New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Boxing News and Notes
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

Up to tho minute of "quick- timing
to press we haven't heard any wild
shrieks emanating from those cities
that crave to stage the bout for the
heavyweight championship of the world
on July between Jess Willard and
Frederick Ferocious Fulton; but July
is long, long ways off, Eleanor Agnes,
and, as our late friend Dr.. Munyon
declared, "Therc's hopc!"
According to the most secret and
confidential sources of information OBJ
tainable, New Orleans seems to have
the best chance of putting on the bout
that may see new heavyweight cham
pion crowned Denver, Carson City,
Newark have all been mentioned as
possibilities" when it comes to sit
ting in at this little boys party, but
the Mardi Gras town seems to have the
edge on all the others when we get
down to the finger bowl stage.
Il we are to believe all the stories
that Wizards press agent is sending
forth even thus early in the proceed
. ings, Jess was never in grander condi-
tion in his life. Bouncing cobblestones
off the champions midrif would be
(Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
TO Cobblcstoncs)- II press agenting
could do the work IN the ring, Fulton
will be lucky to last through the first
round.
Colonel J. c. Miller, Wizards lobby
gov, was in Chicago yesterday for the
purpose Of comforting with Mike Col
lins,, Fulton's manager, regarding fur
ther details OF the scheduled bout An
o{r1 NJ Is
been made by a New Orleans fight club,
drawing from, Willard the admission
that matters are progressing salts
factorily." Two hundred and five thou
sand dollars will probably be hailed as
good" and s3O5,o0 as "rippin'" by the
Palpitatina. Pacifist from Peaceful Pot
taWatOmle-
For moro than week now our nights
have been made horrifc by a guilty
conscience and our days uncomfortable
by Irving Schneider. the first deputy
assistant head Office boy and a dabbler
in the higher forms Of art.
II was not always that Irving both
cred much about US, one way OR the
other. He treated our presence in the
Office with good -natured tolerance, and
even deigned once or twice to stir ,un..
easily in his chair when we yelled
"Copy!" in our best cylinder tones,
but mostly he just accepted our exist
ence as one Of those things that must
be borne with good grace.
Those were the days when Irving
dallied in poetry and lightened up old
Colonel Lee Arms's "Office Boys Cor
ner" with some Of his lyric quatrains
on love. the elements, war-any of the
things that have inspired the Byrons
the Milton and the Lawrence Hopes Of
the past.
Inherited Irving From Arms
But Colonel Arms fitted South with
the Giants some days ago, and Irving
Schneider could find no outlet for his
talent at poctizing. And it was then
ne turned to us-~and to boxing, as me-
diurns for expressing himself. Two
weeks ago to-day We promised Irving
to delight our readers with his views
on the Willard Fulton Dempsey con-
I troversy over the heavyweight title,
and our intentions were perfectly hon
orable, but somebody's foot slipped.
/ The immortal copy" went down to
the composing room. but il never came
up, and as al! the gentlemen in that de-
, partnent are members Of the union we
doa't dare to say what we really think
about their attitude townrd budding
genius. However. we are going to try
TO put Irving "acrosg" again, and If
you don't see his stuff this bright Tues
day morning you will know where to
place the blame.
Irving strikes right at the vitals of
tho argument in his frat line. "Thc