Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
ALL SEATS ARE RESERVED
TEX RICHARD SATISFIED
THAT GAMBLE is SUCCESS
some Tickets In Hands Of Spectators,
Knitting Levinsky and Wcincrt
Meet In Preliminary


Meet In Preliminary.
NEW YORK. March When ,o,.
willard finished his regular training
to-day, his manager. Tom Jones. an
nounced that. with the execution or
some light work Tomorrow, tho biz.
champion has completed his prepara.
tons for Saturdays bout with Franz,
Moran. Willard was unusually lively
or his feet to-day. His shadow box.
.ne before a big gathering Of boxing
FANS was snappy. and when his train
erS hurled the medicine ban nr.ins,
his abdomen with all their might. hc
merely Irinncd good naturcdly
willard took on his three sparripr
partners FOR two rounds each While
his defense is sim faulty. he looks
and moves like Il thoroughly trained
athlete and there is no question as IN
ms almost perfect condition and his
ability TO int'ict punishment
Moran sloshed around In the snow
ana slect for Il couple OF miles ON the
ROAD in tho morning and confined his
boxing To single round each with
Madden. Nick innor and Kendall. II.
Is on edge ready FOR the bout. and his
GOODNESS and firm belief that he is 20
Ing 10 win make favorable imprcs
SION on every one. There was
q smile of satisfaction on Tex I{ickar,Is
race Yesterday WHICH he looked oyn,
the ticket chart for the willard Moran
boht nj Madison Square Garden Tho
chart showed that mos, OF the ,irkotY
have been sold or reserved In ,ho
Golfers OF the show corpora,ion lac,
night there were S1l5,o00 in cash with
ORDERS Tor 10000 worth oil seats Thoy
arc being called for rcrularIv .rd
iHckard predicted last night that tho
house would be sold out by ,o,morrow
night
The ticket sellers state that the $40
pastchoards were the most nonu,,r
IHe demand for these was SO rro,,
tha' many orders were declined All
OF IN" S23 seats have boon taken and
~ except few of the $40 and 81.
n'e to ascertain how many seats hay.
been bought for women
Many mon told mo tina, ". WON
,o"iiSh to offer such "A sum for -,
n"u'' Saih Eickard Yesterday say no
l'"!''c" capacity or the Garden wo,IlJ
~ pcrn'' the sale OF enough sc,,s
I" pay for the enormous cyrcn.c ,,,,t
trouble VIC have been mn, 10
inc pubic which patronizca boy;n
pretty well hy this time. and 49,,
IRON, Tho FIRST that tho hos, nonni,,
( ~ .Icw York and surrounding ,i,io,
""" p"'foniz" It and my prediction
mas com" true. We can 500 o,, ~
'!"Ar aircady ana on tho J,v J., TO-.
me night expect that ,horn vii, -.
/ ne Il scat for sale. Ana 10, mo ,ou ,.n,,
| h"l lot OF New Workers. vim 49,,
waited until the last minute arc ,m,,,,
TO b" disappointed" -''"E
MANY TICKETS tInE.Dx
~ NPECrLATuRS. IIs>nS
Many or IN" tickets have .,I,o,
III" hands 90 Spectators ana ~
o' thcin wcr" seen Yesterday ou,sidn -,
."' tckct Office at the Garden nr,o
'hS seats for sal" to buvcrs who lo,,
! the ticket window disappointed
Jess Willard did his usual amount %
"o'h yesterday and wen. through nis
N'"!' program ~ top speed. lTc box
ca seven rounds. two with IIcmpic ,wo
WIN Monahan. and three with Eoo,
itoh.L Tn" champion is nearly down =,
INC weight h" wants. and his ,r,ircr
Monahan. expects that hv to-morroy.
"e VIII weigh not moro than o4a or o5O
hounds IN his training WIZARDS
hahdlcrs nave aimed TO increase his
pc"n' hslii'y. and stamina and thcy
'""l That II IL not necessary for hin,
I" train down 20 the weigh. .bo.
he needed in tho long fight a-ains,
Johnson
Wizards boxing Yesterday was main
- on the defensive. and he used
both his gloves in irving to PEEK OF
tho blows of his opponents =. THIS
cd him say. he is 30 per cent better
than in his fight against Johnson
Will" h" was slow footed then he can
now shift ana sidcst"p. T!c spent much
time at this sort or work Yesterday.
The preliminary to the hi. bou; will
probably bring together Charley Wei
merit. the Jersey heavyweight. and Bat
( Ting I."vinsky, and negotiations for q
tcn-rouud bout were practically I'm
ishcd last night. Both boxers arc fast
big men, and arc sure 10 furnish
good warm-up session for tho maiu
bout. The Willard and Moran bout Will
start AT $40 o'clock.
II was originally planned to have the
Pueblo fireman, Jim Flynn. box T.e-
Whisky, but as he was recently knocked
out by Fred Fulton. /, is not thought
that he would furnish as Interesting n
bout as Wcincrt