New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1915, Page 8

Hails Willard as Emancipator of White Race and Respectfully Takes Off Its Hat—James sonfident Ketchel Will Whip Nelson in Mair Bout Here Tonight---Alumni Game Draws Near wson Crumbled by Pace e Set Against Big Cowboy 's Best Blows Had No Effect on Hope of White 'Race and He Realized That His Crown ! Was Slipping Away. 6.—"“It was a clean the best man won. It m@tter of luck. I have no ng.” jere the words of ex-Cham- Johnson when he had re- m Jess Willard's ter b the heart and right swing v in the twenty-sixth round ampionship fight that re- ilistic supremacy to the and made Willard cham- & who watched the battle d for the white man to win ooked dark in the earlier Jause the negro outgeneraled er man and appeared to hit e willed. As Johnson's ows rained on Willard he 0 be suffering, but as the Binued and Willard found pbhampion’s blows were not it him out he appeared to flence, which he had seemed hen the battle started, and, coaching of ‘Tom Jones, he ook more careful. '8 old-time ring smile con- pughout these early rounds, sped and he found that, e landed his blows, they med to have much effect, disappeared, and from the o twentieth round Johnson pvery art in his power to ie challenger. After that pund there was little doubt p at the ringside as to ht was going. It was too once more youth was Johnson was tiring so fast fed to hold Willard in it his strength, ‘which was } that earlier, was unable Villard always ®ot the best fhting, continually landing jws to the body. Want Wife to See It. realized in the twenty-sec- that his hold on the cham- growing short and asked urley. The latter v t the time, but appearcd @ the last round. wife I'm {tiring, and F see her out,” said Jack. ferstood and carried out ish. : &) fily a little time after that d landed his terrific hody wed by the blow to pelled -defeat to bedlam loose among the of spectators, whe could lize, so quickly did it hap- Johnson was prostrate in nd that Jack Welsh was jhe fateful ten. The de- landed about the middle Ind. nd Johnson made to grab Willard, bed back and upon the his seconds feet. after his defeat Johnson azed, but he quickly recov- is smile reappeared as he that the hest man had but the and laid isted floor had in the ary to beat the latter alized the on showed played a game leclared nec amely, to make SSOT. Both 1 caution. Johr mning in blocking his more pnent. th Was served. fight wore on and pd all the blows in tion and had found their do damage' grow less, he pre and more aggressive, ir began to dawn the e of the champion. Wil- s were not so numerous bn cle: outpointed him, rd the last, but those early the Ka s glant did land spelled knockout for one but Johnson. fight ended there wa to which was the better Willard John- e AR Good Bread le is brewed like a housewife makes bread. are ; same cleanliness ; ind of materials. And the same nourishing ulness as well as being tful, mild beverage. ter Spring tonic than A L. E LAGER bars and hotels. 1f your not.supf‘l.y Yyou in bottles , giving his name. “Write fklet, « Good Cheer of Old Rland,” il Breweries, Boston a move- i Johnson fell | ! thus the news spread the | Johnson | | [ | | | | the | i | | | | | Gibson | ability man. Willard had fought his own fight and overcome the older master by the sheer force of vouth: the thir. ties had to retire in favor of the twenties. Willard assuming he a most un- There was no after the fight. appears to champion. boasting on his part The same quiet modesty was in evi- dence which he displayed for da before the fight while training n Havana, and which won for him many friends and caused the Cubans to look upon prizefighters in an entirely dif- ferent light from that which they had been accustomed. Was There a Knockout? There is much discussion as to whether Johnson really was knocked out. In the sense of being smashed into unconsciousness, he certainly was not put out. The consensus of opinion is that Johnson felt that there was no posgibility of his winning, and when knocked down chose to take the count rather than rise and stand further