The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-24
BIG BOXlRS RtS5;.;;,,
FOR TOMORROW
NIGHTS BOUT
Willard and Moran Confident Of
Winning By K. 0. Route
SEATING CAPACITY SOLD OUT
Predictions That Attendance VIII Be
One Of the Largest In History Of
PusIlism.


New York. March 24.-The last ar
rangements for the boxing bout be
tween the heavywe. .ghts, Jess Willard,
the present champion, and FRANK
Moran have been completed and both
boxers have concluded their training
Both are reported to be in the best
possible shape for the meeting and re
ports from the training quarters ihdi
cate that both men have worked con
scientiously.
Moran's fine physical condition has
fmbued him with supreme confidence
In fact, the blonde Pittsburger seems
over-conhdent. Moran is so sure Oh
winning that he expects to land a
knockout. Moran believes that all
that Willard has is size He has great
confidence in his own ability to take
punishment, and he is certain that the
champion cannot withstand his hard.
est punches.
Moran is glad that his training is
over. He is impatient to do battle
with the big champion. THE whole
thing is getting on my nerves" said
Moran yesterday, especially the at
tention and admiration Of the people
who come in to see me work. They
all want to shake me by the hand anu
ask me how feel. Most of them tell
me that all their friends are praying
for me to win and then they give my
right hand another hard squeeze II
makes my hand tired and cramped be-
fore even start to box"
b. Willard finished his last hard work
out Wednesday and he appeared to
take 1t seriously. His trainers are
just as confident as the assistants in
the Moran camp and they declare
that the bout will not go over hall
the ten-round distance before the
champion scores q knockout. Willard
should go into the ring weighing ESQ
pounds, having taken off about 12
pounds since he began training.
With more than IS per cent of the
1900 and odd tickets sold, it Is be
coming more evident every hour that
the contest will be Witnessed by the
most representative assemblage OF
boxing enthusiasts that ever gathered
about squared circle in this coun.
try. Owing to the high price of seats,
attendance at the bout Is beyond the
financial reach of the average follow
ers of the glove game. Their places
have been taken, however, by sport
adherents who seldom attend boxing
bouts except those between top-notch.
ers In fistiana.
This contingent has been augment
ed by another group, which, attracted
by the glamor of the contest, is tax
ing its first plunge into the fight game.
In the two classes are to be found
bankers, lawyers, prominent railroad
officials, physicians and many other
business and professional men who do
not, as rule, pay much II any at
tention to boxing in New York city.
In addition, there will be the usual at
tendance from the leading country
and city clubs, the artist and Bohem-
ian clans. 8
= Not all the advance sale of the high
priced boxes and reserved seats has
been made to New York patrons OF
this type, however. for fully 40 per
cent Of it has been to out-of-town ap-
plicants. Some OF the leading clubs
Of the South and New England have
paid for large blocks of seats and
boxes. Reservations on incoming
trains from these sections and from
the middle West are reported to be
we'll bought up by prospective specta-
tors who are planning to arrive at
New York either tonight or Saturday
morning.
In less than an hour after the gal
lery tickets were put on sale at the
Madison Square garden yesterday
every one was disposed OF and hun
dreds of would-be buyers were turned
away. There were many disgruntled
and disappointed men in line who
could not reach the window before the
sale was over and some OF them COM
planned that the spectators had been
favored. The show corporation,
which is conducting the bout, an
nounced that any intiniation of
favoritism in the sale of tickets was
preposterous. The management had
made every effort to prevent specu'
lators from obtaining large number
of tickets, it was said, by refusing to
sell more than two to any one person
Some doubt appears to exist in the
camps of both Willard and Moran re
garding the rules under which the
bout will be fought. There has been
considerable talk about hitting in the
clinches and in the breakaway. A
study of the contracts which the prin
cipals signed with Promoter Rickard
shows clearly, however, that the bout
is to be conducted under the rules
and regulations of the New. York state
athletic commission. This code diff
fers widely from the marquis o.
Queensberry rules, which are the
standard of both boxing and prize
fighting the world around. The
Queensberry rules do not restrain {