Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-18
FULTON IS VICTOR;
ROOT KNOCKED OUT
Fred Trims Madden Halt Try
ing--Frush Wins by K. o. When
Foe Forgets to Get Up
BY LOUIS IL. JAFFE


BARLEY Madden made valiant etfort
to bring down Ferociousless +. Fulton
at the Olympia last night. but it could
not be done. Although Fredward ap-
peared to "just 60 along he won as
he pleased from his much smaller op-
poncnt. Fulton shaped up almost twice
as big as Madden, still no one could sc-
cuse BARLEY OF not trying to bring down
the elongated person, but 1t was I'M
possible.
His tremendous advantage in height
and reach. not mentioning anything
about weight, was Fulton's main rea-
son for victory. Madden was danger
Gus throughout. He took all sorts OF
chances trying his utmost to connect
with his wild left and right swings, out
Fred was not in there to be caught
| mapping.
Fulton easily outboxed Madden and
tied BARLEY up in the clinches. From
the distance Fred's long left scored
heavily. In the second round BARLEY $
right eye was cut, and from the third
until the finish the same optic was
| entirely out Of commission, being tightly
closed.
Artie Root Il. O'ed
Shortly otter watching Fulton trim
Madden we hurried over to the National
tually by himself in the fourth round
of sbout with Danny Frush. After
going along at an even clip for three
rounds FruSh crossed hard right 10
Artie's chin and young Mr.. Root sat
down.
Root did not appear to be daZed.
He could have scrambled TO his feet
without taking the count. but he evi-
IDENTIFY decided to take advantage Of a
| nine. second rest Referee Joe Critic
started to count and at seven Root,
watching the rise and fall Of the Of
ticial's right arm. smiled and said
You've got two more to go.
! But at nine Artie was still sitting,
and the final number was reeled of to
! the surprise Of the fans. On arising
Root wanted to continue, but the neces-
sary ten for knockout had been
tolled.
Knockdown No. IL Finishes Jordan
In regular up and down affair
I Carl lie blanche, Belgian. won from
Fred Jordan, Of the navy. in the fifth
round Of the opener of the all heavy
show at the Olympia. In all. fifteen
knockdovns occurred, with the score
13 to . against Jordan. He was foored
four times in each of the first, second
and fourth rounds, and when Fred was
dropped twenty seconds after the start
OF the fifth frame Referee Lou Grim
son ended hostilitieS.
Jordan was on the mat ninety one
seconds by actual count during the
twelve minutes and twenty seconds OF
action, thile lie Blanche was down fol
ten seconds. The fourth time Jordan
was felled in the second round the Bel
gque went down, too. and in the third
Carl was down for nine seconds.
In the best of the heavyweight bouts
Paul SAMSON. Of New York, scored &
sensational victory over Knockout
SAMSON. Of this city. Paul outguesset
the X. o. guy throughout. and at th'
finish the Philadelphia SAMSON wa!
very much battered up.
X. D. Sullivan won from Soldier
Magirl. or something like that-nobodI
cared-and Bill Brennan stopped Free
Lange in the third in the other heavy
weight bouts.
Dennis Shows Great Form
Young Dennis, Of Milwaukee, showed
brilliant form at the National, accord
ing to Brother John. who says tina
Frankie Clark was beaten in ever,
round. Dennis was on top Of Clark a
all times, outpunching the Philadel
phian, outgaming him and showing +
; advantage at every stage of the bout.
Whitley Fitzgerald gave Georg
Clancy a tough tussle, but the Balti
more battler was u winner at the fin
ish. In the other bouts Willie Lough
rey boxed draw with Billy Deyine AM
Willie Ryan outfousht Joe Welsh.
; Both the Olympia and National drey
; big crowds.