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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONTAX. PORTLANI3e MARCH 2G. X iOtfo
WILLARD BATTLES
LIKE GRIZZLY BEAR
Ponderous Brute Strength
Too Much for Grit of
Ever-Trying Moran.
IRISHMAN'S RALLIES FINE
Tftiie After Time Smaller Man Car
ries Tight to Opponent, Only
to Tail to Feaze Cliampion
With His Terrific Blows.
BY W. O. M'GEEHAX.
5TEW YORK, March 25. (Special.)
Frank Moran. the red-haired Irish
American David, made a brave but in
effectual attempt to bring down the
Goliah, Jesse Williard. It was Wil
lard's fight entirely after the first
round and finished with Moran's face
a smear of blood, while Willard was
unmarked.
The fight put up by the champion
was far from impressive. He displayed
no more pugnacity when Moran swung
heavily upon his . head ' than he did
wnen he was training with his spar
ring partner. For the greatest part of
the time he was wearing a broq.d and
ponderous grin.
WHrard's , Maude Too Great.
At the first. Willard seemed a bit
bewildered.' Moran by a flashy rush
swept the big fellow into the ropes
shortly after the bell rang and the
crowd got its first thrill. But Willard
wrapped his Ions arms about the body
and Moran : could not penetrate that
shield of muscle. Willard seemel even
a trifle worried as he went to his
corner. But after that he became al
most monotonous.
In the fourth round Willard shot out
his right arm and his glove landed
over Moran's left eye. There was a gush
of blood and Moran went to his corner
half blinded. In the seventh round it
seemed that Willard would dispose of
the brave little Irish-American. He
Jarred him with a terrific right upper
cut and began to batter hira all over
the ring.
Just as it semed that Moran would
have to drop from dizziness and ex
haustion, the red Irishman pulled him
self togethe- and made the flashiest
rally of the fight. He caught Willard
with a right hook to the jaw and Wil
lard backed up against the ropes.
' Fearful Blown Brine Grin.
Moran followed him and placed three
risht uppercuts on Willard's jaw, these
blows would have sent Jim Coffey
down for the count, but the Kansas
colossus grinned when the. bell rang.
Willard's left was his mainstay.
With the advantage of five inches of
reach, he jabbed continually, almost
monotonously sending Moran's tow
head back with each jab. The force of
the giant's uppercuts have been exag
gerated though. Several times he shot
it to Moran's jaw and the Irish-American's
head bobbed up but he recovered
immediately.
It seemed an impossible and unequal
fight from the moment Moran entered
the ring, and stood for the first time
beside the gigantic heavyweight cham
pion. Willard. bulked over him so big
that Moran, who is by no means a small
man, looked a child. But the Irish
Arnerican play-boy did not seem to be
depressed. He smiled affably at the
Kansas giant and then looked no more
serious than he did when he met Cof
fey for the first time in that same ring.
He had taken stock of his opponent,
but he was not visibly impressed. From
the instant the bell clanged Moran
started deliberately about his work.
He mov-d slowly, even more slowly
than Willard for the greater part of
the time, always watching, and always
hoping tc land the blow which would
even jar the big man.
Moran Ever on Alert.
The impossibility of this never
seemed to impress Moran for the mo
ment. He took the left' jabs without
a change of position. Again, and again,
he swung for the loose, high-hanging
jaw of the Kansas giant, but when hei
did land on it, some times with a graz
ing blow and some times with his full
strength, Willard only grinned.
After the bout Referee White an
nounced that Willard had broken his
right hand on Moran's head in the
third round. It could hardly have been
a serious break, for Willard continued
to use that hand all the way through
the fight. It was his main defense and
main offense .when he took the offen
sive. To the very last Willard was peck
ing at Moran's bloody face with the
same left, which tantalized the blonde
man. The only real ray of hope of the
Moran sympathizers and they consti
tuted a majority of the house was in
the first round, when Willard, for the
moment, seemed bewildered and dis
couraged. His mouth was wide open
and his jaw dropped as he went to his
corner.
New Glove Not Allowed.
A big roll of fat appeared over the
Kansan's stomach. "Keep after him,
Frank, you've got him winded,"
screamed one of Moran's friends. But
in the next round Willard came up with
that ponderous grin and began to jolt
Moran's head with that straight left.
