The evening world. Newspaper, April 3, 1915, Page 8

atv] BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK WOULDN'T SELL Our HAVANA FIGHT-MAD OVER JOHNSON AND WILLARD MILAN AND DOES NOT apenas CARE NICKEL FOR PICTURES ——_ — +ee- -— — Referee Welsh, Belated Arrival,Visits Camps of Both Fighters To-Day-—, Champion's Backers Hold Off for Shorter Odds and Expect Even Money by Monday. BY ROBERT EDGREN. The Preas Publishing Co (The New Yorm Wort). Cable Despateh to The Bvesing World) HAVANA, Apru & that the greatest fight of a lone fve years ls upon ue—or possibly the greatest heavyweight battic of the centuries —Cube hee become | But Among the“ Wise Set’’ See ea ae tara ae ga | ._ Johnson Is the Choice, Willard and Jobneca. | called upon a Cuban house for a few minutes his two youngsters, with flushed and reddened facea nest biock, Ina in fisticuffs just now, Copyright Youth and Strength Most Im-| fort Comey is ready so, # portant Factor, Say Adher- | Ho is @ greatiy improved fig! Cagleneing thew ents of Ex-Cowboy. Was seen around here, Hy 19 going to piny a waiting game and aersaonnie esta will wear down the cham, 1 rigger HERE is a marked difference of bag! sa Pi yy is seriously bi ae mete eatieman opinion among the followers of! chould win in a few rounoe, ft haow ~ vthbony Bedi, sare mt usa ae, dia the glove game as to who will) how good Johnson is and t have ‘conferences with the fight pro- | °h a! ‘said Johneon, y, “ win the heavyweight championship | good Ii At these meetings Welsh's | couig “use another thousand “fens battle in Havana on Monday. All of| |! oT have seen both Hi it GEORGE ENGLERT ike Willa i i e é 3 3 who will referee the) from Key West last if 3 Hit, t and I predict a victory for 2 werk discussed wits those who have ventured an opinion | Willard ite has yeu) nd Y acipain, and he secured in-| Not « nickel” ebricked the “angel: t t ° t Gibbons Thinks Jess’s | have seen both men in action at some] and flights lust ae carefully os Joun. of the rules from each | 9° ohnson leaned Wh h F; g: h I time during their ring careers. Prac- | on. t will be a test of enduraace of against i ; sea tena hea edt rot of the Plas a e 1 ers emseives y Chances of Winning Good tically all of the old timers believed and Willard will have al the best of If He Lasts 12 Rounds. Ji sonnson wilt retain bis title, Tom] thente mets lone Ant: more than O'Rourke, & man well posted on af-| JIM COPFHY—I like Willard and HAVANA, April 8.—Mike Gib- | fairs pugilistically because of bis wide| hope he wins, generally | regarded the f/experience and knowledge as a], UHACH CROS8—Give me the Jess Willard Feels Sure He’ll | Johnson Is More Confident | | "ois, ™derstest champion. | promoter and manager of champion, | June, {ow every time, | Tink you' in pret if you win you training hero yosterday. He 9 [ '9 & strong Johnson supporter. Willard wit wear him out. get 682000 “n saah ve “ee mane Score a Knockout. Than at Reno. that Jess is in great condition, || “HONEST JOHN" KELLY—Jonn-| FREDDIE 'WHLSH—T look ag) fight. If you lose you'll get two or but is not impressed with his box- [| son is too good for Willard. He te yoy for Johnson in about denen for retro the fs it | gn are naan aay Of Contest for Heavyweight Title ° oO fg probable that he will call a con pe Mdctormined teers A. posit Lal He doesn't like his footwork, three hundred thousand out of By Jess Willard. By Jack Johnson. Willard {not too old and can hit as hard as| BOB M'ALLISTER—I think WH- Wg, moving Ma Copyright, 1015, by es baa Conical Oo (The New Tors World), Copyright, m8, by itd Prem Publishing Go, (The New Yor World), pping |) any of them. I think Johnson ts go- | lard will win, but it 19 going to Be a (ivecta! Cable Despatch to The New York bveuing Word.) (Apecial Cable Despatch to The New York Evening Work.) back 90 a8 to be in, position to 1] ing to make Willard look foollah |!°B6 AFD te, sonason knows HAVANA, April 3.—A month ago 1 did not feel HAVANA, April 3.