El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-09

- ROMOIER ROY MARTIN InuEs-
- day afternoon wired an offer OF a
4 $4,000 purse 70 Jack Johnson. ne
gro heavyweight champion Of the world,
TO meet Jess Willard, the Giant Kansas
boxer. in a finish bout in the Juarez
arena Johnson Is al present in Lon
don, while willard. who is very anxious
to come to conclusions with the big
black boxer, is now in Los Angeles
a syndicate Of New York sporting
men recently formed plans for a wager
Of $4,000 TO back Willard against
Johnson, and which would add popu-
larity to a match Of that kind in the
Juarez arena; Johnson, II ne snouIo
accept, would not come through the
United States TO Juarez, but would ar
rive in Neracruz by steamer, and come
up through the interior or along the
border line.
A strenuous afternoon consisting OF rope
skipping. shadow boxing, bag punching and
ealisthenie stunts was gone through by
champion Of the army. Thursday in prepare
tion for his scheduled 10 round battle with
Monday night With the fight but a Jew
days away. Papke is taking no chances Of
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reason he has suspended boxing until the
initial gong. which will send the principals
on their 10 round Journey. has been sounded
While his company was participating in
athletic competitive events at Washington
park Papke labored away putting in fast
IS minutes on the various stunts essential
70 perfect condition. when training for
fight The kewanse kid" is a firm sup-
porter OF the ethics OF strict training. be-
Ing OF the opinion that condition Is the
first and essential point. when the differ
cred At present the little Eortherner Is
working for speed. more so than anything
else, his weight being perfect, according to
Papke and his manager denied the report
that he scaled in the immediate proximity
Of 135 pounds when he entered the ring TO
meet private Day In meeting Strouer The
battle is at the lightweight limit, Of 1913
pounds several hours before the fight. and
in signing articles for the battle, the ke-
vance battler did not place his title as the
feather champion in Jeopardy. Strousr is
q tribe taller than Papke, and Is little
heavier built than his opponent. although
Papke adherents do not regard this as a
handicap. because OF the impressive vic
tory Of the kewanee scrapper.
Strouer is sparing no energy in his Efforts
quarters at Fort Bliss. boxing several rounds
daily In addition 10 doing light work, coz
sisting OF rope skipping and shadow boxing
The red topped Irlshmau IS confident that
he can defeat the feather champion despite
the fact that heavy odds are being laid
against ms ability TO perform such ieat
The battle Will bring about another meet
ing between cavalryman and an infantry
man. and for this reason friends OF the two
principals in their respectfve divisions OF
the eighth brigade are pooling their coin
to bet on their favorites.
T.
The headliner attraction Is not the only
contest on the card that IS interesting To-
cal fans the three preliminaries all being
classy events. Indications are that each will
be closely contested. as all six prinCiDa
are well known to Fl Paso fight fans. and
have been training for several weeks in an
ucipauon OF a bout at the Fort Bliss arena
This is especially true OF BILLY" Wetzeu.
solder Quinn, and frankie Martin. who
are DESTROYS OF being in the best physical