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Show ADMIRING CROWDS CHEER WILLARD AT EVERY STOP THROUGHOUT DAY'S RIDE Ovation Accorded Champion Greatest Since Days of John L Sullivan, Uses Ruses to Escape Handshaking, but Forced to Make Speeches, Becomes Embarrassed SAVANNAH April The progress of Jess Wl lard v ctor o ar Jack Johnson n the battle for he worM a heavyweight chajnplonsh p at Havana- on Monday th ouh Florida today on Ms way north was one continuous ovation. Not alnce the days hen John L Sullivan held sway as the king of glove ielders have similar scenes and excitement been created by the ad snt of a fight The day s trip as made am d a su ces s on of spontaneous receptions in which the populace of each succeeding c ty seemed eager to surpass the enthusiasm of hose places just passed Word of the approach of tbe new champion waa flashed ahead and aa a result flags and bunting were flying bands playlJ g and 1 undreds valtlng In the heat at eve y station be tween Daytona and th a city At e ery crossroads and depot were throngs num berlng from a few score o ousands of persons In man caaea lt was apparent tha the spectators had traveled cons d erabe distance for dust covered automo b les and horse drawn vchlc es of a 1 de scr pt ons w ere present Jess Embarrassed A though W Ilard answered every call fo his appearance and repeatedly made short speeches, it became evident as the day wore on that he towering cowboy from Kansas waa growing embarrassed bv the -onstant enthusiasm of his adm r e s Mi espoose to cal s for him o ap pear on tne car platform and make speeches grew slowe as th arge les were entered and he adopted ae eral a flees to e ad shaking hands with the hundreds of men who crowded about the car Willard wrapped his right hand in bandages at one sta Ion and at another hung his arm n a si ng for he said that he hand hat knocked out Jack Johnson waa growing sore from the repeated grips of admirers Shows His Big Right At Bt. Augustine when a gathering of some thousands headed by a band stormed the train one Individual cried He Jess show us he fist that knocked out Johnson When the champion held up his clinched hand which looked as big as a small ham the crowd howled with delight Jacksonville witnessed another blfo turn ont tha' depot being paoked while roofs of sheds and taller buildings overlooking the ards were thick with men and boj a. Just before reaching Savannah, where another great gathering cheered Wlllard 1 was reported he pugilist had been of fered 1100 000 for his share of theatrical rece pts for the next year "Willard re fused o d scuss the report or state who had made the offer toge her and in a few minutes h cam out U ghlng Between the rounds Jack never M a word to us about how he felt He ne er sad he was t red or anything like that He just asked the number of the round He dldn t tight Wlllard' 1 ke h knew any hi rig about fighting at all be cause th.t Wlllard can t naht Lea lng out all us bla k fe lows I can name four white men who ran ick h m and it looked to me 1 ke Johnson cou d have done better I tr ed o get a fight w th Johnson added M Ve and he p omlsed me a ma h but sa d ft would be only fo ten rounds and that t would ha e to be fixed Tet he nslsted on boxing Willard forty five rounds If it had been twenty i or twenty five I cou d understand lt but where did an old man like him ba e a right to think be could go forty five What good waa the tl tl3 to hm any more' concluded Ram He sa d h m se f you couldn t gt anyth ng on a title If you was hungry and the e vou d not have been no one for him to flght Boss it didn t look good to me Doesn t Coincide McVey a statement does not oindde however with his description of his bo ing exh b t on with Johnson a few da s before he fight. He sa d of that My manager told me to ut loos and liven p the show a bit bu I daen t do t or I would ha e made Jack look bad Vow there was no reason for Johnson not making a showing agafnet McVev so tbe fa t that be failed to do so s the surest proof in the world that he was through when he fa ed W a d It Is poss b e that he realized his ong before the fight It s possible that