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1 WILLARD WINS FIGHT
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, April 2—The history
of the prize ring offers no parallel
of the battle for the world's heavy
weight championship in which Jack
Johnson and Jess Willard will en
gage next Monday at Havana, Cuba.
Big men have fought for this premier
title of sfitiana since the early days
of the eighteenth century but never
through the long list of champions
from James Figg to Jim JefTrles have
two fighters of the physical propor
tions of Willard and Johnson crossed
arms in the roped arena.
Of the champions of modern times
Corbet, Jeffries and Johnson all pass
ed the six foot mark, while Sullivan,
Sharkey and Fitzsimmons were from
one to three inches below this height.
When the negro title holder and his
challenger step into the ring on Eas
ter Monday, Willard will tower six
feet six inches in the air, while John
son will stand five and one-half inch
es below him. Tn weight these fight
ers are also above the ring average .
of the heavyweight class. Willard
will weigh close to 235 pounds, which
will give him an advantage of about
twenty pounds over Johnson in the
clinching and tussling which will
doubtless play an important part in
® the battle.
Next to Jim Jeffries the Goliath of
modern ring times, Johnson is the
biggest man who ever held the title.
Jeffries weighed 220 pounds and stood
six feet, one and one-half inches in
fighting shoes; Johnson is six feet, one
and one-half inches tall, and weighs
about 215 pounds In condition; Jim
Corbett scaled 187 pounds at his best
and was six feet one inch tall; Fitz
simmons was one and one-fourth in
ches shorter and fought at about 170
pounds; Sullivan stood five feet ten
and one-half inches, and fought at
195 pounds; Tom Sharkey was five
► feet nine Inches, and fought his best
" bouts at close to 190 pounds.
] Compared with these past heavy
weight gladiators Willard appears as
a Sampson. Even when ranged a
long side of Johnson the Kansas cow
boy overshadows the negro title hold
. I I rv nlmnot Atroetf r»nlv\t A f nhifoiAfll
measurements. Tn addition to his five
and one-half inches advantage In
height and ten years difference in
age he outweighs Johnson by twenty
pounds. His reach is 83% inches,
against the negro's 70. inches, and
will prove of exceptional value if
I properly used. In all the measure
• ment of trunk and limbs, Willard
, shows an advantage in structure, mus
cle, and chest expansion varying from
two to four inches.
To offset these physical advantages
Johnson has the benefit of ring wis
dom and craft cultivated during his
long career of champion contender and
holder. Just as Willard surpasses
Johnson in every point of physical
make-up the Galveston pugilist ex
cells the Kansas boxer in all depart
ments of the science of giving and
evading glove punishment. With
youth and power ranged against ex
perience and skill, the battle is likely
to develop into a contest in which
ring strategy will equalize brute
strength and courage.
Johnson’s ring assets are well
1 known, but uncertainty clouds Wll
| lard's prospects. In his short per
! iod of active glove battling he has
I never faced an opponent of the pow
f er, skill and experience of Johnson.
? The negro is no physical weakling ev
! en at the age of thrity-eight years,
l and while Willard must be accorded
i
i the advantage here it is likely that
I ttye champion’s offensive and clefen
{ sive skill in both boxing and clinch
I ing will nullify this to a con^derable
I extent. In the closing rounds of the
I battle it is likely that endurance and
J courage will play an Important part.
Willard has shown both these qual
ities, but up to the present time he
has not been noted for aggressiveness
I or boxing ability. Whether he can
I rise to the opportunity will be demon
strated in the supreme test at Ha
vana next Monday. The future
drawing powers of a new champion
towering far above many of his pre
decessors. adds a glamor to the bat
tle which the promoters had in mind
since they began the preliminary ar
rangements some months ago.
That the matchmaking was not with
out its delays is shown by the fact
that if tiie pugilists meet as sched
uled next Monday, eactly six months
will have elapsed since the day Jack
Curley and the other promoters ol
the big bout decided upon securing
Johnson’s signature to the articles of
agreement. The big champion was
In France at that time and Curley
was entnisted with the commission
to go nnd And the Texas negro nnd
secure his endorsement on the arti
cles which had been signed by Wil
lard a day or two previously. The
syndicate which promoted the bout
had picked Willard ns the most prom
ising of the white heavyweights to
take the title from Johnson, and
they still believe the Kansan will
prove the victor.
Curley arrived In Carls, France ear
ly In November, only to find that
Johnson had gone to London, Eng
land. There Curley found him, nnd
after a good deal of persuasion suc
ceeded In securing the champion’s
consent nnd signature. The moment
Johnson Bigned his name to the con
tract, which stipulated that the con
test should be scheduled for twenty
to forty-five rounds, Curley handed
$1,000 to Johnson, which was half
the amount to be allowed him for
traveling and training expenses. This
contract, bearing the date of Novem
ber 16, last assured Johnson that his
end of the purse, shall be paid him
before he enters the ring, and that in
addition Johnson Is to receive one
hnlf of the net amount received from
the moving pictures taken of the con
test.
Curley went back to America and
completed arrangements to hold the
fight on the race track at Juarez,
Mexico, on March 6. Early in Jan
uary Curley received a cable from
Johnson, at Buenos Aires, and Imme
diately wired him $1,000, the other
half of the expense money from New
York, and left for Juarez the day fol
lowing. At thnt time and for sev
eral weeks afterwards Curley be
lieved that the bout would surely take
place at Juarez, but subsequently he
mill iu i iwuiftf <111 urn puiun.