Once he caught Moran with a right
uppercut and the Irish-American play
boy should have realized that it was
impossible. Moran went to his corner
a trifle more serious, but not discour
aged, apparently. In the sixth round
Moran reached Willard's head with a
hard right swing and broken open his
glove. The ringsiders clamored for
Charlie White, the referee, to get a
new glove. The Aldermanic referee
shook his head.
"You can't put anything ovtr on me,"
he said. Just what plot he suspected
was not apparent.
It was the most subdued crowd that
ever saw a prize fight. There was
hardly an audible cry of encouragement
to either of the fighters. Once in a
while a Moran sympathizer voiced his
hope when the Irish-American landed
hut the Willard grin that seemed to
follow every hit choked the cries of
encouragement before they were fully
voiced.
Whlnper Heard All Over.
In the seventh round it seemed that
Moran would be battered round the
mat. Willard had swung Moran's right
uppercut and was proceeding ponder
ously to beat him down. There was a
hush over the Garden so intense that
one man's whisper: "There he goes,"
was audible all over the lower floor.
One or two people moaned slightly.
But Just as the towhead of the red
Irishman seemed dropping he rushed
Willard with a fury that bewildered
the giant, and Willard backed against
the ropes, puzzled and angered.
It waa at this point that the right
hand of Moran could have earned him
half a million dollars if it had been the
right of the traditions and of the ex
pectations. It caught Willard on the
side of the jaw, but only a glancing
"blow. Willard grinned serenely and
ponderously as he moved to his cor
ner. It was- Moran's last chance. It
was his best rally, the last i wild at
tempt to bring the prize which Moran
has coveted all his life, but it was in
effectual, it was hopeless.
They may fight again, but thf re
sult could hardly be different unless
Willard could be stirred to a colossal
pitch of wrath and fighting fury that
seems impossible. The man seemed
devoid of temper or pugnacity and his
defenEe is as inpenetrable as the de
fense of a grizzly bear. He strikes
as cumbersomely,-but with some of the
force of that animal.
In a finish fight Moran would wear
himself out trying to reach the giant.
Finger Broken In Third.
Willard seemed to be trying to im
press this fact on Moran in the quiet
moments of the bout. He would per
mit the smaller man to place the left
glove against his chin, then would
jerk his head upward and grin while
Moran missed the right swing which
he had carefully timed and aimed.
"I broke the index finger of my right
hand. I broke this finger in the second
round. That prevented me from finish
ing Moran. The pain was intense when
I tried to use my right. The injury
came when I started a right which
landed on Moran's elbow. So you see I
was practically a one-handed fighte
for the-rest of the bout. I could n't
use my right, for the knockout. If c
had been in shape, I would have fin
ished "Moran early, perhaps In the
iuuilh rouna.
In his dressing-room after the fin-Tii
Moran was still convinced that he car
beat Willard.
"Why, I think that I won the wiinn
tonight. He never hurt me. realiv r,nr
during the fight. The blow whic
opened my eye was only a graze. I
stung, but it did not really hurt me.
That champion cannot hit. Over th.
finish route there would be absolutely
nothing to it. I can knock Willard out,
and I'm going to keep after him until l
get a chance to prove it in a lo -a-fight."
Willard will Drobablv leav trrfni r .
Chicago.
FIGHT CLEAN', SAYS II. POLITZ
Portland Man Says Willard CouH
Have Scored Knockout.
Herman 1 Politz. prominent lor V
sportsman, who managed the El'.f
baseball team three or four years ago,
was a ringside spectator at the V 1-lard-Moran
fight last night and tele
graphed the Sporting Editor of The
Oregonian immediately on the conclu
sion of the contest. Read it for vour-
self :
New York. March 25. Knortlno- TT.lUrtr
Oregonian, Portland, Or.: Willard cleanest
flKhter ever seen. Could have knocked out
Moran any time. Largest crowd that evr
attended any Hunt. HERMAN POLITZ.
FIGHT TIES UP PHONES
THE OREGOMAX BUSINESS WAITS
o.v sportixo XEwr;,
First Reports of Hockey Game and
WlIIard-Moran Clash Appear
In porting Extra.
