Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
BIDDING is SOON TO START
Cities Will Be Permitted to Compete
With Coin for the Willard
Fulton Match.
GOTHAM PASSES UP CONTEST
nv RINGSIDE.


the long, lean and lanky larruper
from Rochester, MINI, has been SEN
fenced to meet Jess Willard,
slightly known heavyweight, in the
ring on or before Labor day, this year.
The place and exact date are de-
pendent upon the gullibility of the
community showing any desire to
stand sponsor for the killing"
Fulton, evidently, does not care
what happens to him, so long as he
gets his drake-off." This is the first
OF a series OF matches 10 be cooked"
up for Champion Willard, in order 10
keep his name before the public and
thus enhance his drawing powers with
the circus.
AT that, Willard is not TO blame for
this match. Nor is Fulton, either,
for that matter. Their enterprising
managers have concocted scheme to
ensnare the publie-and New York
ers may be thankful they will be a
long way from the site OF this terri
fic battle" Here we have the biggest,
strongest and clcverest heavyweight
champion the game has ever pro-
duced, opposed to a gangling, un-
schooled paper hanger, whose only
recommendation is his towering
height Of six feet five inches. And,
with all this altitude, Fulton does not
weigh over 200 pounds.
Blow to Boxing.
Were this uneven bout TO be held
in New York, it would surely result
in the abolition OF boxing in this state
| And the city that will eventually "talf
for this contest, deserves to lose is
status as a boxing community. II the
bout is 10 be decided on its merits
Fulton has no business remaining n
the ring any longer than II takes toi
Willard TO deliver the first punch
One Of Willard's stiff left jabs should
be sufficient TO upset the cadaveroui
looking Mr.. Fulton.
We shall hear more OF this great
bout and its possibilities. Within
few weeks bids will be considered fol
the contest-and the best proffcr viii
be grabbed by Tom Jones, Jack Cur
lley. Mike Collins, (Fulton's man
ager), ct al. And New York is tc
be Inundated by having bid con
sidered. This bid, however will come
from none other than Jack Curley
who is connected with the Willard
enterprises, and who is associated
with Harry Pollak in running
flight emporium at Washington Park
| Brooklyn, the old site Of the Brooklyt
| National league base ball club, an'
more recently the haven OF th'
| Brooklyn Federals.
Makes Money Come.
This bid naturally will be tn
"come on for promoters from othe
cities. In like manner did jess vii
lard get S47,500 for boxing Franl
Moran here, when he original,
agreed to take on any man in tn
world, over a route even, for $50,
600. Curley entered "phoney
bid for Wizards services, and TIE,
Rickard topped 1t by offering a rec
ord sum for a ten-round, no-decisio
bout. The Fulton Willard bout is I
produce the same shrewd general
ship.
According to the tentative articles
.. Willard Is to receive S37 800 for hi
part In the affair, or two-thirds 0
1.-The gross receipts If they total NOR
. than the stipulated guarantee. Flu
! ton, for being implicated, is to 20
one-third of the intake, regardless Q
what it amounts to.
The tip-off on Fulton's ability ma
be cleaned from a cursory peek
] his record. He was floored thre
times as many rounds by Andre Al
, derson, who quit to Young Weinel
in two rounds, although Andre on
! weighed Weinert some twent
pounds. Dan "Perky" Flynn, WI
outlived his ring usefulness sever
years ago, stood up and slugged vii
! Fulton for twenty rounds. Even
: Reich, who subsequently quit in ii
!, ninth round, almost knocked out Flu
i ton with punch in their bout her
Fulton may be a formidable opp
nent for Willard two or three yea
hence, but II he is to be led into Il
ring with Jess this year somethir
i should be done to the unscrupulol
c promoters directing such a mate
d Again, New York is TO be thankf
:. for its lack Of interest In the Fultol
: Willard muss. for it might
i tempted to bring the same two mon
= liths of the ring here, even aft
y Willard's disappointing showir