Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
DILLON SAYS HE CAN WHIP
WILLARD WITH EASE
I<unsan. However, Says II Would BE
Case for Humane Society to
Fight Him.


NEW YORK. Iuly S.-,-Jael, Dillon
has earned the chance to battle against
Jesse Willard for inc heavyweight
ever p" Il? or ff H Mor does 'H Whit Viii II
he make of that chance? Can he. by
his lion heartedness and his wonder
physical handicap he must give at the
| outset?
Those are amSlg, the moot gues-
eD 2s that he can Geai wilar1 and
win in way SO decisive that there
Will not lie room for argument. But
midget: How many think that IA man
measuring 5.o7 IL. weighing lG9 and
with a 72-inch reach can outbatter a
go and has an Si-inch reach?
Jack Dillon ranks to-day as the
ism. lie is only a notch or so bel9w
Jess Willard. Judged by comparative
showinEs against certain fighters, Dill
tive exhibitions be figured in doping
the outcome Of a fight between men SO
as afs DiIo %'e ad wliar physical way
Frank Moran q worse beating than
Willard did. lie battered the blond
ward III" latter part Of their fight. He
mad" Moran look like a novice. VIII
d HtI ON" over WIiard 80 did Es,nfa
Mcmahon. Ana Dillon beat both these
men.
Therefore, on the face OF things, Dill
Ion is the better fighter. The dope
suggests that he could beat willard.
but in this particular case the dope"
near pillon's siZe--or vice vers;t-Dll-
lon wronid be an overwhelming betting
favorite. Bu, the DISPARITY IN sizes is
50 great that, wonderful a fighter
! surmouutablc obstacle.
i.riviug the advantage of exactly
I foot reach Willard. If he chOs,
/ could juh Dillon out OF the way--tust
keep pushing him on, Of range. Jacks
! through the massive Willard guard.
taller iTan Dillon. Would have his jaw. Jaw
so high up That IL would seem that
only leaping punches could reach II.
lard. il he became q hi, tired. could
cliuch and rest himself aud then wear
out nilon by i@ynE M or NM
pounds. six inches in height aud al
most as many in reach. yet he beat
Moran by thousand miles. But
handing man handicap twice al
great as that is something else again
And IL must be remembered too. that
F.. D!llon's victory over the fittsbnrgher
was due somewhat to the fact that ht
MAS superior boxer. Moran never
was a boNer-that is. a sluggcr. VII
lard. on the other hand, is a mighty
Moran swa,tcd Dillon = few times
with his MARY Ann" Dillon never
WINGED. Those punches carried 2r'
pounds behind them, bat there wasn't
much steam after the lfth round. Eut
( IL Dillon is wallopcd with 2T0-pound
punch. il may h. something else again
Moran is a heavy hitter. but Willard
! surely can hit harder.
Dillon is a fearless TShtcr and the
most aggressive IN the ring to-day
should Willard eyer give him battle
7 II would bchoovc the champion to take
no chances. The giant KILLER" bores
in and keeps Oh boring. He has dem
I ouStr;,tcd SO far that his il a con
| cr"tc. No man ever had knocked him,
off lIS feet: no one ever really had
him rruGry. Willard might accom-
plish the trick. and he might not; but
willard would have to nSht his best
Ia win.
Dillon yearus for a crack NJ Willard
Nothing els. Will satisfy linn. lie
thinks II" can beat the huge hattlrr
and the ambition of Ills lie 81 10 Goa y
tho bulky ttleholdcr into the arena
with him
IL can beat willard: ! know can
declared III" lilliputiam h"avyweieh AZ
".all want is Il trial I'll fight him
fore fought Moran | said that IL
didn't beat III. rittsburghcr dccisivcly
4 would donate my SHARE Of the pro-
cccdS TO charity. This sam. thing
goes II | fight willard.
lie has been duckiuE match with
me. lie in,inatca that il would be a