There was perhaps more interest dis
played locally in last night's bout at
New Yor,k between Jess Willard and
Prank Moran than in any pugilistic
event since Jim Jeffries' defeat at the
hands of Jack Johnson July 4, 1910.
I he results by rounds were coming
into The Oregonian office at 6:30
o'clock, Portland time, and from that
time on until 10 o'clock it was impdssi
ble to get outside communication over
The Oregonian telephone switchboard.
All other business over the telephone
wires was practically forced to halt.
All of this was caused by the many
Inquiries which poured over the tele
phone wires regarding both the big
battle in New York and the world's
championship hockey game in Mon
treal, Canada.
'Willard wins on points, 10 rounds,"
was repeated by Miss Hazel Anderson,
The Oregonian's telephone operator, be
tween 46 and 49 times each minute for
more than two hours, and when she
was not making that reply she man
aged to get in edgeways: "Canadiens 6,
Uncle Sams 3."
The first news of the fight appeared
on the streets in The Oregonian s
Sport Extra at 7:56 P. M., and every
round in detail was heralded.
The main event started in New York
a few minutes before 10 o'clock, and
40 minutes later the 10th round had
been shot over the Associated Press',
only exclusive direct wire from the
ringside.
Less than 20 minutes after the fight
had ended in Madison-Square Garden
The Oregonian was on the street with
the food for the fans.
Great throngs filled the Waldorf and
Columbia billiard parlors, where the
results by rounds were flashed. Ap
proximately 400 were at the Waldorf,
with about the same number listening
to the megaphone man at the Columbia.
Every bulletin board in the city was
keenly watched.
There was very little betting on the
result in Portland. Some of the foxy
sportsmen were taking the short end
on the blonde , Plttsburger, with the
prevailing odds 2 to 1.- Practically all
of the bets were to be decided on the
Associated Press account of the battle.
There are no decisions given in New
York, and the sportsmen took the most
reliable means of settling the question.
GRIGGS UNDER FED COSTRACT
Vernon Second Sacker Compromises
That He May Be Free Agent.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., March 25. (Spe
cial.) Manager Patterson, of the Ver
non club, said today that Griggs had a
Fed contract calling for another year,
but that he had compromised with the
Wards on the condition that he be made
a free agent. Baum will take up the
question with the barons of the International-
League. He failed to meet
Maier up to late today.
Don Rader and "Swede" Risberg
have cinched the two utility berths of
the Vernon club.
Here is" the way the Tigers will
line up:
Spencer and Whaling, catchers;
Gleichmann, first base; Griggs, second
base; McGaftigan, shortstop: Bates,
third base; Dadley, Ooane and Mattick,
outfielders.
Patterson led his tribe of pennant
chasers through a strenuous workout
today. From 11 o'clock until late in
the afternoon the Bengals did nothing
but work.
Pat is elated over the condition of
his club. He says that the players
are in such good condition that he
will give them a rest tomorrow. A
n:ne-inning game was played this aft
ernoon between the regulars and the
irregulars.
BLl'E MOCXTAIX CXVBS "CNITK
Pendleton, "Weston, Echo and Pilot
Hock in Baseball "League.
PENDLETON. Or., March 25. (Spe
cial.) Plans were formulated for a
four-team Blue Mountain Baseball
League composed of Pendleton, Weston,
Echo and Pilot Rock. The season will
start April 2 with the teams playing
at Weston and Pendleton and is to last
12 weeks.
The officers elected were: D. R.
Wood, Weston, president,; Carl Gil
bert, Echo. vice-president; Newton
Roger, Pilot Rock, secretary; John
Dickson, Pendleton, treasurer.
Ventura Park Club Elect.
A. C. Weinel. 10 East Seventy-second
street, has been elected manager of
the Ventura Park Cubs. E. W. Axson
is treasurer. The nine wants games
after May 1. Its schedule Is filled up
until that time. The team is open to
meet any club. For games address
the manager at his home.
CHAMPION
FIGHT BY
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New
York. March 25. Following is
the story of the Moran-Willard
fight by rounds:
Round One.
