El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-09
FULTON MAY Be NEXT OPPONENT
Of WILLARD FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
fOther Contenders Are Fairly Well Eliminated Either
By Paso Fights Lack of Experience Sufficient to
Justify Championship B out; Walsh Offers White
Championship light to a Finish


N .srtys o on me go boxing game have
decided to keep out Of the glare
OF publicity the coming week And well
they may. for there viii be little space
left 10 chronicle their deeds and mis-
deeds, what with the worlds baseball
series engrossinE the entire continent
While there will be little actual ac-
tivity in the pueilistic game for few
day, there are one or two little rims
6natters that VIII hold the attention Of
The fight loving fans And both are
matters of speculation They concern
the situations in the lightweight and
heavyweight divisions
D Ever since Jess willard pat Guiet17
- on Frank Moran the question When
viii Willard fight again IN defence or
his title has repeatedly been asked
As vet no definite answer has been
Forthcoming, either from the Willard
quarters direct. and through an indirect
source We shall endeavor 10 make
Willard viii not fight again this year
But do not be surprised to read. within
2 few weeks. the announcement that
-She heavyweight champion viii defend
his title on either Lincoln g birth
DAY or Washincton's birthday. in 1917
Its the Easy Money
General belief notwithstanding VII
lard VIII IlE1L AGAIN ne money Is GOO
soft for him 10 cast &C. aside with
mere snap Of the fingers He can earn
Il to easily by merely smashing his
Elove-encssed hands against an op-
Jess may he sick and tired Of fight
a5nE right now-as he would have US
telieve- We will grant ne Is tired
Of fighting right now lie is tied down
TO a circus contract. and must fulfill
this obligation before ne can talk fight
Jess's popularity is not waning an lota-
and for that reason II is not necessary
fo- him TO stimulate interest IN ms
circus work by keeping IN the public
eye
Fulton Would Not BE Hard.
Willard will complete his circus en-
GaEement the last day OF TINS month
Then he VIII be rcady-aye- eaEer-te
Salk fight Where Is there a "softer'
sum that the S500e0 Willard VIII re-
ceive for confronting Fred Fulton in a
padded ringe willard need only glare
at Fulton to win Fultons presence
there would be made possible only bv
1 crossing his palm with tidy SUB to
take a chance Of being hit once by the
champion Jess would require no more
than one resounding whack on Full
tons chin 10 end proceedings
So when Willard returns TO the
ring. rest assured that Fred Fulton VIII
be in the corner diagOnally opposite
There is no demand for bout be
tween Willard and Jack Dillon. al
though the latter did more damage 10
the estimable Francis than the cham
pion himself jim Coffey is no longer
klenticned in the same breath with
Willard. or with Moran, who also is
cut of the running
Weinert Not Seriously Considered.
Charley Weinert is being plunged
along by some genuinely original adj
vertising by manager Harry Pollok.
but the Jerseyite viii have 10 beat =
few Of the other cOntenders 10 be ser
iously considered Gunboat Smith is
showing signs of returning 10 life
but he has passed the age limit Of his
best fighting Tom COwler2 Nay not
Efter what Dillon and Smith did for
him.
So. you see it can be none other
than Fred Fulton He is even taller
than Willard, but slim. Certainly,
Willard viii fight again Whom has
he to fear2
welsh Disregard Dundees
Now. revertinE 10 the lightweight
domain. over which Freddy Welsh
.reigns- VIII Frederick ever show anv
consideration for long suffering fight
1opulace2
Welsh's latest is an offer Of a finish
fight with Charley White. Why pick
on Charley White. Freddy, when there