The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-02
FULTON SHOULD :.
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FIGHTER HUSTLE

flGHlEk HUSlLE
Mill City Boxer Has Much
Better Chance Than
Against Willard.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 1.-Promoter Mike
Collins has shown good judgment in
substituting Carl Morris, the "Sapalpa
giant" for Jesse Willard to oppose
Fred Fulton at Hudson October 9. Full
ton may be able to do some lively
mixing with Willard and doubtless
would put up a hot bout while he
lasted, but the odds against him
would be so great that the bout would
lack interest. Morris, on the other
hand, is about in Palzer's class, and
Fulton has chance against him.
On the score Of past performances,
Morris should have shade, but he
has invariably stopped short whenever
he seemed headed for the top. Re-
Gently he has essayed another "come-
back" campaign under the wise man.
egement of Billy Mccartney and his
recent bouts have been promising. But
he has done nothing that warrants the
belief that he completely outclasses
Fulton. In fact, it would not be sur
prising if the lanky Minneapolitan
were to outpoint the Oklahoman.
Big Bout in the Air.
The Gibbons labby bout still is in
the air. The $4,000 offer made to Glib
bons by Mike Collins has set Manager
Reddy thinking and he is convinced
now that the bout would draw an i'm
mense house to Hudson. 1t is not
often that an opportunity is afforded
20 see the two classiest middleweights
in the world clash and fans would
Journey from all over the country to
zee them. In fact, it is difficult to see
how the bout would attract larger
house at the coast than it would here,
because Mike, never having boxed at
the coast, is not great drawing card
out there. Clabby has been seen so
frequently in coast arenas that the
fans don't grow wildly excited every
lime they hear he is to appear. After
he has revolved the Hudson offer over
in his mind thoroughly, Reddy prob
ably will reach the conclusion that he
could go much farther and fare much
worse than he would by letting the St.
Paul phantom hook up with Clabby
on the banks Of the St. Croix.
Hoppe Did Well.
Eastern dispatches intimating that
Hoppe made poor showing against
Melbourne Inman in the first clash
Of their international match at mixed
styles evidently have overlooked the
act that, playing his opponents
game, Hoppe was not beaten 2 to l..
At the balk line game it seems certain
that Willie will completely outclass
he Britisher, and if Hoppe can keep
making half as many points at the
english game as Inman does, ultimate
victory seems assured for the Ameri-
IAN champion. The English game is
,layed on a 6x12 table, equipped with
six pockets. Three balls are used as
in balk line game. Pocketing the cue
ball in carom off the red or pocket
ing the red counts three points. Poe
':eting the white ball or pocketing the
cue ball off the white counts two; but
if the white ball is pocketed it cannot
be used again in the same inning and
therefore it is seldom done except to
score the winning point. Straight
caroms count two points. The late
Frank Ives in his match with John
Roberts, at that time the English
hampton, showed the English wrin-
Sle they hadn't thought of when he
jammed the white and red balls in the
jaws of a pocket and then ran out the
game, making something over 5000
points. This little exploit led to rule
that not more than twenty-five caroms
can be made without pocketing ball
and this rule also serves to discourage
the rail nurse because pocketed ball
must be spotted. But for this re-
striction, Hoppe would have no diff
Guilty in scoring caroms indefinitely by
using the rail nurse.
Inman knew next to nothing about
he balk line game when his match
with Hoppe was made and it is only
reasonable to suppose that on stand
lrd American table, the American
champion can make many more than
two points to every one scored by In
man.
Rube Marquard has failed to make
it nineteen both ways. Before his re-
cent long slump the Rube had mark
of nineteen straight victories and by
the time he had lost twelve straights
it. was believed he might suffer nine:
teen consecutive defeats, but by beat.
ing Pittsburg yesterday he spoiled his
chances for the double record.