Willard jabbed Moran in the face
with a left and the latter retaliated
with three blows to the body, which
Willard blocked. Moran hooked a left
to Willard's Jaw and took three left
jabs to the face in return. Moran
swung his rlgh(. and left, to Willard's
neck and received a. hard right in the
body.
Moran missed a right and went into
a clinch and Willard tore loose and
landed a right and left to the head.
Wiilard smashed him a terrific left in
the face, dazing the challenger. Moran
swung wildly with right and left, but
Willard laughed as he blocked care
fully. Willard's round.
Round Tv4o-
Willard took the aggressive. Moran
came back, the pair exchanging blow
for blow. Moran broke and backed
away. Willard followed Moran slowly
around the ring and drove a right hook
to Moran's eye, and battered him in
the body.
Moran was helpless against Willard
in clinches. The champion staggered
Moran with a left to the face as the
bell rang. Willard's round.
Round Three.
Willard smashed a right into Moran's
body, doubling -Moran up. Moran's
savage swings could not reach Wil
lard's jaw. Willard jabbed Moran with
his left almost at will.' Moran grew
shaky under the punching. Willard
duc-ked two right swings and laughed.
Moran swung a left to the body as the
bell rang. Moran's round.
Round Four,
Villard Jabbed Moran In the
face with two lefts, uppercutting
Moran In 'he body with a right and
left. Moran hooked a left to the body
and a left to Willard's Jaw. Willard
kept jabbing Moran with his long left
and Jarred him with a right to the Jaw.
A terrifi left to Willard's body never
jarred him. Willard split Moran's eye
wide open with a right. Willard's
round.
Round Five.
Willard batted Moran with right and
left uppercuts to the Jaw, and the lat
ter tried to penetrate Willard's guard
with body blows. Moran rushed Wil
lard to the ropes, but the latter closed
Moran's left eye with his jabs. Moran
kept backing away, Willard following,
using his left steadily. Willard's
round.
Round Six.
Willard tore into Moran, battering
him with right and left. Moran smashed
Willard with right and left to the jaw.
Willard uppercut Moran and opened his
eye again with a left Jab. Willard jarred
Moran with a right to the Jaw, up
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FIGHTS COMPARED.
Pugilist's Purse or
Principals Percentage. Gate Receipts.
Johnson - Jeffries . . . . $121,000 $270,775
Willard - Moran 71,250 tl40.000
Johnson - Burns 35,000 97,000
Gans - Nelson 33,500 69,715
Willard - Johnson 35,000 JG8.000
Jeffries - Sharkey 36,465 66,300
Jeffries - Corbett 43.638 63,340
Corbett - McCoy 38,810 , 5,350
McGovern - Erne 26,000 52.000
Nelson - Britt. ' 31,402 48,311
Wolgast - Nelson 20,000 37,000
Gans - Britt 26.000 36,800
Fitzsimmons - Ruhlin 22.000 , 33,000
Nelson - Gans 22,000 32,000
Britt - Corbett 24.989 2,245
Jeffries - Ruhlin 19,250 30,800
Jeffries - Fitzsimmons 22.260 31.800
Britt - Nelson 16,000 28,849
Johnson - Ketchel 21.000 28,000
Nelson - Britt 15.273 27,770
Burns - Squires 13,000 25.600
Corbett - Sullivan 25.000 -
Papke - Ketchel 17,000 22.400
Promoted by Tex Rickard. tEstimated.
HEAVYWEIGHT, WHO RETAINS
JESS WILLARD.
ROUNDS
percut him until he wavered on his
feet. Moran was running away at the
bell. - Willard's round.
Round Seven.
Willard started after Moran like a
wild man tnd beat him all over the
ring. Under the fusillade of blows
Moran was helpless, clinging to Willard
blindly as the blcod poured down his
chest. Willard fought coolly, picking
his openings. White warned Moran
against fouling. Moran ewung- wildly
and, catching Willard on the Jaw,
dazed him for a moment. The pair
were fighting like wild men at the bell.
Willard's round.
Round Eight.
Willard kept Jabbing Moran in the
face with his left and the latter was
bleeding from a number of cuts. Moran
swung two rights to Willard's jaw,
and the champion appeared winded as
he went to his corner. Honors even in
this round.
Round Mnf.
Moran rushed from his corner, land
ing right and left on Willard's neck.
