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JOHNSON HITS ROAD.«LII Awthaw” Starts Orchestra and Plays Big Fiddle.”SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 11.—The Johnson training program was not changed in the least today Shortly after 8 o’clock In the morning he called Tom I.lttle, Cotton, Cutler and Barney Furey for the run over the boulevards and hills Having mapped out a course that gives him- about twelve miles of level road and hill climbing, Johnson will stick to it for the present week at least, He sprinted for short distances and then fell back Into a ,1og, occaslonaUy stop-plug £or a short rest to give his trainers a chance to get. their breath. The champion swind, which .It was thought might need alittle nuiblng, has shown up weil. and the trainers are chuckling at the ease witn which Johnson takes his work.Next week, said Johnson when he had come In off the road, ”1 will Increase^ i mm-r.lng road work, except, on the days l o\n to box. I don t want to start this ,thingtdTexURtekaui, who has returnedI from a trip to Ben Lomond, where he talked the referee ouestlon over with Jeffries, had a conference today with George J'l 8jr manager for Johnson. Rickard admits, however, the prospects are that the promoters will liavo to do th'elr own selecting.■‘Little told me,” said Rickatd, Johnson would stick out for either Jack Welch or Eddie Graney 1 don't believe there Is a rttance Jeffilea would jaceept Welch and I ftSt not cci tain whether Graney wou d be RdtiBfactory But one tiling’ is certaini If the men can not reach a decision ort Monday, Gteason and If|wlll take the matter into01JoQ^Ohoynakit with his ideas of music and literature, as related to pugilism, s'™ , located in Johnson's camp instead of down at Ben Lomond with Joffrles. The Chicago heavy weight would And plenty of opportunity to work along hie pet lnas, for John-6011 \n a great lover of music- and has; already organized an orchestra hhjojn, In which the fighter is one nf the chief per-^^in^hiB private quarters at the beach, where he can have plenty of mihlo, Johnson spends his evenings He, himself, is an J^pert musician on the bass viol, and next to ms automobile he treasures the “big fiddle, as b\ calls it, and carries it with him Y12er; rvV he goes Mrs. Johnson is a vtouniot or no Siean abilitv anrl with George Cotton, pianist, the Johnson orchestra has a fair start.
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Wed, May 11, 1910
Page 16
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