The evening world. Newspaper, March 25, 1916, Page 4

| | i : POPP gea.TH0. He will get $3,000 for his share Owner stir DIE WELSH me “STOPS WHITNEY = WILLARD AND MORAN ARE READY FOR TO-NIGHT’S. BIG JESS WILLARD DEFENDS TITLE AGAINST MORAN FOR RECORD PURSE HERE Largest and Most Notable Crowd That Ever Saw Bout in Garden Will Pay $125,000 to See Heavy- weights Battle To-Night. ; By Robert Edgren. At 9 o'clock to-night old Madison Square Garden will see the most tm- pressive event of all its long career. Jess Willard, the biggest champion the ring ever knew, will stand face to face with Frank Moran, The black- haired giant who whipped Johnson will defend his title for the first time @ince that eventful day nearly a year ago when his hard right fist laid the great negro senseless in the resin of the Havana ring. The challenger, Moran, the blond-haired Irishman, is a fit opponent eveu for the huge cham- pion. Iron-hard, grim, red visaged, broad backed, thick necked, long armed, courageous and seasoned in many a bloody battle, he'll match Willard’s To Wittarp WILLARD’S FINAL STATEMENT great strength, swiftness and skill with cold resolution and a right hand punch that has brought him second in line for the title. The gate money will be double the sum ever taken in at a New York out in all the history of the sport. The former record was in the twenty- round bout between Jeffries and Sharkey—$66,300, ‘To-pight the gate will be approximately $126,000. And this ts a ten-' Tound, no-decision bout. Interest in boxing has increased marvellously eince the “good old days.” ‘The two bo.. rs will draw down the @———————_____ great sum of $61,850, which vot rd largest ever paid to two fighting Hee a eet a fasmous serties || HOW WILLARD AND MORAN Johnson battle at Reno, Champion! COMPARE PHYSICALLY. wi will receive $47,500 aa his ‘wehare of the purse. He will be paid) ‘ $6,100 for his share of the moving pic-| tures, He will recetve $2,500 for his) interest in the slides. Moving pilc- tures of boxing bouts, under Federal law, cannot be taken from State to Mate, Single pictures or slides for! Use in stereopticons can. MORAN'S SHARE OF punse,| $23,760. 4 “Moran's share of the purse will be of the moving picture money. When] is now making paper dolls. That's the bout is over neither of the prin-| how hurd it’ is A mere milliopaire ctpals will have to worry about driv) will be about as prominent to-night fag the well-known wolf from IS} as « cobblestone on Seventh Avenue. door, There will be too many “Multis” to Tex Rickard, the daring promoter, | count, The fair sex will be well rep- will not have to worry either. Tex) resented. The line of arena boxes states that he doesn't care about! wil! look as if the horse show were making any money out of the bout.! in progre Seeing our big bruisers His fad is the running of champion- action is the Jatest feminine fad. ship bouts, This is his third, and| A fair damsel may not know a sauce- the other two were both record} pan from a potato masher, but if she breakers in gate money. He's run-| doesn't know the difference between ming this one more for the fun of | a left hook and an uppercut it is held | it than anything else. But when the|that her education has been sadly | 1918, boxers are paid off, the State tax | neglected. paid and all expenses accounted for) The Boxing Commission having | he'll have a few simoleons left for | withdrawn slightly under a fire of himself. Not many, but enough to} criticism the little Preliminary bouts | add to the satisfaction he feels in| will begin at 7 o'clock, so that they'll | showing the world that Tex Rickard | be out of the way in time to let the| ‘ts not only a dead game sport but @/ real event of the evening come on at} far-seeing and successful promoter |9 o'clock, The bell for the beginning | with more nerve than any other pro-|of the first round is to ring at 9.80. | moter in the world, It will be best to arrive early, al- | No other boxing bout ever