The evening world. Newspaper, April 1, 1915, Page 20

“a THB EVENING WORLD, THUR BEST —— — JOHNSON FINDING IT HARD 0 REDUCE HIS WEIGHT AS TRAINING PERIOD ENDS Champion Is Now Resorting to Rub- bing Process—Says He Hopes to Enter Ring Against Willard Monday at About 225 Pounds. EVENING WORLD HAS ONLY WIRE FROM BIG FIGHT TO NEW YORK The Evehing Werle # the on bac direct wire from the Mavens Race Track Willard fight. te ew ¥ Cty The means that The Evening World ig the ently paper in the ety that will be enabled to furn sompicte story of the fight and round-by-reund descr be written by Robert Edorer BY ROBERT EDGREN 6 tr Tee Pree P mg Oe (The New Youre Bow Vork paper th te own the scene of Jorneen fAVANA, April 1 JOHNS: pou “ said thie will probably his @ te we against Willa Monday Jebneon re » Vigorous rubbing to reduce his weight An Boer on the rubbing table usually take ff the required amount to keep Bim in cond: beginning to-morrow son will have ut down Neuids. Io words the dryin eas will begin and this te} going to be s hardship to the champion and te likely to make him a bit! irritabie Reducing 4u the past fow daye! Bill Soote who weighs | pounds and . the) !9 a ight Bes been a severe strain on 1 P enan a hin opinton adi thal agro. After bis workoute Re C88") gene today and he Twill win not be restra ned taking COOl T never aaw Willard before and was @rinks freely. His etomach is evt- surpr t Ris wie, but I don't think Gentiy very > fier he comes in off an a nee, All championa who | Se ved ay. for instance long enough get thetre. 1 have been figh my ® over twenty years and on 1 ne the noon mea’ about due, but not in thie while waiting for rank four giimes of water and some met fight. T will not fight again, as 1 ' | won't riak losing the tithe, If will r | tire Bet Johnson says he feels in exce Jent ceadition. and that he never gets arm-weaty or lex- weary Im appearance he is ™ burly than at Reno. What extra weight he has i# on bis stomach, but it Is not with it and any time in the next | ten yearm when I want money I ean fo out and exhibit as the only unde jfeated champion and get plenty. 1| m satiofed with my condition and | jknow Ican fight forty-five round but 1 won't have to.” n* mene - eee ~ SDAY, APRIL 1, 1918. SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS THAT PHOTOGH AHS BNarT ey wopreT « wat w anos Wine Yanks Need Left Hander To Put Them in First Division This Season oer — EDITED BY WILLARD THINKS WILL DEFEAT JOHNSON awe FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP By John Pollock were Hh er Casing is going nyeint and Bobby Haas Be een ta ing aa, | The hou ss, Frankie Daly of Staten Island, oo WiLkmMaS a : e Te Waa bide eh ues ti tim Cotter ne nsiinel Meine at the Pato 1 VILLAR BOUT TO PUT OVE STRAIGHT 6 toads. Jotun stent at St, Nichole Kink newt RIGHT — 9 s ER A . ta nica ae eh | Welneday with Carl Morris, Joe deanuette ac Absence of Southpaw Boxmen Has Made It Impossible to Give OFAN SON IS, PERFECTING ABLOCK FOR |! ats ahte bs rma wongertat THis. @nough to give Johnson the appear: | ‘ance of having a thick waist. CHAMPION LOOKS AS GOOD A HE POSSIBLY CAN BE. Willard in working well daily, te in g| Perfect physical condition and tn not nervous or worried. He thinks he'll nock Johnson out, and aald to-day: Ie my judgment Johnson is a8) ~The Aght may not Ko a round and ft good as it is possible for a man! may go twenty-five. I will get him thirty-eight years old to be pbysl-|when ET hit him. I never dared hit cally. He has a chance to win th®) any other man with my full strength, Aght in tho first ten rounds, but if the! put 1 won't hold back anything this Aight goes over that