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CHAMPIONS LONG
REACH FINDS MARK


hand had swelled 10 badly that che right
glove had to he cut OF. The hand was
swollen to more than twice it's natural
size.
willard demonstrated to the salts.
faction Of all unbiased spectators that he
Is indeed kinG. OF all white men. In
every department Of the boxing ar. the
giant cowboy stood a. far above his
blond challenger ~ he lowered In flesh.
There wasn't much opportunity for .
comparison Of the men ~ to speed Of
foot. Neither contestant ever ran away
Neither ever Jared recklessly In. for
each had a wholesome respect Of his
eremy's punching ability. but a. to
speed Of arm and accuracy Of eye CAL
culati0n there was no question Of Will
lard's superiority.
The six feet six Of we'll proportioned
bone and muacie handled himself 20 we'll
throughout the entire ten periods that
there In no question now as to his claim
Jack johnson. He used his superiority
Of reach to the very best advantage In
stabbing Moran back every time he set
himself for q swing with either hand.
lie took advantage OF Moran's open de-
fence. when the latter tried his swings.
to ratn heavy right uppercuts to the
body or chin
Damaged as that right hand was the
very attitude OF the champion. his bear
Ing from the moment he nrst stepped
into the ring until he vaulted out
victor In the first defence Of his title,
spoke the master. Willard sat waiting
for final preparations as coolly and col
iectediy as he might be expected at his
own fireside. He nodded good naturedly
to his friends near the ring.
Moran. on the other hand. was IN
high state OF nervous tension. lie kept
his lips tightly compressed. His face
was drawn. Frank smiled. but 1t was
a smile that he plainly showed TO be
forced. When they had once got into
action the mastery OF the master became
even more pronounced. True to his
promise. Moran tried indeed to hammer
down the strength and courage OF the
champion with a fusiilade OF right and
left handed haymakers He winged
these blows in heartily and steadily, but
he had calculated beyond Willard's size.
skin and reaoh. Quick as a fash the
burly arms OF the champion few round.
protecting his head and body from the
challenEer's attack.
willard would stop a blow in nidair
with his own gloves now and then.
often he would pull away his head
from them But more often still big
Jess would step inside and smother the
power Of the leads by rapp!ns Moran's
shoulders or biceps.
II WAS not evident to the big throng
that anything had gone wrong with the
champion. The last seven rounds this
man mountain used his right quite as
frequently as he had In the first three.
but IL was noticeable that he struck with
the side OF the glove rather than straight
out or with his knuckles in the upper
cutting. In the left Giant Jess carried
a sting that damaged Moran most. u
looked AS II that left should have pu, the
Itttsburger out. hut under the circum-
stances "a champion who already had nut
one hand out Of commission could not I've
ccnsured for not gambling with the only
other sound one,
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phttlirs \gntH JrOuUrc uhs

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gave Tilkcrs cubs uru'u,r '
to-day. nidN.us II n'' -''.r-
score was N to :. Tn.rt,,. Hfs 60
made 10y the rnilllus AGAINST h.. .r ne
cubs
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Few Had Faith in Him When
He Began Training in 1895
for International Meet.
GREAT RUNNER WAS STAR
WHEN BIG DAY ARRIVED
ny T.. c. CARTER.

