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adie a ee EE ‘with a good deal of interest. * connection. ‘ UP.TO-DATE AND NEWSY | LLARD DOESN'T BEGIN TO FIGHT HARD UNTIL HE HAS BEEN STUNG BY BLOW When Jess Is Hurt by Punch His Smile Disappears, He Becomes Infuriated and Then You See the Real Fighting Man. V—WILLARO’S RING BATTLES AND RISE TO CHAMPION- SHIP SERIES. by Phe Press Publishing Co (The New Yors Wvening World) BY ROBERT BDGREN. FTE the febt in which he bested MeCarty, the tall man from Kan eas began to think he deserved @ littie money tor appearing in the ring. He had fought on occasions for twenty-five and thirty-five dollar purses, and even in the McCarty affair received only @ per cent. of the gate and paid a manager's share out of that Willard was offered # match in the Garden with Gunboat @mith. had enough of this 6 per cent. thing,” he said “You give me 16 per cent. end I'll fight him.” As tho Gunners astute manger was demanding quite @ bit more than 16 per cent. for bis end, the club mangore wanted to get. Joes at as small a figure as they could persuade him to take, They laugh: @% bis demand for 16 per cent and sald if he didn't care to accept their terms he could “beat it.” q took their advice literally, He went to Buffalo. There he wae Coprnant, i0it “Tve THE EVENING WORLD Offered the munificent sum of $60 to fight in a preliminary bout. Jesse refused both the preliminary and the fifty, His ideas were growing. More- over, he wanted some money to eend home. While he was dickering the manager of a small club came around and offered him a match with Satlor White. The Sailor was @ tough customer for his weight. in those days. He had a remarkably hard punch, and was willing to try it on any one, big or email. Willard knocked out Sailor White in a round. The fight wae a joke to him. He just jabbed the Sailor a few times to stop his rushes, then cracked him with the right and it was all over. Poor White had no chance to get inside Willard’s long jab, and his hard punoh availed him not at @ll because he couldn't get near enough to land it For that fight Willard received $180. When it was over the first club offered him a match with “One Round” Davis, who was regarded in Buffalo @s a coming world’s heavyweight champion. Davis was a tall, eplendidly built fellow, with a remarkable knack of hitting. He won nearly all of his fights in the first round, with a olean, cold knockout. Up to that time he had won every fight with caso, never being in the slightest danger himself, #0 that his followers thought him nothing less than a wonder, First Big Percentage for Ex-Cow Puncher. Jess dickered again to get more money, and as ho was now a popular fighter in Buffalo and apparently just the one to give Davie a hard fight, he had a chance to get what be wanted. His first demand was for 25 per cent. of the gate receipts. This the club refused to consider, and the articles Gnally signed gave Willard 20 per cent. As the date set was some weeks away, Jose went to Chicago on a trip. ‘While he wae out there “One Round” Davis decided that he'd make a raid en New York. 80 he went down to fight Soldier Kearns. I saw that fight Davis was clover and evidently had a hard Duach. He sent Kearns staggering in the first minute of the fight. But Kearns drove home a terrific swing to the Buffalo man’s chin, Davis turning @ somersault in the air, and was knocked out completely before the first round was finished. The news that Davie had been knocked out filled Jess with disgust. He notified the club that he wouldn't fight Davis unless given 25 per cent. of the gate instead of 30. He dida’t oare to fight a loser. The club refused. After this came his fight with Sokiler Kearns tn New York, about ‘week after Kearns had knooked out Davis. Kearns was a promising heavy- ‘weight at that time. He was as well built as Tom Sharkey at his best and from twenty to twenty-five pounds heavier. He was a Hercules in strength, knew little about boxing, hit a terrific punch with a good des! of speed and Geemed able to take punishment. After Kearna defeated Davis he was regarded as a possible future ehampion. He apparently had no doubt of his ability to beat the