El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
JACK DILLON HAS BEEN FIGHTING
LONG-REACH MEN LIKE WILLARD
Might Have Better Chance Against Champion Than
Did Moran; However, willard Seems So Much the
Best of the Flock That He Should Remain Cham
pion For Five Years at Least and Maybe Ten.


TEW YORK, April 1.-The week
M intervening since Jess Willard
defended his championship sue
cessfully against the assault Of Frank
Moran has been filled with talk Of
various sorts, most OF which is in
tended TO prove that Willard is a fit
person to own the title. II is not nee
essary TO prove that by talk. Jess
proved it himself by his actions In the
ring He demonstrated so completely
his superiority over Moran that there
can remain no argument IN reDultal
except by those partsans of the Pitts
burg blond who are biased by friendly
feeling for him.
a few things have been said about
Jack Dillon, the Indianapolis giant kill-
er, considering his chances in bout
with the champion It is highly inn
probable that Dillon could do any bet
ter than Moran against the champion.
He has one fact in his favor, however
that has been overlooked by almost
everybody, a thing that we regard as
the most important factor Of all IN
weighing his prospects.
Jack Dillon's entire ring career has
been a series Of efforts TO break
through the guard Of men who had
greater height and reach than he.
Moran Not Used to Reach.
When Moran met Willard he faced
The longer reach problem for the first
time in his life. With the exception OF
Jack Johnson, every man Moran met
had a shorter reach than he and John
sons was exactly the same as Pitts
burg Franks. Thus. having been
trained in the knaclS OF using his own
great reach as an asset. Moran had to
figlt a brand new kind Of battle when
he met Willard. He exhibited some
Of his usual ring generalship against
the champion but displayed none Of the
little tricks so useful in enabling n
guard. Jack Dillon knows all those
little tricks.
Having proved his ability to reach
the jaw OF such taller men as Tom Cow
ler and Charley Weinert. would Dillon
be able to employ the same tactics sue
cessfulIy to find the vulnerable parts
OF a man with five inches more reach?
Better Chance Than Moran.
Dillon would not have to vary his
strategy one whit If he faced Willard.
The identical methods employed against
other tail fellows he has beaten would
be adaptable Tor a struggle with the
champion. The giant killer might look
ridiculously small in the same ring
with Willard. Yet we really believe
he would stand a better chance to
worry the champion than Moran did.
With the possible exception Of duslsy
Joe Walcott, we don't believe there
was ever a man in the history OF the
ring so skiiful at furnishing a much
taller opponent.
It is even possible that Dillon would
have a better chance to beat Willafd
than he would to beat Moran. From
Wizards standpoint. the champion
would be fighting the same style Of
Tight that he did against Moran and
IN general way would offer practical
ly the same amount Of effectiveness
He would have the reach on both op-
pOnents and therefore would fight them
both in the same way. From MOran's
etandpolnL the thing is different Op-
p0sed TO Willard, the Pittsburger was