Willard used his left steadily. Moran
scored two swings to the jaw and re
peated. Willard jabbed again and
hooked a right to Moran's ribs. A left
uppercut lifted the challenger off his
feet. Moran swung to the jaw and
Willard uppercut. They were clinched
at the bell. Even.
- Round Ten,
(Final round.) They shook hands.
Willard used his lert jab almost ex
clusively. Moran swung a. right to the
Jaw and left to the boay. Willard bat
tered Moran with rights and lefts, but
the latter came back gamely. Willard
uppercut Moran to the face and. body.
Moran swung, right and left to the
jaw and Willard retaliated.
Willard batted Moran. Willard
caught Moran in a clinch and on the
break was uppercutting with rights and
lefts as the bell rang, terminating the
bout. Willard, according to his sec
onds, broke his hand in the third round.
Weather Handicaps Eugene Team.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
March 25. (Special.) With the close
of today. there ended a week of inac
tivity for the baseball squad, due to
the inclement weather. The first game
of the season is less than a week away.
For the last few days Coach Bezdek
has been giving the men chalk-board
talks on .inside baseball 'and having
the men warm, up in the gymnasium,
but condition is being' lost rapidly.
New 100-Yard Swim Record Made.
NEW YORK. March 25. Hal Voll
mer, of Columbia University, made a
new record In the 100-yard swim to
night at the intercollegiate individual
championships here. His time, 57 3-5
seconds, was three-fifths of a second
faster than his record of a year ago.
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HIS TITLE.
pyrlght by Underwood & Underwood.
FANS CIRCLE GARDE
Police iq Great Force Keep
Cordon Around Fight.
PANIC IS JUST AVERTED
Speculators Heap Harvest From
Lato Arrivals Men and 'Women
in Stylish Garb Forced to Take
Turn in Line With Others.
NEW YORK, March 25. Thousands
of fight-hungry men and women surged
around Madison-Square Garden tonight,
enviously craning their necks to watch
the fraction of their number who were
permitted to enter the historic build
ing. An impenetrable cordon of police,
mounted and on foot, had been thrown
around the garden hours before, and
only those who could show tickets were
permitted to pass. Those who held the
magic pasteboards were formed into
what seemed endless lines, stretching
back from the entrances.
Panic Narrowly Averted.
When the doors were thrown open,
three-quarters of an hour after the ex
pected time, the great throng almost
automatically moved forward. It looked
for a few minutes as if a panic would
result, as hundreds tried to force their
way in at the same time. It was a
good-natured multitude, however, and
the police soon restored order.
Hundreds of stylishly-gowned women
and men in evening dress who arrived
in automobiles were forced to leave
their cars some distance from the gar
den. After struggling through the
packed streets, they had to form In line
with the other ticket-holders.
Speculators Reap Harvest.
Speculators reaped a golden harvest.
None of them appeared on the streets,
but almost every store in the neigh
borhood held its quota of men who
seemed to have plenty of tickets to sell
at two or three times their face value.
Even at the higher prices they found
eager purchasers.
Gustos of applause far back from the
garden heralded the arrival of Willard,
the champion. The cheers became a
sustained roar as the police cleared a
path for his automobile through the
densely packed streets. His great
height made him a conspicuous figure
and identified him -to those who never
had seen him before,
A few moments larer Moran's car ap
peared and he, too, received generous
applause.
Coast League Notes
THE ownership of E. E. ("Lefty")
Owen, young southpaw who started
his baseball career three years ago at
Hughson, a small community Just about
ten miles out of Modesto, is still the
bone of contention between Portland
and Salt Lake.
Bill O'Connor, business manager of
the Bees, is in San Francisco, hot after
President Baum for a final ruling.
"Personally," argued Blankenship the
other day, "I don't See how Portland
can claim title to this pitcher. The
only thing he did was to send a letter
to McCredie in which he expressed the
view that a young pitcher ought to get
at least f.180 per month on the coast.
"I don't consider that as making his
terms- and the fact McCredie sent him
hi3 contract based on the sum men
tioned doesn't make it bindng. I would
like to hold the boy as I consider him
a good prospect, but I don't want to
take him back with me to Salt Lake
unless we can derive some benefits.