punishment. Johnson often has stated that fighting is a business, and that he would not foolishly submit to r peated knockdowns when he fou he had met his master. A second or two after Jack Welsh, the referee had counted ten Johnson quickly got up. It was well that he did so, for a moment later a rush of spectators to the fighting platform all but smothered the pugilists. For an instant it seemed as if trouble was threatened, and some fifty or more of the several hundred soldiers sta- tioned about the fight arena jumpcd into the ring and formed circles around vanquished and victor. Under escort of the soldiers Willard and Johnson went to their dressing rooms, while the crowd cheered and broke into wild discussion. Willard was out of his dressing room in.a few moments and in an automobile on his way back to Havana. He was escort- | ed half way to the city from the Ma- rianao race track, where the fight was held, by a troop of Cuban cavalry. Crowds lined the streets and row roadways, and the new white champion was loudly cheered. He wos decidedly all through the fight, and is the hero of the Island. Automobiles returning to the city from the fight flew white flags, and far and wide that the white challenger had beaten the negro champion. As Willard came alon the crowds in the streets waved fl and linen handkerchiefs tied to stick At one point a group of negro children, who evidently had heard* that Johnson was the victor, waved black flags at the white cham- pion, who was much amused. Advance Sale $80,000, Tickets to the amount of $80,000 had been sold in advance, but the $3 seats were sold at the turnstiles at four gates. Sunrise found men waiting in line. Some of them had been there all night. MRS, WILLARD “KNEW IT."” l.os Angeles, Cal., April 5.— knew all along that Jess would win,” said Mrs. Jess Willard, when told of th: outcome of the fight at Havana. She appeared pleased, but not at all sur- prised. Her only other comment w. made to Jess Willard, Jr., 16 months old. . “Your daddy is champion world,” rhe said to him him. of the BTG OFFEPS FOR WILLARD. Gibsen Will Give 8 0,000 for New York, Ap $15,000 await Bouts, il 6.—A guarantcc Jecs Willard, th- heavyweight champion, for =n ten-round bout with Jim Coffey, the Irish giant, to be held at Madison Square Garden some time in May. As soon as it became known here yes- terday that Willard had defeated Johnson, Billy Gibson, imanager of Coffey, got into communication with Jimmy Johnston, matchmaker of Mad ison Square Garden Athletic cluh. Gibson agreed to accept 55 per cent of the gross receipts, guaranteeing Willard $15,000 for his services. “Willarad n hardly refuse that of- fer,” raid Gibson last night, “and to make it stronger T will post the money with 4 ponsible stake holder before he en‘ers the ring.” Matchmaker Johnston will get into communication at once with Willard and inform him of Gibson's offer. ‘offey h been making rapid strides in the heavyweight division lately and has great confidence in his He plans to kecp after Wil- until he gets him in of new lard a | with the Irish heavyweight. John Weismantle, manager of the Broadway Sporting club of Brooklyn, vesterday cabled Tom Jones, manager of the new heavyweight champion, Jess Willard, at Havana, the unpre- cedented offer of $20,000 for a ten- round bout with Young Charley Weinert of “Will give Willard $20,000 for ten- round bout with Young Weinert, Lu- bor day, at Ebbets field. more than 30,000. Weinert matched with Gunboat Smith,” read Weis- mantle's message. After sending tt ble the Brooklyn boxing promoter erted he would repeat his cable offer when Jones and Willard arrive here within a few days, nar- the favorite of the crowd | matci | Newark at Ebbets field. | Can seat | | HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI IN ANNUAL CONTEST Basketball as She Was Played in a' Former School Generation on Tap Tomoirrow Night. West Middle school gymmnasium in Hartford will be the scene of a bat- tle royal tomorrow night when the local High school alumni basketball players line up against Hartford Pub- lic High school alumni, This should to be one of the best games