The Cordova daily times., 1916-01-19
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19. - The complaint made by the New Orleans fight promoters that their local news papers were not backing the proposed match between Willard and Fulton with sufficient enthusiasm, with the result that the heavyweight bout was called off, finds echo, with few or or no exceptions, throughout the Pa cific coast as far as the various sporting writers are concerned. The following excerpt from the type writer of a coast editor fairly we'll sizes up the attitude of the majority:
 The heavyweight situation is a joke anyway. Nobody appears to care much what Willard does, or what he is going to do. He won't draw unless they drag forth somebody who would have a chance to make some sort of a showing against him. The promot- CTS doubtless named Fulton for the reason that he practically is unknown and without a reputation in the fistic world. There is chance 10 soup Fulton along and make the public be- lieve that he is a wonder provided. of course, that none of his sparring partners happen to knock him out while he Is preparing himself for the chance of his young life"
 Sporting writers on this side of the Rocky mountains. big percentage of them. consider the heavyweights whose records are known, including Moran and Coffey, more or less as jokes.
 The annual indoor Far Western track meet which is scheduled for April 1, in the gymnasium of the Ore gon Agricultural College at Corvallis, under the auspices of the National Amateur Athletic Union, will be in vaded by one of the strongest teams that has ever been sent out by the Olympic club of San Francisco. Among the athletes well known to the Pacific coast who will compete for this club, are Frank Sloman. na- tional junior quarter mile champion, in the 300 and 600 yard events; Eddie Stout, in the 600 and 1000 yard races, while Bobby Nlught also will be contender in the latter event Oliver Willard and James Fuller will be en tered in the five mile run, and Wates in the walk. Ben Knapp, Murray and Muenter will be seen in the hurdle events. In the field events, the Winged o" will be represented by Reg Caughey, shotputter; George Ho- rine, national high jump champion, and A. NJ. Bohnert. who was the star last March of the hexathlon held un- der the auspices of the Y. M. c. A.
 There has been a vast amount of speculation as to who will be the coach selected to instruct the football players of the University of Califor- mia next season. There have been rumors and counter rumors daily, and divers candidates have smiled know ingly, but said nothing worth say ing when approached in regard to the matter
 The recent appearance of Bob Me Allister, the former Olympic club champion and one time aspirant for professional middleweight boxing honors, has convinced his friends that he has a pile of work to do before he can hope to cope with such men as Mike Gibbons and Les Darcy, the much touted Australian puglnSt
 Hal Boy, 2:01 1-2, an Oregon pro- duct is said to have won more money during the past season than any pacer ever has annexed in a single year Notwithstanding the fact that Hal Boy started out badly during the early part of the year by losing several inn portant races, his total winnings foot up to the respectable approximate of $35,OOO
 Stoughton Fletchers speeder first came into prominence in the horses native state, where the pacer attract ed attention to himself by winning sixteen out of seventeen races. The