So, O'Connor will have a personal talk
with Baum and find out just where we
stand."
Owen accepted terms with the Mc
Credies last Fall as announced in The
Oregonian, exclusively, a few days ago.
Blankenship has about as much chance
of getting his services as a poodle dog
has of out-chawing a wildcat. How
ever, it was nice of Clifford to get
the boy in shape free of charge to
Boss Walter.
Another season and the Salt Lakers
are going to protest vigorously against
so short a trainng season as three
weeks. If the time can't be moved
back a week or so. Salt Lake will ask
for special privileges, on the ground
that it is necessary to take the team
home a week in advance to accustom
the, men to the high altitude and
ground conditions.
The Recruit.
We laugh about the biff recruit.
Each Spring, the teams go 'way.
Because his clothes don't fit him and
He's somewhat of a jay;
We Jeer about his love affair.
We scoff at his cravat.
We kid about the folks at home
And eay his head Is fat.
And when at last he gets sent In
To make a hit, we all
Lie back and roar and hold our sides
To see him miss the ball;
Or If he tries to pitch a game
And fails to find the pan,
We say he's got a yellow streak
And roast him to a man.
And when they send him home again
Because he wouldn't do
We never pause to think that he
May feel a little blue.
There has been considerable rainy
weather at Lake Elsinore, Cal., lately;
in fact, so rainy that the Los Angeles
ballplayers could do nothing but shoot
ducks, and the game warden will not
allow them to do that. The other day
it was raining and Catcher Clarence
Brooks was so disappointed over the
action of the game warden that he
went out into the back yard of he
hotel and fired a volley into a flock
of domesticated ducks Just to relieve
his feelings.
A working agreement has been
hatched up between the Vernon Tigers
and the Vancouver club, of the North
western League, whereby the surplus
Vernon material can be sent to the
Canadian town.
Rain has prevented the Vernon Tigers
from practicing so frequently of late
that Manager "Pa" Patterson has
threatened to obtain the Armory at
Los Angeles to be used in case of a
pinch. The time is drawing too close
to opening day for any loafing on
the Job.
Spot McMurdo, manager of the Hay-
den ball team of the Arizona Copper
League, hit Los Angeles the other day
in search of several ballplayers. None
of the Tigers seem to want to go.
LEAGUE SCHEDULE SET
COMMERCIAL. BALL. TEAM MANA
GERS TO MEET TOMORROW.
Games Will Be Held Only on Saturday
Afternoons and Will Begin
on April 8.
There will be a meeting of the man
agers of the teams in the Commercial
Baseball League tomorrow night at
6:30. The meeting will be held in con
junction with a dinner at 226 Pine
street.
Following Is the schedule of the
league, which will play Saturday after
noon ball only, starting April 8: North
western Electric Company vs. Crane
Company; M. Seller & Co. vs. Wadhams
& Co.; Lang & Co. vs. Blake. McFall
Company; Fleischner, Mayer & Co. vs.
Blumauer-Frank Company.
April 15 Blake vs. Fleischner, Lang
vs. Blumauer, Seller vs. Northwestern,
Wadhams vs. Crane.
April 22 Wadhams vs. Northwestern,
Fleischner vs. Lang, Blake vs. Blu
mauer, Seller vs. Crane.
April 29 Lang vs. Crane, Wadhams
vs. Fleischner, Northwestern vs. Blake,
Selle' vs Blumauer.
Mav -Jtller vs. Fleischner. Blake
vs. Crane. Wadhams vs. Blumauer.
Lang vs. Northwestern.
May 13 Seller vs, Lang, Northwest
ern vs. Blumauer, Fleischner vs. Crane,
Wadhams vs. Blake.
May 20 Crane vs. Blumauer, Blake
vs. Seller, Lang vs. Wadhams, Fleisch
ner vs. Northwestern.
May 27 Blumauer vs. Fleischner,
Blake vs. Lang, Crane vs. Northwest
ern, Seller vs. Wadhams.
June 3 Crane vs. Wadhams, North
western vs. Seller, Blake vs. Fleisch
ner, Blumauer vs. Lang.
June 10 Crane vs. Seller, Blumauer
vs. Blake, Northwestern vs. Wadhams,
Lang vs. Fleischner.
