El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-16

'l@M A. nee. " Is, Jan. It,
N Twin City sports are all worked
up over the approaching battle
between Billy Miske OF ST. Paul and
Fred Fulton Of Rochester, Mimi.
scheduled for January Is at the Capt.
tol City A C. Of ST Paul There seems
to be great diversity of opinion re-
gardingpthe merits OF the men, for the
betting has assumed quite big proper
lions Some Of them are betting that
ne Ilgnt VIII not go the limit, while
others are wagering their con that
ailske viii get the newspaper decision.
On FORM the betting should favor
Fulton at odds Of to !. for he viii
nave an advantage Of at least 90
t p6ounos N weight and big pull in
the reach and height 8fiske scales
al ound 10 to IFS and Fulton will en-
ter the ring around the 30 mark.
Mlske IS Just feet. while Fred Is
teet ID inches One thing favor
ing Miske is his boring-in tactics.
Mnleh Is not the style Fulton cares
Fred prefers to stand off and box
az long range but whether Miske will
TAN for that style or not. remains to
be seen At mitigating Billy can
travel fierce pace. as he has shown
In his battles with Jack Dillon and
Battling Levinsky. One thing fs GER
tain-,Fulton must defeat MIske II he
expects to continue his claim as
champion heavyweight OF the world.
Fred claimed the title when
Jess Willard refused to match ND
Tor a title bOut and II looks now
as though Frederick has a bff the
best Of the argument. willard has
not made good his offer for the
Red Cross society. and he has also
tried TO ignore the offers made by
southern promoters for q cham
pionEhfp fight with Fulton-Oue
purse being S75sOOOs while another
offer guaranteed willard almost
that amount for his end alone.
Should Fulton defeat Miske de-
cisively. there Is little doubt that the
fans win stand by his claim and rec
oEnize him as the king bee or compel
Willard to fight him over the derby
route for the championship. Miske
has everything TO win by such q bat
tie and nothing to lose, for II he does
lose he can still battle for the cruiser
Mtske match. Fulton has Frank Mo-
ran to battle with at New Orleans.
January IS.
Johnny (Kewpie) Ertle. who won
from Kid Williams before Pete Her
route, has, been hot after Peter for a
championship match the past three
months. but to date has been unable
to get him into an agreement
When Ertle announced some time
ago that he was prepared to meet Kid
Williams in his own home town of
Baltimore and at his own terms, Just
to prove that his victory over the Kid
at St Paul was not a fluke, many of
the fans and critics thought Johnny
was looking for publicity.
The KeWpie was not after any
- "a l.. II
and went through with the match
after the promoters Of Baltimore
had named their terms and he had
given In to all the terms laid
down by Williams, even to the ex-
tent of agreeing to let the Kid
weigh in at 10 n. m. the day Of the
match inEfead of three in the aft
ernoon. AZ the original agreement
called for.
Kewpie won over Williams fairly, 1
as all the papers admitted. even |
though a draw decision was rendered. /
and since that time has been endeav-
bring TO get Pete Herman into a derby /
match for the bantamweiEht title 1
Ertle has always claimed the cham
pionship. so that a match between the
two would clear up the dispute for all
time and give the states a title with
out a flaw. Philadelphia. Baltimore.
Suffalo. Minneapolis. New Orleans.
Tulsa and Milwaukee promoters have
made offers for the match. but Her.
nan still hesitates.
Would Meet Herman.
What Ertle would prefer Is e match
u 20 rounds so there could be no
question about the winner having the
itle- He IL even willing to let Her
nan name the new scale OF weights
rs rfngside, or even at 3 o'clock IL
le cannot make the ringside weight.
II Is now up TO Herman to either
meet Ertle or admit that he Is NOT an. |
titled to any claim on the bantam
weight crown. In the meantime, Kew
Die Is matched to meet Kid Wolfe,
he clever Cleveland bantam, before
Matt Hinkel's club at Cleveland. jan
iary rs, in 10 round bout He is
Ilso negotiating for a return battle
With Kid Williams at Baltimore. but
his time the Kid viii have to make
Is at 3 o'clock as originally agreed.
Mitchell Works Hard.
Richie Mitchell the Milwaukee
ightweight who made such a rapid \
limb toward the ton Of the ffstfc lad