Willard left New York for El Paso,
Texas, early in January, and began
training at the Knnublack ranch, Jan
uary 25, where he remained hard at
work for a month. Meanwhile Cur
ley was disturbed with rumors that
Johnson would not be able to reach
Mexico In time. The negro and his
party arrived at Barbadoes, B. W. T.,
February 8, and sailed from that port
for Cuba three days later. On Feb
ruary 21 Johnson reached Havana,
and kept the wires to Mexico busy
with messages to the effect that he
would not fight at Juarez.
Curley was persistent in his efforts
to bring off the match as scheduled,
and started for Havana, where he
met Johnson on March 3. There he
made arrangements to have the bout
take place in Havana on April 3, but
finally settled every detail for the de
cision of the world's championship at
the Mariano race track next Monday.
In the meantime Willard had broken
up his training camp and started for
I-os Angeles, Cal., but was induced
to return to Texas. He got to El
Paso on March 11, and accompanied
by his managers and handlers, left
for New Orleans enroute to Havana
the same day, arriving in Cuba March
16.
Heavyweight Championship Bouts
Under Queensbury Rules
Sept. 7, 1892, at New Orleans, Ha.,
Jim Corbett knocked out John L. Sul
livan, 21 rounds.
jan> 25, 1894, at Jacksonville, Fla.,
Jim Corbett knocked out Charley
Mitchell, champion of England, in
3 rounds.
March 17, 1894, at Carson City, Nev.,
Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out Jim J
Corbett, 14 rounds.
June #, 1899, at Coney Island, N. I
Y„ J. J. Jeffries knocked out Bob j
Fitzsimmons, 11 rounds.
Nov. 3, 1899, at Coney Island, N.
Y., J. J. Jeffries won from Thomas J.
Sharttey, challenger, 25 rounds.
July 25, 1902, at San Francisco, Cal.,
J. J. Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitz
simmons, challenger, 8 rounds.
August 14, 1903, at San Francisco,
Cal., J. J. Jeffries knocked out J. J.
Corbett, challenger, 10 rounds.
August 26, 1904, at San Francisco,
Cal., J. J. Jeffries knocked out Jack
Munroe, challenger, 2 rounds.
July 3, 1905, J. J. Jeffries, having
previously announced his retirement
officiated as referee at Keno, Nev.,
and declared Marvin Hart champion
when the latter knocked out Jack
Hoot In 12 rounds.
February 23, 1906, at I-os Angeles,
Cal., Tommy Hums won from Mar
vin Hart, 20 rounds.
May 7, 1907, at Bos Angeles, Cal.,
Tommy Burns won from Jack O'Brien
July 4, 1907, at Colma, Cal., Tommy
Burns knocked out Bill Squires, 1
round.
Oec. 26, 1908, at Sydney, Australia,
Jach Johnson, (colored) won from
Tommy Burns, 14 rounds.
Oct. 16, 1909, at Colma, Cal., Jack
Johnson knocked out Stanley Ketch
ell, 12 rounds.
July 4, 1910, at Reno, Nev., Jack
Johnson knocked out J. J. Jeffries,
15 rounds.
July 4, 1912, at Bos Vegas, N. M.,
Jack Johnson won from Jim Flynn,
9 rounds.
June 27, 1914, at Baris, France, Jack
Johnson won from Frank Moran. 20
rounds.
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AUXILIARY HOSPITAL
ESTABLISHED LONDON
LONDON, April 6—So successful has
been the women's military hospital
at Wimmereux, near Bologne, that the
war office has sanctioned another one
of 500 beds for London. Like the
one in France, the new hospital will
be staffed entirely by women, drawing
army pay and army rations. Dr.
Garrett Anderson and Dr. Flora Mur
ray are now making the necessary ar
rangements. These two, as heads
of the Women’s Hospital Corps,
helped to establish the Wimmereux
hospital, besides doing work in Paris
and Bologne hospitals.
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JERSUSALEM SUPPLIES
JERUSALEM, April 6—Business in
Jerusalem and Jaffa is dead, largely
because of the shop supplies connnan
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deered by the Turkish army. Tin
cans are in special demand, as they
are used to transport water to the
troops in the desert. Most of the
English, French and Russian build
ings have been seized, and the beau
tiful French church of St Ann has
tieen turned into a mosque.
LOVERA’S now made in bond be*,
ler than ever—TRY ONE.
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Kinney has a corner ou Cofree.
What we mean is COFFEE, not the
wishy-wishy kind you have been
buying and nicknamed coffee. One
can of Dwight Edwards will convince
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4 CORDOVA, ALASKA
ForJ>ale
Four big groups of fine copper
properties on navigable water on
Prince William Sound. Large
amount of shipping ore In sight on
these properties and ore could be
taken out at once In from two to
three places on each group to help
the expense of opening same up.
Prices and terms reasonable.
S. A. HEMPLE,
Valdez, Alaska.
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The assets were increased One hundred and Thlrty-flvs
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Accident and Sickness Claims of *28,478.00 were paid,
and Death Claims of *33,453.00.
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Total paid to policyholders In 1914 was *116,209.26.
The Company s yearly Income was increased to *416,
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ni.d dividends of *32.661.24 to policyholders—
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tl. n seventeen per cent, over the proceeding year.
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