Evening star., 1924-10-05
PLASTERER HELD Likely
TO PROVIDE STRONG TEST
Luis Mode of Living Makes His Chance of Victory
Doubtful, Despite Minnesoan's Record-Tun-
ney Has Right to Battle McTigue
BY SPARROW McGANS,


NEW YORK, October 4.-They have
dragged out Fred Fulton again to
serve as the first runE in the ladder
by which Luis F'irpo will climb up
into the clouds Of tituIar recognition
Now don't laugh. almost every fan
credits Fred with d glass jaw and a
timid heart. But men who are in
ciined to look beneath the surface Of
things say that they do not begin to
under stand the elongated plasterer Of
Rochester, MINI.
Fred is an enigma. This is not as
bad a name as he often has been
called. Anyone who reads this can
think of lots of worse ones, most OF
them undeserved. Anyway, Fred is
an enigma. Possessed of cleverness
to a marked degree. unusually fast
for big man, and with a left hand
jab that is unequaled among the big
boys, he manages TO get knocked for
a loop whenever he has IL chance to
show big. The answer? No on
knows it.
Knocked Out Good Ones.
In his day, Fulton knocked out.
Gunb0at Smith. Frank Moran. Sam
Lareford. Charley Weinert and other
tough ones, none of whom was
hShter that a quittcr could beat.
Dempsey hung knockout on
Freds jaw in IS seconds, but anyone
would have slept as Soundly as Full
ton had he gotten that wallop. And
those at the ringSide who saw Fulton
crumple up beneath a bone cracking
right to the short ribs in the third
round of his Wills battle. will not
think too harshlv of the Minnesotau.
for when he went to the canvas that
night he carried three broken ribs
with him.
Fulton ought to provide an exec
lent test for Firpo. and the way Luis
has been eating and wasting hi
hours OF late no one need be too Ger;
tain that he will stow the LAM.
trowel handler away
Tunney's Claim just.
Gene Tunneys claim to prfn-
right to fight Mike McTigue for II
worlds title is a just one. Joe j.
cobs then manager of McTiguc
signed in good faith to meet Tunne.
and when difficulties arose betweea
him and the champion on d suppose.
division of money accruing from q,
bout with Young Stribling in Georgiu
this tight contract was permitted =,
lapse.
Now, that contract was made in tn
State of New York, and when Nj
Tisue signed an agreement in thi-
State to meet Paul Berlenbach, Tun-
ney stepped forward and claimed =,
prior right to tackle the world titlc
holder
All the indications are that the New
York Boxing Comm ssion will back.
Tunney in his claim. But if it doe
not, Gene need not Worry. For Ber-
lenbach does not figure to take Mikes
title away from him. This may sound
like surprising statement, but il
isn't.
Looked Like Draw.
Paul is too wide open for McTigue'<
annoying left hand to have a chancr
of beating the Irishman. At the SAM
time, Berlen bach is not likely TO land
solidly since Mike is the hardest man
in the world to wallop when punches
are coming at him thick and fast He
has tantalizing way of tying up his
opponent, preventing his doing any
material damage.
McTigue has had world of experi-
ence. and Paul has shown he cannoi
do anything with a man who is fair
ly clever and has good head. A.
evidence, consider his bout with X. q.
Jaffe, who saw his best days yearS
ago, and his knockout at the hands Of
Jack Delaney.
So even if Mike meets Berlenbach
he is safe for Tunney unless inactiyit>
has made him stable worn. Gene
surely ought TO beat McTigue ami
capture the title he holds.
Copyright. 1921