El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-05

TEW YORK. Jan 9-FfeseHt1s
Jess Willard viii find himself
\ with no more fistic occupation
than 4 John Rabbit me lnGle4 a., 1 tIls
are that he viii have to go back 70 me
circus and stay there, and judging from i
the earnestness with which Jess IoI-
lowed the canvas tops up 10 very re-
Gently, that sentence VIII pc Dy HO
means displeasing to him.
The Fulton match was what the
world of sport delicately characterlzeS
as a bust The New orleans pro sE',i.l, ,
are now after Frank Moran, oI1erlhs
him a guarantee OF SI5UU, the same
amount which Fulton was 10 nave re
ceived conditional on Moran beaIlhS
Jim Coffey again If Coffey beats NO
ran. the offer probably goes for the
The winner of that bout viii IN
doubtedly be regarded as the le2dlng
contender for the heavyweight cham
pionship, for the time, at least, FREQ
Fulton or some other big fellow, may
hustle about and build up a claim Dy
betting a few Of the large lads mere
and there, but for the present Moran or
Coffey viii be out in front Of the pack
And lust why the New Orleans pro-
moters figure that the winner OF me
MOran-Coffey encounter should accept
$500 for the privilege Of 20 round en-
counter with Willard, is not clear Ger
tainly he will be a better card than
against the champ yet Fulton was 10
get that amount Certainly, too, the
winner of the MOran-COffey battle can
get more money for fighting WIZARD
ten rounds in New York, than for
fighting him 20 rounds IN New, Or
leans. In fact, the winner can prooa-
bly, get that much for a ten rounder
here without bothering with Willard.
He could box Tom Cowler, or Al Reich,
or Charley Weinert- or any one OF a
number OF other big fellows, with the
assurance Of pretty hetty, gate
Would Be Abused
Resides. the hest man who accepts
match with Willard will get, IS a lot
of derisiOn and abuse His pretensions
VIII be seo1fed at He VIII be Iaoeled a
joke 1t viii be explained IN words
and figures throug hout this broad land
just what a saphead he is for thinking
he has q chance against the champ
And so why should a fighter waste his
time on Willard for a paltry $500.
The championship All, yes. but Viii
laru'S friends have announced so OFTEN
that Jess is invincible that eyeryb body
is now content to accept his invlnct- (
bility as a fact. and to pay their money
10 see other fighters who are not quite
so all fired unbeatable. And even If a [
man did beat Willard, and win the /
championship, what would be his pOr- /
tion2 It would sooner or later be a !
lambasting such as poor Jess is now I
receiving; that's what it would be-
If Jess really desires a fight he Z
should waive his demand for $4,000. /
win, lose or draw, and offer 10 gamble |
with all Corners in a match on a winner Z
under the theory that ne il invincible 1
he has no chance Of losing.
Back to the Circus.
Yes. II looks as though Jess-is slated /
for the circus game for the balance I
of his life Even after the glamor OF
his victory over Johnson begins TO
fade, he viii have a certain value to
any well regulated circus.
Jess said he weighed around 265
pounds, but those who saw him in New
Y ork believe he viii hit the scale at
rearer 800 pounds. A lot Of WIZARDS
admirers expressed the opinion after
ms tight with Johnson that he would
have TO keep Up a pretty active ring !
existence If he expected to remain in I
anything like fighting condition, and 1
having failed to do that, the Kansan /
is now quite hunk of beef
BOdie, of Pueblo.
Pueblo, Colo, the home Of Jeems
Flynn, has contributed another fighter
to the union, in the extremely large
person Of Lew Bodie, born Boedecker.
who is six feet six and one-ouarter
inches high and weighs 215 pounds. He
IS Ialler and has a longer reach than
Willard, and is IS years old He has
three or four brothers who are lust
about the same size as Lew.
Nhen Lewis was a large boy-for it