The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-18

years ana X ~ nOt always tHe pest Hdl
that brings the money into the box
office. bu, this fellow Fulton. ! have
good reason to believe. is one OF the
hes; big mon in the world to-day. other
wise ! would not be wasting my time,
az | have no particular love for a prize
fighter.
"Fulion is only - years Old. is the
right weigh and size. and has the puncn
of q champion. He has had twenty
seven fights. some OF them Of minor i'm
poriance. but they were all Lnockouts.
and In his early career he himself took
the court twice,
ION May IA of this ear Jess willard
and Tom Jones were with the
"lol Rranch" nj Rochester. Mimi. and
on that day Jones went and got Fulton
, to box Willard a three round exhibit
ton At the side show OF 1Ol Ranch.
Fulton was In the pink OF condition, AZ
he is running his own gymnasium, ana
for the last six months he has boxed no
less than from SIX to ten hours each
day. going through all the other GYM
nasic stunts that go with boxing.
However. Jones figured that he was
"A dub and thought he would give JOSS
a little workout for three rounds, lie
tolir Fulton that 1t would be Just an
exhibition and not to punch hard. &c
Now. the bout did no; 90 very far before
fulton re6tlLtu lDtl Nllitih was ~
ing TO cop "A sneak. In the second
round Willard rushed at Fulton like a
wild man and Fulton got him flush on
the Jaw. dropped him to he canvas and
then helped him up. From those VINO
attended the show | learn that Fulton
easily beat Willard for the whole three
rounds. Tom Jones, they say. also cut
the ounds short.
Il was not handling Fulton at the
time. In fact he had no manager lie
is just n big boy and did not realize the
possibility OF getting a lot Of fame out
OF knocking the worlds champion down.
As Rochester IL a small town of about
10000 there is 10 newspaper there ar
rying a sports writer or even a sports
page, and scarcely any one connected
with the newspaper business is inter-
esteI in any sports. The people Of
Rochester did not think that Fulton did
anything more than he should have
done and Il great many of them were
surprised that Fulton did not knock
willard out.
"The first I heard Of it was some
fifteen days after the affair. | went to
Rochester and found out the particulars
and after talking with several business
men | was convinced that the story was
true. They We're all willing to sign
afhdavits proving that the knoCkdown
was on the square. One of the men to
sign the affidavit is the Mayor Of Roch-
ester.
'I1l let Fulton box amy man they
bring forward, and IL he doesn't knock
out every man he meets III take the
Rochester Giant back to Minnesota and
never peep al eye. | know New York
is the place to start him. No matter
whom he whips here, nobody in the East
or the far West will ever neal about il.
Fulton weighs 920 pounds and has a
reach OF sil2 inches
Johnny fckhart aud Dave Dunn held
a tanning bee during the Azevedo-Gru-
nan bout AZ the rink the other night.
"Ill never forget the time they signed
up Mysterious Billy Smith and Tee Will
Jams at the coney Island Club to light
for the welterweight championship Of
the world began f,ckhart. Williams
came from Australia a champion. The
promoters were gathered around "A table
and 5000 was offered for the bout, All
agreed on the amount. The club laid
out the five thousand on the table.
Williams when he saw the pile nearly
dropped dead. He never saw 80 much
money in his life before. He felt 40 sure
that they meant five hundred instead of
five thousand that he swiped the pen
after signing the articles. for fear They
"'u'h 'N''N'I Nv IhlNldht anu fIliiGt
the articles.
"tnd AZ to the nght-wcll, ] guess
there were few like it. They stood toe
TO toe In the middle Of the ring for two
rounds without moving out OF their
tracks. Williams went down and out
In the second round.
The first man to answer Harry Pol
lok's ad for Il heavyweight to meet
Young Ahcarn was Bocr I.odcl. The
men will be- matched Tomorrow to head
the bill at the Brighton Beach sporting
club next Saturday night.
And don't think Rodel is an easy
mark" remarked Dan Mckctrick. 'Iic
has knocked out the last I'VE men he
has met. lie ilattcncd Sailor Fritts as
neatly ~ ever saw the trick done.
wouldn't IT be nice II he fattcned Jake
IN the OCCASION of his first giant killing
Jaunt"'
Dan Morgan comes to the fore with "A
fr'e-for-ali swing At the Jim corb-tt-
Tom 'owler Company.
why" stNS Ian, this fellow 'owicr
IL - biz rumuly. lie is what rs known
aS an English heavy weight and he's
ho'u knocked out dozens Of times. Billy
Wells, the Bombardier, Is the champion,