Show ARE THEY AFRAID OF THE NEGRO Every one who reads the sporting pages of at the daily dally papers must be im impressed Impressed impressed pressed with the definite purpose to t bully Prizefighter Johnson out of any anything anything thing like equal chances in the ring against Prizefighter Jeffries There is ismore Ismore ismore more than a suspicion that that por portion portion tion Uon of the sporting world which wants Jeffries to win Is afraid of Johnson Cartoon paragraph paid interviews with prize ring celebrities fake pro pronouncements pronouncements from professional pugs regular articles signed by men who furnish copy for a meal ticket these thick as autumn leaves In have been crowding the sporting pages of the daily dally press And the very big majority of them declare the negro to be a coward a quitter a clumsy fellow the devotee of a flat flatfooted flatfooted flatfooted footed method which is impossible Impo And Andall Andall Andall all or most of them insist that Jeffries is an unconquerable giant with In Invincible invincible spirit and unmatchable prowess plus a lofty lotty soul that would do credit to makers of at states and na nations tons And all that sort of ot rot Let Lot them fight their since they will wUl And let the best man win Let pencil pushers and crumb pickers from championship tables be fair enough to give the colored man an even chance Unless they want to confess that that they are ore afraid of at him and hope more from intimidation than from their challenger |