Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-05-17
WILbARD'S FUTURE
RESTS With Jones
Toms Adherence TO Present
Programme Would Ruin
Champions Career
NEEDS MORE WORK
IN THE RING

It is quite possible that Jones &
Co, of the Willard syndicate will be
successful in making a profit out OF
the big Kansan in exhibition work.
/ The promoters may get a good return
on the money they invested when
they clinched the match with Johnson
and brought it to a successful con-
clusion in Cuba.
At the same time, IL Jones g. Co.
keep willard on the show circuit for
two years. as threatened, they VIII
ruin him from the standpoint Of pug
ilistic performance. II makes no diff
ference whether Willard is % or SO
years old. Two years of one-night
stands, with their absence of physi-
cal exercise, lack Of fresh air and
nothing but exhibition boxing, will
ruin the career of the best man that
ever drew on glove.
If the syndicate adheres to its pro-
gram they will find when they finally
put the big fighter In the ring that
he is good for nothing else except
, exhibition work.
Perhaps the willard syndicate does
not care anything about Big Jess fu-
. J lure NUINtIs UlONlNiu ih'f hNA "a
, money they desire. He would be able
TO get one big championship fight af-
ter his theatrical work, and If he got
r whipped the syndicate could then
| come to terms with the victor.
, Needs Plenty Of Work.
I A pugilist, like any other athlete,
a can retain top form only by one pro-
. cedure. After he had engaged In a
hard contest, preceded by long
r course OF training, he requires a rest,
b during which he naturally will take
a on considerable flesh that was work
@ ed of during his training work. HavT
z ing regained his normal condition as
to weight and flesh. the pugilist is
g then ready TO begin the same kind OF
e work that fitted him for the contest
-" But let a pugilist, after crucial
l. contest in the ring, being a siege OF
% stage work. fail to get needed rest,
" abandon all vigorous work with the
ID gloves and continue the enervating
ss stage work for a long period OF time
rs and the result will be to reduce his
e. pugilistic ability to the vanishing
point
IN II does not necessarily follow thai
of dissipation must enter into the calc,t
r. lation. An athlete must be an ath
ht lete if he wishes TO perform efficient
he ~ In his line of endeavor, and thu
nd instant he cuts away from athletis
go habits he loses form.
be Tarns Down $4,000.
Id The fact that Willard. or rather th'
IN syndicate. has refused an offer Of ;
a $4,000 purse to battle with Gun6oa
On Smith at Denver, July 4, indicates
m clearly that Jess viii not do any ser
IN Gus boxing for some time TO come. III
ht may engage in a few no-decision con
tests for the gate receipts, but as fol
a long battle in which his title would
be endangered there is small pros
IT. pect.
p Jim Buckley. manager Of Gunboa
re Smith, who was recently in Denvei
DIS with the Gunner. made the following
20. statement after Jones had refused th'
ITS offer of the Denver syndicate Of /
or $4,000 purse:
We 81 stand ready to post $1,000 will
)s. any responsible parties in Denver 4
in match the Gunner against Jess vii
er lard Tor a twenty-round or a finisl
fight before any club that can guaran
tee 10 pull the match off without in
m. reference, the deposit to go as
~ side bet, winner take all If the viii
nv ldIu UiUIAt want ~ lAAA Wh@t HRAA
a estly believe the Gunner is the mos
Pr logical opponent that Willard cal
lie meet. and the public sooner or late
nd will demand a match between then
MY boy has beaten Willard once fai
. and square and Willard has neve
10; fought him since We have tried ever
ME way to get him in right with tn
of Gunner. but there has been nothin
of doing. He has not any ears when igh
ew is mentioned"
on, Buckley says he does not want
los take any of Wizards glory away, bu
ute Il is business proposition with hin
,dy Willie Richie, the made-in-Americ
lightweight champion. who was tol
pedoed by the Welsh submarine Las
of summer has decided TO get into az
nal ton again, and will tackle Matt
son Baldwin in Boston Tuesday night
the Richie cannot suhdue the venerab
n.y. Baldwin. the holder of the America
OF title will do well TO have himse
ger informed in some pugilistic dry doc
OBJ Smith Defies X. o.
nee In viwe Of the fact that some pei
son sons have expressed the belief that
can boxer is not knocked out" unless II
in blow makes him unconscious, the di'
ans tum of Ed. Smith. the Chicago re
in cree. will prove interesting. Mr.. Smil
says:
Two Here is a general definition Of Il
ap- knockout as it is understood by thol
in who know something of the Queen
the berry code:
the (a)-A condition brought about
CHI glove contest whereby one man, I
M, a result of a single blow or su
of cession of blows. renders an opponel
With unfit TO continue the contest or VI
,rd- able to respond inside Of ten second
e in as counted by the referee in the rim
non. (b)-Interferenec by refer'
the whose Judgment may dictate that
md. is unwise or unsafe for one OF u
this contestants to attempt to continue u
4 in contest.
nav (c) Failure of one Of the contes
SEN ants to respond 10 the call Of tin
liza at the beginning of round.
ling cd Action of a contestants SECOND
as in acknowledging defeat by tossing
sponge or towel into the ring durir
the progress of a round OF oe'wes
St rounds.
CHESTER WANTS GAME.
wallace A C. a fast II TO 19 yef