El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-30
WILL RECEIVE LITTLE
FORHISFGHT WITH WILLARD
Amount Can Be Guessed From Fact That Promoters
Were Willing to Offer Only Railroad Fare to Moran
in Exchange for a,Chanee at Title and Moran
Refused; $4,000 Is Wizards Demand.
BY ED CURLEx.

TIRED FULTON, the big western
II heavyweight, wiz be the next
opponent Of Jess Willard, the
worlds champion The tail sycamore
from the wilds OF Oklahoma viii fight
the ti~tle-holder 20 rounds. The fray
viii be staged in New Orleans during
the Mardi Gras, the first week in
March.
For his part OF the scrap Willard
VIII receive a guarantee Of $4,000 He
Will get an additional $500 for ex-
penses. with the privilege Of a big
percentage. What Fulton will get for
his services remains a secret between
the fighter n the promoters.
This startling news was furnished
by Tom Jones, WIZARDS He
showed a wire from Tommy Burns, who
signed willard up for the fight an
nouneing that fulton had accepted the
terms.
Now that this Is under way. we win
hear more, favorable and unfavorable,
about the coming contest. The battle
VIII be under the management OF
Burns and Dominiek Tortorich, the
New orleans promoter.
To Battle in Open.
II VIII be an ~Open-air battle and
VIII be held in the new baseball park
or at the race course in the Crescent
City. The final selection will be made
a month before the fight. At the bal
E"N ~%1AENAAAEAANE EaA nL AAA4AE 10
accommodate at least 10000, while over
$4,000 can be handled at the race
course
As 10 the scale Of prices that Will
rule Jones figures It will run from 81
10 w; but that part Of the affair viii
be left entirely TO the promoters.
The staging OF the battle during
Mardl Gras week means that the fight
viii have a big field 10 draw from.
800. 600 people gathe in New Or
leans dTrTfmW the wnrnEHnw nanamn# Tn
addition TO the many thousand visitors.
there Is the racing crowd TO be drawn
from.
The big fight Will probably be held
in the morning. as was the scrap in
which Willard wrested the Champion
ship from Johnson.
Call Off Big Parade.
Officials in charge Of the Mardi Gras
ave decided TO make the fight a big
drawing card and Will not hold the
daily parade on the day OF the battle.
They will advertise the fight in con-
junction with the Mardi Gras. This
means that the entire part Of the
country south of the Mason-Dixon line
will be ~placarded with posters an
nouncing the fight
The railroads always make special
half fare rates from all points within
500 miles OF New Orleans, and one and
I o~ne-third fare from any point in the
United states.
Fulton being a strong card around
! Chicago, Milwaukee, n other big west
/ erI cities, it Is expected that special
trGins viii carry hundreds down 10 see
thc latest aspiraut for the title in ac-
ton While il is too early to make an
, estimate Of the number Of fans that
would be attracted by the battle. Jones
Z said it would not surprise him il 10000
turned out TO see IT,.
Willard is a big attraction in New
Orleans He appeared down there with
the "101 Rauch" in four shows and
! drew an average Of $500. The fact that
he is going 70 defend his worlds cham
! piOuship should be magnet enough 10
/ draw q monster crowd.
Vim Bouts BY h. q.
While the sOuth knows very little ct
Fulton the fact that he won his last
three fights by k~nockOuts viii en-
I nance his value as an attraction. In
these battles Fulton put the skids under
Arthur Pelkey- Terry kellar and = ID
| Anderson for the fatal toll.
Under the conditions, Fulton viii not
! be permitted to engage I'm any fight
until he tackles the champion. This
I viii insure the promoters from spend
J ing a lot Of money, only TO see IL pos
4 sibly 90 TO waste through some mis-
hap
Willard is now out on the coast with
his family. lie VIII remain there un-