JACK JOHNSON.
The fact Iflirft "Jack" Johnson, the r.lsgrb pugilist, iha.s vanquished "Jim Fly,nn, at tee- converting Ms face into a veritable -oulp cf jeily, will afford immense 1 saitiafartton to those who pinned &e:r faitin cod fetf mor.i?y cm ■ibs .black fellow. For ourselves, we F.iave enwlealviDUU'ed rto work up am en • buoiaoni over the husln-cos, but we ■Java- uiLtcdy faikid m arousing more thai:', -a deep y:,roc cf d:;:gust r.ad resentment at such a display cf brutality being 'iiry!er/:(:'2d in .the name cf '•-port. Ppreebly we 'are too sensitive over such matters,- and our pugilistic ..ducat;'on hhs- fcfcen ei Mttle neglected. 'Bint w© ifafl to see how idecerlb people •can. gloat ever' 'such revolting details as those wfluoli the cable supplies of the Johnson-Flyim exhibitions.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 6 July 1912, Page 4
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127JACK JOHNSON. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 6 July 1912, Page 4
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