—I know that I can never be eater Gib sa meek erntee |i when they get started. too much for Willard. #0 confident of beating Jobnsca, but now have no in the form that I was at Reno, but still I am he thought much better of Wil- || CHARLEY WHITE—I think will- 8 BEISWENGER—Jaeck Wu- doubt that I will do it. 1 ex the best heavyweight in the lard’s chances of winning. ‘ard has an excellent chance to win.| lard vill vhi Cees, Seneen gare, pect to knock him out any world and will prove it Monday | ‘Johnson's great advantage over || He has youth and strength in his = vuip Witard, a in Doxing,” ald Gib- I ravor, and if he is carefully handled time after the first round. 1 afternoon. I have my own bons. “Johnson ts in much better favor, { JIMMY JOHNGON—My cbelee ts expect a hard fight, but am fit ideas of conditioning myself condition than expected. Ji he will win. Willard is the best) Willard. You ban I have sever Nobody is more pleased than John: will give Willard a white hope we have ever had. been right ta my gon himself with his good fight! to take anything that he can and am thoroughly satisfied at firet, and will DAN MORGAN—Johneon wil) win.) 9U’ . WEBB — or Prey He ome to be chuck tall give. I know that I will out- with the results. I have all my blook warts Bunches, 7 ya He knows too much for the other cy. other good man can whip ° Cheerful, positive in. hs tatements eotdag ctl tates aalmeaaid old - eoeed) ane snderesce fo Chances of winning are good: After || fellow. I don't think Johnson tas| DAN M'KETRICK—It's a pipe fer that he expects to win the fight. He test. Iam hitting much harder fight forty-five rounds if neces- seeing both men I am up in the || ever been extended. ein Nothing Li than ever before, and feel sure sary. I don’t expect to stop air and unable to predict the win- mMoss—! © that I will score @ knockout. Willard quickly and wit! not be ied OWARRY HAGGERTY—t thax AORICAN Ppses The fight may go only two in @ hurry. Willard is 20 : = | their money I am going to have a one te ote Easter outfit with Aewe'' or three rounds, For former match in experience for me, I Pitcher Cole 7) email wager down on Johnson. I be- |# $0) bet 9 = him sto» while on the road and pick fights 1 did most of my training in my room, will make bim whip himself and then finish the Yi to Ui Neve Johnson can win any time he string along with the champion until anks to Undergo og Cuban wants to put over the finishing as always been my Rim inahe als ano tee Fraruie || ‘This ts the frst time that I was properly rubbed. | job. I am as confident of defeating Willard as I He likes children more than he likes Condition makes all the difference in the world, was that I'd defeat Jeffries. 1 don’, think Willard A wie oD ROTHSTEXN—1 am go- bat DUNN--Willard should po ya ty Up people, probably I will be 50 per cent. better than I showed in my Jeffries’s equal, although © expect him to give me Operationon Le, Ing to atri Pong. Ly Ha Duley i pone tered pote, co bee Because children bave’ A ey Pee} fights in New York. I am not wasting a minute &@ rough fight. I will fight under any weather crowd. ve iad “3 man. ity. The negro is only a two-! rf pO FITESMMMONS—Johneon can |human like the rest ot us. He SAVANNAH, April 3—Manager | win io a few rounds if be wants to. the route and is due for a beat. Donovan of the Yanks has just| He knows too much about hting |ing. A good Fiat to the body will learned from Pitcher Cole that the | for t! yy Sine fellow minnie = eet he ‘The fight won't go twenty ff les manages fellow on -her-aruin lmost, bob D d. A S 7; B ny, Hight tg, tsa hos coing we owes | Rt MOL TOUES, am penny on | chor PASEO ie Seat Oe most a ye . And as Jack went alowly b t tt twirler to New York d. Johnson can't a men I fgsu the youngster waved aisd piped tyrone oO g ers re r ong in a m 9 the eccentric Willard. Jo! whip a to be operated on. and as strong @s . It} tton and clean living gives him a 80) Leslie