The Washington herald., 1918-02-25
TO.
FIGHT TONIGHT.
Fulton-Moran Battle at New
Orleans Dempsey to
Meet Brennan.

New York, Feb. 24.-The semi
finals OF the termination contests
from which will be selected the
next contender for the world heavy
weight title. to meet Champion Jess
Willard. will begin tomorrow night.
There are four contenders In the
field. Tomorrow's battles will au-
tomaticaIly cast two into the dis
cards. and every fight promoter in
the country stands ready to sign up
the winners for the final match
Fred Fulton, the ex-plasterer.
from Rochester. Minn-. who tonight
seems the most logical opponent for
the giant willard. will meet Frank
Moran. the Pittsburgh heavy
weight. In a twenty round battle to
a decision at New Orleans. Jack
Dempsey. of salt Lake City. who re-
Gently appeared scoring victories in
the st easy manner on the advent
OF the veteran John L. Sullivan, will
meet Bill Brennan, in a ten round
bout at Milwaukee.
Should Fulton and Dempsey
emerge victorious, Billy Miske. of
st. Paul. will have a score to settle.
The st. Paul boy is a light heavy
weight. and certainly does not
measure up to the field in the matter
of weight. but he made his impress
sion in the recent bout With Fulton.
Fulton has got to win from Miske
before he can claim a bout for the
title. Dempsey has so far avoided
the st. Paul boy, and has no fair
ground on which to pass him up.
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condition than his is tonight He
has been training his best for the
battle and when he arrived in New
Orleans for the final workout the
odds offered on Fulton fell from :
TO l to s to 5.
According to dope-so far as that
goes-Fulton will easily manhandle
the Pittsburgher. Fulton has knock
ed out several OF the best, among
them Sam Langford, Gunboat Smith,
Charley Weinert and Tom Cowler.
This is a record covering only a short
time which must command attention.
He Is a scientific fighter, speedy and
can hit with knockout steam. Moran.
although he lacks the science and has
not kept himself in the best physical
condition in the past two years, can
be rather mussy when he gets under
steam He has the one advantage
which has featured his entire ring ca
reer and on which he must rely-his
Mary Ann punch. It's a drive Of
the Knockout caliber and he uses 1t in
close scrapping. This is Fulton's
weak point The Rochester giant is
probably the best long distance box
er in the ring. but he has made two
very sorry displays of close quarters
fighting.
AIoran's determination might be
called an asset. He has firmly de-
clared since the bout was scheduled
that he would put Fulton to sleep"
In his former ring battle Mary Ann"
display Of courage has stood out as a
feature. In his bout with Willard he
uttered his threats when he crawled
through the ropes to face the giant.
Fulton weighed in tonight at 2l2
pounds while Moran tipped the scales
for only 1856
So far as the dope goes-it would
seem that Moran has only one chance
of winning when the acid test is ap-
Piled tomorrow night.
II he goes into close quarters and
lands his right on F'ulton's jaw and
body he can possibly stand up under
the punishment which the Rochester
man will hand out. If Fulton can
keep the Pittsburgher at bay and
land his left punches in cool maner
he will win.
Jack Dempsey will be put to a test
he has not been called upon to face
since his meteoric appearance in the
ring. Brennan has a ong string of
knockouts to his credit. The most
notable victim who took The count
after a blow administered by Bren-
nan was Joe Cox, but there has been
about forty of them in his three years
at the boxing game.
In addition to these two battles
tomorrow night St Paul will be the
scene Of another contest which must
command notice. Harry Greb, Pitts
burgh's contribution to the middle
weight class. will fight Champion Mike
O'Dowd. The battle will go ten rounds
to a decision. There Is some dispute
as to the titular aspects OF the match,
but il Greb outclasses his opponent in
a decided manner or scores a knock
out the dispute may be cleared up.