Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-12
LEVINSKY WANTS
TO FIGHT WILLARD
Dan Moran Says Champion is
Circus Freak and Really a
Poor Fighter.
WHATEVER MORGAN SAYS"

New York, Nov. ll.-There are not
many people inclined to credit Bat
thing Levinsky with chance in any
kind of boxing contest with Jess
Willard. That, however, does not
deter Manager Dan Moran from hav-
ing the world know that he believes
his tireless worker the one and only
man capable Of giving the Kansan a
fight. More than that, Dan says that
Levinsky is willing to concede all
kinds of weight, height, reach and
even money to prove his contention.
Since Levinsky set Jack Dillon
hack with the "also rams" of the
challenging class. Dams enthusiasm
.nows no bounds. He would let the
attler fight Jess one round, ten
ounds or to a finish.
Willard No Wonder.
Say, Willard isn't such wonder"
is the way loquacious Dan puts it.
What did he ever do? He whipped a
dilapidated champion in Johnson, and
didn't do so very much with Frank
Moran, whom the battler can whip
every day in the week. Weight and
bulk doesn't count very much when
man with the scientific qualities
that Levinsky has is lined up with
slow-moving, unscientific person
like Willard. Why Barney would
just let that big one whip himself.
He wouldn't hit him in week, and
all the while Levinsky would be
whipping boxing gloves into his
anatomy with such regularity as
to make Jess think boxing glove
factory had fallen in on him.
Some people are laughing at me
because l am insisting on getting the
first match with Willard continued
Dan. Let them laugh. I'll get the
match with that circus clown, if only
money stands in the way. Levinsky
will not. be without hackers if tho
match is made The. first promoter
who comes to. me with proposition
to make the match, I'm going to do
something to insure him against
loss. ~,
Levinsky Fast.
IT know that Levinsky has enough
believers in his ability to at least give
good account of himself in battle
with Willard to warrent a $4,000
house. By that I mean that Levin
sky's friends will buy tickets to that
figure. Let the promoter give Willard
what he thinks is right and we will
not take cent for our share until
Willard is paid and all other expenses
are met. If there is profit then, we
are willing to divide it or take a rea-
sonable percentage of it. Surely
Champion Jess wouldn't want the
mint to fight such little fellow as
Levinsky, would he?. If he demands
such thing it would only be his
waving of the white feather I'm
going to keep after that circus freak
until | get him, and when we do get
him all he'll get is the finest trim
ming he ever got in his life, and you
know Tom Mcmahon, another little
fellow, trimmed him we'll once"
Morgan's sincerity is apparent in
his willingness to pass up any none
tary gain in order to get match. He
likes Levinsky as brother, and would
not offer him as a sacrifice if he
didn't believe; his. man is Wizards
master. Theresis no telling just yet
what Willard wants for ten-round
bout, but if it's a bit reasonable there
appears no reason why the match
should not be one of the seasons
fistic entertainments.
Whatever Morgan says" is Levin
sky's answer to the proposal of the
Willard match. 1t was just that sort
of trust that made Knockout Brown
the successful fighter he was, and later
the fairly rich young man he is.