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THE EYES OF
NINE MEETS WILL BE
STAGED THIS SEASON
: FOR COAST ATHLETES
Columbia Indoor Meet and
Coast Interscholastics Will
Usher fn Spiked Shoe.
P. N. A. GAMES ON JUNE 10
Will B Xa.ture of Kou Festival and
Act a Ty Out fox Par Western
Meet in San Francisco.
' Track and Meld Schedule.
April ,3-10 Pacific Coast In-ter-holastic
meet, San Fran
cisco. : April 13 Annual Indoor meet,
of Columbia university, Port
. land
May78 Pacific Coast Inter
collegiate meet, San Francisco.
May 16-k-Unlversity of Oregon
Interwcholastio meet, Eugene.
(Probable.)
May 22 Portland Inters'cho
lastic meet, Multnomah field.
(Probable.)
May 28-29 Pacific North
west Conference meet, Corval
11s. Or.
June JO Pacific Northwest
association championships (Far
Western tryouts), Multnomah
field.
July. 30-31 Far Western
championships,. San Francisco.
August 7 National Amateur
Athletic union championships,
San Francisco.
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By George Bertz.
In ix weelts the spiked shoe athlete
will make his bow, to be with us for a
period of several months. The first
meet on the local calendar is the annual
Indoor gathering at the Columbia uni
versity coliseum, on Saturday, April 10.
Tbjs meet Is fast becoming one of the
' largest Indoor events held in the entire
west, and entries are expected this sea
son from the University of Washing
ton, Seattle Athletic club, Washington
State college. Whitman college. Uni
versity of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural
college, Multnomah club and the vari
ous high schools in anJ near Portland,
v The results of the FaiHlc Coast In
terscholastic championships, which will
te staged In San Francisco April 9 and
10, will be awaited with interest by
the local track; and field followers. On
account of the meet being held so early
In the season, there is little likelihood
of any local athletes entering. The Ifi
cal coaches barely get their proteges In
action by the 1st of April.
During the latter part of April a
number of dual meets between the
northwestern colleges will be staged.
Practically all of the northwest col
leges will enter teams in the Pacific
coast championship events to bo staged
In San Francisco, May 7 and 8. May
28 and 29 th9 teams will be seen In
action at Cor".Jlis, Or., when the an
nual northwe! intercollegiate cham
pionship will b decided.
Although no definite dates have been
announced for the state-arid local inter
Bcholastic meets, It is expected that the
University of Oregon will hold its meet
May 15. The Portland Interscholastic
league meeting will be held either May
22 or 29. Dr. Stewart, of the Oregon
Agricultural college, has not decided
whether he will stage a meet for the
scholastic students this season.
On Big Meet Assured.
The annual Pacific Northwest asso
ciation meet protpises to be the big
gest held in the northwest sines 1909,
when the Amateur Athletic Union meet
wag staged, in Seattle, during tha A-Y-P.
fair. This meet will probably be
held June 10, the second day of the
1915 Rose Festival. Athletes from all
clubs of the P. N. A. will be entered In
this meet, and the winners In the vari
ous events will represent the P. N. A.
In the far western championships, to be
held In San Francisco, July 30 and 31.
T. Morris Dunne, secretary of the P
N. A., received word from J. J. Mc
Govern. director of athletics of the ex
position, to the effect that the Western
association, which has Us headquarters
In. Kansas City, is anxious to enter the
far western competition. The Western
association promises to send 60 men W
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.new; fabrics, both foreign and domestic;
see the new colorings in tartans and
tripes, the new Glen Urquhart plaids.
' The Suit You'll Want at $18 to $35
"Multnomah" Hat The Best, at $3
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The Men's Shop for
Quality and Service
PORTLAND'S BASEBALL PUBLIC WILL BE TURNED ON THE
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Four Games in Schedule 11 J rxS'S.1 ftf ! VZLsA N ' 'l J
I From Tuesday to Satur- A, f fVJ Ovl fel "
University of Oregon. Eupene. Or.,
Feb. 27 Basketball after this weelr
will be securely laid away and live
only around the fireside until the 1916
team is a reality. The final week,
however, is crowded with imoortanee.
