The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-27
Wills KAYOES
FRED FULTON
Negro Heavyweight Stops Big
PIasterer in Three Rounds
Last Night.

New York. July H,-Harry wills
stands forth today as real contender
| for Jack Dempsey's heavyweight crown
The ease with which the giant New
| Orleans negro stopped Fred Fulton In
three rounds at Newark, N. j., last
| night has caused great deal OF spec
ulation today as TO his chances with
the heavyweight champion.
last nights fight. declared today that
he would fight Wills II the public de-
manded the bout.
After two rounds OF sparring. win,
went after Fulton savagely In the third
round, and the big piasterer went down
under rain OF body blows.
Jack Britton. welterwelght champion
stopped Marcel Thomas, champion OF
France, In ten rounds. Britton knocked
the Frenchman down seven times.
Johnny Dundee shaded the hard hit =
ting Eddie Fitzsimmons In ten rounds,
and Frank Moran had the better Of n
poor exhibition with wild Burt" Ken
ney. F's
Uppercut Fatal .t.,
Wills Knockout blow. a right upper
cut, came after 2 minutes and SO sec
onds OF fighting, In tho third round.
Wills took the aggressive In the first
round, sending rights and lefts TO Full
toms head and body Wills then hooked
left to the head and followed with a
high right hand 10 Fulton's stomach.
Fulton. stIll on the defensive, blocked n
couple OF PUSHES and then swung n
high right to Wills head just before the
hell in the first round. 1t was Wills
In the second round Wills landed a
hard right to the head and Fulton
countered with a straight left TO the
face and right to the body. Fulton
found he was able to reach his oppo-
nent and sent his left again TO tho
face. He then hooked lefts and rights
TO the negro's body. after wills had
missed right swing for the Jaw. 1t
was Futon's round
Wills rushed his opponent at the he.
ginning OF the third and landed rights
to the Jaw, following with rights and
lefts to the head ana body, They. cam"
10 half cllnch and Wills shot n short
right uppercut under the chin. When
they. broke away wills landed n ,n,'
lowed with n right swinging uppercut
TO the jaw, knocking Fulton on his back
in the center OF the ring. where. ne
was counted out. He had to he helped
wills Wis Weighed 2oi pounds and Fulton
210.
Mo Bend ster y OH g,;o,r.or,.
hope OF early freedom under bond was
considerably dmmnd last night nuer
news 10 obtain his release had failed,
indications are that the former worlds
champion, who Tied TO Eu-
rope six years ago, after being con-
yicted Of violating the Mann act. may
remain In Jail AZ Joliet for n month.
Judge Samuel Alschuler, OF tho United
states district court, today refused 10
hear an application for hall because
Judge CARPENTER, who sentenced John-'
son, In In the city. ana the case should
come before him.
Judge Carpenter, who is recovering
from an operation performed last week,
told Johnson'S attorneys he might not
y" hack to his office for a month or
more.
mItted to send outside for his meals.
Although Johnson forfeited bond OF
sac, Don when he fled from the country,
his ATTORNEYS said today they were pre-
pared to furnish bonds mp 10 $4,000 TO
bring about Johnson's release,
Martin Lands smith.
Columbus, o.. July 27---Boh Martin,
A. n. +. heavyweight champion, knocked
out Serct. Ray Smith, OF New YORK, IN
fifteen round fight here last night A
blow 10 Smiths Jaw, followed by three
others 10 the face. floored Smith.
Clark Shaded.
Cincinnati July 27.--Chuck WlEginS,
OF Indianapolis, heavyweight champion
Of Australia, shaded Jackie Clark, OF
Allentown Pa, In ten.round boxing
match here last night. The fight was
staged In an open arena.