The Detroit times., 1916-03-25

NEW YORK. March 25.-The
stage Is set, the fighters trained 10
the minute and the last word in
preparation made for the richest linz.
tied round fight in history, when
heavyweight Champion Jess Willard
ard Frank Moran. challenger, will
meet in Madison Square Garden 70.
night.
The heavyweight championship
may change hands on the result of
the battle. which has the entire
country waiting with expectancy.
But Moran can come into the title
only by knocking the champion out
Willard viii enter the ring the
favorite. Experts cannot believe
that this superman. a product OF the
western plains, can be knocked in
sensible by the challenger, consider
ing his advantage in height. weight
and reach. though Morsn's hitting
power and boxing ability are con-
ceded. Moran's hackers predict the
Not only viii the fight break all
records for 10-round affairs from the
financial standpoint. but the greatest
crowd in sfhe history Of the fight
game IN New York viii witness the
battle.
Charley White, has his counter in
trim. He Is ready TO toll ten over
either gladiator with almost brutal
impartiality.
Willard will sepd full many a
member OF the clan Moran supper
less to bed for nights and nights TO
come IL he stops the blonde from
Pittsburgh in the evening shadows.
Those who saw Moran beat Jim
Coffey over the knockout course
twice in the sane ring were SC
strongly impressed with his haymak
ing right that they plunged even
before Big Jess bestowed his bulk
on Broadway. Later they felt tire
mors about the bank.roll and these
tremors have become acute pains as
the big battle draws near.
Willard is powerful long on size
| and strength aand IL Is inconceiv.
able 10 manay persons that anything
less than Baldwin runabout can
carry kick OF sufficient force to
bounce him into dreamland
II ought TO be real fight
Moran has nothing 20 gain Ivy
Sailing 20 rounds with willard. He
could have gone on in New York OBJ
tanning fairly coruplent purses for
fighting mediocre maulers had he
not chosen TO take on Willard. Now
that he has done 40, the road TO
fabulous wealth Is clear, except for
Jess willard. All Moran has TO do
n fiatten the Kansas giant He
opfnes it's man.sized undertaking,
but claims he is the man 10 do IL.
willard himself stands higher
that Mister woolworth's sizeable
shanty with nose OF the fans OF the
country. But IL he pulls the old
one.t wotbree-kick On the Broadway
bounder. he will find himself fat on
his wellknown back SO far as destr.
able matches are concerned. The
fans are putting lot of faith in the
big boy in tonisht's go and he will
have to deliver according 10 the in.
voice or go down In pugilistic his
tory as the biggest article OF gor.
gonzola ever shown.
Moran's boxing ability r. fairly
well known, but WIZARDS is mys-
terious quantity.
Jess boxed like an amateur with a
broken arm in his bouts here IN the
narrowing ham-and-egg days and
flashed up as a master OF Queens
bury TASTES against Jack Johnson.
When that gloomy gent measured
his longitude along the floor at ia'
yana. Jess was hailed as rather some
boxer. He appears in his training
bous 10 have learned whole libra
~ OF tricks and most valuable OF
them In that OF holding his oppon-
ent's elbows to keep me other gent
away willard gets the biggest purse
ever offered for lO.round bout,
$4,000 being the stipend.
Moran's purse OF $4,000 with a
sizcsble bit for liniment and other
training expenses. r. the largest ever
offered any challenger for any kind
OF a bout, according to sport statisti
clans For that money the boys
unsht to put up quite tussle this
evening.