ho will tire much time, If Johnson is willing to mix | More than Willard, in spite of John-| wii get him, and get him quick. If gon's defensive work and his trick of! he uses his usual careful defense it Waiting the other man cut and mak-! wi) take more time, ‘This is plain ‘fhim do all the Jeading | Dusiness with me, #o fam not worry- believe Johnson cannot take a8! ing over anything.” heavy punishment a» a few yearn! age. He holds his jaw and body for! Punches, but has no man who can hit with half Willard'’s force. Johnson takes punches on the jaw from Colin Bell, only turning hia head to break rrangements have been compl alternate - {pals and promoters \ to-day and Hinkel of Cleveland, It his duty to sit at the ringside, for the selection of ar eree The pri will b - ay ready to step in to reli Refores the force of the blows, but when tak- Wiis, | cawe the latte Lin adie fag body punches to amuse the crowd knc out by a stray punch or sun be only takes them from Steamboat sick History of the Heavyweight Title Since Corbett Took It From John L. Beptember Jehn L. Sulli January 25, At p, 21 rounds, 1k94—At Jacksonville, New » Jim Corbett knocked out Fia,, Charley Mitchell, champion of England, 8 rounds, March 17, 1897—At Carson City, Nev, Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out Jim Corbett knocked oat (fg. 3. Corbett, 14 rounds, June 9, 1899—At Coney Inland, N.Y Bob Fitzsimmons, 11 rounds, » Jar ea J. Jeffries knocked out November 3, 1899--At Coney Island, N. Y., J. J. Jeffries won from Thomas J. Sharkey, chailenger, 25 rounds, July 25, 1902-—At San Francisco, Cal, J. J. Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitzsimmons, challenger, & rounds. August 14, 1908--At San Francisco, 3. J. Corbett, challenger, 10 rounds August 26, 1904—At Sun Francisco, Cal, J. J Jack Monroe, challenger, 2 rounds. July 3, 1905— ries having previously anounced his retirement, oMiciated os referea at Reno, Nev. and de d Marvin Hart champloa when the latter knocked out Jack Root, 12 round February 23, 1906-—-At Lom Angeles, Marvin Hart, 20 rounds. May 7, 1907—At Los Angeles, Cal., Tomm: OBrien, 20 rounds. July 4, 1907—At Colma, Cal, Tommy Burna knocked out Bill Squires, 1 round December 26, 1908—At Sydney, won from Tomy Burns, 14 rounds October 16, 1909—At Colma, Cul, Jack Johnson knocked out Stanley Cal, J Jeffries knocked out Jeffries knocked out my Burns won from Burns won from Jack Australia, Jack Johnson (colored) Ketchel, 12 rounds. July 4, 1910—At Reno, Nev. Jack Johnson knocked out J. J. Jeffries, 16 rounds. July 4, 1912—At Las Vegas, N. M. Jack Johnson won from 3m Flynn, 9 rounds. June 27, 1914—At Paris, France, Jack Johnson won from Frank Moran, 20 rounds, ed Sheepshead Bay Ve Track Is Sold to Auto Syndicate Riven the ren left on bond and mortgage pshead Bay track, In and its line, in cash, nder being outside of 400 acres one of the | ough of Hr fence comprises track is situated in ons in the Bor- not the prop- ishment aclentifieaiy when fighting NO HURRY ‘To TRADE, erty Wax 150,000, The| Caldwell, # temperamental fellow close, but his defense, despite his Fray ig aoa The famous horse racing course—|sale price —& therefore on some occasions and a big harum | mewn An aN hy he Pant ia waning Alfred C. Place, rot the Bria. | . 