Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
CAN'T REACH The
PLACE BY MAR. 5
wITl+ JOHNSON ~ CUBA, BOUT
VITA WILLARD At JUEREZ
IS POSTPONED.
Black chs-pisn n Ttc<iisn Pos-
ton. Between v. S. MarsHais
ard carranEa.

Il Paso. Teas. Feb. Z1-Ths Jack
Johrson-Jess willard fght for the
vorld's heavyweirht championship
vii not BE- held on March .. a. schet-
ule1- This represents the coucensus
OF opinion % The aght fans and prOmot-
erH % p Pnso and Juarez where the
big rsnE battle e % be staged
Jack Curisy. manager O. the syudi-
cate promoting the contest co1curs
tentatively In the belief thai post
poaement Ill 30 Necessary on account
~ unforeseen delays which the black
fighter haa encountered since leaving
Busnos Aires.
A. FAR a. Curiey viii admlf-and be
a making the most profound eEp-es-
alons % truthfuiuess 20 the sport
vrffers-Johns0u has not yet left TIA
vana. Cuba
rs a good 4 900 miles or more from
Havana % Tampico or any port of
entry on the east coast % Mexico. and
this distance could hardly b. covered
IN Iasa than three or four days This
would make 90 az least Friday or sat
urtav before Iohuso1 could get into
Mexico. or the reckoning that Ae LEFT
Havana Immediately.
from Tamp.cD 90 JuarrE would con
stme three day. and uLslts. Under
the prerent d@m1-nliEef condition %
trausrortatlo1 a1 an parts ~ Mexico.
and especially rail- Communication Boz
tween the fighting fnctiols 1f the north
ard south. Dc IL not believed the trip
cuuld b. made IN less than O. week.
AccordinF 90 -such rvccDuiuE. which
a. based on the opiri1I % Mexican
traveller and trananorfatiou officials.
So would Gor be possible for johnson
10 arrive SRI Juarez sooner ttHu Friday.
March 3. or the tag before tho fFht
-Nst Worried says cgrf-y
I'VE arr NOT worry .rE about "a post
pouen1rnr. salt Cu-ieF. Tre way
iooks now o. paatpcaeurrt VIII Del
necessary. The MANAGEMENT VIII nos
permit ere aFht ro proceed unless
Johnson has been hese long enough to
become acclmated and fo train sgGl-
GENTLY 90 place himself iu a physical
eoadition that viii stand the thorough
examination % physician
The managers are determined that
70 shall not BE- put ou unless both men
are in the best possible condition. 90
course. 10 must bs remembered tsat
johnson had only a weeks training Orb
Reno wten bel fought feGrs-,. and the
attitude there 81 greater than here
u received two cabisErumH from
Johnson one vas that 1c had arrived
IN Havana. a later o1- was tu the ef-
feet that lf conditions we're such vc
couldn't get him tbrousu Mexico safe
~. be- felt that the hEIt could be- ar
ranged Ia Havana. To the latter . re-
Piled that under mo- Circumstance
would the light be staged iu Havana.
and that 10 tual-
II have assured johnson that ve
have made arrangement for bits safe
delivery IN Juarez. ~ be reaches the
Mexican coast + believe that we can
20 through with g. Although the Car
rama cousuis here seem 90 feel badly
disposed toward the fighter on account
OF the fact that the fight Isl a couces-
sion from General villa. ] have good
reason % anticipate mo- trouble on that
score
NO definite date has been set for
the postponcmcut. ~ one becomes nee
essary. ~ u nov appears. A all odds.
the battle viii be- fought iu March.
probably after johnson has had
chance 90 put IN a couple o. solid
weeks training In Juarcz-