Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-01-23
CBy Associated Press.l


the Johnson Willard championship
battle at Juarez, Mex, on March 6
are rapidly being completed The
promoters have established perma-
nent quarters at Eel Paso just across
the international boundary, and
mapped out long list of details
which must be arranged before the
principals enter the ring Training
quarters for champion and challenger
have been selected and the prelim,n.
airy workout viii begin within the
next two weeks.
Willard viii do his conditioning in
the suburbs of I'll Paso, where the
summer home Of one of the leading
citizens has been placed at his dis
posal Located on one of the prin-
cpal bouleyards OF the city il will
be easy Of access and with the sur
rounding grounds and stables afforl
excellent facilities for both indoor
and outdoor work. Johnson will pre-
pare on the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande, Training quarters have been
secured for him in the Juarez opera
house and accommodations for him
self and stan of helpers in a nearby
cottage
Both pugilists are planning to ar
rive at the training camps early next
month In order that they may become
accustomed to the rarefed atmos-
phere Both FL Paso and Juarez
have an altitude of close to 1000 feet
and training conditions are vastly
different from those prevailing at
lower levels. This was brought out
sharply in the Johnson-Jeffries con-
test in 1910. After spending some
weeks in conditioning at close to sea
level near San Francisco the camps
we're shifted to Reno. when the gov
ernor ordered the pugilists out OF
California. The change to the Ne
vada town at an altitude of approx
mately $500 feet set back the train
ing for fully week while principals
and helpers were adapting them
selves to the lighter air
international Tournament Promised
Contrary to early reports, there ap-
pears to be a possibility that the
coming golf season will be featured
by at least one international tourna-
ment The entry of several OF the
more prominent of the English pro.
championship at Baltusrol, June 10
to IS, is almost certain in case the
English open set foi about the same
period Is declared of on account Of
the war The English golhng authori.
ties have not as yet made a definite
announcement regarding their tour
nament. but close observers of the
trend of the sport abroad are Of the
opinion that the open golf cham
pionship will be dropped for the sea
son of 1915 as has been done with
the Henley regatta, the Oxford Cam.
bridge crew race and other English
sports classics
Tennis May Move from Newport
At the annual meeting of the Unit.
ed States National Lawn Tennis asso-
citation to be held in New York, is
likely to be given careful considera'
tion. The West Side club, situated
at Forest Hills, l.. l., one of the lead
ing clubs of the metropolitan dis
trict, is expected to offer to stage
the 1915 championship events II
this policy of moving the all-comers
tournament from Newport is adopted
II is thought that in years to come
the championship play will be shifted
from city to city each season, as y
done in the golf title Journeys.
Opposition to the plan is certain
to develop, for the All.Comers has
been held continuously at Newport
since 1881. when the national tennii
championships were established
Without some form of eligibility ruiz
with which to control the entries !
is feared, in certain quarters, tina
the tournament, If held in the large
cities, will be swamped by ambitious
racquet wielders who desire to com
pete. Newport. because of the eN
pense incidental to travel and &C
commodations. never received mucl
more than 200 entries, yet the tour
nament in recent years has EXTENDED
over a period of six to eight days.
Held in New York or Chicago,
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