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Show IGREAT SEAT SALE - FOR BIG FIGHT Champion and Challenger Both Confident - Willard Quietly Continuing Fast Boxing and Gym Work. MORAN SUPERBLY FIT Willard Says Little, While Pittsburg Opponent Is Keyed Up to High Pitch of Enthusiasm. New York, March 24. The rapid appioach of tho time when Willard and Moran must enter the ring and risk their prestige as champion and challenger has affected them In strangely different ways. Willard's easy going way and good nature havo not changed to any extent and the result re-sult of the bout Is seldom mentioned unless those close to him Insist upon talking about the outcome. Then the champion dismisses the subject with a few remarks which aro non-committal, although Indicating that to his mind at least there is to bo ono result and that is Willard a winner. Moran, on tho other hand, has reached tho keen fighting edge which all trainers contend is necessary in a boxer who is to be at his best when ho goes against an opponent. The Pittsburg pugilist is keyed to tho point whore ho is brimming over with fighting spirit and confidence. He can hardly wait for the hour that will call him Into the ring. Ho shows tho tension ten-sion under which he labors when he Is asked over and over again by thoughtless admirers- "How do you feel?" and "what do you think will be the result?" Moran Sure of Winning. At such times it is evident that It requires considerable control for Moran Mo-ran to hold himself In check. He replies re-plies -with the samo confidence "I will win." That he has been using for the past three weeks, and seeks to avoid further annoyanco by turning away. Among the close group of trainers who have helped round Moran into shape, he is more communicative and discusses over and over again his plans for overpowering his gigantic opponent That ho will accomplish this feat appears to bo a foregone conclusion con-clusion with Moran. So confident Is he of defeating Willard, either on points or a knockout, that ho has engaged en-gaged quarters at a local hotel for a reception to bo held immediately after aft-er tho bout on Saturday night When some one called his attention to the fact that Jim Jeffries did the same thing at Rono in 1910 before his fight with Jack Johnson and never entered tho banquet hall, Moran simply remarked re-marked that it would be different this Mmo In Superb Condition Willie Lewis, his trainer in chief, claims that Moran has never been In such superb physical condition for any previous bout and that his supreme confidence and tho rather grouchy attitude at-titude of his principal aro the best Indications In-dications that Moran Is fit to fight faster, better and "with greater chance of winning decisively than ever before. be-fore. While there is a wide difference of opinion among fight followers regarding regard-ing tho outcome of the contest, there is but one view of tho 'bout as a spectacle. spec-tacle. The advance ticket sale and the arrangements made by the authorities author-ities to handle the crowds indicate that the greatest gathering of boxing fans that evor witnessed about in this state will be on hand. Several thousand thou-sand three and five dollar seats placed on sale yesterday went quickly Great Seat Sale. Although these seats aro in the gallery gal-lery and far abovo the ring, specula tors offered over twice their face value first to the promoters and then to those who were lucky enough to be ablo to secure them. Many stood In line the better part of tho night and laughed at the offers of the speculators specula-tors as they emerged from the line with their pasteboards tightly clutched clutch-ed in their hands. While tho police and fire department depart-ment authorities aro planning for an immense crowd they predict that they will bo ablo to handle the thousands without trouble. More than 200 policemen po-licemen -will bo on duty on tho streets nearby and leading to the Garden Inside In-side tho ampitheatre will be located fifty detectives and twenty firemen At the first sign of contusion, the doors will be closed and no more spectators spec-tators will be admitted until order has been restored Boxing Commission Plans.' If tho state boxing commission adheres ad-heres to its announced plans of requiring re-quiring the promoters to put on at least three four-round bouts and one six-round contest before the big event, tho management has stated that It will stage the opening contest at G-30 p. m. This plan will bring Jim Savage and Battling Levinsky into the ring for the semi-final of ten rounds, about 8 30 p. m and the main bout one hour later That Jess Willard has a mind of his own and a desire to leave nothinir un done that would Insure his being trained to tho highest possible notch was clearly demonstrated yesterday! when ho insistod on going through a full session of "gym" work as well as six fast rounds of boxing. This was contrary to tho program mapped out for him by Tom Jones, his manager. The latter had made arrangements for tho big champion to go through some light work before a moving camera but the Kansan told the "picture" men to "call tomorrow." Tho champion was weighed after his workout and It was said that the scales registered 250 1-2 pounds. Willard Wil-lard himself says that he will be a trifle under 250 when he gets into the ring, although ho will easo up today and rest tomorrow until it is time for him to go to the Garden. Moran worked only in the lightest manner for the boneflt of the camera brigade yesterday and cut down his sparring to two rounds. oo |