the defeat OF the Cornishman was
not a fiuke
Marvin Hart was an Irish American;
Tommy Burns a Canadian, and Luther
McCarthy's parents were born in Ire
land.
Willard is of pure American stock. Just
what his chances are in the coming fight,
according to William Muldoon, formerly
the worlds champion wrestler. who for
years has been recognized as the great
est living authority for conditioning men,
are as follows:
There is to be one more demand
made upon the public for the bene-
fit of Jack Johnson. heavyweight
champion pugilist, colored. II we turn
back a little we can call to memory
what was in the minds Of the people
after July 4. 1910. There was just one
person better satisfied than everybody
else-and that person was Mr.. Jack
johnson.
The press and the public have been
very kind to him and he had good
reason to be grateful. He showed his
gratitude by his innumerable insults to
the white people. his defiance of the
law, his absolute disregard for all COM
mon sense and decency. He was dis
grace to his own race and a most I'M
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that he lacks generalship, skill and ex-
perence all of which Johnson has, but
nevertheless there are many who pick
the big white man TO Vanquish the cham
pion.
Willard himself claims that he will
beat the darkey. making him do most
of the forcing in the carly stages and
playing waiting game until Johnson
has exhausted himself swinging at the
air. Then he will come through with MS
killing punch. and according TO the
program. johnson will get a private view
Of the stars along the Milky Way
There is just bare possibility that
there will he no fight on account Of the
obstacles which have arisen. You can't
bla me johnson for having a healthy de
sire 70 stay out OF Mexico in the face o.
Carranza's statement that he will arrest
him and return him to the United States.
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women golfers formed a merry party
at the Chevy Chase course on tne
afternoon of February 80 and partici-
pated in informal competitions. Among
the players were Mrs. J. r. DeFarges,
Mrs. William NJ Smith, Miss Elsie l.
Peterson, Miss Georgia D. Herring,
and Mrs. Clara F. List.
Mr. Hugo ". HesseIbach. architect
for the Southern Railway. returned
to Washington from a business trip
to the South and spent washington's
birthday golfing at Bannockburn..
Miss Alice Sanger. vice president of
Bannockburn Golf Club. has appoint
ed a committee headed by Mrs. Will
lam NJ. Smith to select a victrola for
the new Bannockburn Clubhouse.
The noted professional. George Dun
can. says he believes he can improve the
game OF golf by making the cup eight
inches in diameter. We're willing to let
George do 1t. As far as We are con-
cerned he can discard the cup altogether.
or use a barrel.
The annual meeting Of the Middle At
lantic Golf Association will be held at
the New Willard Thursday evening.
March 4. at S o'clock. The clubs In the
association are the BannOckburn Golf
Club. Chevy Chase Club. Columbia Coun-
try Club. Washington Country Club. Bal
timore Country Club. Elkridge Hunt
Club, Hermitage Golf Club. Maryland
Country Club. The Country Club OF Vir-
ginia. Wilmington Country Club. and the
Hampton Roads Golf and Country Club.
Golf has cured a very bad case Of
insomnia for me-" remarked we'll
known local player the other day. When
I started playing the game I thought 1t
would benefit my health 1t did. / played
rottenly. and at nights would rack my
brain reasoning over my mistakes. Then
I would start out to play over the eight
cen holes in my mind. 1 never completed
more than nine. / always went to sleep
before starting home"
Arthur G. Lockwood. golf Handicapped.
has announced the rating of Francis
Ouimet as three plus" Nom which Old
Man Dope infers that frankie will be
several cups minus at the close Of the
1915 season. Yesterday the Massachu-
setts Golf Association rated Ouimet at
two plus" This Is said to be the first
time that any golf association in the
country has put a player below the
scratch mark.
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A number of local golf players of
note have been using the indoor golf
course in the old waggaman office
building, opposite the Court House,
during the past week. At the pres
ent time a number of Chevy Chase
and Columbia Country Club golfers
are holding an indoor tournament for
which four silver cups have been pro-
yided as prizes.
A great crowd turned out at the
Bannockburn golf course on wash
ington's birthday. and many of the
players journeyed up to the new
course where it was not so crowded.
From the number of the regulars who
appeared on the links somebody must
have she:led the woods.
Work was started last week on the
private roads leading from the Con-
duit road to the clubhouse at the
new Bannockburn course. The roads
are being graded and rock is being
spread on the surface and when COM
pleted they will add a great deal to
the attractiveness of the property.
"rip" Dugan. of The Herald sport
ing department, was considerably
shocked the other day while playing
a round at the old Bannockburn
course when a goat which was tress-
passing upon the links spied one OF
..Hip's" drives and swallowed the ball
Hip" refuses to say whose goat II
was or whether the goat died or In
digestion or from brick. However.
according to Hip" I'll bet that
goat will never swallow another golf
ball"
President Wilson found it convenient to
take a little outing on Washingfon's
birthday and in the afternoon visited
Bannockburn Golf Club with a party OF
friends. The day was beautiful for golf
ing and the President and party played
eighteen holes over the Cabin John links.
Mr.. Clark W. Gould. who spent last
year in the South on lumber investisa-
ton for the Forest Service. has returned
to the CITY and resumed play on the
Bannockburn course.
DIR. william Rufus King. chairman Of
the committee on lighting and equipment
at Bannockburn. has returned from
Northern visit and called meeting OF
the committee at his office on Monday
evening next, when he hopes to make
final recommendation to the board Of
governors in the matter of appropriations
and estimates OF cost Of construction.
Mr.. Clifford Pinchot. a well known
known Bannockburn player, Is spepding
the wintsr In England and France on
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Victoriana Jesus Carranza
Acts as Press Agent for
Big Battle.
GETS JOHNSON'S GOAT
The Big Black Prefers to Stay at
Havana, Cuba, and
Live.
By NAT. T. WORLE1.

