El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-04

tons that there is at present between
{ the friends Of Johnny Tillman, the Min
neapolis lightweight and Pal Brown,
( the Hibbing lightweight Brown Is the
! recognized lightweight champion OF
Minnesota and Tillman has been hot on
his trail TO take the crown away from
him. They have met twice IN 10 round
battles, and II seems to be SJandoII
between them. with the honors favor
ing Tillman as 10 science and Brown
carrying off the glory as 10 real fight
ing ability. The friends Of Brown at
HibbfnE and Chisholm, Mimi, on the
iron range have come out with an Of
fer to bet $4,000 on Pal and let the boys
fight 20 rounds in private; or they
viii bet $500 on Is round contest be-
tween them
Heavyweight Battle disappointment.
Another heavyweight championship
battlel2) has been fought and Will go
down in ring records, but from all &C
counts Of the contest received by ca
bic. the Jack Johnson Frank Moran
bout in Paris, June y, was about the
worst Of any title match which has
taken place in years Good judges OF
fights were unanimous in saving that
Johnson was about all in at the end of
the battle and that any real good
heavyweight would have stopped him:
that Moran did not show the class he
had boosted Of and he did the reverse
Of what he had planned, that Is, he
carried the fight TO Johnson when he
was TO make the negro lead.
Billy Brady. former manager Of Jim
COrbett and Jim Jsffries, who was st
the ringside, declared that the fight was
rank that Moran, with any kind Of a
punch, should have knocked Johnson
out Others We're Of the opinion that
Johnson lOafed all the way and was
afraid to take a chance, otherwise he
should have stopped the Pittsburg man
The fact that Johnson could not stop
Tsn -Hn -n~na H. 10 -
back woefully. or else Moran has much
more ability than the followers give
him credit for.
The result Of the battle. while it still
gives Johnson the title of champion,
has put him back in the eyes Of all
sporting men and il is a question now
whether he could get backing to 90
against real high class white heavy
weight That Johnson has gone back
there Is no doubt now and as predicted
some time ago, the fight resolved it
self into a question Of condition only
Norm Needs Coaching.
Moran needs a great deal Of coach
ing before ne VIII De IN the top class
and he made the same mistake that
others before him did in doing the
leading That was playing right into
J OhnsOn's hands As a defensive fight
er Jack is a past master Moran could
have forced Johnson to do the leading,
for as champion he was there to make
a fight or quit his title
Smith Was Logical Choice.
Gunboat Smith would have been the
logical man TO meet Johnson, for he is
the recognized holder of the white
heavyweight title and should have been
the man selected Let Moran meet the
winner of the Carpentier-Smith fight
and then the winner of the latter fight
could 60 against Johnson. BY that
time Jack will probably be ready 10
step down and out
Why Not Jess Willard.
But why not match Johnson up with
/ man Of his own size-Jess Willard,
Tor instance, and then the negro would
not be so free in trying to throw all
MS weight on his opponent and thus
wear him down Willard, with his go
pounds, would be able TO reverse the or
Ter and beat Jack at his own game
lust give Jess six months to properly
rain under competent handlers and
bit him against Jack over the mara
hon route and we Will have a white
champion. Willard is also the kind Of
,Oxer who viii make Johnson come to
lin. and that is the one sure method
# beating him