El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-14

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Jess Willard-Jack Johnson bout
is still many moons distant it
is exciting New Workers to an IN
seemingly amount of discussion pro
and cOn-mOStly con, as Jack Curley,
1 the well known toreador, phrases it
Curley, who has been Curled, twisted
I ana wound up in the promotion
| washing matches in years past, IN
Guiding the notorious GOtch-Hacken-
schmidt fiasco, processes to believe that
this study in black and white will be
the best little tidbit for sporting fans
ne ever arranged, and the con discus
sion of which he speaks is launched
by the local hammer throwing brigade
against that very statement
In the debate about the so called
/ worlds heavyweight championship
light which according to latest an
nouncement will be at Buenos Ayres,
South America, next March, the pros
are divided into two distinct sections,
and the cons also into two divisions.
Thus there are four different predictions
as to how the affair will shape up. Here
are the four;
1. Johnson will beat willard in a
| real fight.
2; Willard will whip Johnson in
real battle.
3. 1t will be a tame affair like the
| Johnson-Moran joke in Paris, almost
devoid of a real result.
4. 1t will be a fake.
Pretty Evenly Divided.
From cursory gathering OF opln-
/ Ions expressed verbally and written, II
| appears that about as many favor one
! of these possibilities as another. The
| cons--as Curley calls them-of course
| lean toward No. and No. l. 1t is
/ unnecessary to go into detail in eX-
/ planning their methods of reasoning
4 They are well known, having been OFT
repeated, and are obvious. Those who
| expect No. 1 or No. 2, are more deeply
! interested as well as more interesting
/ to listen to since they have something
| more or less original to say.
For some cause not easy to fataom'
| a large majority Of those who think
1 Willard Will win belong to the young
| er generation of boxing enthusiasts,
/ the old timers stringing along with
the forecast that Johnson will trounce
| the Texas cowboy.
Some Points Favor Willard.
The admirers of Willard justify their
! faith in his success by saying he IS
! just made to order to beat Johnson.
This is how they say it:
! willard is the biggest man Johnson
/ ever met. He is the only man strong
I er than the negro that has tackled
| him, likewise the only one with
4 longer reach and harder punch. More
I over he is the only deliberate waiter
| which will worry the champion and
| force him to attempt a style Of fight
| he never fought before. He also has
| youth, which means stamina for the
| long distance, whereas Johnson will
| give out after about Is rounds Of hard
/ milling"
Answered by JOhnson's Fans.
| To all Of which answer is made by
| those who think Willard hasn't
| chance, phrasing their reply thusly:
in the first place Willard Will be
scared stiff by the idea that he is up
against Jack Johnson. As to the
! greater strength and harder punch,
/ that is doubtful if johnson trains
properly for the bout Wizards de-
liberate style of fighting Will not
/ necessarily make Johnson take the ag-
gressive. If both try to wait, that viii
| make it a tame, slow fight, in which
| negro firing out. In addition to all
| this, Johnson has the advantage Of
| experience and will excel Willard at
] every point where headwork or tricks
I come into play
So there you are. It's a guess, en-
tirely at this time. Perhaps the next
| month or so will reveal more evidence
on one side or the other.
VIII Fight in Warm Weather
Information has been obtained that
I there is no possibility of a return bout
between lightweight champion Freddie
| Welsh and Willie Richie until wei
along in next spring or summer. An
! agreement has been made among a
I number Of those concerned that this
| star attraction will be put on in the
Brooklyn National league baseball park
when the warmer weather comes. That
I is why the two stars turned down the
, offers Of promoters on the Pacific
coast, and New Orleans. They think
| there will be more money for them
, before a metropolitan crowd.
Ebbets Field will seat $4,000 persons
4 in the stands already there and a
| burch of ringside boxes and field seats
can be constructed to take care of at
least 5000 more. That would make
! the largest seating capacity of any
! boxing arena in the United states.
! The socalled Brooklyn Sporting club,
headed by John Weismantle hacker Of