The Washington herald., 1918-07-29

willard appears 20 have correctly
estimated Dempsey's ability. for
when Il came 70 q battle for hiS title
the champion selected Fulton in
preference TO the Salt Lake boy.
The fact that the wfllsrd-Fulton
bout was not permitted to take
place Is probably the only reason
that Fulton was not eliminated BY
the champion
Dempsey is now % years old and
at the height of his powers. He
possesses such speed that the clev-
crest defensive fighters could not
escape his terrific onslaughts. His
left for the body is a cruxher. sS
was evident from the look Of pain
on Fulton's face when Dempsey
doubled his man up with the blow.
When Dempsey starts his rush il
is like a battering ram and all Oh
stacles are crushed. Almost TO a
man the close students Of boxing
who saw Dempsey batter down FuI-
ton in such short order expressed
the opinion that IL the Salt Lake
tornado ever gets into the ring with
Willard the giant circus man will
meet the same fate that befeH Full
ton. although perhaps not in 50
short a time.
1t is freely predicted that Willard
now will formally announce his re-
tirement, thus leaving the title to
Dempsey.
Twenty-three seconds Of so-csIed
action and ten Of repose, and 81 slI
in return. Fulton's salary Of better
than S5s2 a second-counting his ten
Of quietude-no doubt was the high
est yet paid any ring performer.
| without fear OF contradiction II was
the quickest Knockout on record
among heavy-weights of any standing
and especially contenders for the
title. The nearest thing TO II was the
ouick knockout of Gus Rubin bv
Tom Sharkey at Coney Island IN islS.
They spared for just a minute. and
Sharkey landed a blow that sent the
Swiss 10 the Land OF Nod. Another
quick result was that in the bout he
! tween Tommy Burns and Boshter Bill
Squires, the Australian champion AZ
Colma, Cal. in 1907. One punch sUf-
feed for Squires. The next year STAN
ley KetchelI stopped Mike Twin Sulb-
van with one punch.
Fitzsimmons figured in a one-round
knockout over Peter Maher at Lang
try. Tex, in 1895. Fitz aIwsvs sad
that Maher hit him the hardest blow
ne ever had been struck. The Irish
man made the first move after shsk-
ing hands. and IL shook Bob from hes 4
TO foot Fitz backed away for a mo-
| ment or two 10 get his bearings ana
/ then launched a counter walton. That
was the second and last blow Of the
! night, for Maher rolled over, dead 70
/ the world
! The quickest knockout was that
registered in two seconds. by Battling
Nelson against Billy Rosser at Hsr-
Ney. Ill. sixteen years ago. The rec
ord usually is accorded TO Dsl Hav-
kins, who stopped Martin Flaherty IN
four seconds in the preliminary to
the F1tzsimmons-Corbett fight at Car,
son City in 1897.
/ The shortest championship battle was
| that between Terry McGovern and
Pedlar Palmer. then Enrland's han,
tam-weight title holder. at Tuckshoe
in 1899. That fight was a GOOD deal
like that OF Saturday. Palmer had
been expected to give the Terrih,.
Terry quite a contest because OF ths
Briton's vaunted cleverness. The,
went into the center and McGoverr
Immediately set out TO annihilate IN,
little fellow from overseas and n
succeeded in jig time. One terrif
wallop and Palmer was through. Poo
Pedlar had come here primarily q
light George Dixon and was inveiglet
into taking on McGovern as
! preliminary" bout. Another shor
! championship fight saw Joe Cans q X
the lightweight title from Franz
Erne at Fort Erie in 1902. One punch
sufiiced there too.