Show J GETS NATiONAL REP N SHORT T nE New Hew Heavyweight Boxer Steps To Front In Speedy Style nv n- SP Jt Sr ow MeG McG vy N p Ial correspondent of or 1 lie Copyright 1923 NEW iv YORK oruz April 14 H lor l'or For a fl fIghter who has really done so 80 lit lit- little littIe lit little reputation tle tIe to establish a national reputation tion Lion lloyd Hoyd Johnson has haa certainly the tho spotlight lately to the of or every ciery ery other bel with the possible n not ot of 1 red Fulton It Is Iq rather a curlis is situation Johnson came elst with a of or knockout records against cheap It was It-was was as a list to length but It was wis by no m q so long Ions as the record made by Tommy Gibbons in 1921 Anyway Johnson came cast and was usa ot at once acclaimed by critics and aud faus isho ho liked tI tie e a cut of his jib and hello cd as a matter of or sheer faith th t he lie budt bud hod a t great Ireat future Ho lie proceeded to give a bit of oC Warrant to these views lews by knock knock- knockIng knocking ing leg out Hob fob Martin of the thO A A E B r Then he was 1 to meet Bill and it Ws s generally a agreed reed that If he got by Knockout Dill Bill he would be entitled to con con- consideration con consideration as th the tho possible heavy heavyweight v weight eIght title holder of or the future Well he won the d decision over Bill Billand Billand Billand and at once ones became interesting to Tex Tec Richard Rickard who ho signed him to meet Jess Willard 1 Since the Brennan bout lies bas fought but once a round ten ten bout against Joe Lehman Lellman in 10 Grand Rapids Wilch reflected no credit at atall atall all upon Floyd d f Some omo of the news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper paper critics c gate him the decision butt but othes others thought the Iowan should be well satisfied with a 11 adraw adraw draw Just what was the matter out there thero has not been explained but most of or the tans fins aver that ev- ev every ev every ery cry fighter tighter lint has a bad day once In Ina ina a 11 while bile and that often times a a good man mon Is at hi his Jils worst against a tough slugging dub who doe n t know thatis when he be Is licked So that is i the way the thc thing stands now Personality ity it would seem Is the big factor In Johnsons Johnson's cas case IV Ir haired eyed blue-eyed with a pink and white complexion and a 0 fine squrire face tace he Is one of the most likeable of chaps Bright too 1113 appearance Indicates that his lam fam family ily lIy originally breathed the tho salty airs of the Scandinavian peninsula but that was very long ago o and Johnson claims to bo be American on both sides for tor many genera genera- generations generations hons back The house In Jes Moines In which he lie was born Is the same house in which his father tather first saw the thc light of at day and hia moth moth- mother mother er or Is of ot Old Missouri stock He lie Is Isit In it the full tun bloom of manhood Is i imore moro more than six feet leet tall and at about pounds lIe He has been in the ring as an amateur and pro pro- professIonal pro professional less lesi than three years He does not bear a mark mork ot of 1113 trade which would Indicate a naturally na no naturally good defense defenso while hands d despite pHe his hia list of outs outs are in perfect condition condition- He hImself feels foels the tho nead need of exper exper- experience experience per per- lence in re real l tights fIghts and so does bli pleasant nt spoken m manager r Cook That was the reason he sIgned to meet Fulton about which match so BO much fuss has hIlS ben been be made In tho the past week The fl fl- fl side of at that battlo was nat no the compelling motive in making It it Johnson and his manager sees se big money ahead and all thel their planS plang have been hId laid with refer refer- reference refer reference ence to grabbing it in good time op 00 |