to the basketball public this season as former stars of the Hig school, many of whom have em- | blazoned their names in the athletic world at college, will appear in uni- form. The prove offered local hard practice quintet after a week of is confident that it will win by an overwhelming score. A large delegation of rooters from this city is expected to attend the| game. The teams will probably line- up in the following manner: . Harmon Right Forward. ‘Hultgren Elliott Anderson Center. Moody e e Tohneon Right Guard. | Stepanian Whitney Left Guard. A return game will be played here Saturday night in the High school gym. Manager Ellis reports a large sale of tickets and expects mnothing ibut a capacity house. “Dick” Dillen | will referee the gam YALE WINS CLOSE BATTLE. Baltimore, ~ April 6.—Notwith standing the chilly weather, a large crowd saw Yale University defeat Holy Cross here yesterda 2tol. It was a scorching three-base hit by ! Reilly in the ninth inning to center field and a single to right by T.. Mi dlebrook that gave Yale the game. Up to this time Ways and Wallace en gaged in a pitchers’ duel, with the lat- ter having a little the better of it. Yale . Holy C'ross. . Batteries lace and Murphy. 341 TEAMS IN RELAYS. Philadelphia, April 6.—The largest list of entries in the history of the games has been received by the Uni- | versity of Pennsylvania for the relay races to be held here April 23 and 24. In championships and class races they embrace 96 college teams, 56 prepara- tory school teams, 109 high school | auartets, 71 grammar school tearas, and 10 parochial school teams, a to- tal of 841 teams. This does not include the speclal events in which Yale, Harvard, Missouri, Colorada, Oregon, Maine, Bates, South Varolina, and other colleges will have entries. I Sportography| BY “GRAVY.” ' BOWEN-BURKE BOUT RECALLS This is the twenty-second anniver- sary of that immortal battle between Jack Burke, the Irish lightweight, and Andy Bowen, the mulatto, famed the longest in pugilistic histor The fight was pulled off in New Orleans and lasted seven hours and nineteen minutes, going 110 rounds to a draw. While the Bowen-Burke battle set up a record which will probably stand for all time, the old-time fans can recall many other fistic contests which were remarkable for their length and the iron durability displayed by the combatants. Alec Greggains, heavyweight, and the Pacific coast “Buffalo” Costello, who died last year, figured in two re- markable contests in 1892. The first, staged in San Francisco, went fifty rounds to a draw, and the second meeting, pulled off at Coney Island, lasted eighty rounds, the men fighting { frpm 10 o'clock in the evening to 4 a. m., when both fighters and specta- tors were glad to quit. Danny Needham, the Minneapolis welterweight too part in two famous long contests. In 1890 he fought Patsy Kerrigan an even hundred rounds in San Francisco, ending in a draw, and the following year he stood up against Tommy Ryan for seventy- ®ix rounds in Minneapolis before Tommy knocked him out. Ryan figured in several other long bouts, one with Jimmy Murphy going fifty- seven rounds to a draw. Prof. Mike Donovan, the former as | ! to lightweight champion, had a close call at Revere, Mass., in 1887, when Jem Carney, the Englishman, fought him seventy-four rounds to a draw. Jack also went sixty-four rounds to a draw with Billy Myer, “the Streator Cy clone,” at North Judson, Ill, in 1889, George Lavigne, ex-champion of the lightweights, began his ring career with a seventy-seven round draw with George Siddons at Saginaw in 1889, and later fought Siddons fifty-five rounds in Grand Rapids. Sidons was known as the “Iron Man” and took part in many long contests. He was much the same sort of a fighter as Joe Grim, who later won fame by his durability. In the early days of the American ring, when men fought with bare knuckles, there were many long con- tests. Tom Hyer required 101 rounds whip “Country” McCloskey. Joe { Goss and Paddy Ryan fought eighty- 1 seven rounds in West middleweight champion, was the hero | of many long and grilling battle. In his t appearance