The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28
Federal League Club DINNERS 4gyee Upon Coming
WILLARD IS Lar GER
THAN JACK JOHNSON

1 AllQ he has Infee SUlS[lncIgAu--s
tantages Over John on In
Youth, Height, Reach.
VIEW YORK, March % u the
fourth time since he won the heavy-
weigh champi onshfp from . i'm Jeffrtes
IN 1910 " lack Johnson will defend bis
1 pugiltstlc title at Havana, Cuba, afo1-.
\ day. April y. On that date Jess WI l-
lard, the most Formidable among the
white aspirants for the worlds prem
Ter ring honor. will meet the negro
| in what is scheduled as fortyfive.
round battle for the cham ionship In
his long career as q pugilist. Johnson
has never faced All opponent OF the
lshuge physical proportions of wv Hard
because OF this advantage in weight:
height and reach as we'll as the ten
years difference in their ages, the toll
lowers Of WI Hard hope to see his youth
and endurance triumph over. the sti-s
perior boxing skill and ring expeT:
ISlence OF the champ on. 1T is this meets
ling between the master puSi1 list and
lagigantic novice that lends interest and
uncertainty to the battle willard
l$Fnuid be but u manikin iii the hands
of the negro who has learned every
trick or boxing known in expert ring
strategy during his many years inS the
squared circle.
Johnson's Hing Career.
Although Johns on y ring career an
tidates the present century by a few
months. his proves as a fighter did
4 not bring him into prominence In the
heaVy4W eight division until ten years
ago and then his standing did not give
much promise OF championship posi-
t5bilities At that time he began meet
ing men of his own color such asl Sam
IthIcVey. Joe Jeanette. Black Blk
Waller johnson and others whom he
defeated . in several instances decis-
!, iyeIy His TWO winninE battles with
Joe Jeanette at Baltimore and sam
Iysngford at Chelsea. Mass, in 1896
however, demonstrated that he would
I have to be reckoned with by tile best
OF the fighters, white or cnlored, with
championships pretensions in The
theavyweigl1t class.
AZ that time Jehries had retired
from therine, having handed the tifia
70 Marvin Hart Tommy Burns bvs
defeating the latter and also Jack
IO'Brien. who claimed the champions
shop, assumed the world 's It'll e in 1907 81
Johnson meanwhile was pIoddfng
along, Incidentally knocking ouf Felix
and Lang in Australia and ending thee
come back propen sites Of Bob itzss
simmons In two rounds All p fli1ade ls
phia and an eIeven-round Knockout
Of Jim Flynn at San Franc;E6oRet the
same year-1997 IN Decellbe la0sa
Johnson had the better Of Tommy
Burns ait Sydney, Aust lila. hen the
police stopped the bout in th Ri four
teenth round This placed he big
Galveston negro light at the top of
his class and while no one vas ysii r.
ing to- recognize him as he# worlds
title holder. Johnson vent right on
fighting success f,ll Ivy finishing up N It'll
the knockout of the late Stanley
ketche1 in twelve rounds ut Colma,
Calf, on s0ctobe / 81, 1860.
Jofirlas Rc-Enters Ring.
II was then that the negro pro-
noHnced ability and rccogn lied cIevra
erness stnng Jeffries into act ion: The
big Californian's sef-enforccd retire
ment ended abruptly and effries Res
entered the fisttc a rena X to a gain de-
fend the title This seemed to- suit
Johnson perfectly and th e great match
for the world IS championship was
quickly arranged with the result that
Johnson scored a decisive victnryIoFer
tJeffrfes, at Reno, July A. 1911 u. From:
/ that time to the present JohnsonN has
been the undisputed chapion heavy
Weight Of the world. During the last
five years he has been called upon
only three times to defend the tIt less
u Is iight WI 18th jim lynn at Las
Vegas, New Mexico, was stopped IN
the ninth round by the authoritie and
tJohnso on Was declared the winner
Paris, France the bout between the
champ ion and Battling Jim Johnsons
lsTas ca lied Il draw and last yearaha
gained the referees decision over
snnn .oran In a twenty-round4i bout
which also took place IN the French
capital
Jess Willard, who was born iils
/. UottaW atomie county, Kan, twenty
eight years agosis giant in Gstature.
standing fully 6 feet inches, wi tfoIts
shoes. and when in good condi ion furS
e bout, turns the scale Ct 2saS pounds:
Four years ago he was first seen In AS
ring fight when he lost on a foul TO-
Louis Fink in the tent round OF a
bout at Sapulpa, okla. but WI lin 81 x
weeks from that time he knocked out
Fink IN three rounds at OklahomR
City. He followed up Wi h FIVE knock
outs and two ten round winning
brackets. on points. during hi NE "A
year Of fighting in publ s1d
Clear Record In l91 q.
Five knockonts and t1Ros no decision
contests gave him a. clear ecord for
19l2 The two node cisions bouts were
with Arthur PeIky and Ld1th er nc
Carly IN New York CITY and In Seanha I;
Willard had the better Of his oppon-.s
sentE. The big Kansan also scoredftN0
OF his five knockouts In the East,
New York and Buffalo. his Inn