Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-21
SELECT OPPONENT FOR JESS
Man Who Will Battle willard at
New Orleans in February Will
Be Named in Three Weeks.
MUCH SPECULATION
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ny RINGsTDE.
NEW YORK. Nov. e0--wlthin three
weeks, we shall know definitely n Jess
willard Is to return to the ring before
another summer sets IN. For on Deem
Der 10 the New Orleans promoters who
have WIZARDS signature to articles call
ing for a twenty-round bout between the
champion and a contemporary heavy
weight. az yet unnamed. must post the
first slice OF the 1880 purse they have
guaranteed the tltleholder. jess IA to re-
ceive this sum whether he wins. loses or
draws. And there 10 referees decision
attached. so WIZARDS newly acquired
heavyweight championship Is really in
the balance.
On that same date, December 10. the
name OF WIZARDS prospective opponent
Will he announced TO paipltsting popu-
lace. And many variegated faces and
forms pass in review before our minds
eye as we peer into the future and try
detect WIZARDS opponent
Frank Moran. Jim Coffey and Fred Full
ION have been exploited as the logical
opponent for Willard In the forthcoming
battle. And at once we are impelled to
eliminate the names OF Coffey and Full
ton. for there Is nothing in the record OF
either TO warrant a match with the chant
pion. And this in spite OF the fact that
u looks as " Fulton will ultimately be
selected az the other principal IN the big
bout
Coffey and Fulton, II we so on their
records. practically eliminate themselves.
even before they are considered. There
deserving of consideration. The first Is
that he was knocked out by Moran in
three rounds; the others don't count.
Had Poor Success
Fulton has done all OF his fighting.
such as II Is. in the middle west, and
with indifferent success. II took him
fourteen rounds TO stop Arthur PeIkey.
and Il was a technical knockout at that
Fulton dropped Pelkoy twelve times in
fhis last round. but could not muster ono
blow that could keep Pelkey down. So
the referee stopped the fight And Coffey
knocked out Pelkey in three rounds.
Moran. well, Frank Is a good-natured
big fellow. but we have our doubts II he
will be the one selected He Is the lead
ing contender for willards title, and for
that reason may not be given considera-
tion by the promoters--not just yet. Mo-
ran is not so well known down south,
ana the promoters will have an eye on
the office when they gather to name VIII
lard's foe. He must be a good drawing
card In New Orleans before he can hope
70 set the match. Willard has no say i'm
the selection Of his opponent. The pro-
motors attended 10 that end Of the mat
ter They have empowered themselves
TO name any man OF their liking.
IL must be remembered that Dominlck
Tottorich and Tommy Burns are running
this affair. Tommy Burns "a indirectly
responsible for Willard holding the cham
pionship today. He is the same Tommy
Burns who rellnquished his title 10 Jack
johnson some years ago. And now Burns
ie promoting match with the champion
ship involved
burnr Mny Try.
A lurking suspicion here enters our
cupola. What IL there to prevent the
same Tommy Burns from being Willard
opponent? Burns is COURAGEOUS enough
TO try II. And he Is vain enough to at
tempt II. too Little Burns had no fear
OF big johnson. and did not yield his title
70 the burly black until after fourteen
rounds OF furious fighting
Another angle that strengthens the sus-
picion that Tortorich and Burns may
name Tommy Burns as WIZARDS oppo-
nent is that the bout Is scheduled 70 no
twenty rounds. and there Ii a decision
with H. Why can't Tommy Burns 80
cretly be preparing himself for a come
back" and endeavor TO Outlook the giant
Willard, and thus sain the decision ever
him and regain the worlds champion
ship? Sounds like pipe dream, We viii
admit. but Il Is not beyond an elastic
imagination. We shall Sc.
IL has been arranged to hold the battle
the Saturday or Monday prscedinG the
New Orleans Mardi Graz the first week
N March. The first 1850 OF the SsS.OO
willard purse Will be posted on Decen-
per 10. az stated above. when ria opponent
WIZ be namedi $1,000 will be- posted with
the City Bank and Trust company tan
days before the fight. and the remalning
sle'v0o will be paid to willard the day Of
tne contest II took less than thirty min
ntes TO consummate the match, which a
almost record for such an affair.
WIZARDS guarantee OF 3sa,Ho "a ss.Eoo
more than the sum demanded and re-
ceived by Jack Johnson for his battle
with Willard Tho $3.50 Is not record.
however. jim Seffries Is reported 10 have
received from 10000 to 100000 for his
mnss with johnson IN Reno that mem.
oraoie-or should It be memoriai-day IN
July five years ago.