Ni as degree o e e i ie Nunameker, who has been ong a long it and the longer | big edge. Nature fs bound to assert q oda ances | Itself. Sieae crt iameimtiroees! §6©=©6 But the Pitching Staff Is Weak) #22388 eee Pee ee a pascacm mua, me 3 ey use ther a ‘or . Y _ tc » anil ith palms flattened and part of the island T bel ev he weeld € ee to @ local Sospital yesterday to ‘eit win and I say this with all due | that’s everything where all the rest is ave bought that kid a bagful. pb? ual. It will be a lon it. be treated for a strained leg feepect for Johnson, who I think is eR. LEY (promoter)—I am on, |aicag nie’ 1nd. they, ail know him/| of sleep over the possibility of Josing; don't even | condition: 0. raining foute, toddling youngster three or four: yeare soapnee srenntes of age starts up the cry of “Yonson— goes by. I remember one woman carrying @ little bit of a I only intend to prove I am still 4 then his det b .| The 1 ie not serious. the t fighter wo ever had. CUR: Manager Robinson Admits that Hitting Counts for Little If Box- | o.uhe"fantiee" certs yoautplaver.| Mie Wana have Repay shat] Bat Fist a tho tne youth and | advising, all my friends to. have a D8 FOLLOW WILLARD AND men Can't Hold Down Opponents—Third Baseman Sohuitz, | iX*,Artur Deviin, and on the basos | Hevconah chaniplone Ting generaiship. “Dou forget to say | HENRY MOPLLER—Youth, vigor, JOHNSON EVERYWHERE. “ me yl ettaee: Sek bet etl aaa ben tees eee eee ee = i Meee taalke coe think hell beat Jona: When either Willard or Johnson 4 Late of Rochester, Is Sensation of the Club and Getz IS | Serienced enousttta know what to no. no pare e: Canes eae ai bre in public all work and play The first big step Robbie has taken JACK HORGAN —I really don't She suspended.” Crowds’ of wits hi Slated to Play at Shortstop. toward landing a pitching staff eee Wil vias 1 coer heen ay insane dary tones dene | RISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP |\\'saz%c's: Salling, “Veelyatd-—Vortyara." ‘And| seems to be just a great, bi J time star of the Athletics,” Coombs SIM DAY—I think Johnson's ring ; ry Johnson, his daily progress is} matured black man, with faMting By Bozeman Bulger. “See that big fellow out there?” be} has tuken things easy so far and is By John Pollock generalship and his knowledge of the by long strings of di ability and a golden emil e her | slowly rounding into shape, He says f his trade are too much to ex- Hf Soyousiy toner relat E es ire to hurt - ane " Tie NS Yoek favoring Wwonahine O° ene ap ge Ng ag es He vil Be able to Beata eal re Freddie Welsh, the world's lightweight cham- the Inte meetin merits cunmarcien novice like Wil- bs Boor Be ag out ene sine XIV—BIG LEAGUE NNANT| to the exhibition game with the] at present ho is assisting Robbie in | lon, is likely to defend hie title on the after. sito bs to lard to overcome. beg " ready received three ‘Waters | “CHICAGO” O'RRIEN—I am read he stops anywhere they| when he talks ha Pe HOPES’ SERIES. Yanks. ihat vig fellow comes from) coughing the pitcliers and giving the | sore of Tul 4. as be bas ave rele te | Cote te bet aay anoint cn Siilaa ts ely choko up the road to| the rest of his life inva foreign DAYTONA, Fla, April 3 |orougnt with hi mae fuat_ bail that | Zounesters the benefit of his expert. | siete set ti raa promot, wana tim © -— whip Johnson, I got down some biz pe citent Chat the driver bas) land. 66777 HERE ts no euch thing as al nay "SoMu zip to it Hee had a triat | CC take on’ Willie Ritchie, the American champlon, | | Billy Fitrstmaons of Yonkers, who proved him 1000) Oem and awe $20,000 more Mw giro, OF four varieties of] Ai of this may seem in a ball club without a) in the big leagues before but had to| ,The rexular staff of pitchers for the | "0, lie sounds tn Nevada, A eradicate of Mit & promising lightweleht by deine par at {to Wager and will take 17 to 10, End open, the exhaust wide |quential, ina fight story, Hut ira by |o back, if he