Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-30
Thousands Of Protests De
eide Promoters to Stage
the Fight Later.
MENoCAL REQUESTS 1T
Willard Mutilates His Part
ners While Putting
on Training.

HAVANA, March 81 Havana was
engrossed today I'm discussion Of the
big fight TO be staged here Monday,
April ., when Jack Johnson viii de
fend his title as heavyweight cham
pion against Jess Willard. Il was
reminiscent Of the scenes in Reno five
years ago before the battle in which
johnson lowered the colors of Jim
Jeffrles and thereby established his
right to tho heavyweight title.
There We're countless rumors and
reports following a midnight confer
cnce Of all those concerned in the fight
and then came the announcement of
the postponement OF the battle to
Monday sunday having been set as
the date originally. The postpone
ment was due TO the great pressure
brought to bear upon the government
officials 10y many people, who declared
that TO hold the fight on April 4
would be to desccrate Easter Sunday
Sentiment for PostpOning.
There was a surprising sentiment i'm
Cuba against the holding OF the fight
on Sunday despite the fact that the
first day Of the week is a general hol-
iday on the island. Objection was also
raised by influential persons i'm the
United States. William Il. Gonzales,
Cuba, and President MenOcal OF cuba
received some six hundred cable dis
patches and kilograms protesting
against the holding Of the fight ON
Easter day.
President MenoCal decided TO inter
fcre and requested the promoters Of
the fight to select another date. Both
willard and Johnson eagerly seconded
the idea Of postponing the battle, The
pugilists exhibited many letters from
fight fans requesting a postponcment
from Sunday to a week day Some in
fluential merchants opposed the
change on the ground that it would
upset their business, but they were
OVerrulod.
TO BE Holiday.
General Rafael Montalvo, acting
minister OF the interior, proclaimed
April as holiday after eleven in
the morning for all government en-
ployes, many Of whom had bought
tickets for Sunday. Prominent banks,
stores and plants are expected to fol
low suit in declaring a holiday.
II is understood that the promoters
books tonight showed sales and res
ervations for the fight amounting TO
$4,000 and that these are increasing
steadily.
The son or the late General Thomas
Palma, one time president OF Cuba,
has engaged two boxes and the brother
Of President Menocal and General
Hernandez have taken the same num-
Der. Several women society leaders
have engaged boxes at the ringside.
Reservations have been made from
New Orleans and Galveston and a dis
patch was received stating that the
first special party OF SO was sailing
from New Orleans tonight.
Wizards a Bear.
The pugilists had a stiff workout
this afternoon in the presence Of good
sized crowds. The challenger roughcd
his partners fiercely He broke Walter
Monahan's nose; bout with Hemphill
was stopped near the knockout point
and Jim Savage was cXhG ustcd by the
rough work. willard will do no box
ing tomorrow, his partners being too
much cut up. lie did an hours road
work this morning
Johnson's work was not so serious,
but he said that tomorrow he would
put in his hardest public training be-
fore the fight. He declared that he
would show a big crowd his real form
for the first time.