Tuesday niht Captain Boylen and
four teammates will play Washington
State here; Wednesday night the Illi
nois Athletic club team will stop In
Eugene and clash with Oregon's five;
Friday night "Doc" Stewart will be
here for the third game in the O. A.
C.-Oregon series for the championship
of the state", Saturday night Bezdek
and his men will wind up the season
In Corvallis.
Washington State has already defeat
ed Oregon this season and should re
peat. A student in talking to Bezdek
yesterday expressed the opinion that
Oregon migfTt beat the Washington
Aggies, and Bezdek replied: "Yes, and
they might beat us." The dope points
Washington's way.
The Illinois club has been playing all
comers on Its trip across the conti
nent and has been tucking away the
majority of its games. However, it
has been defeated, the Y. M. C. A.
team of Oakland, Cal., turning the
trick last wek. A great deal of in
terest has been attracted by the game
because of the opportunity to watch
the different styles of th west and
middle west.
the fair, provided they can enter the
meet.
Following the far western meet, the
senior Amateur Athletic Union cham
pionships will be decided. Athletes
from all parts of the United States, in
cluding a great number of men who
have won honors for the United States
in the various Olympic games, will con
test for the titles.
Mor Interest than ever Is being dis
played in the various meets scheduler"
to be held this season, and it Is ex
pected that the crowds will also be
larger at the various local high school
and college meets.
James Bach, athletic director of Co
lumbia university, may decide- to hold
a modified marathon on April' 10, the
date of the indoor meet. At present
the roads are In such a bad condition
that It is Impossible to say whether ft
would b possible to run such an event.
At the meeting of the chairmen of
the records comm'ittees of the coast
branches of the , Amateur Athletic
Union last summer the records made in
the Columbia meets were adopted as
the Pacific coast Indoor dirt track rec
ords. The marks set up in the 50 yard
dash, B0 yard high hurdles, 220 yard
dash, 440 yard run, 1 mile run, pole
vault, broad Jump, half mile and mile
relays are the best made in this event
on any indoor track on the coast. The
record in the 880 yard event Is two
fifths of a second behind the best
coast mark.
NEW
Northwest Corner
Third and Morrison
THE ; OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL. PORIXA
THESE PROMINENT MEN WILL CONTROL MULTNOMAH
iuu in . if. .ut ..LJfr7 -v . l iJjl I L-xzL-J U1I7, , J L
The Multnomah Amateur Athletic club committee chairmen, whose appointments by President Ralph "W. Wilbur were ratified at the
meeting of the 'joard of directors last Monday night. They are: 1 H. H. Herd man Jr., educational; 2 John A. Lee, walk
ing; 3 "William Walters, billiards; 4 O. B. Coldwell, property; 6 A. A. Allen, swimming; 6 A. H. Allen, entertainment; 7
Martin Pratt, football; 8 George Bertz, records; 9 G. Seaton Taylor, gymnasium; 10 Park Myers, baseball; 11 Dow V. Walk
er, superintendent; 12 Sam Luders, library; 13 A. D. Wakeman, tennis; 14 S. S. Humphreys, bowling; 15 W. A. Kearns,
hockey; 16 Ralph W. Wilbur, president; 17 F. E. Harmer, boxing and wrestling; 18 William Hussey, house; 19 Harry Fisch
er, basketball; 20 A. M. Ellsworth, member of the finance committee; 21 A. D. Katz, Turkish bath; 22 Edgar E. Frank,
grounds; 23 Ben Reisland, handball; 24 F. W. Hild, finance; 25 A. E. McKenzie, association football; 26 Martin Hawkins,
track and field, and 27 J. Sherman O'Gorman, squash.
EMU
REVOLVER SHOT OF
PORTLAND'S SQUAD
Finishes Up Season of 1914
15 With Splendid Average
of 225 5-7 in 21 Matches.
