The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-13
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v,REp FULTON. Minneapolis
haayvwairht. was being

v,REp FULTON. Minneapolis
heavyweight. was being
! beaten. and beaten badly, by
carl Morris. the Oklahoma giant.
m their recent New York fracas
when Fulton deliberately fouled
the westerner. Every writer at
the rtngside agreed that II would
anly have taken a few more rounds
Tor Morris 10 have put Fulton
down for the count
Carl Morris certainly cannot
~NA been born upder the highly
touted lucky star.
The poor old gladiator, lie sim.
ply cannot get credit for what he
aeccmplishes " the prime ring.
Before ne meeting with Morris.
Fulton was being iauded as the
enc hirh.class hsavyw eight OF the
day--the man TO relieve Jess vii
lard OF his crown. Then along
comes Morris in "come-back"-
be has learned a lot since Jim
Flynn made a chopplng block ont
Of him when he first went TO
Gotham from Sapulpa.
DESPITE THE NEAT manner
n which Morris trimmed Fulton,
he is stili considered pretty much
Of a joke by Gotham scribes.
Those boys I'm the big town are a
pretty wise outfit, all right, all
right. Nit.
The same bunch that are keep
ing Morris down are the ones that
couldn't see Jess Willard as an OPP
ponent for Jack Johnson with a
reriscope even as late as few
short months before tho colored
( Jsnp was forced TO quit 10 VIII
Vim their bout at Havana
II was unfortunate for Carl that
the bout with Fulton ended the
way II did.
The bout was and has been look
I'd upon merely as n try-out for
Fulton before be took on Willard.
Morris was not and has not been
considered at all. ~This gives the
present champion all the more
ieeway In which to ssdestep him.
SPEAKING OF THE willard
Johnson bout at Havana:
Dick Wheeler. former Pacific
Coast lightweight champion who
was here IS an actor at the Al
hambra a short time back. was In
The front row vnen this battle took
PLACE.
Wheeler declares that Johnson
vas not knocked out.
The big cinder tried everything
he had or less and when he saw
shat Willard was getting stronger
end stronger and taking every
thing he tJohpsonl could give.
Jack began To figure. He was
weakening round by round. IL
aas becoming plainly evident He
- word for his wife to leave.
Then when Willard landed a stiff
4 punch he took It and went TO the
mat and stayed there. He saw
only too well that he was due for
terrific iacing at the hands OF
The Kansas giant II he tried TO
ttick Il out any longer"
THOSE WHOM WE like TO
term "oii-timers." meaning the
fans who have been following the
fcur.round shows IN Seattle for a
number OF years and saw Johnny
.OLeary and oihcr former favor
ties in their first bouts here. are
ricking OLea-y &c trim Pnkman
rsxt Tuesday night when the pair
tsngis In Dreamland.
We. however. fail 10 agree with
them.
The old boyssdon't give the lads
nov boxing the credit that Is due
them. They are every bit as good
as the lads that we're fighting here
five and 10 years ago.
Lloyd Madden. Eddie Pinkman,
Harry Anderson and Frankie Sui
ivan will stack up favorably along.
side OF Joe Bailey. Rough House
1<1daylie Burns. Johnny OLeary
I. and "Frenehie" Vaise, each one al
lis best.
That the boys now boxing can
trim the lads of other days win
most likeiy pc proven Nnen flnA'
nan takes on OLeary.
TOM AND MIKE Gibbons. the
famous pair OF St. Paul phantoms,
ere headed for Seattle and will be
here prepared to show Seattle box
ing followers their skill IN the
Foped arena the early part OF next
month.
Three OF the local clubs nov
staging boxing shows. claim they
have the Gibbons boys promise 10
box for their institutions. Nothing
has been said. however. OF an OPP
ponent for either Tom or Mike.
At the present time II appears
ttat Al Sommers, Portland mid
dleweight. should at least be given
n opportunity 10 step with one oil
the Minnesota lads.
II lies between Sommers and
Battling" Ortega, the San Fran.
cisco "knock-em-dead" as TO which
Of the two Is tine class OF the mid
clewelghts on the Pacific Coast.