Evening star., 1916-01-13
RICHIE MITCHELL NOW AFTER
FREDDY WELSH, THE CHAMPION
He and His Brother Have Raised $4,000 to
Go as Side Bet for Twenty-Round
Bout With Title Holder.

wonder of the ring the past wear.
"hen he came over from Australia he
was considered nothing but a Taper.
ana no one gave him chance against
the hard hltters, but he has developed
a punch and has been whipping every
thing opposed to him in the weIter-
weight line. 1t Is now up to Lewis to
meet Kid Graves and fight it out for
me welterwsighe title. Freddy Welsh
boxed with Frank Whitney at Atlanta.
and had no trouble outpointing him
Joe Azevedo drew with Johnny Dun
gee; while our old friend, Battling
Levinsky. handed Tom Mcmahon q
Thinning. Th according to Daniel Morgan.
Importance. but enough to entertain
the boxing fans throughout the coun-
try.
Despite many disappointments and
doing the 'on again. on again, Finne-
gan act, the New Orleans promoters
have decided to use Fred Fulton the
Rochester giant. after ali. The Mime
sofa heavyweight. who was originally
matched to meet Jess Willard IN New
orleans March 4. for the heavyweight
championship OF the world, has been
matched to meet Porky Flynn OF Bos-
ton before Tommy Burns club January
2s. 1t is presumed that this is to he a :,
elimination contest. such as had oriei- :
nany been arranged for Fulton when
y.
ing to drawbacks 1t did not go through
me original plan was to match Fulton
with Frank Moran, but owing to the
exorbitant demands of the latter the
match was not made. It Is evident that
the promoters tried again to get Mo-
ran, but would not meet his demands
as to money, and therefore selected
Flynn.
Mike Collins. manager of Fulton. told
me the other day he had given Burns a
and Coffey. and that he could make his
own choice; all he asked was that the
winner be matched with Willard for
the championship at twenty rounds
therefore It is not certain that Moran
will meet Willard after all, unless IL is
after his match with Fulton, providing.
OF course. that the Minnesota man de-
feats Flynn. Porky is by no means one
for he has battled against all of them
including Sam McVea and Sam Lang
ford.
The Cream City Athletic Club Of Mil
waukee endeavorsd to match up Fulton
and Willard for February 22. and there
is no doubt but that it would have
drawn between $4,000 and $4,000,
However, Fulton and his manager held
out for twenty-round match with
Willard. claiming that it might be their
only chance for the title and they
would rather forfeit what money they
might get in Milwaukee in order to get
a chance at the championship.
There are many followers Of boxing
who have doubt. the ability Of Full
ton. while others hink he has splen-
did chance of beat ne Willard. Curley
Ullrich. the 'forme lightweight and
now referee at st. Paul, sent me a
Fulton quite a boosn In his letter
Ullrich said: IT hope that Milwau-
kee will get the Fulton Willard match.
although I would much have preferred
to see Fred go over the twenty round
route. I think Fulton is the fastest
big man living today and, after see:
ing him defeat Anderson. and later
in one round. I could not help but
title. He is another Bob Fitzsimmons
in my estimation. only Of a larger
Fulton and his manager. Mike Col
Inns. have gone to New Orleans. where
match, and it is likely that II Fulton
should win he will remain there and
prepare for a battle with Willard, If
it goes through.