Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 April 1915 — Page 7
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(NO INDICATION OF FAKE -VICTORY WAS EARNED
Best That Johnson Could Have Done Was to Last Few Rounds Longer
HAVANA, Cuba. April 6.—There la hardly any doubt but what the contest was on .the square. If any fake at all, of course, it was on the part of JoiipBOTI, but in the writer's opinion the bu'it was won and lost on the merits of 'he contestants. Inside of five rounds the majority of the critics began tV 'eel confident thnt Willard would eventually be the victor.
As the writer predicted Johnson »vas the superior during the first ten rounds, although none felt uneasv as to Willard's chances after the fifth. the tenth round the negro began to show signs of weakening, and his blows did not havt* their former steam. Up to this time Willard had taken a •evere lacing, but his reach, height and stamina combined with his ability to block Johnson's terrific attacks, en abled the Kansas man to hold oft t! big: black boxer.
Willard finished the fight with a clean punch and his work during the last three rounds left no doubt that Johnson's end was soon to come. JohnBon began weakening fast after the twentieth round and he himself began to realize that he was a defeated mar. Johnson was breathing hard and Showed plainly during the minute rests between the rounds that he was in distress. Tom Jones, manager of Willard, was quick to notice when Johnson began showing signs of fatigue and at the beginning of the twenty-fourth round he instructed the white man to rush matters and to keep on top of Johnson all the time.
Mijccbt Have Lasted I-onjrer. In the writer's opinion, the only indication of a fake was that it might
The Twenty-Sixth Round
Johnson rose slowly from his chair and Willard met him more than twothirds of the way across the ring nt the opening of round 26. Wlilard stabbed a long left into the negro's face, sending his head bobbing back.
Before the champion could recover h's position, Willard swung a smashing right which landed full on Johnson's stomach. Johnson was flung against the ropes by the force of the blow and he clinched on the rebound.
The cowboy tried to tear loose, but the black man held grimly, with eyes closed and legs shaking. Just before the referee broke them, Johnson looked ovier Willard's shoulder toward the box where his wife had been, his eyes showing a dazed, tired, puzzled expression.
As soon as Welsh had broken the cllr.ch, Jess rushed again, forcing tfe negro into Willard's corner, where *he finish came. Johnson was low in guarding, and his strong, youthful opponent hooked a swinging left to the body. The fading champion's legs quivered, and again the towering giant feinted for the body. Johnson dropped his guard and Willard won the title .v'th a quick, hard swing to the exact point of the jaw.
The negro's knees folded up under him and he sank slowly to the floor aid rolled7 on his back, partly under
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ropes. Welsh waved Willard back and began to count. Up and down swung the referee's hand, but Johnson never moved. His eyes were glassy, only the whites being visible.
At the count of "10" Welsh turned and held up 'Willard's hand and a champion replaced Johnson. Time of round, 1 minute, 26 seconds.
Says Jack's Sister
"Fake,
CHICAGO, April 6.—Several white men in that part of Chicago known as the "Black Belt,"' which was the Vmo of Jack Johnson before he became a fugitive from justice, taunted a crovvd of negroes last ir'ght by cheering Willard. A general fight ensued and riot calls brought police from three stations. Several arrests were made. None was injured seriously. The po'.ice stopped several other fights between whites and blacks.
At the home of Johnson's mother, Mrs. Tiney Johnson, the former champion's sister met all queries with il-.e statement. "Tt was a fake fight and everyone knows it. Jack would never have lost unless he wanted to."
The negroes throughout the district, which is one of the largest negro communities in the country, were decidedly dow-ncast.
MOTORCYCLE MARK SMASHED.
Coast Rider Averages Better Than 68 Miles an Hour. VENICE. Cal.. April 6.—Rv winning the 300-mile Venice grand prix motorcycle race yesterday Otto Walker of Oakland established wnat was said to be a Tew world's record of sixty-eight and ninety-seven hundredth.- miles an hour for the distance traveled. His time was 2:24 17 1-5. The track v. as a thiee-mile macadam houl*v:u-d.
Leslie Pankhurst, cf Milwaukee, finished 15:2 behind the winner. Carl Goudy. of Chicago, was third. There were 37 entries.
BOB BESCHEK CHANGES MIND.
