Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-27
Rlngside Spins Yarn Of How
Promoters Frame on Fred
Fulton in Order to Kill
MinneSOtan.
BY RINGSIDE.

Iioie anu more evident why Governo
Whitman of New York, especiall,
and state executives in general, ar
down on the fight game.
A case in point-the inside story q
the recent Fred Fulton-Carl Morri
go, won by Morris.
Early in the year Fred Fulton
stock began soaring. He was toute,
by many as the only man who coul,
take less Wizards measure. In eacl
tight he showed up little bette
than before.
1t was not long until there was ;
clamor from the fans for a match be
tween the Minnesota plasterer anc
the worlds champion. The result wa.
statement by Willard that it was ut
to Fulton to beat the best of the fielc
aspiring to the crown, and then he
would talk business.
This Fulton did in rapid order unit
Carl Morris remained about the only
eligible left to fight. And here is
where the story really begins.
Fulton, it seems, was willing to
wait awhile to see how Morris was
going. But some promoters down in
New York thought differently. They
not only thought he should fight
Morris quickly, but that Morris should
end for all time his aspirations for
the championship.
Thereupon they began casting about
for go between Morris and some
other scrapper in which Morris would
put up a miserable showing. Fulton,
thinking Morris would be easy money,
then could be easily induced to enter
the ring with him.
Pick Mystery Man.
For an opponent the promoters
picked mysterious person from no.
where and began calling him the
money. He was a whirlwind, about
the fastest thing that had come to
New York in a decade. So the fight
world, including Fulton, picks up its
ears and waits eagerly for the con-
test.
The night OF the fight comes. Fred
Fulton and his manager saunter up
to the box office.
DO we need seats?" they ask.
"Oh, no." replied the box office
man. Special seats are reserved for
you." So Fred and his manager, seat
ed by the ringside, glimpse the show.
Carl enters the ring. His belt is so
tight that folds OF fat roll over him
and the fans begin to talk about it.
They don't hesitate to say that he
hasn't trained for the conflict, and
that he isn't a real scrapper, anyway.
That's all right as far as Carl is con-
cerned, because he wants to create
an out-of-condition appearance.
Then in comes the mysterious no.
body from nowhere. He looks the
money, and the fans have it settled
already.
The fight begins. In the first round
the mysterious nobody simply slaps
Carl all around the ring. In the Sec
ond he repeats the dose. In the
third Morris does little better, but
in the fourth his opponent resumes
the offensive, slams over foul, Carl
crumples up and the bout is over.
Somehow or others the promoters
just ran into Fulton the next day.
They Immediately began to talk up
match between Fulton and Morris.
Willard, they said, would insist that
he fight Morris just because the lat
ter was claiming the right for wtack
at the title, and, besides, Morris would
be easy money.
The outcome? There could be only
one. The match was arranged and
fought. Morris literally licked the
stufin' out of the would-be champion
and sent him back to comparative
oblivion.
While Fulton went into the fight
with his eyes open, and there is not
much sympathy for him where the
inside story has been known, the con-
duct OF the promoters obviously was
one that would tend further to blacken
the game.
Small wonder that Whitman and a
lot more governors have no love for
the ring pastime.
New Bantam Sensation.
With the bantamweight division |
Just now in the limelight, Harry
Hughes, a former Chicago newspaper
man, but now a New York traveller.
comes forth with man he thinks is
going to do wonders among the pee
wees.
Il want to make bid for notice
for one of the scrappiest little scrap
pers that ever entered ring" he said.
THAT man is Joe Burman, the Chi
cago boy who has been making good
with such a vengeance in the east
lately.
His manager, Dave Simons, has
commissioned me to challenge either
Pete Herman or Johnny Coulon. This
kid certainly is entitled to crack at
the crown, for he is the greatest sem
sation in peewee ranks.
willie Astey Billy Fitzsimmons,
Young Johnny Solsberg, Jimmy Muir
ray and Dutch Brandt have all been
included in the complement of lads
Burman has defeated. Brandt, it will
be recalled, gave Pete the battle OF
his life, and yet against Joe Burman
Brandt was helpless"
Ritchie Mitchell may meet Joe
Mandot in New Orleans soon. Man :,
dot has been going along so well that
Promoter Tortorich has decided to
have the southern boy meet the Mil
waukee lightweight for finish scrap: |