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Show FIRST-HAND INFORMATION I ABOUT YOUNG RING GIANT i FIGHT fans throughout the couu-trj couu-trj are keeping their ear to the ground for information regarding regard-ing Fred Fulton, the young man whu has. been selected as .the first opponent op-ponent of Jess Willard for the heavyweight heavy-weight championship of the world. The Tribune deems itself fortunate in being the first newspaper in the land to give its readers the history of Fred Fulton from his earliest appearance ap-pearance on this old earth. And The Tribune in turn acknowledges itself indebted in-debted for much of its informntio7i to Luke Jacob of Wvniore, Neb. Mr. Jacob was for many years a resident of Salt Lake. He left here about sis months ago to take charge of his father's fath-er's buichering business at Wyiuore. Last week .Mr. Jacob called tipon Mrs. ,T Beale, the mother of Fred Fulton, Ful-ton, yid obtained from her tho correct cor-rect biographical data en her son, the family Bible proving a potent aid in fixing dates; Is Kansas Product. - Fred Fulton, It! e his opponent, Willard, Wil-lard, j,s a Kansas product. fie was born at Flue Rapids, in that state, on April IS, 1S91. Ilis parents were Mr. nnd Mrs. llnurv. Francis Fulton, both Yankees and Kansnns bv nativitv. Fred's great-grandfather was born in Germany, and That is as far as the genealogical tree extends' into Karone. The Fulton family numbered eiglit, five bovs and three girls, and, like the parents, all are strong and stnrdv men and women. The father Svas a stonecutter bv trade. tfl 1SIIS. when Fred was 7 vears of age. the family removed to U'vmore, Neb., a railroad town of 3'iop inhabitants, inhabi-tants, and a division point of some importance im-portance on the Burlington. In his school days young Fred, who w.-ifl verv largo for his age. took to roirrh boxing wdth older aud more ex- 1 perienced bovs as a source of amuse- j meat, and he never missed an opportunity oppor-tunity to put on the gloves with some- ' one. Becomes Plasterer. Young Fulton continued to attend the Wymore school until the death ot his father, on November IS, ip.n, when hi-vot. about learning the trade of a plasterer. After being an emploveo for 4 year Fred set up for himself as a contractor. His business took him to Minneapolis, where he mixed plastering plaster-ing witli boxing, so to speak. In the coure of time Fied's business called him to Rochester. Minn. There lie was married on November 10, lfp, is to Miss Belle Sehultx of Kocho.-ter. ' Returning to Wynuiro, voung Fulton show-ed his old comrades what he could do with tho .nitts, nnd his friends toon matched him with Jim Harper FRED FULTON. Born. Blue Rapida, Kan., April 18, 1891; weight, 215 pounds; height, 6 feet 42 inches; nationality, American. 1913 Knockout Jim Harper, one ' round; iriam Salisbury, three rounds; Jack Stone, two rounds; Dick O'Connell, three rounds; Tom Riley, six rounds. Won Ben Tremble, six rounds. Exhibition Luther McCarty, four rounds. 1914 January 2S Knockout, Mike Burns, one round, Superior, Wis. February Knockout, Tom Riley, three rounds, JJinneapolls, Minn. March 24 Knockout, Charlie Nelson,- one round. Hudson, Wis. April 23 Knockout, Rny Carclofini, five rounds, Hudson, Wis. October 1 Won, Al Ross, 12 rounds, Fairvlew, Mont. Knockout, Mike Getteson, on round, Sparta, Wis. May 22 Knocked out bv AI Palzer four round?, Hudson, Wis, April Lost on foul to Carl Morris si rounds, Hudson, Wis. October Knockout, jari Hemple, three rounds, San Francisco. October Won, AI Kaufman, four rounds, San Francisco. November Exhibition. Kid McCov, tour rounds. San Francisco. 1115 February 15 Knockout. Pfnnlev Klos-by. Klos-by. one round, Hudson, Wis. April 2? Knockout, Jack Moran, five rounds, Sparta, Wis. May 14 Exhibition. Jess Willard, four rounds. Rochester. Minn. Juiie 4 Knockout, Frank Farmer, six rounds, Eau Claire. Wis. , AiM;tst 6 Knockout, Rill Clark, two roVinds. Duluth. Minn. AucuPt 27 No decision, Arfbur Feiky ten rounds, Eau Claire. Wis. October 1 Knockout Tim Logun, fwo rounds. Eau Claire, Wis. Goober 2S Knockout, Arthur Pelkv five rounds, Oshkoah, Wis. November ? Knockout, Terry Kellar tour rounds, Duluth. Minn. ' November 1" Knockout. Andre Anderson, An-derson, four rounds, Milwaukee. ot' St. Louis. Tho bout wa$ held at Wymore and Fulton put Harper away in, one minute aud fortr seconds. Thereafter Fred returned to Minnesota Minne-sota and broke into the gamo as a regular fighter. Four years aj;o Fred's mother married mar-ried again, her husband bein ,1. Beale. She t h in us her son is the rrate?t' man in the world, and conridentlv experts him to take the world's title