Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

MILWAUKEE. Mn- S-A statement
appeared in Toronto ;canada) paper
the other day .f,urportins to he an in
terview with Tom F'lannigaa. former
adviser TO Jack Johnson, eN-champion,
IN which he was Guot"' IS saying that
ro, feyr VAS not kno"~ai ofs by jess
willard. ami tirtt thu cc'"r"h man made
:: ,ro,tk",. u tn, wulls hnl.c untii his
strengths was all CONC, = hen n: gently
1,.id down and prrt"n,:e,i t. b" count
cd out. There must be something
wrong with the alleged interview, FOR
j do not believe Flannigan is the KIND
OF man to make such i foolish state
mcrt # Johnson gently laid down
tfsen it was the neatest bit Of actino
seen il. many Il day. and completely
hoodu irked u large bunch OF boxing
critics about the rinE&it'a and tnor-
sands of enthusiasts nearby. 1t sure
would he an awful shock to :lave the
many experts 1T the ringsit.e believe
that LII Arthur had tG-!l~,! such :;
trick on them, but II wouiu require
more than the Toronto sto-y to con-
Vince even one. of it:i correctness.
-tfter the battle Tom Flann!San told
me that Johnson had gone Gos. il fight
ing the best he could. tnat his strength
was gone and that he could not further
defend himself. Taat part is true, Tor
Johnson was all i'll when Jess Willard
did put on the finishing touches, but
as to johnson making I monkey out
of Willard and beating him about as he
pleased, it is absolutely incorrect big
jess even outboTed Johnson ct times,
and as Jack WEIGH. the referee, said,
he could have beaten the colored man
any time he cared to push the light
after the eighth round. Willard played
safe game and proved better waiter
than Johnson himself, Tor in the past
Jack was always the waiter and made
his opponent go TO him Jess was
urged by his manager, Tom Jones. TO
play Saf re, and that no doubt neld MIN
back longer than necessary. when VIII
lard did cut loose il the twenty sixth
round it was evident to al! that john
son was weaks nins fast. Jess just
turned on futi steam ana drove Il right
hand body blow Under Johnson heart
so hard that the .olored man 3ega TO
double up. but before he had chance
to go dow willard stepped back an
instant and then let his right go again
this time TO the point of the 1s"
1t was Il terrific blow ard JACK went
down like a shot and rolled over fat
on his back. He did rot lay Gown
gently. but went down full length.
with thud an" II was twenty 'not
ten, seconds before he %Gs picked up
h. his seconds Willard bea, him fair
IL
Jack Kearns. manager OF Billy Muir
ray and Red Watson. has been stung
with the Australian bug. He intends 10
visi, the land Of the southern Cross
and tackle some of the best men over
there. Negotiations are about closed
between Kearns and Snow! Baker, the
Australian promoter. WHEREBY the par
ty will sail in June or the latter part
Of this mouth for sydney. kearns is
getting Il guarantee for Murray ard
Watson and it is likely that Ray TEN
pie the former Milwaukee lightweight,
and Joe Bonds. the Tacoma heavy
weight viii be taken along. Murray
has proved his ability by fighting Cab
by. McGoorty. Chip. Gibbons and the
hest Of the TliddieH eights, and it Will
take all they possess to beat him over
the marathon route. Watson has shown
plenty of class. especially in his fight
with Freddy Welsh 1T Hudson. and he
should do we'll down under" Bonds is
the heavyweight whom Jim Corbett
has touted SO highly. and he really
looks good. In workout here the
other day Bonds showed that he has
plenty of class. and from few real
t-r-outs he also has demonstrated that
he can take the gaff. Temple is very
clever boxer and would have been
among the top-notchers today had he
taken better care of himself and
trained properly for matches. Another
boy who is gong to Australia is 1oun
Gradwel the New York welterweight,
who has been meeting the best the east
can boast of: so that with the boys al
ready there and the bunch following,
America will be well represented.
Jim Coney the New York heavy
weight, seems to be tine fighter who is
being groomed for a try at the title
with Jess Willard when the big fellow
throws down the gauntlet to the en-
tire field. Frank Moran. the Pitts
burgh heavy. who fought Jack John
son twenty rounds in Paris last year.
Way also figure as contender. but
from the looks of things now it points
toward Coffey- The latter is being
GUIDED by Billy Gibson. the New York
promoter and his defeat of Carl Nor
rs SO decisively stamps him as q
heavyweight worthy q lot of considera-
tion. Coffey scaled 200 fiat against
c3s for Morris. but the compact build
of the Irishman was like statue
a-ainst the mountainous Morris The
ability of Morris to take punishment