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JOHNSON GRINNED;
WHAT BURNS DID
The following account of the
Hums-Johnson fight for the woilds
c.lniuplunshlp Is t from the pen of
Arnwn," one of the heat descriptive
writers on the Sydney Dally Tele
graph. Cabled accounts of the light
liy rounds have already appeared In
the lluljetln, and this view of
tlm tlghtr from another standpoint,
rhould be Interesting:
The first thing that struck the
huge assemblage about the big ne
gro was his grin an everlasting, con
lldent, self-possessed, defiant giln Ho
took It Into the ring with him, ho
carried It unimpaired through the
light, mixing It up occnslonnlly with
mine terrific blown, and an nlmost
r.ieless chatter of n deep, husky
voice and when the depressed crowd
Inst saw him, he still had It: and
there was something else with It
the triumphant gleam of the victor.
It was not a savage ferocious grin,
but the simple, good old painstaking,
faithful smirk of the negro that
would not leave Its native home.
Times have been when the multitude
has roared Its sides out nt that typo
ol grin, but on Saturday morning It
gave thousands the heartache. And
Hums could not drive It nwny, and
therein was the despondency of the
iiuiple.
In Its way Saturday morning In
the Stadium provided a great human
diamn. On the ono side a huge de
fendant of Ham, full of humor, al
most tickled to death with the sltua
t Ion, lively as a kitten, dancing,
pinnclng, endowed with magnificent
plijskal attributes, showing the
i.i length of the Nemean lion; on the
other, a s.ilhiw-looking, huge-should-eieil.
tcrrlhl determined, steoly-ejc-ed
ulilto tmtu. It wns a Joko to one;
n tragedy to the other. The one bat-
tetid his way to the championship
with a smile on his fnce and n iokc,lno9t tiouus. ine screen win ncip
on his lips, the other received the
terrlble punishment with a sullen,
i-tony silence that sunt the sympathy
of thousands out to him, as it always
will go out to the beaten mnn who
takes his gruel uncomplainingly, tin
wnvcilngly, as Hum's did on Satur
day. Hut yet It wns not the black man's
fault that the world was not mado
Kay. Ho did his best with quip and
crank and quiddity. He talked and
Joked with a tireless fluency at or
about Hums, or the spectators. The
gong had no sooner sounded the sum
mons to arms than he greeted Uurns
with a grin, nnd addressed him as a
mother would nn Impatient child.
"All right, Tahmy," he soothingly
f-ald. A few seconds, later he with
crlngly criticised the ntisenco of .newspapers. Hags, and other portablo
Hums hitting power, "Why, l.aitlcles, remnrked, "liy Jove, this
thought you could hit, Tahmy," lie
chirped, in tones of shocked pleas
antry. Later on he Invited his ileal -
lv beloved brother "to coma In." He
nlso Inquired scornfully as to all this
In-lighting he had heard about.
"Take u chalice, Tnliriy," he coax
lngly murmured, and then, in a voire
ol supreme disgust, with eyeballs
idling, and n row of gold nnd while.
teeth revealed, ho asked, ."Whar's
that'rib lilt of yours, Tliomns?" When
lit got tired of making unappreciated
speeches to his foe, who had no time,
for debate, he turned his attention to
Hums' party and the Bpcctatoia,
There was a code call from Hums'
fcoconds VTwenty-three lower
down," "Thirteen good boy, Tom
my," they cried. Johnson rolled his
goo-goo eyes, grinned, welted llurnu,
nnd took up the story "Fourteen
put that down," When tho nngiy
cpectators resented his talk, he glar
ed at them over Hums' shoulders,
threw another grind nt them what
n stock ho had of them, of nil shapes
nnd sites and besought them to keep
their eyes on "Mlstah Johnson."
Hut it wns not all speechmaklng.
This Ice-cool, blaring, dnrk-sklnued
gladiator found more deadly work to
do. Hetwecn the speeches, and
Kometlmes accompanying them, there
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was some terrific punishment for
us T1 M neKro """trlbuteit
some siCKening punciics in uie mum-
:uh. They sounded llko n well-kick-
c football hnnglnB ngalnst a wall-
whoomph! Then there would bo it
sharp, gi Imllng click that was the.
grimier sending his long, brawny
aim Jolting upwards to the Cumuli-
mi's chin. Hut, worse than nil for
Hums, as the men were locked to
gether the long tench of the negro
'enabled his right arm to have free
play over the smaller man's back. It
was raised deliberately, nnd descend
ed with gntherlng force, battering
and crushing on tu the flesh In the
uglon of Hums' kidneys. Human
cudurnnic has Its limits, and Hums
had to be beaten.
