Show WILLARD THE MOST LUCKY OF ALL THE CHAMPIONS Wealthy healthy and Undefeated catel He lIe Still Poses as the Mighty I- I King of the Ring Ring And And Y l' lct et ct He We Has lIas On Only I Defended His lis Crown Once in Unsatisfactory Round 10 Bout f B BY B luk S v J L OOK OVER n the list lisl of all the former hig hi champions John Joh i o L. L Sullivan Sulli Jim Corbett Bo Bob Fitzsimmons Jim Jiul Jim Jeffries Tommy Burns and tind lack Jack Johnson They all nIl fought and gallantly defended their theil exulted crowns in ill more more or lc less s smelling gruelling hattle bailies hut but were nil all finally dc- dc ill in iii the end of t their pugilistic ili tic career None Notie of or them was lucky to 10 o retire i-etire unbeaten ly ii if these ranil g o old gladiators hall hail adopted the side stepping tactics tactic's of Je less Jess Willard and md tinned down nil alt they ther might also have ha escaped defeat and made intuIt considerable money on Oil their Hun tion as ae showmen li circus Hut But the thc theold or 01 promoter old oM ring rio s were vere teal leal fi lighters fighters and built up tip fine honorable pugilistic records that never will vill willor be fo forgotten or overlooked kd by hy of fans to tu come cume I 5 muni W 5 noi nUL DOrn With a 1 sliver sUver spoon In hits hid mouth but hos ho's b being inK more moro fortunate than man many men who have hae come como Into this world surrounded b by li luxury tur and gold old For man many years earM he knocked ed around tho the world a as a a. cowpuncher and In other tough occupations occupation battling hard for a mere existence until finally ho holan lan landed ed in tho the ring In I 1911 It took four strenuous years o of hard harl combatIng combating combating combat combat- ing for tor him to to get Pt to u thin the c front but buthe buthe he lie finally g got t there ther b by hard struggling struggling gling after suffering mati many privations and ami dl disappointments S I But how soon this mighty might physical monstrosity for forgot ot his friends and hard struggles lOR after aCtor he became th the worlds world's heavyweight hea champion How soon ho loj lo lost t all aH desire deslie to combat a again ain But he introduced a new Idea Into inlo th the game ame and has stuck to lo It 11 for tor almost almot three years yea s. Ho lIe probably probably ahl ably wants ants to lo go W down Into ring hl history hula his tOl tory a R as the champion That's cert certainly a now Idea In but Its It's not a aery very ery popular one and will lIl cr never work ork old oM ho boy Jes Jess You mu must t defend your title or abdicate within a few fc short hort moons We must t have hn-c a fearless carles fighting champion to toh h help lp tho the grand old sport spoil along alon not nol a 3 slacker 1 a c Ic e r. r t Ch The rhe following item 1 from Crom lh New NewYork NewYork c. York Sun shows how hoT the th tide I H is turning turn turn- Ing Ins against mard Yes old od scout Io 11 t I Its It's either cither fight tight or get out now So SoI why not wake up to this fact I Jess Willard ls Is the lone champion In the history of or pugilism I When hn he refused to lo box In Madison Square Oard Garden n. n he explained that ho expected to lo take t part In ser several ral contests contests con- con I tests in Texan It II appears that he is not nOl wanted as aR a boxer In Texas th thI the I united war W ar workers In the Lone Lono Star tate state refusing to have ha anything to do with him The They served notice on oui him that If It ho he boxed at all In thet state stat It to t take lake kc place in some military tamp camp before the soldiers rs f H 1 rf 11 ft th rt A 1 I n i I. I v u emphasis that they did lid not de desire lre Wilhard's Wil- Wil 11 lards lard's presence In their camps From which It would app appear al' al that 1 will have c to lo return to his farm or else join a circus First lIe FIrst He was born with a 3 pr pi-odi- that finally made mado him hima a famous amoul world beate Second Second Second-He H fell Cell into an outdoor pure air all life a as a n which developed his strength and stamina Third Third lIe He was luck lucky hucky in entering the therin rin ring at a 3 cr very fortunate period when ton round bouts bouta or e exhibitions are arc considered cr d real battles instead o 0 o finished fin fin- In- In mills Fourth lIe Fourth He was luck lucky never hover to lo get cl knocked out not out not even en floored