The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-14
FIGHTING HEART !
GREAT ESSENTIAL
LACKED BY MANY
Fred Fulton Not the Only
Athlete So Afflicted,
Declares Edgren
By ROBERT EDaREN.

The trouble with Fred Fulton Is
that he can't fight IL the other fell
low Insists upon doing his share OF tho
hitting. II Fred could step into the
ring absolutely assured that the gent
In the other corner would come out
and hold his hands down at his side.
Fred would soon be- champion OF
the world but that's his only
chance. Fulton has everything but
a fighting heart. This Isn't any
thing new In the ring.
Al Reich was built like battls
cruiser. lio was "A fine athlete and
and whore ho wasn't expected to
take blows aa well MS givo them he
looked like world beater.
It's hard TO describe this peculiar
Characteristic. II isn't exactly LUCK
OF courage. for Reich would stand
up to a hammerlng long after he had
stopped fighting back. IIo was
game to tako It," SO Is Fulton. but
when he IN hit he loses all aggrey-
sIveness. Gus Rubin, the Akron
Giant, was troubled with tho same
thing TO less degree. lie would
fight like q streak until no was hard
hit. and then stand doggedly up
against beating without fighting
hack. Other fighters, like McGov-
ern. Britt, Nelson. Leonard, Kilbano.
Wolgast and that lot OF ring game
cocks always fought harder when
they were In danger. They had the
true fighting temperament.
Personal Contact Too Much.
I've noticed the same thing often
on college sports, Some OF the fin-
est athletes In Amerlca--men who
would run themselves out 10 the last
..l ~
thcy crossed the finish llne---couldn't
play football. They had courage.
but in a matter OF personal contact
with other men they couldn't do
their best.
Everard Thompson OF Princeton
for instance. the great nll-around
athlete, came out for football and
failed to mako good. lie was O
beautiful specimen OF an athlete,
with the physical ability to do any
thing that any man could do on the
gridiron. Yet ho couldn't measure
up with men OF inferior physique in
tho personal clash.
Two Can Play Rough.
There has been a lot OF postsea-
son talk about unnecessarily rough
football played by somo OF the big
college teams last fall. Which
brings 20 mind IA little incident in
| which Percy Naughton. the famous
Harvard coach. figured seven or
| eight years ago.
At tbat time Pennock was an ali-
American guard and at Harvard
when the Crimson had run OF great
teams. Pennock had pink white
face like n girl's and a gentle man
nor, but was big apd husky and of
course az game ms any man who
makes the all-Amerlcan must be.
In n contest OF the early season
Pennock had his face badly
scratched by an opponent who was
unfairly rough.
In the dressing room between
halves Haughton spotted Pennock
and said
"Pennock. go look at yourself in
the glass"
After examining his scratched
face, Pennock told the coach his op-
ponent was II mean player.
Hougkton told Pennock TO forget
he was n gentleman Just for few
minutes when he went out again.
You're through with Harvard
football IL your opponent finishes
the game" he added.
The opposing player was carried
off the field before tho end OF the
third period.
Moral--Its a poor game that two
can't play at