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Show tlons on account of their gentlemanly ' demeauor at times. The big affair is a contest between men, not races of men. Thnso fighters who have drawn th color line in the past have, almost without with-out exception, done so becaus? there lrippeued to be a negro of their weight whom they feared. Take Hilly Hil-ly Papko tabooing the colored fighters, fight-ers, for Instance. Without closlnc your eyes In thought fr an instant you can conjure a picture of Sara Langford. Sam Is Papke's color line reason. It Is not any little nicety of 6entiment Jltnmy Brltt advertised advertis-ed bis mothers aversion to the negro ne-gro widely ae the real cause of his dodging Joe. aGns. Yet, when ho was able to "frame" his fight with the Baltimorean, t-o that his record might be untarnished, he took the bait with one gulp. Jeffries himself drew the color line immediately after' Jack Johnson beat Jack Jeffries to a pulp. His stand was Indefensibly however, as he had fought and trained with negroes all through his career. The only reason Jeff ever advanced was iho woman's excuse "just because." I believe there was as much racial feeling shown at the Leach Cross-Willie Cross-Willie FIrzgorald bouts as I ever not-Iced, not-Iced, and even that wore Itself out la cries of approval and disapproval for one or the other. The Jffrles-John-Hon Imbroglio Is a match of strength, agility and science. When the pair strip for action and don their gloves it is merely man against man and the spectator who nllows Johnsous color to detract from his ability Is a very-bad very-bad sportsman, Indeed. SHOULD K i COLOR MCE (By Harry D Cashmau.) I New York. Juue 11. In many quarters quar-ters there has been an evident de-bire de-bire to stir up a racial prejudice in the coming battle between Jeffries and Johnhon. Some have cv-an gone t.o far as to claim that the negroes throughout Hie country would become unbearable In the eveut of Johnson winning and race riots would surely result. I don't believe a word of it. Having Hav-ing neen countless colored boxers In the ring, some winning championships, champion-ships, some loslug thein, with nary a sign of a demonstration on account of the hue of . the winner's skin. can see no reason to throw all prece dent out of the window In the July 4 affair. Nobody ever wanted to mob Joe Gans when he won aad he was a pretty frequent winner nor Goo-Dlxon Goo-Dlxon nor Joe Wolcott- Surely the laat named was more offensive In hU , egotism than Johnson, fven if the other two may furnish bad Ulustra- |