Jack Johnson

WASHINGTON, July 5, 1910 (UP) - One striking evidence of the superiority of the United Press service on the Jeffries-Johnson fight was presented in Washington, where it came into sharp competition with both the Associated Press and the Hearst service.

RENO, Nev., July 5, 1910 (UP) - "The fighting game is not dead in Nevada," Gov. Dickerson told the United Press today.

NEW YORK, July 5, 1910 (UP) - When news that Johnson had defeated Jeffries flashed over the wires last night, riots between whites and blacks followed in a dozen cities of the country, and reports this morning increase the number and add to the list of injured.

RENO, Nev., July 5, 1910 (UP) - Perhaps it was a case of youth being served. Perhaps it was something else, perhaps it was a piece of luck. At any rate Jack Johnson today stands forth as the greatest heavyweight in the world, with none to dispute his title unless it is Sam Langford, fully as confident as Jeffries was yesterday that he can take the champion's measure.

Omaha, Neb. - One negro killed and several injured. Dozens of arrests in race riots.

CHICAGO, Jan. 22, 1914 (UP) - Attorneys for Jack Johnson, negro prizefighter, in a brief for a new trial filed with the Unites States court of appeals, today argued that not only must the commercial element be proven, but it must be shown that the victim of a white slaver was compelled by force to lead an immoral life before conviction can be obtained under the Mann act.