New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-09
JUAREz To GET
BATTLE OF TIT
HEAVYWECBl,
Jack Curley Against Chi,
for the johnson.
Willard Bout. =.
TAXES A CHANCE
TO MAKE A KILLING,
Bids Received from Nine c;;.,
but the One from Mexico
Proves Most Enticiug

'''o' LhtiSlng.
Jack Johnson, the hesyyveirb,..,. |
pion Of the world, and Jess win,,1
Kansas cowboy, will meet mat
fve-round battle FOR the World, 49,.
pionship al Juarez, Mexico. 8. NJ
6, 1915.
This was announced By jack Cas-,
who is promoting the match. y.s,.,,.
afternoon. Bids were received =.
nine cities. Among these wer. su..
Ayres, Havana, Tia Juans, gerie..
Psso, Tex, and Brownsville, Ter n.
offer, a half-hearted sort ofabis -,
no definite terms stated, was r.c.;,..
from Australia. Tina. bid. p,,u,,n.
received scant consideration.
The other cities were apvsr..s,
eager 20 secure the match, ana 80
aattering. offers. After some ecurI..
alton Crrley decided 70 hold ,is ~,
in Juarez. lie viii promote III, ~.
himself. guaranteeing johnson rtsr
win. lose or draw. and taking a s,,,.
on the gate receipts and other ,r.-,.
sites 10 paw him for his labor sri,-.
vide something for Willard.
He paused for some time. kesr.
over the offer from Havana. Billy ca
son, representing the Cuban interest,"
guaranteed $4,000 20 pay Ioh,x,
willard ard the expenses ineidsuu !
the match. the money 10 be depo,s..
in a Havana bank one month befo, 4.
battle is fought. on condition that ~,
share in the profits on SO PEI on,
basis.
Curley said yesterday that vii. l,
would like 10 let Gibson in or q,
match and he went off on ls,s
eulogy Of the Bronx promoter-h. v.
+ lieved that ne would rather run A,
risk of possible loss to- make ri.
ing"
Curley admitted that he was ms,s :
, favor OF holding the match a. !ars
In fact. he said tina. he intended 70 tss
: il there unless some FL Dorado us
discovered elsewhere. He said Tia, !.
was the logical place TO hold stt |.
match. II is on a direct line to y
Pacific Coast, with nine trunk a.
roads passing within a snort dis,l,a
of the city. The climate and al ~
would prove attractive 20 the visssa
and, of course, there is the sddltQl
chance Of seeing a nicely arranged ",
tie between the warning Nsxa
troops.
Not the least Of Mr. Cu'rleys ra
sons for holding the battle in ;sir
is that the annual convention Of q
Cattlemen's Association Of the Sou'i
west will be held in Fl Paso during z
week OF March g.
Jess Willard, who will try, 10 .,
establish the supremacy Of the WHIT
race. and his manager. Tom Jones. "
leave for Excelsior Springs to-dsl
where Willard will start training ,
once. Jess will appear 10 vaudeville
Kansas City for one week and then vi
hike for FL Paso to get down 10 r,i
hard work. Johnson. who has. be-
training for some little time, will l.iE
Buenos Ayres for Mexico on Monday
Tom Jones. who hopes that Whlr
will win. took a final fling yestt'd,
at those who have presumed 70 dos'
the ability of his protege in the eSo
ing match.
at is always the same way" he "'
"A lot of people thought that Cy'.
Field was crazy when he proposed
lay the Atlantic cable. But the ea'.
is there to-day all right. The ooEs
fans said / was crazy when sent ~.
Papke M against Ketehell. bu, "a,
won all right. So they derided Al We
CAST when he was matched VIA "a
tling Nelson. but you noticed thai
had a new lightweight champion si''
the bout was over We VIII nav
new heavyweight champion when Y
match is over. and his name Is y.
Willard. managed by Tom Jones
saving Thomas passed into the 0'1
darkness.
Curley is in with one OF Gtn.,
Villas relatives, and the Mexican q, I,
is guaranteeing him the use o. |.
..ao.rocL .be protpcfiOn Of Q reg1s