ST. LOUIS. Mi., April 6.—Manager Miller Huggins, of the St. Louis Nationals, announced last night he had received a telegram from Bob Bescher at Little Rock, Ark., in which the latter agreed to join the !St. Louis ciub in the deal -.vhcreby Poll Perritt went to New York. Hugglns would not divulgo the details of tho Bescher deal, T* but said he expects the new outfielder ,ln St. Louis within the next few days.
DAYTON SHUT OUT, 10-0.
DAYTON, O., April 6.—Benton held the Dayton Central league team to five scattered hits here Monday, while the
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have been possible for Johnson to nave continued a little longer if he hart been careful. But even this Is only guesswork, and the sports who cried fake admitted that Willard would have undoubtedly been th® winner in a fow more rounds. Willard showed astonishing ability to assimilate punishment during the early rounds, and this undoubtedly had a discouraging effect on Johnson as the bout went along. \VI1lard's blocking was also much better than the majority of the spectators had expected.
In the rounds between fifteen and twenty Willard was piling up points with a left jab to the face, and Johnson abandoned his waiting tactics and tried rushing- matters In a desperate effort to land a knockout. When he saw that Willard was still strong enough to hold him off and at the same time counter with damaging punches, he began to lose heart. In the last few rounds Johnson's famous golden smile was gone, and in Its place was a desperation Impossible to feign.
The writer's vardict and that of all interviewed who had no prejudice by having money wagered Is that Johnson could have stuck a few rounds more, but never could have won. The punch that won was a clean right swing to Johnson's jaw, while the negro was crouched in Willard's corner. Doctors said that the blow hit in the vicinity of a nerve center where a severe lt would paralyze without rendering the victim unconscious. Prom the attitude of the crowd the popular verdict was that the knockout was legitimate. In the last two rounds the spectators seemed to realize that a Willard victory was inevitable.
Jess AVillard holds the championship in size as well as the ring title he gained yesterday. Jess has never been approached in measurement by any other champion or, for that matter, by any pugilist of scognized merit. Here are some iacts that prove this
Willard is 8 feot 3 inches in height, weighs 245 pounds in shape for battle, and has a reaoh cf 83& inches.
His chest expansion normal Is 39 inches and expanded 44*4. His waist is 37 inches.
His biceps measure normal 14 inches and flexed 15vs. His other measurements are: Neck, wrist, -S*i thigh, 25V4 calf, 17% ankle. 9U. size of shoe, No. 10.
His age is 28 year3. Willard's complete ring record is as fo'lows: 1911.
February 15—Louis Fink, lost, foul Supulpa, Okla. ten rounds. March 7—Ed Burke, knockout 131 Reno. Okla.: three rounds.
March 25—Louis F!nk, knockout Oklahoma City three rounds. April 14—A1 Mandeno, knockout Oklahoma City four rounds.
April 29—Jo.? Cavanaugh, knockout Oklahoma City eleven rounds. June 8—Bill Shiller, knockout Oklahoma City four rounds.
July 4—Frank Lyon, won Elk City, Okla. ten rounds. July 16—Mike Comisky, won Hammond ten rounds. 191:.'.
May 23—John Young, knockout Fort Wayne six roind3.
Cubs Knocked Out In \'lnth. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. April 6.— Except in three particulars the Cuba resembled Jack Johnson Monday. They get theirs in the ninth instead of twenty-sixth round. They were tlcklcd to death that Willard won and they were not champions of anything before they were licked.
The Lookouts were the conquerors of the Bresnahans and they trimphed by a bombardment of Hippo Vaughn's carcass in the final spasm, converting an apparent 2 to 1 defeat into a 3 to 2 victory before anybody was out in that inning.
TlKera Make It Three Straight. LOUISVILLE, Ky„ April 6.—The Detroit Americans made it three straight wins from the Louisville American association team by taking Monday's game here, 5 to 0. With four times at bat. Crawford, of Detroit, had a perfect average, obta'ning a triple, two doubles and a single. Score: Detroit 5 12 0 Lou'sville 0 6 1
Batteries—Coveleskie, Boehler and McKee S'canlon, Ellis and Crossin.
Sox l/lft Another Scalp.
