Show BE NO COLOR PREJUDiCE By Harry Hon D Cashman New York Y June 11 1 In many quarters Quarters tors there has been an nn evident de dc deBiro desire sire Biro to Lo stir up ulI a racial prejudice in inthe Inthe Inthe the coming corning battle between Jeffries and nud Johnson Somo Some have hoe oven oen gone gono GO co far tar as to cl claim lm that the negroes nO throughout the country countr would b como unbearable In the tho event oveat of o Johnson Johnon winning and race riots would surely result I dont believe a word of or It Hay Hav Having lug ing hI seen countless colored boxers In Inthe tho the ring some somo winning champion championships ships some Bottle losing losi g them with nary R a f sign of it 1 demonstration on account of or tho hue huo of the winners skin akin I Inn Ican can nn see aeo no reason ronson to throw all prece precedent precedent dent out ot of o tho the window In the July Jul 4 affair Nobody eer eser wanted to mob Joo Joe Gans Cans when be he won and ho he was wasa Waso a o pretty frequent winner nor Geo Gee nor Joe Wolcott Surely tho the thelast last named was more offensive lu iu his egotism than Johnson even cen if t the tho theother theother other two ITO ran ma mar furnish bad bud Illustrations illustrations I on account of o their gentlemanly demeanor at times Tho rho big bl affair is a contest between I Imen men not maces laces of men mono Those rs who have drawn the tho color line In la tho the past have hrc almost with without without Uh I out exception done dono so because there thero happened to be a negro of ol their weight whom they the feared Take Bil BU Billy I ly Iy tabooing the th colored light fight ore en for Cor instance Without closing your our eyes oyes In thought tor for an instant can cnn conjure a picture of or Sam you I line lino Langford Sam Is ia color reason It Is la not any little nicety nicely of sentiment Jimmy Britt advertis advertised ed cd his mothers aversion to tho the negro ne net netro negro gro ro widely as nil the real cause of oC his dodging Joe Yet when he was sas able to frame his hie light fight with tho the ao so that hint his record might ought be untarnished he took the lie bait with one gulp Jeffries himself drew tho the color lino line immediately after Jack Johnson beat bent Jack Jeffries to 10 a pulp His stand Indefensible In however aa as ho he had lad was 16 fought foucht and trained with negroes ne rocs all nIl The only reason renson through his Jeff Jet ever eyer advanced was wa the tho womans Just because racial I believe there was as much feeling shown at itt tho the JA 11 Cross Cro Willie Fitzgerald bouts as I over ever not noticed noticed iced icod and oven even that wore out In for forono foron 01 cries of ol approval and disapproval ono on or tho the other Oth l The Tho son SOil Imbroglio Is a match mutch of strength agility and science When tho the pair strIp for or action and md don their gloves It is merely man against man and the spectator who allows 0 5 Johnsons color to ta detract from his ability Is IB a very Yer bad sportsman indeed |