drew] though police such a crowd of notables. Mayors! been made to keep the crowd a block | of cities, great bankers, kings of/away from the Garden entrances, ecommerce, famous legislators, finan-| This can be done because no tickets clers known the world over, will be] will be sold there, sitting all around the ring fifty rows] The Willard-Moran bout has been arrangements have deep. It ts doubtful that the world] talked of for months, Willard beat | 1915. has ever seen any gathering repre-| Jack Johnson a year ago, but there qenting #0 much money, Tho man|has been no strenuous public demand | who tried to estimate it in millions|to drag the champion back into the| ring in the mean while, It was con- THE WHITE ELEPHANT ceded that the fellow who could lay | Johnson out needn't fear competition BOWLING & BILLIARD ACADEMY | trom any of the other heavyweights JOSEPH THUM, Proprietor. now in action. SSBILLIARD TABLES RESTAURANT| TWO VICTORIES OVER COFFEY 1241-1251 Broadway. Cor. Sist LS N.Y. EARNED MORAN MATCH, Moran, however, tefused to be over- Bergman Bros. Bowling ‘Alleys looked. He came back from a trip to LENOX AVE.—116th Street | !2sland, where he had knocked out Billiard Instruction end Exhibitions by Bombardier Wells and a few other Prof, Koarlus Daily. “heavies" of minor importance, He 26 Billiard Tables 10 Bowling Alleys|®84 fought Johnson twenty hara| fe rounds before Willard deprived the EVERYTHING VOR ebony giant of his crown, He was acknowledged to be a hardy sort of a Billiards Wee Bowling |e: es and Terms .o Sul. In New ¥ .M an waited for eome REPAIRS BY EXPERT MECHANICS, | time in hofes of getting on with Will. Sewn fs Near road q ard, But | was advised to “get a Woruo's Crramerons Jess Wirraro JESS WILLARD’S RECORD Born in Pottowatomie County, Kan, Dec, 29, 1887, -Louis Fink. . -Sepulpa, Okla... ++-El Reno, Okla.... 3 rounds..K. 0. Y.... 3rounds. .K. 0. 10 rds. .Lost (foul) ‘(COMcial Referee to Oklahoma C Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City. -Oklahoma City, - Elk City, Okla. -Hammond, Okla Al Mandeno . 11 rounds. .K. 0. - Bill Shiller, Frank Lyon. like Comisky whether [ necting as ref “L ne is brought before me Personally, 1 b 10 rounds... Won. ssseeeeesFort Wayne, I: + Frank Bowers » John Young.... Arthur Pelky. . Luther McCarty -Sailor White... Soldier Kearns - 6rounds..K. 0. splendid exhibitic und stren, ) the core, and ye | shows, 18 thor ‘oughly imbued with the Now I anticipate that Judging. those ea that he Such a combination is a fine thing| Work. I will see that they break free. for a referee to go up against. In a] After the break they may, of course, case of that kind he acts mostly as a | spectator. Hlowev | bo looking on ax a spectator by jane r of means, It is my duty to | o aoe them to watch. for sudden | used. There will be no hard bandages outbrea 8 rounds. .K, 0. Frank Bauer -Fort Wayne, Ind.. -Fort Wayne, Ind. -Ban Francisco. . San Francisco. 4 rounds. .K. 0, unboat Smith Charley Miller George Rodel «. Milwaukee .... Fort Wayne, Ind. . -10 rounds. .No dec, 2 rounds. . Won. +10 rounds. . Won. Carl Morris George Davis . George Rodel... »+»New Haven, Conn, 9 rounds... -Tom MeMahon,..,... Youngstown, 0. | will not find me wanting this time. I} Jam out for the Square Deal in the |Squaged Avena, and that's what is| going to happen at Madison Bauars| » George Rodel....., » 6rounds. .K. 0. . Jack Johnson Number of bouts, Havana, Cuba ; won by K, 0., 18; won on hos 3; no de- Garden to-night. I feel th in this contest, more tha an | in any other, the honor of fair an square boxing in New York Sta take. Wo have twa hoavyw: each of whom has a strong follow a case of More aggressive than Willard, Fight-|sanship bot) | i sion to him, and the present figure. Willard came tisan followe an objection or a alur, it will be done. 6 feet 6 and twice as big as an ordin- ary heavyweight in physique he has no one won to hitting as hard as he deliberate style Being almost impervious to