El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
FULTON HAS GREAT LEFT HAND,
BUT HIS RIGHT APPEARS WEAK
In His Battle With Reich He Used Left With Great
Effect Until He damned the Joints; Manager Says
He Has Strong Right unch Also, But the Bout
Failed to Show It; Great Advantage in Reach
ny MONTY.

est left hands seen here in many moons.
Many even regard his exhibition with
/ the left as superior to anything Jess
Willard ever showed in this line. Full
Ton has n knack of shooting in the left
in a dozen different ways. His right
hand seemed practically useless to
him.
A left handler by nature, Fulton boxes
| in the orthodox position of a right
handler. He stands with the right foot
back and the left hand extended. in
his training bouts here preparatory to
the Reich encounter, he used a pro-
nOunced crouch, but in the actual setto
he stood more or less erect, thereby
gaining whatever advantage his supe-
riOr height afforded him. With the
power speed and accuracy OF his left,
he was able to pepper Reich almost at
will, aided by his immense reach.
Has 50 inch Rench.
Fulton spreads SO inches from fin
ger tip to finger tip, or half an inch
more than less Willard. He is only
one inch shorter than Jess. or six and a
half feet tall. This gave him a decided
advantage over Reich, who partly made
up the difference by weighing practi-
cally the same. Reich tipped the beam
at 211 IL and Fulton at 217.
Fulton seemed to leave himself wide
open nearly all the time He was so
intent upon getting that left home that
Yet il may be that he is one Of those
peculiar individuals sometimes called
an awkwardly clever man, with a good
defence where he seems to have none
Certainly Reich was not able to hit him
solidly. with the lone exception of the
first round, when he had the westerner
dazed by a powerful right a random
swing that happened to land on the
Jaw.
Referee stepped Bout.
Known as a faint hearted specimen.
Reich did little but cover up and run
away after Fulton found the range and
began his fusillade of let's over, under
and inside the guard. The Minnesota
giant had a knack of firing left hand
broadsides in such a way that Reich
couldn't tell where they were directed
Sometimes they caught him in the body,
but more often the blows were aimed
at the head. Steady punishment BY the
left, coupled with the fact that Reich
refused to do any real offensive fight
ing after he had taken a few, caused
referee Bill Brown to stop the farce I'm
the ninth round.
1t is almost sure that Fulton would
have scored a clean knockout If he
hadn't injured his left hand in the sixth
round. He landed hard on Reichs fore
head and sprained the joints of the first
three fingers Of the hand. From then
on he was obliged to tap easily when
pend on his weak right, which served ]
him poorly
Was Protecting His Right.
Manager Mike Collins explained after !
the bout that Fulton really has a fine
right hand punch but was afraid TO :
use II for fear OF breaking his hand on !
heich, who covers up in a queer way I,
tnat leaves no opening except the TOP !
OF mis- head. No unbiased spectator /
v no sat at the ringside can agree with /
Collins in his ideas about the strong {
rlght. Fulton had a truly remarkable 4
Iett that night but his right was about I
as puny as any seen hereabouts.
Because Of his unbalanced character {
suc-fine punch in one hand and none
N the other, also apparently weak de-
Of the New York sporting ,
writer's have been declaring that Fulton
las no chance to succeed against bet
er men than Reich. They forget that .
iome OF the most formidable fighters
nat ever lived were unbalanced. with
helr strong and their weak points
Ike Dorganf manager of Frank No
an, was among those who saw Fulton
whip Reich. He expressed the opinion
nat the big fellow can beat any man in
ne ring today except willard, Moran.
ack Dillon and perhaps Charlie Vein
IT Dorgan thinks that Jim Coffev
7ill be easy picking for Fulton That
eft hand made great impression on
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