MARSHALL, Tex., April 6.—Nobody profited to any extent by the White box one day stand here Monday. Rowland's men piled up a 12 to 4 score against a mediocre aggregation, in which the only men who looked much like ball players were Mel Wolfgang and Tommy Daly, whom Rowland loaned to the opposition. Mel and Tommy couldn't play the entire game themselves, so the regular Sox didn't even get a good workout.
Johnson Hnrla In Style.
WASHINGTON. April 6.—The Washington Americans shut out the Philadelphia Nationals here Monday. Walter Johnson, in his Initial try-out on the home grounds, pitched the last four innings. Score: Wash'ngton 4 7 0 Philadelphia 0 4 2
Batteri-es—Harper, Johnson and Williams, Alnsmlth Alexander, Mayer and Killifer.
ICx-C'u't Sivrna With Fed*. CHICAGO, April 6.—Georce H. McConnell. the six foot five-Inch pitcher, who was sold to the Kansas City American association team by the Cubs when they were required to cut down the force to twenty-five mon, left Savannah with a ticket to Kansas City. Instead, he stopped off her» and today signed a vear's contract v/ith the Chicago Federals.
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Brooklyn Nationals defeated the Richmond Internationals here Monday, 8 to 5. Score Brooklyn 8 16 0 liichniond. 5 11 3
Batteries—Brown, Aitchison and Miller. McCarty Russell, Jarman and Schaulfe.
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Pougherty Loses to Anderson In State Tourney, 102-71. INDIANAPOLIS, April 6.—Frank Dougherty dropped his perfect standing in the state championship pocket billiard tournament at the Denison parlors last night when he was defeated for the .first time by Dave Anderson, 100 to 69. Dougherty still has one moro game to play and if he wins the titl* will go to htm as four of his nearest competitors have lost two games.
Anderson got away to a lead after the first two racks and was well along In the fifties when Dougherty had scored 29 balls. The latter took a spurt and moved up to equal terms at 62, but a miss on his part was followed by a nice run of 28 on the part of Anderson and this cinched the match. Scores:
Anderson—102 scratches—2 high run —28. Dougherty—71 scratches—2 high run —14.
Referee—Barker.
BBOWNS PLACE STEVENSON.
Ex-Torre-1r Goes to Rochester Club of International League. SHBLiBURN. Ind., April 6.—Tommy Stevenson, local second baseman who has been on the St. Louts American league club's spring training trip, Is home preparatory to joining the Rochester club of the International league, to which team he has been placed by the Browns' management. Tommy is in great shape and expects to make good In the eastern organization. Stevenson Is a former member of the Terre Haute Central league club.
PURDUE BUMPS BELOIT.
LAFAYETTE, Ind., April Purdue university baseball team defeated the Beloit (Wis) university team here Monday afternoon by a score of 6 to S. Both teams showed poor form, the only feature being the pitching of Kauffman. of Purdue, who struck out seven men.
Physical Statistics of Willard And His Record in Ring Up to Date
June 2S—Frank Bowers, knockout St. Charles three rounds. July 2—John Young, knockout South Chicago five rounds.
July 29—Arthur Pelkey, no decision New Y"rk: ten rounds. August 19—L. McCarty, no decision New York ten rounds.
December 2—Sailor White, knockout Buffalo one round. December 27—Soldier Kearns, knockout New York eight rounds. 1913.
January 22—Frank Bauer, knockout Fort Wayne: five rounds. March 5—Jack Leon, knockout Fort Wayne four rounds.
May 20—Gunboat Smith, lost San Francisco twenty rounds. June 27—Charles Miller, draw Sart Francisco twenty rounds.
July 4—A1 Williams, won Reno, Nev. eight rounds. August 22—Bull Young, knockout Vernon, Cal. eleven lounds.
November 17—George Rodel, no decision: Milwaukee ten rounds. December 3—Carl Morris, won New York ten rounds.
December 12—George Davis, knockout: Buffalo two rounds. December 2ft—George Rodel, knockout Newhaven nine rounds. 1914.
March 27—T. McMahon, no decision, Youngstown twelve rounds. April 13—George Rodel, knockout Atlanta, Ga. six rounds.
April 28—Tom Daly, knockout Buffalo nine rounds. 1915.
April 5—Jack Johnson, knockout Havana twenty-^ix rounds.
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Red Sox On Rampage.