Once again the eyes of the people OF
the United States are turned toward
Mexico, our turbulent neighbor to the
south. but il is not the war which is
attracting their attention this time
but real slam bang pugilistic con-
test between Jack johnson, the cham
pion flghting tar baby of the world,
and Jess willard, the former Kansas
cowboy, who aspires TO Johnson's
title
To enliven the proceedings and add
touch of humor while at the same
lime serving as an excellent press
agent for the lighters, Gen. Victoria
Tesus Carranza, leader of the consti-
tutional forces in the Mexican family
scrap. has declared that If Jack john
son enters Mexico and he can get his
hands on him he will turn him over
10 the United States government as
fugitive from justice.
Johnson, il is remembered. was con-
victed in this country for violations
Of the Mann act and jumped his
$4,000 bond by hopping over into Can
ada from whence he flew to Europe.
AS long as Carranza is "of the same
oninlon still" the big negro says he
prefers TO stay at Havana, Cuba, where
he is dickering with several night pro-
rnoIers to stage the bout on Cuban
soil
The sporting public in general
doesn't give a hang where the fight
comes off just so there's fight
whether it's pulled off at Havana or
at Juarez is a small matter. but for
the good of the fight game every one
loDes there will be an end to the
correspondence school battles and the
hugGlug matches staged for the ben
e-it OF moving picture receipts.
can Jess Willard beat Johnson"
- the question which is going the
rounds where sporting men congre-
gate. and the opinion seems to be
pretty evenly divided
AS usual. old Father Times friends
faithfully maintain that Johnson is
going back and that unless he can
defeat the big cowboy IN the first
fifteen rounds he might as well jump
over The ropes and run back home or
pick out a soft spot on the floor and
lay down.
willard strong as Bull.
oar thu other hand the friends Of Will
lard say he doesn't really know his
strength: that n" strong as BULL and
tiat # he ever lands on Jacks dome
there will he Il darktown funeral They
maintain that in spite of his great
weight ard height he can move as fast
as tho negro pugilist. and that his ad-
yantagc m age. h being ten years John
.nn's Junior will hc an important factor.
Willard has never been knocked out
and in the last thirty-eight fights in
., hich he has participated he has admin
i-rrrcd the sleep punch to twerty-se zen
,.s his opponents II must be admitted
rn. Ass Of fighters he has met have
ut been Of the hardest caliher-in fact
many of Them have been mediocre-and
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philathropic work. He reports that prac-
tically all golfing is suspended in. England
and France during the present distressful
conditions.
Hon. John w. Small of North Carolina,
spent Washington's Birthday golfing at
Bannockburn with a party of friends, in
Guiding Z. w. Burton. tr.. and William
Henry White.
The pretty weather of the past
week has enabled the survivors Of the
Harvest Home Tournament at Ban
nockburn to get out and practice for
resuming the matches in April. Among
such players are George Rankin. e.
w. Burton, W. c. Prentiss. e. d.
Williamson. DIR. s. H. Greene. John
Brawner and Walter !. Travers.
B. c. Taliaferro. of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. who has been
badly crippled with a broken leg dur
ing the past year. has recovered and
hopes to join Bannockburn players
this spring.
A cl,,h NJ ~all II o~n M una~Ir hmm
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to gain the title in the history of
pugilism in this country.
1t was more than two decades ago
that John L. Sullivan became the first
recognized heavyweight champion I'M
der the Marquis of oueensberry rules.
1t was during his time that the glove
hghting succeeded bare-knuckle scrap
ping. and John proved his supremacy
at both. The installation of John L.
as heavy weight titleholder gave the
world an Irishman for the first real
glove champion. Sullivan was born in
Boston. but came OF Irish parentage,
and none even today can see anything
else but Irish in Sullivan.
Jefries Only American Champion.
From the time he was champion to the
present day, only one real American
fighter has had the honor of occupying
the throne. although an American negro
also has held the title That one white
fighter was James J. Jeffries. the Cali
fornian. and it can be said for Jeffries
that he probably was the greatest Of
them all.
When Sullivan was, defeated. he was
dethroncd by a man who, like himself,
was an Irish-AmeriCan. James J. Cor
bett. Corbett was born in San Fran
cisco, of Irish stock. and when he lost the
title II went into the possession of a real
foreigner. Bob FitZsimmons, a blooming
Britisher was the fellow who knocked
Corbett off the pedestal FitZ was born
in Elston, Cornwall. England, but made
Australia his home in the early years of
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Queensbury
Rules Are Put
Int Eject.