during durin his whole career FI Fifth Fifth lh-He lh He was fortunate Indeed to tofal tofal fal Into the thc hands of ot tho th shrewdest promoters promoter promoter promoter-cra crat crafty diplomats who le led J him so successfully 1 to win in tho the thoI I championship The They not net only onh steered him right but financed him when ho he I was brol broke broko e lIe He couldn't have o accomplished pushed he tho the task ask without their coin and wisdom combined A Van II aM Lucks Luck Indeed Sixth Sixth lie He was luck lucky indeed to Ret got t Jack Johnson when th the big negro was wason as ason on tho shown down grade rade from too much luxury lux lox ur ury an and dl dissipation Had Jess Jes fought the black f fellow fallow ow 1 tho the day he knocked out Jim Jun Jeffries at Reno neno It might have ha been a different story tor and not such a luck lucky one for tor Willard Seventh Good Seventh Good fortune fortuno favored ta tho the physical on Il monster ter In reigning In a time when there were sere no such tI fighters as Jeffries FlU Corbett Shark Sharkey Shar- Shar k key y or e even en n Kid I 1 Iwonder Iwonder wonder how Joss Jess would have hao figured with ith this great at bunch In their prime VIllard VIllard I Is lucky In corralling corral corral- ling a big fat bankroll which he lie has Invested ostell so well and carefully In oil all wells ell an and real estate Ninth Ninth- The Thc The big fellow Is lucky l lo he c a aou does ou not fight tight Jack Dempsey or there would h be he a new ness champion proclaimed for Jess Jean has certainly gone back at least 0 0 per cent In hi his milling fulling He's Hes too fat rat and WI pond ponderous rou to ever eter get gel t into real ral fighting condition again In m my opinion Tenth Tenth Willard Willard Is fortunate that Uncle Sam didn't draft him Into th the lUlU army and send him to tu the front trenches a as a bl big shining mark for foi forth th Ihu th Hun sharpshooters Y Yes 8 Jess Jesa It Jf inthe th the tho l luckiest t champion 1 J ever knew and he ha better r retire graceI grace brace I I tull fully before the rising storm a against aln t thim I him bun kicks him him into obscurity ChamI Cham- Cham I have ha no divine Jl right to rule rule- I They must mUM tI fight ht or step down an ani out Theres There's no autocracy In ini tl lIana Its It's absolutely a sport of ot democracy Mr VIllard Will Retire I Ba Darling t ii g Lay Lc I n sIc y pos po positively I t I vel y an anI announced announced an- an I after being knocked out b i Jack Dempsey In Philadelphia recently that he had ought fought his last tight fight I ht am tnt would never nC enter the ring again ag BuBat's Bu Bats Bat's restless hustling manager cr Dan Dai Morgan f I wouldn't listen to his pe heavyweight weight ht retiring So J i ion Ion i ion on on on the job a- a again In according to his manager manager man man- ager asel an and I guess ue what hat Dan sa says saya goes goe R fI us tho tl er very clever er Hebrew boxer wll 1 shortly m meet et Jim Coffey Corter at Cleveland In a n. n bout hout staged b by that great promo- promo tor tar Malt Iatt Hinkle who vho has been workIng work work- tag Ing like hike a beaver for tho the united wa 3 campaign fund Mr Ir Hinkle Is tin tilt I chairman for the Iho tate state of at Ohio In tilt big bib sport drive for the tho IK lJ Is Iu staging stag some come corking boxing show sho In iii hl lila his part of ot the country countr that wt greatly help tho the goO good CaU cause along alone wit another million or DO so o. o Ohio has al always al a- ways as been a great place for or th thi nl ml art It has hal turned out man many boxers and and a. a few tew champions champlon such uch a a aI Jim Jeffries and Johnny Johnn Kilbane to fo I example and will now no do her bit fo to the big drive I IThe The walloping Fred Fulton gave c a Willie Wil 1111 Willie lie Median out In San Francl Francisco co other c evening shows sho that the lank lank- pla plasterer ter r Is still a Ills 1135 deI decisive doI de do- I over O Median will I him to the front a again aln and get get et him luau a a. r turn match malch with Dempsey I I There Is no reason wh why Jack I not gi gh e a Fred another chance hanco In tin the near future after arter hos ho's beaten the ma m nut nut- who vho holds three decisions over bin I i I. I Probably the next tim Dempsey and anel Fulton ulton m meet t It will be much niacIn longer lunger and fluid closer battle I |