Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-26
JESS WILLARD NOW
OUT AFTER CASH
Champ Pugilist Who Put Johnson to
Sleep is to Put His Money Into
Farms and First Mortgages.
APPEARS BEFORE FULL HOUSE

Jess, willard, in Omaha for ex-
hibitions at the Gayety until Wednes-
day afternoon, is tending strictly to
the business and financial perquisites
of the world championship heavy
weight title, now that he has dis
charged his duties as a candymaker
by making the chocolate drop.
81 started out to bring the title
back to white men," asserted Will
lard, land now that is done, I'm
going to make all l can and put 1t
into farms, first mortgages and real
estate, where it can't burn up, or
blow away.
Jack Johnson advised me to save my
money, and I've been getting lots of other
advice. but I've gone flat financially two
or three times and don't need advise
any more on how to keep my money"
Handles Smile Well.
Always smiling. except when he let's
his winning smile wane to replace It with
an even brighter one Willard was met
by a reporter before his first Gayety
tAulblNlOut anu ne dlldDlg itdntu over 10
greet the mere mortal, after first ducklng
through his dressing room door to avoid
the stare of admiring chorus girls. Then
he draped his six-feet-six Of giant muscle
over one side OF his room, and smiled.
Jones Champ Maker.
Since Jess is not much or a talker, he
gets help in that line from his manager,
Tom Jones, who wears a braided suit. a
| silver headed cane and a big diamond
and is far famed himself as the maker OF
three champs-Billy Papke, Ad Wolgast
and Big Jess. And Jones makes no bones
of the fact that Jess is entitled to make
all he can get. while the making is good.
In carrying out the idea, Willard and
Jones cleverly left admirers "holding the
sack" after the show,s by leaving the
| Gayety by way OF the front door, after
! allowing a big crowd to gather In the
rear alley around an auto placed there
as a stall" The seekers of a free look
didn't tumble to the situation until long
| after Jess and Jones had run out OF the
lobby, down the street, around the corner
and had then hot-footed il 20 their quar-
ters at Hotel Rome
The Willard party, which also includes
Walter Monahan and Tex Dowd, trainers
and sparring partners. and George Creel,
a newspaper man. was given a warm re-
ception at the depot upon its arrival from
Kansas City Sunday morning good
| sized crowd also greeted the champ and
his associates at the hotel around the
theater and wherever else he appeared
during the day. A capacity audience saw
his exhibition last night.
The giant Kansas cowboy spent the
morning in an auto tour Of the city and
visited the South Omaha horse yards.
watching French buyers inspect animals
for war use.
Willard didn't meet his family in Kan.
sas, as originally planned. so still says
Hello to his wife by frequent tele-
grams. He will meet them in California
in July. He is quite peeved that pictures
of his family were secured free, as he
believes in getting all the money that
| can possibly be attached to his newly
won title. He says he would like some
local ring talent to play with, but since
whipping Johnson no Omaha glove art
lists have volunteered to be toyed with.
Manager Jones says that Willard will
promptly meet anybody for the title, IL
there is as much money in it as I'm ex-
hibitions
In his three-round sparring exhibition
with Walter Monahan. Willard showed
that he is much quicker. more sly and
more skillful than when he showed in
| Omaha last February. Monahan IL half
an inch taller, has one and a quarter
inches more reach and weighs seven
pounds lighter than Jack johnson. 90 his
go with Willard gives a good idea Of
how the two fighters compared at Ha-
vans. Their stunt includes a reproduc-
tion Of the close Of the famous twenty
sixth round, when willard used a left TO
hhe stomach and a right to the Jaw 20
put the black to sleep.