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Sport: The Law Forbids It?

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TIME

Most people considered Jack Johnson a cooked coon when the doors of Leavenworth Prison closed behind him. Not so Johnson. He has signed articles to fight Erminio Spalla, Italian champion who aroused Premier Mussolini to ecstatic eulogy, in Newark during the latter part of August. Owing to Johnson’s age and his criminal activities, it is doubtful whether the authorities will countenance the bout.

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