Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02
MORRIS HAS EDGE
ON FRED FULTON
Minnesotan Outclassed in Both
Battles With Oklahoma
Heavyweight.
AllBl ONLY PARTLY HELPED
Says Sapulpan Unduly Rough ;
Winner Expected to Get
Crack at Willard.
ALIBl ONLY PARTLY HELPED
Try ]. A. ERMATINGER.)

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Sept. i.-Will
legitimate challenger for the worlds
heavyweight championship emerge
from the fifteen-round battle between
Fred Fulton and Carl Morris at Can
ton, Ohio on Labor day?
Followers OF fistic affairs every
where will watch with intense interest
the outcome of the return struggle
between these behemoths OF the prize
ring bcause the belief prevails that
the victor will be eventually matched
with Jess Willard in long distance
struggle for the heavyweight title.
To make such championship
match a reality, however. II is abso'
lutely necessary that the paying pub
lie be brought to a state of mind
where 1t will have confidence In the
ability of the challenger to give Will
lard a hard struggle. That Is why
the coming setto between Fulton ana
Morris has been arranged.
1t is admitted that the Minnesota
plasterer and the Oklahoma engineer
are the only huskies in the game to-
day who are anywhere near the phys
ical equals OF the worlds champion.
( Unfortunately for both title seekers.
however, the sporting element has
come to look upon both Fulton and
Morris as burlesque performers who
are being groomed chiefly for the pur-
pose of drawing down a fat roll in
the event that a match with Willard
! is finally made. 1t Is to dissipate this
opinion that the handlers OF Fulton
and Morris are bringing them together
again.
Third Meeting.
Twice before have the rivals met
and each time the affair was unsatis-
factory. In the first struggle at Hud-
son. Wis. back in 1914, Fulton was
whipped thoroly. so people have said
who watched the contest. The exact
ending OF the affair is shrouded in
mystery. According to the record
books Fulton lost on foul in the
sixth round. This has frequently been
disputed by both Morris and his back
ers. They contend that Fulton delib-
! erately quit and Morris has insistently
claimed that he should be credited
with knockout.
Fulton Outclasscd.
From all information that can be
gathered concerning this match the
fact seems evident that Norris out
classed Fulton thruout. In justice to
the Gopher giant, tho. 1t should be
stated that when he fought Morris al
] that time he was comparative novice
at the game, whereas Morris was a
battle tested and experienced veteran
! Perhaps Fulton quit cold when he
saw that he was helpless. as Morris
declares, but even that fact can hard
i ly be raised to becloud the prestige
that Fulton now enjoys.
Unfortunately for Fulton. however
his second match with Morris, staged
at New York city on April of this
year. also ended unsatisfactory
Again Fulton lost on a foul and this
seems to bear out the assertion OF
Morris that the Gopher is not game
for punishment. or course the news
papers have been flooded with the
defense that Fulton has raised up tc
explain his Illegal tactics.
The Gopher declares that he was
the victim of a shrewG bit OF match
making and was at the mercy Of an
unfriendly referee. Fulton says Nor
ris frequently fouled him by using his
elbows. gouging with his gloves and
using his knees when they came &c
cinches The Gopher says he ap-
pealed continually TO the referee tC
+ disqualify Morris. but when he found
! that no attention was made to his pro-
tests Fulton theN resorted to foul
blows himself and was promptly pun
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