June 17 Blumauer vs. Seller, Blake
vs. Northwestern, Crane vs. Lang,
Fleischner vs. Wadhajs.
June 2i Northwestern vs. Lang, Blu
mauer vs. Wadhams. Fleischner vs.
Seller. Crane vs. Blake.
jujy i Blake vs. Wadhams, Crane
vs. Fleischner, Lang vs. Seller, Blu
mauer vs. Northwestern.
July 8 Northwestern vs. Fleischner,
Wadhams vs. Lang, Blumauer vs.
Crane, Seller vs. Blake.
hageiiIellsTf win
DEFEAT OK M'CARROL, IS IiAIJD TO
BETTER GENERALSHIP.
Seattle Boy "Want to Meet Sommers,
Murray, Trambitas or Egan
at Any Time.
Romeo Hagen, the Seattle baker boy
who boxed Earl Miebus at the Rose
City Athletic Club a while back, writes
a letter to the sporting editor of The
Oregonian which friends of the eccen
tric Seattleite will appreciate. Hagen
knocked out Ray McCarroll, of Dillon,
Mont., Thursday night at Pendleton.
Read the letter for yourself:
Pendleton, Or., March 24, 1916. Sport
ing Editor, The Oregonian, Portland,
Or. Dear Sir: Well, I won last night.
This McCarroll is a good boy. He has
fought Leo Benz to a standstill, but I
tell you I was in shape last night the
best shape that I have been in for the
last four years. I wish that.it had been
a 20-round go and that it had been with
either McFarland or Gibbons. I know
they would have about Jabbed my head
off for a few rounds, but I would have
got to them sooner or later. If I be
have myself I can stand up to any of
them, but I found out that they all go
to the bad unless they take care of
themselves. ....
I know they all go if they get
hit. I only wished that I had been box
ing Billy Murray, Sommers or Tram
bitas last night. The way I felt I am
as sure as I am sitting here writing
this letter I could have beat them.
They got me down to Salem and had me
fight Sommers a no-decision bout, and
Evans was the manager of Sommers
and the promoter. He wa3 lucky to
get a draw, but after the match he
sends telegrams all over the country
that Sommers had the best of me.
You see his game, he wanted to make
Sommers a good card. They will find
Sommers out before long. When I was
in my dressing-room last night I knew
I was going to win. I could feel it.
He pretty near had me in the first
round, and the crowd was hollering to
him to put me out.
I settled down to business and out
figured him and put him out cold for
more than an hour. I want you to
nv t"his for me: Sommers can't lir-k
one side of me. I will fight Sommers. I
Murray, rramoitas, this Egan, from
"torn I
way. I
tiveretl. any nine, uny place, any wi
. . Signed). fiOilEO HAGEN,
WILLARD.WITHHAND
BROKEN, WlilS FIGHT
Champion Uses Left After In
jury in Third Round to
Check Moran's Advances.
VERDICT IS UNANIMOUS
Tex Rickard and His Partner in En
terprise Keallze $50,000 Profit
on Bout Experts Win toy
Moran's Gameness.
NEW YORK, March 23. Jess Willard,
heavyweight champion of the world,
easily outpointed Frank Moran in a 10
round bout here tonight. Willard had,
the better of points in every round ex
cept the third, which went to Moran by
a narrow margin, and the eighth and
ninth, which were even;
The conqueror of Jack Johnson de-
clared he had broken all the bones in
the back of his rig-ht hand during a
slashing rally in the third round, and
It was noticeable that he slid not use
his right to any extent m the later
rounds. Occasionally he uppercutted,
Moran's body and jaw with that hand,
but it lacked the punishing power
shown In his training work.
The chief feature of Moran's battle
was his gameness. Although he could
make no impression on Willard with,
his hardest swings, he fought steadily
and courageously under a hail of left
Jabs and hooks whioh battered his face
and almost closed his left eye toward
the end of the bout. Several times
Moran was dazed by the champion's
smashes, but Willard. fighting with his
usual lack of aggressiveness, did not
appear to try particularly for a knock
out. White Declares Bout Clean.
Referee Charley White said after the.
bout that it was one of the cleanest at
which he ever officiated, and that he
had to caution the boxers only once.
