The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-16
WILLARD AGREES
TO MEET FULTON
Bio Battle for Championship Of World
Is Practically Decided for
Fourth of
July.
A rs NOT SELECTED
Fuiton'a Manager Agrees to Terms
and viii Take $4,000,
Win, Lose or
Draw.
rBy H. c.. Hamilton, United Press
Cto RI CorreSpondeut

TBy II. C. Hamilton, United Press
Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, March i6.-Jess VII
lard has fixed things SO that he either
will go down in history as mp
able to the great heavyweight chaln-
MONS who preceded him, or he Will
not go down in history at all
that arrangements
have been practically completed TO
bring the champion and Fred Fulton
together for a bout on July 4 means
more to the boxing game than N
single happening since Jack
collapsed under Wizards hammerlng
In Havana.
less has removed all restrictions
Indicating terms under which he Will
fight. Colonel J. C. Miller, who OBJ
tanned the signatures of both men
after a long session in Kansas City,
declares Jess is ready TO fight n
number of rounds. He win pick a
spot il possible where the bout can
60 more thar twenty rounds. IL Is
a peculiar set of circumstances that
has led up to the meeting etween
these elephantine opponents OF oo2-
ing. 1t was Fred Fulton who was
selected by Tom Jones to meet the
champion when Willard vas prepar-
ing to fight two years ago. a loud
cry ascended at that time against
Fulton. 1t was contended he was
too much of a novice to hght the
man who had whipped Jack Johnson
and Fulton lost the bout II went
TO frank Moran and was a very un-
satisfactory affair.
Fulton has been fighting his way
D. ~ r1poyranon SinPp that
time. As a matter OF fact, his
record reads much better than does
the champions. His recent bouts in
New York with Carl Morris in which
Fulton was disqualified for striking
low. started another howl against
Fulton which he has found hard to
overcome.
Unjustly charged with having a
.yellow streak the Giant from Min
nesota has gone ahead without hest,
tation-gradually making a name for
himsel that a forced the title
holder to give him recognition
Willard has been bounded into the
bout. Dubbed ~"pacifist champion
and derided because of the fact that
he has been content to appear as a
circus attraction instead Of defend.
ing his crown, he has chafed consid-
erably. Recently he declared him.
self ready to box and offered to give
his share of the purse to the Red
Cross. He wanted to promote the
mill himself.
This finally fell through and Col
j. c. Miller, one of the owners OF
the 1O1 ranch came through as vii
lard's agents to arrange the bout.
He obtained Wizards signature
agreeing to box and then went after
Fulton.
1t is a matter of much conjecture
where the bout can be staged. Few
places are available for a long fight
In fact there isn't a spot in the
United States where the law permits
more than twenty rounds for a bout
With this fact in mind, 1t is possible
the bout viii be staged at some point
near the United States. but in al.
other country.
New Orleans promoters have offer
ed a huge sum for the bout and Ala
bama promoters are said to be trying
to arrange for 1t.
Fred Fulton, challenger Of Jess
Willard, will be twenty-seven years
old april IS, next. He was born al
Blue Rapids, Kansas. He stands si1
feet four and a half inches tall anC
weighs about 220 pounds. He has