New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-24
CURLEY TELLS
HOW HE SIGNED
JESS WILLARD
All of the ms and Outs q,
Mysterious Trip to
West Laid Bare.

tlstle
speech, telling all the ms and out, -.
corning that mysterious trip 70 gan,,,
City, the signing Of big Jess Villa
Here it is. the truth, ne says. :.
whole truth, so help him iini,,
crickets:
sporting Editor Tribune.
Sir: ! feel that you viii o;y.
an even break iu this controyer.v 49,,
the Willard-Moran bout. am ,.,S,
and willing az any time 70 20 bsso,.
anybody and prove every word ,bs,
am saying.
81. / started after Moran imm.di,,.
ly after the first C0fey bout and -,
fered him $1,000 % box Wilar5 ,
tried 20 show him that be should ,,,.
the willard match tieu.
80. ! always stood ready 70 nav XII
lard 100000 az bis share. so nei,s.,
Rickard nor any one else is original IA
that offer.
%. The first 7 heard Of Rcssrd. ".
Cracker and WeIlman going after i.
match was on January 10. abouteo
Here Is exactly what happened.
About O'Clock Bat Mas.crson csls5
me up and asked me 10 come 70 S,,,.
ley's about 8:I5. TO said Rch,s
wanted % speak with me-. xsr,
there and found Masterson. RicksrI
McCracken, Jimmy Johnston and Wei.
man there. Masfer,0u asked IA
whether Willard was going 70 box /
answered he would, whenever there
was a match and when be got his price.
he said: Can Richard talk 20 YOU
II answered. Certainly; anybody "a,
talk TO me. Richard then said: VIA.
is his price for an indoor match ia
March 20 be exact. March 80 said:
Thirty thousand dollars Msstersoa
and McCracken then said: That's q %.
of money for ten rounds. no decision.
answered as follows: VIII stop sou.
argument right mere am ready 70
pay him that amount. and I don't see
why he should take Jess from any ore
else. Willard paid S3250O to johnson
for a chance Ar the tit.e and ! don:
see why he should n0t get $4,000
AN N THE MARKET MYSELF 10
HANDLE THE MATCH. But I Az
NOT n POSITION To HANDLE IT n
MARCH. r. JESS Is WILLING TO
GO OK YOUR DATE. 7 WILL VII.
LINGLY STEP ASIDE FOR YOU. NoF
right from the start those we're ny e.
act words.
They agreed 70 tho price and
agreed 20 wire Jones. Next Afternoon
! received an answer from Jones, say
ing that the date was 100 early. Re-
garding my trip West. ] DID not GO
AS MR.. RICHARDS OR ANYBODY
ELSE'S REPRESENTATIVE Wy pan
20 20 West was made several days De-
fore I saw Richard. and had nothing
to DO with the match.
az Richard thought I went West .
represent him. why did he send w
Wellman West the next day with
statement signed by Ricsard snl
McCracken authorizing him 70 90 ols.'
ness for them? And Why did Nei.mal
boost the offer 20 Jones ard Willard
$500 twenty-four hours before ! a.
rived in Kansas City Please remen'
Der did not 20 20 Kansas city "hei
/ left New York. but % Denver COL
where had other business. hellnal
vas with Jones Saturday and Slncal
and I did not see Jones ti.l late SUI
day evening. and be told me al once
thot Wellman had already boosted ih'
offer.
Another thing: ! have their own l ~
gram 20 Ne.lman. wherein they -
that they could not handle me nis~
after March u. II Willard was no,
ready for that time why shouldn't
cFer 20 handle 70 on ID later date
rever had the authority TO close ne
match for March. was more tnal
willing that they should have the 0o-'
for Thar date vas after the ms.1-
novself for AprI. But SOD far as gong
Wes+ As -heir representative they anoF
that l. nonsense. and they never -,
,,red mo as their representative. .ss.
,bo, H. above exnlanat.or covers g..
that. As for Mr.. Richard. for wnon,
have the highest regard. being the o.!
man 81 10 handle the match, seems .
he stretching it TOO far I proved in
I have annie financial backing VIE,
handled the Wiuard-Johuson hg.
That was real gamble. and we l.'
MANI thousands Of dollars, but not OLE
Xiii was left unpaid. ,,
81 was good enough FOR Mr. Wilr -
when ! tripped all over me VIZ" WI, i
bring that match about ana w..
and Jones feel that ana good ehe-.
70 handle this match now. Nr. Kil eA.,.
in particular said many unkind MY. sss
about that match. he did not eon .s..
himself 20 the truth. which wa ~ 'si
he never saw Willard or lo.ss
never had heard OF him' ol' L,og.it.