been known as the Queensberry rules.
1t Is true that bare fist fights con-
tinued more or less for some time
after that. but to them is due largely
the credit for the Improvement in
the game that had come since. The
old-time champion, John L. Sullivan
did much of his fighting bare handed,
but no one could imagine such a con-
test taking place today.
In the first place, the boxer of to-
day. instead Of the cestus, wears a
young pillow on each fist. This doe
not materially lessen the force of the
blow, but 1t does take away much of
its singing effect and prevents the
bruising and cutting up of the flesh
that would follow the striking with
the bare knuckles-
Probably the naked fist has a more
smarting and stimulating effect, while
the glove has a numbing effect on
the nerves, more of a sleep-produc-
ing tendency. The blows exchanged
with these upholstered hands tend to
stun one without hurting very mucn.
About the only one that really hurts
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Break, Worlds Record.

Portland. ORG. Feb E.-Frank J. Manhal. Of
New York broke the worlds simultaneous chess
plAying record last night b. playing ninetytvo
testants at one time.
joe Cspabiana estahai-hed the previous worlds
recurd Of sixty-hve. February Il this year at
Bzoohiy.. n. I. AsnhAn hslA y tseas that Win
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Greek Style Of
Game Was
Not Brutal.

hand in some cases was go bound up
and REINFORCED by these straps with
mental trimmings that terrible in
juries could be inflicted.
1t was even possible to disembowel
q man with this form Of iron hand"
and this was actually done on vari-
Gus occasions. Boxing under such cir.
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cumstances was not boxing at all,
but was strictly on a par with the
gladiatorial combats that were so
popular in Rome.
But while the ancients brutalized
the sport of boxing until ii degener-
ated into these vicious and barbar-
Gus spectacles. the modern boxing
game, as ] have said, has been con-
tinually refined. We have done the
same with sword-play. While the an
clients developed the gladiatorial short
sword, and aimed at killing. we have
developed the refinement and skill of
fencing, using a foil and n button at
the end of it, with masks and all, I'M
til fencing is a popular ladies' game.
Boxing today is entirely different
from the real prize fighting of fifty
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Present Game
Most Refined
In History.