ready working hard and in splendid speal. » for the fight first glimpse When the opening in with a batte often brings h is principally chances look good, ing ram drive But day by de « right-handed fighter, been Known to use Phat his own | welght boxing match vorite in the b backers have indicated by down with his right peets to do the expectation, of course, Jess thinks of the fight in six or seven rounds, same to Willard. This | gether, you ca crookin| i with Ike Dorgan that Mc gmail numbers It would be out of place here for me to write don't care what to the bout by a little old-timer reputation ho snagged the rep. INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY first, He t 1 dim Coffey, At that MONARCHS '§™: CHOnAR Ume the Dublin Giant was all lined aT CRESGENTA:C. san em St 8 so, | Considered the best of the contenders. |}, - Moran knocked Coffey out w! 2 ORTING. tonishing quickness, Unoonyt Hin a i, MANHAITAN trained for a few months, then way TO-NIGH1 matched with Moran again. Moran Campi vs. Billy Fitzsimmons | knocked him out a second time, show- a © of Al Wiliart Moran bovis, Smads etn Adm. 0c. Res'd Sts,75e.$1, $1.50, Bosse, 77 OLYMPIC CLU Me the public demanded a Willard-Moran match instead of a joke match that had been arranged between Willard and a novice named Fulton in New | Orleans. Willard accepted Tex Rickard's terms for a Moran match, Rickard appar- J ced. Bkiyn, Tel 5968 Bush, “Pilon Te WILLARD SHOULD BE ABLE TO! refereed by Charli fours RETAIN TITLE, » 1 cool and, determined | in this which I have otMelated up for a bout with Willard, He was|POsgane Hay Milo, only if he fails wo 8 When Moran is dy for action, Willard stands 6 feet 6 inches in approximately » in this bout, | which ean be nish the ten | us clean boxers, any attempt to use iilegul tactics in | an effort to win has been some interest Coffey went to the mountains anuj pi, 260 pounds strippeds Jreach Willard's advantage has lmen a good student ® immediate returns (0™ | ing such fighting skill and force that |of | hitting knack | Main unmolested in the possession of that is in Hne fighting qualifications, Brown of New York defeat y Orleans ban- y every round of nd bout here last night © called the draw, a majority Missed the decision. le ly to Ko 4 When that match was called off |§ ¥ t0 #0 SIONS | Dete Werman, wen that happens 1 und When aroused vyweight | When st dangerous he seen in the ring since Jeffries's time. is absolutely game, " vith Bap p ye ea an ~— jently didn't care what he did with his 5, Miiuae: fo. Prices, Girt ve bas, money. Starting -with an offer of| 1 have never seen Moran, so | can’t toll how I'll fight him. A few minutes in the ring will show me all | need to know. After that there won't be much time wasted. | expect to win. I don't expect the bout to go ten rounds, It may be a good deal less than ten rounds, The less the better. 1am in as good condition as | was in Havana, | have developed my arme and shoulders a lot since | knocked out Johnson. Boxing rly every day for about six months did it. | have learned a lot more about boxing and think | can hit harder than ever before. | had to hold back my punches in my training bouts, or | wouldn't have had any sparring partners left in a few days. | won't have to hold them back to-night. I'm glad Moran is a good tough fellow, If there are any others who think they'd like a chance after Moran they can have it. |Referee Wh ite Quotes Rules and Says He Will Insist on “‘Square Deal’’ in Ring Third Man in Ring at Garden Doesn’t Anticipate Trouble Hold- ing Down Job, and Expects Willard and Moran to Put Up Fine, Manly Exhibition. By Charlie White surement, furauant to the au- Qmateur Athletic U: ion, but match there will be no res ion by me. Moran M NE of the many questions asked] {Ff of me by persons interested in .: ‘ee more than four the Willard-Moran contest !s all attend or a nt, he aimealtydn nd this | shall see to. Also, there : peen,| Shall be no coaching