Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-04
lack BRITTON FINALLY WINS
WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Defeating Ted Lewis at New Orleans En-
titles Him to the Honor in This Country.
Has Fought 152 Matches Since 1905

! for then he would have to use all his
! science to keep out of harms way. and
the other fellow would have 10 rush
and tear in just to get chance at
| putting one over. Fred fulton the
| Rochester giant. whom many claim is
the real opponent for Jess Willard.
| gave Al Reich terrific beating IN nine
rounds in New York. the referee stop
ping the fight to save Reich. stu some
! critics say Fulton will not do. Every
| one there admitted that Reich was a
! terrific hitter. and Fulton planned ac-
| Cordingly to box him Cleverly. which
| he did. He used only left Jab and
! closed both of ReiCh's eyes. bruised up
| his and mouth and punished MN
a about the body.
! He did not knock him out for the
| reason that Reich would not open up
and fight. being entirely on the de
! fensive. Some one said he was 100
| small for Willard. but the fact is. Fred
| stripped III pounds in condition.
which surely shows him to be big
man and not far short of willard $
! height With proper care OF hlmse!l
/ Fulton has a great future. and should
have as good chance for the title rs
any of the heavies now before the pub
! lie. 1t will take a big man like Fulton
! to whip Willard. Charlie White is an
! other western fighter who has never
been given much credit in New ork.
although in Boston they think he is a
world heater. However. Il great deal
depends on the matching of fighters.
AS a rule. two clever men never mix
well together.
Johnny Ertle. the ST. Paul bantam
weight, who is claiming the title be
cause of a foul committed by lid VIII
liams when they boxed at St. Paul, Sup
TENDER 10. 1915. but which has never
been recognized by most of the critics.
has a chance to get Williams in real
Championship match over the mara
thon route. but he does not seem anN-
ious to grab the opportunity. I have
never given E.rt1e credit of being cham
pion for the reason that the referee of
the match in question-George Barton
wrote me to the effect that no de-
cision had ever been given in the affair
by him. Both sides had kicks to make.
and it did not seem right to take away
the world title from Williams under
the conditions. However. Ertle had
chance to prove his superiority IL he
wanted to. a S the Baltimore Kid offered
him another match over the long route
and also a side bet of $4,000. Even now
he is offering him chance to prove
his claim in a twenty-round bout, which
is fair to Ertle. Now another bantam
weight has jumped into the limelight.
The latest aspirant is Young Zulu Kid
of Brooklyn, whom Joe Sarno, his man
ager. thinks can whip both Ertle and
Williams. In a letter sent this week,
Manager Sarno says, in part:
Johnny Ertle will not be BILE to long
avoid a match with Zulu Kid. Ert1e is
a great little fighter, so is Kid Will
liams, but Ertle must first prove his
class in match with my boy. Zulu
Kid met Ertle once. and it was great
fight. but l want none OF the no-decision
bouts for mine. Let US have a real
match to decision. and let the winner
fight Williams for the championship
Then there will be mistake about
who is champion. ! have matched my
boy with Williams for a f1fteen-round
bout at Baltimore, June 5, to a decision,
but would rather have it twenty rounds
If Ertle and his manager. Nike Nc
Nulty, do not want to meet Zulu in a
long fight. why we will give him
match in Brooklyn for ten rounds. Dan
Mckettrick will bid for it. and stage
the match July 4, at the ball park Now
please tell me why Mr. Ertle holds off
from a meeting with Zulu KID"
Mr.. Sarnos offer to both Ertle and
Williams is very fair and deserves con-
sfderation.
There is a possibility Of Jimmy Dime,
the New Castle promoter and manager
of boxers. beating some of the other
pilots to a match with Les Darcy. the
Australian middleweight sensation.
Jimmy. who handles George Chip. is
thinking seriously of accepting an Of
fer from Snowy Baker, the Australian
promoter. for match with Darcy. and
ia king a chance at beating the cham
put one over on the Antipodean and
grab off the championship that it will
spell fortune to him, besides getting
around $4,000 for the match. which
is more than he can gather IN for a
similar event in the states just now
In the event Dime decides to go over
TO the other side, or rather down UNI
der" he probably will take with him
Patsy Brannigan in the featherweight
class Babe Picato. brother of Frank.
who has been in Australia, and Tom
Mcmahon. a heavyweight. Picato has
been fighting well in the lightweight
ranks and there are few feathers who
have anything on Patsy, when it comes
to the twenty-Tound game. The heavy
weights are scarce in Australia and 1t
lis doubtful whether Mcmahon would be
a money maker at this time.
Another manager who wants to make
the trip is Bert Connors of Memphis,
who has three good boys in his stable
Art Ma girl, 154-pounder. Benny Palm
err lightweight, and Ar'os Tanning, a
featherNei ght. who has made good re-
Gently agirI has had ffteen battles
the past season against some very good
bows and has won all of them Palmer
has battled with such boys az Jimmy
Hanlon. frankie Burns, Richie Mitchell,
frankie Callaha and Freddy Welsh.
Benny is Mexican, but was born in
the states and he has the ma king of
Ia fine little fighter. Tanning has been
boxing through the southwest and has
defeated such boys as Louisiana. Jack
" hife Jack Douglas. Charlie Arnson,
Bobby Burns and Jimmy Hanlon. Ma
girls latest night was with Jack Torres.
The Mexican welterwe'sht cha mpion,
whom he knocked out in nine rounds.