New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02
Jack Dillon Would Battle
with Big Jess Willard

When Jack Curley signed Dillon with
Willard for the sake of getting Tex
Richard 20 raise his bid, he had some
difficulty in keeping a straight face
about it, When willard toyed with
Moran it was generally conceded that
Willard-Dillon match would be
cruelty to animals, or something ike
that
The only person who took Jack Cur
Icy seriously at the time was Ernest
Cutler Price lie is a naturally serious
young man and never has made the
mistake Of Understanding himself.
Right now he ia obsessed with the idea
of bounding willard into a meeting.
If the popular curiosity grows so
that it will Justify the offer of purs'
the size of that Willard Moran purse
there will be bout between Dillon
and Willard. While Jess Willard OBJ
jects to it now on humanitarlar
grounds. he may be induced to forget
them when the coin materializes. Anc
if Dillon should hit him and Willard
should find it out. the big kansan
probably will sit on the giant killer.
Dumb Dan Morgan. manager of Bat
tling Levinsky. broke the long
silence the other night to tell how he
Just missed being million dollar
mus icai impresario.
ut was when John Mccormack first
landed in New York. said Dan. Some
body slipped me an Annie Oakley and
the horses weren't running, so | went.
! knew right Off the reel that the bird
Mccormack could chirp and that he
would be a good drawing card His
T.l al
down hearted. though. He seemed 10
think that the tour would be a bust.
Il had fourteen Of the rottenest
fighters in the world on my staff then.
Say. they were awful. SO | got al
idea. went TO McSweeney and toll
him that / would trade ten of my
best fighters for Mccormack and tell
him how 20 manage them.
Say. McSweeney hesitated and was
about TO fall for the trade. spoiled
it though By rushing him too hard.
When | saw that he was considering
the thing seriously, shouted, You can
have the whole fourteen Then he
got canny. and Re finally said that h,
didn't know enough about the game
and stalled That's how lost the
chance of having John Mccormack in
stead of fighting stable, and McCor-
mack is a mil.ion-dolar corporation
now. II McSweeney had ever seer
those fighters, though, he might have
had me arrested, so probably am just
as well off"
II will be a safe and sane Fourth
locally this year. so far as pugilistic
events are concerned. There is no
bout of any great Importance SEIZED
uled. Somewhere out in the wild, un-
tutored West Johnny Dundee will pick
on poor Adj Wolgast. while in another
section Jack Dillon will maui poor old
Jim Flynn for the umptiumph and-let
US hope the last time.
The promoters here are beginning to
realize that the boxing fans begin 70
lose interest when the warm weather
comes. Some Of the big bouts have i'm
pressed that firmly on their minds. In
fact, few of the promoters have be-
gun 20 discuss the prOpriety of having
closed season during the summer
months
And, ANYHOW as James Johnston
puts it, philosophically, there aren't
any matches"
II you should see Shamus Coffey, o.
Roscommon, Ireland and The Bronx
y. T., these days you will notice tina,
ovcry now and then he rubs his chin
reacctively and tenderly. The reason
dates back n few months.
"COfey went 20 his manager, Bills
Gibson, and spoke thusly: "Willum. 70
like a match with that bye Dillon. liz
and me would draw pot Of money. I'm
thinking"
But. Shamus." pleaded Gibson. Sup
posing that Dillon should hit you or
the chin"
Il niver thought Of that" saic
Shamus. Maybe we'd better be wait
ing a bit before you get that match.
And now. az Shamus feels his CHR
and notes that it is still intact. h,
feels greatly relieved that he did wait a
bit.