by the sec- My reply has “| onds or any other person. cipate difficulty until It} Throughout the contest the sec- ” onds must remain i ss will be| Must not rise from the: see an ae he til,the termination of id. ‘3 in in accordance with I see to ant of the cleanest encour y of the ring—one that will go that the |down im the ann of ans re in kidney punch or blow is absolute- of human sk ly barred. A Here are two men with| 4% be the Both are game to ach, as his history to other blows, | am judge as to wheth- er they are fair or foul. reputations. nust “fight clean.” blows will be the hardest part of my protect themselves. . : Follawing out the rules of the Stat t expect to State rane Pe any | Athletic Commission, I shall see that oft cotton or linen bandages are to which every man is sub- | OF substances of any kind, this under to n and, if necessary, to| Section 18, part 2, of the rules of the eematiae: commission, This is all I can say on the eve of | WILL INSIST ON SQUARE DEAL /the exhibition, except that I want IN RING TO-NIGHT. again to emphasize the point that In that connection 1 want to say | Mere will be @ good, clean contest and |that the sporting public will not find, & “Sauare deal” for each man. wanting I do not believe it has | found me Wanting in the past, and it that kind there alwa night. ein lies my responsibility, Imust p the springboard balanced, so to bring to the champion’s wife and Yet I haven't worried any about |{ tailed report of the contest. this contest. I have felt all along that is gol be the greatest and straight¢ New York ever saw, []| 7" caine have felt that it will be a model for the sporting world, despite the many difficulties that surround any heavy~ sent bowing match ny ee FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP t weparate thom by By John Pollock mnnnnwwwwnrnrO pur fir horically| Dan “Porky” Bly Metup the Boston aking, J have the “dynam heavyweight, Who gave Al Reich such eye of this great en. contests at whieh 1 feree or assistant Wrong conclusions m Therefore | will not ticle on past Stadium A. C, show on ‘Thursday had from being knocked out in the another battle at the same ¢ next ‘Thursday night. — & 1, The rules of the commission will be Willard’s timekeeper, that the ring shall be not ao, Wai F Lark Rote: A ion may be given in amateur Flow me Fiant LooKs MRS. WILLARD DOESN’T WORRY; JESS WIRES HER HE WILL WIN CHICAGO, March 25.—Mrs. Jess Willard, wife of the heavy- weight champion, is not at all worried concerning the outcome of the bout between her husband and Frank Moran in New York city to- “| received a telegram from Jess saying that he will win and will return to Chicago on the first train after the fight.” A special wire from the ringside to the Willard home here will a hard fight for ten rounds at the night pite the narrow escape he first round, was signed up to-day for ub on Gibson, | until the sc eon nor more th ‘The arose reoeints of the boxing show held by than sixt ° on the Harlem Sporting Cl t amounted to 3, 81.50, reveivel $1,000, Dovahue aT ET NOW UP TO BOXERS TO DO THEIR BEST, SAYS TEX. BY TEX RICKARD, Promoter of Big Bout. I want to thank the boxing pub- y York for the interest shown in this bout, and mone for this ten-round bout, and now itis uptothem. I have done every- thing in my power to make the bout an attractive one, and the only thing that remains is for the boxers to do their share, I expect these men to go into the ring and do their level best. I don't want a big attraction like this to end in disappointment. I will be up near the ringside, and if there is any evidence that the boxers are not trying to fight I will be among the first to get up and raise a I feel sure, however, that th both go Into the bout to slow the best that is in them Surprisingly Few Bets Made ! On the Big Bout, One of the biggest surprises in con- ction with to-night’s battle between | ‘Willard and Moran is the scarcity of | betting. When the match was first