The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-28
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Something Struck Keams on
the Chin and the White Hope
String Was Just One Less.

m Nsv Yesh wsA1D.
WE were I'll at Tie Garden last
w n1ght to So the big slam come
w on. soldier Ksasns, - they
said. would put Il over On Jsss willard.
Perhaps no mish4 have done % but for
the fact that the range was no long for
his artillery.
TIE soldier must have thought that
q mine he'd been sUiodsd under han
wAsn less slipped that right over IN
ths si0,eh round. Il ives . pipp.n q .
ssAt.
You -. It's tlls way: willard 10 %
500 n-tussd that no can't DO anything
but cavort about Nike - evsrsrown
baby giraffe and smile and snio&r like
. sohoolsirs-until hSs stang. Thst's
vAAA he did In che early Feulois. Thsa
through the seventh Kearus. who was
iisesning 70 6hArksys advice 10 "savs
him the I. T. 4 down low" swung and
pounded end slammed q wliiArd's body.
Hs ssat IN many . Uood rib rooster.
an wizard stopped laughing end looked
almost seeioua.
WAsa they came eat fsP IT, slghth
willard At once assumed the fsrocious
szpesssioa q . Japansss vas mask and
charged. Did you ever - . hippo
posamus sAaNsf No? Wei. ns1thsr
ga !. But uhars the way Wiliard did
Il. snyhOw. he swuas miOAty swing
and Il circ,sd neatly through the air
about . Ssot over ne Soidisr's tsad-
whore iots e WiuArd's puachss he'd
penetrated the atmosphere IN ~ pre-
csliAG resndA xsarns eufesd he ,sft
Into TIE sisat's solar plssua WA .
sound We TIE drooeing a - evssfips
squash on tire sidswaik from Ne top
Of H. WsesvortA Duiidias.
~ Ioszr there could ssstthat WI.
sra vas bsoeming in,patasnt with
y ~. Ksarns. not to sAy vsxed.
A. ~. Kearus. MOI esins siftsd WIN
s1sAsr prudence Or second sight nsvse
suepsctsd what WAs coming Oh. He min.
gisd with the EiRsl Tower Of hsticufs
ana hand thrss punches against his
neck. that bslns - far W ~ hs )ssuId
reach without usiag stspladdsr.
Ths settled II willard was plainly
annoyed. He rushed suddsuiy against
the soldier and bumped him half way
aoross the ring. Then. without troubling
70 follow him. willard drew bic right
~ back about six feet and drove u
straight forward about twelve feet
kerpiunk! to the spot whore ~
soldiers chin happened to - 81 thai
psychologicai moment.
Up Asw the soldiers heels. Rsain
dust few from the padded ring ~ NJ
struck Il, nat on the back OF his neck
rhses was Q sound suggestive Of ths
csreless dropping OF . piano into thu
ring from somewhere up among the
rafteis Mr.. Ksarns lay dat on his back
for = moment then slowly raised Mi
head seven or eight inches and iookst
around with N expression Of astonish
men, ON he faos. Billy job was count
INK on seconds. A. soon ~ ksarn
sxw WIZARD he trisd 10 get W the res
Of the way, bui he could MT himsel
about % Tar. and thsrs he stuck. II
ten seconds Il was all over.
~ HE extensive Advertising OF Solids
Kearns's supposed designs upol
= Mr.. Willard drew . large crow
to the Garden. Just curiosity. 1t -
through q fsw prsliminar1ss and
.,ood semi-nnAi. N which Frank
Flaming bsat Ksd Black In . hsr
20, and then the ~ fsaiow
came IN. WIZARD strollsd around tn
ring, smiling like . matinee favorit'
Kearns at srlmly In his corner.
Kearns stood up and stripped. show
,ng snsnsnss punches Of muaoss. IN
looks just like you" said spscsass
10 Tom Sharksy. That's nght. "a
Tonl Hes . ans. clean built. ham
some lad willard. waiting IN h
corner. booked vry tall and slim con
Jared TO Ksars. Thsrs wss nothiE
about him, facs Or body. 10 suggest u
aghter. Kearns looked the part-@bui
ana featured for hshtins. The weigh
we're: willard. m pounds In bis tos
KsarnA. ~ stripped.
Al nrst the bout was simply . bu
iesque Neither showed any Knowles
whsaever Of BOXING. They danced q
tented and missed swings. AL OF ksarns
falling 70 roach. and al Of Willard
swIshinS over Ksa;us's head. villa
made hsrcs facss - hs Hinged. y
laughed outright when he missed. ~
the crowd laughed with him Until
nearly fell from its chairs. Then w
srd began landing occasionally. q
ard ciumsy. In the third villa
dropped HIN for second with . RIG
uppercut.
After that Ksarns swung at wniaI
missed. and fell into . chnch eve
few seconds. and both boxes W
through such fantastic movements h
the crowd roared with Laughter. II z
not until the eighth that Wiliard v
really stunG. and then. a. In form
bouts. he lost his awkwardneso for
moment. and showed Q nash OF =,
nGbtIng form. The bout In rpito cf
iendinS. was . huge joke.
n the end Sfsd the shsr
~ what he thought Of II. He h
= been sitting At the ringsi,
with the gentleman In the next Oh.
lolding HE coat tails for fear no MIG
jnulD into the ring,
ri -. splsndid sxhibltion % u
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