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Show IKfll . IS 'ff JACK JOHNSON STAR 2l!i OF LONDON SHOW Tlil London. June 16. "I am going to ralH Ascot on cup day," said Jack John- Jfc son with his golden smile. J i The big fighter Is London's ' star ' coronation visitor. Indian potentates, ' foreign royalties, colonial premiers mi j are all completely overshadowed -fTl' since the black champion reached the ! Metropolis. Kj j Johnson was recognized while AK1 b -walking near Leicester square and the huge crowd that quickly surround- f ed him blocked traffic. Johnson's ad-S&1 ad-S&1 mlrers kept gathering from all dl-ZTS dl-ZTS lections and finally demanded a J! j speech from him. i The crowd, still growing, spread jg into the side streets, and taxis, om- jjj I nibuses and drays were held up in a j l solid mass for hundreds of yards . back. f.i A policcmaij begged Johnson to take - a taxi. He feared that the crowd : would grow unmanageable The 'jH j champion shouldered his way to a 5 ! cab, bowing to the right and left, a if -while the crowd cheered wildly. |