El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-13
. Id Bill Shakspere's immortal
line, referring to Mr.. Hamlet,

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line, referring to Mr. Hamlet,
no longer applies to the John
On-Wiillard fight in Juarez. None Of
the, ITO be or not to be" stuff is being
spilled about the big mill by the river
side. The fight is assured. the princi-
pals are on the way and the interest is
playing to a rising market.
FL Paso has the wrong angle on this
fight thing which J. Curley ct ii have
mapped for the JUarez race track. In
the general discussion of the merits of
the fighters, the fact that the big pat
tie is actually to be staged within sight
and a nickels worth Of ride of FL Paso,
seems to have been lost in the fog OF
comparisons. Whether Johnson whips
Willard. or Willard whales the golden
smile off JohnsOn's face. matters as
much to FL PasO as the signature on a
s. bill. so long as the legal tender
stuff is sticking to it.
The show is the Thing.
FL PasO is gradually awakening to
the fact that the biggest match since
the Jeffries-J ohnsOn fight is to be
staged at our back door with the hasp
of the gate. Sports spent good money
to cross the continent and pay Reno
Ruth prices in the sand hills of Ne
vada to see Johnson make monkey
out of Jeffries. Many Travelled Paris
ward last summer to witness a sure
thing fight between Moran and john
son III winch lue negro uelu as many
chances Of losing as keno caller in
Juarez castle of chance.
In the old days, the betting was the
big thing. Now the spectacle has the
call and prizefiGhting has changed
from a betting pool to a firstclass cir
Gus 1t does not matter whether Will
lard has a chance to whip Johnson. or
, whether Johnson is too old and his
feet are blistered hitting the prim-
rose speedway, the sports know that
they are going to see a good show
/ when the gong blangs in the Juarez
arena on March 6, and the show is
I the thing these sporting days.
Both VIII Provide Interest.
Some scribe who attended the Reno
riot said of johnson, that he would
be the most popular man the fight
game had ever seen if he was only
white. His golden smile and sunshine
disposition has made him many friends
and he is sure to pull a lot of his
! freak things while he is training IN
Juarez. Johnson and a red automo-
I bile are as inseparable as the touts at
a race track and he will hit err up
considerable around Juarez while he IS
training for the fight Willard is less
picturesque than the black champ, but
everyone will want to see the man who
has nerve enough to tackle the black
champion. His training camp will be
| crowded and will be only a little less
popular than the negro's training quar-
! ters in Juarez.
Old Timers VIII be Here.
Following a big fight are all OF the
! interesting characters that the fight
game has developed from the days Of
/ the bare listed battles Jim Jeffries,
! who was an idol of the fight game,
| but whose feet were found to be of
clay or some equally cold material,
: will be here TO put in n few licks on
/ the negro by proxy. His big, grizzly
| bear form win be seen numbering down
! San Antonio street and small boys will
| follow in his wake like a school Of
| sharks after funeral ship; Jim Flynn,
/ the champion ham-and -egger, will
| also be here and, likewise all of the
champions and near champions of past
! days These heavyweight affairs have
grown to be reunions of the old guard
and there will be celebrities on every
/ corner the day of the fight.
And Then the Sport Writers
Sport writer's will flock FL PasoWard
/ on every train weeks before the fight
+ i'm order to file reams of dope about
/ the diets of the fighters, what they
I said before breakfast and after, how
! they cut their hair and the color of
/ their hose Jim COrbett. champion once
removed in his own right and regular
writer on fight topics, will probably
| be here to cover the fight from the
] angle Of a man who wore the cham
pionship belt. He viii write for The
/ Herald and his syndicate of papers. and
] viii aid the white man to condition
/ for his fight. as he loves Johnson 1y
! the inverse ratio that n burglar loves
! a COD. Tad" H NJ. Walker of Los
| Angeles, Damon Runyon and the other
big league scribes will be here for the