Show I CHAMPION GETS AN OVATION ALL ALONG THE LINE Movie Sniper OutwitS Outwit the I Promoters and Gets Views of Big Battle VANNAH April 8 8 The The progress SA S Jack J of or Jess Willard victor over o Johnson In the battlo battle foe rot the worlds world s heavyweight championship at Havana I Ion I I through Florida today o ohis on on Monday his way north was ono continuous ova ova- tion thon Not ot since the days das when John L. L Sullivan held hold sway as the king of or glove wielders have hn similar scenes and ex- ex been created by the advent ofa of ofa a righter fighter r. r amid suc a-suc- The days day's a s trip was made cession of ot spontaneous receptions In which the populace of or each succeeding city seemed anxious to surpluS surpass tho the en enthusiasm cW of oC thoSe tholo places Just passed Word Vord of ot the approach of or the be new champion cham champion pion was t flashed ahead and as asa 13 SL re result result re- re sult suit flags and bunting were flying ban bands s playing and hundreds hundred waiting In Inthe Inthe inthe the every station between D Day Day- lona and andl this city At ever every crossroads and depot were throngs numbering from Crom a Q a. a few score to thousands of or person per per- son Sons santi In many ninny cases It was as apparent that thai the spectators had traveled cc Considerable considerable con Con- distances for tor dust covered automobiles and horse drawn vehicles of or all an descriptions were present Although Willard answered every ever call can for his lila appearance and repeatedly made short speeches It became evident as tho day dM wore on that the towering lowering cowboy from Kansas was growing growing- embarras embarrassed embarrassed em em- barras ed b by the constant enthusiasm of or his admirers His response to calls for him to appear on the car platform and make speeches grew Grei slower as the thc larger lars cities were entered and he adopted several artifices to evade shaking hands with the hundreds of or ormen men who crowded about tho tile car Willard Wll Wil- lard wrapped his right ht hand In bandages bandages band band- ages at one station and at nn another ther hung his arm in a sUng sling for he claimed that the tho hand band that knocked out Jack Johnson was vas growing sore from the re repeated repeated reo re- grips of or admirers T St. St Augustine Augustine when when a gathering A AT of some somo thousands headed by hI a band stormed the tr traInS train tn one Individual individual indi Indi- vidual cried He Hey Jess show us the fist that knocked out out Johnson When hen Willard mard held up his clenched hand which looked as big as a small ham the crowd howled with wilh delight Jacksonville witnessed another big turnout the depot being packed while roofs roots of ot she sheds s and taller buildings overlooking o the tho yards were thick with men a and nd bo boys s Just before reaching Savannah where another great reat gathering cheered hered w It was rep reported tho pu pugilist had been offered oUtre 1011 01 for his share sham o of theatrical receipts for the next year Willard refused to discuss the report or state stale who had made th the of of- or- or fer I April 8 A A movie mo sniper HAVANA JAVANA who eluded the tue vigilance of ot nu nfl nu- nu merou scouts a ambushed bushed Johnson u and anti Willard a as th they battled IH on Monday Monda last for the heavyweight championship of the tue world and pictures o of ot th the tho contest This Is tho the opinion of Jack Johnson who learn learning In that films of or some o ol of the rounds of the fight were to he in shown at s sav ra rn Havana ana theatres tonight to to- to night at once to to stop what he ht t termed an Infringement of his property prop propS crt erty right nighta He consulted the thc secret police and applied to the Judge of the night courts for or an Injunction The Thel merits of or the t complaint coul couk not be acted upon Immediately Immediate and the Judge advised the champion ox-champion to servo serve a written notice of his claim on the firm or of theatrical tl managers who managers who had hai distributed the films promising to 10 Is Issue issue Is- Is sue an injunction tomorrow should the law warrant it |