| Show A KNOCKOUT OFTEN SIDETRACKS CAREER OF A Y ST STAR AR ARt t F Fred ed Fulton Seems to Have Ilave Lost His Jis Championship C Aspirations As- As pral Like Lila Many allY Other Promising Contenders Have llave l Rather Suddenly Been Stopped by a l Few t 4 1 Punches r 1 1 it r NY BY JACK SKELLY A A. couple of moons ago ng-I Fi etl Fulton was considered d l 1 by thc lie great maj nm- nm j ity of or boxing writer as th the coming heavyweight champion of I the lie world In nil all my dinEs chals with vit Ii the big hig- clever f r ran rangy try y boxer buxer be lie di displayed I the Ic greatest great rent rent- est ct st confidence c and fighting lighting spirit in himself lie He had bad the hi big title tille all fiur figured fig fig- ur tired d out and 1111 in his 1 0 mind Ill lilt force Willard to fight me mc Jack Tack said the lanky plasterer to lo nic me not t so long n ago o. o And A 1111 when 1 J get t hi him n i in ii the c ri ring ng 1 Ill I'll I I heal henl t Ii him un sure You Yon know I Pm II so much and faster I than n Willard I Its It's I s 's only a matter of or rv n i few short months and and I Ill I'll ll be the champion This was always the aspiring declaration I lie lic e made matIc to me before he lie JC went down find anti out so quickly from Jack S 'S 8 hc heavy 1 n i in n lm nt v. v then Fulton jeems to have ha lost Ii hl his pus pugilistic spirit nn a all his 1 aspirations t Ions for or now h he announces that he probably wI will not fight In the Tin ring tiny any anymore In more C. C as hes he's saved I C enough h coin oln to live II comfortably for or the tile rest of ur his li life How speedily ll thc they come nu so nUt Ut l' l Fred will not remain In uti out tor of or the arena so very pr lon long I If rIma I may be bc allowed to lo so 50 predict or OJ later latel some bl big fat at al j or fine opportunity to redeem his hi hiI I will loom up anti and the thc Minnesota thIn Min giant 1 t will wilt again don the gloves Io el within the thc i ropes ores So 0 mall many star boxers j nd oven o champions have have- retired on only I to be lured back Into the game again h KNOCKOUTS III C. C C. A I Is a 3 always s 's rather dl dis discouraging Is oum to most although h marl m game fighters s like Geor Georges c Carp Car Car- p penUel Hob Bob Fl Benny Leonard and n Johnny Dun Dundee ee have ha outlived out out- lived cel them and fought on jut just as ns gallantly gal gal- as ns before they hit lilt the land gal I o of nod Hot But let me here her show how how Just a afew afew few v heavyweights lost their lieu ambition am am- I am-I and spirit by br the K N. 0 O. punch Only about bout three years cars ago a anum mim num I her er of or wise New ew York fans picked Al 1 Reich as a coming champion lie Ito was quite some somo boxer with a n grA grand nd built like hile Ideal fighting fighting- ph physique built an r lUan gladiator lJ In lii fact he was vas called Adonis of or the lie ring Reich fleich had j all 11 th the qualifications allons required for or a n l I I world beater except one lie Hc couldn't nor wouldn't stand gaff gart lie Bc could ile- ile doliver lc liver a terrific right hand punch but buthe buthe he could C not take tale one in Lu return So I that lets him out as a real comer corner II Al went along along- flourishing nourishing for or a while un under er the fostering wing sIng of oC his thoroughbred backer backel Maxey Blumenthal Blumen- Blumen thaI thal who rho was always willing to bet thousands that his bright star could down them all On Ott May A. A 5 5 J Ihl 1015 fleich Reich met Jim Coffey Corte at Madison Square Garden be before before before I fore a n packed house Both men had a abig hit big enthusiastic following and the ex excitement ox- ox over o the bl big mill ran hl high h It J I Iwas was a n ner er very thrilling battle wHile it lasted ted but It anI only went vent three rounds for tho thio Ro Roscommon common bo boy put the Adonis away a In the third session in tine line slashIng slashIng slash slash- Ing fn- style It Jt Spoiled Al 1 That knockout spoiled Als Al's 1 ring career and pugilistic spirit II late latel made matle na e an an n effort to combat Fr Fred d Fulton but the latter stopped him In the ninth round Sl Since ce then Reich nelch has been sidetracked sidetracked side side- I tracked and almost forgotten tors oven even b by bythe bythe the New 0 York fans who Imagined he ho was a a. coming champion Big BIb Jim Coffey looked loolie like the malings malt male