JOHNSON-WILLARD FIGHT.
On Saturday next Mr W. Low, the .w'ell-knovra theatro entrepreneur;, Trill present at His Majesty's Theatre his exclusive copy of the Johnson-Willard battle for the Aworl^s championship. This pidture should be popular, inasmuch as it depicts tho wresting away from the black races, represented by Jack Johnson' of the heavy-weight boxing championship of the tvox'ld, Four cameras were employed m filming tlie fight, and, the result is a complete and perfect record of the great contest. In the 26th round a. close-up view is given of the final blows, one m the stomach and the other m the jaw, which laid the black champion low, , ; .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13972, 19 April 1916, Page 5
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107JOHNSON-WILLARD FIGHT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13972, 19 April 1916, Page 5
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