The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-25
J WILLARD REAL
FIGHTER OR BULK
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re better in making q choice, Pre- F"
,ly viii devote some study 80 IN
cords before making him The IA
rite An the title hoat with Jac'
A. mpsey On July
who dit Jess willard ever lick
t. quest 2u that is going 20 deinan'
STRAIGHTFORWARD answer before tht
ing sounds on independence day ane
arts thr t0u eoutcndcrs 10 work tc
.trn fh, two fortunes that Te9
Iichara has agreed 70 part with
Ba. so the HAY past willard
Gaocked oul John Dung, potter
Known as BUR NcunE. i9 the S'Sif
a una al "a bout at Fort Wayne, Ind
Mar Was on Ma 20, 1912. Young died
frnr the hou, and willard immedl-
civ was herald Ad AS man with q
rr,t, rHu-h Willard aftervaTd
l,ndlcd she arns Of belief in his hid
On nosvec bV declaring that he really
As afra q 10 his with all his force.
The hest men that willard has
ehaded during MS ring career IRE
rank Moran and Luther McCarty
The best men nc ever stopped were
cider hearns and George Radet
.ewo men, both OF whom we're in the
sacord division OF heavyw.1t tight
rrs AZ thc ttur were acclaimed VIC
AorS over tht kansan in the not too
sang-ago They were Gunboat Smith
Agho received the referee decision or
,eoints in Il twenty-round boat At san
francisco on Nay %. 1918. and Tom
! McMahor ri Pittsburgh. who was
given the referees decision at the end
cfythe tweive-round so at Youngstown
Ohio. March "a. 1914.
Thee affairs all occurred and were
trnnortaf3r in their day and In the fistic
,sistory Of tho particular communities
in which they were held. hui as thlntt
70 tsce played no part in the rine
reputation of Willard. lie Is onf
lott fighter. That bout vas fought
IN Hayara. Cuba. with Jack Johnson
and has h.cu mussed UP bS the httie
svord IT.
lack johnson was the best heavy
Weigh Of hts time. If that battle
p-ss Oh So merits IL was a great vic
forv for willard If Il WAS not on It's
- ynerfts~well. then what will weight
height and reach count?
4 heavy cloud OF suspicion tina
dropped around that twenty sly ROUND
Aattle at Havana as the result o.
l,as not been lifted during the inter
ventng ycs rs. Johnson, then fugi'
i've from Justice from The United
states and outlawed from every coun
Try tr whic. he might earn much
needed dollar by 5hoIing. was pa3t
100000 tor the bout--Ein. lose OF
draw. Willard did not receive ont
penny for his work In the ring.
A. photograph of the scene wher
the alleged knockout was deiiveret
IN the twenty SIKH round OF tina
mout shows johnson in an unusua
pos1tiou The Photographic recor,
shows him fat on his back on tn
right floor both knees elevated, tn
soles of his feet planted hat and on
hand shading his eyes from the sun.
In that bcst informed circles the,
say that man goes limp when Ia
is knocked cut--Johnson may Raw
been
Just before THIS historic event
really only a fsr seconds before tn
alleged knockout blow was delivere
1T Is charged Johnson's wife wave
Der handkerchief 10 the lcls cham
pion and left the arena. 1t is asserte,
that this was u prearranged sigma
that she had received all OF tn
$4,000 Tic promoters had trounl
vaisino the entire amount promised
according 10 the story.
II Jack JohnsoB's wife had no
waved her handkerchief would JacI
johnson have gone out FOR the coun
at Havana
That question ana All others con
nected with " ran bc answered one
vnd for ali time on July a. Any abij
fy that willard may have has bee
hidden from Tho public in the pas
His ladder 20 success is not marke
with runES If hard arhts. He is
giant weighing 230 pounds. feet
inches tail has great arns sxtendin
three feet six inches from the should
~rs ana IL bUlt N I+rffportfon' ~ ever
vay. He has been IDLE long tim'
and IF a most forty years Of age.
zach ljern ps"y, his opponent,
aged * -i.r- raur. weights 1870 Is ST
eeet tail quick. aggressive. active an
accurats.
81 Truly Jess Willard viii hive
real opportunity to show the sport
Ing public OF America on July
Uhsthcr he is lust bulk or can aGht,
New Y rl5 Eel. eo.-~Iack Quinr
pitcher 90 the Vernon club d ihe Ia
ciflc Coast - que, viii wear a t.rS
York Am erican uniform his sraSo
rs the result of a deal closed today.
was announced by Colonel Jaco
1luppett president OF the Yarkecs
In eXchAr$e for Quinn. VERNON get
Pitcher Joe Finneran and San
Ross. inGelIv~ 2irpb~ck ard a fourth
player 70 n. selected at the end o
The Ner: Tort riuh'F training trip. IA
dispute over ownership with th
ChicaRo Americans. quinn WIS re-
Gently awarded - IN. New Yorl
club by thu %4tlcnal comm i~>ion
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