El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-19

= EW YORK Dec ls--t req + III
NJ ton who is pining to be recog
/ y nized as the worlds heavy
weight champion. thinks he sees d
way TO win q les on the title.
For the past year or so Fred has
been challenging Jess Willard on an
average Of two or three times a week,
but always with the same result-n0
answer
And so. having disposed Of sam
uel LangtOrd. Carlos Norris and s=F-
eraI lesser lights. Fred has declueu
that in case the circus king dOesn' {
lend him an ear by the first or jan
uarv in consideration Of his claims
20 recognition and a forfeit Of one
thousand iron men, he viii lay claim
Hnrd Work Before Him
Laying claim 20 any title in sports
and becoming recognized IS the right
ful owner of said title are two clL-
ferent things. Much depends on the
way the sporting public looks at IL,
and en- Fulton's case opinion is bound
20 be more or less divided
Fulton f. the best OF the
he~vyweicht ehaIlengers. but he
Il fer from "a wonder Of the ring.
A. a heavyweight fi-hter Freder-
lex Is perhaps the best plasterer
who ever came out OF Minnesota
which won't get him much in the
f,stie world.
Yet the fact that there are no
heavies OF real class, and that Fulton
les of real class. and that Fulton rs
is best Of a bad lot. VIII weigh some
thing IL he can force Willard 20 lay
his hand on the table and expose his
plans
A good many followers Of things
rstical are OF the opinion that VIII
lard does not intend to fight again
Ills circus interests, which are de-
wandir~ more than the usual amount
Of attention I'm these WarsOme times
cause he would have TO spend three
or four months in hard training 20
get into shape TO enter the ring again
the chances are against his deciding
TO do so.
Willard Trains Secretly.
Several wild and wOOlly rumOrs OF
late have Il that Willard is in secret
training: that he is spending the win
ter in getting back in shape, which Is
a big job for man who is nearly
eighty pounds over his best fighting
weight-aud that when Spring rolls
around he viii be ready to listen to T
the pleadings OF the promoters, or I
promote a he1vy-W eight champ iOnship .
battle himself
But all such rumors have been
taken with a grain Of salt by
fight followers in the East. They
get nI-tcst aS mEch attention a
TIE suffruEe question In Timhuc-
TOO. Fact l., the East il loz-n
interest in the hclvyWelghts Il
again. and she little fellows are 4
are the po-rlar lads.
As for Ful-on's challeuge-5ring I
her on, Freddy, and let's see what
kind Of a dent YOU can make in VIII
.arI's peace OF mind II
The National leaEue. a. n league. \
aclts class on the bases
Max Carey, who led his League IN I
1916 with 65 stolen cushions. was the
eader again this year, but he swiped \
but 50 bases Burns ard kauff. OF
he Giants, wro ranked close to Carey /
asst year, were Up there again in
.9l1. but the National developed no f.
leW cracks on tie flags
some OF Fastest.
Yet the National league has some
u the speediest players in the game
eddie R0ush, Of the Reds. once tied
he worlds record in getting to first .
laSe on a bunt, and at circlinE the
.aEs Eddie is a whizz Kauff and
5urns are both speedy runners, ana
here are many others
Then why the lack OF big base
teel erS in the National2
We put the question 10 an old-time
asebau man recently, and his an {