Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-14
CORBETT DOPEs
JESS CHANCES
To BEAT CHAMP
II Willard Lasts Twelve Rounds
and # He Doesn't Garry
Fight TO Johnson He VIII
Endure Forty-tiye.

tBy James }. Corbetf, Former Hoavy
welRht Champion Of tho WorldD
WIN the johnson w iilnrd mattel
only three Weeks away-if the man
ngeineni intends 10 pun II Off ~
March s-the nght fans would b,
inking greaier interest in the ~,
mir were The champion NJ the scene
Of battle. While the promoters con.
ndently assert that Jack VIII Do
Johnny on the spot" the FIGHT bugs
are from Missouri and want 10 be
shown
or course. II Is difficult of belief
that such a shrewd promoter as Jack
turley would be wasting his time
and money on q proposition that was
30 far up IN the air ~ this match APP
pears 20 DE at this writing Therefore
those who know Curley we'll have
faith In his statement that johnson
viii be IN Iuarcz on schedule time
ready 10 defend his title against VIII
lard However until such time arrives
the fans VIII hardly take the battle
seriously II T. unfortunate that con
ditlons make II imperative for John
son to sneak into Mexico. but as It is
The belief that General cHrranza will
prevent his landing II he can, such
methods are absolutely necessary.
johnson Not World bcatcr."
Hut until johnson does arrive, and
The fact ~ made public, there viii
be- little interest and no betting on
the bout Ia this country.
without trying 20 hedge w any way
OF to boost less Wizards chances IN
The coming battle--for on the dope
they look mighty slim--the fact
should not be forgotten that the ex-
cowboy is noe facing world heater
in Jack Johnson. However, the im-
preston seems TO prevail that John
son Is unbeatable, though " anyone
will take the time 10 neure out just
what johnson has accomplished dur
ing his entire career. he win quick
~ arrive a, a conclusion that so far
the biz smoke has not beaten real
firNt-class mai~-iit le0Ht "A good man
in his prime.
Johnson and Willard are matched
90 80 forly.iive rounds Unless John
son. and no has never yet won a bat
lie III iie time. cops .Iess early IN the
melee. tho kansana chances will Be
growing greater with every clang Of
the gong signifylng a round is over.
Forty-ilve rounds are considerable
f<fttng these days
Youth on Wizards Side.
II willard can get through say n
dozen rounds, without being badly
hurt. the naht may develop into an
endurance contest And IN the mat
ter Of condition, figuring age. diasi=
patton. etc, Willard ought 70 have a
big edge ON his caiored opponent |
johnson is in his 37th year, and has
ua4ift las
on five willard Is ten years younger1
and don't know what the word dis
snation means 30 far MS practiclng II |
in any of its many forms goes. There |
fore. II the battle does simmer down |
into a question Of which man can re.
main on his feet for two hours md |
a quarter the odds viii be In favor of |
the white
Another thing. Willard can hit aud
hit hard, too. ! think he can deliver
much harder punch than johnson
can. Df course, having a punch and
knowing how 60 land II are two DIFF
ferent things ana that ~ whore John
son has the edge--in cleverness and
experience. Hut lf willard fights on
the defensive for a dozen or more
rounds 1nhnsans chances 10 get IN
effective wallops will be growing
simmer and simmer as the fight
grows older,
langfurd Would BE Favorftc.
Many believe johnson will fall be-
fore the first real good man who
meets him but few regard Willard
az a good man. II Jack were TO
battle sam Iangford ! believe that the
Boston tar baby would be the favor
lie IN the betting. And when we rec
ollect that Frank Moran stayed thet
limit ~ twenty rounds with the chnm.
piou last summer Il viii not be sur
prisiup IL Willard IA much better mnn !
every WAY than the Pttshnrgher.
sticks the forty-flyesif he doesn't do ,
ans more |,
Taking the records of the two men
and comparing them, what do We gcts \
Nothing that would give Willard a {
ioolt-in. but Iegs has never fought q
lanstord. leanucite or MeNey, popu-
l0rls looked upon as the only first
class men besides the champion. and
there Is no telling Just bow good he
is Ne has done nearly everything
asked of him with the single excep-
ton of beating Gunboat smith, and
II they wetc 90 meet tomorrow the
chances are that jess wouldn't FIND il
very much Of task 90 deliver the
goods
There aie many fans who viii back
champion any time he starts re-
eardiess bu Those VINO follow the
Eame closely know that the sure
thing iu the betting IL not always the
sure thing la The ring Although T.
like al experts who figure fighters
chances On bis known form, can't nat
urally give Willard q chanye ga the
dope. on a common sense basis we