Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
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thirteen Thousand See the
 Heavyweights Battle
 Record Gate-Big Jess Master - MOran's Game ness Wins High Praise
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Republican A. p. Leased Wire1 NEW YORK, March 25.-jess Will d is still the heavyweight pugilistic hmpion of the world. In ten rounds fast fighting he defeated Frank MOr- of Pittsburg here tonight on points. \ crowd of about 13,000 persons paid proximately $15O,00O to see the fight. went away apparently satisfied th the result. It was the greatest hering Madison Square Garden had er seen. Many women were in the -ong.
 Milliard broke his right hand in the Ard round, but blows from his fighting t kept Moran at a distance. Nor s best round was the third and his |rst probably was the seventh. He s bleeding after the fifth round, and E left eye was almost closed at the Willard was rushed to the ropes in ? third and received blow after blow X the face. The crowd sensed a lockout but the finishing punch was Fixing.
 (Moran put up a game fight. Most the time he crouched and forced the hting. Willard seemed slower on his At than the challenger, and appeared have an unlimited capacity to take |nishment. Moran scowled as he @Ight, but Willard smiled.
 The awarding of the bout to Willard
 points was virtually unanimous bong the experts about the ringside, hough all gave Moran credit for his meneSs and continual efforts to land punch that would bring down his gi- |ntic opponent.
 Among the papers whose representa- es gave Willard the bout on points Ire the following:
 New York Herald, Times, Tribune, orld, Sun, American. Press, Evening legram, Evening Mail, Evening Jour l, Telegraph and Philadelphia En- irer.
 Promoter Tex Rickard announced ht the gate receipts amounted to ,254. Of this amount the state re- lived 712 per cent of the gross re- lipts, which amounted to 1,344.05 V illard's share was 7,5OO and Nor
 s s23.750.
 Combined with the percentage taker
 the state and the $7,5O0 paid for the ntal of the Garden, the expenses to- led $90, 0,094.05. To this must be added her expenses which probably vii ing the total up to about $100,000, SC Lot ;alr ,l r. e enterprise. Sam McCracken, vii ear close to $50,000 profit on the bout Moran refused to make any state. ent after the bout other than to sa, ere would have been no fighting i had not taken the aggressive roughout the ten rounds.
 Willard left the Garden immediatel, ter the bout, refusing to be inter owed.
 Dr. Lewis Morris, who attended tn lampion at his hotel, said that Willar lffered a slight fracture of the joint o le first index finger of his right han lrly in the fight. He added, however at the big fellow otherwise was il bod condition and that the injury t C finger would not trouble him nor Ian a day or two.
 Rickard said after the fight:
 "Moran put up a good fight. He's hrn good boy. Willard was much slow
 than I thought he'd be. If he brok s right hand as it is said he elaine did, it did not seem to make muc florence. He didn't seem to need hi ght good part of the time"
 The chief feature of Moran's bait yas his gameness. Although he coul 1ake no impression on Willard wit 4 is hardest swings, he fought steadil nd courageously under hail of lei tbs and hooks which battered hi ice and almost closed his left eye to