El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30

kinds, the interest IN a willard
- Fulton match seems to keep up,
which only goes to show that the box
ing fans of the country Will not be
satisfied until Jess Willard and Fred
Fulton get together and settle their
dispute about the heavyweight title.
Fulton claimed the title and
says IL Is up TO Willard now to
ask for a match. which is very
much of n jar to JeEs's nerves.
Willard has changed his mind so
many times the past two months
rs to what he would do about n
match for the title that the fans
look upon ii now rs somewhat OF
a Joke.
Fears aForty Thieves
First Jess would not let any pro-
Tnoter handle the affair as he figured
that some OF the forty thieves" (who-
ever they may be) might get some of
the coin. and that would never do.
fair himself and give all to the Red
Cross, including FultOn'S share, but
here Frederick enters a kick. The
Rochester giant, who claims to have
put Jess down in an exhibition bout
once. admits that he is dead broke and
and three children, but for all that he
is willing to give a share OF his win
nings to the Red Cross; while he sug-
gests that Willard, who claims TO be
worth anywhere between a quarter
and half a million dollars. can turn
over his entire share TO the fund. so
that everyone will be happy. In addi-
ton. Fulton will get a side bet Of
$4,000 for Jess, which will be some pin
money in case he wins it
Why not have the two giants meet
IN ten-rOund bout and arrange to
turn over a big percentage Of the en-
tire receipts to the Red Cross. which
will put an end to all this wrangling
and give the fans what they want and
at the same help the Red Cross fund
aiongi Fred is willing. so why should
not Willard agreeE There are q few
honest men in the world who can han
die an affair Of that kind probably
better than Jess Willard can. for in
stance, the Milwaukee Auditorium
club is ready and willing to take
charge of the affair and guarantee
that no one viii be given a chance to
grab off the receipts. not even the
fighters. without having everything
handled in a fair and legitimate man.
ner. IF it Is made a Red Cross affair.
the prices can be raised accordingly
and there will be no kicks from any
side. There is no reason why Fulton
should not have a chance to get some
return for his work. but he IS willing
to donate share at that, to the fund.
II Mr.. Willard has plenty and is will
ing TO donate his entire share, why so
much the better. But for goodness
sake. cut out the bull and get down
to real business. Let Willard show
that he wants to defend the title now
claimed by Fulton. or announce his re-
tirement and let Fulton take up the
crown and defend It himself.
Various offers We're made for the
match. but the one legitimate offer
appears to be from the Cream City
Athletic club OF Milwaukee, and Mill
waukee also seems to be the logical
place to hold a ten-round bout OF that
kind. If it is to be a finish fight then
for
AIIsIze On Defensive.
Many fans claim that Fulton hurt
his chances by falling to knock out
Billy Miske when they boxed at St.
Paul last week. We are not trying to
make an aIfbi for Fulton. but it is
only fair to state that the big fellow
was treated very unfairly by the
crowd at St Paul. When he first ap-
peared there was one continued howl
and boOing against him and cheers for
Miske. It was enough to unnerve most
men-fighters or otherwise-and no
doubt II worked to some extent on
Fred'S nerves. OF course Fulton was
the bigger man and the sympathy was
naturally with the smaller man, but
Surely ne Was deserving OF latE treat
ment under any conditions. Fulton
fought very fairly at all times and he
clearly outpointed 1Iiske. having him
in bad way at the finish from Sc
we're body punishment. Aiiske was a
game young man and took a lot of
punishment, but he kept on the de-
fensive most Of the time after the
fourth round, fighting in a crouched
position, which made II hard for any
man to put over knockout blow. Jim
Jeffries once said that any fighter of
any fair size could so six or eight
rounds without fear OF being knocked
out by much bigger man as long as
he remained on the defensive and that
was just the case with AIiske and Full
ton. 9Iiske was there 10 stay the ten
rounds and he did.
It IS the same with a wrestler that
viii work entirely on the defensive
the other man has mighty hard time
winning. OF course AIiske would be
a, fool to so out and try to mix with
Fulton-had he done so he would not