New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
Promoters Are Worry
ing About How to
Raise Interest
By W. o. MGEEHAN

Bile, and, as the late Patrick Henry
remarked, "Let it come. / repeat 1t,
sir, let il come" It remains now only
TO start the ballyhoo which precedes
every we'll conducted heavyweight
championship match.
In ". good old days these ballyhoos
came spontaneously. Men on street
corners used TO 20 TO the pavement
Oh the relative merits of champion and
contender. The pacific public had not
become blase in regard to the supreme
Importance of a heavyweight cham
pionship match.
There was no artificial ballyhoo
needed 10 make the Sullivan Corbett
bout q matter of international impor-
lance. IL did not take much effort on
the part Of press agents TO have every
abiebodied male in the United States
roused to the necessity of having Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons settle their DIM
culties. The clarion call to bring the
title back 70 the white race was suffi-
Gent ballyhoo for the JefriesJohnson
and WillsrdJohnson matches.
But, as one member of the syndi-
cate which controls Willard puts II,
"The Wiiiard-Fulton match will be
very difficult 10 work up" He meant
by this that 1t will be some task to
create enough interest to draw 8
100000 house, without which the
matter of the heavyweight champion
ship could not be deeently settled in
these days Of the high-cost-of-every-
thing.
Both Lack Personality
Neither the champion nor the con-
tender possesses any particular per
sonality. Willard is six feet seven
inches and something less than
Guarter-ton OF Kansas Drawn. He
doesn't like fighting and he doesn't
like the limelight. His mouth is
always open, but not for conversational
purposes, for be uses only two words
Das a rule, the two being How" and
"Huh."
Fulton is an altitudinous plasterer
who, like Willard. is in no way ad-
dicted TO conversation which may com
% NIT him 10 anything. He is about six
feet six inches high. quarter of an
inch Of this altitude being entirely
occupied by his forehead. Statisticians
say that the Fulton family stretched
lengthwise would reach from Yonkers,
n. Y, 10 Ottawa. Canada This fact is
interesting in itself, but it will hardly
Willard Fulton match.
There is no geographical interest TO
be worked up. Willard is from Kansas
and Fulton is from Minnesota. These
states always have been upon friendly
terms. There is no racial prejudice.
No personal quarrel can be worked up
between Willard and Fulton, They
have nothing to quarrel about but the
division OF the gate receipts, and their
managers will do all the wranglng
over this.
Are Not Spectacular
Even those who believe that they
know the fine points of boxing cannot
work up any considerable interest IN
the match Those who have seen Will
lard box once have gone home and
prayed to be spared the pain Of seeing
him in action again. Neither is the
ring work Of Fred Fulton anything to
cause the spectator to burst into mar
tial verse.
The only suggestion that has come
so far is to have the pair take different
views on the tariff question. For in
stance, if Willard should come out
hatfooted for free trade, while Fulton
declared himself a stsnch protection
list, the boys might get tumble" as
Jack Grace would say. Still, one can
not tell. There hasn't been q good
street fight over the tariff for many
moon. ~
It looks like a difficult match ito
work up" as the promoter would put 1t.
The Industrious Miske
Billy Miske. the ST. Paul light heavy
weigh. is showing industry that is rem
inisceut Of the days when John l.. Sui
livan stalked through the land, daring
ANYBODY TO stand up against him for
four rounds. They never could come
TOO fast for John L., and, by the same
token, they do not seem TO come too
rapidly for Miske.
TO the average ten-round fighter a
bout such as Miske fought with Char
lie Weiuert Friday night would have
been inducement for two or three
weeks rest. But Miske insists that he
is as fresh as a daisy and ready to
step ten rounds with Jack Dillon at
the Broadway Sporting Club Tuesday
"All got is a scratch over the right
eye" said Miske cheerfully; "slso a
bruise on the ear But my hands, my
tools. arc all right, so why should
not box Dillon? ] have beaten him
twice
The Boxers Union is considering
the expulsion Of Miske, on the ground
that he is too industrious and is
monopolzng the game.
Not only is Miske ready for Dillon,
but he has agreed to take on the
ferocous and formidable Frederick
Fulton any day after the Dillon bout
John Ecismaptie. Of the Broadway
Club, has offered purse for bout
between Fulton and the winner Of the
Miske-Dillon bout
Despite the fact that Miske is al
industrious and workmsnlike bsttler,
u is a mistake 10 call him another
Ketchel. The bout with Weiuert
showed that If Ketchel had hit Vein
ert as many times as Miske hit him
Steve would have committed homicide
dozen times during the evening.
Matt Is No Stacker
II am glad to say that there are no
SlacSers In my stable of fighters" said
Dumb Dan Morgan. Matt Wells is an
TagliShmRn and he tried 10 pass for
the army. but was turned down on &C
count OF deafness. lie was so deaf
that they we're afraid that be couldn't
hear the artillery in time 70 duck
"And yet" continued Dumb Daniel,
when | dropped half dollar behind
him be turned right around and
picked il up. There is something In
the ring Of silver that penetrstes even
defective hearing
Darcy 10 Box Soon
According TO reports from the sticks,
les Darcy, the Australian, will soon
abandon his attempt to elevate the
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