Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-02
WILLARD BOXES
IN RAIN; JACK
TRAINS LITTLE
Kansas Giant Lifts POO
pounder OFF Floor With Easy
Right Medicine Ball Hurled
Against His Stomach,

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Havana. April with only fsp
days leff fof training. rain today in
ieriered seriously with She work 81
JACK Johnsen and 5oss willard VIII,
shortly after noon On M0ndaY nesi
VII step Into me ring FOR their bat.
~ for the heavyweight champion.
ship n she world
Johnson aid virtually noihlns
willard was forced % cufiail BIZ ae-
flyiis. 4 hot. humid morning wgs fol-
lowed IS thunder storms throughout
ibe afternoon.
willard carried out his eshibili0n
pr0efnn before 4 crowd II enthuai-
axls who paid % see him. We boxed
nine rounds ln the rain with his spar
ring partners. Savage Monahan AMI
HemphilI The hoor u the ring Haa
slippery ana he took many chances.
set he did excellent work. lie cot
loose against Savage ana lifted thc
zoe FOUNDER Char of his feet with
an easy right swing. lie nnisbed Joy
letting Tex oRoufke. the wrestler.
throw 4 heavy medicine iali with al
his strength. twelve times against Ibis
stomach. "a tho conclusion ~ which
o'Isaurke. whO weighs zzo pounds,
was tired out, and willard just
laughed. Winding up bis other rou-
tine work If the morning. willard
walked ana ran I'VE mles 10 q heavy
sweater ana came home dflpBing
People apparently never iire ~
watching ihls young giant train. The
ATTENDANCE I'd his quarters during eH
hibitlon hours has heen large ana
enough money has hctp taken in
aalis 10 pay al camp expenses.
Johnson took q ehort run IN tic
morning a. private bath lu the
hafior. where b. SWAN far ths
arsaftr pNri N an huuf. When tie
rain h.ean r. fan Ia the afternoon
l.e dposaed 10 cut ppt hiH exhibition -
the open stadium Instead. he Nonl
60 the races where be wes the OBJ
ttf Of much attention
t'hief Promoter Frsxef said tonight
that Re would rot let 1ohnaen lsoN
an exhibition bout wlth sam Mcfey
on SATURDAY for fear ~ injuFing the
champion on Inc csc IL the battle
Generai Mario = Memorial presi-
dent of cuba. hiss nceeptel . special
ringside box ~ eighteen seats from
which he will watch The nght with
hls friends and eabifet enicers iiis
tirkeia have been elNhOratsiy enerav-
3D. Ntti 60 the presidents box. one
has been vet aside Tor the American
minister and adjoining boxes will be
oeenpl.a tiy She governor Of Havana
province. the mayor of Hayana and
the commanding general u the arms
The Cuban congress has decided
not TO convene an Monday e. thai
would interfere with the desire of the
members to witness the battle, They
prefer fhh IA listening 20 the preai-
dents speeeh which has set for Mon
day. aud besidea. this aecords with
the piew Of he president himself
Twenty II tho leading storssthn
largest ia the eity- wlli close at 40
O'Clock Monday TO enable the proc
priciors and emploteF TO see the tsht
THE contractors started real work
on the arena az the race track this
morning The Hrut tiers of seats were
en small dig man could scarcely
squeeze into them when attention
was called Is this the contractors eN
plalned that cubana were much
smailrr than "Amsfloanos The tick
- sale for the fght has been very
lares among the natives and the pfo
moters refused "a sell bloeh OF
s 900 So seats % Z local tleket agency,
being convinced that tncv w0uia nuvr
no difficulty Ia dspusiue of them
themselves
The appointment to-day Of an alter
nate referee ana tlmekcepcrs com
pieted Tho list ~ Aght officials They
will have Z conference with Jack
WEIGH. the referee. on his arrival here
on Friday ar SATURDAY Todaya $40
paiuunenle were N iiinkci Ciceo-
land. alternate referee. Bob Vernon
New York. official ilneteepcr ben
Harris. New York, alternate onletul
tmekoeper Sam leonard. Toronto,
iimobecper for Johnson otto Flolu,
i)cuyet. timekoeper for Wlmfd
Tom ganes. manager fer Willard.
viii act as Wlllarde chief second
Tom Flanagan and bob Armsirung
viii second johnson