Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1915 — WILLARD TO FIGHT EARLY IN MARCH [ARTICLE]

WILLARD TO FIGHT EARLY IN MARCH

Will Meet Title Aspirant in 20-Round Bout at New Orleans—To Get $32,500 For His Share. New Orleans, Nov. 2.—Jess Willard, for the first time since he became champion heavyweight pugilist of the world, in Havana, will defend his title in a 20-round bout in New Orleans early next March. Articles for the first were signed here late tonight for Willard, by Tom Jones, his manager, and Dominick Tortorich and Tommy Burns, local fight promoters. The championship bout will be staged here either on Saturday, March 4, or Monday, March 6, during the first week of the Mardi Gras carnival. The' agreement guarantees Willard $32,500 win, lose or draw. Willard leaves tomorrow for Los Angeles to spend a month with his family, whom he has not seen since his fight in Havana.