Kansas @lant. Willard entered the ring at the Garden that night with his usual wide emile. He was as much inclined as ever to regard the fight as a cirous per- formance. So it w far as his part of {t was concerned. From the start he held Kearns safe. Willard was faster on his feet than the Soldier, and he hit more accurately. Holding Kearns off with extended left, he smiled @round at the crowd and only turned now and then to slip in a few punches, Kearns landed a few hard swings in the body, but was entirely unable to reach Willard’s chin, although he jumped up into the air to make the Jess Showed Speed in Bout With Kearne. In the third round Jess knooked Kearns flat with an uppercut. After that he emiled some more and evidently enjoyed the exhibition, for he didn't try to hurry the finish. Kearns recovered and rushed hard. Just et the end of the fourth Jess nailed Kearns on the chin again and the Boldier fell forward and-threw his arms around Willard's legs in a clinch, For a few rounds after that Willard played to the gallery, letting Kearns come rushing in and meeting him with neatly delivered hooks and uppercuts. At the end of the fifth round Willard sidestepped so suddenly that Kearns fell to the floor. All this time Kearns was fighting his best. He began getting heavy @mashes into Willard's body, and although without a doubt Kearns wag hitting like a pile-driver, Jess didn’t show any signs of distress. In the eighth round there was a hard mixup, both Jess and Kearns wading in and hitting fast. Jess stiffened Kearns up with several heavy punches, but finally Kearng swung hia right with every ounce of strength he had and sunk his fist fairly into the pit of Willard’s stomach, That punch would have finished almost any fighter. It was as deadly as the famous solar plexus punch delivered by Bob Fitzsimmons when he knocked out Jim Corbett at Carson Right then and there the smile came off the face of Jess Willard looked very much annoyed He Kearns stepped back a couple of paces and half dropped his hands, expecting to see the tall Kansas cowpuncher bend {n | and come toppling to the ground the middle like a hinge precedent, was far out of range, But Willard’s reach ts Kearns, by all TRAER, 3 ASIOCaMOE Walking Contests Latest 4 Thing in Athletics for New York’s Schoolboys Or. John Finley Plans to Stim- ulate Interest in Pedestrian- ism by Giving Handsome Medals to Competitors, health, both mental and physical, in the boys of the metropolis. The walk on May 1 will start at Fort George, and the route will be along St. Nicholas Avenue to One Hundred and Tenth Street, west to Central Park and entirely around the bark and finish at Fort Geor If the new stadium at the College of the City of New York at Convent Avenue 18 finished in time it Is Planned to end the walk th out of compliment to John PBinioy, who'll probably be seated thore to eee the poys finish and give prizes to the first thirty-five, Dr, Finley is having made a hand- some bronze medal and he will do- nate 26 of them to the successful walk- ers, The Sunday World has also do- nated ten handsome silver medals, which will also be distributed among the boys making the best showing. In addition to this every lad finishing will be given a certificate stating that fact. T tw the opinion of John P. Finley, former President of the College of the City of New York, and now Commissioner of the State Depart- ment of Education, that pedestrian- iam 1s the greatest form of exercise in the world. He declares that walk- ing always was and always will be the most beneficial exercise. That ie why ho recently wrote to John T. Nicholson, principal of the Washing- ton Heights Evening High Sohool and director of athletics in all the evening Digh schools of this city, king him to promote a walk around Manhattan Island Principal Nicholson has always been a great devotee of athletics, and he gladly took up the suggestion Upon Investigation he found that It would be impracticable to hold a walk around the entire island, as traffic would prevent suitable results, in view of the great number of en- tries expected. After consulting with the principals of the other evening high schools {i was decided