5 considered bargain by real estate scarum boy as all tim was not y when his oppone tol +» Tauntor the Shepshead Bay track—has been! mon, ax the ground is level and can ple sed with his berth last aesaon and | the net. + obaervntions 1 don't bee | Ae! Fea Pei gold by the Coney Island Jockey Club, easily be cut Into building loty after | resented Frank Chance's etforts to ie Fe He te eae ANON ERC Ail tela inte: | wl 5 ; > > the automobile syndicate wieh to dia-| rule him with an iron hand. 1 Oo aN a it i o! reentine Of which Schuyler L. Parsons is Pres-|coniinus holding auto race meetings | quent fines caused him te sum Ht, | fghter’s mind, @ and muscle atin Kenting fdent, to James ©, Nichols of this/over it, \apring, though, he is enthusiastte o te Pate. hing jacking in the cow| fected and carried on th » the elty, representing an automobile man- Xt le ithe intention ot the new own. | the prost an new manage i inches Dut Als wn strength, | (stl After M1 gaye return ta Bristol | ufacturers’ ayndicate, The purchase Bae XO BRET © ERAT coaigie BE Rene ARR Ronni He a peers, Kameneas and physical advantages, |” tx years iiiter the ‘sent the letter It \ price is $2,240,000, of which $200,000 was derbilt Cup and the Grand Pris. better pitcher than Caldw Pa ae Aika yg tg §8, Gonaon, $0; and particularly his fighting ini +] returned to bliin exactly as he had sent \ st Teawsd Sulzer's and adigece ree ene) Nose applied , . , : ea eae < . eastienane tt —_ je the Nosing Com b te a licetee, ‘The; mnretment a « tutstege Of Jeanette, tte Batters the Proper Kind of Practice—Right-Hand Pitching |inew club wil be bnown 40 the Amontan A, ©, |M Mie be ena on the Sanilne giant is shore ° it ts planned te have AL Heich and Gunboat will be coneh , 7 the world's grea! ywelgnta, Squad Ready to Start the Championship Fight—Backstor| Willard Has Good Chance, iF = . | tan Com (et Wat aa a if jam Tangfont and Mattling Sim Johnson, who | Brooklyn were today to lox fittess Department Well Fortified. S 8 White in n l zin | meet ine Gee Huntred and | founds at Waterbury. Ches.,.¢n Aphl 18 Cage : Same as ay A a U. g Thitty-fifth Street ng next Tueslay [is to receive $1,000 for his end, hight, have both met Jack Johnson, Langford : Owner Lannin of the I ox ha fieen-roind decision ot Chelsea, Sam, tot ,, 2mey aren the local t By Bozeman Bulger. frequontiy malt that he Would. Ive : h 4 Yi Jatuaon hing. smekcapy bora dorm tims gare. @ [Cee ROK een eee ca italy oo XIN—B10 LEAGUE PENNANT | $25,000 for Caldwell on a moment's eavywelg tte lg hart tight thas Mek World never moot bim| Mele * Name for Minnlt tm, tle, Sethe wold, HOPES SERIES. | Botlee, again, Jim Johnson fought tis namesake a hard N : 4 Coprright, 1018, by The eae Publishing Co. | FINE ARRAY OF RIGHT HAND ee ary sa Vers hall Mh = Aiwa io the leet (The New York Evening W * ¢ , | de jh wi rr of BOX ARTISTS. ap SaHei? Yye)| defeat Johnson, may develop in him 5 - beter tletared om ae Spe: ah aye - In addition tu Caldweil, the recom Biggest Heavyweight We've) that which I tink te now, tao Povaserece of. tye. Lesing deck of (AL, MMsCoy notoriety) HSTANDING the con-| nized star, there are Pisher, Metal aSaramarae | t TI mean is that when he xe Brees ect UrtwNe N stant clamor and consequent | Reating, Gol, Warhop, Carroll trown) EVer Had and Has Temperas | into action these things may come to le Caisban for tim Tighe the, Nea York thomeight, wil be search for heavter hitters, the Viel. All of these will be him naturally with the championship They mt Ns amt te. n the | na it ty qu formidable ment of Successful Fighter. | ¥!*8ig, his grasp. : shatting ‘iy 8. Cand on most important problem with the | te ee ent of Success f . With good. handling Willard © Was Bien the iQ Burne at the Fair- Yanks right now ie the pitching staff, | stato. 