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t _@@iekly. There would be plenty of time to fight the clever ones later on. HAND UPPERCUT Learned Blow Early in His Career and Was Afraid of Its Results in Fight With Johnson—JessGained Much Knowledge of Game in a Chicago Gymnasium. (M—WILLARD’S RING BATTLES AND RISE TO CHAMPION- SHIP SERIES. — | Copyright, 1016, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Lvening World) BY ROBERT BDGREN. HE came spirit that made Jess Willard sel! his freighting outMt and start out to become a fighter and whip Jack Jobuson kopt him from fecling any discouragement when he found that fighting weao't just owinging @ets. It was part of Willard’s early training that @ trade ts « trade. Now that he bed traded professions he stuck grimly to the new one. ‘There was mighty little money in it for a time. When ho received $76 for @ Aight he thought he was doing fairly And he bad a family. | Down in Havana one day, shortly before the fight for the world’s cham: Blonship, Jess and I were looking over some rugged, helt starved children. | Ses bes & wonderful fondness for children, always. After a long, sym: look he turned to mo and sald: “I'm sorry for those poor kids. or three times my own haven't been much better off.” ! imagine he! was thinking back to those Oklahoma days. For be was broke, dead broke, thea. Sometimes he murt @ been sorely tempted to give it all up and let Jekasen go right on holding that title to the end of time. Jees doesn't make much of a fuss over his early record. “I never besten or knocked down in my life, even in a gymnasium bout,” he told me when I was interviewing him, “bat a lot of my early fights didn't amount | ‘te anything. I won them with knockouts, and J didn’t know a thing.” | ‘Toe reverd book shows that he knocked out K4 Burke in three rounds, | Lewis Pink tn three rounds, Al Mandero in four rounds, Bill Shiller in four rounds end Joo Cavanaugh in eleven rounds, all in his first year of fighting. ‘These fights were Gown in Oklahome. “1 wasn’t very woll satisfied with the way 1 fousht—when I began to figaen @ little,” cave Joes, “and I often wondered if I'd ever know enough to ght Jobneon. 1 could ove then that a fellow had to know a lot about bozing @ Become a champion, and it seemed to me that Johnson was a regular qallege professor emeng fighters, while 1 was Gown in the A BC class, But 2 aways thought that there must be some mere I could whip, eo I might en well keep right along trying to learn and tmprove myself by fighting.” Paseed Up Chance to Fight Tony Rese. ‘When Jess had polished off a few second rate heavies Manager Brock ‘wanted to match him with Tony Ross and some of the others regarded then @s among the “white hopes.” Jess, quite modest and with a clear under stanétng of his own failings, knew he couldn't box well enough yet to held bis own with them, in spite of his aise and etrength. He told Brock met to be in too much of a hurry. He didnt want to try to reach the top too 4né co Manager Brock called him ‘yellow.’ “I wasn't yellow,” declared Jess. “I just knew how green I was.” But about this time he Snished his connection with Brock. He was metehed for a fight in Oklahoma City. It was a private match made by Brock. The Sheriff obliging)y told Jeas that he'd be arrested if he took part ta Mt, and Jess told bis manager that as far ae he was concerned it was all @@ The manager, however, begged Jess to wait a little, and then told him he had “Axed everything up” with the authorities and that it would be “all fight.” The match went on, and in spite of his manager's assurances Joss ‘was arrested. The manager and the other fighter got out of trouble, some- how, but Jess was fined $150. As Jess had received only $765 for fighting, ‘was surely up against it. Nobody offered to help him out. He decided that the game as played in Oklahoma City was too complicated for him. So he went his family back to the farm and went to Chicago. | ‘The only fighting in Chicago then was done tn private. Chicago boxers | tyefmed at home and went to other States to show in the ring, as u rule. ‘The chief resort for fighters was O'Connell's Gymnasium. Jess went straight te O'Connell's. There he found a large bunch of professional glove wielders im training. They were