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Show THINK WILLI) HAS CHE FOR VICTORY j j Kansas Cowboy Has Youth j ! and Strength, but Lacks : Experience j . i The Measurements of Johnson and Willard Ja k Johnso Jess Wl lard ! 5 years Age 2 ears 10 pounds We ght 230 pounds 6 ft. inch He ght f b f 6 Inches 78 inches Reach S3& inches 17 inches "Neck 1 i ncl es 1; Inches B ceps 16 inc es 13J inches .Forearm 15- jnches S nehes Wrist 83 inches 43J nches Chest (normal 44 i inches 47 inches. Chest (exp ndj. i i ci es S5 inches Wast 37 inches 22J inches Th gh 6 1 c es 3 inches Ca f 17 Inc es 9J inches Ankle 10 nches By RINGSIDE By International News Service NEW YORK ilarch IS Assuming tl at Johnson and "tt 1 ard go through w th the r maneu ers some t me somewhere 1 It behooves us to p ace befo e the box ! Ing jury conv nctng etide ce to sho"w that Jes Wfllard has an even chance of defeating Jack Jo nson thereby rega n Ing for the- Caucas an race the wor d ? I heavy we 0 t crown whi h has been tilted on Johnsons brovt 8 nee that menorabe 1 day of December lOS when Johnson beat I ttle Tommy Burns 1 to subm ssion ; n fourteen rounds in far away Austral a Casual fol owe s of matters pugi istlc ha e scoffed at Big Jess s ab 1 tv to cope i with the on e mic.1 ty Senega mbian VVc herewith produce some fac s t at seem ,to give the giant Kansas cowpunche at least an even chance with the maduro champion T p more sal ent facts are the e i "Wfllard s ten years younQer and Is j generally accred ted ith being ab e to del ver a more powerful blow han John son Also Jess we ghs twenty pounds more than the black but whether th s wi 1 be- an advantage or a detriment re mains to be seen Then again Willard towers something Itke 63 nches abo e Johnson who ia o U putlan, and the white boy has the enormous reach of 833 inches as com pared to Johnsons 6 inches Delving still farther nto the dope Willard has never been knocked! Out, or even knocked down during a ring en counter while Johnson has sensed a knockout. Anyone that has ever caved In under a sleep inducing wallop will tel that they never overcome tbe apprehen sion of suffering another knockout. Is Hard Hitter" "While the class of opposition that WH I lard has conf onted during his few years i in the ring has been onlv mediocre it is 1 neverthe ess a noteworthy fact that lei has knocked out twenty seven of his ' last thirty e ght opponents Johnson, on j the other hand has put away only fif i teen ad ersarles in his fifteen years In I the boxing game I It Is also a fact that "Wi lard does not i know his own strength He has ki ed ' one man w th a punch Bu 1 YoungN be ng the unfortunate ict m of Wil ard a deati dealing rUht uppe cut the b ow wi h which Jess hopes to beat Johnson Willard has every natural ad an age, but is sadly lacking in three essentia s exper ence, genera ship ani ski L And these are the factors that may cost h m 1 the fight W ard before leav ng for Juarez mapped out his p an of campaign to the wr er Said Jess You may rest assured that I am not go ng to fight Johnson the way the other white lads have been accustomed to tacU ng h m Jim Flynn Prank Moran and even the late Stanley Xetchel made the m stake of rushing the colored felow early In the fight. Jack Is a mas er box er and permitted his foes to wear then selves put and then they would be easy picking' for h ra. I intend to make Johnson come to me at the beginning of the batt e I wll wear him down with so d eft jabs that wl 1 put him into a position for me to score easily with my right uppercut I do not think he will last more than tweh ty five rounds 1 have fougbt Johnson before but only In exhlb tlon bouts. He tried hard to knock me out, bnt failed utter y If he couldn t put roe away or even knock mo down when I was only a mfre tiovJce It is quite unl kely that he Is capab e of turn ng the trick now so many years later Will Use Punch It Is Tilth regret that I muet rei-all the Yoimur n de L I am nOrry it hap pencd but I can assure ou t at I dll not deal him mv hardest bo B t I ca not afford to let n y hit Ing interfere w th my chance of winning t o t le 1 wj 2 hit Johnson as hard as 1 possibly can regard es of th consequences W ard says' be w 1 depenl rhiefly on his terrific right uppercut to b i g Jot eon down Jess lias a fa ulty of stoppl g qu ckly Inside of a left jab and lifting hie right to he 1 ead . or body It was t is blow which t avelt&l less than two feet that settled ioung Jets seldom used the blow in t -aining bouts for fear of hurt ing his sparr ng partne s fl e ba kers of "Wll arl po nt to t e f h t that Johnson us never met a man t e jb ze of Jess and they Kay tl at the ig t of A cl a fellow In i ont of hi n wl 1 n t mida e Johnson Wll ard a gan enes has never been thorough y tested but It vili surely be given a severe trial if he nie"ts Johnson In Hho t Willard s c ance for v tory lies la his staml a u d ils man k g punch Jqj Weo 1 1 be there vitl a s va nted c evernesn and h s smashing rlgl t uppercut, an! 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