El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-28

tween the two with Gibbons on the
Orch Looks Good.
/ Greb Is ready 10 make match FOR
I the title and over the long route
/ This is the nearest approach 70 a
real title match In this division We
Z have had in several years Now get
together, Mike and Harry, and let the
winner be declared Champion then u
Mike Gibbons wants 10 figure IN let
| him have a match with the victor. ST
l Paul Claims the honor anyway. as
/ both O'Dowd and Gibbons are from
I the sanity city.
willard is on Fence.
Il is up 10 Jess Willard now 70
either defend his title or permit some
Z one else to take IL who viii defend IL.
Z It is going on three years now SINCE
( willard won the championship from
, Jack Johnson at Havana, and since
I that time he has not defended the
title in even one battle. He had a
ten-rouud, nO-decision contest with
! Frank Moran in New York. and that
4 is the limit OF his fighting since TAX
I ing the title from the colored cham
piOn. Fur two years Fred Fulton.
I the Rochester. Mimi, slant contender,
! has eudeavo-ed 10 get a match with
Willard for the title. He offered 10
fight any number OF rounds from 10
10 20, or TO a finish, but the big fel-
low has never accepted any OF the
. propositions made TO him for such a
match.
At first he wanted Fulton TO
Prove that he WIS a legitimate
contender, which was all right on
Willurd'a part. Since then Full
ton has demonstrated conclusive
" that not only has he n right 10
challenge for the title, but be has
right 10 demand a match from
Willard.
Reca1rrv ~Na-,nfo, Tos4 cane o,,4
with q statement that II he made a
match OF that kind he would promote
u himself That may sound very good
70 some OF the fans but the great
majority OF them take 10 stock in
such talk u IS all right for Jess TO
manage a circus and boost himself
along as the champion heavyweiEh
OF the world. but he cannot continue
10 do that indefinitely without a
comeback from the people who sup
port the boxing game.
Fulton and his manager. Mike Col
Inns. have been very patient in their
efforts 20 get Willard into match,
but the time has come now when the
champion must declare himself one
way or the other. II he wants 10 pro
mote the match himself, all well and
good.
IN that case let him get busy and
make an offer 70 Fulton for the same.
However he has shown no DISPOSE
ton whatever 20 take hold OF the pro-
noting end. a few days ago the
the writer 20 offer willard $4,000
cash for his end OF a ten-round con-
test with Fulton. the same to he
held in Minneapolis within three -
four months time.
The offer f. bona-fide and the
writer has a check 10 80 a. for
felt for the same. The Germ
.
snme time came forward with an
offer OF $4,000 for the match, to
he held at the Milwaukee audi
forum any time during the sea-
son. the fighters TO agree between
Themselves rs to how the purse
should he split.
These are legitimate offers. and IL
Willard can beat them himself 10 is
up TO him TO do so Immediately. In
the event that Willard fails 20 ar
range a contest within reasonable
time. 70 is 10 10 Messrs. Fulton and
Collins 70 claim the championship and
be prepared 70 defend it against ali
corners. There is no doubt that II
Fulton claims the title under these
conditions he will be backed up in
his claim by the boxing fans OF the
United States and also by the Boxing
association IN Europe
When John L. sullivan was in his
prime he was meeting all corners. but
he declined 10 make q match with
Jake Kilrain for the title. Il was
then that kilrain deposited a big for
felt with Richard FOX TO 90 as q side
bet FOR q championship match. Sulli-
van failed 20 accent and the tide was
claimed by Eilrain and he was adj
vertised as the champion This forced
Sullivan into match with Eilrain.
whom he defeated IN their famous
battle at RichourE. Miss. 1899. I'm .
rounds
Come. Jess. get busy and let MS have
a real championship match.
Dillon is All In.
VIII ID be q case Of Jack Dillon
meeting his Waterloo iu the ring the
same as many others before him have
done There were many boNiu- fars
who witnessed rhe contest hefv. cen
Dillon and Billy lTsEe 7t the Eroad-