One other feature of the contest Im
ptessed Itself the fierceness of the
negro, when he dropped his grin ami
annulled Into his opponent right and
left. This wns Johnson's response to
the charge that he had "a yellow
slieak" the cause of the terrible
bitterness of the, contest. Theso en
raged responses of the negro were
ono of the real physical surprises of
the contest, nnd the most unpalatable
to tho disappointed spectators.
The sun did not wholly approve of
the proceedings: it hid Itself behind
the clouds, until the fatal thirteenth
round, when It gloilously beamed
forth. With the sun came tho end
It was the setting of the sun for the
White man, nnd the rising for the
lllack. Down went the champion,
thudded on the Jaw, to struggle to
his feet, dazed, bruised, and beaten,
to receive another. Then tho Law
humanely stepped In, and saved
Hums fiom further paitlal disfigure
ment; the left side of his fnce was
then considerably out of shape.
Happily, there Is a silver lining to
Australia to get a great ndvertlsc-
ir.cn t out of this grim business. He-
urea of the huddled ciowd Inside,
und the throng outside, were taken
by the cinematograph, and the spec
tators responded with n tempest of
enthusiasm, which will icveal to the
four cornels of the earth tho facts
that there urc people, and money, In
this land. Seventeen thousand In
side, as many more outside, and if
there had been space 50,000 would
have been the lecord. It wns not
the Stadium of "Huge" I). M'lnUuh,
but the Circus Muxlmus of Home that
v as required. A slick-minded Amoi
Icnn, bubbling over with commercial
Instincts, surveying the scene, ns tho
camel a wns focusscd on the masses
of waving hats, umbrellas, coats,
. .
brats a lot the bureau can do, Aus
t ) nl In will bo known where she has
netcr been heard of beforo when
they see these pictures."
There was a momentary pause
such as frequently unaccountably oc
cur In great gatherings a lull bofoie
the storm like then n sharp crack
'of applause was heard on the west
em side, where tho gladiators were
getting lendy for tho fray. Then a
big head, and a grinning fnce, re;
veallng great rows of gold-stopped
nnd white teeth, wns seen bobbing
about among the crowd, and with
his attendants making a snnkcllke
tinck to the ring. It was Johnson,
mid tho colored man was cheered,
with more enthusiasm than was to
bo expected from tho average talk of
the average nan. As, clothed in an
old smoking jiu-uet, ho climbed
through tho ropes, ho created an Im
piesslon that was never afterwards
destroyed he looked confident nnd
cheerful. That huge grin, that nlry
wavo of the hand in recognition to
someouo In the rrowd, perplexed
many. Ho seemed unconcerned, bor
ed evon, so far as tho thrilling ad
venture ho was about to participate
In was concerned. It wns plain that
the Hums party were puzzled down
in their hearts they seemed to feel
that (ho ui'gio'H confident c was go
ing In he a teirlble factor In tho
(oiulng struggle. It was.
Hut another sound In oko In on tho
crowd, clearer and heavier than be
fore, swelling nn n little thick-set
man In a dark tweed suit followed
the same track that the laughing
Ethiopian had gono over a few min
utes before. It was Hums, The ap
pearance of the chalnplon completely
set alight to the enthusiasm of the
spectators, and showed whjero their
sympathies were. Mainly it was
White ngalnst lllack with them, nnd
they roaicd defiance to "tho coon,"
nnd frantically cheered Hums, "Good
hoy, Tommy," wns the burden of
their sung. Still the unruffled John
son, huddled up In tho southern cor
ner of the ring, declined to bo wor
ried. Ho acted as If Jic had expected
this demonsttntlon, And again that
grin illumined tho surroundings.
Meanwhile there wns n dreadful
r.ote of preparation. Uesln wns plac
ed on the Moor nt the corners, n
small chemist's shop .was produced
at Hums' domicile, nlso smelling salts
cotton wool, chemicals, etc. Then
there was a little human Incident
which again rovcnled the mental nt
tltude of the fighters. Someone said
something to Johnson. Hnrkls Is wll-
lln'. Up Jumped several hundred
pounds of blnck muscle and Itesh,
and again that grin; ho strode across
the ring, and offered his hand to
Hums.
The champion touched him dain
tily with the tip of his fingers in
sullen silence. This gave the cue to
tho expectant crowd, who were greed
11 devouring every incident, Nhut
there would be i uxors In the air prcs.
eutly.
And If the unvarnished truth Is
told, that Is what they wanted they
had come ncross the continent, over
the Tasmnii Sen, from tlio.swcltertng
north, to see It.
