The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-21
Champion. Who Expects to
Ease Up In Training, Does
Hard Days Work.
MORAN DOES MOST or
HIS TRAINING IN COURT

Cnmindfu, OF the critics who sur.
rounded him at the Pioneer sporting
Club yesterday afternoon. worid's Cham.
, pion jess Willard hewed reli9tous,y to
the lire OF training he had mapped out
In preparation for the defence Of his
title against Frank Moran AZ Madison
Square Garden Saturday night.
Strenuous work for me to-day. per-
haps the last Of my trainers" Jess an
nounced to q few newspaper men before
he left his dressing room. I'm on edge
m will take something out OF my spar
ring partners IL I can. intend TO do
more than I have ever done before in .
single afternoon. Just keep your eye on
me-
The champion more h a made good
his prediction. Instead Of pulling the
pulleys for the customary three mute
he worked them for seven By the stop
watch. skipping about In shadow exer-
cises meanwhile. Then he shadow boxed
for four minutes. About this time
former Heavyweight Champion Jim Cor
bett put In An appearance. Corbett had
never seen willard before. Gentleman
Jim. after shaking hands. took hts posi-
ton IN a cUOt CcTuct Whhc SeSs
donned the gloves.
The first lamb led to the slaughter WAS
Jack Hemple. iiemple wont right out
after Jess with all the fury OF his two
arms. lie cut loose lefts and rights as
sturdily as u ne held a championship.
Many OF Hempie's blows landed on vii.
iard's face and saw, but he only snorted
as they fsil.
Champion wants Action.
Come on" willard kept repeating.
'Iet out n bit. Fifty dollars for a knock
down"
Hempie boxed two rounds, Ii the
second willard assumed the aggressive
He poked his left like a piston into Hem
pies face. bobbing his head back upon
his shoulder blades. lie tried out a
finely delivered one-two punuh. follow
ing the left jab with a hard right cross.
Several times as Hemple closed In Will
lard used his celebrated right uppe'cut.
Always II found the mark. Usually
II rocked He'npie so that he might have
fallen II Wtliar1 had not thrown out his
long arms and caught him.
The Boer. George Rodel, came next
for two rounds. Philadelphia Jack
. Brien entered just as the South Afri-
can got under way. The Boer assumed
the attitude Of Frank Moran-left thrust
far out stiffly and right cooked back
meas the hin. Evidently the Boer Was
told to specialize on a haymaking right.
This right didn't prove Of much avail
whenever willard cared TO avoid II.
Time after time he pulled his Jaw aw u
while II whizzed harmkssly by. Other
times he stepped In and let the blow
pass unchecked behind his neck. DC.
cAsionaily the worlds champion loo the
Poer's offerings full on the point as X
to prove himself inv%ulnerable.
!, That's bad stuff philadelphia Jack
O'Brien would declare on these occa
, ions. 1T comes from exhibition work.
In my time | have suffered the same
way. A boxer should Try to cyade every
|, blow in the gymnasium; otherwise he
/ will lose his gauge. willard is "A better
9 boxer than ! thought but he should
: cut out the kidding"
: Billy Ncwnssn's Opinion.
Hes the creates heavyweight cham,
pion the world ever has seem said BIZ,
, Newman, i've seen 'em all since Jen
. Mace down. Willard is a faster. strongeI
and better boxer than Jim Jefries ever
was. He can hit cleaner and harder
than FttZs,mmons. Why. man. ther'
. hasn't been "A heavyweight within thirt,
years that Willard couldn't make q
|, monkey Of At any distance. That's whal
. ] think OF him"
When the Boer finished his two round,
!. Jack Hemple came back for an extra
, period. Willard didn't try to hit hin
this time. Instead he invited an attach
on his intersection. For almost thre,
minutes the champion stood uneuarded
inviting Hemplc to rain In his deadlies
lefts and rights. Rode then repeated
for one round. Willard this time let tn,
Soc lombard his head with both hands
contenting himself with attempts a
pulling away with or ducking the blows
This is surely the surprise of m,
) life said Billy Newman. ~ saw VII
E lard when he first came 'Eas and HI
didn't know how to put W his hands.
A wouldn't back any man ! ever saw
= against him in a finish light. That goe
> for sullivan, Corbett. tftzsimmons
Sharkey. Rubin. Johnson, Burns. Lang
{ ford and all the rest, To my mind. vii
I lard is a champion Of champions"
Walter Monalan. head trainer, boxes
: the last two OF eight rounds with VII
. lard. Jess wanted 10 make 1t three, bu
: Tom Tones vetoed that programme
Monahan's attack was vicious. once. a
=. he rushed in, his crown taught Willar'
= flush on the right temple. In a few sec
!. onds the point OF contact swelled out tn
size Of a hens egg. As Monahan steppc.
back from this collision Willard caugh
/, him with a deadly right uppercut, cata
putting him against the ropes.
/. what Freddie Welsh Thinks.
Wow" aid Freddie Welsh. light
weight champion, On ha md to train for
. couple OF fights in local rings this week
= There's a poke that with i've ounc
y gloves, no, pulled. win decapitate FRAN
Moran sure. That old boy should win Il
a canter inside five rounds"
willard toiled about an hour. Fol
lowing his pulley exercises, shadow box
ing and boxing he took four minute
Is rough and tumble put Of the Boer. Ate
this he spent ten minutes In specia
q exercises.
Challenger Frank Moran did most o
n his training in court yesterday TIL
Pittsburg blond won a court decisio
d over his former manager. Dan Nickel
rick, who sued for sums alleged TO hav
been advanced during Moran's invasio
OF Europe prior to his fight with tn
!. negro. Jack Johnson. In Paris.
- The retainers Of the Interested partie
," met In Whyte's restaurant after tn
trial. Angry words passed. Later fist
passcd. 1t was satd by disintereste
l~onlookers that Harry Pollok got out q
the maiden class ~ a box fighter at III
. expenec OF Frank O'Neii, former boxe
Commissioner and legal representative
v~.Id.,. insist that throughout m