The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-10
FULTON NO MATCH
FOR JESS WILLARD
Giant Who Is to Meet Champion
Lacks Ring Experience.
ONE SIDED FIGHT EXPECTED

Title Holder Should Not Have Much |
Trouble In Knocking Out Westerner.
His First Battle Since Defeating Jack |
johnson.
An opponent has been selected for /
Jess Willard in the first battle in which |
he will engage since he toppled over |
the black champion in Havana and |
captured the heavyweight crown. The |
man chosen by the champion as try |
out victim is Fred Fulton, a giant |
from Rochester, Mimi, who is physi- |
cslly match for the big cowboy, but |
whose ring craft and experience are |
decidedly on the short end of the prop
osition. Without a doubt Willard de-
cided that he needed a few bouts I'M
der his belt before tackling hard game
like Moran, Coffey, Smith or Wills,
and Fulton will be the first of a few
chaps who are not regarded as dan
gerous and who will meet the cham
pion in what really are training bouts.
The amazing thing about the Fulton
Willard match is that the New Or
leans promoters have guaranteed Will
lard So. 500 for his share. If the peo-
pie Of Louisiana and adjacent states
are willing to pay that amount to see
Willard in a bout with practically a
novice that is for them to explain.
No doubt the promoters are willing to
take the chance, because the Mardi
Gras Will be staged at the same time
in the Crescent City and possibly they
will get their money back. But as for
a contest between Willard and Fulton
1t looks on paper decidedly one sided.
However, if one listens to the argu-
ments of Fulton's doting manager VIII
lard viii not be the champion very
shortly after he has entered the ring
with the MinneSotan. According to the
fond manager Fulton and Willard met
in a three round exhibition bout at
Rochester, Mimi, May IA, 1915, and
Fulton not only won on points, but
also scored a Touchdown in the second
round. As a matter of fact, Fulton's
manager is bit astonished that VIII
lard. after the rough manner in which
he was handled by Fulton, should CON
sent to another match with the man.
moth Minues0tan.
In setting forth his belief that Fulton
is sure TO beat Willard, Fulton's man
ager gives sixteen reasons for thinking
his man win vanquish the champion,
as follows:
1. He is as fast on his feet as a light
weight
?. He can Outlook any heavyweight
in the business.
3. He has straight left that no
heavyweight Of the present time can
block
4. If necessary he can dance around
any heavyweight in the business for
hours.
g. lie has knockout punch in either
hand.
6. He has twenty-nine clean knock
outs to his credit
Z. He never had black eye or bloody
nose.
8. He is of Scotch-Irish parentage.
Q. Ills height is six feet four and one
half inches.
10. His reach is eighty-four and one
half inches
II. His weight is 220 pounds.
II. He is twenty-three years old.
13. He is an all around athlete.
II. lie never chewed, smoked OIL
drank
10. He is positively sure no man in
the world can beat him.
16. On the 18th of May. 1915 he beat
with ease Jess Willard, present cham
pion of the world, and knocked hin
down in the second round, something
Jack Johnson couldn't do in twenty-si,
rounds.
1t is not unlikely that Fulton's man
ager will have sixteen excuses after
the battle and viii naively overlook
the fact that his man was outclassed.