Moran opened hostilities with a light
left to the head, then tried a left to the
body, which was blocked. Willard kept
jabbing with his long right. Moran.
boring in, swung an overhand left high
on the head and then was driven back
by several left jabs and a short right
hook to the ear. Willard held him off
with another straight left and upper
cut with his right. The champion was
cool and grinned at Moran's futile at
tempts to reach his jaw.
Moran worked industriously in tha
second session, boring in and trying to
land overhand swings, either right or
left, while the big fellow Jabbed him
hard and hooked a short right to the
head. Moran found great difficulty in
reaching the champion, but was per
sistent, taking several stiff lefts in the
face, one of which cut his right eye.
Moran Takes Third Round.
The third and only round In which
Moran had the advantage opened with
the Pittsburger landing a hard left on
the body. Willard sent his right with
full force to Moran's ribs and put a.
straight left on the latter's nose. Frank
rushed in again with three swings,
landing his right three times overhand
on the head, but he did not seem to
be hurting the cowboy. Moran then
swung his right to the body. and. rush
ing in again with his head down, swung
his left to the head, following with a
right to the other side of the head.
This was Moran's best round, and af
ter the bout was over his advantage
was explained by Willard's manager,
who declared that the champion had
broken some bones in his right hand
during this round. Willard used his
right occasionally, but not forcibly,
during the next three rounds.
Moran RailieM in Seventh.
In the seventh, after Willard had in
flicted a good deal of punishment on the
challenger, Moran in a wonderful rally
landed his left and four rights in suc
cession on Willard's head and forced
the champion to the ropes at the bell.
Moran's face was covered with blood
from his eye and nose in the eighth
round, but he withstood several hard
Jabs and doggedy kept on boring in on
Willard.
Moran persistently rushed in the
ninth, but several of his swings were
blocked. Jess kept jabbing with his
left, but Moran tore in with a. swinging
right to the body and swung with his
left to the head. Then Willard Jabbed
him at will, but Frank rushed again
and landed two right swings before he
was met with a right uppercut which
forced him against the ropes, from
which he sprang with a high right
swing on the head, finishing the round,
the honors of which again were even.
In the final session the champion
kept working left Jabs to the face,
planting six of these without a return,
although Moran was trying hard to
land an overhand blow. Willard
blocked another rush' and jolted with
right and left as Moran bored in. At.
close quarters Willard sent-a hard
right to the wind and two short lefts
and two rights to the head. Before the
round ended he planted a half-dozen
short-arm blows on Moran's face.
Experts Unanimous In Decision.
The awarding of the bout to Wil
lard on points was virtually unanimous
among the experts about the ringside,
although all gave Moran credit for his
gameness and continual efforts to land
a punch that would bring down his
gigantic opponent.
Among the papers whose representa
tives gave Willard the bout .on points
were the following:
New York Herald, Times, Tribune.
World. Sun. American, Press, Evening
Telegram, Evening Mail. Evening Jour
nal, Telegraph and Philadelphia En
quirer. Promoter Tex Rickard announced
that the gate receipts amounted to
$151,254. Of this amount the state re
ceived 7Vi per cent of the gross re
ceipts, which amounted to $11,344.05.
Willard's share was J 17,500, and
Moran's $23,750.
Tex Rickard and his partner in the
enterprise, Sam McCracken, will clear
close to $50,000 profit on the bout.
Dr. Lewis Morris, who attended the
champion at his hotel, said that Wil
lard had suffered a slight fracture of
the joint at the Index finger of his
right hand early in the fight. He
added, however, that the big fellow
otherwise was in good condition, and
that the Injury to the finger would
not trouble him more than a day or
two.
Waverley Club to Hold Tourney.
The first golf tournament of the
Waverley Country Club for the 1916
season will be held next Saturday on
the club's links. This is the first of
a series of five tourneys arranged for
April by Harry Davis, chairman of the
handicap committee. Saturday's com
petition will be known as a kicker's
tournament.
Clielialis Quint 1Yins Six Out of Ten.
CENTRAL1A, Wash., March 25. (Spe
cial.) WinninK six out of ten games.
the Winloek H.irh School Sasketball
team has cloued its 11'IS season. The
quintet started ifcj season with, only;