in the ring, at St. Louis nearly half a century ago, he scrapped ninety-six rounds with Bill Crowley and lost on a foul, and in 187 Bill McClellan in San Francisco. “Prussian” Sheriff and J. Welsh fought seventy-seven rounds near Philadelphia in 1884, Nameski, TIL, was the scene of a seventy-seven round mill between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby in 1892, Tke Weir, “the Belfast Spider,” for | several years the featherweight cham- pion, figured in two eighty tles. In 1887 he met Jack Havhn in the famous “al]l night battle” in the woods of Rhode Island, which ended with a draw when both men were utterly exhausted. Tn 1889 Tke met Franlz Murphy in a little town in Tn- diana and they scrapped eighty rounds to a draw. Another memorable battle was that between Arthur Chambers and Johnny Clark, which was pulled off in Can- ada in 1879. Chambers successfully defended his lightweight title after 36 rounds with the ‘“raw ‘'uns.” Jack McAuliffe, the undefeated German Crown Prince and Crack Battery in the Jnowl' and kissed | CO and Broad- | Berlin, April 6.—1n the winter war- accounts of themselves, of the service is the hobby of the Ger- man crown prince. At the outset o(lllw CROWN PRINCE FREPERICK Wi, | GERMAN BATTERY HY SN”,E.,’&,l i | the war it was held that in the win- i tex fare German batteries have given good | overwhelm the German troops. This branch | ac would Late however, show that the troops have withstood finely rigors of the winter campaign. campaign the Russians tounts, German ! nooga, 3; Chicago Nationals, Mike fought ninety-three with , l | Scores Virginia in 1880. In 1891 Peter Jackson held Jim Corbett to a draw in sixty-one rounds in San Francisco. And these are only a few among of long bouts fought in the “good old times.”” BASEBALL RESULTS. At Lafayette, Ind.—Purdue, 6; Be- loit, 8. At Atlanta—Atlanta, Nationals, 1. At Louisville—Detroit, ville, 0. At Lexington, Va.—Washington and Lee, 6; Cornell, 0. At Washington, D. C.—Penn State, 3; Catholic University, 1 At Washington, D. C.—Washington, 4; Philadelphia Nationals, 0. At Baltimore—Baltimore Federals, 19; Johns Hopkins, 1. At Dayton, Ohio—Cincinnati, Dayton, 0. At South Bend, Ind.—Notre Dame, 3; Wisconsin, 2. (Ten innings.) At New Orleans—University of Il- linois, 16; Tulane, 1. At Norfolk, Va.—Mount St. eph’s College, 5; Norfolk, 2. At Chattanooga, Tenn.—Chatta- 2 At Memphis, Tenn.—Boston Amer- icans, 10; Memphis, 5. PINCHOT EXPELLED FROM BELGIUM 3 Pittsburg 6; Louis- 10: Jos- Germans Refuse to Allow U, S. Agent e 1 to Proceed Because His Brother-in- law Is in British Diplomatic Service. The Hague, Netherlands, April 6.— Gifford Pinchot, ex-chief forester of the United States, who, it is under- stood, had been acting as special agent for the state department at Washington in the Kuropean war zone, ‘has been expelled from Belgium by the German authorities. Washington, April 6.—Gifford Pin- chot, according to advices to the state department, reached Antwerp, Bel- sium, but was not permitted to pro- ceed further in his work as member of the American relief commis- sion in Belgium, although detailed as a special diplomatic agent of the American government, The German authorities objected because Mr. Pinchot's sister is Lady Allen Johnstone, wife of the former British minister to Denmark, who is still in the British diplomatic ser- vice. Germany has insisted from the beginning that all agents and consuls of the American government in Bel- glan territory under German military occupation should have no connection, however remote, with her enemies. It is understood that the state de- partment will assign Mr. Pinchot to other work in the war zone, FACTORY LE. Union Mfg. Walcott §9 Clark .... Burkhardt Myars Gaudet 79 93 sS4 430 429 F. Corbin. 73 77 88 85 466 s1 87 i8 87 84 Carlson Gorman Fitzpatrick Schaefer 50 97 Pupple ........ 85 84 416 414 417 New Britain Machine. 91 83 87 87 118 84 Earnest Facey Knott Wright Anderson s1 90 102 466 Stanley Works No. 1 Hoffman 80 5 Johnson Bertini Morse Lantone 4 *—Ties record. Pin League Schedule. April 6—Crabs vs. Shells. April 9—Oysters vs Lob- Pawnees Ten Tuesda Friday, sters, Tuesday, 13.