4 left: hands ve Ss ‘has an excellent chance to win, a This will be surprising to those who Up to the present Pieh has shoy Pras ant (chan nn, W fara | 4. Billiard Acade have often credited the New York |! ee a fig Hee On am aaa THER By Charley White. |gindiators No Hehtas ee ae tables, Jive at, & Americans with having 6 f the has a bad wind Which Dionovus | (Well-Known Referee and Student of| the schooling and fistic training of strongest squads in either it lying to corre y thening his Pugiliam.) \Johnson, He started from the bot- is true, nevertheless. ‘The ° {then whining HLS Jess Willard-Johnson mateh| tom rung of the ladder and he hag weakne smplete absence of ae ean lea Dae at Havana Monday is a seri-| Mastered every trick and angle of left handera, and at present no relet told him to pat that wind-up ta| ous proposition pugilistically.| fighter, He started in a kindergarten ie in wight ! grip and face the batter Up to this time few peopic evidently| way and had to overcome many Yanks probably the only Jirhop, who usually takes things|have thought so. Willard, in the] knocks to get on top, Irom the first : s ind ter than watol, frat place, has not been taken serl- {day he took up boxing his one aim min any mi fF or minor league thous idy for a an pt RADY . , | Was to win the title. | {the country that hasn't a single hand de. ously Bg rongper eek a | Johnson was a w for absorb- | © payro {| Livery is quite as nt Fight fullowers haven't stop! oO} ing informatior in every southpaw twirler on the payroll, Bt and he Raa vouiat up to itb Teenaee sider tat ne is the biswest heavy-|ycrt of camp and was taught the Dy pvan discovered this the momen Roy inh tinct a out hi Midian i : ever had, | have given] tri ks of th n of every welg he took cha and since that day | ihe Dodgers that Was a corker, and| this match @ jot of attention, and 1) tie begwed to be shown and t Scout Joe Kelley has been beating | he deel vee this arm that} beleve Willard has an excellent) proved on them, As a result he stands the bushes in the hope of find: cok. He will} hance to take the tithe away from] to-day the undisputed champion of} j nl Joble men, | Jolmson, the world, ] one, He joined the cmb in Savannah | icky in| Willard possesses that which Is lack) [ut have time, age and high living r : a few days ago empty handed, But] builds is still a’ Little overweight, but] Ing in other white bopes. He is of a away any of these wonderful city a . 0} ppert combination | should be r tin tw week, In nperament, The other big 8° His fight with Flynn was HA i [ene SERALOn SEAT SE Fae ae reer nite with Hiesokivn rose ee eon looking for John- bw his atandard, and the aime i hasn't given up. A bushel of tele- | the Dodger bith were made oft him en't, so far as L could! can be suid of his’ fight st | grams has been exchanged between | Keating has a at spitball as well |observe, shown any Judgment in fight-| Moran, ther of these men meas- Donovan and other major league |as a big hook curve ing. They’ run Into danger by leave | ured up to championship class, He | Carroll Brown ts ready to start [iy themselves open at @ critical may hg gone hack with increased OpAMATE {hE sPSsAvOr No § Me right now. He looks bette vat [stage of a battle, . lack of ring work against Jeither by purchase or trade, and | any time since he tft the Athicties ua doesn't mean that Willard} ecod: me something inay come of thin ina few | King Cole ts always a probiem, Don. feannot be aroused. In his bout with Founaon lethire laasia Jovan is tetting him i» lon in tum | Morris, he, chan ed quickly from a peeves pha | head a .fown Way and, apparently, that ts the [cool and deliberate boxer to a fe that he couldn't go a long route, but | Whether he be a really good pitcher Janly ayatem, ‘The only way the | cious prise funter, showing that hel it in a question whether at that age or not a southpaw is absolutely