New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Champion Jabs Partners al
Will in Session in Which
Cleverness Counts.
~ HAYWOOD BROUN.

Jess willard boxed prettiiy at the
Pioneer Sporting Club yesterday. For
all his height and weight the champion
was clever lie jabbed with his left
like a bantam. But there was differ
ence. The long arm OF the champion,
be it thrust out ever 80 playfully, has
q kick behind it. Jess is too big and too
strong 10 hit light blow. Though the
arm and hand would deal lightly with
an opponent the body says no. Two
hundred and fifty pounds arc behind
the knuckles
We observe ion an article by Lee
Arms. the current Right Gross. that
"there is a tendency 10 confuse weight
with furnishing power"
"A tiger" writes the obscvant Mr..
Arms, with a blow OF his paw can
crush q mans skull as though it were
an cggshel, but one might suffer ne
NOR, than temporary pain from the
kick Of an elephant
Bcing % fight expert Nr. Arms ls
more or less blasc. Many persons would
be seriously incouvcnlcnced # kicked
by am e. -cnaut We knew q man once
who Wa kicked by am clcphan., and he
asserted stoutly that 1t spoiled his
whole day. Unfortunately, We. can quote
no soft-boilcd person who has been
crushed by tigers CLAW.
Rut Jess is certainly IN elephant
rather than a tiger. Tho skulls Of 70
del. Nonahan and lIcmplc are hardly
Ill l. hot. l. ltg
crushed n'' even cracked then. AZ the
same time there were several occasions
when the sparring partner seemed 10
bc suffering temporary pain.
Like the elephant Jess never forgcts.
lie remembered distinctly that Walter
Monahan had raised "A lump over his
right eye on the preceding afternoon.
and, like woman in the third act, Wal
ter had 10 pay and pay and pay
jess kept thrusting his prchcnsile
left into Monah. $ mouth. Al tho first
tap the sparrinC partner began TO
bleed. Walter tried hard 20 get in
close. hut each time the left kept him
back For tho first time since the
training began here in New York Jcs-
ou,boNcd As we'll rs outfouCht the clcv-
crest Of his sparring partners.
Against less skilful men, such as
Eodcl and ilcmplc. JOSS seemed even
more clever. In his bout with Rodcl
he cmulatcd the methods Of Kid Critic.
Dropping his hands. he allowed the
Bocr 10 swing with right and left. hut
each blow missed, as Willard first
duckcd and then turned his head
llcmplc boxed Jess more or less af-
ter the manner Of Moran, and the
champion tried out several right hand
uppcrcuts on his partner "a he came
in. \ hard one landed and disturbed
llcmplc not a little. Two or three re
50 aimed ones found the mark. and
then, iu moment Of forgctiulncss,
Willard let ~ with punch Of punches.
II whistlcd. did that punch. and IT was
fortunate for lIcmplc that the aim
was bit ont Of kltcr. The blow
just gra1cd the face Of the sparring
partner. llcmplc smiled a mirthless
smile a. be went into clinch, and did
no. 20 another round.
Nonahau also had enough after his
two-.ound 90. but Bocr Rodel WAS
willing and even eager to fight an extra
period. The Bocr. however,. takes lit
tie punishment from The champion. for
Dec gets in close and clings 20 vii
! rd's arms with might and main. Tom
Jones offered Rodcl $50 " he would
pu willard down, but the offer aroused
no enthusiasm in the Bocr.
Willard took great delight in bounc-
ing Rodcl of the ropes. lie pushed
him first north, then south, then cast
and then west A you might say, he
boxed the compass, but the blows
were only occasional, 20 tightly did
Rodcl hang on.
Only few. experts were on hand.
Kid Mccoy watched the tight and
seemed amused. willard is indeed
clever for big man, but, Of course,
h. can show nothing 10 impress Nc
Coy.
u was Il. ITS afternoon at the
camp. william Arthur Brown and
James Montgomery llagg attended. and
declared that. whatever the outcome Of
the fight might be. less in his present
condition Was markedly an artistic
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