George W. Wilson was high man In
the Portland Revolver club ranks dur
ing the 1914-1915 season of the United
States Indoor Revolver tournament.
With an average of 225 5-7. R. H.
Craddock was second high shooter
with the mark of 219 8-19.
The Portrand club will finish the
tournament with 17 victories and 4
defeats, according to unofficial fig
ures received from Sec'y. J. B. Crabtree.
The success of the team in this sea
son's league was very gratifying to
the club members considering the fact
that the club was handicapped during
the early part of the season on ac
count of having no range.
A couple of Portland's best shots
were unable: to shoot this year, but it
Is expected that they will turn out
next season. The Portland team won
the championship during the 1812-1913
season.
The high team score during the pres
ent season was 1124, which was made
in the match against the Spokane,
Wash., team. The individual high
score was 238, made by George Wil
son. Captain Moore made the second
high score of 235.
The averages of the shooters are:
George W. Wilson 225 6-7
R. H. Craddock ...222 5-18
Captain T. J. Moore 219 9-19
ML Abraham 214 8- 9
I K. Evans 212 2- 3
S. J. Clifford 211 10-21
W. H. Hubbard 211 2-21
R. F. Prescott 210 6- 7
Roger Newhall 210 15-1"
D. Goodell 207 1-7
C. Hood 193 3-14
MANHATTAN SHIRTS
GEORG
LSON
HIGH
Portland's financial receipts will be boosted some $5000 this year
by the action of Judge W. W. McCredie In purchasing all of his rail
road tickets in Portland instead of In the California towns, as has been
the custom. It will cost that amount in tickets alone to transport the
team around the newly formed circuit. In the old circuit the cost of
transportation was about $3000.
Heretofore Manager Walter McCredie has purchased the tickets
wherever he happened to be and the credit has all gone to the outside
offices. In the future Judge McCredie will purchase the tickets from
either the Southern Pacific or the O-W. R. & N. as the case may be,
and have them telegraphed to Manager Mac. Th O-W. R. & N. cuts
Into the Coast league business for -the first time. Coast teams will
make 15 round trips to Salt Lake and the Mormons will make fire
trips to the coast. Each trip will contain 20 men on an average. The
distance going and coming is about 1700 miles and the aggregate num
ber of players 400. It will be seen, therefore, that the acquisition of
the Utah metropolis means quite a thing to the railroads.
'VV V V V if if V if V V if V
Six Portland baseball players and the war correspondents will leave
tonight at 8:15 o'clock for the Beaver training camp at Fresno, Cal.,
where they will put in the next month at hard labor. The players
are Gus Fisher, Walter Doane, Ty Lober, Rube Evans, Pat Callahan
and George Naughton. They will stop in San Francisco Tuesday to
give the fair the double 0 and leave that night for the training camp.
From the looks of things the players will all be on hand by March 3.
R. A. Cronin, sporting editor of The Journal, will cover the series for
The Journal readers.
Judge McCredie yesterday received the contract of George Stump.
(He has learned to spell it that way himself, although in Italy it is
Stumpf). The Beaver magnate also received the papers from Atlanta
transferring Roy Moran to Atlanta and George Kircher to Portland.
Judge McCredie has heen making Inquiries about Al Bartholemy,
the young Piedmont catcher, since Dan Murray will be out of the
game. The judge will recommend Bartholemy to Nephew Walter for
a trial and he may be asked to Join the Beavers in the south. How
ever, if McCredie secured Johnny Bassler from Cleveland, there will be
no chance for the hard hitting Portland boy this year.
:J
Two California college teams are disputing over the March 6 and
7 dates with the Beavers at Fresno. Both St. Mary's and Santa Clara
claim to have the date and have written Judge McCredie. who lias told
them to telephone Walter Mao at Fresno. A compromise may be
reached by giving the disappointed team the dates of March 19 and 20.
