The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-02
CAN'T GET ENOUGH
Willard Sends Out Call for
More Sparring Partners.
Moran Invited to Watch Cham
piOn Train for Bout.
BY JESS WILLARD.

Now York March 2-While boxing
with Jack Hemple and Walter Mona
han Tuesday afternoon it occurred 10
me that I needed a few more spar
RIM mariners. Not that Hemple ana
Monahan are not all that coulu pe
desired: they are about the TWO pes1
trainers that any man could ask 1or'
,I-i,a reason 1 want a few boxing OPP
moments is to get used to all the I'LL
ferent boxing methods now IN use
+ smoke to Tom Jones about TINS ana
he has promised to have rev e Atrei
good heavies ready 10 give me .l -
work about Saturday Jones realzeS
mat I have plenty of time to get IN
proper shape. So it looks as II nave
10 wait until saturday before the ne"
men put in any appearance
Everybody tells me Moran mas az
terrible right hand. Therefore, the
hest thing | can do is to get used 10
STAYING off hard right swings AT the
same time a boxer has always TO re
member that although his rival
touted as strictly a right hand Ilsit-
or he may discover good use Tor MS
left before the bout goes long way,
So. while preparing for right, doh
intend to forget that left handed
blow hurts just the same.
Jess Defense Good
In INV bouts with Hemple and Mon
ahan 1 have been busy thinking aDout
weigh an ounce more than MohaLdI
and possibly a few pounds more t hdI
HefnDle ! swap punches with tIlese
two men and shove them OIL easily
without the slightest effort WonueI
whether Moran will be as easy Inc
longer we box the more it strikes me
that Frank viii have to be many
times more strenuous to get anywhere
near me. l understood Ike DoISdll,
Moran's manager, is in town ana
h
see me work. To ask my rivals man
ager to come over to my tralhlhs
camp would seem queer to many per-
sons. but really what's the difference
Though Moran and l are TO poX ~
rounds there is no reason why we
should be enemies.
While / have never met Moran, ev-
erybody speaks highly of him.
would not mind it a bit if he came
and watched me training. In former
DAYS it was the custom to condlton a
man in private, but now everybody
trains in the open and everything can
be found out from spectators 50 why
not let Moran drop in some afternoon.
To Box More.
Within a few days 1 intend to
Iengthen out my boxing. Instead OF
going through four rounds OF work.
will stretch it out to six and possibly
eight. The daily grind l go through
may seem a waste of time to those
Who keep close tabs on me, but want
to say right now that it Is doing me
a world of good.
can feel the improvement In both
my wind and eye and as these are
bound to get better, you can see that
good results are sure to follow EN-
erytime Hemple or Monahan swings
Blow at me and l manage to block 1t,
it-means that my eye is getting better.
Md the oftener they strike me in the
stomach it adds just that much
strength to my wind. The old 'nedi-
cine ball is steadily wearing away the
surplus flesh ! have around my mid
riff. Also it is hardening me in that
spot.
a good coat OF armor in the place
where Moran loves to wallop isn't
such a bad idea.
have not stepped on the scales
since last Saturday. but IN SATISFIED
that I've he'd a few pounds The old
road work is doing me the greatest
good / would rather do five hours
work in the open air than As minutes
indoor. The more ozone you get into
your lungs the better off you will be
That is my belief and it has proved
its worth for many years, [ don't in
tend to change.