Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-11
JESS WILL WATCH
FULTON IN ACTION
Champion vitality Interested in
Result of Bout With Vein
ert Tomorrow.
MIsKE GETS CHECKED BIT
By RINGSIDE.


Chicago, Feb. l0.-Probably no
fight fan in the country will watch
the returns from the Fred Fulton
Charlie Weinert bout at New York
tomorrow night more closely than will
Jess Willard, heavyweight champion
of the world.
While Fulton has been loudly clam
oring for match with Willard, the
champion has---or rather, had-re-
garded him as no better than the
others who posed as legitimate chal-
lengers. Jess changed his view con-
siderably when Fulton squelched
Tom Cowler's ambitions with clean
knockout in the first round at New
York recently.
at was one of the biggest surprises
| ever had" said Willard. II had no
idea that Fulton could hit hard
enough to do that | expected him
to outpoint Cowler. but that is all"
When Willard and Tom Jones told
Fulton to go out and get regular
reputation il he wanted chance at
the title, they were not prepared to
see the Rochester giant start out to
do it so suddenly.
If Fulton trims Weinert decisively
only Frank Moran stands between
him and match with Willard. If he
beats Moran, then Willard is ready to
mix gloves with him. And If Fulton
does all that, the confidence won't be
wholly in the Willard camp on the
| day of the battle. either.
Fulton, it may be recalled, is the
man who claims he hoored Willard
in an exhibition bout at Rochester. a
claim which Willard always laughed
off without denying specifically.
Fulton has powerful left hand
and the reach and height and skill to
give it full play. Be it known that
Willard also boasts powerful left.
He demonstrated that when it proved
superior to that of Jack Johnson,
who was always known to have one
of the best southpaws in the bust
ness.
Perhaps the Fulton left is better
than the Willard left. II so, the
championship OF the world quite cas-
lily may pass into the keeping of the
Minnesotan when they meet,
Miske Is Checked.
Billy Miske's rapid advance in the
realm Of hghtdom has received a
temporary check as a result of an in
jured hand, which will prevent him
from fighting until about the middle
of next month, and that at time
when plenty of matches were in the
offing.
Miske's consistent showing around
New York, particularly the two bat
ties with Jack Dillon, in which he
was popularity accorded the victories
have done much to establish him as
one of the good drawing cards of the
game. Miske has not been picking any
lemons as his opponents, either
There are few better men than Moha
Dillon, Levinsky, Gunboat Smith and
Weinert, all of whom he has trimmed
1t is doubtful il Miske would have
much of show with Fred Fulton
and he is not looking for hgh
outside OF his class.
Miske himself blames rheumatism
for the fact that his showing unit
recently was not such as to attrac,
much attention. He had the disease
in his hips and attacks would seize
him at the most inopportune times
Suddenly the attacks ceased anC
Miske began to find himself. So from
a fighter who was paid only 500 fol
his first bout in New York he has de.
veloped into one who gets around
$1,000 when he steps into the ring.
Laugh Is Abb.
Miske, perhaps, is the first fighter
to blame a laugh for the fact tina
he did not knock out an opponent
and he admits he did not discover i
until he got to Illuminating over thing,
in his dressing room after the scrap
1t was in his second fight with Bat
Ting Levinsky. 1t was the nintf
round, and Miske had the Battler il
bad way and realized it when the,
clinched and he found Levinsky veal
and holding on.
The gong rang for the tenth. Misk,
tore across the ring and Lcvinsk,
climched. Suddenly the latter began
to laugh and he was still chortlins
when they broke and Miske boret
in again.
when he dropped his hands be
cause he was laughing so hard h
had me guessing said Miske. :"
thought perhaps something wa
wrong with what little clothes / hac
on. thought was the goat be
cause the spectators were laughing
too. First thing | knew I was gig
Cling and laughing, too. | didn't know
what it was about and | felt like
darned fool, but didn't want anyon,
else to think there was joke goint
around and I was too slow to see Ii
So | let Bat laugh. his way through
that round and then the fight wa
over.
Then Bat laughed on the squar
and ! knew he had made a boob O
me. But never again. The next GU,
that laughs when he is in a ring will
me is going to find me doing m,
best to smear that laugh all over hi
face"
Carl Morris Again.
: Carl Morris, the mountainous Okla
homan, will appear against Bob De
. we're, once an electrician in Kansa
City, at New Orleans on Februar,
, Is. If it wasn't for his bulk Morri
might find his hands full. He is liabl
! to, anyway, for this Dcvere is n,
SLOUGH with his hands and if he cal
keep Morris from bear-hugging hin