BROKEN , BOARD
PUTS AN END TO
SHEFS CAREER
Best Known of AH Athletes
Will Have to Retire From
Athletics.
A broken board in the Indoor running
track of the Madison Square Garden
put an end to the wonderful career of
Mel Sheppard. Thua'a mechanical de
fect accomplished what Father Time
was unable to do In 13 years.
Sheppard was the best known of all
track athletes, and spectacular always
even to the crushing fall that
marked his passing from the gam.
His lonar career Is one sparkllngr scin
tillation. It requires a safe deposit
vault to store his Immense number
of medals, trophies, etc; .His name
and victories will always live.
For three years, 1910, 1911 and 1912.
he was practically unbeatable. Dur
ing that time he created no less than
twelve world's records. He held
championships in several countries,
and won the world's admiration and
applause at London during the
Olympic games of 1910 by victories
over the greatest runners of the
time.; He cored 11 points alone,
and won the two "main events," the
800 and 1600-meter races, establish
ing Olympian ' records at the sanaa
time.
Sheppard retires with three world's
records under his same. The marks
fof" 600 yards (1m. 10 4-5 a.), 500 yards
NO, SUNDAY . MORNING.
AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB DEPARTMENTS THIS YEAR
(67 -6s.), and the 1000 yards (Sm.
13 2-6s.)
"Peerless Mel" was born at Almon
esson Lake, New Jersey, and la now
32 years of age. He is a careless,
good natured fellow and very frank.
He never trained any too much. It
wasn't necessary, maybe he was con
sidered the greatest natural runner
that the world has ever seen.
P. S. But if you have tears to shed
prepare to save them now. Don't be
surprised If you see him kicking cin
ders In ambitious eyes one more.
Sailor Petroskey Is
Through in Ring;
Would Guard Expo
San Francisco. Cal.. Feb. ST.
Sailor Ed Petroskey has de-
serted the ring for good and
will be a guard at the Panama-
Pacific exposition. 4
4 The former prizefighter will
be seen in a brand new khaki
uniform, swinging a swagger-
stick, in a few days, it was an-
nounced . by the heads of the
guards today.
i He appeared at the recruiting
office last night and asked for
a job, presenting his papers ,
showing an honorable discharge
from the navy.- It was not un-
til then that hU Identity was
disclosed.
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Big Billiard Parlors.
The Sweeney-Huston .billiard room
in Detroit Includes 64 billiard tables
and 24 bowling alleys in Its equipment.
FEBRUARY 28, 1915.
FRESNO CAMP
TRAP SWEEPSTAKES
FEATURE EVENT FOR
Number of Scatter Gun Ex
perts From Nearby Towns
Will Participate in Meet.
Optional sweepstakes are scheduled
to be staged at the traps of th Port
land Gun club at Jenne station today.
The program, which will be arranged
by Superintendent Matthews, will con
sist of a number of 16 bird events. A
number of trap shooters of Vancouver
and other nearby towns are expected
to participate in the events.
The shoot In honor of Fred Gilbert,
one of the best known professional
trap shooters in the United States, will
be held on the club grounds Sunday,
March 21. A special prize donated by
the DuPont Powder company, will be
awarded to th winner .......
will -be a handicap affair and close
Buuoiers wm iiKely take their
places at the traps.
A. tournament fnr th. Dv,
the club will be staged the following
uunuajr . x i cBicium niveraing, who is
at the hot sprint? vet. v
lous to make this shoot a big success.
, As the result of the growing In
terest In clav bird ihnntin -
ffc iui
fair sex. it is likely that the directors
wm. iu. uuu win arrange for a number
of special events for the women. Be
tween six and 10 women shooters shoot
every Sunday and as soon as the
weather improves more women will
likely take up the sport.
The Newberg Rod and Gun club" held
Si.mKeichndlsa noot n Washington's
birthday. A high wind made it lmpos-
iirJ0e h hooter register high
ThJ eI;, TCD Pri"a wer """ributed.
Nelson. The scores, 25 possible A. M.