a tough bunch. He never know there were so many caulidower ears in the world. Everybody had a cauliflower ear—or a couple | of them—and a bent nose and a few other ring reminders, Each scrapper teok pride in his decorations. In the gymnasium they fought as hard as ever they did in the ring. There was more battling at O'Connell's in an afternoon than in many a championsh!p bout Jess Afraid to Use His Right Uppercut. Mike Cantwell, a “hope,” was among those present when Willard made his first appearance. Mike was « big fellow, He thought he'd get a little credit by whipping the big farmer from Kansas in the gymnasium. So he volunteered to try Jess out. Here is where Mike drow a surprise, Jess, by that time, had developed @ straight left that was a pippin. With that straight left he slashed and smeared Mike unti! Mike had about enough for one day. Mike volunteored to come back “to-morrow,” alleging that he wasn't feeling exactly fit, and that be’é show Jess something next time. But he never came back. ‘Willard fought around the gymnasium with some other vig fellows for | @ while, and then had a private match with John Young, whom he knocked out in aix rounds, and on a later occasion in five. This John Young was the ‘same unfortunate known as “Bull Young” !n Los Angeles, who died after a pout with Willard in that city {n 1913. It was while in Chicago that Willard developed his famous right upper- cut, @ dlow as effectively delivered as Johneon'’s and one of the hardest | punches ever used by any fighter. Jess himself ts very careful about using | ¢ that uppercut. After the knocking out of Johnson in Havana he told me} > | Bresnahan ad other managers have to finish the black champion | prophesied that he will win as many that he hesitated for a moment about whether with an uppercut or a straight right, and decided upon the straight punch eceuse Johnson was very weak and Willard feared the uppercut “would tear his bead off.” “and you know,” said Jess seriously, “I might tear a fellow's head off with that uppercut if 1 wes much excited. I uppercut a fellow in a Chicago | Dowt and threw his head back so hard it tore his throat just as if it had been slashed with a razor. Since that I've been careful about using It.” Jess won three or four smal! fights in Indiana and through the middle Western States, and then, under the management of Cutler, the wrestler, went to New York. Here Cutler tried to give Jers to Tom O'Rourke, but Jess wouldn't stand for the transfer because O'Rourke insisted upon getting 50 per cent. of his earnings. Jews waited around, broke, sore, sorry, nearly disgusted with being « white hope at ali, until he fell in with Billy Heckler, brother-in-law of Billy Gibson. How his fortunes changed and he fought #440 A bo told ig the nest chapter of this tale. {this bird wi in Me@ieson Square Garden and achieved much fame and a record purse of | Giants Easily Lassoed By Twirling Debutante | From the Prophetic Words by by re About Young Appleton Prove True—“Poll” Perritt Was Go- ing Good Until Dodger’s Prize Slugger MadeaCiroult Smash. By Bozeman Bulger. HERE may be some things of which Your Uncle Wilbert Rob- inaon is in doubt, but when ft | /! comes to picking young pitchers and Gebutting them into the big circuit the wisest of them all must lend an ear to hie ravings. “The beet young pitcher I ever saw break in is this low Appleton,” Robbie told me down at Daytona three weeks ago, “and tf he fen't a tar I am a banjo-picker.” Prophetic words were those, and you may be assured that the banjo ie not Robbie's favorite weapon. Fans who have a lingering doubt could not |, have been at the Polo Grounds when this young man from the West took our Giants and twisted them into a knot the sizo of @ pretzel. The eudden transplanting of Mr. Appleton from on obscure town in the Texas Lenguo to the Brush atadium had no appreciable effect on his dis- Position, Neither crowd nor players annoyed him in the least. To bim tl Giants, who had humbled both Pfeffer | and Rucker, were no more than the Corsicana Colty out his way, They were simply batters up there trying to hit the ball. Having stopped batters from doing that thing in Fort Worth | and Corsicana, young Mr. Appleton used the eame methods of estoppal at the Polo Grounds and