Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

In my time, but this is without exception
I the worst Of the lot. Fulton might be
good, but he Will have to show more than
he did tonight to convince the public that
hei the logical opponent for Jess Will
lard"
A Very Sad Affair
Nat was right. The two heavyweights
put up slow, sluggish battle, which was
SO sad that even the sightseers who paid
their good money to see a prize fight"
/ for the first time, put on their coats and
hats and left the theatre before the fuss
was half over
IL you can imagine a boxer working out
In gymnasium against a stuffed dummy
hanging on rope and trying out every
punch in the book said dummy you will
get an idea of last nights burlesque.
Reich was the dummy. and he just stood
up and took the punches Only dozen
times did he attempt to hit back after the
first round, and then 1t was in half
hearted manner. He acted like a lamb
undergoing an operation at the hands of a
kind-faced butcher.
While Fulton is credited with techn-
cal knockout, he was lucky to emerge
from the ring while still standing on his
feet. A good, game boxer would have
stopped him early in the battle something
that sheep" Reich should have done in
the first or fifth rounds. In the opening
session AL landed a hard right flush on
Fulton's jaw and had him all but out. One
more punch would have finished him, but
sheep" refused to follow up his advan-
tage and Fred weathered the storm. It
was the same in the fifth.
Has Good Left Jab
To Fulton's credit, however 1t must
be said that he has a good left jab and
knows how to use 1t. He keeps sticking
IL in continually In his opponents face
and while 1t has little force behind it,
the blow keeps the other fellow at dis
tance. In the first five rounds Fred jabbed
Reich hundreds of times and only raised
n lump over AIS right eye Fulton uses
his left like lightweight and inficts as
much damage as 1873 FOUNDER.
Several times the plasterer crossed his
right to retiring AIS jaw. but uothing
happened. Al remained on his feet, COW
cred up and took some more punishment
All of which shows that Fulton cannot
hit and his long list of knockouts (not In
the official records) must have been made
when he was wearing a horseshoe In
his glove for good luck
Reich won only one round and that was
the first. He stood up and allowed Full
ton TO pepper him with that long rangy
left for two minutes without even at
tempting to lead or fight back. Fred
smiled to his seconds, the crowd and the
footlights, and was preparing to enjoy
a pleasant evening when Reich's right |
buuutnly sHOI out ana caught MN tluSn |
on the Jaw Fulton's knees sagged his |
eyes grew CLASSY and he tried TO clinch. |
Reich soaked him again in the same |
place and II looked as If the new "hope'' |
had exploded in the very first stanza of |
his world conquering tour.
Reich Has Enough
But Reich decided that he had done
enough work for one evening and allowed |
Fred to hang on and stagger around the |
ring until the bell sounded.
In the second round Futon resumed his |
jRbbing tactics and Reich was through. |
Every one at the ringside knew Fred was |
in bad shape and Reich had a chance to |
win by knockout, but Al refused to fight. |
1t looked as ii he was in there to take |
beating and he was doing the best he
could.
The same thing happened round after
round. with the exception of the fifth,
when Reich landed another right handed
smash, but II was only flash in the pan.
It caused a thrill among the spectators for
a few seconds but that was all.
In the meantime Referee Bill Brown was
begging and pleading with Reich to please
do something besides covering up, and
when the sheep" refused he stopped the
unnteresting battle after the ninth round
had progressed one minute.
This is the first opponent selected for
Fulton by a syndicate in this wise city.
The next will be Coffey, and If successful.
Fred will take on Frank Moran. All Fred
viii have TO do is to win from the blonde
1rishman and he will be matched with
Willard.
Fulton is said to be guaranteed $4,000
for the three battles He gets $3.50
more II he knocks out all three opponents.
From the looks of the first bout, however.
the last $4,000 is perfectly safe, as Fred
has just as much chance to finish Moran
and coffey as Frankie McManus or Johnny