New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
NEVER ID FER RING AGAIN
lbn Says Champion Will
 Fight No More

orlx, March 27.-Jess Willard
 s heavyweight champion,
 bly fought his last fight.
 sround bout with Moran at
 gIen on Saturday night will M end of the big pugilist's ca
 has his own way about his
 Willard is now we'll equipped
 ig worlds goods, and he does
 h tho fighting game. Any
 is anxious to retire and set kn to a quiet home life.
 I3ewinsohn of Chicago, who
 e secret stakeholder for the NHt said before he started for Hndy City yesterday that Willard Ian at the time he signed articles 3 Moran that he would not en- N any more bouts.
 sSard is home man." said @olln yesterday to q reporter, sshen 1 went to him some weeks Bpresenting Tex Rickard, he was &ious to fight Moran. He was Spersuaded to do so by his man. =nd myself. but he was not very ;iastic about it. Willard is a a2an. He. has $100,000 right ! Chicago banks and has invest ,000 more in a fine home in so
 e champion is very fond of his ,. and his children are growing q he wants to be with them as as possible. The contract he Ith the Sells -Floto circus for the z Summer means S150,000 in Q him, and when that is fulfilled K you will hear Jess announce e is through with the prize ring r.
 Wants to Settle Down. len Jess signed to fight Moran q to me, Dave, I've got all the | I need. If live to be ripe se I will never spend all the . I have now. I m tired of the nent of the fighting game, and to settle down and lead a quiet My ambition has been realized have made the fortune I want when I first took tip fighting as ness . lard left here for Chicago at -esterday afternoon and was all fence to get back to his fam He could not be reached to be if he intended to retire. He lot give up the fighting game
 manager Tom Jones, has his for Jones said yesterday that d would be willing to give Mo
 return match if he wanted it, vould also take on any of the ious heavyweights if the consid- Il was satisfactory.
 en Willard boarded the train for go, his right hand was in splints ne fracture which he got in the l round of the fight was giving pain. His physi- old him that he should not use tnd for four or five weeks. Will engagement with the circus will on April 29 and he will give hibition bout with Walter Mon at each performance.
 think Moran is one of the st fellows I ever faced in the
 Willard repeated yesterday, if I had not broken by hand 2 second round, I think I would won by a knockout. None of blows which Moran landed on urt and I feel as we'll today as had never been in a bout. I I have left a good impression w York and that the fight fans at last believe that I am a real pion.'
 Moran Recovering.
 ink Moran, the defeated cha1- r, showed wonderful recupera- powers and yesterday was about ash as ever. The cut that Will opened over his left eye is the cut which Jack Johnson inf1ict- I Moran when they fought in Aside from this Moran's face not marked. The swelling on injured eye was reduced and a e at the Pittsburgh boxer yes- y would never have led one tc 1e he was the same individua took such a gruelling beating Willard on Saturday night. ran was visited yesterday by hi:
 sisters from Pittsburgh. They to church and later had dinner oran's hotel. The defeated boxer take a rest of five or six weeks then he says he will be read, # into action again.
 ,ran would like another chance Willard in a finish fight. H, d yesterday that he thought afte. seventh round Willard was weak 2. Moran says the champion hes did not hurt. While Moral not have any criticism for Char the referee, he said tha officials continued warnings t