The preparations went on grimly,
silently, In the .ring. Outside there
wns u continuous murmur, swelling
Into occasional loars, cither of laugh
ter or enthusiasm, Just us the crowd
was inspired. Hut In the ring, al
ways excluding that pervading grin,
Inseparable from tho dusky boxer In
the southern comer, there was not
the semblance of a sialic. A good
hearty laugh would have seemed out
of place there. Once Hums allowed
something approaching a smllo to
como over his fnce, hut there wns no
heart in It, and it got back to Its
lad to wait for sunnier days. Hums
gavo the ImprcssloiKof not being a
smiling man, when there wns nothing
to smile nt. There, wns not a spark
of humor on his side of the ring. It
wns dowmlght savage seriousness nil
the time.
Ills attendants went about their
final preparations silently nnd ter
ilbly enrnestly. An extra pull was
given to the lace of Hums' shoes, the
bolt was made looser, the gloves wcio
fitted to a nicety. No beauty of fash
Ion could have more enre bestowed
upon her than there was lavished on
thcsepuglllsts, who would presently
be pummelling each other Into obliv
ion. Still one nioro little Incident to
oate the tension. Postorlty must be
served. The men posed for tho ca
mera. It only lasted a few seconds,
but Hums cnet ono look of hatred at
his towering opponent that rovealed
all too plainly what his feelings were.
The excitement was intense. Tho
seconds woro leaving tbb ring, tho
last words had been said the Anal
ndvlco given from the anxious retl-
nuo on both sides tho referee, had
cad the law to them. Tho referee
went to the lopes, the gong sounded
Noah lliusae, otherwise "Tommy
Hums," of Canada, champion of the
win Id, While man, and John Arthur
Johnson, otherwise "Jack" Johnson,
of Onlveston, U. 8, A., lllack man,
were faco to fnco. At last the two
men who had lashed each other into
a fury with stinging words naoss
oceans und continents were going to
have it out. Each had the other, us
tho ruinan in "The Virginians"
would decline, "exactly whar he
wants him." Their quarrel had been
left to the arbitrament of skill,
strength, and courage Tho port of
Mars had been assumed, and It was
war, so far as tho law would allow,
between them to tho bitter ond. They
went Into action In a tumult of tin
pivcedvuted excitement.
1 i ilfffTii 'TTCT
The Kthloplan lowered over the
C.iuuik. Iu Inches, weight, and bod
ily strength Hums was beaten, but
In the minds of those who know hlui
best, his genius for fistic battle be
ginning where mechanical rules end
equalized nil this. Hums went Into
the battle crouching, his neck a lit
tle down on the left sldei Hums, In
icpose and, in action, provides an In
tel estlng study In contrasts, and In
the practice of the conservation of
energy, He slouches about, some
times even lazily, and loolcs all too
tiled for the serious Job on hand,
but when the blast of war blows In
his ears, the sinews are stiffened, fair
Nature is disguised with hard-favored
rage! he becomes the perfection
of alertness, and with the strength,
agility, and fierceness of a tiger. Hut
nil these qualifications are only rela
tive. Whnt If his opponent is stron
ger, more agile, and moro tigerish?
The blacky was more upright and
more conventional In his attitude.
Thoy began to dnrifce already, llko
prancing Btccds straining for the.
charge. How nimble they were! tho
big black astonishing the spectators
with his sprlghtllncss. Their arms
were semaphores, windmills; they
were up, they were down, they whirl
ed, they looked ns it they were nt
lust to be sent upon n destructive
mission. Who would begin? Some
what nlrlly Johnson hnd pronounced
beforo the struggle that he would
lead nt once, and drive the Canuck
fiom the scene, The prancing, mag
nificently trained, alert Canadian in
front of him, waiting, like a panther,
claws and nil, to spring upon him,
should lie be off his guard for the
Infinitesimal part of a second, may
hav altered his views, Not so. For
once promise Is equal to performance.,
Tho negro bounded In, taking all his
strength, skill, and grins with him.
It was Boon over. Tho first shot hnd
decided the battle. Thero was a
clinch, and n clicking sound, and
down went Hums, clipped In the
Jaw with an uppcrcut.
Some Frenchman who tried recent
ly to Illustrate his experience of u
knockout clout represented It as a
sensation In which thousands of
sweet bells were Jangling, together
with the wild rush of trntns, nnd tho
roars of the outbreak of fierce volca
noes, and he nlso saw myriads of
stars, comets, hogbogltns, nnd other
qunlnt things. Unimaginative Wool
loomooloo is not so fanciful. Its de
scriptive faculty Is satisfied with,
' 'K got a clip on the Jaw that wood-
encd Mm."
This blow, which shocked Hums
nnd stunned his party, was not vl
clous enough, although It was the
execution to blame and not the in
tent, to enable the little man to see
nil the Frenchman's pictures; but,
llko Mercutlo's wound, It served.
Hums hnd got the losing cud of tho
fight already. There was the Insep
arable smirk of the negro, and he
went In for a little airy persiflage.
