The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-28
Are Turned Toward Turbulent Mexico for WardJohmon Fight
effre the Only White Man of Pure American Stock Win Worlds Title
Boilermaker Jim Was the
Greatest of Them All
in His Day.
FTTZ WAS ENGLISHMAN
Sullivan. Corbett. and Hart Were
All of Insh-American Par
entage.

would only stop to think. When II comes
to putting white men in the ring with
Johnson 1t is only for the purpose OF
drawing a big crowd Of people who pay
exorbitant prices for tickets, and, besides
that, spend a whole lot of money in
travelling expenses. hotel bills. the hire Of
motor cars and the loss of their time
from business and respectable society
And it is all OF these things that causes
them to feel so bitter and disappointed
after the exhibition is over They are
filled with remorse, humiliation, disgust.
For the proposed affair the shrewd
and cunning managers, who have moth
ing to lose and everything to gain flor
all manager has that he might lose Is
his reputation for being shrewd, cum
ming and able to get the public attention
and money!, they have selected this time
a young man whose principal attraction
Is Of enormous size physically. inexperi-
enced and terribly handicapped in three
ways:
First. he is too large: at least i've
inches to long or tall: second, he has
twenty-five pounds TO much weight and
third, sad lack OF experience in the game
In which he is to take part
Of course, the first two disadvan-
tages, height and weight, the shrewd
manager will try and make the public
are really what they depend upon to
beat johnson, and they will try to offset
the third disadvantage Qack of expert
ence) by telling you that Johnson i.
not as good as he used to be. or that
johnson is not at his best Don't take
any stock in that. johnson will see to
1t that he is good enough to take care of
Johnson and not get defeated.
This young white man will not be
at his best, according to the laws of ma
ture, and they will assert themeeIves un-
der all circumstances and in spite Of
everybody until he is twenty-five or TWEEN
ty-six years of age. Meanwhile, he
should have plenty of experience in box
ing contests with men about his own age
or slightly older. and men that have all
| the ambition. energy. and stamina that
goes to make up the champion boxer
and as near his own size and weight
as it is possible to secure.
He should have at least q contest
once a week. He should live out in the
open. with regular hours, sensible diet
drink and tobacco not only eliminated
from his own existence, but he should be
where there is no use of narcotics in his
presence. He should do plenty of good
manual labor, in addition to his boxing.
! He Is entirely to long between the
joints" concluded Prof. Muldoon. His
bones and tendons are soft: his vital
organs are easily affected. His mind is
simple; his power Of concentration is
easily disturbed. His knowledge Of
coordinate ton. cooperation is sadly negs
lected. In fact, the art of the profeS
sion which he is following is not apparent
in any way in his actions within the
| ring, and cannot be any part of his per
Torrance until II has been thoroughly
drilled into him by good hard knocks
and experience. In fact, / see only one
reason for selecting him a the subject
for Johnson to operate upon-and that
reason is really his disadvantage Of great
height and weight