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

binds him to do anything. But Jack
has run out on signed agreements
several times in the past, and is just
as likely to do it again. However, it
seems to me that he would much rather
tackle the comparatively inexperienced
Willard than the dangerous McVey,
especially when the inducements are
every bit as good in a financial way.
Willard Must Show Improvement.
Tom Jones has promised to show
Willard to local fans before long. If
the big fellow doesn't show to better
advantage than he did the last time
he boxed here the big champion as
pirant is due for a good panning by
the newspapers. Jess last appeared
here in a ten round bout with carr
Morris and it was the unanimous Opin-
ion of everyone who saw the giants
stumble about the ring that it was
about the poorest match ever staged
in New York. Morris tried to fight,
but didn't>seem to know how. Willard,
on the other hand, was content to stand
still and let Morris try his abortlYe
swings, which would always be FOL
lowed by a clinch from which the ref
cree had a line separating them. Only
once did Willard show any life and thaL
was along about the seventh rounI
when he met Morris coming in, ana
with a right uppercut raised a huge
swelling on the Oklahoma mans face.
But Jess let it go at that instead of try
ing to follow up the advantage.
Jones talks of matching Willard wi
anv of the white heavies who would
make suitable" opponents for the DIG
fellow. Judging by Jess fight with
Carl Morris it shouldn't be a difficult
matter to locate a suitable man.
Casting Suspicion on Match.
If Wizards hackers cared anything
for public opinion they would not
hesitate to match the big fellow with
Langford or McVey. If Jess is all they
claim him to be hey are the only ones
who know it. Certainly Willard has
never shown enough to warrant a
match with Johnson for the champion
ship, and if that pair ever do come
together the battle will be viewed
with suspicion in the event OF the
white mans success. Everyone inter-
ested in the sport realizes that John-
sons defeat would mean a fortune for
everybody interested, including the
champion, who would profit immensely
from the sale of picture rights, and
the opinion has already been advanced
by sporting men that inducements have
been offered to the negro to take the
count" OF course, it is not fair 10
make such statements at this stage,
as the fight nay be strictly on the
level, but with Willard constantly re-
fusing to undergo a test Of his al
legged kill before meeting Johnson the
proposed match will be viewed with
more or less suspicion.
Showed Evil Of No Decisions.
The Welsh-Shugrue bout at the Gar
den last week furnished more evidence
Of the futility of the no decision rule
in championship matches. Had referee
Roche been permitted to name the
winner there would have been no al
Tentative than to give the battle to
Young Shugrue, While Welsh was not
knocked out or even badly hurt he
was Outboxed and outfought in nearly
every round. Only in the tenth ses-
sion did Welsh show to any advantage
at all and even then his squirt was
short lived, Shugrue meeting him at
his own game and quickly put the
champion on the defensive again.
If governor elect Whitman had beer
present there would not now be much
! doubt what his decision will be wher
the matter of appointing a new boxing
| commission is brought before him mex
| month.