The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-29

NTa1,=v.,,st March 99.-The history Of the prize ring offers no parallel or tne battle for the world s heavyWe1esn1 ohampsonahlp in which Jack Johnson and less Willard will engage next
 Monday at Havana, Cuba Big men have olzght for this premier title of astiana since the early days or stheS eighteenth century but never through
 the long list of champions from JeInes3 FIgg to Jim Jefrries have two fighters of the physical proportions of N1t1aro and Johnson crossed arms in the ropedS arena.
 or the champions of modern times Corbett Jenries and Johnson all. nassad the six foot mark while Sullfz van, Sharkey and Fitzsimmons Were from one to three inches below this height When the negro title holder and his challenger step into the rtnE.s
 Willard wdH tower six feet six inches. in the air while Johnson will stand five feet and half inches below him In weight these fighters are also far above the ring average of the heayy- weight class Willard will weigh close to 235 pounds which will give him an advantage of about twenty pounds lover Johnson in the cIinch1ng and tuss- 1 ling which will doubtless play an inn+ iportanI part in the battle
 Next to Tiff Jenriess the Goliath of modern ring times, Johnson is the big eest man who ever held the title Jeff fries weighed 220 pounds. and stood six feet one and a half inches in fight ling shoes; Johnson is six feet OnB-hah inc tall and weighs about 215 pounds, in eomdi ton, Jim COrbett sealed 187
 pounds at his best and was 6 feet finch tall; Fitzsirnmons was one and lone fourth Of an inch shorter and fought at about ITO bounds; Sullivan Istood feet 10 1-2 Inches, and fought. ] at 195 pounds, Tom Sharkey was five
 feet nine inches and fought his best F.. s1<.<s<. %<- rfI<s l Compared with these past heayy- lweight gladiators w illard appears as a Samson Even when Fanged along Esfde of Jp1ans son the Kansas cowboy ershadovTs the negro title holder in l almost every point Of physical meas llrennents m addition to his Ia
 inches advantage In height and ten tyears di ReTeface In age he outwetghs
 Johnsons by twenty pounds. His reasch lof s3 12 Inches, against Che negToss 76
 inches a1ill also prove of exceptional fvalue if properly used In all the I4neasnrenaents of trunk and Iinabs i W Hard shows an advantage in struc- i ti1re, muscle and chest ex pansion vary ling from two to four inches.
 Toxoffset these physical assets John son has the benefit Of ring wisdom and Icraft cultivated during his long ca .E reer as championship contender end l holder Just as Willard surpasses
 Johnson in every point of physical iI1alke-11ps the <1a4VeSton pug4HSt Ice1ls the Kansas boxer in all depart n1ents Of the science of giving and Jeyading glove punishment. With youth l and power ranged against experience and skill the battle Is axelx to d4-
 yelop into contest in which ring I Istrategy will equalize brute strength
 I and couraE Ee.
 Johnsonss ring assets are well known
 but uncertainty clouds WillaRd,s pros I poets. Tn his short period of active
 glove battling he has never faced an
 lopponent Of the power skill and expe-
 l rience Of Johnson: The negro is no
 physical weakIing even at the age of
 fthirty-eight years and while Willard
 must be accorded the advantage here it is likely that the champdon's ofHen- sfYe and defensive skill in both boxing and clinching will n1llify this to a
 considerable extent. In the closing
 rounds of the battle it is probable that -fendurance and courage will play an limportant part.
 Willard has shown both these qual- I litiess but up to the present time has