El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-24
By Tad

heavyweight championship, and his
manager, Nike Collins, made good
/ their statement at Joplin, No, that
/ Fred would beat Texas Tate in short
order and never hit him below the
I chin" Fulton had been given the
| losing end Of the match when they
I met at Little Rock Christmas day, the
referee deciding in favor of Tate by
/ disqualifying Fred for an alleged foul,
| although, according to statements by
manager Collins and others, Fulton
should have been credited with =
I knockout.
Manager Collins was sore and made
I the match right back at Joplin and
/ he instructed Fred to take no chances.
/ but to batter his man from the chin
up, and Frederick. like a good scout,
followed instructions to the letter.
He put Tate down with an overland
right swing on top of the head and
finally put him out with a left
smash to the cheek bone. but always
keeping away from the body.
The southern heayyNyefght last
ed less than two rounds, which
would indicate that Frederick was
travelling ut top speed Fulton
says he Is ready TO give Jess
willard n match at any time. 80
that he may have n chance to win
back the title, which Fred claims
fused to accept HIS challenge
within the prescribed six months,
but, TO be more accurate, two
years.
II is nearly three years now since
Willard won the title from Jack
johnson at Havana and during that
time he had just enc fight-a ten
round no decision affair with Frank
Moran at New York, for which Jess
received the smallish sum of $4,000.
However, Fulton says he will agree
to give Jess a match for much less
coini in fact, he viii give Jess a side
bet Of $4,000 and fight him on
winner take all basis. or 70 percent
and 25 percent, just 10 show that he
has no hard feelings against the for
mer star heavyweight.
MeGOOrty Returns.
Eddie OIcGoorty, the Oshkosh mid
dleweight, accompanied by a very
clever jockey. Johnny Noon. is back
from australia. where he spent the
past three years or more. Eddie
boxed a number of matches while in
the land Of the kangaroo. losing
twice TO the late Les Darcy, but max
ing a good showing in the others
He was taken i'll for n time and was
operated on, but he is all right now
again and now feels that he can get
nothing but praise for the people of
us-ralia and thinks they are the
greatest sport loving people on the
lace of the earth.
II will not be surprising 10
henr OF Eddie returning to the
country of the southern cross
after the war. for he surely has
n strong liking for IL. He says
Jimmy Ciabby Is also n wonderful
N1Enrffa
people and others, but that jim
my VIII probably return home in
March, as he, too, has been there
over three years.
Eddie has placed himself under the
management of Jack Kearns, the
California promoter, who also man
ages the new heavyweight star, Jack
Dempsey, and he expects to hook up
with Harry Greb, Jack Dillon or Bat
Ting Levinsky for matches in the /
near future. Eddie's last match in
the states was With Frank Klaus, I
whom he met in a 10 round bout at l
Milwaukee Sept. %, 1913. He had I
just 20 battles while in Australia, !
against such men as Dave Smith, I
! immy Clab6y, Jules Dubourg. Tom /
my Uren, Fred Kay. Buck Grouse,
Lester Darcy. Jeff Smith, Joe Bonds, !
Mick King, Harold HardwicH and Al |
Lloyd.
Leonard and Downey.
There has been considerable talk |
OF late about match between Benny I
Leonard. the lightweight champion, /
and Bryan DOwney, contender for the ]
welterweight title. Matt HinkeL the Z
Cleveland sporting man onG referee.
who IS staging the Ertle-WOlfe /
match January %. has been after the I
Leonard-Downey contest, but the 4
only drawback is the seating capacity .
AZ Cleveland. Leonard was willing
10 concede a few pounds in weight I
10 Downey, PROBABLY 1s5 ringside, q I
weight that the COLUMBUS boy can
make nicely. and A. that pOundage n
Bryan would give Benny some fight n
Tor he is just as husky as Leonard n
and has d god left hand. New Ycfk 1
IS out CT the question for .he present II
and it might be possible &c sw II the II
match to Minneapolis. Milwaukee or 1
Cincinnati. NO matter where il is
leld- it win sttra,t a cot OF stten- \
ion