The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
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cavalrymen were on duty. A band wa.
stationed in the grand stand, which
towers high above the track nom tn,
great green mound. 1t played Ameri
can ragtime while the crowd was en-
terihg. Cuban and American nag.
floafed over the stand.
| Mrs. johnson Arrives.
Mrs johnson entered at 1890 with Ton
| Flanagan. followed by a black maid
There was mad craning OF necks. anG
some one yelled at Fred Mace. the direc.
tor OF the moving pictures. who was ir
the ring with a movie machine. tellins
him of her arrival, but he only grinned
and made no attempt to take the pic.
ture. where would I show it?' he ask
ed the newspaper men.
| Mrs. Johnson wore a small white hat
with long feather. and a light summer
! dress. She took a seat In q box close to
the ring
| During the interim Mace took numer.
| Gus crowd pictures. going through weird
postures and facial Grimaces to get the
people laughing at him. Ben .Rosenthal
rushed wildly about the ring. beratins
| every one who asked him questions. II
seems that nobody thought to get the
ring ready for the battle this morning.
Rosenthal had to lay the mat. stretch
the ropes and pad the corners. The mat
! was a piece of rough red canvas with a
very light piece Of felt underneath.
Mace Reads Receipt.
Mare read a receipt from johnson to
Jack curley, acknowledging payment of
1000. the balance due Of the $30. 900
nilrse NTH fba efa tamapt tbaf tina foto I
amount received to date had been SEE 900.
A series Of introductions of sport
ing notables followed. including Dick
Klegin, Bob Vernon, the official time
keeper: Otto Floto. timekeeper for
Willard; Sam Leonard. timekeeper for
Johnson. Matt Henkel. alternate ref
cree; Mike Gibbons. Jack WEIGH and
others.
Jack Curley became peeved because
Mace did not have the men he was
introducing walked in front of tho
camera. to suit him and finally or
dered Mace out of the ring and asked
Rosenthal to mako the introductions
Rosenthal leaped onto tho platform
and began shrieking tho introductions
before the row between Curley and
Mace had died away. The whole thing
was tho result of Curley being nerv-
Gus and unstruns, due to his exertions
lately.
Women at Rinsside.
It was partially cloudy all morning.
with a hint Of rain, but toward noon
the skies began clearing and the sun
broke forth.
In the boxes close to the ring were
numerous handsomely sowned women.
both American and Cuban, with the
Cubans predominating.
Tho crowd was chad af1apf1v rap,-
pared to what an American crowd
would have been under the same cir
cumstances. The Joking, Characters
tic Of Americans was wholly lacking.
= The Cubans discussed the surroundings
in low tones as II at the opera The
majority Of them manifestly were igno-
rant Of the whole affair.
Up in the stands rose on occasional
American yell. while. through the seats
could be heard snatches Of race and prize
ring jarson.
Scene Like . Panorama.
From the stand the scene unrolled like
a panorama Groups Of soldiery and
natives dotted the distant
green landscape beyond the pagoda-like
judges stand, while in the immediate
foreground was maze of bobbing straw
hats. dotted here and there with the
black derbies and felt hats Of the men
from the States.
There was sharp clatter Of telegraphic
Instruments from the narrow benches
around the ring that served for the
press.
The tin ears Of Battling Nelson bobbed
above the platform. seeking an introduce
ton, but the off1cious Mr.. Rosenthal said
he had orders to introduce no fighters.
Over In the general admission field the |
lam became terrific about 10 o'clock. The
gatemen could not sell tickets fast
enough. The people hero are accustomed |
10 dropping In to the events late, and |
were very leisurely about taking their
seats. Shouted remarks in Spanish echo |
ID over the throng as the crowd COM
to feel more at ease in the |
strange surroundings.
Negro First In Rinr,
At lis there was a great stir through
tut the field and a wild babble Of voices,
Is johnson came tramping down the
isle looking Ike an old Moor in a black /
md white striped robe, which Just show
ID the grtnning face and egg-shaped /
closely shaver head OF the champion.
lie climbed into the ring and gazed out
,ver the throng. talking to Flanagan.
while Jack Curley came in and piled
et OF new chocolate-colored gloves In
he center.
A pair Of scales had been carried into
he rang and Curley Brown. lured upon
he platform under the pretense of being
wanted to examined the scales. WAS I'm
reduced by Mace. who. by this time,
lad regaiAed the mesaphone Of authority
rom Rosenthal.
Black Bob Armstrong and Blacker Sam
dcVey followed johnson carry nails
nd sponges Australian Colin Bel and /:
>ave Mills were Johnson's other ham
lers.
knocks Back or Chaix
When johnson tried to cit on the or
mary kitchen chair placed In his corner
q found 1t too small and Armstrong
nocked on the back. Oid-timers re-
rendered that tho same thing had to Be
one for Sullivan at New Orleans.
willard entered while the dimembering
{ the chair was going ON. He received /,
great greeting. Tho long Kansan was II
ttircd In maroon sweater ana . pair
blue street pants. which hs stripped
q Immediately. II
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