The Alaska citizen., 1916-03-13
FRESHMAN ANXIOUS FOR
 BATTLE WITH WILLARD.
By FRANK MORAN).

been written about my chances against the champion. Jess Willard, since my second knockout victory over Jim Coftey. and have been asked to write my version of the probable match
 have had a deeply rooted conf den since meeting Jack Johnson ir Paris that 1 am the equal, if no. t,.e superior of any heavyweight in the game. and there Is no Qucs- tion in my mind that, had the Moyan-Johnson fight been for thirty rounds instead of twenty the much coveted title would be mine today.
 AS for practical experience in the rirg, | doubt if there is another hcayyweisht n the business who can boast of a career like mine, not barring the champion. In the past five years I have had forty-one fights. winning twenty-eight of them with knockouts.
 On the list can be found some Of the toughest fellows that have cropped up in recent years. Al Pal ger, Bcmbardier Wells and Jim Cof- fey are numbered in the lot. and all met defeat with a knockout.
 Since meeting Johnson in Paris have had six battles, winning all cf them with a knockout am confident of ending my next match, which will be with Willard, simi- larly. regardless of the distance We battle The longer the better.
 have seen it in print that Will lard is too big for any of the others in the heavyweight division but there is no such thing as fighter being too big in that class 1t may apply to the smaller fight CTS. but not to the big fellows.
 Take Willards case before he became champion, for instance. He was beaten by Gunboat Smith Tn twenty rounda, and the latter onIy weighed 179 pounds. Just before he became champion Willard Wa beaten by Tom McMahon who tip ped the beam at 1S2. Joe Cox knocked him out in five rounds, de spite handicap of forty pounds.
 Today Willard is bigger than ever, and if he were still bigger l should be mere satisfied. It is not the size, but the cool head and the punch that count. Not meaning to be boasttul, l think I possess these essential requisites.
 Coifey, who was considered the best man developed around here in recent years, had every physical advantage over me-height reach, weight and youth. But they count ed for naught when it came to the test. Coffey may not be able to assimiate a severe punching with cut showing the effects, but he is one of the gamest and most willing men have ever met When he starts against any of the rest of the heayies I shall look to see the ROSCOmmOn Giant win
 Those who saw Willard fight John son in Havana have lauded him to the skies for the vast improvement he displayed over his last showing in New York, and to a man de clared invincible and without peer. It is far from such-to my mind
 I shall welcome the chance to get him Ill the ring. Walcott, Me Coy Choynshi and a few other lesser lights proved their worth against much bigger men. They brought their opponents down to their own size mainly with body blows, and Willard will come down when I meet him. l am certain of this.
 Size counts for little when they are hit on the right spot. My eX- perience in the ring has taught me to hit clean and true. Willard Will come down if he is hit where lnaIy of my other opponents have been hit.
 l think I have proved that it will take more than an ordinary punch to daze me. Johnson told Willie Lewis in Paris after our fight that it Was the toughest fight he ever engaged in. After his return to Europe from Havana Johnson told me l would win if I ever got Willard in the ring.
 I am not banking too much on the eX-champion's prediction. how ever, but I feel quite certain that when Willard and l meet l shall prove to the lovers of boxing that
 should have preceded Willard as champion.
 GEORGE sToVALL IS
 SEEKING A JOB NOW.
 CHICAGO.-George Stovall, mana ger of the erStWhile Kansas City