Cntil the New York Athletic CLUB
began making arrangements a few weeks
ago for the invasion of swedish athletes
more than twenty years had elapsed
since the premier athletic club Of a,c
country had been engaged in the promo
ton of AN international track and field
meeting to hc held Ia America. There
are points Of diffcrenca between the pro-
posed series In which Sweden and our
athletes will take part ard tho games in
1895. In which the cicain OF England and
the United States participated under the
respective banners OF tho London A. c.
| and tho New York 4. e. 4 club match
/ in name the contests were universally
recognized as n trial os strength be .ween
the two countries the first OF It's kind
ever held !, was fairy understood that
the London 4. G. could draw on the
strength Of the British Nation. while the
New York A. &. was allowed TO scour
the United States FOR representatives.
and as a matter Of fact ,he Winged Foot
whom won prize.
! I, liz not tho present object to 60 ri
any length into the actual racing when
! tire TWO teams met sufficient: to say that
! tho United States gained n glorious vic
tory by capturing every one OF the eleven
events on the programme. Worlds rec.
ords were made by some of the winners
which withstood attacks for many years; ;
and II is safe TO say that the winning
combination Of 1895 would Ire good
! that September day To hold its own
! with any that could be brought forward
! to-day.
Twenty wears is a long spell, but II Is
| A great argument In favor OF athletics
to call attention 20 the fact that every
one of the men who won premier laurels
on that day IL well and hearty to-day.
with tire exception Of Tommy Conner.
| The little Irish American might have
| been able 20 take his seat ~ a reunion
VI the champions also, IL one should ever
, be held. II he had not met his death by
foul means while serving Uncle Sam in
the Philippines. Hugh n. Baxter, who
az captain OF the New York A. &. led
| the home team 10 victory, is alive and
| we'll, and there is scarcely an athletic
meet in which the old club Is interested
! that he does not attend and give the
! Younger generation the benefit OF advice.
which Is of immense value because or
years of expe riencc in competition and
As y student OF form.
To Baxter, indeed. must be given
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Boxing NOtnbies Around EimI.

The ring is fringed with notabes Of
the boxing world-former champions of
the world. near champions did Bob
Fnzsimnons, IN opera hat and swallow
tall. crowds lane through his fellow
reporters. fftz is exporting for some
paper or another rlumr~ himself into
seat and gets busy with pencil and \
very obvious notebook.
KID Mccoy. no stranger TO the centre
OF the Garden. casts his thin Tipped
smile at Jim corbett.
At the northeast corner Of the rius
looms a wide shouldered. heavy chestcd
man. whose face iS pink with health
and good living. The crowd RPS ont "A
regular cheer for him. They know him.
John l.. sullivan. om goes his smar,
pearl gray alpine and his sweep ag
mustache fairly bris'lcs as he boons
= response IN the old John l.. voice.
'Much obliged"
These celebrities OF the world of Biff
Bang crowd IN too rapiI,y for hurried
observers to give their due Young Corr
bett waddles past. Somebody ye,ls
where's Joe Humphreys" and bring
on the scrappers 80 Mr.. Humphreys leaps
In the ring-liumphreys. Americas
greatest announcer. Bowcry hoy. friend
OF the vanished Sullivans. and cranks ip
his tremendous voice. Preliminary
6runts and blasts settle. like IA mechan.
cal siren in vast roar
i've JUS been reuuested--iiremen-
no srnoking-gents will oblige.'' Cheers
for Joe. B'gee. The walls Of the ring
elevation fairly secthe with newspaper
men.
A hundred close pressed seats. 80 near
10 the canvas covered ring that the noses
Of fast scribbling reporters almost touch
the platform. are held by reporters,
artists. photographers and telegraph
operators for New York reporters alone.
AID between every pair uf newspaper
comrades sits an alert operator, either
listening To dIcta;Iun or rapidly paving
over closely written sheets nf copy.
Every aord is flashing by special wires
straight into the offices OF New York
papers. Writers from uu' of town are
sending their copy out of the auditorium
by special messenger.
There hasn't been such an aggr'gH
tton of newspaper men AZ a pugil.s;'c
contest since the day JeffricS los; TO
Jack johnson in Reno OF July I, 1910.
Trained writers have come from every
where---Boston Pnindclp.ia. Chicago.
Baltimore. further west and south.
The sun., 1916-03-26

