Show it 1 J l hey bey All Look Like I Setups When Jack Cli Through the Ropes ope LANDS PUNCH liON i UN FRED FULTON'S JAWAND JAW I AND THE BIRDIES SING t Id Wed J d Fulton l Foremost Contender lder for IF Worlds World's orid s Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavy- Heavy Heavyweight weight Title Knocked 0 Out lit in Less Than One Round by Y Young Lo Local cal Battler IV Notables t of 0 Sport World Jr G asp as Referee Begins Begins Be Be- 1 gins gillS Count BY DAMON RUNYON Staff Correspondent Universal Service 1 I Harrison I N. N J. J July 2 27 One One One brisk flurry of I brown gloves whisking about his ears is all Fred Fulton m tall plasterer from Minnesota can remember of his meeting meet meet- ing g with Jack J ck Dempsey here tonight t- t tg I In twenty three seconds after the squall squaB blew up Fulton Sly 3 y stretched out on the canvas floor of the ring in the old F Federal league park at Harrison an inert pasty faced giant long limbs refused to lift his his ponderous trunk upright f I It was one of oi the shortest fights o on record It It was as so if w a fl AU n v vI Jibe The bell Fulton walked out of his oner ner and ami extended his bony I eft ft in a light jab at his lis shorter dark beetle opponent FJ Dempsey f rushed in an and winged bisig his bis right ig t for Fulton's body Then he lie tipped ripped his left to the same ame markh mark h y broke Fulton feinted with Hi right Dempsey threw his left i iian an on overhand motion as old Nap l Rucker tucker used to pitch a a. baseball and aught Fulton on the very tip of the S 'S chin Down went Fult Fulton on iCs ii legs caved under him hini with starting starting start start- i ing sud suddenness enness His Ills tremendous J lk fell onto the ropes and hung Ii liere liTre rc an instant Then it sagged l on wn slowly until finally it fell limpy limp limp- y to the floor Mr He lie liei Out Johnny Johnny Eckhardt the referee began JIve thousand persons set up a tre- tre din Some of ot them dl l not ven n see a blow struck so quickly did He finish come conic They were settling J jack aCk k In their scats seats after arter tho nary nuy Introductions A bluejacket danced b ut the ring shouting lIes Hes out out pa pay ay me mc my money filing lUng followers sprang up Ul astonished astonish d looking first at the helpless 8 giant on l Lii l floor foor and antI then at the swarthy i puth from Salt Lake CIl City who had hatI knocked him where he lay Eckhardt went on counting slowly Inet methodically Ills face was a stud study The Th result had quite apparently aEton- aEton shed him a as much as anyone anone else Presently Presently Pres Pres- he reached tho the final len No Noon on heard him The crowd began warming T into the thc ring as Fulton's seconds sec see on bent on over r him and arid tried to lift him to his feet Th They y had to drag him Dempsey went vent over and h helped As AR the the big big- plasterer hun nuns hung limply imply between the arms of ot the Utah righter and one o of his seconds his 1115 hisey e ey s were open but staring He lie mumbled mumbled mum mum- bled a lL few words but what he said nobody noody not no no- t body ody od knows Dempsey came here heralded as asa n a Ip fighter hut but he lie did lid not go EO gonto gonto nto to Fulton Fullon with any an- particular fero- fero 8 He lie Just marched at the Slant nt flinging both gloved han hands s Ith- Ith JUt any apparent l Idea ea of or direction but buta nV a vcr very cry cold-blooded cold methodical fashion Ir Hint of or Fhe he blows that passed were not at iLl U spectacular Only the finish After Ater I as s all over O ther there was as usual in ina a ith h. h i. i n. n i I. I a upland ra d that ha F Fulton o had k d' taken t tI the I Vr fall i of orthe r. r the money monc but Just jUt what Fulton Fullon cEU could d expect to gain l h by such an ar arrangement arrangement ar- ar Is not apparent t tUe Hc lie has been regarded as one ono of the logical contenders for Cor Jess Villards t title tItle tItle-in In fact the only contender until Jack Dempsey Dempse flashed across the horizon this past year He Tie s ha-s beaten good men In his division and 5 yet t he did not strike tho the westerner one loUd olid blow H Dempsey did not even e have ha nn on op- op to show what ho can do ex ex- ex b punch if the wallop that toppled the Minnesotan was all that It seems seems to be For days das all of or tho the men who had seen the Colorado man roan box out west had been predicting Just such an outcome The They did not believe that Fulton could stand before the young oung tornado more than five lve rounds at least Moving pictures were vere taken of ot tho the affair Certainly the fight could not have been for tor the pictures because there was not enough o of It to mal make e a good flash lash The promoters announced that each man received as his guarantee The crowd was unexpectedly unexpected unexpected- l ly small and the lie fight tight was probably a. a I loser os e r. r Jack I learns earns arns manager for D Dempsey declared tonight that he lie will sill now challenge chal chat lenge Iengo Jess Willard t for r r the worlds world's heavyweight title and that his man manwill manwill manwill will donate his end to an any war charity charlt that ma may be designated The fight right fans rand began shuffling