MEMPHIS. Tenn., April 6.—The Boston Americans won their third straight garne from Memphis of tho Southern association Monday, 10 to o. Speaker hit two three-baggers, a sacrifice fly and was given a base on balls in five times up. Ruth allowed one hit in six innings. Score: Boston .10 16 5 Memphis 5 4 0
Batteries—Foster, Ruth and Cady, Carrlgan H. Merritt, Keeley. Morrison and Ar.dreen.
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NEW ORLEANS, La., April 6.—The New Orleans Southern association team defeated the New York Nationals, 6 to 1, here Monday. Thomas of New Orleans knocked the ball over the leftfield fence v/ith three men on bases. Score: New York
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New Orleans 6 1 Fattcries—Fromme, Kirmayer and Meyers, Smith Bagby .Smith and Higgins.
CHAMP HAS CLOSE CALL.
PHILADELPHIA, April 6.—Kid Williams. the bantamweight champion, was knocked down twice an! took the count of seven and nine in the second round of a six-round bout with Joe Lavigne, better known as "Louisiana," of this city here Monday. The champion appeared groggy at the close.
Sam Harris, manager for Kid Williams, was slashed across the neck with a razor after the bout netc tonight. His assailant, who Harris said was unknown to him. escaped. Harris was attacked as he alighted from a taxlcab in front of his hotel. Physicians say he is not dangerously hurt.
ROSEMONTS WANT GAMES.
The Rosemont Specials, a newly organzed baseball te&m, are open for games with all teams in the 18 to year old class, games to be played on the accepting team's diamond. The Specials have signed the following players: G. Hess, Snively, Capt. G. V. Allen, Pipes, R. Gess. G. Gree, Joslin Hamilton. J. Cree and Van Allen. 1' or games addresss Henry Pipes. 2900 South Thirteenth street, or call old phone 1327, or answer through tne Tribune.
LOCAL CLUBS CHALLENGED.
CLTNTON, Ind., April 6.—The Clinton Walk-Overs, a newly organised base ball learn of this city, are anxious for games with all fast amai:eur teams of this section. They are especially anxious for games with the St. Leonards, Ed. sparks, Senators, T. 1-1. WalkOvers. New Goshen or any olub in or out of the state. For games address Jim Jenkins, 524 South Fourth street, Clinton, Ind., or answer through the Tribune.
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The Nof'th Terre Haute Stars chftlnge the I- Smiths for a game 'ft placed K.nday nl'ternon. If acceptddress Melton, North Terre vwer through the TiiOur.e.
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F. C. Fiabeck 155 151 123 C. C. Fisbeck 143 135 62 M. Reed 162 ir,o 146 C. F. Fisbeck 152 lya 178 F. W. Fisbeck 139 187 162
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G. Bray 18S 116 151 C. Bray 125 130 169 Bourne mo 142 140 Thornton .... 133 141 155 Handicap 50 50 50
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Heber 195 163 148 Hunt 155 142 165 Morris 155 170 223 McCai thy ... 171 136 191 Wiley 170 200 150
Total S4« Sll S77 Tonight—Cardinals vs. Senators Cubs vs. Yankees.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 6.—Notre Dame defeated Wisconsin 3 to 2 in an extra inning game here Monday. Moon, the Wisconsin pitcher, weakened in tnn tenth, and hits by Mills and Rohan brought in the winning run. Score: Wisconsin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0—2 10 :$ Notre Dame ..0 10000010 1—3
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Batteries—Moon and Roach bheehan, Wells and Motts.
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BLACK HAWK, Ind., April 6.—The Blackhawk baseball club will organize Sunday. Players wishing a tryout are requested to be on the diamond at 1 o'clock. The club would like to arrange games w'th the L. D. Smltns,, Browns. Riley, Clay City, Senators, Lewls and Prairleton. For games address Charles Liston. Blackhawk, Ind., or answer through the Tribune.
Walk-Over* Seek Playern. Manager Hayden Lashbrook, of the Walk-Overs, Is after an inflelder and an outfielder of the heavy hitting type. Players wishing .tryout are requested to call Manapf Vv1 Lashbrook, 12S8 old phone. Tlk -ik-Overs are open for games wlv5,S-i state and Illinois teams, /^oruress W7alk-Overs, care Tribune.
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