shows anything this | Dodgers will be made up of Rucker, | (e070. "beaver, Col, is willng to off | Pater Cling, wil try to conquer Milton Belt at ee Wave both hands, yell, gosticulate | fist describing one of the pet em Pitching staff of at least Ko vnck, : aaptning See Ragon, Pfefter, Schmuta | thor of $12,500 to fight Charley White |*he Fwrmont A. ©. to-night io the matn_ bout, and make feroc ft Defore h Just des LJ of the principals Ume I'm on my way towards a goo and Coombs, Of the youngsters who ® pure | Artie Walah and Kid Herman, and Young Rosner faces in the great battle as I've acen bim| four Men who can work in regular) (lh ° ‘neh ive got some others who f twenty round bout there, wile the muanagem of | Artie Walah and Kid Herman, and Young Roser bee ranat 4h gil re Mt during two weeks of the preparaten turn and be depended upon.” look protty good, but I'll show "ems to | BAY® & chance are Géodbread, i Italian Riverside A, ©. of New Haven, Coan,, jn ra 3 ue ui guarentee of} Willie Ritchie, the American champion light ‘ind. He's a good deal of a humai This remark came from Wilbert you in a minute, All I need is a have declared they will give him @ . ut. tid “ Barre; option of 85 per cent, of Down b ‘ eink, although he is black, and al-| Robinson, veteran of all the baseball, bunch of pitchers, fron, | $12.60 with the option per 7 fod Rnd. devant ne | HhoURH at. this moment’ he's under managers, with the possible exception | .."W.0n't you mu Red Smith at third | Newark; Appleton, 0, oom meine 0 oa ste 635 jusky Sel god. And doesn't he jew 4 The eine: ie |the ban of the law und a voluntary or O'Meara at short und contest, Harry Pollok says he wants $25, exile from his own country. of Connie Mack. It was in answer to] °".. rane “t, Rhort! Brown, Already I have mentioned | unt conte, MT tohle, $10,000 for the Dell. He may be used as a regular. vilege “ He's a bit of a diplomat, too, for] the boast of an enthusiastic Brooklyn | cinch,” he roplied, at " | with White and $16,000, with the pris cately |Pee.,yearned through many hard) fan who had just declared that Brook. ) O'Meara may be able to pls cise Bot the condition Gt “Map | ver cent cf whe receipts, for the Dundee f nocks, ‘a may play, as Kol in colder countries, a diamond | bench?” 1 asked him @ day or go) BA) To Mie eee aeda show,” asked | UA 2OW., This sensnt Sox last fall, |Wietly this spring and looks to be us| ‘7°, Weinert, the Newark light beeryweight, | Sold boxing howe thls evening. The Long Acre asa lima bean in the tie and | Oey, he sald, o | good as new. tel clinched the comtest to-day by “I don't think| the fan, addressing bis remarks to|took part in the practice, but every |B%d a8 new. John Welasman od ge round ag a coat button | mere's ‘much chance of that, 4 time he started for first he tavored his | if Coombs should co offering Beith « good guarantee, ‘They ittle finger of bis right hana, | tPere ‘ at, als! me, “that they had the hardest Rucker, Aitchison, Pfei tthe Broadway Sporting lub of Be eee irate runt hand. | though 1 met Mt somo time, “1¢] Birt ins py left leg so that it was painful to | deli larly ‘Robt ] Willard beats me he'll hi team in eithor league watch, He tried to steal second, but ver regularly Brooklyn on April 1, who gets a glimpse of Johnson | me cold to do It, and if he knockh ex | season, and didn't Jake Daubert get | limped bediy and gave it so vey Feallacd Dut heris mot Counting Onen | sam Langton, the Borsa sage. baarreleht =~, : or vente, Peak inne out the first thing I'll do when I get| the automobile year before last for be ee standing } | t in| much as that, It would make him who fshta Baling dim org LF Peed Pa) @, bee an Ges Jim Cote, asenetion of’ all ee maine oan | frat ait Tal, We te miekratulate bim,| being the best all around ballplayer?” |,,.,nus even if manager “1 Eee n | frst division team with @ chance for | drt od TATA Strat Goering Ci mars | Oe (DORR Geet ae Taltoule olaian whe f