shuttling along the dust dusty roads leading to tho the old ball yard ard as early as 3 It was waR hot There was sas much sun overhead Judging from the heat that came from aloft although most of the time Sol was veiled by the cloud doud of or smoke from the Jerse Jersey munitions factories The smoke felt smooth enough h but tasted of acid Jack CurIe Curley officially designated as matchmaker for the club which put on onI the bout real realty really the motive power of I the whole affair dashed In In afternoon afternoon after after- noon wear with the word that the governor governor gov gov- of or al nit alj the Jerseys Jerseys had Edge had ar ar- ar- ar rived Jack wore a a. drooping Panama bonnet bonnet bonnet bon bon- net and a thrilling shirt Ho Ito was sweating both from the heat and the size of ot the c At that hour the latter was quite sparse Jack Jaek looked much as he did the da day of ot the thc John- John son Willard fight In Havana ana He lIe was sweating that hat du day too for tor the vcr very rca reasons ons assigned above A breeze popped up In the late lale afternoon afternoon after atter- noon and fanned Canne the lie feverish re brows brois of or those In i the grandstand and and removed 1 u vitae 01 VI me toe 01 Ol me ule permeating permeating- th the minds of or the people In Inthe Inthe Inthe I the ringside The ring was pitched at tho lie site of or orthe the old Federal lea league ue home plate Tho scat seat holders had the thc Platform almost In their laps but the best the lie folks In the he center field bleachers got was a a. birds bird's eye ec view Some of or the lads out there let Jet out outa a mild squawk about the war tax but hut the uprising as lIas as purely vocal oeal and was quickly quelled Guards arm armed tl with riot guns gulis were a a. wonderful sedative c for the Irritable The ring on the word of or Joe Toe Humphreys Humph reys res whose bald bean got ot intensely sunburned before beCore the afternoon was over was a most mOtt affair l It was the same sanie ring rinE according to Joe which encircled the old master Joo Cans Gans on the occasion of or his last tI fight ht This WAS Wl the one with Jabez White It was also th tue ring said sold Joe In which Terr rn McGovern I Terry made lila lilo final Inal appearance At 5 o'clock a n crew of ot photographers clambered Into the ring followed by Iy y a abiff abig abig big biff delegation of ot large and antl partly bald bald- headed citizens Thc e c gentlemen were sere bulked In one corner of ot the ring anI and ami photographed It then leaked out the they were members of the New Jersey boIn boxing box box- I In ing commission I George Gcorge c Weedon on of ot Charleston W. W I Va Va a. a breezed In earl early and presently pres the gathering began to assume an aspect of Importance Eddie Curley Curle arrived ed Sp did Lew Dockstader Bill Dill Brady Joe Weber 1 San Sam Harris George Cohan Ralph Ince Ed Fd Carewe Nat at Goodwin E- E E Edlo dlo Fo Foy and Jimmy Britt Foxhall Keene the famous player drifted In at 6 C o'clock unperturbed h by bythe bytho tho the heat DeWolf De Hopper arrived In good or order or- or Iler der John S. S Smith chairman of ot the New ew Jersey boxing commission was seen cen coming long before he reached the lie place Many Ian people argued that thata a flotilla of searchlights was sas bearing down upon the yard frd but turned out to tobe tobe tobe be only the commissioner behind his Jewels the like of or which have not been seen since Diamond Jim Brady was sas abroad In the lie land of ot the living lI It was nearly supper time h b the theold theold theold old Pueblo Colo Cob system stem of reckoning when Joe Humphreys crawled Into tho the ring wearing no hat lint or megaphone to assist him and anil conveyed to certain people in the lie crowd lie he following InI In- In I j formation there Ladies there were ty ly-arll ly and gentlemen I eCI quiet out there and anil you'll bo lie able to near near near- Johnny Johnn wait Bit a n minute now nov a and 1111 Ill I'll I tell you you Murray Murray of the he Bronx Cit Bronx If you ou people oPle out th there re In lii th the bleachers WI will Continued on Page S. S I DEMPSEY lANDS IK ON FULTON BIRDIES SING I FUlTN BIDES I Continued from Pal Pap Page 1 1 Just hold up a minute you'll find out all al about it H Murray Jo-Murray Murray o of the Bronx New York and Jimmy Sullivan of ot liar Har nr- nr lem Jem Walt ait alt now noi out there will wl meet I In the thc opening bout Wait I tell tel you ou six rounds Les Le's go Murray wel weighed hed 17 nn arid and Sullivan 15 Sullivan Sulvan left heft Jef handed Murray to a whisper In the first round and In the second round dropped the Bronx youth for the full tul count Murray taking the advice ad of ot everybody at t the ringside to Sla stay slay down don until Pats Patsy Kline the referee re- re ref ref- cree counted as far as he ho could Then hen Murray went on about his lila business By this time Broadway commenced to extricate itself front from the wilds of or Jerse Jersey and there appeared some somo persons persons per per- sons Rons against whom the betting was as high as 50 to 1 on th the proposition of their ever locating the scene of trouble At 5 30 Jack Curley made da dash clash h around the ringside He Ho was sweating eating more than ever The