found the re. sults quite satisfactory, No twirling debutante ever made a better show- ing. Despite his easy, confident start, | the veterans of the Giants kept yell- | ing ubout getting him later on, but that Jater event never happened. At the end Mr, Appleton was just as, frosh as at the start, and the Dodgers went away from here with one notch on their wunhandle ready to tackle the Braves. “I told you what he could do,” eaid Robby, "and if you remember what 1 said 1 want you to print it.” T cond paragraph carr the order, Out of the West there ¢ other young man of even gr hown, but (his surplus renowning ovt dently acted as a boomerang. At no time during the pastime was “Boll” Perritt able to put a zip on his fast ball or much of a kink on his curve. He workea hard cvery minute, but tn n there was none of (hat whip- like motion that characterized the sharpshooting of Mr. Appleton. ‘Those who saw Perritt on the tour Northward from Marlin say that he lacked the same punch then that he did yesterday. This the baliplaye attribute to lack of work on account of bad weather, Heing a refugee from the Fé Loague, saved by McGraw, it was - pected that Perritt would do things to make Robert B, Ward and James Gilmore epend a aleepless night. As far an we can learn, however, they slept soundly: But, mark this down: 1 give them lots of in somnia before the season is old. Once Perritt gets going he ts ex- ted to be one of the star pitchers National League, George Miller Mugging, Roger ral allings, es as any twirler In the cireuit there must be more hot summer ‘6 before “Poll” can start out for a record, Hie arm ts not sore, but sim- ply lacks strength and toughness, Things might have been all ri at that but for Zach Wheat gettin his eye on that right field stand ‘and waiting for a low fast one. Perritt kept the ball out of his groove pretty well for eight Innings, but it finn hbled in the forbidden path tn, th when the seorn was tled Wheat’ ciroult smash was | Hest wallop of the young season, Having lost two out of three the | MeGraw has no patience with super- TRB SVSNING WORLD, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 10 Coprrah’ (HE by The Freee Puvuemag Ce (Tae N vening Wore Uh a ff A Ee al . i ) Ge bei ¢ J aty ( ™ \ \\ \ \ r w\ ‘ oa KO \. cen, vane = \\ Wat OY Cm\anome — — _ s L oee OO FMD Tae Parte GOAReED Jess seven vareo ‘To wwRT ANHONe Texas League. Dodgere bave gone away from here | and we have with ue this afternoon | the PDlliica, two-time conquerers C4 the Boston Braves it ts feared by the Glante thatthe. Philedeipnia pitohing will be done by Alexandor, and if their foars ure realtsed It) should be @ coneiderable conteat. Mo- Graw plans to send Matty to the! front, and this makes the fear fift fifty. In the the Phillies ha' found the Old Murater almost unbes able on the Polo Grounds, though they have been rather successful tn stand- | ing him off at home. Tn their first sertes of three games the Giante have shown themselves pectedly handy with the willow. | have oracked opposing pitche’ for a grand total of thirty-three hits and twenty-one runs, On top of that their flelding has been remarkable, the shining lights being Lobert and work in be show of | pesetaearmame ie Gime postponet, Rain. New at Seetieaw. Fletcher. After the exhibition games this sudden Pitepeeygy pegged has made Mo- Graw feel new man. Governor and But for the lameness of George Burns, the Giants might have grabbed Dodgera in the eighth inning en a man-sised rally was well un- der way. With # runner on second and one run already tn, Burns tapped low one to third that ordinarily would have been good for a hit. Be- fore reaching first, however, George pulled up lamo and was thrown out. Burns, by the way, ts suffering from € peculiar trouble. On the spot where his bad ankle healed a little boll has of Rival Leaguers Was De- Club Spent $200,000 to Get Foothold in New Jersey. — HE Federals went big in their opening game at Newark yes- terday. Seldom has a new club in any league beon accorded more enthusiastic welcome, Imagine a Governor, Mayor and high officials wants to keep playing, thougl says that his trouble will be over by the end of next ‘ The dropping ‘Thorpe from the line-up and the substitution of Mur- ray was quite a surprise. Though