to hold a modified walk of sixteon miles on Saturday after- noon, May 1, starting at about 1.30 o'clook, A walk around the isiand| he made a ton-strike when he eug- Would be nearly thirty miles long, | “sted this walk on May 1 It fg expected that between 500 and 700 evening high school boys will take part In the walk. President ChurchtI of the Board of Education ts taking great interest in the walk and will endeavor of have Mayor Mitchel and other eity officials on hand to encourage the boys Pollce Inspector Schmittberger has promised to have the route along which the boys walk properly policed, The uptown route was taken as it is less frequently used for vehicles of various kinds than any other. of the walk Director ing school boys for their bread t of them work indoors they don't have any chance to exereine except that which we pro- vide for them. Dr. Finley, though, is always thinking of their welfare, and have to work all da and butter, and as me TUESDAY, APRIL WALTER J. eave Lakewood pie ai Title Holders of Past and Pres- ent Will Take Part in Opening Competition of the Season in This Vicinity. | HE 1916 competitive golf season T for the metropolitan diatriet will be formally ushered in at Lakewood next Thursday ‘long ‘bout j@ o'clock. At that time the fret | player will tee-off in the three-day which was also considered a trifie too | ~ " long as a starter, Dr, Finley has always taken a keen interest in athletics for boys, es- pecially those who have to work dur ing the day for @ living. Therefore when recently two schoolboys from Massachusetts finished a long walk at Albany, It struck him that this would be just the thing to promote FIFTEEN STAKE FEATURES AT BELMONT PARK. Fifteen stako and handicap event will be run during the elghteen days’ Champlon Freddie Welsh, who ie going along wrabbing off plenty of easy money by meeting good Lghtwetght tn no-deciaton bouta, is slated to tako part in two more of these contess within & week, His firet will be with Med Watwn, tho California fighter, at Hudson, Wia,, to-night, hile on next Monday night he will go agatnst Johnny Harvey, the Harlem ightwelght, for twelve rounde at « boxing sow to le brought off at Qolumbus, ©, Welsh will recetve lowe to $1,600 for there two seraie meeting at Belmont Park, beginning Fae 4 JeKetrick, manager of Joo Jeanette, bas May 20, Tho fatures are: Metropolitan | Dam MeKetrick, managwe of Jon Jeanee, Hae arate. i atl, Steonechase vette to meet fam McVey in o twelteeound juvenile, nternational Btesple {) and Sam Lanato Houguet, Amatour Cup, Withe cleat wre in Ave and am Tanetond I 8 Tobogwan, dirand National Stoeplechas am bette st the same obib elmont and May, Langfont begged for ar opolitan Handicap | Jeanetta and MeKetrick consente! ¥ Steeplechase will be — the fontur 8 of the opening day. 2 the bouts at politan this year ‘will bel iy, are; he the St # Rink A, C., worth i .000,. $600 ‘more. t han Ata cash ready declared that tha, tenevaa bout Vat value last. year enny | oan, Oa ‘ > « the Roy, High Noon, Rock View, Stromboll, | Sun Lava mY S) el camer, Iron Dul Finn, MoVey sent word ian, Duckhorn, Magnets tying Paley, rpshooter, Phosphor: Luke McLulce | malaria and le ansiow to tackle Langtord Masquerader and Buskin are eligi-| to start. Af Battling Levinshy’e hand, which be infared tn Deyond precedent. Joss, infuriated for a single instant, leaped forward and drove a straight | right hand to ieurn’s chin. The blow was a lifting punch, lke most of Willard’s blows. It took Kearns right off his feet. His heels flew up into the sir and his head reached the ground first. He lay flat on his shoulder Dlades u the count reached “eight,” when he raised his head a little, rolled his eyes, and let it flop down again. ‘he punch paralyzed Kearns from the neck down. It was several minutes before he could leave the | ring. And he's had a “glass jaw” ever since. Willard couldn't box in New York for a while after the Kearns bout, as the Buffalo promoters got after him for cutting out the fight with One jRound Davis. So he went to the Pacific Coast on a little trip. He had the ire mow. At ee was beginning to make money in the ring. | STANDING OF THE CLUBS, WATIONAL