The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-07

'nl i"un1 MI. HuUof1 n"R"iIn'u 'l WIN
Tom I"n"s nnh Tom I"noH took VII
inrd1 ,inE 'hu""il"n IL hand
u was n>rrnr later WHOM willard Ind
hia rhnn"r IL that yrnr D." lid lot "r
| harh work The r"am' VIVA that no
! changed FROM a big clumsy farmer /" a
skilled fighting nInn. Whom hN mot
johnson tho hlnck champion tried every
triri, In hie Iiet md thor" was not ono
for which willard lacked n foil aud n
counter. | snw IN" fight. | saw john
son. starting with confidence quickly
come to startled realization OF the
fnct that hr wns not only uut-mnt che
| In strength and stamina, but that Tor
! tho first time ne was fighting man
! who couldn't be drawn into leaving mn
opening, who would not attack ind lei
Johnson do all the countcrinE and who
had a wicked. long left 1ab that forced
Johnson to take the aggressive or sub
nit tamely. to boating. johnson
found that Willard could not he hurried
or drawn out-that Jess could beat him
| ut his own waiting game. and could beat
| him in the fighting when Johnson was
| compelled to take the risk OF rushing In
ard mixing it, Willard had everything
! that johnson had and some things that
! johnson lacked. fnr one hing Ito han
perfect condition.
Joss Couldn't Loaf Then.
| Tea D'Itnuku Was rrsi"hslbio r''
| tnu.i, or that ,:.udIIi,, hnd Jim hnHnEr
| was rGsr.nsli,io r"T much "f Tie sblil
aud hnD~ loheo ~ J"hns""'s fighting
| l,iaha that willard nh,~"1 Sav"se
! had b".eh with I"I'na"" !" hl1 Y"""r"'
| LAY asnl vas "lov", on""Gh /" study hi"
wall
nv, n Wa. p.nnuko VII" raw ,ho'
| willard E"i Int" shape r"r ~ "h-h"V
! orh, A college aihioto and rneu,'nr "i
| famous rnlleRa toams In several branch
| % nr apnrt. nftarwarh n ""arh uf a"Var'
! nj years experiences and nearly VII
| Iarfl'a rrntch IN slz" md fully h'a match
| In strength O'Rouic was tho only one
who could make Icaa 70 out on tho
road and work. Joss liked the boxing
It was just good naturcd play for him
{ to slap his sparring partner around
| But nc didn't care much for running
| especially when II WAS hot.
| O'Rouke used to tell me. down ir
Havana, his mornings experiences. He
| and Jess would go out from Vile Mir
mar, where jess had his training quar-
/ tiers. and walk along a road that led tc
| the country. There. where tho sandy roac
| stretched in open view for miles. o.
Rouke would climb nm enrhankment anc
| prepare to act as wutchful spectator
! while Jess cavorted into the far distance
| and back again. In full view all thu
! time O'Roukc didn't try TO nun Will
JeSS-after one experience. Jess haS
long legs and a sense OF hunor.
II ORourke wasn't there. In plnir
sight. Jess was inclined TO take par
! OF his run sitting under tree Tina
WAS u fuvnrite trick or old J0hn 1.
Suliivan's when John had bad feet nn'
/ with Il thirst. IL nllkn
have been willArd's. but FOR Oh"4Th"
waiting IL give him lecture II h'
dldui WORT up 10 pHn,!rLo's s';heduie'
! willard waz a youthful hHIhlhs Tai
NOR wlrn lie nrsi came /" Now foTh
| That was bach In 1919, Ao""rhi"a u
iis own dope sho"i ihn 'hn'"ii." wa.
born Dur IN. ihh7. which would "'"h
, him lnaa Ihan thliIy.two ve"rs ola
.rhera nooua /" loo ntr"o h""hi "h'",
Tho rnr,orinona "r this. h"w"v"I. nj"
a",no po"rl" Il" aay TINT L"Ts. H""
rhorua gi,l hoe a nlr"nE h'"'a '''
confronting hIa roel ngo. Jim t"Hr"''
aoys ,Ionz Ia IN tho lnto thirty OF p"r
h,nu ovor forty" | Innglno tn" forty
10 wild gur5a. FOR WillnrdH nrHt hRh
was In 1911, and IN HEi,". OF hia gr%",
"vcr tho twcnty-rour yours he claimed
riot Too OLD and Tot TOO Young
Surprising that willard really Ia u
HIS thirty-sccohd year. How many TN,
=
have boon In their prime after passint
thirty. John l.. Sullivan was Mt hi'
best Mt twenty-five. lind from that tiIn'
on dcterioratcd rapidly. When Coroot
! Knocked him out he was within abou
n month Of thirty-four years OF age. aIie
O mere shadow Of tho great hsh'er m
once was. -,
months old when Fitzimmons knockt
him out at Carson. and he was rar iron
the Corbett OF New OrleanA F1tzlm
mons was a lighting wonder until actIa
old aye drove him from the ring. III
was thirty-slx when Jerries dethronet
him. Jeitries retired at tWenty-nfne-
and when he tried again six years late
the old stuff wasn't In HIM johnson
was thirty-seven when willard whpPe'
him, hut he was long way pas MI
i Reno coalition OF hVe years before
To,nmy Burns was twenty-scVen wheI
he lost to Johnson.
sullivan was champion ut twenty
three Corb,tI al IWcnty-stA. fitLslih
mons al dirty four. JenfieH a. a"an'S
| four Burns al IWenty-slk, JohIaMh a
II thirty aud Willard qt Iwonly eight.
OF courno willard liz or "a tyre The
ME. slowly. fiE niun usually hoNoi"l
tielr futI physical p"wnrn lais ahd Reel
ihn,n long And al Though ihc Glia"'ih"'
nnn ap"n much 81 'h" ""'" heh'H ~
.ui.a DURING ,i,n pact f"" y""rn ho h"
,,ont inI at time !" ~" '''""''r
rl,.ra ne aaay 1" b" !" hnh "a'lY %'
taLa lha nIshi i''',ta Hi""p ia" h'"'"'
: iuo,.l ,,r..,, W",n nn mob r"'ir"o
ju,I Il, IIa t~nntY fourth P""' Va
il"al lighting an" ""h go" at III" go"
.si aud hrt,lna, hltii"r b""vv~~lrh'l
.yrr known Ia h'n"Ti"n. IiW t"Hf"''
.nd . ac",c "r "ih"r E""'l"'no1i VOL
anuwn In Ga,i" "'r"l"a would h"rh'l
pick him 10 win,
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