The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-22
JOHNSON Slated TO
VISIT SCRAP HEAP
SAYS DOPESTER
Advantage, If Prseedent Counts
for Anything, Will Be with
Willard in Battle at Juarez
March 8.

oreticnl handicap to Jack Johnson In
his coming contest with Jess willard
for the worlds heavyweight cham
ploaship. d'unilistic records show
that no former champion Of modern
times has been able 90 successfully
defend his title after reaching the
age OF 81 which la Johnson's case
Will occur on March 81. With the
exception OF the nesro. the present
das champions In ali classes ranEe
around twenty-five years OF age.
Beginning with John L. sullivan.
no lost his title TO James J.. Cor.
belt, the records show that sullivan
WIS ~thirty-four years of axe when the
Californian defeated him at New Or
leans on September z, 1899 In twenty
u rounds. Corbett was twenty-Hlx
years of-aee and the odds were three
to one against him on the day OF the
battle. AZ the age OF thirty-one Corr
belt fell before Fltxsimmons at Car
son CITY. New. on March II. 1897
with the betting 100 TO 65 In his
Flavor.
Fitzsimmons relsned as champion
from that date until June ,. lSs9
when Jim Jenries defeated him at
Coney Island. New York. in eleven
Rounds. Fitzsimmons was thirty
seven years of age against Jefrles'
twenty-four and the betting was 100
to go with Fftzsimmons the favorite.
There has always been controversy
as TO whether Ienries ever r%clinquish-
ed his title but the fact stands out
that johnson clnimed the champion
ship ar "A result o. defeating Tommy
Burns. lemries retired from the ring
at the age OF twenty-n mine and made
his disastrous return on July &. 1910,
when he was thirty-nv johnson
was three years younger but again
the champion was the favorite. tho
betting was two to one on JeHries To-
defeat the negro. The collapse of
Jenries in the miteeEth round is part
OF pugilistic history.
In these Tour championship babes.
covering a period OF eighteen years.
four utlehoiders. Sullivan, Corbett,
Fitzsimmons and Jemries were de-
throned in turn with the average
odds In their favor a triile more than
two Ia n The average lumber al
rounds was fifteen and one-fourtn
and the average age of the cham-
plons at the time OF defeat was thirty
NNAA anu 81 ~ ~ HN
ayoraEe age OF the yictors was twenty
nine and one-fourth years. A. the
present time Johnson is within "a teW
weeks OF thirty-sevon years OF age
and In the early wagering on the
coming contest he has been quoted
rs high as a three to one faturite.
willard IL "a few months over twenty
seven. The question that Ls puzzilng
ring followers Is therefore. whether
pugilistic precedence Is 10 be uhscr'-
ed or the negro title holder prove AN
exception TO the rule In the ring.
Cornell Atihctics Takes LATHE Time.
The annual report of the commit
tee ON student affairs at Cornell uni
versity shows hat 937 undergrad
yates participated In athletic and
other oHiciai activities during the
lsi3-i4 college year. In a group %.
eighteen social or athletic societies.
teams or fraieruities. the average
number OF days leave OF absence for
the activities listed was i.23. as
against 2 In 1878 and 22 days In
BILLIE. Tais Is far below the limit
set oy the university faculty. which
allows any freshman two days leave
OF absence In ach term ana other
A NNNutnAH NtNNl hANN ~ fHhh 800 "
such PURPOSES. The maximum nth-
letic schedule seldom exceeds hve
DAYS leave OF absence. and the com
J mittec Is constantly exerting pressure
/ 10 reduce the limit OF all
1898 Miles u Go.
The National league schedule for
the coming season required the eight
clubs 10 travel s3.tg2 miles. The
. HN Lii .aH.. ssaATa mNlgn
age than the eastern teams. H1ts-
burg leads with 1855 miles ana the
New York Giants have the least tray
cling To do, their total for the season
being nut at s,s25. Figuring on teams
of twenty-one players and % "a others
Including manager, trainer apd sec
rotary this gives a total Of 2.0ss,S2b
for the 200 players n others In the
league. At two cents a mile, the
minimum railroad mileage charge,
the sum To be expended 10y the clubs
between April "a and October Z will
amount to S%ii,59G.5O. Meals and
sleeping berths viii add many thous-
nnds 10 these figures.
FoOtball DOpsstcrs Busy.
The football statistician Is stlll
busy Notwithstanding the fact That
i me MlANAtnh NiNHNN hANHhA NV
months ago. The latest compilation
covers the defeats OF Yale, Harvard
and Princeton by college clevena
other Than the Big Three Of the east
According to these nguroA Princeton
has been defeated twelve times since
1853. Cornell ana Dartmouth have
trlumphed over the Tigers three
times each. Pennsylvania twice and
Columbia, Lafayette, Rutgers ana
Navy once each.
EiRht outside defeats are found N
the Yale records which extend> back
To- 1879. The army holds the g
with three Victories over the Ellis; col
umbla Is second with two and Brown
Colgate and Washington a Jefferson
each hold one game to their credit
The Harvard teams have suffered less
defeats Of this tyne than either yale
or princeton. since 1874 bat seven
football combinations of this class
nave trlumphed over the Crimson.
Tho Carlisle Indians have two victor
ies To their credit while Amherst
4 dartmouth, noston a. A., TUFTS and
wesleyan each claim one. a pecul-
lar feature OF the tabnlation In that