Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-04-06 | Page 2 | Johnson Unpopular Champion but Wise Money Backs Him

JOHNSON JOHON UNPOPULAR BUT BUI WISE MONEY BACKS BY C E V AN Al LOAN New York April 5 That grand old man Mark Twain knew what bat was what in the Sporting line when he remarked that It is the difference in opinion that makes horse racing There never was a contest with all the rooting on one side ide of ot the fence and there never will wUl be I r n t a r Already the are begin beginning beginning ning to th lino line up behind the two men In Inthe Inthe the he approaching fight and it would par paralyze paralyze you to know how many experienced experienced old owls aro are picking Johnson to win They are not making any loud talk about it but they are picking him just lust the same and It because they love brunettes either A popular fighter always carries c a lot lotof lotof lotof of sympathy s money when he starts he always has a lot of rooters who want to toBee see Bee him win because they like him per personally personally personally Johnson Is not carrying any excess baggage in that line because he heis heis heis is the most unpopular champion that ever lived which is going some A fair half of ot this is due to a race prejudice and the other half haIt to the fact that John Johnson Johnson Johnson son been a good boy bo even as fighters go The fighter need not be bea bea bea a paragon of ot all the virtues but he ha has hasto hasto hasto to be on the level with his pals and square in financial matters when he deals with the insiders If It he ho fails in these virtues he ha may be sure suro that the tho I rooting contingent will wilt always be lop lopsided lopsIded lopsided sided against him The Johnson men are not making much of a hurrah about him but they are talking Johnson on the strict Q T Tand Tand Tand and some of or them are going to gamble on him against their sympathy for the true gambler never lets his hie sympathy keep him from making what he believes is a good bet betA betA betA i A man who was out on the road with Jeff helping him bale up the informs me that Jeff thinks tho the fight will be a very soft proposition For some reason or other Jeff Jet has the tho notion that Johnson has a streak of ot canary in his makeup and the white man believes he will make Johnson show the gam gamboge gamboge gamboge boge the first time the old left hook rips Into the veranda It may be al aU alright allright right for tor Jeff to believe this provided provider he trains just juat as a hard as he knows how and steps into the ring ready to face a game black man but it may turn turnout turnout turnout out to be a bad betting proposition