Show I SOME LIVE SPORTING C I AUSTRALIAN L MARKS NEW EPOCH p First Time Negro Ever Evel Had Chance at Worlds World's I Championship I HEAVY PURSE is IS PUT UP UPI I Should Negro Win He Will Will Have Fight Fans of World at His Feet BY JA JAMES IES J J. CORBETT Chicago o Nov iO 22 I 2 I was asked time the i day if IC f Jack Johnson wolfa would be K the Irs firs colored first man who took part tn In a a. n F hea t championship champlon- champlon ship fight So far tar as I J know now he hc Is NO Xo black man maui was E ever Ee e l' l given a l chance tItle b by an any holder of the h heavyweight av either In America T or abroad In the tho of Peter Jacksons Jackson's care career i. i r he Issued a a. challenge Sullivan but a. a e to fight right was turned down doyn own Joan Joum I L L. may not have havo b bo been en n afraid of or Peter I but hm ne Je had to too much touch respect for himself himself him him- self and the 1 IU ho held hew to take lake a an any I chances or of C dr dropping It to a colored man I rou ought ht lt Jacks Jackson n about the tho time he i was nas at nt his I Inas best He lie was stilL a youngster young young- I ster and not nearl nearly as good as I was i a few Cew years later yet ct I was only prevented pre pro vented from carrying away n n. victory v r because of 01 a broken hand and as ns It wa was w.-vs the trie battle went to a draw after alter Gl 61 rounds FoUnds of ot fighting With Peter Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son out of ot the Wa way thero there was no imo e c lomed man worthy worth of oC being classed with an any one of ot three or four roUl white I lighters fighters in the heavyweight ht class Hob fbi was never given ghen much con- con sl conJ 4 J I lure j I There Thore Is Js something about the heavy i weight championship title that snakes makes makes I It moro more than the other othel ring titles It Il is probably duo due to thIs high pc pedestal estal upon which the hen heavyweight lighter JI i la Is placed that no black inn iliA n a Jn line been given a CL chance to beat beal him I Johnson is hi the thc purest type of oC the tho negro He has all of oC the black man characteristic oven o Including ln tho the sen sea I and superstitious nature Burns In giving Johnson the tho fight has hm stepped lower bower than any fighter In history an and If It ho wins the public will wll probably Ray any ny It was vas as because o of the tho large streak of ot yellow eno In Johnsons Johnson's i makeup mn It i Is true that Burns will wil receive the tho highest price ever paid a heavyweight fighter I for stepping Into a A. ring rint but wh why shouldn't ho In this Ila lay day of or ring prosperity when nhen ho Is stepping lower than any other champion champion champion cham cham- pion fighter evor or stooped No colored man u ever had tho the c chance Johnson will have to gait gain distinction I in the pugilistic world and should ho howin howin win be he will have overy every country in the tho world at his feet in which to make mak money I I I 1 i. i I I p. p L k Yf 4 Ip j i. i I j I 41 4 1 fl fl I I II I i iI iI I I j LEFT END DOWD OF PRINCETON TEAM |