Oavls 21; Fred Klncaid. 20; W. Mc-J-
Hollingsworta, 19; Dar-
16. John Barcroft, 16; A. Nelson, 15; K
Duncan, 14; W. K. Anderson. 1 4 ; O
?i"x& C Bottom. : D. Coulson.
Uttlefleld. 9, and E. Nelson, 7.
iJI0t,Ce .? mrch5M shoots and
items of Interest of the various gun
club, of th. state will b. pr?n?ed In
Coach Ten Eyck
Tells of Rowing
Coach Jim Ten Eyck, the veteran
rowing Instructor -of Syracuse univer
sity oarsmen, recently, in talking to
fr'"hmcn cpw candidates, said:
When I first began to row. the shells
did not have the sliding seats. In
stead, we nad leather sewed to the seat
Of our rowino- trunks ant .
placed on the smooth boards which
ir seat in tne boat. loiter on
soapstone replaced the board, because
it was found that this was easier to
slMe over than the board. When the
lard had been worn away, as it most
elwava was h.fnra (h ntso t
lshed, there was too much friction for.
Kuuu.rowing. . . . t
Some one finally hit upon the bright
Idea, of having the oarsman sit on a
seat that would move back and forth
on -rollers. The whole idea of such an
arrangement Is that the man mov k.
all' parts of the stroke in position to
put in. greatest amount orjmll on the
oar. By this means he has not to reach
so far forward wr-en atirtlnv ih.
and does not hav to strain so tar back
to get tne same amount of work."
TEAMS UNITE FOR SERIES
-The three leading colleges of south
ern California, University f Southern
California, Occidental and Pomona,
have united to bring . the University
diamonds for a series of games on S
March 4, S and.O. 1
PORTLAND GUN CLUB
FOR REST OF
AEMORY CHAMPS
TO DEFEND THEIR
TITLES MARCH 11
Athletic Committee Arranges
for Inter-Company Meet;
Parslow Suspended.
The first inter-company boxing meet
for the championship of the Third In
fantry of the Oregon National Guard
will be staged in the Armory at Tenth
and Couch streets on Thursday night,
March 11. 1
The athletic committee of th. Ar
mory Amateur Athletic association re
cently awarded championship belts to
boxers in the various weight classes
and the holders of these -must meet
all comers, in their respective classes.
"Parley"' Parslow, who was named
as the title holder in the welterweight
class, has bejen suspended by the ath
letic committee for appearing in an
unsanctioned meet. Oscar Carlson has
been awarded the vacant champion
ship. George Hansen, captain of the Jeffer
son high school wrestling squad, and
a member of the Multnomah Amateur
Athletlo club grappling team, has been
awarded the middleweight wrestling
championship of the Armory and he
will defend his title March ill
The boxers, who will defend their
titles, are: Oscar Carlson, 146 pounds;
Jack Allen, 135 pounds; . Shea, 126
pounds, and Drlscoll, 116 pounds.
The boxing events are:
160 pound class Somm.rs vs. op
ponent to be selected.
146 pound class Oscar Carlson, Co.
E, vs. Harry Hansen,' Co. C.
135 pound class Jack Allen. Co. F,
vs. Jim sommervllle, Co. C
125 pound 'class Shea, Co. D, vs.
Owens, Co. II.
116 pound class Drlscoll, Co. H, vs.
Gardner, Co. F.
Sargeant Dunn, the Armory trainer,
claims that all the boys will be in good
shape when they enter the ring,
OREGON SOCCER
TEAM TO PLAY
M. A. A. C. MEN
Professor Dyment's Pupils
Suggest March 6 and 13
For Games.
University of Oregon, Eugene, Or.,
Feb. 27. A ray of hope came for soc
cer football at Oregon this week When
the student body authorized the execu
tive committee of the associated stu
dents to accept Multnomah Athletic
club's proposition of Portland and Eu
gene soccer games this season for the
state championship. The soccer squad
under Coach Colin V. Dyment, a f or
mer Multnomah club man, and Cap
tain Heal Ford has been practicing for
five months and It seemed that all
the possible games, one by one, had
been killed.