Rome, but among ourselves il has
been refined. Whatever we may think
of the superior culture of the Greeks
in other respects. as in their art and
philosophy, 1 may say that modern
civilization has certainly shown its
superiority so far as this particular
branch of sport is any indication.
While the question of success in the
ring today has been made chiefly q
mater of science and skill, the Greek
boxers depended mainly upon their
hard hitting ability, combined Of
course with Quickness and endurance.
1t is not likely that they used very
much science for had they done 20
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Knockout
wallOp Is
Not Severe.

harsh sound, but the actual experience
is not nearly as bad as IL sounds. 1t
is true that l do not speak from ex-
perience, for i have never vet had
the pleasure of being knocked out.
But l have been hit hard and plenty
of times, and l can well understand
that the difference between being hit
hard and being knocked out is only
one of degree. As a rule it is only
momentary stunning. and few sec
onds will bring complete recovery
with no weakening after effects That
is why the boxer who has been knock
ed out several times still has no fear
of IL.
1t is significant fact that it is
always hard to convince a defeated
boxer that he has really been whipped,
because he did not feel that he was
being punished to any extent He Is
likely to leave the contest, no mat
ter how badly beaten. with the feeling
that the other man was unable to hurt
seems to me, that boxing is not as
gets the worst of a bout, as many
would like to have our legislators be-
lieve.
In these days Of European wars,
Mexican revolutions, New York gun
men. bomb throwing, lynching and I
don't know what else, believe that
manly and decent pastime like box
ing Is necessary to counterfeit the
tendency to real brutality in other d.
rections. believe that all school
boys should learn to box. And the
professional game is necessary to
stimulate interest in the amateur.
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Fitxpatrick Goe, to Braves.

Toeupte ont. Fee E.-President McCaaery. q
the Toronto Internationsls. announced that Third
Bassman Eddie FlxpAtrick has been sold to The
Boston Natiooa1A
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years ago ana more,
though in those days
the game certainly
did possess certain
elements of brutal
ity. Even that form
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they would probably have developed
the game in the direction of science
as we have done.
Instead. they depended upon the big
fications, so naturally the boxers were
usually in the heavyweight class, or
approac ching it. And 1t was probably
because of their hard-hitting method
that they learned to bind up their
hands Without doubt they orten
broke their hands, even more than
modern boxers.
Accordingly. Homer makes some ref
erence to leather thongs wound around
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DTOUKnt ABOUT Oy
the Roman cestus.
In this the fist was
no longer a fist, but
really a weapon.
The n ~ ct . fnh "A
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u, FREDDIE: WELSH.

.-tEr 't-..ti tLaLlGuu Ul me NtFlu-l
t-1ly once Im a while the law
makers ~ various parts of the United
states gel uneasy upon the subject of
lrz.ug Perhaps some Of them are only
rr,,ng TO make 2 sanity showing for
raer. selves 10y rhcir public efforts 10
III thus dread ful and brutal pastime-
sw perhaps they are uncertain as 10
vf.lrn faction they ought to try to
please.
Inst now tn New York State IegIs-
T.t..re is considering TWO different
D Ills upon the subject. one Intended
10 stop all boxing exhibitions. and
The other attended TO provide for
t,ycnty-rouud contests, with decision.
Aud | understand that several other
states are thinking about II. Out in
California last year the dear ladies.
aimed with the vote, succeeded in hand
ing the game something of a knockout
Every once in a wnIie we near THIS
talk about the brutality of boxing,
usually coming from those who know
nothing about the game. But never
mind that The fact is that boxing
is not nearly as bad as these tender
and timid people suppose IL TO be.
And more than that. | claim that by
teaching young people to defend them
selves in manly and decent fashion,
instead of by weapons or other muir
derous methods. boxing is opposed to
brutality Boxing is only popular in
the most highly civilized nations, and
not in the primitive, brutal races.
As to being dangerous. even one
knows that football is far more dan
gerous than boxing.
II is quite true.
Football More Percy. that there
| dangerous ara acci5apts in all
sports. Surely there
is nothing brutal
about swimming or skating, and yet
J don't know how many hundreds of
people lose their lives each year
through swimming and skating. They
lake a far bigger chance than they
would in boxing.
Considering the immense numbers
of young men interested in boxing, in
connection with both the professional
and amateur game, in schools, clubs.
gymnasiums. Y. NJ. G. AS and else
where, il is only natural that there
should be an occasional accident,
usually in the case of some one in
poor condition. physically undeveloped
and entirely unfit for any vigorous
sport.
The same thing holds in football.
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4 m a [ e ur athletic
club, providing for
the use of boxing
gloves and drawing
up a set of rules
which have since