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Show JESS VILLARD IS ' PROBABLY LAST OF GREAT CHAMPIONS III FISTIC WORLD Ten-Round, No-Decuion Af fairs Do Not Develop Fightert at in Olden Days By Robert Edgren. ITU 1w-HTr1l thai th wnrUt HI vr a anha r.al haavy waiaht rhafnpmn. In A mwM, Ihr hav all hn Hrvhftn atM- th Vf.Nhrry mla ram lt. f'tiih lthta and llahia of tantv iwnt-ftv rrniNti hava alm"a d'ai"ard Thrir plr ha b-n takn hy tha tn-mwod. nrnaarlinnn l-wit. h-h la nn a par o rhampiona. Tha frhi-ra hm-ia-hi up wn Ihia mild plan rnoot wUH th md limara hn ftaucht Wm. kxMira to a nWt"n In Ih In.; l-toi Ih d tlrr rha mpt nna rarnfl th firi poltia f ral fiahtma: laif drfana la baom-Ina baom-Ina nn of lha toat ana Juat al pranl Jaw Wlllard nwtHaaaaa Sl aUd Mvala fiar hla rhamptoo-hip fill. V il lard nl ha hooora tn a forty Ova rwun4 fihl lhal vnl tntv-aa tntv-aa roitnda H aa trainad lo fht all flay Ha ffanaralahtp, aiudtrd mil In a loiif yaar of rrra in. a Ih l'"r. alhtp of a fihtr who i '"-l kHU atranth and hitito fMwr in a ay lhal wilt aftar hour of flhl- hrlii Victory hla Maodlna fl T ln-haa tall. -Ina ooonda whn In par far! l- IWn. with Iramandooa fa h. tinuual ah i it. hittin par. and a irirk nf f rtt -Ina: luriouaiy whan hurt. Jaaa nor hi raaily th !! havy iahl rhwni'ion vr knnwn lo ih rint hul h i-n I (llftad with wonderful f ahling ahillty, h falla down In on aaavntial Ihlna. ha doo t Ilk tn fift-M It la almoat Im poaaihla In Indttrw him to fiffht any na. avan an nptHtnl h ahnulrt haal aaally. Hhr rhampiona hava foihi taftm ta dafand thlr tlllaa. Wlllard won I f'ahl. Ha la "champion ' In nam only. II lacUlmal rhamplnti. of f, for ha w hipoad Jark Johnaon Mul mm lllla-ho4dr, lllla-ho4dr, himaalf. Jaaa. ame In hava no ambition havond aalharint; In tha proflta that to with lha crown. Ha Uka th circua. ill. If J uh1 fthl. lhara nwM ha no on to tnat hint with any rt lromlaa of aurcaaa Tha only thlna n arht now who miaht poaaihly ouif.aht Wlllard lf Jaaa haa ona ha.k a lout U tr rant through li k of rin pra. tl Tar! Morriax Carl la hi mih i fight Wlllard. and ran matrh W iilnnl In atranirth. II doaan't fonira with Wlllard aa a hoaar for a mnint Wlllard la It-hl fmMad and BWlfl. fT hla lonnara. Morrla la rlutny. powarful, havy. Hut Mt1b has dvaiod a Irirk of plunnina atrai(ht at hla man and hull hu-ll na; itM-aaaanily, ntainlv fir lha hody. Thia whlpnad KultQo. who wil vaatlv u-parior u-parior to Carl aa a laniar and a punlhln hiitar ff Wlllard lacka hia old aiamina It MIOHT whip him. That a about tha only chanca. Nona of tha rhalUntrara nf Wlllard ran hnaat of a rlan rrord Hnwavar, thay ra coiitparril thalr parfnrmanraa mm a rtnind In a flrl without poi n 1 1 n til rawly to Wlllard. Ha how thry put a.vt h thar out of lha running. Kur Inatanoa, tart with Miwan. Mnran kno. kad out Coffay roffry mil hoi.ad Morrla alorrta whipped ulloo. Kulton atnptd W altiart. W ainart out-boid out-boid lvlnaky. Iavlnaky boat IMUoo. M) Ihllon whlppd Muran. r taka It anolhar way. to lt In on or two mora havy wihta. 41unh4iat hmhh haat Moran In twrnty round In California, and in tan round In Nw ork. Jim i nffry knock I nut Hnith. fnffaf waa kna kad nut hy Mnran. Whea! Thla la Urnmliif rmipliratd. Jim Bavaga aioftpad Mtrran In a van rounda. Moran nvr would fight him again. Witirt. iMllon and two tr thr othara hava llrkad HtVBga. Whara dura Moran fit In with WHIurd? cr lika thia: Jim Klynn haat Morrla. Cnnloat Hmll h. Jim of fry, A I Nortnn and innumrraMa olhri h.vr Iwnirn Klynn. Uhi dnra Morna fit In" And whara doc a Knl ton fu In, who waa out claaaad by Morna ' In all th lot I hara dnaan'l at and out a atnicJ man who hag lru In vine I til throughout hia rararr, V.vry nn haa aoma aort of a blot on Ma raruii-hron. And Bo hut whtMT It haa our Champion Cham-pion Jaaa ? Thrra la on r-ord na oc-raalon oc-raalon with a tnth-ratr waa rrrdltrd with Btnpning friand Jraa In a coupla of rounda Jaaa aikplaina that bv Baying ha waan't much of a fightar anhow In thnaa dnya, and whan ha wna told ha d b ar raatad If ha won ha "laid down" to gat away from that Inhnapitahla town. Alao thar waa an ocrnalnn on which "Har-rat "Har-rat McMahon" la Kuppoaad to hava handed Jna a litO triitnntng. TNa Waa ahnrtly bafora Jraa waa inntchrd with Johnaon. Jaa, loo bimmI na lured , With lha lira real ? f'rohalily aomr thing I'ka that. Its rrtiit thai a ring full, f Mt-Mtthona wouldn't hava had a chanc With Jraa In HHvnnt. I Humming It all Up. Jraa aland alon I hut h nnght not a) and nlona If ha let big. lerfy, clunay Carl Morna hava a I thane. And one agnlti, Incldentnlly, aa It wrc. , h might anil httva tha tnrona all In I lilmarlf, fvrii If h did mingl wnh furl. "'' nr Z1, tn f'k'hiin iinill'lnn. |