Ings tugs of oC a great reat fighter until he went vent up against Frank Moran But nut the rUb rugged cd plucky pluck was too much for the Roscommon lad who Buffered 1 two knockouts from Crom Moran loran I within a few months apart spart These effective and ander er very decisive defeats defeats de- de feats cats hurt poor Coffeys Coffey's reputation and dc 1 pride greatly for he soon dropped out o of IC the limelight and nd lost all interest est for 01 future matches J In the meanwhile Morans Moran's stock went booming upward He lie ought fought Jess Willard Wil Wll I lard ten creditable rounds and ring goers gors o rs looked upon him him as a possible successor to the lie gigantic champion But Fran Franks Frank's s tic fY-tic glory dl didn't nt last lie He the fast outside outside out out- cr very ery long bug vent pace side the ropes that has U 9 beaten mall many a good man before him him and he fell cli an ansy easy sy victim to Fred Fulton at Nor Non ot Orleans who ho stopped him In three Iou rounds lound This quick victory over o such a formidable fighter as Moran lolan put Fulton Ful ton awa away up Ut as the foremost and most logical contender for or Villards crown But nul from rom Salt Lake Lain City came Jack the Giant Killer Dempsey and the they met bet over over In Harrison X J. J and In twenty-three twenty seconds the bl big plasterer was knocked into a cocked hat and Dempsey as ai another John L. L Sullivan n. a world beating wonder won won- der who sho now r seeks the big championship cham cham- title and has a n good chance of of or- winning ft It t. t if te Willard Is not In proper shape and tune tunc for or a strenuous comb combat at But Its It's rather odd how ho Coffey I spoiled Reich's Belch's career Moran spoiled Coffeys Coffey's Fulton spoiled Morans Moran's and Dempsey spoiled Such are Ire Irei i the ups and downs owns of or I J STACK ST nD n La Last t week I endeavored to show I bout be between between between be- be what a great money-getter money a n tween Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey would be for tho the next Liberty bond drive irive which starts next month I modestly put the figures at but bt the tho more I think of oC tho the I U tiLH n the lie themore more It grows grova s ro bigger andI and I bigger If Uncle Sam will only promote and stage this classy class sensational bout hout at ot atthe the Polo rolo grounds ground l New ew York for or In InI Instance instance In- In I stance h ho lie can get a crack cIack for forI I I choice ringside seats and Im I'm really I If IC tho the match la Is conducted I cleverly and proper properly the thc receipts would run over o or more outside outside out out- side of oC the largo large monc money the lie pictures would draw it can be he made male the greatest greatest great great- est cst boxing show ever el held on I earth if Ir gone one at yi 11 a 0 big minded broad I wa way by honest managers not managers not the old crowd crowll of oC takers fakers who have disgraced the sport around here by 11 their bunko schemes III In fact act this grand contest between I the two greatest gladiators tors of oC all creation crea ion tion should be under the thc supervision oCi of oC i tho lie most sporting t editors oCI of oC I the entire nation with Dr DI Joseph E. E as 45 general manager cr representing the Untied States Slates government go I hope the tho powers powel's that be at Washington Wash ington are arc liberal enough ollough to see sec all the lie Jol gold such a combat would draw for foi the lIe next t bl big bond drive c All 11 is fair fall in love e and war var war oven o I the he ma manly art ait which li ich ha has s d done on one e so o much for our OUI young soldiers nn and sailors What hat sport has liaR done one half as much What hat sport has raised al half as much monc money as boxing Uncle Sam you youcan OU can make nake Willard and Dempsey fight ht a areal areal real slashing battle an anti and thereby help the thc war var aon along with all an the money that lint will bo ho gathered 1 In b by such stick an att attractive acUe ac- ac lye tive contest I dont don't believe c in making this tills a local Now New ew York show but a national on one with tickets sold toM In every e cr city In the union with WIlli sporting editors all over O the countr country booming the I bi bl fight fight fight- not an exhibition exhibition-a a real genuine hard fl fight ht get that gentlemen Real foal mani manly man man- i ly battling |