when he started to train he found h could not get Into, condition and decided not to tax himjHf in the effort His last rrinute hold up of h manage ment means nothing because e did the same thing at Reno and crossed himself The flght there was to ha e been ot a basis of 5 and 26 but Ja k called on Tex Rlckard at the ele entn hour and forced a split of SO 50 thus losing' a chunk of money It would be h grhly characteristic of Johnson no to ell e en r s wife the truth about himself Sam's lews Discounted. There is therefore nothing n what Mc Vey and Mills say that can be a ken as a proof of a cook up in Ha ana 6 t tt le Interesting as showing the attitude of Johnson s own camp follower Ap I parentl thev seem to eei t at tl ey I were somehow double-crossed Mc"Vy j names as the four men wl om he thinks I can beat Wlllard Frank Moran, Georges i Carpentier Jim Coffey and Gunboat Smith but of that quartette ft is doubt ful If n ore than one realli has a chan e aga nst b g Jess famous old t me spor ng man who sw the Ha -ana fight and who 1 stened to he M evian of of u pic on to da s mmed matters up verj tersely when he said I don t bel eve there was anjth nQ he matter with the affal but and he e he stroked hfs ch n I ha e seen so manv things- happen in the prize ring that I wouldn tee be surprised a an thing that e er does 1 appen WILLARD'S PROGRESS IS TRIUMPHAL MARCH i DAYTON 4- Fla 4.prll S Je s W 1 a d the new heav weight champ on ont nued northward today on s journey to New To k, wi h throngs of curious and ex c ted persons floe, ng to eac am et and i age along the Florida rou e to greet him Whe her the tan was s hedu ed to stop or not seemed to make no dlff r ence the stations were crowded ard he roads b ocked with automob es wagons and car iages of many who had ome m es to ca ch a g mpEe of htm W here er he tra n stopped he car n wh ch Wi lard rode was s ormed b scores who red to shake his land In nearly e e v ins ance spectato so sde demart ed a peec W Uard tried to meet a 1 demands with he resu t ha e was ext erne v busj e en. time the ra n stopped Just before the tra n left Ke W e the eng neer an elderly ma came to W lard s ar and ntroduced hi nself a lnsr Mr W ard I want to co srrat la e ou I an pro d to shake vour hand T ha e hauled ee eral p e den i o e h s 1 ne n rav time and ne er took the tro b e to shake their hands but Tm n gh y glad of this opportun y PASSPORT MAY GET v NEGRO INTO TOILS CHICAGO pn Jack Johnson n a have b ought more troub e upon himsc f b obtain ng an A.mer can pas port n Ha ana yesterda a cord n- to Cha es F lne Lnlted a es a orne who d 5cus ed reports that John on and sworn he had ne er been on cted of a fe on n the Lnlted a es that no cha ge was pend ng against h m and ha he as not s bje t to ar e t f he returned o America If e repor s from Havana a c on fi med said Mr C yne the sac de partn ent w 1 ha e ca se fo ac on against Johnson fo ob a n ng a pas-poi. fraudu en 1 PROTEST "SNIPER'S" PICTURES OF FIGHT HA ANA Ap S A movie r- rto e uded the k re of num rou us aro bush i otin o aod W7 n 6 a ba M oo onda a o he hoa. yr ielgh hamp o h p of ho o d and ob ned p ur?s o he oo ee Th p s h opto on of Ja h J hne n h eaxo og ha. fi m of ome he ro d hw flgh e o ve shcrwn ax sc Ha ann he a ora on gh a oo e s a ed o s op v-ha. he e med ao ni ngemen o h pro gh He n a d the aecre po a d app ed o he judge o he n gh -ourt o a njuo oo The rae o he omp a ado h a e upon mmed a r and h dge ad red h hamp n canrleno"e h M oo he in ea a munag h d d s bu ed e m prom n jua oo onto so u d h JESS TO REACH NEW YORK ON SATURDAY 1 B i n RK w I gh -n k m j a r a I (C ntinued on Followine Page ) BIG CROWDS CHEER JESS ALONG ROUTE (Continued from Preceding Page.) sta Ion at 7 02 0 clock and is certa n to be greet , ed by an enormous brong An escort of boy scouts will be on hand to ; accompany be vi to on a parade o the St. N eho as rink where Wl a d s to appea In a four, ound exhlb tlon p obab y w ti J ra Savage. W Ilard stops over In Ba timo e tomorrow and wl g ve an exh bl on there omorrow night Promoters Jack Curie and H H FYazee, wbo financed tbo t gh are to be he e tomorrow night. |