The sun., 1916-02-29
SENATOR DISPUTES RIGHT
TO HOLD WILLARD BOUT
J. j. Dunngan of The Bronx Wants to Know About
/ Lease for Madison Square Garden-Cham-
pion Is Training Hard

Senator J. J. Dunnigan of the Twenty
first Senatorial district has threatened to
demand an investigation of the proposed
jess Willard-Frank Moran ten round
championship boxing exhibition scheduled
for Madison Square Garden Saturday
night. March %.
The Bronx Senator. who was home
sunday, declared that he would introduce
u resolution in the state Senate directing
the New York state Athletic Commits
sion to produce the Madison square
Garden lease obtained by Tex Rickard
TO enable him to hold the big battle. The
Senator maintains tarrl cites q specific
paragraph OF the boxing law to bael;
his argumenD that the commissions =
rules have been violated If a transfer OF
the show corporations license to Tex
1tickard and sam McCrackin has been
made. The law specifically states that
club licenses are non-transferable. The
penalty In case of Il transfer is revoca-
ton.
The state Athletic Commission. on the
other hand. declares that every move
made SO far in connection with the cham
ponship bout has been within the spirit
and the letter of the law.
THE proposed fign;." said Secretary
be held under the auspices of the SHOW
Corporation and on It's license. Richard
and McCrackiu have no connection with
the Madison Square Garden management
except AZ matchmakers. Tho Garden
people were forced TO guarantee the
purse. That corporation will be- held
strictly responsible in case the fight does
not pan out as 1t has been advertised.
In case of scandal the show Corporation
will iepDlrdZc ltS license.
Can Get Their Money Back.
The boxing commission has taken
every possible step TO safeguard the in
tprssts OF the public. All moneys col
lected from the sale OF tickets hav" been
deposited IN such a manner that the
show Corporation will have control until
the commission is satisfied that the fight
Is truly contested. In case of no con-
test ticket holders will be able to get
their money back.
"It is but idle talk continued the
Secretafy OF the commission, "to find
fault with the arrangements that have
been made for This fight The commits
sion. which has absolute control OF the
sport has been most careful TO shield
itself from any possible criticism and TO
keep strictly within its righh and
powers in every particular.
I, was learned yesterday that Chal-
lengcr Frank Moran fears trouble from
his former manager, Dan Mcketrmk.
The latter. il will I've remembered, At
tachcd the gate receipts Of the .rst Cof-
fey Moran fight in the Garden to satisfy
! an alleged claim Of more than s1.1oO
for money said to have been advanced
to the Iittshurg pugilist when he was
under Mcketr'ck's management IN Eu-
rope. At that time Moran demanded
his share OF the purse before he fought.
II was said Yesterday that Mckctrick
intends 10 tie up certain money banked
Jointly to the S1sdit of the Show Corpo-
ration and Tex Eickard Until this old
claim has been satisfied,
Inward Of three hundred railbirds
paid their two bits each To- see the
champion. jess willard. indulge in his
indoor training EXERCISES ut the Pioneer
sporting club Yesterday afternoon.
The cowboy showed to even hctte!
advantage than on his first appearance
Saturday His head seems pretty well
cleared of the cold that laid him up IN
Chicago. Jess brcathed fairly easily
through his nose throughout the hail
hours work and finished far from blown
and in a glowing perspiraton.
Tms~ic.. with Wrestler.
indeed. Perhaps the most strenuous par,
OF II all was the five minutes tlis.le
with Snsf ilussan". the heavyweight
, Turk atch-as-catch-can wrestler. Will
lard tugyeS and hauled this grappler
all about the ring.
The champion started with the pulleys
FOR three minutes. then shadowboxed the
same lcngth of time He boxed two three
\ minute rounds with Jack IIcmplc and
g, all mol Ia g..
punches IN both encounters. but en-
Coiiraged his opponents to- cut loose with
all Their force. Repeatedly h. left his
stomach open ~ both. Neither mar
could max" the least impression on VII
lard's middle With eight ounce gloves
With Monahan, the bigger OF the two
Jess tried his defensive skill t. the sat.
isfaction Of the onlookers. Ito showed
some very clever blocking with both
hands
Wizards left has improved wonder
fully since he was fighting around THIS
city as a novirc. lie uses Il we'll 10
fent. to jab or 10 hook willard has
a straight right too that carries great
jarring power, though this bread winner
he held back In both sparrng matches.
His managers are hopeful of securing
some big men---three or four OF them
before the end Of the week. SO that VIII
lard need not be afraid of letting himself
out.
Pitcher Ray Fisher and four news
paper men left yesterday with Business
Manager Harry sparrow Of the Yankees
for Macon, Ga. The party was the
nucleus of "the second squad OF Hi,
Donovan's team. Pitcher Bob Shawkoy
Joined them at Philadelphia. Fritz
Maisel, Lutte Boone and Gene Layder
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