The offer made by the Multnomah
club through its soccer chairman, A.
E. Mackenzie, was for home and home
games with guarantees of 685, each
team to keep the receipts from its own
gates. A letter has been written
Chairman Mackenzie suggesting March
8 as the Portland date and March IS
as the Eugene date.
"In case of a game Multnomah elub
should beat the Oregon team five to
nothing," said Coach Dyment today.
"With men like young Leonard ' and
Mackie, Multnomah Is strong.
"However, the Oregon boys havs
practised hard and faithfully and
should give a good account of them
selves."
Soccer was introduced here last year
by Professor Dyment and a team
formed which played Columbia uni
versity of Portland two tie games. Co
lumbia had already won the Portland
Inter-scholastic championship.
McCredie May Land
Johnny Bassler to
Replace D, Murray
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb.. if.
Johnny Bassler, the Cleveland
catcher whom - Frank Dillon
tried to get, may be wearing a
-. Portland uniform . this year.
McCredie today stated he was
after Bassler. Portland has a ...
working agreement with the
Cleveland club and McCredie al-
.ready has asked for the young-
s;ter. The Cleveland manage-
rrtent said they did not want to
turn him over to the Beavers
for another month, as they need -
a number of catchers during
spring training. McCredie tried ;
-to make a deal with the Angels
for "Dutch" Hoffman, but Tom
Darmody would not consider it. :
Lacrosse Xeagn PlaamedL-iH'
can itbdcuw bit wunm iicroa.g
games this spring as a three-team
league Is being talked of.
THE. MONTH
J. WILLARD CATCHES
THE CRITICAL OPTIC OF
ONE GOTHAM EXPERT
t
Big Cowboy Doesn't u Know
How Hard He Can Hit but
He Will Cut Loose..
M'GOORTY MEETS GIBBONS
Fhantom Mike Will 2Zav. Caance . to
XTov. h. Was Sick Whtn BXet
Oshkosh Man Before.'
CompaTatlr. 3M.asiuom.ats or
Johnson and Wlllard. . -
Jack Johnson 'v Jens Wlllard
37 years ., Age.... 27 years
210 pounds .Weight. 220 pounds'
. 6 ft. in. , .Height. . . 6 ft. in.
76 in. Beach. ... 83H Jrt. '
iJ.7 in. ?r.-i . .Neck. . .. 17ft In.
w in. .....ciiceps is in. -
13tt in. ...Forearm..... 16 in,
8 In. ..Wrist 81; In.
3la In. Chest (normal) 44V in.
47 in. ...Chest (exp.). 47 ln.,'.
26 in. .Waist 87 In.
2 In Thigh...... 26 In..
IB in .Calf.,.,.. 17 in.
'A In. Ankle 10 In.
I)y Ringside. . :-. .
New Tork, Feb. 27. Assuming once
more that Johnson and Wlllard ate per
mitted to so through with their 48
rouna manoeuvres at Juares or Havana,
or somewhere. It behooves us to place
before the boxing Jury convincing evi
dence to show that Jeas Wlllard has an
even chanc. of defeating Jack Johnson,
thereby regaining for the Caucasian
rac. the world's heavyweight crown,
which has been tilted from Johnson's
Alabaster brow since that memorial
aay or December 26, 1908, when John
son beat little Tommy Burns into sub
mission in 14 rounds in faraway Aus
tralia. Casual followers of matters pugilis
tic have scoffed at Big Jess' ability to
cope with the one. mighty Senegam
bian. W. herewith produce som. faoti
that seem to giv. th. giant Kansas
cowpuncher at least an even chance
wiin trie maauro champion.
Th. more salient facts are these:
Wlllard is 10 years younger, and is
generally accreditedwlth being able to
deliver a more powerful blow than
Johnson. Also Jess weighs 20 pounds
more than the black; but whether this
will be an advantag. or a detriment.
remains to do seen. -
He's Half Toot Taller.
