New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-10
Grant Hugh Browne An
nounces Engagement
of Champion
By W. o. McGEEHAN

Jess Willard and Fred Fulton have
been matched to box ten rounds Tor
the heavyweight championship at Mad
ison Square Garden on March 20.
This announcement was made yester-
day at Albany by Grant Hugh Browne,
of Goshen, n. Y, and Havana, Cuba,
promoter of the Sportsmen's Club oil
America. the Allied Sports Club, OF
the Tower Corporation, or whatever 1t
is that has bought, leased or borrowed
Madison Square Garden. The names
seem to vary with the changes in the
weather.
The announcement of the match
seems to be reasonable enough. Will
lard really must box somebody or lose
prestige as a circus attraction, so II
might as we'll be Fulton as anybody
else. The terms upon which the match
has been made have not yet been an
nounced. How much Willard will re-
ceive in money, or promises, will re-
main a secret for the time being.
For the present, the match is contin-
gent upon Browne convincing the At
torney Generals Office that he has a
bona fde lease for a year on the Car
den. or that the Tower Corporation mas
actually bought the place for real OF
imaginary currency.
Curley Wanted the Match
voootiations for the Willard-Fultoh
match have been under way FOR some
.;u,o lack Curley, who owns large
nmnoher of shares in Willard, has peeh
nbn,t frequently with Browne and III :,
co., He was working on the matcn.
Crrloy ia the enterprising hnanG,el
~ tited the price OF Willard on icy
p al for the Moran match. lie trled
- eame tactics for the PROPOSE
Willard Carpenter bout, but kicKard
." For Richard. Curley insisted ina
wilIard,s services were worth SOM
,hin% in the neighborhood oil SKI:
thousand smacks, bones, IRON men v,
dniIars II is believed that Browne ma
ocroed 20 a purse close to TINS SIZE
p;oht nj this particular moment I'M
Itch NJ any terms looks Ike goiaeii
nnnor,nnitv for Fulton. The ponder-
o,s INIT precocious plasterer, WIN "a
Sco,nIo of fights under his belt, VIII
10 ~ his hest Willard, according 10
ronor,s has been taking things easily
and ba, develoned the paunch OF an
alderman. -. .ho
Tho nessimists declare that the
heavyweight champion is now so wheezy
that he will not be able to 60 ten run
rounds with an active giant like fui-
ton some even declare that Jack Cur
| low is getting ready to buy some shares
Of Fulton the moment the champions
| ,icbts hit the canvas and the new
| cbamnion is made. Mr.. Curley has al
ways kept his eye out for good i've
! business opportunities in the puglistlc
| limo He was the man who formed the
naioh,ated CurIey-Jones- Willard Syndi-
cote which now controls and operates
.be heavyweight title Of the world.
Fulton Less Of Joke
FYlton. whose aspirations once drew
hearty laughs. ia getting to be less OF
a ioke every day. He has a great left
hand. and a left hand is more than hall
! Tho hattie in boxing match. willard
has been out of the ring ever since the
,cn.round bout with Frank Moran. so
we'll You never can tell. Jeffries took
n long lay-of and he didn't come back.
Grant Hugh Browne spent most OF
Yesterday in Albany trying to convince
! the Attorney Generals Office that he was
entitled TO n license to conduct bouts in
Madison Square Garden. Browne has
been granted a license by the Boxing
Commission. but Deputy Attorney Gen
, eral Lewis has ruled that the opera
ton of the permit is contingent upon
his meeting certain objections of the
Attorney Generals office.
Jack Curley declared last night thet
the objections of the Attorney General
had been met, and that the Weinert-
Fulton bout will positively take place
as per schedule Monday night.
Speaking Of the Willard-Fulton bout,
which is to follow. Curley said: "And
unless Fulton is hit on the chin the
Willard bout will follow. II Fulton
wins. and wins decisively, Tom Jones
will be here TO sign his name. or make
his mark, on the articles which will
bind WILLARD to the match with Fulton.
II 4. Ia.