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Show MRS. JESS WILLARD HERE & OS 2 JS SAYS CHAMPION IS FIT ' Denies Story That Husband Was Floored, Has Re-I Re-I gained Her Health MRS JESS WILLARD w fe of the world s heavywe ght chain pion boxer stopped off here yesterday for a br ef vis t Mrs Willard has been touring the east era states with her husband fo the past three months and is on tne way to her home m Los Angeles where she will spend the winter When asked if my bouts were in s ght for1 the cham pion she answered that the coast was clear of all claimants to the t tie at present. However she says that Jess is m fine shape and training regularly and is willing to meet any boxer in the world providing the proper arnange ments can be made Sa d Mrs Willard Jess is pleased with the show bus ness and will continue his tour ith the 101 Eanch sho v until the end of the season when he will come home to spend the win ter I lie the circus life very much myself and we have had some pleasant trips throughout the east. But there ib no place 1 ke home in Los Angeles, and I will be glad to get back with the chil dren again Denies Story as Absurd There is one thing that I would 1 ke to ment on and mention em phat cally The report that Jess was floored in a bout recently was an absolute farce and I want to let the people know the truth regard re-gard ng the affair Jess was matched to bos an exhib tion con test with Sandy Ferguson and the contest went along fine as an ex hib t on unt 1 Terguson started butt ng with h s head In a rage over the unfa r tactics my hus band lifted and threw h m bod ly out of the r ng and in so doing he si pped and fell to the floor Jess never has much to say regarding his bouts and he will not talk much However I will defend him against this talk Mrs. Willard looks far from the frail and sickly woman she was reported to be a fev months ago and her eyes sparkled whenever she spoke of her husband. Mrs Willard Not El I was slightly ill some months ago in Los Angeles sajd the champ on s wife but my trip east has put jne back in championship form ' J esB weighs around the 240-pound mark now and boxes two exhibition bouts every day bes de do ng a lot of rid lng which keeps him n excellent con dit on I believe he could enter the ring tomorrow if necessary and fight the battle of h s 1 fe Mrs W Hard arr ed n town on the 5 30 o clock tra n from Denver and immediately took a sightseeing trip, about the c tj She is enthusiastic over Salt Lake from what she has seen and says it is one of the prettiest cities she has ever visited A tr p to Salta r was made last evening The champion s wife will leave for Los Angeles at 8 4a this morning She is a guet at the Semloh v MRS JESS WILLARD I f |