Show JESS WilLARD TIPS SCAlES AT CLOSE TO LBS Champion Far Too Heavy for Immediate Battle BaltIc Jack Deserves Title I succeeding victory registered regis EACH t hv hy Jack Dempsey the new terror of the heavyweight class is followed bv the announcement announce ment of a new o offer r for a championship champion champion- I ship contest between him and the title titleholder I holder Jess Willard Dominick Tor- Tor of New Orleans Orlean who promoted Tor-I Tor the recent fiasco between and Carl Morris is the latest to bait the champion lie is reported to have I offered a purse of for a twenty round contest He lIe proposes staging the battle on March 5 5 the I day after thE closing of the MardIGras Mardi MardiGras Gras season In the Crescent City I Although Willard from time to time has reiterated his avowal owal to defend I his championship for the second tIm since he won it from Jack Jacl Johnson in I Cuba CuIJa three years ao ago last April there I is little litHe chance of this to pass passin I in the near future Willard may be sincere in his declaration that he will emerge from his self imposed retire retirement ment but the event be considered con con- anything more than a mere possibility It is extremely improbable that will get the big match al almost almost al- al most not on the March 5 date There are several good sufficient reasons for this belief Chief Chiff of them is Willard's Willards physical I condition If Willard estimated his weight at pounds he made madl a bad guess I Chicago boxing writers who have looked him over agree alree that if he I weighs less than pounds at the present time It is on a top weight I scale ca Whatever a Vae his IS tonnage g it is isa a certainty taI that h he c cannot pet t into I condition for a twenty round fight I between et e n now v and March 5 7 ld I It is a well known o v fact that Willard would consider a T J for fOi a lim limited Ilm-I Ilm round no decision contest more ser than one for twenty rounds Willard may defend his title against Dempsey some time and some soras place but it is hardly likely that the fans can expect him to do so on March 5 In New Orleans Nothing is more ridiculous than the assertions of managers of mediocre boxers that has been built up by knocking out men who were setups Of course no one who knows much about the prize pays any attention to such talk But the constant repetition of fit may in time create a a doubt in the minds of the casual reader who has only a I passing interest and knowledge of boxing as to the prowess of Dempsey The fact of the matter is that Jack Jacle I Dempsey has done more real fighting in his effort to reach the heavyweight championship than any man that ever attained that honor This includes all the old timers timers Sullivan Sullivan Corbett Fitz- Fitz simmons and Jeffries It includes Jack Johnson and Jess Willard too Dempsey Dempse has defeated practically every white heavyweight in the coun I coun-I try He has knocked out four of the best of these these Fred Fred Fulton Battling Levinsky Bill Brennan and Carl Morris Mor Mor- ris John L. L Sullivan long met few great fighters in the ring the fact that he was champion for such a time Nor Kor did Corbett or Fitzsimmons fight any too often after they became great Outside of his bouts with Peter Jackson and Joe Corbett had not fought many man men even before he won the title from Sul Sul- livan Fitzsimmons had not beaten any great heavyweights before dropping drop drop- pin ping Corbett at Carson City Nev Kev And so it has been in the history of the prize ring Dempsey has done I more real fighting than any championship cham cham- contender in the heavyweight I class class' for all time time more more than any champion too The caliber of or the I opponents h he has beaten is a matter matterI i I of or opinion It is probably true howver however how how- ever ver that taken talen collectively they are I about as good as those beaten by Sullivan Corbett and the rest |