Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-12
DILLON NOT GIVEN WORLD
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
American Boxing Association Recognizes
'Hoosier Bearcat Simply as Champion
of America-News and Gossip Of Ring.

for a claim, but he is out OF it now
because he cannot make the weight
Young Ahearn also is a contender, and
good one. There is some doubt
about Eddie McGoorty making the
weight and that brings it back again
to Gibbons, Ahearn and Smith, as
Clabby was beaten by Les Darcy in
Australia recently If Mccoy wants TO
get recognition the best way for him
10 do is to match up with Mike
Gibbons. jeff Smith or Young Ahearn
where decision is given. and then he
viii have a chance to mix right in
with the select circle
The New Orleans promoters d. r. Tor
torich and Tommy Burns, who are plan
ming a big carnival of fights during Mardi
Gras and race week iii the Crescent city
have practically selected Fred Fulton. tle
Rochester tMnn-) giant, as the opponent
championship contest. Messrs. Burns and
ToStorich first endeavored to have Fulton
and Frank Moran matched in AN einina-
ton contest, the winner to meet with
Willard. Moran evidently thought he was
the man they had to have, for his terms
were almost as high as those of Willard
and he refused to meet Fulton in an
elimination match. After dickering
around for two or three weeks the New
Orleans promoters made I'D their minds
that it would be impossible to do bust
f-ess with Moran, and they selected Full
ton TO take his place. and set the date
OF The match for March 4. 1t is true that
Fulton has not had all the experience that
Frank Moran had, and that he is a little
inexperienced, but just the same he has
demonstrated during the past six months
that he is a fighter and carries a real
KNOCKOUT waiop. He has tho size and
weight TO carry him along, which some of
the CHEERS have not, and the chances are
the Minnesota boy will put up a great
deal harder battle against Willard than
most critics expect, and if the chance
FssaST &c aIf
or right on the tender spots he is very
liable to make Mr.. Willard take TO the
canvas, Willard will have the adyane
take in weight and experience, but that is
all. Fulton is built on the same order
as Bob Fitzsimmons and it is a well
known fact that F'itZsimnons won all mis-
battles because he had the ability to de-
hYer knockout punch. Fulton has the
same cnance, and he is willing to take
that chance. even though he gets very
little for his labors After he has been
IN the south for a month of training fine
fans may change their minds about vii
lard being a 3-to-1 bet.
Boxers and managers usually are SO
quick TO claim everything in sight
when 1t comes to contests, etc. that
1t is really pleasure to hear from
one who does not claim he whipped
every man he met Joe Bonds, the
Tacoma (Wash.) heavyweight wbo,n
Jim Corbett tipped as a promising can
didate for championship honors about
year and a half ago, is Just back
from Australia, where he went with
Jack Kearns. Billy Murray and Red
watson, and he has nothing but praise
for the people there and the way the
boxing game is conducted. Says Zoe.
Have just returned from Australia
and wish you would thank the stadium
people and others, when you write ba elk
for the splendid treatment accorded
me. The game there is not as -four
ishing as in the past, due to the war
but good bouts are drawing good
money, and I had no kick whatever l
don't think that any American boxer
If he conducts himself properly, has
any complaint to make about treat
ment, for they are a whole souled speo-
pie and Snowy Baker did everything
possible for us. The difference in
their style and the manner in which
they bar punches used in America, is
misconstrued by soma of the boxers
who do not seem to realize that the
Australian wants clever boxing rather
than rugged mixing. / was beaten
!, over there, but have no complaint to
soon go east and tackle some OF the
big heavies. hcGoorty has been doing
wonderfully well and making big money
Jimmy Cha bby also got big money for his
bout with Darcy. want to say, too, that
Darcy is a much better man than some
of the American critics think he is
Jack Dillon, the Eiant-killer, must
like Oshkosh. Recently Jack fought
Frank Farmer there and scored a win,
but got little money.t Now he Is going