JACK JOHNSON.
LATEST KINEMA'FILM. 8Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT, TIMES—SYDNEY SUN SPECIAL CABLES. LONDON, Sept. 27. The latest kinema film shows Jack Johnson losing the boxing championship to Grognet, the French heavy-weight champion. Grognet asks for the hand of Johnson's niece, and the champion consents provided that Grognet beats him. The fight goes against Grognet till the fourth round, when the niece l>egs Johnson not to hurt her 'Over. Johnson then withdraws from the fight, forfeiting it, and Carpentier, rushing into the ring, effusively congratulates him..
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Mataura Ensign, 29 September 1913, Page 5
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85JACK JOHNSON. Mataura Ensign, 29 September 1913, Page 5
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