New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-14
Richard Hears Jess Will
Not Box Here in the
Month of March.
TEX THINKS CURLEN
is AFTER BIG FIGHT
Meeting In Open Air Some Time
in the Spring Appeals TO
Promoter Greatly.
BY lGOE.

II Tex Riokard and Sam McCraoScn
succeed in bringing Jess Willard and
Prank Moran together In New York It
will not be without opposition, and
that opposition. strange 20 say, may
crop I'D in the willard Syndicate itself.
Iirst Of all Harry Pollok announced
last night that he had received a wire
from JACK Curley. who is and has been
major domo extraordinary IN the VIII
lard camp since the downfall Of the
giant black. saying that Willard would
not fight for Richard and McCracken
during the month Of March. Pollok
said further that Richard and Nc
Cracken had received like wire. lex
Rickard denied that any such wire has
reached him when he was seen at the
Waldorf.
snid the lean WesteTner. HE gave me
mis- word Of honor that ne would so
out and get Willard 10 put his name
TO the articles of agreement calling for
, bout with Moran in which he was 10
receive a lump sum OF $4,000 Tor
thirty minutes work in the ring. Since
Curlev departed I have been advised
that he is after the bout himself. All
right. Let II be that way. If ne can
show Jess the money that We Will pG'
UT he is welcome TO the bout tie
knows that if Willard does not tght in
March that there is n chance 10 hoid
II at the Garden. as we had mar
counted on. The month of April is 20
IL given over TO the circus people. Ac-
cordine TO Curley, Willard VIII be
booked for the road during the third
week in April.
"Curley tells me that the Sells and
Floto interests are going to pay b}g
less $500 q day for $50 OF them Of
course. ! let that 90 In one ear ana
out the other. ! have few friends IN
the show business, and they tell me
that Willard will be lucky II ne gets
$3.50. and that not for long. lie VIII
simply HAVE 20 fight before ne IS
worth anything TO the show people. II
Won want nv candid opinion, Mr. Curley
"a staIljng the thing along until good
weather comes around again, and then
he and Pollok will engineer an open
cir bout between Moran and Willard.
"Now. II he tries that ne can
copn+ on US in the market as bidders,
erd am LED 10 believe that Willard
* az least a little MORE than half
u.it+ed He can see money just as well
as Curlev. and we will bid Mr.: JACK INTO
Inc ground II he starts anything. IN
used to dealing with men who. keep
heir word Why doesn't Willard "Snt
10 fight a. March? ] don't believe thaI
no ever said he wouldn't. II ne was
s;gned and willing 70 box Fulton on
Nsrcb 2. WHY wouldn't he be as ANXIOUS
n meet Moran on the same date, espe-
cisiIv as we are guaranteeing HIM the
,.onev that he has not been able to
get up TO now? Why wait Until ApEH
"He isn't going TO prolong the meet
ing for the rest Of his natural me- IS
be7 You know, ] rather like the open
air idea. This thing has grown oLei,-
night. in my opinion. he way you ie-,
lows went 10 IL has encouraged sam sam
and myself I'll promise you zone u.
vnuU print truth. We haven't any
nink-eved rabbits up our coat sleeves
What we mean We say, and there IS 70
ne no hiding behind the raspberry bush'
I'm afraid that Curley doesn't rea4lIe
what he is Up against II he starts 20
brck NcCracken and myself aga InsV
Wizards own interests. The first tning
beand Jones knows. Mr.. Willard VIII 90
a broncho leap over the traces. lha'
their lookout. ,L.o- g..
in with Curley on a deal. You Know ne
vent down TO the train TO see OurIey
off Chubby, Of course, but 81 i l,;r
tcrious Well. IL takes pretty sun
tide 70 turn old Tex back, and when IT
,ornes 10 signing those two big fellows
youW End the firm Of McCracken and
Richard beating q Sioux war dance ON
,he door.
having a small audience and We come
"a the conclusion that 10 would not be
fair 10 the poor devils who support the
game around here year IN ana year oG''
II it's 70 be an open-alr ahalt' the
working man is going 70 get ms cnance
a ruh elbows with the capitalists a.
nominal price. Don't ever let IL oe
said that Tex Richard ever put uD the
bars on a working man. He's the fell
low that keeps the great sport gong,
and I'm for him
When Ike Dorgan was asked about
far-distant bout with Willard he SAID:
"Thev're stalliug Richard and Nc
Cracker are regular fellows. ] don't
see why the Willard crowd should spar
around now. II they think that | am
Going 70 tie Moran up until they are
READY to fight, they're barking up
The wrong tree. I've got an oter o.
$500 10 box Reich and an offer OF
$4,000 to meet Weinert That's sugar
so far as Moran and myself are con.
c.rned. We've called the Willard
bIuT What more can be expected Of
us? That fellow will simply have TO
light. The public won't stand for his
bide-and-seek methods any longer.
Personally. we'd rather box in the open
air. II is too big a proposition for an
inside contest. But. in the mean time
we are going to fattcn the B. K. Who
I'm all the world can blame ntlle ran an,
els Charles and his Ike for TIKI M