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THE OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 24, 1010. '9 JOHSSOTS PROWESS DOUBTED lliiy Eay tfrgro Rarer Beat a First Clasi Man. ma EECOBD 07 THE BIO SMOKE Haarde mm tteroad-Ilatrr I'atll H WfclfjB Overrates1 Tram; Bars NuMw Kaeape la Battle with Laagford. TMd Jack Johnson vw brt a first clan man?" You ran hear thin question put many tlmea whrn fighting men gather and dl.riim tha big mill between th nearo and Jeffrie to ba decided at Emeryville, Cal., n July 4. In reply to the query you'll :ear very faw affirmatives, yet It aeema to, ba generally conceded that Johnson, ( feet I Inch In height and weighing 206 pound at hla best, mill prove a formidable antagonist for the burly bollermaker. When Sam Fftipatrlck had Johnson under hla wing several yeara ago the big negro pugilist waa regarded aa a second rater. He had taken part In ring contests for more than eight yeara, yet the followers of pugilism never regarded him seriously, Fltapatrtck, well liked, used to tell his friends that Johnson really was something of a fighter, but when he turned hla bark and left, they laughed heartily. Nobody put any stock In Johnson's alleged fistic prowess except Fltipatrlck, the man who handled the great Peter Jackson and de veloped the memorable Kid Lavlgue. Flti patrlck said the Tezaa negro could beat ordinary heavyweights, but he never men tioned a possible match with Jeffries. Picked Haras aa Easy Meat. Bo keen a Judge of fighting skill an Fltspe. trick, could not err when he de cided that Tommy Burns would be meat for Johnson, for Bums, It Is admitted, never could be called a high class pugilist. ror that matter, when compared to the star heavyweights of recent years, Jef fries, Corbett, Fltzslmmons, Sharkey, Ruhlln, Choynskl, McCoy and Ma her, It was absurd to speak of Burns In the same breath. Tet when when Johnson whipped Burns In Australia and followed it up by knocking out little Ketchel the Imprenslon became widespread that the negro had a chance to beat the glgantlo Jeffries. . Pugilism prompts excitement, exaggerated Ideas and rash statements. Many ring fol lowers, guided by Impulse or. prejudice, often fall to sit down quttely and weigh the evidence In hand. Because some pugll- lrft knocks out an opponent In a punch he leaps into popular favor with a sudden Impetus that makes one possibly forget what Is known as the "dope." Ring recoid and actual achievements constitute this "dcpe,"and it often tells the truth and paves the way for victory or defeat. What Johnson Has Dose. So what Is the "dope" on Jack Johnson that he should be regarded as a world beater and a sure winner over James J. Jeffries? That Is the universal query sot forth by white men who are anxious to have Jeff hammer the negro Into a cocked hat jn Independence day. Joe Choynskl i liunu mm an mars, nearly len years go when they met down in Texas and knocked him out In lexs than half a doien rounds; but that .was the only time when Johnson took a nap within the roped arena. In 1901 he fought a twenty round draw with a negro called Klondike, who was at best a fourth rater. Then he got It decision over Mexican Pete Kverett in twenty rounds, the fight, so-called, taking place In 1902 and Kverett being a general object of humorous criticism. Hank Orlffln, a raw-honed black man. also stayed twenty rounds and got a draw with Johnson. Before proceeding with the record It Is worthy of note that. Just four years prior to these battles Jeffries, who had Just be gun to attract attention on the coast, dis posed of Mexlcsn Pete Everett in three rounds and Hank Orlffln In four, neither of them having a ghost of a chance when Jess began to punch in deadly earnest During the campaign of 1903 Johnson got decisions over such third raters as Denver Ed Martin In twenty rounds, Sam McVey ln two bouts of that distance and Sandy Fer guson In one contest of ten rounds and an other of twenty. That waa the year Jef fries knocked Corbett out In ten rounds In California, and If anybody, had suggested then that Johnson, McVey, Ferguson or Martin was entitled to a match, with the champloln bollermaker there would have been no end to the ridicule. One ranch for McVer. Johnson knocked McVey out In the twentieth round In another fight held the next year in San Francisco. Whether it was an accident or not Is a matter still open to discussion. For nineteen rounds they struggled on even terms, doing a lot of wrestling, clinching and blocking until many of the spectators were bored. As they came up for the twentieth round the referee said to them: "For goodness sake do some fighting! This is the last round and the people want something for their money. So go in' and take a chance!" Johnson paid no attention to the ref eree's command and opened the round with his usual blocking tactics. McVey, however, decided that the crowd . ahou'd receive some consideration from him, so he opened up his attack and rushed. That was Just what Johnson was waiting for. With a terrific right hand uppprcut he met McVey aa he came tearing In. The blow landed like a sledgehammer on the poiut of the chin and Johnson scored a clean knockout. It was fhe same blow that