With some grinding punches on
Hums' Jaw, tho first round ended,
in tho second round Johnson became
nn orator, a tornerman, as well as
pugilist. He grinned at all and sun
dry, talked Incessantly to Hums,
taunting him, chatting him, patroniz
ing him.
"Hums said nothing, but fought on.
Ellently, determinedly, as bravely as
tin could, but how hopolessly! John-
sen laughed over his opponent's shout
cler, passed the time of day to some
one he familiarly referred to as "Pat
sy," commented about tho salubrity
of tho weather, and suggested that
there were numerous precedents In
mundane history for the eyes of the
world being perennially focusscd on
nn estimable "paity by the name of
Johnson," or words to that effect.
And he grinned again.
Only onco was there a gleam of
hope for Hums he winked at his
faithful attendants after striking the
negro somewhat hard, and tho
ciowd wcro not loth to encourage
him to repeat It, nut It was all In
vain there wns too much strength
and skill In front of him ho was a
hopelessly beaten man, in the char
acter of the fighting there was noth
ing sensational. They would shapo
up, Johnson would make a few
Breeches, there would be a smashing
rush by the negro, and they would
hold on 'to each other for minutes at
a time. Hut In these clinches there
would be thud after thud, nnd the
clicking sound of a man's teeth be
ing rattled. The victim was Hums.
His face began to. look pulpy, his
left eye had lost CO per cent, of Its
usefulness, whllo Internally ho must
have suffered from the terrific Blogs
of the blnck man as he crashed
through his defence, nnd smashed his
right-hand glove Into the Canadian's
stomach.
So the contest went on, hopolessly
for Hums, treated as a Joke by John
bon. The champion was bolng slow
ly pounded. Smash after smash ho
iccclved In the face, until ono side
or It looked ns If It didn't belong to
the other. He was sent down with
cruel smacks several times, and there
was tho anguish of a beaten man In
his eyes. Game to the Inst, he poked
hit, tonguo out ut the swnrthy giant
who was steadily teaching him to
taste the bitterness of defeat by a
pioccss of battering that only a
brave-heat ted man with u tremon-
ilous capacity for taking punishment
could have withstood so long.
The huge, bon of Ham grinned nnd
'Joked to "the last. In tho midst of
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the tempest of' the fight he appealed
to Hums' seconds, "Ain't 1 clever?
Yuh!" Theie wns no response. '
There was a melee Ip the four
teenth lound, more smashing on the
Jaw for Hums, nnd ho sank hopeless
ly to lils knees. A grinning Ethio
pian walked to his corner. Klght Bee
onds were counted. Tho brave
Hums went down with his colors fly
ing. He shaped up helplessly. Na
ture had dune tho best she could for
htm. Another crash on the Jaw.
Hums wobbled. A man In uniform
made for the ringside, apd the ref-
01 eo stopped the light, awarding the
championship to Johnson.
Johnson, still like a gentleman
who hnd been taking of his dolco far
nlente, with a gleam of triumph
bounded to the ropes, nnd called out,
"What did I tell yar?
And JolniBon gilnned again his
finest, nnd his largest.
Six feet and a quarter of an Ineh of
copper-colored brawn and muscle, a
(mall, closely-shaven head, suggesttva
of tho knobby handle of somo mon
strous black-thorn walking-stick, u
pair of gleaming, dark eyes, and a
wide mouthful of golden teeth that Is
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good boxer started, his cat cur with a
barroom "rough-up." Johnson begun
his with a scrap on a riverside pier ut
Galveston (Texas), whero ho was
bom. Ho was charged by a compan
ion with some malfcasauco or other,
nnd forthwith sailed Into his licenser.
Tho latter was 20 years of age live
years older than the cotoicd boy, ami
tho possessor of n local reputation us
a pugilist but In a quarter of an hour
ho was "out."
Dan Creedon, of Australia, happened
along u few months later, saw Johnson
box, learned thut ho wns self-tnught,
and predicted he would grow Into u
champion, Crecdon, Tiacy, and n fow
other experts took 'the phenomenon
up, gave him a hint or two as tu train
ing, Introduced n half-dozen new lilts
Into his repertory, und pitted him
against a Texan professional of note
Johnson won easily, Fiom that day tu
this ho has "looked back," In a light
ing bciibo, on but two occasions, Tho
first was when Joo Choynski "the
toughest proposition," says Johnson,
"I over up ngalnst" defeated hint In"
three rounds at Onlveston, In 'Febru
ary, 1901; tho second, when Murvln
Hart beat htm at San Francisco, on
March 2S, 1905. His victims during
the last soven years Includo such
front-rankers as Sam Longford, Joo
Jeannotto, young Peter Johnson and
Hob Fltzsjmmons. Ho has novur boon
knocked out u his life, and Ib held by
many good Judges to bo tho most.
sclcntlflo boxor now living.
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