El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-23
JOHNSON AND WILLARD SIGNED;
MAY FIGHT At JUAREZ TRACK
Promoter Jack Curley Is H ere and FL Pasoans Are Of
fering Him Inducements to Pull Off the Cham
pionship Fight in Ju arez-ScOres of Able
Writers Would G ome; Jim Jeffries
Would Train Willard.

, some mighty good offers from other
points. only yesterday he received a
/ telegram from New York urglng him
not to decide where he would hold
the fight until he had conferred with
Representatives of the Havana mann
Der of commerce. Havana has offered
him a bonus of $4,000 if he viii hoId
the fight there. He considers this a
/ good offer and believes that he could
get a good crowd there, stlll ne
declares that bonuses are not gong 10
take him anywhere against his Judg-
ment.
EI PasO is Favored.
q am going over all the proposed 10
cations he said, and see what the
chances are for getting the best crowd.
That viii decide me. FL Paso mas
many advantages in its favor. In the
first place, Willard is very popular in
the west; he is an Oklahoma boy and
he would draw many fans from Kan
sas City, Oklahoma City, st Louis and
that section. He is also popular on
the Pacific coast. Ell Paso is so located
that fans from all over the west and
middle west could reach here in h
shortest possible time. FL Paso has
many railroads, which would enable
the transportation companies to ham
die the crowds well. Ell Paso also has
ample hotel accommodations. All these
things are in FL Paso's favor, but 1
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is to be held until 1 have visited the
other places. E ownsville, opposite Ma
tamOras, and Eagle Pass, opposite c. p
D1az, in Mexico, want US. emo
Ayres is bidding for the fight and so
are other South n Central American
cities"
May Fight March g.
The date for the fight has not been
set and, according to the articles of
agreement signed by the fighters, pro-
moter Curley does not have to an
nOunce the date for some time yet. 1t
was suggested to him hat it would
be a good time to pull the fight in
JuareZ at the time of the meeting of
the cattlemen here in March. They
viii be here on March 8, 4, 5 and s.
The 9Th being Saturday, the last day
OF the convention, was suggested as a
date that would catch a big crowd
Of spenders already here. This, he ad-
mitted, was worth considering.
According to the terms of the con-
tract johnson is to receive S31, 900 for
the fight, win or lose, and a half in
terest in the moving pictures to be
made Of h fight. Willard is to re-
ceive a percentage Of the gate re-
ceipts. Johnson has already been paid
$1,000 to bind his contract. Promoter
Curley has a receipt from the black
champion for the amount.
Noted Writers Coming.
That the fight will greatly adver-
tise the city where it is held, goes
without saying Promoter Curley says
he already has it from all the biggest
sporting writer's Of the country that
they viii be present a month before
the fight to send out daily stories from
the training camps and later to report
the fight. When the fight itself is
staged, Jack London, Rex Beach, Alfred
Henry Lewis and other noted writer's,
viii be present to cover the fight in
thar NUN IN unnafaT a-#TATaa E~-M
as they did in Reno when Johnson
fought n whipped Jeffries.
Jim Jeffries to Train Willard.
Jim Jeffries himself will be present,
according to promoter Curley, to help
train Willard. Jim Corbett cannot be
present because of an Australian en-
gageTent but Jeffries will assist in
the training work and it is possible
that Bob" Fitzsimmons will also be
present
Should the fight take place mere, it
IS possible that Willard would train
IN FL Paso. Johnson would train in
Juarez, as he cannot come to the
United States because of the indict-
ment against him on the charge of
white slavery.
johnson in South America.
Johnson is now in South America
ND, If the fight is held in Juarez, ne
would enter Mexico by some Mexican
gulf port and come north to Juarez.
Promoter Curley believes that VIII
lard is the man to fight Johnson. If
there Is a white hope in the world.
There is no other man who is the log
zeal opponent Of Johnson" he said,
and II Willard cannot whip Johnson,
the negro will be the champion for the
five. six or seven years at least.
for it would take that long to develop
another man capable of meeting the
champion"