LEAGUE n tk Clubs WoL. BC ry v 8 400 Pittabureh RESULTS OF YE | Wi Aeraee itteba 7 GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY. | ae al FISTIC NEWS By John Pollock with | AND GOSSIP fs recent bout with the Zalu Kid, te within a fow days bie manager, te Wil eden for » ten-round o> wi with Charley ‘Young’ Weinert, to be Sought at the Brosdway Club of Brookiiyn on the night of May 4, Johnny Dunn, who te the new ‘MoCoy of Brooklyn, made the anounoement that ho will match McCoy against Young Jimmy Olatby, Mike Gibbons or any other that will make 158 pounds, weigh in at the ring site, ‘Ahearn can have firvt chance,” mid Duna, “Out he must make the weight." Hare te | a chanoe to grab MoCoy's title, MoKetutak, The House bill legalizing ten-round nodectslon boxing matches in the three first-class cities of Poul and Dotuth— passed the Btato Senate, 86 to 82, after several | uinor amendments had been adopted. Concur | rauce by the House in thee amendments will be necemary before the bill gos to the Goremor, | Minnowta—Minneapolia, St. Frankie Callsban, the Brooklyn boxer who has developed into « good Lightweight flanger, hes aa- other hant battle on bia hands to-night. He will @ against Sem Robidesn, the clerer Philadelphia in a ten-tound bout at the Broadway Club of Hrooklyn. ‘They boxed an eight. aw 10 Bt, Louis severe) weeks ago, Kid Graves of Milwaukee and Eddie Moran and will moet tonight tn the ear Eddie Cook of ‘ind Keung’ Molead ot Winahing nd nomi final Loach Cross and Packey Flommey were matehed today to mect in a ten-round hout at the Pedoral |.A. ©, on the night of April 29, ‘This bout will | be the semi-final to the battle between Champion | Jotnny Kilbane and Benny Leonard, which i carded for the same evening, Baseball, Polo Gi day, 8.30 P, M, Gia ve, ‘st Takes peonaetien 6) in Hand After Grounds might have beheld doings of @ etrange and secret nature, Many Champions Enter SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK TRAVIS MUST BEAT THESE STARS TO HOLD HIS LAKEWOOD TITLE =e ie fi wis OSWALD RIRKBY | McGraw ow to Private Practice ROBERT EDGREN HER RES SHOFF ty american tepcadel son __To Develop Hitting Right- Fielder Game, and Has Youngster Chasing Long Drives Until Darkness Ends Session. By Bozeman Bulger. 6 the sun ducked back of Coo- gan's Bluff last evening late loiterers around the Polo From the moment the lest spec- tator left the park until darkness in- tervened @ chunky little man with e@rayieh hair wielded a fungo stick Golf Tourney invitation tournament of the Country Club, which ts the ofMfcial sterter for the home district. While many have been participating | in olub events ever since the weather moderated, the Lakewood tourney marks the opening of the local cham- Plonship season. From now on there'll be championships, special tournaments and matches galore. The Lakewood tournament attracts many of the best players in the game. Those who swing over the winter eircuit down South frequently stop off at Lakewood on thelr way home, The course in the heart of the Jersey pines appeals to every one who enjoys his favorite sport over a etiff course. MANY CHAMPIONS WILL PLAY IN TOURNAMENT. ‘Thie years entry list includes a emall army of champions, past, pres- ent and future. Walter J. Travis is the dean of all the starters. Th “Grand Old Man” of golf simply can't be kept away from kewood. For me the former national champion as repeatedly won at Lakewood. The veteran frequently has been hard a seed, but In some mysterious way @ manages to win the oup and his Lakewood collection would almoet fill & room. Young Philip Carter, schol champion and winner of the Pi: hurst title this year, has entered a! and is especially keen to break ‘Travis's winning streak, Other nota- ble entrants will be Fred Herreshoff, Max Marston, Baltusro! champion: Gardai White and possibly Jerry Travel and Oswald Kirkby, Mew Jersey title-holder, There will be an 18-hole qualifying round Thursday morning, and pro- vision has been made for four six- teens. Two match rounds will be played Friday, leaving both the semi- finale and finals to be decided on Saturday. An 18-hole handicap with cups for the best gross and nat scores