The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27
Doing Boxing, Wrestling and
General Gymnasium Work
in Preparation.
EXPECTS GREAT CONTEST
~ ". J.

cha nnpionship bout between Jess willard
and Frank Moran at Madison Square
Garden the night of Saturday. March
IS. lis the very best Enforcement that
a sporting attraction of such pre,ensioG
possibly could boast. Ere these doughty
gladlators first took TO Jumpers the
reputation Of odd Eagle Eye" for fair
ness. sauareness and general efficiency
was mail proof against the sings and
arrows Of chanoe slanderous traducers.
The name Of Charlie White has gone
on from ear TO year and from one
decade 20 another as synonymous OF all
that Is noble and manly In the manly.
noble art Of self-defcnce The name
of Charlie White has stamped his
coming championship as one in which
the public may rcpose utmost conf
dencc. Even more than the fair repu-
tation OF Tex Richard has the selection
Of White for third man In the ring
treasured hat qualms OF apprehension
the state Boxing Commission other
wise might have entertained
II is worth far more than gold 20
any man to bring down through the
Years a reputation clean and whole
some as thar OF the revered Good Eye
Charlie White IL all the more TO b.
admired in his determination to come
, out Of the Willard-Moran battle Win
fresh laurcls for his brow.
UOspitaIity Triun,phs.
TIE writer found him one day as,
week In the eyre at l West Thirty-foutth
street. from which he helps direct the
Democratic destinies OF this fair state.
Speaking for personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Charlie White Ia about as communica-
tive as the Sphinx. hut the claims al
hospitality and friendship triumrhed In
the end As was suspected. Charlie
White had something worth while to
n y
DO YOU anticipate any PHI steal. dis.
comfort in handling two pugilists OF
such unusual size he vas asked.
Charles White fumbled in "A bin
among some personal letters. Out Il
came finally. 1T was DARED more than
A month g m the stationery OF the
stamford Ifygienlc Institute and ran
as follows:
YOU are going to he the third man In
the ring on March =. So when you
are ,eady 10 get in some kind of
] shape quietly slip w here and ! will
help you get as hard AZ nails-also be
my guest. II you don't take advan-
tage OF this. you old. bald headed s,in.
don't YOU ever nod or even how to me
in the future. Tell me how this sounds
TO you. From YOU old pal.
: JACK COOPER.
= You mean TO say Mr.. White wa
asked. that you have actually besuI
E physical training for this fight
IL certainly have he smiled. "Tr
h "A. II every day. but three or four time
/. a week I specialize. sometimes l Y
. up to Jacks. At other times ! pic
q place closer at hand. where poker
, or wrestiers are conditioning themselves
: love to take a hing with the gloves O
on the mat. See where I've worn m
the hair" he bantsred. tha-iie White
I head is bald as the proverb!al biIliar
3 bal.
n Little .FcIiows Hard TO Follow.
no. I anticipate no trouble wha'
ever" he continued In reply to a lea
Long experience has taught me that d
men are far less troublesome than Il
' little fellows. WHY the little ducks al
so fast In the miXup and shift abo'
so quickly that "A referee has TO |
sharp indeed to watch their every lit
u trick. But big men you can watc
Their work is open as a book"
{ Then why all the training Charl
: was asked.
% why the training he calculated
y marked astonishment. why, man,
you realize what II means TO refeT'
p even len rounds properly" One mu
be prepared for the worst. III II is nece
sary to break two Goliaths from holdii
~ why. a referee must have the streng
~ 10 break them, tina 10 all. You unde
stand that in this country the onici
W does NOT, 81, outside the rims. Insi
:" II behooyes him to keep moving arou'
:, lively all the time. whether or not II
u ever necessary for him 10 put a hal
y IN either fighter. On his agility alo
~ depends the comfort Of the ringsi
No. spectators. No matter how compe'e
:! otherwise a Night referee has no licen
"a tn make a door mat out OF himse
~ That's why I'm in training ! mean
do some lively stepping Inc -''"
March,"
ibid Won never feel afraid that y
s. mish, get a clip on the chin or q belt
~ IN. ear from one OF the huskies"
OF SAY: A fellow who cannot prot'
us himself in the ring has no nnsIh'
w refereclng. Why'1 never even thoue
of such a possibility. No, come TO III!
d. OF il. I never was hit by a big ma
er I'm pretty lively on my feet FOR a m
of my age-and I'm not gong TO ten !
IL are either-and besides. ! was raised
de a school where n fellow just natura
had to learn TO look out for himself
re Never VIII Discuss own BOut'
&c "Presumably you would no, care to
W nress any opinion of the merits OF
~ prospective championship was the NJ
rk question. ,.,