Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-26
WILLARD RETAINS
 HIS TITLE AS CHAMP


 John L. Sullivan, Bob Fitzimmons.
 (Continued From Page One) J. J. Corbett. all at one time holders of the heavyweisht championship. had seats close to the ring. Among those holding box seat tickets were J. P. Morgan. Reginald Vanderbilt, ''Dia- mond Jim" Brady. David Belasco. En- rico Caruso. Lindley M. Garrison. Gen. W. Coleman Dupont and Mayor Cur ley of Boston.
 There were scores Of women in thu great throng. Tn the semi-fnal bout Battling Levinsky of New York out pointed Jim Savage of Orange The throne settled hack for the main issue Moran and Willard reached the builC ing. ten minutes apart. about nine o'clock. They went at once to their dressing rooms. Moran seemed a lit tie nervous but Willard apparently was cool and unconcerned There seemed no point of similarity between the champion and his oppc nent. Willard. smiling, sat upright ir his corner. a green robe over his shou ders. his head topping the ropes by two inches Moran, chin in hand, slouched down in his seat i The first ceremony was the intro duction of notables of the ring, Bob Fitzimmons. Corhett, Kid Mccoy AT were applauded but the appearance O John L. Sullivan made the rafters rinr with cheers.
 ] 0f hot i ties, walked across the ring and lean ed over the ropes 10 chat with the newspaper men. The gong rang anf the announcer said something that ended with Frank Moran" and there was a roar from the throng. Then hC told the crowd the man in the the' corner was Jess Willard. Again tho Garden rocked with cheers. Gloves were adjusted. the fighters shook hands the announcer said the final words and the fight started 1. Willard iabbed Moran in the face with left and the latter re- taliated with three blows 10 the
 body with right to Wiliard's jaw
 and took three left jabs to the face in return. Moran swung right and left to WiIlsrd's neck and receiV-
 ed hard right in the body. Moran
 missed a richt and went into a clineh and Willard tore loose and
 landed right and left to the head. Willard smashed him a terrible
 left. Moran swunu wildly with
 richt and left but Willard laughed
 as he blocked carefully. WiIlard's round.
 2. Willard took the aggressive The rair exchanged blow fer blew. Moran broke and backed away. Willard followed Moran slowly a. round the rinu and drove a right
 hook to Moran's eve and battered him in the body. Moran was help less acainst Willard in the cIinch- es. The ehsmp staggered Moran
 with a left to the face as the bell
 rsnu. Wiilard's round.
 3. Willard smashed a riuht into Moran's bo1v, doubling Moran ID.
 Moran's savage swinu did not
 reach the iaw. Willard iabbed
 Moran with his left almost at will 'I7ran crew paIer under the pun- fNfAiTu= NofHdTu OtCHfd AsfO EtANl
 swiros and lauahed. Moran swung
 left to the body as the bell rauy. Norsa's round.
 d. Willard stabbed Moran in tNe face with two Iefts. upoercutt;nd
 Moran in the body with a riaht
 and a left. Moran hooked left to
 the body and a left to Wiilard's jaw. Willard kent staboinu Moran
 with his Iona left and jared some
 with a ruht 70 the jaw. A terri ble left to Willard's body never jared him. Willard split Moran's eye wide open with right. Will
 ards round.
 5. Willard battered Moran with
 right and left uppercuts to the jaw
 and the latter tried to penetrate Wiilard's aUard with body blows.
 Moran rushed Willard to the ropes
 but the latter closed Morsn's left
 eye with his jabs. Moran kept
 backing away, Willard following,
 using his left steadily. Willard's
 round.
 6. Willard tore into Moran, bat
 terin1 him with riuht and left.
 Moran smashed Willard with right
 and left to the jaw. Willard upper
 cut Moran and opened his eye a.
 cain with a left jab. Willard jar
 red Moran with a rqht to the jaw,
 uppercut him until he wavered on
 his feet. Moran was running a.
 way at the bell. WiIlard's round.
 7. Willard started after Moran
 like wild man and beat him all
 over the ring. Under the fusill7de
 of blows. Moran was helpless,
 cIinoine to Willard blindly as the
 blood poured down his chest. Will