A BAD REPUTATION.
(Per Independent Service.) LONDON, June 17. Jack Johnson startled the inhabitants of the East End by driving through Whitechapel in a huge new motor-car. The puglist was attired in his Sunday best. He *has taken to the frock coat and silk hat —the latter shiningly resplendent—in preparation for Coronation Day. He was sitting at ihe wheel of his car smiling from side to side of the thoroughfare at the crowds of people, who quickly recognised and heartily welcomed the black champion, when somehow his automobile got tangled up with a couple' of oilier vehicles, and a pretty bad smash resulted. Johnson was unhurt. The police took the names of all the people concerned, and the pugilist was accused by some of the bystanders of going too fast. “I wasn’t speeding,” said Johnson. ‘‘But I guess my reputation must have travelled ahead of me.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 July 1911, Page 5
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146A BAD REPUTATION. Greymouth Evening Star, 1 July 1911, Page 5
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