stition and “signs,” it was thought that he would keep the lucky com: bination together until it lost. Mur. 4150 FoR Pewtin Ten O'Reven@ wit NOSED Bene WILaRe's MANIGTA STANDING mt ‘THE Gi OF boa "Ss GAMES, GAMES SCHEDULED Fo Only Thing to Mar to Mer the Invasion | oat, feat of Home Team—New | jray hit the ball hard, but was unable to get a safe one by tho outfielders, Jack looks unusually good this spring ud his team-mates are expecting him to a have a big season. of @ big olty, some 37,000 eager fans, a great auto parade, bands, marching clubs, flowers, and you get some idea of the greeting the Feds received FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP By John Pollock Johnny Kilbane, tne feathormeight champion, | tralia, who expects to clean up ali the local who has not fought in tila city since Oct, #, 1018, | hearyweights from now om, will get hia start this when be outpointed Kid Julian io « ten-round | evening et the St, Nicholas Hink A. ©., where be font at the St. ‘Nicholas Wink, was matched to- | will Rook wp with Tom MoOarty, the bearywelgst day to mect Benny Leonard, one of the most | cf Montana, fo @ ten-round bout, Bell s in the promising Uebtweights that has been produced im | best of condition for the scrap, hering trate! thia rioinity tm some time, ‘They will clash in a | with Jeck Juhneon et Havana, Cube, tdhround bout at tho Feteral A.C. oo tie Bow: | aye, follor habe wilt age bouths te- i ery on the night of Aj ‘The weigat will bol at Brown ‘Grmeecion A. A. Young weDenat 1€2 pounds, weigh in at the tt prey A. the best (hat Jimmy Dunn, a js, Young Lands, At Broadway Bporting Clin, Mosse, | Johnny Howard ve, Billy Maxwoll, At Irv would permit Leupant to battle Kilian +. Gath Morvin rp. lack Raed | At Poise Bol — . lene Diend |» Hugiwy Weert ve, 8 Having come to the con t Federal A, ©., Johnny Wileon Abeain Is too slangorous an Notter, eet, Aieorge Chip, the Attabun a La Pog ag ahi Ad Wolzsst, who (8 to fight Freddie Wee in Irving A. ©, of Bro Miwankee nest month, has been engged to Leo Howe’, the Lany fete 0s" RANA eteen, ea Pser] Hae the tant TM rounds at Oshkow, Wis, on thie ulght of Api teandes on Tinney sieve ®, Wolgam took on the match to reo if his a hand te strong enough for bim to go against Soldier Bartfi rookisn Wels vemua che dis Al Sites and Tommy Dyhe, the went stde | ound sporting men, hare taken fighters under their | tuttle at tie Buffalo Boclal Club of Buffalo on management, @i0bems has sgned ap Dens: April 28, They wer to Bave fought at the mise | Midge, the east eide lighlwelght, white Dyke h club @ few weeks ago, but Herified (ojured his taken in tow Young Martuo, the out ade tua hand and the bout wes postponed, tam, and Miko Wagner, the west side fighter — Rena the Ath A. A, of Rom onal cat foe te wane i roca BASKETBALL EXPERTS A also consent to silow yer Willy itr fas treet ere mn oa TO DISCUSS CHANGES. aad ts Le — Sreen ‘Guateat eit Mergen culed off thetour’ | George ‘T. Hepbron, Chairman of the |}Amateur Athletic Union Basketball A mmate bas 0 aged betreen Jon heh arco g iaprt iP len idee ted mittee, han issued Invitations to the ses Vatherveight chatupion. They wit (tePrasentatives of the Metropolitan As- ver in a ten-round bout at New Orleans |eociation, Chureh Athletic League, Cath- on the of May 8. No decuton will be )olic Athietic League, given in the bout, thie being the condition unter | Athletic League, Intersettloment Ath- fehich the managers of the fighters agteet to maxe | lotic Association, Young Men's Chriatian | the match, ee | Arsociation, Young Men's Hebrew Ae- 7 , mans of Leach On tow sociation, Evening Recreation Centres leita canine’ tit bs We tears te os oe athe Public Schools Jet Leach box at any of the clube in chie vicinity | | aoeNe 12) Send Beenie rules. banket The recommendations of thin meeting | ¢, will be submitted to the National Bas- etball Committee for offictal action. askel for 6 abt Pr porting Clu . 4. eoreint tom an | Thomas “n the Vajrmens ty anes J, Corbett, A. ¢ . | videly known in the apacting world, died © te Mt apvea ane? | he » of pleurtss had’ b in the Bronk in fam years. Asher matches ou the cand ere Mike Smith w, Young Ketehel of Wave a issioner for ail the jade nt here “during, the past fifteen | Sm! Plaine aud Baie Cullen we dack Sale oun ball, ib aeswre: again ad sos 7nere a et ate ee Sunday Schools” BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK THEY NEVER CAME TOO TOUGH FOR WILLARD IN THE EARLY DAYS Gane Wirmed wy Piast Es OF wi aS ef But Don't .o-fo0 OR NOTING “tinal Sia ve s w. tt ites: F i 1? 