The Detroit times., 1916-03-25

NEW YORK. March 25.-Thc
stage Is set. the fighters trained to
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 to.
night.
The heavyweight champions ship
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 will 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
auad reach, though Moran's hitting
power and boxing ability are con
ceded. Moran's hackers predict the
unexpected will happen.
Not only will the fight break all
records for l0-round affairs from the
financial standpoint. but the greatest
crowd In the history ~ the hgh,
game in New York viii witness the
battle.
Charley White. has his counter In
trim. He Is resdy To toll ten over
either gladiator with almos, brutal
impartiaiity.
willard will send full many
member OF the clan Moran supper.
less to bed for nights and nights 10
come II he stops the blond, from
Pittsburgh In the evening shadows.
Those who saw Moran beat jim
CofYey over the knockout course
twice I'm the sane ring were so
strongly impressed with his haymak'
ing right that they plunged even
before Big Jess bestowed his bulk
on Broadway. Later they felt ire
mors about the bank-roll and these
iremors have become acute pains "a
the big battle draws near
Willard Il powerful long on size
and strength aand II is inconceiv-
able TO manay persons that anything
less than n Baldwin runsbout can
carry a kick OF sufficient force TO
bounce him into dreamland.
II ought 10 be real fight
Moran has nothing 20 gain by
stalling 10 rounds with willard. He
could have gone on In New York OBJ
tanning fairly cbruplent purses for
lighting mediocre maulers had he
not chosen TO take on Willard. Now
that he has done so. the road TO
fabulous wealth is clear. except for
Jess willard. All Moran haa 10 do
In fiatten the Kansas giant. He
Opines it's n mansfield undertaking..
but claims he Ii the man to do II.
willard himself stanads higher
that Mister Woolworths sizeable
shanty with nose OF the fans OF the
country. But IL he pulls the old
one-two tbree-kick On the Broadway
boundera he will nnd himself fiat on
his well-known back so far as desir-
able matches are concerned. The
fans are putting lot OF faith In the
big boy In tonight's 20 and he will
have 10 delived according to the in
voice or go down In pugilistic his.
tory as the biggest article Of gor.
y0nxola ever shown.
Moran's boxing ability Ia fairly
we'll known, but willari's In a mys-
tcrious quantity.
Jess boxed like an amateur with a
broken arm In his bouts here IN the
narrowing ham.and-egg days and
flashed up a. n master of Queens
bury TASTES against Jack Johnson.
When that sl0 my gent measured
his longitude along the floor at Ha-
vana Jess was hailed ~ rather some
boxer. He appears In his training
boutr 10 have learned whole libra
~ OF tricks and most valuable of
,hcm is that of holding his oppon-
cnt,s elbows to keep the other gent
away. willard gets the biggest purse
ever offered for l0-rouud bout.
sf7 200 being the stipend.
Moran's purse Of $4,000 with
sizcstIe bit for linimcnt and other
training expenses, IL the largest ever
o0ered any challenger for any kind
Of a bout, according 70 sport statistt
clans For that money the boys
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