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Show J , t.t.ssflfl. f " ' rTT' I ...J W LI 1 ,. v .ij ... , T ' " : 3 with John i t 1 ;temter 6, ' 3 a r.rce 'prcrosl-i 'prcrosl-i l ( f . ihhard Lean's Ath- : Chh . .3 Lexer, accompanied J'ck Curley, arrived . I. Ut i . t .. : 5 morning; over the - - r Ci r.Io Cr;.r.-.j, about two hours A. . . . a Ire vt.s iii . d yestefdlay af i i - Kn, when the : lt Lake papers ,r hed Mm. T: e l rview credited to ;:: ; t . hrrck f u:spI i 1 .1 to froth. ' ' t U rt t it' ,t weroast rf s." i .J r Curley. "Durl. - th : isttrnjt - ,aii ave been connects 1 ' v,itht: if ''.-- r? e -1 I never once I resort- ltjr ; t 1 i -t ; t tr 1 II; 1 do not even top at rr .i. xo te ; !n, they both 1;-,';ity t.y thut vi;:e ever B'-.i i a 1, itch with anyone. "Ai t r Ms a:?ei f jrVIrr cut of mate: j wKh Shreck. it is true that f ' Vn. i twice prevented Wllio meetlrf .-e, but fear never entered into" the r roroMtion. ' "Just as sure as the sun rises on September Sep-tember 5, ilJke Shreck's reputation will receive an awful Jolt and long before the twentieth round Ehreck will be a tf- t-n man, via the knockout route." Jchn .Wille, who' stood by while his manag-er did the talking, nodded with a confident air. Only once did he ln-terupt ln-terupt the conversation, when he said: "Cut It out. The people here will think I am boasting. His forfeit is In the hands of Stakeholder Mulvey and we've rot him tied up where he can't get away. If there is going to be any crawling out of a match it will be Mike Ehreck and not L No matter what he says, let's pay no attention to him or' Hogan. When I get him Into the ring I'll take care of him." . Has Formidable Appearance. John Wllle appears in looks ft worthy foe for Shreck. He Is built on the Tom Sharkey style, looks , the picture of health and a glance at his record In the last fifteen months makes him stand out as the most formidable opponent Shreck has ever faced In a ringr. 4 Fifteen short months ago Wills entered en-tered the ring with Marvin Hart. The latter was 5 to 1 favorite and the beat- ing Wllle gave him kept him from fighting fight-ing for five months. Jack Root came next, and according to Chicago newspaper news-paper clippings, which' Wllle showed last night. Root was a lucky man when the referee called the bout a draw. George Gardner came next with a draw. Attains Reputation: 'v- By this time Wllle attained a reputation, reputa-tion, causing every Eastern matchmaker matchma-ker to clamor for his services. At Philadelphia, Phil-adelphia, In his own town, his own referee and his own stye (clean breaks) Wllle decisively defeated Jack O'Brien, knocking the clever Philadelphlan down nine times in the first six rounds. . This is John Wllle's record In the last fifteen months with men of national reputations, not mentioning a .score of well-thought-of Eastern craks Wllle disposed of between these battles. Last night Wllle and his manager put in at the Turkish baths. They announced an-nounced that they would look up training train-ing quarters today and will be pleased to entertain local fight fans during gymnasium gym-nasium hours- each afternoon. , "We want everybody to get a line on Wllle so that Shreck's victories over Gardner and Barry will not carry them away with, the idea that Wllle will be served as another chopping' block for Mike," said Manager Curley. |