1 1 jee bet fon Lew ie. ee en ‘ae 833 Yoru, 2, (6; Boston, 8 (Called at oud get of pints inal Tobe y. tas Help | | day's Games, | | Games Soheduled for To-Day. | \ i 8, Btiato. fossa City at Pitubure> when they opened their new pk at) Harrison, just outside Newark. The city declared half a holiday for the event. There was a long automobile parade through the main streets, which was reviewed by Gov. Fielder and Mayor Raymond. In the mean thne two bands were entertain- ing the early arrivals at the park grounds. When the immense stands were) filled to capacity there was a biare of) | trumpets, the wide gate in right field opened and long lines of young bali | players, many of them inere tots, in | their club uniforms, marched around jthe diamond to the music of nine bands. It was an inspiring spectacie, Young Amerioa on parade, and the great crowd yelled its approval. After further ceremonies, an im- Promptu boxing affair between two movie operators being an added at- traction, the players of the Newark and Baltimore teams came in for the critical examination of the fans, Many were anxious to spot the |ference in class between tha Feds and the other major leagues, nnd gosh, they couldn't see any differ- | ence. ‘The players on both teams put up a snappy, fust game and It fell to the Nowark rooters to see their new fav- orites lose ie first home game. |2. This defeat and the inc |trol of Mayor Raymond, who jout the first ball, were the © |foatures to mar the celebrat | The Federais’ invasion of } 6 to | establishes a new record for speed in|: and building a month the In- | granting a_francl | stad Within a. bt wooden stadium to seat 25,000 built jin Harrison, just across the Hacken- mek River from Newal an outlay of $200,000. BROOKFEDS READY TO PAY $10,000 FOR NICK CULLOP. (Special to The Frentng World.) BUFFALO, N.Y. April 17.—That Artie Hoffman, who a controyeray the manager of the ¢ Buffalo Club fn a deal that would eventually bring Nick Cullop, the star southpaw of the Kansas rag wy 2, Breokive, waa de- nied by t B. Wara, ‘owner of the Brook- that he would like to get an Nick $10,000 for his release. Meyers Lones to Tetley on Foul, Binly 8 of Harlem lost to Charlie ‘Tatley ona foul in the gixth round of i | fen-round bout wt the N alo A. A. | last night. Meyers had th ter of the bout up to the time tho ref ordered him to his corner for landing 11 blow. In another bout that, wa: Kone *Mues "1 O Commins on GaMk OTOP wiMe |Golden, walked rk « Tr. Powers, te President of the|™ new club and the grounds represent | $4: RE . oe |Gibbons and McFarland Will Box for Gibson but Not at Fairmont A. C. | Bid of Bronx Fiona! Is Ace cepted by Clever Rivals in Chicago. NEWS despateh caine from A Chicago to-day to the effeot that Packey McFarland and Mike Gibbons had practically accept- ed the offer nade by Billy Gibson to decide their muoh-mooted question of supremacy at the Fairmont A. © When asked about it, Billy said “L am surprised to hear uhat the boys have accepted my offer. Of course the bout won't be held at the | Fairmont Club aa tt ts altogether too small for such an tmportant scrap, but I have been negotiating for ano- ther club and when the rent and some fave other things are sett" are settled 1 _will_an- | be 14 will an- Feds I Break Into Newark Not Enough Cash for Jess In White Plains Joss wittare, the world’s heavy- weight champion, was booked to box an exhibition bout with his hee tape partner at the Westchester A. Cc, of White Plains last night, for which he was to receive a guarantee of $750. When Willard and Jones arrived on the scene there was only about $280 in! |the house. The crowd kept coming |and the club matchmaker, Sammy down to Willard’s automobile, where he was seated with Jones two blocks away, and offered Jones $400 in cash and a check for $100. “I won't take any check,” said Jones. “You must give me the $500 in cash or there will be no bout. “That's the best I can do for you,” retorted Golden, “and unless you will