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Show JACK JOHNSON HAS STARTEDTRAINING Chicago, April 13 After a day layoff, lay-off, due to his appearance in cour', Champion Jack Johnson put in a hard training session yesterday. He struck out with his trainers for Michigan avenue, and then to Washington Park and back again, a distance of about 10 miles. Upon his return to his quarters the. negro boxed with Cutler and Cotton and finished bis day's training with an hour's gymnasium work. . Tho champion asserted, if no other court proceedings Interferes, he will continue Ihls sort of work every day until he leaves for the coast. Johnson displayed a keen Interest In the Langford-Parry fight. He thought Langford would win. but looked look-ed for n quicker finish. When told of i the result, Johnson said either Harry is Improving or Langford going back-After back-After he had finished bis training, lh champion motored to the city where he purchased fifteen hundred dollars' worth of chandeliers and other apparatus appar-atus for lighting his hnute. Promoter Jack ('.lesson, who was to have left for San Francisco yesterday, yester-day, will stop another day to close 'devils with local railroad officials for handling admission tickets In conjunction conjunc-tion with railroad tickets. |