Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-04-08 | Page 3 | Tom Painter Thinks Well of Former Champion

! TOM PITER THIS WEIL OF FORMER CHAMPION Von, Painter the prominent sheep-ttian sheep-ttian of Evanston, Wyo . and perhaps ihe best known referee fnr hoxinu contests in tbe west, spent yesterday afternoon with Opsden friends Speaking of the Millard-Johnson fight at Havana. Mr. Painter said he expected Johnson to win before the fifteenth round but th.t. when ho failed to do so. it was quite certain ihat Willard would wrest the (ham B pionship from him He considered it a case of a young, vlporous man win-Ding win-Ding agaiust scientific odds In a lone; 4 fight, t "I think there Is no heavy man in the ring w ho can lake any thing away t from Johnson within L'O rounds,'" said t Mr Painter, "nnd he deserves credit r for going 26 rounds with a giant, even f if Willard is not a scjeniili'; man. Poo- t pie should give Johnson more credit ' than they do. as he fought Willard on r the square and has alwavs fought on r the square His black skin Should make no difference, when he is oon-, oon-, sidercd as a fighter Jack Johnson has outclassed all the heavyweight fighters in mastering the fistic BCi-ence BCi-ence "