El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-09
through their veins, willing to take
Arrnnremcnts win ViIIa.


on March 6. that they viii be protected
against all possible discomfort or IN
convenience
Answer: Nothing but ignorance could
apply such n question. or one who does
not understand conditions OF men. In
tho first place. I attach herewith pho
Geographic reproductions Of the Villas
ono who is commanding the military
forces, the other the civil government
Of JuareZ. and any banker in FL PasO
will VOuch that their word is as good
as their bond, and furthermore, I viii
cite that thousands OF FL PaSOanS, and
others, visit the JuareZ race track daily,
where this scheduled bout win be held,
and the other many places Of recreation
and amusement. and to date not one has
been molested nor has anyOne's prop
erty been destroyed
Question No. 6; Who represented the
Mexican government in dealing with
the hackers of the Johnson-Willard af-
fair2
Answer: Previous answer covers this.
Why Was Willard Chosen!
Question No T: Why was Jess viii
lard selected for this event-what is
there in his record to Justify his Sc
lectiOn2
Answer: Wizards size. youth and
fighting ability; his Willingness to
take a chance; the many authorities.
such as Billy Brady, George Considine.
Barney Oldfield and many others too
numerous to mention who picked him
as the logical man; and, furthermore,
the writings Of many bic critics.
among them yourself who heralded
Tom JOnes's departure from Los An
geles on his way to Europe in quest of
this match, and furthermore, such great
and able matchmakers as Tom McCarey,
Jim CO1frOth and Billy Gibson, who
were bidding for the match, and I am
proud to say that I beat them to it.
Question No. 8; As a good judge Of
fighters, IS ii not your personal belief
that sam Langford could easily knock
out Willard in scheduled 20 round
bout?
Not Matched With LangfOrd.
Answer: I did not match Willard
with LanEfOrd; therefore, the answer
is unnecessary, nor would the argument
that Langford could beat him Justify
YOU in belittling the Johnson match
for many people believe Langford could
defeat Johnson. The main reason that
Willard is not today matched with
Langford in place of Johnson is that
defeating Lsangford would not get him
anything, while defeating Johnson Will
get him the worlds championship, Re
store the title to the white race and
forever bar another negro from get
ting the title.
Question No 9: Do you not consider
that. of all men, Sam Langford is the
most entitled to box for the heavy
weight championship of the wOrld2
Answer 7 am free to admit, Mr.
Walker, that ] do not share your love
for the negro fighters, and I am against
title
Question No. TO: II so. why did you
not seek to match Johnson and Lang
Answer; 7 would net care which
coon is champion, and Langford does
not interest me in the least.
Drawing Power Doesn't Figure.
Question No. II; If you think Willard
better man than LangfOrd. why did
YOU not first match Jess with Samuel
Would not Willard. after q victory over
Langford, be a 100 percent better card
Answer: Here you are getting down
to that cOmmercialism again. It does
not matter what it will draw. or what
II won't draw. To make Willard the
champion OF the world is the main OBJ
ject. But. not to sidestep your ques-
ton, ] viii say that if 1 had my own
way l would not have done so, for in
first place, If Willard had defeated
Langford, the chances are Johnson
would not have fought him, and I am
willing, for the sake of argument, to
say that maybe Willard would not have
defeated Langford. Again, on the 9TH
er hand, should Willard nave defeated
I.angfOrd, to say the least Johnson's
price would have gone up to a prohib-
tive figure.
Writers Proposed the Match.
Question No. u: Who first proposed
the exploiting Of Jess Willard as a pos
siole opponent for Jack Johnson
Answer: Several able writer's. es-
NHNAtAAl ADlAAg IAgNdDB WHO Witnessed the
Paris fight between Johnson and Mo
ran, Billy Brady, George Considine,
Charley Harvey and many others. While
they were talking Of promoting the
match and planning what they would
do, ] jumped up and landed it.
No Fake in This Fight.
Question No. ID: Is j. not true that
Johnson was proved a despicable fakir
in his match with Frank Moran-that
Moran signed an agreement to lose to
the negro2
Answer: don't know anything about
IT, and the fight shows for itself that
it went the limit of 20 rounds, was a
poor fight and Johnson received the
decision.
Question No. Il: Does there exist any
such angle to the JohnsOn-Willard
eVent2
Answer: No.
Question No. 10: What inducements
were necessary to get Jack Johnson's
signature TO the aricles2
Answer; To pay him his price, $4,000,
win, lose or draw, and Immediately
upon the signing of the articles, his ex-
pense money as afOre mentioned.
johnson Is Champion, Anyhow.
Question No Is; With Johnson q
fugitive from justice, and charged by
the American press with being a fal1ir.
why should you ask the fight goers Of
the United States to again support him?
Answer: 1t took % United States Sc
cret service men from the department
of justice in Chicago, under the leader
weeks to discover that Johnson, during
three years of constant travelling previ-
Ously, had committed the terrible crime
of transporting q woman companion
from PittsburE to Chicago, for which
he received one year under the Mann
act The American press. as q whole, is
boosting the coming fight and I have
columns and columns i'm my scrap
book for your investigation. with only
here and there an occasional mention
that johnson is such a faltir as YOU
describe him. However, there were
100000 ready for him at Reno, to lay
down to Jeffries. and he left the ring
victor. Besides that. he holds the cham
pionship title, and no matter what you
or anyone else will brand him, he viii
hold that title until defeated i'm a "a
foot ring, or until he voluntarily re-
tires.
People Can Suit Themselves.
Question No. II: Why should people
pay money to see Jess Willard and Jack
johnson in the ring-or, in other words
now do you figure this affair q drawing
Card2
Answer: Everybody at the race track
on March TO attend the Willard-John-
son match, except the press and others
who are entitled to complimentary
courtesies, win have paid a price of
from s. to S25 to enter the arena. Fur
iher, II will be a voluntary act on ev-
erybody's part and no force viii be