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Lfc Jess Willard, one of the original Oklahoma “hopes, feels that he is being ' Blighted by Luther McCarty. Here is ■w hat Jess’s manager has to say about it:1° “Willard probably is the largest of the big men now seeking fame and fortune In the roped arena, even of greater dimensions than Carl Morris, and much better proportioned. He was discovered by Charlie Cutler, the well known heavy weight wrestler, who was himself £ formerly a boxer of considerable reputa-f tion. Cutler took Willard in hand and rtaught him the game. In several bouts ■with minor lights around the Middle West Willard made good, winning on .Straight knockouts and showing that he was possessed of abnormal strength and Ability to stand punishment. Cutler :,eent him to New York, where he fought(pnd whipped this same McCarthy, nowscheduled as Flynn’s opponent. Willard beat McCarthy and decisively, receiving the popular newspaper vote, and expressed himself as willing to do it over again if Luther so desired.“But neither McCarthy nor his manager were having any more of Willard and there was no second meeting ar-ranged. Last Monday night Willard | knocked out Sailor White of Brooklyn in less than one round before a Buff.Uo club. White was no dub, having fought and defeated several men at the time when O’Rourke was conducting oliminn-jk-ticn heavy weight tournaments around ..New York, and Willard’s victory proved iVithat the big cowboy is entiled to take a Swhirl with any man of his class. It ||would appear as though a match be-gltween Bal’/.er and Willard ought, to he a ®Kood attraction for one of the New York Swlubs.”
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Kansas City Times
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Fri, Dec 13, 1912
Page 45
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