RACIAL FEELING. JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 5, 6 July 1910, Page 7

RACIAL FEELING. JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT.

A SEQUEL NEGROES KILLED; MANYi j PERSONS INJURED, ! By Telegraph— ?rest Association.— Copjrlthfc (Received July 6, 93f) a.m.} NEW YOKE, sth .July. Numerous fights have taken place b«Iweenthejpartisans'.pf Jeffriesatnd.John■eon. In different localities many parson* were wounded. Two negro constables-.in. -Illinois .and a negro civilian: in New York wero killed. The negroes hold Keystone, We* Virginia.* The police are powerless. WHITES ARE GLUM. v MANY BET MUCH MONEY. NEGROES JUBILANT. v A TENEMENT SET < ON FIRE. (Received July 6, 10.45 a.m.) ' SEATTLE, -sth. July. The whites are glum over Johnson* victory. Many had bet, much money at heavy odds. Their losses -and Tace prejudice angered the lower classes, and many riots between negroes and whites took place in the south-east. There were, seven note in 'New York, where a negro tenement- was set- on-fira. Three riots occurred in Pittsburg, and one each in St. Louis, Pueblo, Atlanta, Houston, and Fort Worth. Clashes were frequent throughout the black belt. Only two fatalities have been reported. Two negroes were killed at Litti*. rock, and- one wounded at Illinois. {The negroes are jubilant. They gathered in the churches, and prayed for • Johnson. FIERCE DISTURBANCES. HUNDREDS INJURED. * i {, (Received July 6, 11.30 a.m.) ; NEW YORK, sth July. Fierce racial disturbances have oo- . curred at Pittsburg, Philadelphia, At-. lanta, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Houston (Texas). Disappointed whites are mostly ;fcha aggressors. Hundreds hwre been injured. Three negroes in Georgia, and one in Texas, have been killed, and five ■ negroes and three whites in Los .Angeloe had to be sent to- the .hospital. "THE GREATEST FIGHTER." . EXPERTS GIVE THE PALM TO JOHNSON. CROWD "SORROWFUL, .UNOOMPLAINING." ' BIG PURSES. f SEATTLE, sta<.>J*dy. Experts agree that Johnson is the greatest fighter. Twenty thousand pecsons saw th© battle. This muster included five hundred women. The spectators -were not demonstrative over Jeffries'-a defeat, but rather sorrowful 1 and uncomplaining. The amount realised by seat sales was two hundred -and fifty thousand-dol-lars. A purs© of 121,000 dollars, with a bonus of 10,000 dollars, goes to each fighter. The rest will b» divided, 60 pfer cent, going to th* winner. Johnson goes to Chicago immediately, and Jeffries to California. JEFFRIES'S INJURIES. '' NOT SERIOUS. SEATTLE, 6th July. The pl'.yaieiiUi who attended him says Jeffriee'a injuries are not serious. H« haa cuts on the lips and forehead, and his right eye is closed. WOULD NOT SHAKE HANDS. ] J. L. SULLIVAN~CONGRATULATES THE CHAMPION. RENO, sth July. After the- battle Johnson would no&ai first shake hands with, the beatjen man, but later he went to Jeffries's corner. Corbett, however, waved him away. John L. Sullivan was the first-io congratulate Johnson in the corner. Jeffries was token to his training' .camp at Moana Springs. WHY JOHNSON WON. \ CHAMPION INTERVIEWED. HE OUTCLASSED THE .WHITE. (Received; July 6, 11 a.m.) SEATTLE, sth July. Johnson says he won because he oufc-.-•j classed Jeffries in every department. Before entering the ring he was certain ne would win, and never changed his-. .mind. "Jeffries's blows," he. continued, "lacked steam. How could he hope to. win? With tlie exception of a slight) cut on the lower lip — roally caused,, through an old wound being struck — I* am' unmarked. No body punches caused 1 me discomfiture, and 1 am in shape for< another battle to-morrow. ' r Jeff ries deser% T ea credit, for .the gam» ' battle he made. He has heart and is a true fighter. None can say we did not .do our best. We both weie square. Nothing rough was said. 1 joked; told him lie was a bear, but that I was a gorilla, and would defeat him. "During the few weeks I will appear.j on the vaudeville stage, and ihan go to" Chicago fora rest. I will not fight f or sev- ' j eral months ; these is no one who could» j give me -a good battle. I pay no at-. 4 j tention to LangfordV challenge; a fighb ] with him would nol draiv."' j , , WHAT JEFFRIES SAYS. ' BELIEVED HE HAD HIS FORMER DASH. STEAM WAS~LACKING. SEATTLE, sth July. Jeffries saye : "I lost becanse yoatft was not there. I befteved that 1 had my former dash, but when the fight started I found speed and youthful steam lacking. 'Hie old methods wer* impossible. My light body punch had never before failed ; I gave mere 'low taps' on Monday. "My trainers will say I did not bat enough, but it would have made no difference if I had sparred a dozea time*

more than. I did. It simply was not there; that is all. I have no false pride. I came oat against my better judgment. Six years ago it would have bean different. I guess the public will leave ma' alone now. ' ' • THE DEATH-ROLL. THIRTEEN PERSONS KILLED, MANY INJURED. (Received July 6, 3.30 p.m.) LONDON, sth July. Reuter's New York correspondent states that already thirteen persons have been killed, and hundreds dangerously wounded, and gaols in several of the cities are filled. Serious riots have taken place in 25 towns, mostly 'as the result of the .whites' resenting the negroes' action in . cheering Johnson. In many cases the police had diffi- . cirity in preventing the lynching of negroes. . A negro was beaten to death in New lYork, and fifty injured. CHEERING IN LONDON. SCENES IN THE "MUSIC HALLS. *A NAKEDLY COMMERCIAL PRIZEFIGHT." LONDON, sth July. - Crowds assembled in Fleet-street at 9 o'clock last night, and watched the fight bulletins at the newspaper offices. • Special police were "on 'duty, and had difficulty Jn controlling the large and excited crowds. The partisans of the- champions cheered at every point. Theatres and music-halls were packed, and the details of each round were cheered until the closing hour, when the audiences flocked , into the streets, and eagerly purchased special editions of the newspapers. There were similar scenes in the • suburbs and in provincial towns. The newspapers are devoting columns to descriptions of the fight, but Jeffries's ! iailure has generally diminished popular interest. ' The Daily News says it is strange that f the most sacred day in the United States civil calendar should be celebrated before the world by ihc most nakedly commercial prize-fight in tho history of pugilism. CROWDS IN SYDNEY. EXCITEMENT AND MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT. SYDNEY, sth July. Crowds gathered at the newspaper ftmces awaiting the result of the fight. There was considerable excitement, »nd much disappointment at Jeffries's failure.