Show JOHNSON IS S AN UP O TE ROUTER By Br Billy Madden famous as ns a fight el et before the tho present day da pugilists were born and handler of oC many of the tho greatest boxers the world orld has ever eyer known know n If H there is 16 such a thing thin in fighting as ns tho the new school Jack Johnson was the first pupil to graduate This IF is in my answer to Jim Corbett who claimed in a story stor In Tho The American Americana a few days ago to bo tho the originator of a new school This now school Is the pure simon brand of or bunk Fighters are only human Go way back into history and you OU will discover that everything now used in tho the tight fight fighting ing log game Is IB exactly the same as years ago In fact hae have the bulge bule on the men of today When I i they went wont in to fight they fought j Now many man especially members of Coi Corbetts belts new now school enter a ring I not to fight but to display their dane dancing danei i ing tog abilities I Its a remarkable thing that every new crop of fighters swell up 11 and pro themselves far superior to the famous lamous stars I have hac been hearing this since I was 17 years jears ears old and now I 1 am 57 01 I Men dont improve in in tho the prize ring T liH hu gamo game has hils always been tho the same samo and can ne never er change Fighting is I simply simp a combination of oC speed gamy game gameness ness nod and endurance Speed Sneed is It the I principal necessity But fighters such I an at Corbett and others othon wore themselves es j I tint out with their fancy footwork That I was the tho reason I 1 put a n wager on Fitz Fit FitI when he beat Corbett at Carson CarMon City I I Johnson fights tights jn JIl n the proper man manner ner He stalls and fights on the dc do Dancing around an all opponent opponent ent may mn be an inspiring sight but It never gathers any coin c ln Johnson can I get geL awa awu away from Jeffs rushes without j 1 doing doting a highland fling mug Corbett and McCoys argument to the tIte contrary y notwithstanding That Left and Crouch Kid K d McCoy goes Into raptures over oer Jeffs marvelous left hand and the tho big fellows crouch which ho lie sa says g la It In Invulnerable invulnerable vulnerable With these two great advantages ad nd vantages It took Jeff eight rounds to stow sto away iway awn Fitz And In the meantime tho the lanky lank Cornishman Corn lab man put over many a 1 hard haid wallop Johnson met mel Fitz Fit and through an tn accident stuck out his right ri ht hand and Fits Fib went down and out In two rounds By Dy the accident J I mean that thaL Johnson Intend to 10 knock Imo k out lilt Fits Fitz FH hilt hut allow allon his to stay stav the six rounds Filz Fitz ns just lust as asgood asgood asgood good thou then as ag when he met mot Jeff The Tho comparison Is not in faor favor of Jeff Ardent Jeff JoU admirers will yell jell ell Fitz was all iu in Well how do We know that Jeff wont be all in When hen ho meets the dark thunderstorm McCoy pays Jeff Jerr Ta rs r a wonder won er Ho Re moans means that Jeff Jert was waH wonder a There is a gap between is and wao When Jeff wits was at nt his best boot Tom Sharkey hold him s safe afe f in his h s two tiffs even If Jeff Joff did get Jet the verdict Everyone will admit that when Kid McCoy cCo was good h he was iv n 1 pippin It n was not many man months mouths ago a o that he I wit t |