Above the rirS the powerful ca' bon
lights suddenly flash on with >ucn
brilliance tina; II hits the eye Ike blow.
II takes seconds 70 get aCcuSt 'mcd 10
those fierce. white light beams. They
make heat. too. The .adis,iug uI warm
air IL IN lpaLIc and begins to bring sweat
beads on, upon the brows of those jam
med against the ring edges. The iiG1t-
ing men don't need those ligl,s, hut thc
move men do.
Time for the prcliniuai les approaches.
!, is \ T.. VI and the Garden seems
solidiy iil,cd--diI areia seats, sloring
galleries and those little foolish ioSes.
one glanrcs abound the qusdransl" "f
boxes nearest thc riig--'t /. quite I'M
30 sibl. 10 scc accurately murh further
away because of light glnrc and tricky
shadows sees Maj g. GOODWIN. now 4
movie star: Big Tom FOLEY, SECOND
greatest power IN Tammluy 'nayh" The
chief Is somewhere about, fog Tom
smith is hereJ James Bedia.nent Brady
with Freddy Housman Frank Hitchcock
and Henry \. Fahylan. W. H. buckley,
Charles II Weeghlnan, IN. Chicago r"s-
taurateur VINO owns he CUBS Anthony
J. Dexel, ,Jr., of Philadelphia and \. j..
Drexel Bddlc, one OF The nifiiest amateur
boxers anywhere about.
George NJ. Cohan Is with his partner
Sam Harris, who used to manage Terry
McCiovern whole squads from the stock
Exchange and the curb are there q. II"
Knoblauch. Harry Content, Morris Far
reil, Daniel thauncy, John T.. Fryer
hard Domiuick. :. :. schuyler and II. Ii;
Guthrie John Philip Sousa, the band
master; All Iiayman and party ~
friends. Sandy Dingwall. William A.
BRADY, William =. Zisglrr, entertaining
n party Of friends IN his boA ; \ IL
Erlanger, William i'apncr. Allan Pink
erton. James 4. Gilmore. president OF
the defunct Federal League, i.rcINal :
Hili, president nf the American T"ba rro
Company Harry Payne Whitney, one Of
the most thoroughguing spurtslnen OF
the times Oliver q. lIillings, Joseph w,
Hartman. August belmont, Theodore T.
Shonts. Joseph r.. Tanning, paywrights
Eugene Walter, Isoi Cooper Mcgruc and
a. Il. Thomas artists Harrison Fisher
Howard Chandler ChriSty, c, Allan Gil
bert and Billy iiarnes
The sun., 1916-03-26

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r.arE w .ne pIosIa''',n, VIII
prei'','na' '"".s u"uI ;...
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10 'nu 'ne''. t"o"sn pe'""p -'e'v
p'se".' !" su'n eo'u i,'"s VI ~
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"erN p'oNkiounus 'ne s''."es "a, k~""'
VI pare snou'uer. a ""sn ., "e'N'Hee y.
pn pe'u"nuH ,"'.u''"' -n".en s"p'e
s''''',-uu, wv, o'e'n n.'' u
hcS' women WHOSE "rue"t curiosity
The sun., 1916-03-26
Event Apprais To All Sorts.

Colgate foyt, Jr, IL there also Alan
H. liawlry, the aeronautical expert Da-
yid Belasco, Keen for dramatic effects
and light surprises; Frank i. Gould,
Judge Morgan J, bRrirn, Charles Dill
lingham, Mars Cassidy. noted rae"
starter. John *, Ten"r, president of the
National League John DE Saullos. the
best quar'erback Val. ever had William
Lee McllWaiue, Wali"I j, Kingsley of th"
Palace Thcatr. with Flight Commander
Nevill seymour. V. C., of the Eri'ish
Aviation Corps, Major IspIcs 'arni"l
OF Paris. capt, TakashiMa Of TOXIC and
Capt, Cushman A. Rice, T. s. A.:
charles Thorley, Andrew Miller of the
Jockey cub. Harry y. Hampstead
The sun., 1916-03-26

II IN estimated that the promoters of
the fight, Tex Rickard and sam Mo
Crackin. cleared about 5000 On the
bout. The States share of the receipts
amounted to &lI,3ti.O5
The sun., 1916-03-26