clinched it was expected that a large amount of money would be staked on the outcome of the contest, but only @ comparatively few bets have been made for a bout of such importa The betting to-day w. tol on Wii ard to get the popular newspaper de- clsion, their elgshryenteokd daughter a de- Abe Attell rounds in tw us’ timo at the Ma A. C, of Harlem, il ve $3,000 4 Mons displayed a certified check amount last night, which he aid ad oFer-to Kilbane's mavager, Mf the mateh t ¢linehed Johnny Dundee is not going to fight again Md week in April, He will weet that in those bygone fihts L tried to MAEHAMAS BRGHE Blu; a him | Joe Mandot, the New Orleans lightweight, for do my duty, and this time £ will do | matchmaker of the club, engaged him |i cou tne Broalway Sporting ‘Club of to meet Gunboat Smith in the star the same Coe aeoends. AL Relel wan ty | Brokun: Maniot te to receive a guarantee of ATHLETIC COMMISSION'S RULES ))..., boxed smith, but he claims he | gowe 30 18 ve cent, ofthe nee secee, one WILL GOVERN BOUT. injured his right hand, 60 Flynn was | deo rays he will try bis hardest 19 atop Mandot, As to the rules under which the} substituted. tay men are to box, they will, 4 . Besides the championship fight between Wil- pe those of the New York Only the seconds of the fightom and the time-| lard and Moran, four other ¢ will ot lotic Commission, 1 have keepers Will bo allowed around the ringside, Dr,| boxing showa to-night, at which the returns of with members of the commission, and e D, Muth will be the official timekeeper. | the big battle read from the stage, are thoroughly in accord regard | 4 yjuor automatic timekweper is to be installed to | round by round. mite at the different ing the rules, which I here will Sum= | guide Dr, Muth in big work, George Considine | clute arm as follows: Stadium A, C,, Eddie marize: for Morau and “Jack” Curley | Camoi ve. Billy Fitasimmons in the main bout aud five other contests; Fairmont A. C, of Brox, Jobuny Mise vs, Young Jack Sharkey and Murray Verkel va, Young Joe Dundee in ten: round bouts; Broadway Sporting Club of Brook lyn, Gus Christie of Milwaukee ve, ‘Tommy Burke of Bt, Louis and Miko McTeague vs, of Paisley bat Ae 8, th saboy ad Wi Ve. Abe Filed round bouts. Mf Champion Johuny Kilbane (gaqpilling to give Sas ts tae ORK TEAMS BREAK CAM _— Rereree Crarue White PUTTING "EM OVER With “Bags” Baer Courrieht, 1846, by The. Prem f ri OTe Giants This is Der Tag. Immaterial who wins the dig fight #0 long as Walter Camp docan’t inatet on picking an All-American heavyweight Basebali magnates can cut expense jy salting down the wet baselines with Carranza money instead of sawdust. Armed intervention is all right, but two armed intervention is Street financial experts pre dict that the bottom will soon drop out of the Willard-Moran ticket boom. Batters should tock up their senatorial come is guing to require a We to get to first base on Walter Jolnsomy Rabid “Rudolph, our left- handed expert, will predict the winner of the big fight match in Chicago, If Moran is really sincere about winning that championship it is considered very stylish nowadays “to put something in the other guy's Moral support fs all right furnace that would to but we never saw @ out heat on that diet, Chess Champion Marshall stood off 105 opponents in Washington, seems to be the ratlo that Washing- ton expects Gen, Pershing to operate Populace awards battle by popu Mr. Willard hasn't signed on the dotted line yet. acclaim, but In the midst of all the excitement a cycle car was run over by a p ANSWERS TO QUEERIES. 1, P.—Don't know why the ing tower of Pisa do it, but it does, Z. Z.—Possibly that money was sent to the conscience fund by some shortstop who batted .142 last aum- m C. A, D.—Those one-armed lunch chairs were designed by a right~ handed architect. Might get eneugh Gongressmen to enact wet Q.—No truth to it, in the league in id have gone to the front. U. M—Might garage by filling the ga with champagne,