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Boxing costume. A variety of boxers appear alongside Willard, who is the heavyweight champion. Still pictures. Exercising onstage.
It doesn't make any difference what kind of an "act" Willard presents, although a sparring match couldn't hurt. Anybody who pays to see him on the stage just wants to see him, and he is some little guy to look at, standing up above everyone. Jess is a pleasant looking fellow, even in ring costume, and seemed to take his New York stage debut as a matter of fact. He might have gotten his experience from some previous display in burlesque, when he wasn't as well known and hadn't knocked daylight out of darkness.
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Variety, 38:7 (04/16/1915)