NEW YORK

sRa'ted for Percy IN tho s,H.l iIilu-
fbstted for Perryman IN the -Nh lur.a-
New York o : 0uC q a.
Birmingham Observation-Disclosures. . o 30 . q q o.
Runs Batter Gei-on. - Pc,liurau.r y r
amsk"r, Hartlf, Coomb-. Lindsay Tc'.
houscr FIRST base on orroTs--New York. :,
Brnnshsm Left on base, New No-s
.: Birmingham FIRST base on b. or"
Percy. :. OH Tippc, struck ou hS y ~
Z: by Tppls, .: ny Grimes, /: by rrrr,u#.
4. by Black. :: by Ponder l. Hoe, ..
Gedeon, Three base his-PcckinpaG-' >1'
smaker. Lindsay Two base L'- MAJ.
Caton Stolen bases -,llhooicy. b"'
Lindsay. Doubl. plsy--Clsrk tstou ard r.r
I,"k Hts off Percy, . Ia hyo r'.'.. ~
T,pple. u IN four innings. off G'lrl'-.
three innings; of r.rrymsu o. ''r.a
hln=s; oh b!s'k. one ~ inuing ~ a. t
none IN one inning. lmplrc-Stsnou. Tue
Two hours
The sun., 1916-03-26
WILLARD WINS, BUT MORAN
is GAME FROM FIRST TO LAST

'owner OF the Giants Foxhal1 p. keene
and Lawrence Waterbury. international
polo player.
There never was such n gathering In
the towns history OF sport. except per-
haps at old Suburban bay at Sheepshcad
hay In the good. bright days when thou
sands OF persons truly loved better to
see fine horses gallop than to surge In n
betting ring. To great racetrack throng
alone indeed can to-nights assemblage
in Madison Square lie compa red---anal-
wed for its hucan elements--the rich
and the poor. the humble and naughty.
the famous and obscure. No one could
have imari ined crowd more representa-
tive Of New York life. Of every grade
Of society
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NIi Mixed IN Together.

There were In the Garden many kecnly
Interested In "A brand new spectacle.
leaders Of every profession and indus
try. within few feet OF roughs. whose
methods OF getting their 80 or IS ad-
mission money would stand a lot Of 81
lence. One saw. or was informed. that
among the better known spectators were
Police Commissioner Woods. Fire Com
missioner Adamson Peter Cooper Hewitt,
James T.. Gafrney. Digby hell. Joe Weber.
raync Whitney. Reginald c. Vanderbilt.
Russell colt. Enr,co Caruso. William A.
orr. secretary TO Gov. Whitman j. p.
Morgan. g. l.. Boissevain and Lew Fields.
There were special box parties from
everywhere The big clubs were repre-
scented by we'll groomed gentlemen who
looked on calmly box parties from the
Union. metropolitan. Racquet and Ten.
mis- and Brook. Racquet and Tennis Club
folk alone bought s:.oo0 worth OF tickets
and would have desired more.
The sun., 1916-03-26

willard Is too big for the present crop
Of white hopes. for he seems good as
well as big. He is cool as can be under
mistake Of that--tor several times the
hard hitting challenger found the mark
with either fist. That was before the
middle of the fight. Throughout the last
five rounds. while Frank landed fairIy'
now and again. he did not appear 10 have
much po~ er1 behind his blows.
Moran was dead tired and weak
through the closing sessions. Only spas
medically would he attempt whole
hearted fiurries in the hope Of scoring
knockout on a million to one prorosi-
ton. sorry sight VAS Moran through II
the dismal close. His left eye carried
mouse. The eyebrow vas IA shed
above almost TO the hone His nose was
crooked TO one side. his lips we're split.
Al times when Wizards wicked left tat
tooed against that damaged face. the
crimson Mood would spurt in lets from
the injured portions Of the head and
face.
But Moran was game OH how game
he was lie took the best his far
heavier adversary rained upon him with
reckless abandon any time there was an
outside possibility of sending one blow
home In return. There were times,
though for the courageous challenger
when flight was the better part OF ya,or
and on such occasions Frank Moran had
sense enough to retreat
The sun., 1916-03-26

