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Show CHOYNSKI OILY iH io McyoioOi opi This, However, Was in Early Days, Before Black Man . Was Onto Game. By Leased WIro to The Tribune. NEW YORK. March 19. Jack Johnson Is the "bad man" of tho ring, according to Joe ChoynskI, tho only man who ever knocked Johnson out. And this knockout knock-out camo In the early days beforo Johnson John-son know much of the game. Speaking of tho ovent, ChoynskI says: "As the only man who ever knocked JohnBon out, it might be Inferred that I know considerable con-siderable of tho punching ability of this big black man who will soon battle for the supremacy 6f tho word. It was . In Galveston, Tex., In 1901, that Johnson and I mot. Tho nogro, stripped, was a formidable antagonist. Ills long, gorllla-Ilko gorllla-Ilko arms wero muscular and he was extremely ex-tremely quick on his feet. Knocked Out in Third. "I was promised 5Q0 and a percentage of tho gate receipts to knock out the negro, and as soon as I got Into the ring T commenced to formulate my plans. I was sklpplug around Johnson, darting and ducking, while he was doing the some to me. I don't think thero was a blow struck In the 'first two rounds. In the third I Haw something must bo done. I purposely raised my guard to havo Jack load to my ribs, and he bit. I lashed out with a loft hook for his jaw, and In those days I had a mighty wallop. I reached for the point of the Jaw. but the blow was high and caught the big follow right behind tho eye. He wont down with a terrible crash. Both Sent to Jail. Just as 1 wnB congratulating myself, the sheriff and a couple of Texas rangers arrested us both. We spent a month In Jail and neither got a cent for the fight. Then we were ordered out of the state, and I don't think olthor ono of us has been back since. I gavo Johnson his first scientific lessons In that Jail at Calves-ton Calves-ton and he was a mighty apt pupil." |