The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
IS WORKING HARD
Sparring Partners Given All the
Boxing They Can Stand.
Frank Moran Continues to
Loaf on Training Job.

New York, March 11.-"That's the
best workout I have had yet" de-
clared Champion Jess Willard, at the
end of his indoor work at the Pioneer
Snoring club yesterday. You can
tell the boys I'm ready" continued the
bia fellow, as the sweat poured down
his face and he disappeared through
the door of his room TO be massage1
by his trainers.
That the workout was a good one
all hands agreed, and they also agreed
that the champion looked mlshty sooo
right now. His boxing was better than
ever. his work on his feet when Shad-
oxv boxing fast, and he went through
the pulley exercises and his special
brand of chair stunts for the reduction
of his stomach with lot OF pep ana
fire.
lust after leaving the stage word
was brought from his dressing room
that willard had taken off seven
pounds in the last week.
In his work willard surprised every
one bv the way he sweated. He wore
the usual trunks and a heavy fleece
lined undershirt. This shirt brought
the sweat out in rivulets and when he
left the stage he was soaking from
head TO foot.
The Work Program.
The champions work as he went
through it and taking things in their
regular order. was as follows:
First, the pulleys came in for tus-
sic. With these weights Willard went
through a lot of different exercises
and stuck to them for five minutes.
After he had limbered up his muscles
to his satisfaction. Jess dropped the
handles and took a fall out Of an i'm
agfnary opponent, feinting, walloping
and dancing about the rirg as spryly
as n bantam. This work lasted six
minutes ard when it was over the
pcrspiration was beginning to stream
down the big fighters face.
without a moments rest after the
shadow boxing. Willard took Hemple
on for their two-rOund stunt. This
was a lively bout, but Hemple's 100
pounds were as nothing to Willard.
He slammed his opponent about as he
pleased and pulled almost all his
punches.
Takes Some Punches.
Rodel took up the running at the
end of the Hemple bout. Weighing
but IFS pounds. he was even worse off
than Hemple, but he roughed things
up as hard as he knew how, and at
close quarters landed some well in
tended punches on Wizards stomach.
Willard let the Boer get away with
this in the first round, but in the Sec
ond did all the work when in close
himself smothering Rodeps blows and
hitting straight ana snort TO the Iace
and body. Rodel was very grateful to
the timekeeper when that official an
nounced the end of the second stanza
Then Monahan. with his two hun
dred and ten pounds of bone and
MUSCLE stood up for his. This was
the best bout of the session and many
a hard punch was exchanged. Mona
han reached the champions face sew
eral times. but on every occasion Will
lard came back with a retaliatory
punch that wobbled his sparring part
ner'S mob.
The Windup.
RodeI was in the ring and ready for
a 3-minute session of wrestling as
soon as the Monahan stunt was over
After this Jess Topped on the floor on
his back and went through a lot of
exercises to reduce the fat about his
bread basket and then resorted to the
special chair work that he believes so
good.
That wound up the afternoons la
Dor
Wizards morning work was a G.
mile walk and run through Central
park, and this was in every way as
satisfactory as the stunt of the after
noon
1t was the consensus of opinion Of
the experts who watched the big man
in his work that he is rapidly round
ing into shape and will be Just right
by the night of the battle
Moran did next to nothing. He was
content with a short walk in the
morning and spent the afternoon by
taking spin in his big red car up