New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-13
ocosperous Pugilists Turn
In Noses Haughtily at
Big Money.
SILLIVAN WANTS TO
HOUND FRED FULTON
Nsv Manager with Zebra Vest
Banks on the Trail of
PlaSterer.
Rv W. O. MGEEHAN.

Ths eoyness Of the more prominent
Ao,.r, to-day Is causing a great deal
- mental anguish 70 the promoters.
wi,A sums that were fabulous a few
Gears ago being held within easy reach,
a, pugilists are shoeEingly shy, par
s,ulsrly Freddie Welsh and Frank
Moran. ,,u.
vslsh the neat sum Of $4,000 20 jour
,.r 70 South America 10 fight Benny
Is.,srd twenty rounds for the cham
.,onshin. Tom O'Rourke, Of Brooklyn,
Altering Frank Moran $4,000 to
ssht lack Dillon next month. Welsh
-. not even whispered, and Moran,
vbsn ne heard Of the offer, merely
49, The next train from New York 70
,ioU his contempt Tor the money.
charlie White, OF Chicago, when he
,,,-3 Of the money that was offered
so- bout with Welsh, took the next
,,,in for New York and declared that
l. vas as willing as Barkis TO fight
T,lsh or ANYBODY else for that amount
NJ money. Welsh, II seems, will fight
White, but not Leonard. his reasons
y,5stively the Welsh White match
4. On for Buenos Ayres, but Gibson Is
an hoping that Welsh may change
H. mind and decide 20 take the money
n, a bout with Leonard. Being
iAonsrd's manager as well as match
-,ker for the Argentine Republic,
Gibson would much rather stage a
Welsh.Leonard bout than Welsh
White match.
me whisper Is around that Welsh
srures that he believes that this may
h his last fight and that he would
r,ther drop the title 20 White than 10
Leonard. Welsh nay be very fond Of
White, but hardly $1,000 worth. There
i not that much affection in the box
ing game.
Negotiations are under way for q
Pulton-Moran match 70 be held at Mad
IsoD Square Garden some time IN the
near future, but, we regret TO add,
those negotiations hav3 not proceeded
sry great distance. James Johnston
slowed US the kilograms which tell the
tale;
New York. May l2.-Wnl give Full
ton $4,000 TO fight Moran at Madison
Square Garden. The money viii be real
JAMES JOHNSTON
Tie reply came in this form:
sSt Louis, May 12.-Will take SD
900 for Fulton TO fight Moran. No other
mike COLLINS"
After recovering from the shock the
bov bandit hurled this def through The
window of the nearest Western Onior
ofice;
New York, May 12.-When you have
recovered from the effects Of the ter
rble heat at st. Louis, perhaps we can
talk business. JAMES JOHNSTON
"They say that Fulton has a fine
rsl- Of hands" unused the boy bandit
let me tel. you that they are the most
eraspire pair Of hands in the business
tnd. believe me, l have encountered
some grasping lunch hooks in my time
should paw fifteen thousand bucks <
plssterer. He couldn't get that muef
dough for plastering the sky
A belligerent person with blacI
AID white striped vest rushed IN OF
u Yesterday. He wasn't u zebra
hough. because the stripes ran III
wrong way.
Twsnt 70 hound Fultonl" he shouted
AL right" we said soothingly ct
head and hound him. But just why
rsy we ask, should you hound tina
phderous plasterer7'
a want 20 hound Fulton" the nngr,
Granger repeated. "Will you help m
bound Fulton p"
40, we viii rot" we replied firmly
We have no reason 20 hound Fred
eriek Fulton. and even If We had vi
would not 20 that far out Of our class
We are light middleweight and re
red-absolutely retired"
The stranger became fearful.
thought that you ought to hound Free
Rlton for me" he said. ITS for th'
GOOD o. the game and in the INTEREST,"
Hgeneral uplift"
"What Is YOUR monicker and objec
Ia life" we asked.
"Oh, I'm Dan Sullivan, new MANAGE
o. Charlie Weinert, and want you q
hound Fred Fulton for me. II Grant
land Rice was here he'd hound him fol-
ne. Aw, 30 ahead and hound himl"
VIII Fred Fulton please consider
himself hounded7