The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-14
THINK TEX RICHARD
Is BACKING Big MILL
Has Gathered Good Sized Pile i'm
BuenOs Ayres, Whittier
johnson Is Bound.
JOHNSTON ANSWERS JONES

Is Tex Richard the great unknown angel
OF the Jack Johnson-Jess Willard fight
at Buenos Ayres? Tex has a hankerlng
for the big shows. There's strain OF
p. T. Barnum In him. The fact that he
is In Buenos Ayres and has circled around
a bankroll that hound couldn't leap
over makes II appear that Tex Is on the
Job. Tom Jones. who left last night for
Louisville with Jess willard to fill a
theatrical date. limited that Richard was
the do-re-mi man.
TEX has been running shows there"
said Jones. rive seen letters from him
and he says they are fight loony In
Buenos Ayres. There's million and a
quarter OF people TO draw from and 10000
Of them are English speaking. They've
heen drawing four and Ave thousand peo-
ple to show and women compose one-third
of the asscmblages. Johnson Will arrive
there December 10 and it's safe bet That
Richard will take him IN tow. H. II.
rraz,e IL the man who is putting up the
preliminary funds around New York. lilo
has Sih, zoe cash to spend on the hght
and another man has contributed the
same amount. l.razec has spent between
$4,000 and 81. 900 already. lie sent $1,000
to Johnson in London alone.
by the way. see that Jimmy Johnston
saws he's matched willard with the win
ner Of the Coffey-Smith fight. haven't
seen Johnston since the Welsh-Shugrue
bout and ] couldn't have made any deal
with him--now could l. Jmmy's string
ing some one.
when Johnston was told of Joness re-
marks last night H. was hot under the
collar Tom Jones doesn't know that
the world is going round. ! made my
terms with Jack Curley. lie IL closer TO
Willard than Jones Is. Jones Is Oh a
shoestring and he knows II. He hasn't
got even openers when the Johnson
willard bout comes OF you'll hud that
Jones - merely small time percentage
man. They sent Curiey 10 London to get
johnson, didn't they He got him. didn't
he? Jones was the last man to lind II out
Jess Willard is To night either toffey or
smith for Jimmy Johnston-at the Gar
den--now paste that IN your hat, Am I
to blame II they ignore Tom Jones' I've
got troubles ~ my own-nine OF them.
The oldest is 10 and she can make home
made bread -
The Empire A. &. will not open its doors
tonight Kid Lewis. the crack English
lightweight. has Joined Al Reich and
Young Ahearn and Is down with an at
tack Of bols Jess Mcmahon said last
night that no had a card strong enough
TO have gone on with the show. but he
wanted TO put ON the bouts he had prom
ised the fans The Is. -. Brown Harry
Cattle fight would have been worth see
ing alone. Mcmahon said that he would
put tho same card on later. probably in
two we, Ks time.
Some one has called Dan Morgans at
tention to the fact that 10 one has Vet
gone the Limit with Harry Cattle. and
II was said yesterday that NJ rGan -
glad the bouts ~ tho Empire aye on and
that he viii steer Kay -. clear of the
hard hitting Cattle m the future. II
that H. 50 cattle Is playing IN hard luck.
FOR he might have been fortunate enough
to have stopped Brown, "a thing that
hasn't been done around New York.
When Jim c NY signed up to meet
Gunboa' smith at the Garden Billy trib-
son insisted that the big l,ishman was
TO get an add. nal bout AT the big show
place. Gibson left the selection Of COT.
feys opponent TO Jimmy Johnston, and
Jeems has seCu., d carl Morris for cor
fey. W.;h the understanding that the men
meet tt Madison square Garden on Jam
uary IL
Kid Williams, who hasn't appeared in
Manhattan since he became champion Of
the bantam class will eudeaNor to wipe
out his argument with little Johnny DAILY
at the Pioneer y G on Christmas Day.
Williams has been guaranteed $1,000 for
his end. DAILY fought Williams in Balu-
more ON a days notice and It WAS a
corkng night.
Jim Buckley. not to Ice outdonc hy
Billy Gibson and packey Mcfarland.
wired Mike Gibbons To come ou and coach
Gunboat Smith in the Garden tomorrow
night Mike will arrive to-day and VIII
spend all the time possible with the Gun
ner Mike might teach Smith some new
tricks hut 1t wouldn't have much effect
on smiths lighting. The only thing for
the Gunner to do IL to bring the old hay
maker from the floor early and ofen--
that's the Gunners forte and NIL the box
ing instruction In the world would he
lost unless Smith mixes art with wal
lops.
The Gunboat Smith-C frey bout can
be Just AZ good or AS bad as those two
athletes wish TO make IL. one fight il as
sured on that hill Tomorrow night Gene
Moriarity and Bobby Moore who put the
Welsh -Shugrue bout e. shame NJ the
last show. have been rematched Seldom
have two fighters received the applause
that sent them out of the ring after a
fight that was a fight.
MANHATTAN INCREASES LEAD.