es- | Cubs ever got Colo at his boat was to | possesses the fighting instinct, Which, | he is as speedy in a long fight as he Jnential to a big league team, The| tell him how good he was from day | aft I ix the real essential quality | oe te Pee ee of thirty, or even z | to him to prove nee he strikes a | former, ‘ins to be answered next 3 Donovan says, for the Yanks belmg| gtreak this eecentme felow ix lable | Willard's boxing and hitting ability} AG here is another angle: considered such weak hitters, to burn up the lewsue. ‘The man- {are much improved since last years! yonngon has lost some of his speed oddity of that statement may not ap- | agers have given up tryine to telt |and for that ce a pone BM a| he till retains that wonderful ring wie yun. | Min how to piteh Jreal white hop ni ove! Ueda ie ‘opponent always [Peal to the average fan until he une |e or him alone," Joa CA ea ghad oonohinie cf mena: | geperuanip that Uis opponent €lway derstands that the w York club] used to say when the Cubs w ger and sparring partners and the ex-| ™ 2 = has been training for more than three| ning the pennant, “and he’ “lence he has had in the ring. His! —_——_ weeks and as yet not one of the| through with something, but the min- and ideas of fighting are simi DYNAMITE KILLS FIVE. . cre ute anybody tries to explain to: him Johnson's, He doesn't take an batters has had a chance to have} pag ¢ f and awaits an opening befs — ja practice swing at a left hander's | > ; the offensive. When he takes! Sixth Man Missing After Exploston | curve, Uniess they get this practice | the offensive he is a dangerous man, is a good two-handed at Powder sa powerful right hand| qqroN, MM, Apfit 1.--F j killed and a sixth is missing as ¢ soon New York will enter absolutely helpless paws of the othe | because j fight | upp the race suinst (he south- NING WORLD'S oy | EVE HEADPIN TOURN. men were explosion of dynamite at the : REACH EN. jt tn ply company. plit ve | LEFT HANDER ESSENTIAL FOR | WIELARE'S Aone Septet Hole Powder company plant, Ave | BATTING PRACTICE. ASLES HIM T The dead are:Jaines A. Coburn, super- ARAN sa th Hecause of his long reach he canjintinaent at, the works: Elmer Kolt If the southpaw is secured thy upper-eut with force when hit oppo-|iiinpe tiustave Miller, Clyde Davis and inks should be in excellent shape. 0.8, So, nent steps back, This i# something | Louie Murphy, workmen. Their right handers are among the fh Menaioe: | unusual in ring aft and oun be used. ae ceeee ~ = best, and nearly ail of them are al 4. x Mut | effectively only by a man of his great) ‘tem Meet, best, and nearly all of them are a Woke, 8: | height and strength. ready in excellent shape. Ray Cald \ No 4 Meat) Willard may appear to be awkward well, who came back after his threat Mteiufeld, 44 of his great height, but he ts {ened jump to the Feds, is working his 7 Prummere: | fast on his f (One Aten of ble ie deal (8 eats kK a Hanae |x much as two steps of an ordina head off to make good, and his earn | Yh ne, > ~ Aaite aue of his long reach |} Bank, and e Jest efforts are bexsinning to toll, His yh My! | and height ean protect himself | PS |first tial was three innings against ting. ngnter | Teo B compe ‘| {Brooklyn at Daytona, and he turt Willard isn't the finished fighter | With pr |the trick rly hat other champions have been, Ho in’ mosi |eould not touch him st is the prince! places “hase has still to learn how to inflet pun- aghe:, $4, Total, 888, and, above all, his determination to) it, the envelope clean and unopened 45 Store All the styles of the higher-priced Hatters at half what they charge. 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