The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-03
FULTON OUT FOREVER
AS POSSIBLE FOEMAN
FOR MAULER OF UTAH
BY FRANK C. MENKE


Fred Fulton as championship pos
sibility
The giant plasterer never again can
be considered as rival for Jack
Dempsey's inselled crown. And, sad |
ly enough for the Fulton viewpoint, |
his elimination forever came at just |
time when the chutes were being |
creased to slide him back into the |
ring again with the mighty walloper. |
Fulton's career has been one of the |
strangest pugilism has produced He !
came from out of nowhere a few years
ago for presentment to the world as
"a sure conqueror of Jess Willard"
And the public Topped for it.
So great became the interest in Full
ton at the time that articles were
framed designed to give him a crack
at the huge Kansas champion. But,
someway, somehow, the thing fell
through.
Eventually the accomplishments of
Fulton and those of Dempsey became
such that the two stood foremost
among Wizards challengers. An elm
! ination battle was staged in Harrison,
! N. j., in July, 1918-and Dempsey
| bumped Fulton into a state of coma
| in IA seconds.
Fulton Wells
| Soon afterward Fulton yelled 81 was
| double-crossed He insisted that it
| had been arranged that he and Demp-
! sey were to play brother-in-law game
Just stroll along through ten rounds
so as to pave the way for more money
through the medium of return clash
| But Dempsey worked a double
| cross by rushing in and hitting RE
with everything he had" maintained
Fulton. Il wasn't prepared for the
onslaught, and, of course, I went
down"
/ Afterward Fulton started out to ere.
deem" himself He knocked over
half dozen second and third raters
Then he went to Europe and whipped
everyone there who would fight him
When he came back he clamored fer
another crack at Dempsey who had
risen to championship greatness by
that time.
The match might have gone through
If Fulton hadn't been 1ured by the
gold involved in a fight with Harry
Willis, the giant negro. Fulton was
knocked overheard in a few rounds
and once more he was considered
down and out.
Tries to Build Anew.
Fred Fulton kept on striving. Re
fusing to be discouraged by his de-
feats, he proceeded to build anew. BY
: hammering cuckoo rather imposing
collection of the fistic gentry, he once
again reached a place where he com
; manded attention whenever he yode!-
ed:
| I wanna fight Dempsey"
/ There was then a chance he would
, get it-despite the fact that Dempsey
! had polished him off with ridiculous
J ease, and that Willis had made a
punching bag of him. For Fulton S
: poor showings always seemed to I'd
! nit of some alibi. There was always
| the thoughts in the minds of some
: that maybe Dempsey had executed
the criss-cross on him: that Willis
t actually had won by foul tactics, as
! Fulton charged.
Beyond those two battles Fulton had
shown up wonderfully. In most .!
!, these affairs of the fists. he had don%
? all that was asked-all that had beer
], hoped for by his most ardent admir-
. ers. He had what was regarded az
d the best left hand in the business: he
had defensive cleverness, at least fat
speed and a powerful right hand drive
His scoffers said he didn't have {
fighting heart; his friends maintained
it wasn't lack of ourage-that it was
i'll luck.
And so the debate continued unit
the night, few weeks ago, when n
- took on Barley Madden.
Il Madden Wrecks Plans
Il Fulton wandered into New YOTl
# early in January and then and ther'
O was framed the plan whereby he wa:
= to be fed on setups-with Madden a:
J. No. for the purpose of building
2 him UP for return battle with Demp
e sey. But Madden, with nothing bu
lion-hearted courage and ability Il
g take punishment, wrecked the plans
Il Madden, outweighed 35 pounds, ant
e a midget in size compared with Ful
It ton, made the giant plasterer lool
like a faint-hearted novice that night
2, He bumped and belted Fulton al
e around the ring. In the tenth round
the ''punchless' Madden smacked Flu
ton on the chin and nearly knocke'
him overheard. Only the wild eager
e ness of Madden, who shot will
II punches, instead of stepping away an
d planting one or two well-chosen ono
Is in the right spot thereafter, save
n Fulton from being knocked out.
k And when the II round battle wa
over, the echo of the bell meant notf
ing more or less than the death knel
5. of Fulton's hopes of ever getting al
other battle with Dempsey-and enc
g, ed for all time consideration of Ere
l. Fulton as a top-notcher in the heavy
weight ranks.
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