The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25

New York. Jan. 25-PIAns For the
 Johnson-Wa1ard championship battle
 at Juarez, Mex, on March 6 are rap idly being completed. The promoters have established permanent quarters lat HI Paso, just across the interna- ItionaI boundary and m1apped out a Hong list of details which must be ar ranged before the principals enter the ring. Training quarters for cham pion and challenger have been select ed and the preliuninary workout will begin with tho next two weeks l. willard will do his conditioning in the suburbs of El PasDs where the
 summer home Of one of the leading citizens has been placed at his dis posaI Located on one of the prin- cipa1 boulevards of the city it will be easy of access and with the surround ing grounds and stables afford excel lent facilities for both indoor and out door work. Johnson will prepare on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Training quarters have been secured for him in the JtRarez Opera House land accommodations for himself and staff of helpers in nearby cottage Both pugil1sts are planning to arr rive at the training camps early next month in order that they may become accustomed to the rare7ed atnos- phere- Both HI Paso and Juarez have an altitude Of close to 4s000 feet and training conditions are vastly differ
 ent from those prevailing at lower levels. sss
 This was brought out sharply in the JohnSon-Jedries contest in I9 BIO. Af- ter spending some weeks in cOndi- Itioning at close to sea level near San Francisco the camps 1VeFe shifted to Reno, when the governor ordered the ipugilists out or California. The lchange to the Nevada town at an s5 iset back the raining for fully a week
 while principals and helpers were Iadapting themselves to the lighter air. l Under the present schedule the l boxers will have from four to five Iweeks in which to prepare for the 1 the cirournstances. Willard is ex+ pected to start his serious work at El l Paso on or about February 1 and Johnson is due to, arrive at Juarez iabout ten days later By that date the arrangements for staging the bat tie will have been fully completed Idateria1 for the ring and stands will sI be assembled and the constr uction de- tails worked out.
 According to the present plans the Iring proper will be erected on the race track of the Juarez course ir
 lpresent concrete stands will be aatiliz. 1 ed Between the permanent stands and the track, the lawn will be use6
 for the seats and boxes while on tht j track sides of the ring will be the
 lb1eacner seats Prices will range from five to twenty-five dollars an6
 each coupon will entitIe the holder tc
 la numbered seat. Accommodation
 for about 28.000 spectators will be provided.
 J From the center of Fl Paso to the JHarez race course is a trip of about
 ten minutes the, spectators crossing
 lthe internationaI bridge spanning the
 Rio Grande. which separates the tive lcountries at this point. Once in Mex
 ico the visitor will witness the novel fspecfacle of a prize fight under gov
 Iernment sanction and control Mexi- lean troops will police the course and
 the ring within, Gen. Villa having
 iagreed to assign some 2,OO0 soldiers for this service on the day of the con
 Itest.
 l Contrary to early reports there an