also will be run off on Saturday. Entries for the tournament should be sent early enough to reach the Country Club at Lakewood before to-morrow night, Entries for the handicap will be re: ceived up to 2 o'clock Saturday after- noon, As a sort of prelude for the regular tournament there will be a special event for veteran players In the an- aual competition for the Shanley Memortal Cup to-morrow, All ama- teur golfers fifty-five years of age or over are eligible to compete for the handsome trophy, which is to be won outright, Eighteen holes gt modal play Is the test arranged” for the geniors in the Bevel match, Baseball Hasn’t Changed Much, Says Billy Sunday. CAN'T ye where baseball has changed so very much since 1 played the gam Seat on Players’ Bench— Al Demaree’s Dinky Curve Ps Sunday ik Honored With rz) | suid Billy Sunday aft were whipped yesterday, “Perhaps it is @ little more acientific, but we a had some mighty good ball clubs | Caused Giants’ Downfall. | back in what most of the pres The second defeat at t sands of tion of fans call the old |] the Philiies was a 1 ttle tough on the The bunt and sacrifice mode | Giants, but the gall LtUre Was tack wasn't used much, but |] that they were hoi ly shut out we had many a good clouter who |) by “steamer Al" Demi » young could give the ball a ride that |) man traded to the Phil last fail would Uckle the fans, | with Stock and @ youn, bs “The present day pitchers and || Hans Lobert. Al's form catchers, to my mind, 1 found it mor dimMcuit better than the good » {| culiar jerky deliv positions twenty years or | York's ‘opponents ago. I believe the present occasions they had pitchers have an edge on the / only to fall down be ters that wasn't the case in my }| of Demarce’s little time, because of the slight eleva- |) tion of the pitcher's box. The }| Billy Su to the Giant catchers were not so protected as || bench was « br ut the players at present, but they did their work || gave him a glad wel e. He said he and they did it well.” | as anxious to meet them all and appeared delighted when McGraw anked him to sit on the bench, As hie was leaving Mr. Sunday picked up two or three of the bats, carefully and ex- pertly testing their ance steadily, smashing long drives in the @eneral direction of right field to a solitary outer gardener, This lone- #ome young athlete, young and spry of foot, chased the wallops back, forth and sideways until his tongue hung out, weight and bal- the players watching him eriti- en he laid down the bats marked: “Mac, I belleve I'm still there with the old willo and re- “Say, Mac,” he dried out at the end of a half hour, “ain't that enough? I'm getting tired.” “Not yet,” replied McGraw, with no sign of weakening, “I want to see you go back on one, Robby, See if you can spear this one” Another 6° i of the fungo bat walloped @ long drive over Robert- son's head far into deep centre, With all the speed he had in him “Robby” finally nailed it. “Now take thia one on your left side and see what kind of @ Ww you can make to the plate.” Again the Southerner went into high speed, but hie throw wasn’t as 00d as demanded and he had to do it over, On and on went the practice, Ap. ntly there was no let-up to MoGraw. Finally Robby had to duck one that Re could not eee in the growing darkness and the unusual seanion ended. “Looks like I can't find a hitting right flelder ready made,” said Mo- Graw, as he came in with jaws set, “so T guess I'll have to make one by hand.” And you can bet he will, too, Robertson is a good hitter, bur is not artistic or finished in his flelding, These faults McGraw proposes to cor- Teot or blow up in the attempt. This te the first time In many sea- sons that McGraw has taken a player out for private practice after a game was over, and It means he {s very much disturbed about his right fleld problem. > - Langford end Flynn Ordered Out of Ring. MONTREAL, April 20.—Amid Bisons and groans of the hundreds who admission to Theatre Royal last ni Sam Langford and Dan (Porky) of Roston were publicly belittled when they were ordered from the ring in the eighth round after making a fiasce of their bout. 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