—Crabs vs Oys- 85 | " BOWLING | KETCHEL V8. NELSO TONIGHT'S BIG BOUT Beat Jersey Citizen Sure. “My man is a winner. I never felt more confident of victory. Eddie has been down to weight for the last three days. He has been training for the past nine days and never feit more fit for a hard contest, He is boxing faster and hitting harder than when he boxed Ad Wol- gast in Grand Rapids, Mich. I am sure Eddie will best the Swedlsh boxer and beat him handlly.”—Jack James, Man- ager of Eddie Ketchel. I3 Iddie Ketchel of Grand Rapids, Mich,, and Frankie Nelson of New Jersey, two of the best lightweights in the east, are in the pink of con dition for their fifteen round mill at Turner hall tonight. As can be judged from the above statement by Jac James manager of Ketchel, the bo who put “Rapids” in Grand Rapids expects to encounter no hard work April ters. Friday, sters. Tuesday, sters. Friday, Tuesday, Friday, sters. Tuesday, sters. April 16—Shells vs. Lob- April 20—Crabs vs Lob- April 23—Oysters vs. Shells. April 27—Crabs vs. Shell: April 30—Oysters vs Lob- 4—Shells Lob- May Vs Friday, May 7—Crabs vs Oysters. Tuesday, May 11—Crabs vs Lob. sters. Friday, May 14—Oysters \s Shells. Tuesday, May 18—Opysters vs Lob- sters. X Friday, May 21.—Crabs vs Shells. Tuesday, May 26—Crabs vs Oysters. I'riday, May 28—Shells vs Labsters. Tuesday, June 1—Oysters vs Shells. Friday, June 4—Crabs vs Lobsters. Captains. Crabs—Tyler. Shells—Scharff. Oysters—Schroedel. Lobsters—Petchont. JOHNSON’S MOTHER SURPRISED AT NEWS Would Not Believe Former Champlon Was Knocked Out by Willard— Joke Played on Famlily, Chicago, April 6.—When newspaper reporters telephoned Jack Johnson's home here yesterday, glving the re- sult of the heavyweight championship fight in Havana, Mrs. Tiny Johnson, the former champion’s aged mother; refused to believe the news, “It can't be true,” she peating. “My son lickea, out? No siree.” So to confirm the reports she had a member of her household cable her son at Havana, as follows: “What about the fight? Was it a knockout? Who won? send ncws at once.” Before a reply was received, some | one, evidently desiring to play a joko | on the family, telephioned the news | of a Johnscn victory, which was met | kept re- knocked with cheers. i against his Swedish oppunent. The boys were expected to weigh in this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Keever's cafe, Ketchel must win now never He has shown in his training in thif® city that he is the peer of many so- called champions at his weight. He ¢xpects to bore into Netson and make the bout short and sweet.. There is no getting around the fact that Nelson is no slouch, His reputa- tion assures the fauns of some quick action on his part and many are going to the hall expecting to see him get away with the Grand Rapids cyclone In the semi-final “Joe” Ryan this city will lock horns with “Dick" Ryan of Hartford for ten rounds. The local boy's friends are mnoping that the Capitol city Ryan is in good con- dition as they want to see Joe show his real merit. They will box at 130 pounds. The curtain raiser will produce Stanley Kolowskl of Scranton Pa. and Johnny Sulllvan of this city in a si¥ rcund duel, TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS 1893—Jack Burke and Andy Bowen fought 110-round New Or- This ' battle, lasting 7 19 minutes, was the ring 1t lasted greater part of the night, and it was nearly daylight when Burke dropped exhausted. Bowen was barely able to stand, but he had the shade'in this greatest of pugilistic endurance con- tests, although Prof. Duffy, the ref- eree, called it a draw. The specta- tors remained all night, although many went out to get food or liguid refreshments and returned to find the boys still banging away at each other. Burke retired from the ring soon after this historic battle, and died in 1913. Bowen, who was u mulatto, soon afterward fought Jack Iverhardt and beat him in rounds, 5 hours and 38 minutes. The following year the game nulatoo died on the dayk tollowing a bout with Kid Lavigne. 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