The evening world., 1913-05-20
loes Of Local Interest In To.
Nights Bout Between Willard
and Smith.

THE iengthiest heavyweight In
captivity. Jess willard. nights
= tonight in San Francisco. And
althoueh that's . long way from New
York there's more local interest In the
0uND than IN any other scheduled for
IL week
WnlArd's opponent u 0unboat Smith.
u WIN Be some hght
Ne cias expected may Be figured out
snas many OF the "wise feiiows'' along
ne line pick willard to win.
Any man who can weather 0unb boats
wallops and then turn the tables on
0unbost and beat him must know
eqOsthing about the game aid have
soass sort Of a waiiop himself
0uuooat isn't q xs.mmons-yet.
But he's q very remarkable fighter
Whsn one considers the limited number
q bouts In which no has engaged since
easdng 10 the sport. Why. 0unboat 10
- youthful ~ q nstic artist and map
oscorator that they don't sven have his
ZANE In the record books. when F1tx-
amDons began his fight for fame In
thie country he was twenty-eight years
~ and F1txsimnons says frankly that
he learned more about lighting here
tAaa he ever dreamed Of In Australia
o. Now Zealand.
0ouboat II six feet tali-a mere infant
In height beside altitudinous Jess. 10
hoD light legs. . small waist, broad
chest and shoulders. q powerful. muscu-
~ back and long arms. HIS wrists and
oSts are thick and powerful. He 10 .
ASll D.
ouuboat hghts with elaboration. lie
Ooeo IT h fast enough, but studies his
GAAncss and reaches whore his openings
aA0w. When there aren't any he makes
Msm. Asainst that other giant, Mckay.
Omlth showed that he can pam IN ~.
tAck Mckay had been having the best
q 4, roughing Smith around the Rms
and plastsring him on the ropes. Besides
tAAs he had managed to block some
e 0unbost's most effective punches And
. ZIP aside from othera 0unboa& saw
nat Q quick finish might save awkward
oumplicati0ns. 30 gushing In he showed
~ LEFT hand under MokAy's oh!n.
tiAsd his head back. and . tenth Of
oooond afterward swung q terrific over.
haud waliop that looked like tho circiing
e Q scyths In . bayfield,. That swing
~ punch dsktsned Mr.. Mckay. Gun
toaa may b able 10 get willard In the
sAmo way.
Another Of 0unboat's chances lies In
body punching. Willard takes less paine
- cover his body than to cover his
Ghin. The only trouble 10 that the
Chans Of the ring has habit Of loosen.
Nc an uppsrcut when they como IN
slosA That uppsrcut. a. AcCArty
lsasnsd. V . orusher. II reduced Nc
Casty 10 IN Apologize state In less than
TN rounds. Willard packs a straight
sisht too. and Nj. Ksarns can testify
nat Ws one OF tho best milled edge.
y carat punches ever turned out at the
mint And. ~ II to add to the com.
piications that may Offset 0unboats
eeeriAc wailops. Willard also has .
straight left Because Of his enormous
Soanh this 10 . nice little asset. II On.
eoleo Jess TO stand In one corner Of the
ing and tap the other fellow on the eye
before he can rise from his chair.
In short. both willard and Smith
have knockout punch. Both are will.
~ TO shoot II over II Riven o chance
smiths experience may Offset willard's
superior height weight and reach. And
ne likely to be a peach OF a scrap.
Wen pick the winner In the following
Aay's paper. In this case IT'S safer
thA4 WNy.
THs week will show . little heavy.
weight scrapping here In New
= York. The best Of the bunch. ap-
Darsntly. 10 the coffey-Fiynn bout. Cof-
~ has become q very clever big fell
1ew. He looks Nike q possible future
seotsndsr for championship honors
lynn 10 In his usual place as the trial
AereA hopeless OF ever fussinE any Of
ths champions himself. but willing, az.
0resave. tough and always ready to
ant for his money instead OF Ioafing
fsom bell to bell
Rodsl and Kearns will furnish . Ger.
tain amount Of entertainment. Tho
Boer. with his slashing left and his gen.
sral All-around sticking ability. viii
make Il hard going for Kearns. The
Isttes gentleman. however. 10 fresh from
. second knocking out Of One Round
pavtS' In Buffalo. and II feeling like a
eAAmpaon. II he doesn't make tho Boer
49, " at least he'll not establish any
eo9WArd running records himself. lt'll
. something like a concentrated. ab.
hssvta&sd battle royal.
V8D University OF California Ia
sending a fine athletic team East
for the intercollegiate champion.
salDa The team OF eleven star men
leaves Berkeley tomorrow. From the
perees@Ances Of these athletes on the
Pao19o Coast. they should get a few
svop0 1t Cambridge This will be the
Aue Time In several years that Cali.
C0nInIA hnS been q contender Mt the In
teeodllsGiate meet. The team Is said to