When Moran AND willard stood to-
gethcr for pictures before the start Of
the fight the challenger stole u furtiye
glance At the champion. srcmiuclr
anxious TO decide for himself what All
this talk about Wlllard's pondcrous size
meant. when he finished his look Moran
merely smiled.
The sun., 1916-03-26

Willard was more than three-quarters
Of the way ACROSS the ring when he
encountered Moran In the second round
Frank found Jesss head with AN over
hand left and the pair fell into a
clinch. Coming out. they decided to try
themselves AT close quarters and for
many seconds stood together. milling
merrily with very little damage either
way. Then they stood apart for a
few seconds. each waiting for the other
10 lead.
The sneer and look OF contempt on the
champions face while he stood thus
finally aroused the ire Of the challenger.
Moran bore In then, failing rrcklessly.
but willard was content to block or
duck the blows. Doubtless he was
waiting patiently for a good opening
for finally toward the end OF this round
as Frank rocked from side 10 side, swing :
ing vainly for WillaPd's towering head,
The sun., 1916-03-26
Movie Men Prepare ENrI,.

The movie men are waiting like cats
poised for Il spring. The moving picture
receipts of this fight are apt 20 lie mighty
lucrative. and the promoters are taking
no chances NJ failure. over the eighteen
foot ring. which is elevated four feet
above the level OF the main floor, hangs
an immense chandclcr slopcd like "A
toadstool turned upside down md
studded with hundreds of tiny. Whitley
glowing ncandesccn;s. Swung around
the bis chandelier are five big Cooper
Hewitt batteries OF mercury vapor light
to make correct light blend for the
movie people when Willard and Moran
collide. ON the north and south walls
Of the Garden at the first gallery level
movie operators await the first appear.
ance VI the fighters.
The minutes have whirled around to
1880 y. NJ. The topmost galleries east
and west. lofty vantage point for the
" patrons. are Crammcd jammed
and overiIowing. Eickard couldn't get
another seat holder in there with "A shoe
horn. The same liz true of the north
and south top galleries s. pcrchers The
first gallery OF $40 seats is fllng rap
Idly and by this time patrons In evening
dress, Just from early dinners. ar. sow-
ing into the oval of s2j arena seats
and into the expensive boxes.
The sun., 1916-03-26
Moran netter General.

All things considered. the challenger
showed the better ring generalship. Re
peatedly he was tottering OH the br;nI;
Then he would either give ground slowly
before the deliberate Willard or cover
so skilfully that the champion could no,
drive home TO the point. Moran's ring
Eeneralship saved him. That was evil
denccd score Of times. but whether
or not he could have lasted against two
good hands is a problem that will lead
to much argument and perhaps a return
match.
This. considering the injury to VII.
lard, Was one Of the creates, heavy.
weight battles foush, in historic old
Madison Square Garden. which has seen
its share OF such, II any one was dis.
satisfied with that fight he was surely
hard to please. Though Moran's blood
stained race may not have been the
most pleasant object Of view for tho
women present, the bout at no stage
approached the point Of brutality. The
boxing game will profit In this State
from the exhibition. in the belief of all
the prominent men interested In its
welfare.
True 10 his promise. Frank Moran un.
hmbered the opening shot OF some-
what tardy first round He swung his
LEFT wickedly. but big Jess blocked and
smiled ~ he fell into. a clinch. They
were fighting with clean breaks and both
stepped back without attempting to hit
on the breakaway. willard missed with
both left and right hut blocked neatly
when Moran tried to hook the left 10
Jess's stomach. The champion then be-
gan the line Of attack that landed him
an easy popular decision. He found he
could pop Frank with straight left
stab. He sent full half dozen home
without one return. Stuns by such
effrontry, the challenger dropped his
head and rushed in blindly. winging
first the left then the right for the aw.
hut miSsed both Moran was nOnpiusscd.
lie went to his corner smiling. hut wor-
ried nevertheless, Willard had proved
a FAR better boxer than Frank had cal
culatcd.
ChampiOs Rushes From Corner.
Willard was more than three-quarters
OF the WAY ACROSS the ring when he
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Moran Was not in such = hurry. He
took his time getting into his clothes
and then waited Till the crowd got away
before leaving the Garden.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-15
UPSETS Seen in
AMATEUR GAMES
Vigilants Handed Setback by
Clarendon-CardinalsD De-
feat Fast Rex Team.
TWO MINES UNDEFEATED