air all was cooling off of but the crowd was as getting little larger There Thero were ere ere enough h blank spaces In the grandstand grand rand stand Stan to give a promoter a headache It I would have havo been a thin assemblage had nil all nI the thc people on tho the nearby buildings and scaffoldings settled at atthe atthe atthe the gate Sah Curley T P Perspires At vt Jack Curley was 3 again aln seen circling irching about the tho premises an and the tite reception he received cd was IS leaving lit Ill Il- Il t tits tie drops of ot water sater In n hl his wake A AI small smal crowd Is certain certainly a great workout workout work worle- out for Cor a promoter Matty aty Herbert of ot P Perth rth got a Jerse Jersey cheer when Jl yelled his hll name He lie met Johnny racy of ot New Ne York In lii the second bout bout another Another six The They weighed in nt cit Lt 12 pounds and wore were yer very rough boys Herbert beat Tracy Ho H. H did It i by earnest work In the first two rounds round Tracy was strong at the ho finish It I was a good 1001 bou bout t. t Jack Skelly the time old featherweight featherweight feather feather- weight hl and now no non a n Yonkers Yonker ep sporting writer wrier was waR Impressed or or duty as time keeper Jack White h I e. e who boat boat Owen Moran In Los Angeles sumo some years ago was present nt at the ringside So were Johnny Dundee and Irish Patsy Kline and numerous other fighters of oC the present era r d Cro Charges Stand At the tho conclusion of oC the Herbert Herbert- Trac Tracy match and ns as if at Rt a given signal signal signal sig sig- nal the time center field bleacher crowd spilled spied out upon the HeM fold and began a mad charge upon the grandstand seats seats It I was not much of ot a crowd at th that but It t Jo looked e numerous u when I it I I t. t bu o. o i got gOl spattered nut ail al over Oven U Cl me i i. u. u I lot of ot emotional sheep The guards with th the riot guns uns galloped after atc the 1 stampede but the crowd brushed them themI aside I Some Sonic of ot the thc guards tried to push the this excited seat-hungry seat fans back with lh their guns uns The fans tans Just naturally pressed on past the awesome weapons Into the yawning cavities ca of or seating space and amid in the twinkling of a glass lass eye ec the left lef section of ot the stand W was S filled Ulel A lot Jot of or people who had been ben on the outside looking in suddenly panic came ame swarming over o the rampart and Joined In II the seating festival fest al up uJ front Then Thon the people In the right field feld stand decided the they would prefer preter seats scats back backof of the home plate adjacent to the ring I That rush was over In another twink twink- 1 ling hug I J. J The Thc proud proprietors of 7 H ond 10 seats who arrived late were greatly great greH ly 11 grieved on discovering that lint their claims had bad been jumped A lot Jot of or squatters leaped into the lie box cats scats close chose to the ring Now row came caine Joe Curle Cut Curley his eVer every footstep footstep foot foot- due st step p giving fOItl a splashing sound to to the fact tac that its his shoes were plumb full of perspiration He lie Hens was ns throbbing throbbing throb throb- bing with wih emotion To 0 Josephus Humphries he ho addressed i himself nn nh toll mu those hosts n to tn set back In t their r seats or Ill I'll call ca' ca cathe the the show off orr he said said Im rot not going goinG to Jose lose I this wn way isay The pl erry rr- rr Prom the crowd cam cani came back that fn fa familiar a- a old sound technically described as the lie raspberry Then guttural s Then Themi more guttural mur mur- s. s On One man maii took alarm at at Joca Joes murn threat and anti returned to the tho bleachers Ho lie was sas the lie on only I man there when the main event went vent on It I Is said he Is not exactly right in his lila head and anti has not been so far tar ninny many years rears Again came Jack Curley Curle with wih the tIme dew of perspiration n hea heavy on his ImIs brow browand and he muttered an order to Mr Ir Humphreys Jo Josephus th then thEn n roared his Introductions of OC Denn Benny Becker Decker of or Cincinnati Cincinnati Cin Cin- anti and Jack White of ot Chicago o Just Justas as ns If nothing else had transpired and the 8 show OW welt went on L Becker and White had naci Ind two rounds and a half haI when once m more b re Tack Jack ack Curle Curley appeared at the ringside exudations of ot beaming with honest hones moisture duo due to the heat and size and conduct of ot his crowd He Hc explained to toj toI j I Den Benny anti and White that much as RS he lie enI en- en joe Joyed d their efforts ho lie was anxious to toj I j II get the main bout while the I was ws still stil light enough for the thc pictures fenn Benny and lack Jack were sere perfectly sat sat- I lathed Jose Josephus ph us explained I ne to the crowd and that that- too was satisfied I Then the tIme principals came on on on followed followed fol fol- lowed by enough photographers to tale take I Derl Berlin n. n Dempsey Dempse wa wa as trailed Into the rl ring ringby h by Jack K Kearns his manager and Jimmy De For Forest t arid and CI Clay Turner the tho Indian boxer while with wih Fulton Fulon were ivere Mike Collins and his manager Fred red |