Johnson used on Burns and Ketchel with such disastrous results. - It was in 1906 that Johnson fought Mar vin Hart in San Francisco. Hart was Just a good second rater, big and strong, with lots of gameness and a terrific wallop. Johnson blocked and clinched', boxed and slugged with him for twenty rounds and when the referee said Hart was the winner on scientific points, the Texas b:aok man declared vehemently that he had been robbed. But whether he was or not never has been definitely decided. Johnson wasn't cutting much of a figure then and when Young Peter Jackson and Joe Jeannette, both negro second raters, fought draws with him before the end of that year, Sam Fltzpatrlck found very few ring followers who were willing to listen to the negro's prospects. Johnson got a decision over Jeannette In a fifteen-round bout in Baltimore in March, 1906, and then he was asked to visit Boston to meet one Langford in a fifteen-round affair. John- soa didn't know much about langford ex cept that his first name was Sim, that he was a negro and welterweight. Flraf with l.ancfarrt. Mnny storlei have been told of thlsjohn-son-Iangford scrap, but there Is only one that Is true. Langford stood five feet seven and one-hajf Inches In his flghtlne, shoes and weighed exactly tnt pound". He wns five Inches shorter and nearly sixty pounds llghter-than Johnson. In the first round there was such an "absurd differ ence In the appearance of the men thst the crowd screamed and howled. But In the second round Iangford, getting In close, put a great left hand upper cut on John son's Jaw and sent the big fellow to the floor In a heap. There are several reliable persons available who will insist that while Johnson was taking the count "niTVe" from the referee, eighteen seconds of actual time by the watches of these men elapsed. Johnson got up. clinching to the gong, and for the rest of the battle he stood Langford off by thrusting out his long left hand and breaking the force of many dangerous blows with his rlgnt. Johnson got the verdict on points, but Boston critics regarded him a something like a counterfeit. Johnson could never be Induced to fight Langford again. The latter weighs 170 pounds now and la a trifle taller. He can hit harder and knows much more about the game. He has challenged Johnson re peatedly, offering to bet $10,000 on the side, but all to no purpose. These facts are recited here Just to show that Johnson four yeara ago was ilothlng more than a plain, ordinary, willing heavyweight, who met all comers for any money that might ma terialize. A ten-round draw with Jean nette wound up the 1906 campaign, the men coming together In Portland, Me. Some Minor Achievements. Peter Felix, who was knocked out by Johnson In a round at Sydney, New South Wales, In February, 1907, was of little ac count. In the following July the ancient Fitxslmmona, who had been punched into submission by Philadelphia Jack O'Brien on the coast two years before, went up against Fitzpatrick's "colored champion" and was knocked out In a couple of rounds. Tet this achievement didn't con vince the conservative critics that John son was a first-class heavyweight. On the contract Johnson was termed a "four flusher" for picking out the freckled Cor- Vilshman for an easy mark. There was no general comment when Johnson stopped one Kid Cutler, a pupil of John L. Sullivan, In about three wal lops, but there was a storm of severe criticism when the big negro allowed Sailor Burke, a mlddlewleght, to stay six rounds with him in what was apparently a bare-faced fraud In the city of Bridge port. Johnson knocked Burke down a dozen times while sure thing men ran around offering 2 to 'l that, the Sailor would be on his feet at the end of the sixth round. It was Just a money grab bing frameup, in which Johnson was a ready participator. These alleged battles occurred In 1907 be fore Johnson wound up that campaign by knocking out Jim Flynn at Colma In eleven rounds. Just a year later Lang ford put Flynn to sleep in a punch. Then Johnson ' began the ' pursuit of Burns, which ended In Australia with the fight that has compelled Jeffries to come back to the ' prize ring. One can take a look at Burn's short ring record and be partially convinced that It wasn't much of a stunt for John son to beat him. Burns, six Inches shorter and at least forty pounds Hunter, was knocked down with with aright-hand up percut delivered by Johnson In the second round. That blow won the fight, though Johnson, unwilling or unable to drive home a knockout wallop, allowed Burns to worry along until the fourteenth round, when the police Interfered. Burns waa nothing more than a middle weight or a very llirht heavyweight when he began to fight about ten years ago. He couldn't have known much about the game when Mike Sohreck beat him In a ten-round bout In 1901. Five years sgo Burna fought a twenty-round draw with Jack Twin Sullivan and got a twenty round decision over Dave Barry. Later he got a verdict over Sullivan In a similar bout and knocked Barry out in the twen tieth round of a second encounter. He also boxed two draws with Hugo Heliy. one of ten and the other of ewenty rounds, and finally received the referee's verdict after outpointing the lumbering Marvin Hart for twenty rounds. On the strength of that verdict Burns proclaimed himself heavyweight champion, as Jeffries, with nobody left to be whipped, had handed over the title to Hart. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien went twenty rounds to a draw with Burns in November, 1906, and In the following May Burns, double crossing and exposing O'Brien's fakes, beat him over the same route. It took Burns fifteen rounds to stop Flynn. Then Tommy decided to meet soft snaps exclusively, so Bill Squires, Ounner Moir, Jack Palmer, Jem Boche, Jewey Smith and other pugilistic lemons fell before him, ot a' Real Champion. Johnson, therefore, didn't whip a real champion heavyweight when Burns was saved by the Sydney police, an assertion that the negro will not attempt to deny. It Is true that he toyed with Al Kaufman, the California giant, in a ten-round bout last Spptember, but O'Brien knocked out Kaufman in 1903. The defeat of Ketchel by the negro should never have been re corded, for the match was a freak and the result of foolish Judgment. Ketchel had the courage to tackle Johnson, though five inches shorter and nearly fifty pounds lighter. He also had the nerve to force the fight and in the twelfth round he scored a knockdown when one of his great swings landed on the side of the cham pion's head. But the next Instant, as John son Jumped up and Ketchel tore in wide open to land another smash, the black man unhooked the same terrific right that had stopped .McVey. The blow landed flush on Ketchel's Jaw. knocked him cold and broke off several back teeth. Going over these battles, therefore, rlng sters are not inclined to admit that John son's victims were great pugilists. In fact, they are reasonably sure they were not. But there's something about this muscular, cool headed, cold blooded black man that has caused the belief thaVJeffrles Is going to have the fight of his life. Possibly this Is due to the fact that It's a question Just now whether Jeffries will be the great pugilist of six years ago or not. If he has lost that wonderful form Johnson will quickly take advantage, it is thought, hut if Jeff is the real thing the colored man may see many - stars and comets, even though the sun burns brightly on the afternoon- of July t. JOCKEY IS "BEST HORSE' Ownert Are Counting: Much on Their Skillful Riders. MANY STAES ARE IN THE FIELD Honors of liraek Bid Fair tn Be Bather Well Divided In "port the Coming Dnrlnar Benson. NEW YORK, April !3. With the racing season now in full swing In the east a few remarks about the Jockeys will not be out of place. Time and time again good sport has been ruined and a day's entertainment spoiled by the Incompetency of some "sup posed to be" Jockey. As In former years, the larger establish ments have obtained the best boys; but there are a few of the owners who race upon a small scale whose best "horse" Is their rider, a few cases in point being Guy Garner, George Benscoten and Eddie Tap lln. Butwell Is piloting the horses of J. R. Keene, and aa Pimmy Rowe will cam paign close to forty horses this season it looks as if his efforts will mostly be con fined to those of his employer. Powers, who Is under contract to Phil Chtnn, will be available to others In quest of his services as his employer has but ten horses In training at present, eight of which are 2-year-olds. ' Grover Warren, a boy who has never performed before the eastern public, comes here with a good reputation and is under contract to the Qulncy stable. Eddie Taplln, whose: first eastern appear ance was with the Dedwell stable last sea son, is In the employ of R. J. McKenzle. a well known Canadian sportsman, whose horses have been racing in California throughout the past winter. Guy Garner, considered by horsemen the most likely prospect In the country. Is ap prenticed to Earl Llnnell, but as his em ployer has but few horses second call has been obtained on his services by the New castle stable, and as Tom Welch will han dle upward of forty horses belonging to this establishment It goes without saying that the boy's time will be pretty well taken up In handling the horses of his con tract employers. Matty McQee. i whose services were ob tained from his former employers, Hender son & Hogan, by George Odom, will have opportunity enough to make good, for with Trance, Bonnie Kelso, Prince Gal and Follie Levy In the older division, to say nothing or a dozen nice 2-year-olds, who on looks measure up to the best, he should rate close to the top. Notter, one might be Justified in saying, Is "passe," for no other reason but weight, which will limit his opportunities. Schilling, considered to be the best rider In the country, is sporting the silks of Sam Hildreth. Glass, who has improved wonderfully since last season. Is astride the horses that Andy Blakely trains for different owners, and as they are considerable In number and of a quality above the ordinary he should more than make good. Jiaaie uugan, whose ability cannot be questioned, Is seen In the silks of the Bel mont stable. The chairman of the Jockey club will race on an extensive scale this sesson. 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