New-York tribune., 1916-03-26
Willard ThraSheS Moran
Before Brilliant Crowd

meant to convey the idea that this sort
Of thing would not have been per
mitted in the days Of real fighting"
There were still forty minutes to
wait. Joe Humphries introduced "The
Harmonious Blacksmith who chanted
wake Up, America"
The crowd did wake up 20 the cx-
tent Of protesting They wanted No
ran and Willard and they wanted them
IN a hurry.
Then came couple more of New
York's well known tenors. and the mon
protested still more loudly. Caruso
would have been drowned by those pro
tests If he had left his rngsidc box 10
oblige.
The motion picture mon created 2
slight diversion b. taking movies Of
Tex Rickard. tho dcbpnnair promoter.
smiling at the thought Of an $4,000
rakc-of. The smile was broad and
satisfactory.
Creditors Of both The promoter aud
the ightcrs c8myed ON th" threshold.
A Bob Vernon. tine giral stake
holder. entered tho pavilion he was
presented with n sheaf OF legal papers.
b. these he was prohib ibited from hand
ing over any money 90 Moran or vii
pouched the document and settled
down TO watch the crowd. All Of the
money due Moran and Willard had long
ago been turned over 20 ncv stake
holder, whose identity has been Kept
secret.
John /. Sullivan. acting in the capac.
ity Of war spOndcnt. was ono OF
tho earliest arrivals. The porly OK
champion deposited his huge bulb ON a
chair al the northwest corner OF Che
ring and waited Developments with the
uonchalance Of ono who had played n
stellar part I'm more thrilling feanceS.
ON another side of tho ring sat Rob
ert FitZsimmOus. Of the solar plctuf
punch. Only Tow feet from him sat
James J. Corbett. the victim Of the SAID
punch. OF the American heavyweight 3
champions. only James j. Jefrlc7 and
Jack johnson were missing Tommy
Burns, once champion FOR brict space
through the retirement Of jchrie2, va
in ringside boz.
Preliminaries star; Esrl,.
The four-round prclirniuar'cs in
sisted upon b. the Boxing Commission
started shortly after p O'Clock. They
verc refereed b. Claud" 1'bbcts. a
Delsartian arbitrator from Aiban, .
The first Of the entertainers we're JACK
jackson and Peter Slade. Jackson OUT
pointed Sladc
The crowd Vas only langudiy inter
ested IN the preliminary proceedings
John /. sullivan yawued ard appeared
about 20 takc 2 nap. when s"mobody
started him on HE Irish stories. The
yrizzled gladiator vas then wound up.
Even The women visitOrs, who nad
never seen any SOFT ~ f%ht before
we're only mildly entertained By the
"sraall fry'
There we're n few real fghts ~ ih'
vicinity Of the five entrance. 30
gtrugglo 90 reach scats was becoming
more and more tense. Gentlemen VINO
.fspprd out % their limousine in mn
rnaculatc evening dress reached tnc in-
terror With their collars aWry and tnelr
clothing punched in Jumps over thcH
backs
The hght fans we're usually gallant
enough 70 help the women through inc
line.
Young HarqUard Won The second
preliolnary. and Jimmie Murray and
Charlie Trcybuil were hustled INTO the
ring 10 disycl the ennui which had pc
gur 10 creep over the crowd. Ip 10
tbis point Il VAS particularly boreo
and nHinterestcd gathering Of fpecl"
tDIs. ,
Willard entered tho housc ~ . O'Clock
,b.yp The crowd knew that he had
come when they saw thc shinng bai9
pate Of Tom Jones bobbing I'D ana