The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-29
WINS FROM REICH IN
 SLOPPY. BOUT

New York, April 29-Fred Fulton, the tall Minnesota heavyweight, pounded Al Reich, the New York heavyweight, into submission in nine rounds at the Stadium A. c. at the Manhattan opera house last night. Referee Bill Brown stopped the bout early in the ninth round, when both of Reich's eyes were closed and he was groping helplessly around the ring trying to get away from FultOn's incessant attack of left jabs.
 Reich was badly defeated. His face was beaten and swollen, and blood flowed from a cut over his left eye. All the fight had long been taken out of him and he was weak and groggy when the referee saved him from furthey punishment.
 The boxing of the New York Adonis was just the same as it had been in his other fights. He started out with the advantage all in his favor in the first round, when his left and right smashes to the jaw staggered the Min nesota giant and had hirn bewildered. Twice Reich caught Fulton flush on the jaw, and the huge frame sagged under the punishment. Fulton is not sufficiently schooled in the science of defense to protect his jaw, which looked none too strong in the first round last night.
 After that oUtburst of punches by Reich in the first round all of his az gressiveness left him, and Fulton did all the punching. The Minnesota, p1asterer, who aspires for Willard's title, has a long way to go before he will be a contender for that honor. His boxing is crude and he has a weak defense. His one blow is left jab to the face, which is effective on ac- count of the B inches of arm which he poked into Reich's face at will.
 Fulton after the first round used the left jab and seemed to have noth- ing else. He tried a right uppercut occasionally, but it was not strong enough to tear through Reich's arms as he crossed them before his face to get away from the stinging punish ment.
 If there is any power in FutIon's right-hand punch, there was no evil dence of it last night. A dozen times he could have put Reich away if he had had steam enough in his right. On the few occasions when he used it, it didn't appear to trouble the New York heavyweight much The clinch- ing became so tiresome after the fifth round that the crowd jeered both boxers and yelled for the referee to stop the bout.
 Fulton weighed 217 pounds. He is feet inches tall, but much of his
  makeup is frai1 when compared with that of a welI-proportioned Hercules like Willard. FuIton's jaw was ex- posed for attack any time thai Reich chose to shoot a punch over but he failed to take advantage of the open ings which Fulton gave him. When Reich tried to hammer in body blows. they had little effect.
 Reich weighed 211M pounds and appeared to have twice as much strength as his opponent. But after the first round, Reich either could not or would not fight. He sheepishly re- treated under the fire of Fulton's stab ping left jab. The Minnesota aspirant kept using this one blow with monot- onous regularity, until Reich's face was cut and bleeding and he was un- able to see where hia opponent was.
 New York's. curiosity 70 see Fulton attracted a big crowd to the former temple of opera, and the receipts were estimated at about $12!0OO. Of this the huge amateurish Minnesota boxer is said to have received $6,006.