The local followers OF the independent
amateur baseball game were treated to
a big day yesterday on the sandlots in
this vicinity, as great number Of games
were played. In the fight among the first
class teams for the District champion
ship there remain but two teams that
stood the test of being undefeated.
The Alexandria County Athletic As
sociation team, of Clarendon, Va, and
the Mohawk Athletic Club are the only
teams in the Independent ranks that
have come through the spring schedule
to date without having a defeat regis
tered against them.
Bill Malone's crack Clarendon nine,
put over the biggest victory Of the day
when 1t captured an interesting slug
fest from the crack Vigilant Athletic
Club team by a 10-to-S score. Bolen,
King, Stewart and Weaver, proved big
factors in the Virginians victory over
the Big "Vs."
With "Finney'' Kelly doing the mound
duties the Mohawks had an easy time
handing a setback to the Lincoln
Athletic Club, on the Hilltop field yes
terday, the southeast clubmen pounding
Hilderbrand's curves for a 1O-to-5 count
Harvey Crump's Cardinal Athletic Club.
of Alexandria, Va, came to life again
and put over another big surprise by
taking the Rex Athletic Club into camp
in an overtime game by a 6-to-5 score.
AIbaugh worked the entire route for the
Alexandrians and proved equal to the
occasion.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-15
CORTEz Meets
HOUCK TONIGHT
Brooklyn Boxer Will Battle
Mount Airy Wildcat in
Fifteen-Round Fight.
GOOD

One Of the best fights ever staged in
TINS Yincinity, is slated for tonight at
the Maryland Athletic and Social Club,
OF Ardmore, Nd, when Willie Houck,
OF Philadelphia, meets Andy Cortez, of
brooklyn, in fifteen round battle.
The ability of these fighters is well
known to the local followers of the
ropeo arena and great battle is an
ticipated.
Houck arrived here from his home
In the Quaker City yesterday. accom-
panied by Mrs. Houck and he appears
to be in tip top shape. He has been
meeting with a great success recently
in his bouts in Philadelphia and claim
ed to be glad to again show before
the local fans. Houck is looked upon
as being one of the best boys that
has ever showed here and as he has
always fought with a slap bang style,
he is one of the most popular boxer
that has ever visited this city.
Cortez is due to arrive from New
York today. Andy has been battling
at great clip recently and IL his
present form speaks for anything he
should give Houck one OF the best
battles of his career. Cortz outpoint-
ed Chick Simler in a ten-round affair
at the Broadway Sporting Club, in
New York. on Saturday night.
MS give anu ldhe slyiSt WHICH Is
the best bet of both fighters, has had
the fans talking during the past week
and one of the largest crowds in the
history of the club is looked for.
Matchmaker Freeman has arranged a
good semi-wind-up for this bout. in which
Jack Moran, the local middle-weight. will
battle an Unknown" under the manage
ment of Billy Mccarthy. of Baltimore.
Moran has defeated such well-known
boys as Hermann Miller, Leo Collin,
Danny Sparks and Tony Bernard, and is
not worrying a great deal about the
powers OF this unknown.
Two good preliminaries are also listed,
in which Benny Conroy, a brother to
Jimmy. will tackle Young Duvall over a
four-round route, while Turk Smith will
try again to hang the kayo wallop on
Joe Blackburne in another four-rounder
A battle royal between quartet of loca
and out-of-town colored gladiators will
open the show.
| Matchmaker Freeman has made special
arrangements with the w, B. & A. Rail
road for the transportation of the fans
The first train will leave here at 6 O'Clock
and one will leave every fifteen minute.
after this one until s o'clock,