The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-04

about 1S0 pounds, but he was reput- ed to be the heaviest hitter in the ring. and the big fellow held him in such respect that he allowed the Gun ner to steal the decision. To the rings!ders it was apparent that Will lard was easily the better man, but the giant lacked confidence in him self and remained on the defensive so long that at the end there was nothing for the referee to do but award the decision to Smith. because of the latter's aggressiveness M 1LLARD lost considerable pres- ss tige as result of the affair with Smith, and he fell still lower in the estimation of Californians when he allowed big Charley Miller to get a draw with him in four round bout. Miller was the joke of the ring In Frisco because of his crazy antics. but he was rough and game. He rushed at Willard so furiously that Willard became confused and actual ly turned his back and stuck his head through the ropes to escape from his opponents wild swings.
 At Reno, Willard won from Al Will Hams in eight round battle, and then he went to Los Angeles for q twenty round bout with Bull Young. Young was husky fellow. who had devoted more attention to the mat game than boxing. He was slow and clumsy, and he could not reach Willard with his short, thick arms In round after round Willard bat tered Young until he had him on the verge of q knockout, but he al- ways let up in his attack when it looked as though Young would go out with the next blow landed
 E HE spectators were jeering Will lard for letting his clumsy oppon- ent stick around so long when Will lard suddenly let fly a right upper cut that had all his strength behind it. Young collapsed and when the usual restoratives failed to bring back his senses he was taken to a hos pital. Young never regained con- SciouSness, and Willard was arrested on a charge of mansIaughter, but was exonerated and discharged.
 Willard's next bout was with Boer Rodell, whom he outpointed in a ten round affair in Milwaukee. After stopping Jack Reed in two rounds Willard returned to New York Carl Morris was in the limelight at the
 
 Willard in point of size the two giants were matched for a bout in the Garden.
 Each was afraid of the other and both did far more holding than fight ing so that the bout proved to be about the poorest exhibition of box- Jng that has been seen between two members of the white hope brigade. Willard took the roasting to heart and left New York the next day. saying that he never would box in that city again. IN BUFFALO Willard stopped One ! Round Davis and George Rodell Then came a 12-round bout to a ref eree's decision with Tom McMahon, a Pittsburgh light heavyweight of but average ability. McMahon had no trouble outpointing Willard. The big fellow remained on the defensive all the way and nothing his handler said to him could make him take a chance and cut loose. As a result he | lost the decision,
 After stopping Dan Daily and | George Rodell,y Willard obtained match with Jack Johnson. He train ed for the match for nearly a year, | during which he ignored all ohal. | lengeS from his rivals. Willard and | Johnson met in the ring at Havana | on April 5, 1915, and in the 26th | round the white man toppled the l black champion over for the full i count with a straight right to the | jaw.
 A year went by before Willard en- tered the ring again. On March ?, i 1916, he met Frank Moran in ten | round bout in the Garden. Willard | demonstrated in that affair that he i had learned a great deal about the | art of boxing since his previous ap- pearance in New York, but his punch | appeared to have lost something of | its former snap and the clumsy Moran | had no trouble sticking the full ten | so,anAA