El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
FULTON
is BEST
CHANCE
Milwaukee Sport Writer
Believes Minnesota
Giant is Comes.
LOGICAL NAN FOR
BIG WORLD CHAMP
By TOM $. ANDREWS

= A IAWAUkEE, Wis, March 12-
M The question OF selecting an
opponent to pit against less
Willard, in a battle for the bsa,,,,
weight championship, brings out many
interesting points as regards the size
and style OF fighters favored for sucb
a contest The old saying that 4 good
little man cannot hope TO defeat q good
big man. holds good in manv eases
nut Of course there are exceptions
Take Tom Sayerx. at one time
champion OF England. and Won
nave great exception. Sayer.
was haraiy what might be termed
good sized middIewelghf for he
iea around 154 pounds. but des-
pite This fact he defeated RJIT
Perry, known as n zfauf in ngne
rounds an 1857, for the ehampfOn-
snip belt and $1,000 side How
9iIIerent from the purses Of to-
day, with all the PRIVILEGES etc
thrown in: And besides. fheT
Fought in those days with bare
Then again. in 1850 sayers fought
the famous .Benecia Boy John &
freeman tan American giant. wight
~ pounds. ~ rounds to a draw. That
was Tom Sayers last battle. Tor
aIIeh was another small man for
hedNyF eiSht champion, and after NAM
battles in the old country he came 10
the states and made his home passing
away al St Louis in 1904. with the
honor OF having lost the title and re-
gained il again
Allen lost to Nike McCOoJe. the
II. Louis giant. in rounds on an
alleged foul In 1859 but in 1873
Allen beat AeCOOle at a point near
St Louis In seven rounds In ISSS
Charlie Mitchell. scaling around
1SS pounds at the time, fought the
only JOhn l.. Sullivan 80 rounds in
France. 1t being called a draw by
mutual consent Sullivan weighed
Then came James J. Corbett with his
new style OF boxing and defeated John
L sullivan in 1892 and two years Later
Corbett bested Mitchell in three rounds
Tommy Burns weighed only 160 hounds
Wnen he won the heavyweight title
and when he lost il to Jack johnson
ne scaled under 163. while the coIored
man Telghed 20 Many writers fav-
willard, but IL would be like leading a
lamb to the slaughter. While Dillon
Is game and hard puncher. he would
not be able TO stand off hard 5Olts de-
Hvered BY Jess left and the same
would go for Battling Levinsky, who
has also been tOuted as a logical Cd
pOnent for the champion.
willard Is a giant, scaling in
condition. over 245 pounds and
standing six feet inches. besides
having tremendous reach Of
arms Therefore il will take a man
OF big size with good left hand
TO beat Jess Willard. Carl Morris
IL big enough. but he lacks the
clever left 10 do the business.
u all the big fellows developed since
willard became champion in 1915, Fred
Fulton, the Minnesota giant stands
out most prominently as the one best
bet Fulton has the size. weight speed
and hitting strength combination
that looks mighty good TO most bet
ting men Fred is almost as tall as
Jess scales 222 pounds in shape and he
carries no superfluOus flesh, as does
willard Fulton has demonstrated his
hitting ability by putting out most Of
his opponents with clean left jolts 10
the Jaw followed sometimes with short
right crosses. He has whipped all the
aspiring heavyweights put against him
to date, so what more can Jess and
Cherokee Tom" Jones ask for Big
Jess will have TO meet Fulton this
spring and when they clash there Will
no doubt be heavyweight fireworks