Then, again. Wlllard tower, umi.
thing like 6 Inches above Johnson,
who is no lllliputlan, and the while boy
tuurmoui reach of 83 V4 inches,
as compared to Johnson's J76 Inches.
Delving stlli farther Into tho dope,'
Wlllard has never been knocked out, or
even unocKM down during a ring en
counter, while Johnson has sensed a
knockout. Any one that ' has ever
caved in under a sleep-inducing wallop
will tell that they never overcome the
apprehension of suffering another
knockout. .'
While the class of opposition Wlllard
has confronted during his few Years, in
the ring has been only mediocre, it is,
nevertheless, a noteworthy fact that h.
has knocked out 27 of his last 28 op
ponents. ' ;.i
It is aiso'a fact that Wlllard does not
know his own strength. He h killed
one man with a punch, "Bull" Young
being the unfortunate victim of 'Wll
lard' death dealing right uppercnt, th
uiuw wim wnicn jess hopes to beat
Johnson.
Wlllard has every natural advantage,
but Is sadly lacking In three essentials
experience, generalship and ' skill.
And these are th factors ' that, may
cost him the fight.
WUlard's Battle XUau '
Th. attenuated Wlllard,. before Jeav.
Ing for the battleground,, mapped out
his plan of campaign to th writer.
Said Jess: ,
"Vou can rest assured that I sm not
goings to fight Johnson th way the
other white lads have been accustomed
to tackling him, Jim Flynn, Frank
Moran, and even thjj. late Stanley
Ketchel made th. mistake of rushing
the colored fellow early in th fight:
Jack Is a master boxer, and permitted
h 1 1 1 m in mrmam IK.n...!.. ..... . J
" t iHviM.ciTEB vuk, una
then, they would be easy picking for
him.
I Intend to make Johnson com "to
m at the beginning of the battle. I
will wear him down with solid left Jabs
that will put him into a position for
me to score easily with my right up
percut. I do not think h will last
mor than 26 rounds. ' .. ,
"I hav fought Johnson before, but
only in exhibition bouts. He tried hard
to knock me out, but failed utterly. Jf
h couldn't put m away, or oven knock
me down, when 1 was only a mr nor
ice, it Js quite Unlikely that he is ca-
paoi ot turning tn trick now, so
many years after. . . '
Ait tfviuMun Aarcu -
"It Is with regret that I must recall
in xoung incident. I am sorry it hap
pened, but I ean assure you that; I did
not deal him my hardest blow. But 1
cannot afford to Jet my hitting powers
interfere with my chance of, winning
th. title. I will hit Johnson as hard as
i pussiisiy- can, rcgarutes oi in con.
sequences." . ,
Wlllard say he will depend chiefly"
on his terrific right uppercut to bring
Johnson down. Jess as a faculty of
stepping quickly Inside of a left Jab and
lift hi right to the head or body, -It
was this blow, which traveled les than
two feet, that settled Young. Jes sel
dom used the blow In training- bouts.
mr iw oi uuruui aim sparring; part
ners. .
The backers of Wlllard point to the
fact that Johnson has tivw met a man
or m six. ox jess; ana tney y that
th. sight of such a fellow in front of
him wilt Intimidate Johnson. WUlard's
gameness ha never been thoroughly
tested, but it will surely be given a
ver inai next eaturaay arternoon.
In short, Wlllard' chanc for victory
lies in his stamina and his man-killing
punch.' Johnson will b there with all
his vaunted cleverness and his smash
ing right uppercut, and it will be a
battls worth seeing, if all 1 on th
"Up-and-Up." , Vr ,v . . - . .'
A' battle, th cominer week of much
iiiiiMrianc win oe mat between Alive
Gibbons and Kddle McGoorty, th mid
dleweight arch rivals. These two lead
ing disputants of the 168 pound su
premacy will mlngl. for 10 rounds at
Hudson, Wis., on Tuesday evening,
March "