take my check for the $100 I will have to disappoint you." It was then after 9 o'clock and Jones ordered the chauffeur to bring them back to the theatre where Will- ard ts showing this weok, EVENING WORLD'S HEADPIN TOURNEY i ast aes gts : mers “at i ]augurate both the thoroughbred and }|ainateur racing season the North, on Saturday, May 1. At the two polite ere the “huuiting and’ steeplechase courses cross macadam roads, a fool oF loam has been laid and carefully se aie ye vi Maree fies Ta Bash 08. Te ea eiatt, No° ax-sehrosder, #1 Pate, 78 ever, 2 Aniller, 103; HW, acs L No, 1--Wis } OA culeta, Gu! Yeanrinas, 18 ot ‘at Lyubrook. Ly ot. No. Hie Blecisaan, 047 P Bina, aad and would give as much as gs pherry Joseph remarkabie. abit last night when he Cutler in the fifth game of series. Muyer scored 500 to © Pat y at Doyle's Academy defeated Albert G. balkline v's 361 fon adie Cl id Eddi 17 innings, making average of fein aa Eaaie Gitte’ stop Ped Tend |B Tan while the lover's average was t on peepee 5 tment nent nee fe . hunter and pon: oer New rail and brush fenves are being p | the Scottish - ene F. Be fm the final ‘round of the A. F. nounce where the match wll take place. I will probably hold the mateb late next month or carly im June, Billy didn’t care to state just what bie offer wi but he sald that & pre- vided for a Dig guarantee for both boxers, with an option of @ certais percentage of the gate receipes fer both.’ The public has been clamoring for a chance to see @ bout betweee S- bons and MoFarland for a couple of yeara now. They are regarded the two cleverest boxers in the world. It took some time for them to agree te meet, and it was only recently that they signed an agreement to box be- fore the club offering the best in- ducements, which appears to Reve been Billy Gibson's judging by the announcement of Emil Thiery, Packey'’s manager. The weight will be 145 8 pounds at 3 at 3 o'clock. Athletics Will Put Yankees To the Test (Special to The Evening World.) PHILADELPHIA, April 17,.—The Yankees are in Philadelphia this morning. They finished up their schedule business In Washington yor- terday and came over here to take on the Connie Mack element, having done all they could do to Clark Grit- fith's gang in Washington on this trip. The safe hits yesterday were ovenly divided, seven each, but Brown gave nine bases on balis, and like Fisher in the contest of the day previous, was all too often in a hole. Brown's support was eloquent, particularly in the field. Boone made several faat and spectacular plays at second, al- though “Daniel” did mar the pastime #ome with a wild throw to the plate that came of an effort that might better never have been undertaken. Ainsmith scored on the play in the | Sixth. For the opening contest against the | athietion here to-day Bill Donovan has Jack Warhop ready to take his turn in the pitcher's box. Coming over on the train from Washington, however, Bill said he might use Mc- Hale or that in case Caldwell or Keating rejoined the club here pence for duty one of the latter might be his choice. —_ _|PREPARING COURSE FOR ROCKAWAY H. C, MEET. The course at Howlett Bay Park, Lo Island, is being proparod for the Perit races of the vet Rockaway Hunting Club, which will ine down, so that the footin Sod will be as part of the course. Deen Jaid at sv spots, which in the past have not dried out in a few hours after hervy rains but entire course thoroughly roll or a Woodwork srepainted grand sta: fo ‘hae leo been started ER aE Lore Outpoints Ted Lewis, MONTREAL, Quebec, April 17.--At the Canadian A. ©. last night Johnny Lore of New, York, sprung a surprise by outpointing Ted fand, holder of the Lord Lonsdsle Wet, Lore carried the fight to Lewis for the entire ten rounds. Johnny's ter body punches slowed Lewis up and. ene abled him to get home some hard amashes to the jaw, whieh had wih taggering around the ring in the last rounds, The weights ringside, ja 147 Lore 139 pounds. Seecer Fo: 1. The Brooklyn Celtic F. ©. will play A. oO next ‘Sunday, April 18, at “Rortell's Oven, + Newark eo Avenue and Boylan Street, 0 —_—X————«<X—<—X—X—X—X—XSX RVPRYTHING FOR Billiards Fageemyy Bowling rices and Terms to Sui REPAIRS. BY Y EXPERT Mi MECHANIC Ss. The atte ink: Wert aaa i Brenaent TH UMS erlog tila Pa aed