from'Wii-lard from'Wii-lard in March. The family i? ena;ed in running a boarding house at K Wv-m Wv-m ore. Mr. Jaeob encloses an interesting account ac-count contributed by Fulton's "first, manager, Charles Pepple, a Wymoro resident. Fulton's First Battle. Pepple writes in tins wise:' Fred is a bier, good-natured fellow fel-low with perfect habits. He does not drink, smoke or crew and never nev-er did in his liie and is a perfect gentleman in every scne. H13 first fight was with Jim Harper Har-per of St. Louis. Tommy Dixont a well-known featherweight ot Kansas City, was Harper 's manager, mana-ger, and he and I arranged the match for December 1 -' 1 3 , in the old opera house at Wvinore. Just before Fred entered the ring I stepper! into his dressing room, and there sat Fred nnd one of his brothers, holding hands. I .said, ''Fred, what lire you going go-ing to do with this big bird?'' ' ' Lick him as quick as 1 can, ' ' replied Fred, and he did. Harper las'cd OQe minute and forty seconds. sec-onds. After the fight I saw Harper, and this is wh:it he said: "I have fought Morris. Flynn n.nd all the big boys, but that kid has the awfulest Kick I ever felt." Trains on Popcorn. Fred was then matched to fight a fellow named Salisbury at Jimmy Jim-my Hurst's cjub ar Kansas City. Fred stopped Salisbury easily in three rounds. Fulton was cow anxious to get some coin, as $-r and $30 purses did not till up a icilow of his size - Fred can eat two sirloins and most everything a waiter can crowd onto an ordinarv si:-:ed table, ta-ble, and a bnihel of popcorn besides. be-sides. Fred iised to eat huge quantises quan-tises of popcorn. The fiht with Salisbury was after Fulton had trained on popcorn for about two weeks. I have seen Willard in action. He is a good man and can stand a world of punishment, but he is no harder nut to crack thnn this boy rulton. Fred i tough nnd fat. and he will chop any lighter to ribbons. Matched With Willard. After Fulton began making hi great ghowir.g in Minneapolis Mike Coiiins, a Miniiesotan, took him in charge. Collins Col-lins becan to reali.e he lad the makings mak-ings of a great heavyweight, and sought better opponents fnr Frtcm, and in a short time he has .iir-oPed of a:o;it at doren really uoo heavyweights. ! TnciUilco in Fred's k n o k n i are Arthur Pelkv. who was tbn Info T,iifiier Mi-Cartv's opponent in the lnr.:t whkh resulted in the cowboy's denh a few years a;o in Carada: Jak Mnnn and : 1 - , (Continued ou Fage Two.) HISTORY OF Fill,' WHO MEETS WiLLfiRD (Continued From Page One.) Jack Lewis, two far-western heavies, were finished in jig time, as was Tim Logan, the former sailor heavy. Boxing fans in Minnesota began to sit up and take notice to the smiling vouug Fulton lad who said nothing, but went out and met everyone who would fight him and invariably knocked out his opponent, very few being able to last the limit with him. Fulton nearly compares with Willard in everything but experience. He has the gigantic' reach of 84C inches and weighs 215 or "20 pounds, beiu''a little lit-tle lighter than the champion. He is six ieet four inches tall, being two inches shorter than the champion". Manager- Collins hadn't intended sending' his heavyweight protege after I Willard so soon, but when the Xew Or- leans promoters offered Fulton V.'g- date on account ot' his recent sensational performances, per-formances, Manager Collins snapped it up willingly. Xow the Xew Orleans promoters have run out on their agreement, agree-ment, but from all indications Fulton will still be Willard first antagonist. The meeting may he t-tai-ed at Milwaukee Milwau-kee or at some other place. Has Good Style. Those who have seen the young westerner west-erner in action like his style and ay he is a mighty fast youngster, rafT.dly learning the knack of boxing and is a powerful hitter. He knocked Arthur Pe.ikv down thirteen times in their bout at O'-hkosh. Wis., before the referee decided de-cided to stop the bout in the fifth round to save Pelkv from beintr assassinate. Fulton reailv got his first idea of tie-coming tie-coming a champion last spring. Jess WillarTl. fresh from winning the chain pionshio from Jtick Johnson, stopi-ed off at Kockester. Minn., with the circus in which he was appearing and sought a sparring partner. Fulton accepted and gave the champ a tough tussle while they mixed it. Then Fred decided he would become a pro-scrapper pro-scrapper and started on a long jourt, )y to the top. hut the trip wasn't as long as expected, for only a few months afte- his start he is picked as the heavy-weight heavy-weight titlehohler 's opponent ill the latter lat-ter 's firs! bun! since winning rhe chain-piocH'ip. |