j1f any man can beat me T won't hold) | That is true, all right, but “Hobbie” | bird of a shortstop in that Gots.” | the fg and, belng conservative from | Tusslay ght, ime toot Teens 2) Se | ae Naty tak ast Wedneney aight, ee & grudge against him. I'll show thom | looked at him sympathetically and|And of this there can bo little doubt. ; hoon, Gam says that Jea's inexperieace will be | cidentally been getting himself in coniition a Ud expect right vi Jewelers in| fnn be & sportaman oven if ther| sulted Getz played the position against tho| te more than he cou! bis own fight with Fighting Bill Watking at the 5 “ off the reel, bis undoing, (ica Maer which he paid five thonast ‘won't let me come home to my own| “Heavy hitting clubs and good | ¥anke ed andied himself beautl-| "rhe Dodgers gone absolutely! pyuuing Levieky gad Gailor Pritte, who hare | Westehenter A. C. of White Plains Monday night, 2 : ‘ individual pla: don't win pen- {Though he 11 comparatively now to imeaty foaghs exverel otilt Datiien, orm gains te | salvar, t= Brookive, the Beeafmar Sporting Ctub Banta," he sald, “A ball club's got|the big lenguo Gotz had had lots of very Gayr Duce | czsuanee isbe aad evinge {8 saciber 40, wend oad te Hiring 4. Sil BAG eneritameats te to bave pitchers to keep tho other | experience. ho extra players | tout (ought ot Ot, “aad dokaay Views and|Siemy Copper aod Tery Mitchad on Richy fellows from hitting and also to | ),420 sensation of the Brooklyn out, he spectators by getting in the| pone mrown and Young harkey will clash (2 Jesper of Boston, Al Irving Club Phi lass steady up their own gang. PER ok ble twit Tae tet es outfield near the fence and practising | Te Meo soundem, Kaookout Brown of this city aud Frank FROM BIG FIGHT TO NEW YORK || oct, 2228, stew, wheter Ive got a] making his deciaration that he would PULLINE. ular lineup of the Brooklyn | Jobany Gxt, the eck Akroo, 0, ught.| Mantel w, Zhu Kid of Brokiya, pat ea pie good baseball club this year or not,” | Not mias Red Smith. Schultz is the| club for the start of the season will | wet, will be another ire hed of ths |, mmm Terlor, the saaromire cast side bagtam: | Billiards B li The Evening World nly New York paper that hae It he added as goon as the fan had| Dame of the young follow, and he has be Monday night be mosts ‘April O be tackled | Wo@bh wae matched up to-day by his manager, | ow ng 9 own a . fallen on that third-base Job like a city at Columbus, O,, on Silvey Burns, to mest Young O'Leary of the east | wire from the Havana Race Track, the epene of the Johneon: | | *ubsided, “but I'm in there trying. | ton of bricit. " | Witte Ritehle far dx rounds in Pittebumh, and | gas in the ten-round semi-finsl to the Jimmy Prices and Ti 10 Suit we if fight, te New Vork City. This means that The Evening World | | What I need is pitchers and if I get Schultz played with Rochoster last} Get: [on April 39 he fights Phil Brock @ twelve-round | siusuy eddie Campi contest at the Federal A.C. | REPAIRS BY EXPERT M: HANICS, Yr only poner 1 ny that will enabled , lurnish ite readers a | |them—all right. If I don't, I've got yeer, and was easily the best man| 8chul |g at Akron, 0, aly most Baturday night, | ‘The Hrunewick-Balke-Collender Co,” it and roun *roun eription, whi: in © International Leagui The shows aro permitted by the o——-_ 29 to 35 Weet 82d Bt. Near Broadwa a By ‘Edaren. y ption, whioh will | | to send a scout out and koop digging. year before that Joe Kelley had him, atk Rae, Nees owe Hilly Gibwon ‘wil aas | | eturna of, tho, Bie fight at Ha:ane will > | mee Near Broedway weitten by Thats tho whole thing and you can| ind Joo-who is here now: by eane : fer & liewnse to bold shows in the Brous, He | Sy 'ehqgo tial *t ya teiamont AC. “Jeannette | & " «y fo . figure our chances just that way. | way—saye there ia uo question about d catchers. ‘ueedy ‘wabed ous 0 lecailon whee be ous | te us landed @lsiag’ us Yovpice Wt Lun’ SASi | Pheer are ied