Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-21 | Page 10 | Willaro Denies He will Quit the Ring

WILLARD DENIES HE " WILL QUIT11IE 1C Says He Is Ready to Fight, and Wants to Meet Carpentier. By International Xev3 Service. CHICAGO, Nov. 20. The report that Jess W'lllarrt Is goinfr to retire haa smoked the champion out. lie is willing to fight again, but lie wants to meet Georges Carpenlier, the French champion. As Carpentier Car-pentier Is in the lvar service of his country Willard's attempt to get a match with him is regarded as a joke. 'The report that I have retired in false." tile champion wired here today. "I am in excellent fishting condition and ready to defend my title. I prefer Georges Carpentier as the most worthy of mv rivals for the cha mpionshlp." Jess Is taking life easy. The circus has been cloted for the winter and Jess can certainly take It easy if he waits for Carpentier to come over here. The latter lat-ter has about as much chance of coming to America as the ex-czar of Russia. Despite the ban on boxing in New York state, Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, is not going to remain idle long. lie has been matched to meet Irish Patsy Ollne in a six-rour.-l bout in Philadelphia on December 12. Cline is managed hv Harry Pollok, who formerly looked after the Interests of Freddie Welsh, the ex-champion. Pollok believes he has another champion in Cline.