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Show TITLE MUDDLE CONTINUES TO j VEX JING MEN I f Association Classificaton Is . Questioned, Fulton Has Chance to Beat Willard , Gossip of Fighters By X S ANDREWS By Tr bune Spec a Sport ce 5 MXLWAUKLC W s Dec 11 I Charles Math eson the fev ork writ er does not agree with the Amer can Poxing asso at on n nam ng Jack D 1 Ion as world s 1 ght hea weghv ham pion an 1 also n regard to tne welter g t class and m d ilewc ght Math lcson a correct n h s taten ent that Jack D lion should ot be recognized as worlds chanpon n the 1 ght heavy we ght class The fact e tho A B A did not intend that anj such mpress on should go out and t was a m stake n gmng the news out that way The A B A s niply recogn iei Jack D llo i champ on 1 ght heajweght of snca and not of the wo Id tor t s ell known fact that Georges Carpen , the I ren h boxer s c an p on in ; class of France ani real beavv ;ht chan p on of Europe altho gh ng Ahea n who belongs n L g 1 cla n s a European t tie n the t hea ywe ght class i regard to the welte we ghts there ;0 doubt that r d Gra es has been ign zed by a n ajor ty of wr ters as chan p on of that claos s nee Kar pson let red Dur ng the past vesr ver W 11 e K tch e an 1 Packey arland entered the welterwe ght d du and t was cons dered onlv fair s they be gi en a hance to work the t tie and t was recommended ; an elim nation tournament be ar ;ed so as to dec de the ssue Math a s suggestion that Ora es be rec lied and allowed to defend h s t tie nst all comers w th n a short perjod time s a gooi one and no doubt 3 the associat on n eets again some on along tho e 1 nes will be taken ddleweight Muddle egard ng the middlewe ght class A B A d d not recogn ze Al Me as champ on for the reason that ?as not clear that he had ever won title The fact that he defeated rge Ch p and that Ch p had defeated nk Klause did not n ake McCoy mpion. for the reason that Klause not fight at the m ddlewe ght 1 nut Europe according to the London ers, when be fought o ef" there y Papke waB recogn zed as chani I after the death ot Stanlev I etch md gett ng r ght down to cold tur Johnny Thompson would have been mp on for he defeated Paike in a nty round ontest in Austral a ke d d not make the m ddlewe ght t then but Thon pson d d Later eve,r Thompoon returned home and unable to ma e the middlewe ght t h mself It was then that J mime 3b who had been defeat ng prae lly all the m ddlewe ghts he met. Died the champ onh p and posted noney to defen 1 t aga nst all ers There has been arg ment e er e as to whether Clabb G bbons lie McGoort o Jeff Sm th was en id to the honor Tack Dillon also e n for a la m hut he s out of low he au e he cannot make the ;ht o ng Ahearn s also a con ler an! a good one There s some - uuubt about Edd e McGoortv mak ng tthe we ght and that brings t ba k aga n to G bbons Ahearn and Smith ; as dabby was beaten bv Les Darcv n ' Austral a recenth If Mco wants to I I get recogn t on the best wa for h ml ', 4o do s to match p with M ke f b , bons Jeff Sm th ot Tonne Ahea n i where a de s on gi en ani then he t will have a hance to m x r ght n w th the select c r le ' Buenos Aires Camnal I Tack Curie and Ton Jones who pro IF moted the box ng earn al at Ha ana Blast spring are look ng with longing S eyes to the far south Thev have been 5 negot at ng th sport ng men n 6 B enos A re wi h the expectat on of K arranging a b g arn al there for some t ne next r u" 0 early sun mer The anno n e that bouth Amer can spo t ng men are w 11 ng to ) ut up a sum ot $lo5 000 to be d led oto four purses for fo r ,chan p on h p at hes tak ng n the hea we ghts n ddlewe ghts and 1 ghtwe ghts an 1 e ther bantamwe ghts or vclterwe ght' Jess Hard s f gured on to n eet the be t hcavywe ght obtainable and M ke bbons s wanted tor a match with Les Darcy of A stral a Howe er it may be that o ng Ahearn of New otk v 1 f gi re n the select on a d also Ed e McC oort or Jeff '-mith Freddy Welsh s lookcl upon as the 1 ght e ght to defend h s t tie aga st tbe best 1 gbt e ght obtainable at that t e There as tall of match pg o ng Ertle and K d 11 an s n the bantamwe ght cla's and also W 11 e R tch e w th Ted Lew s tho welterwe gbt d sion It would lea great contest v thout a do bt between R teh e and Lew s but t m gbt be well to nclude K d Gra es n th s class ab he s reallv the leader at the resent tne and ought to be g veu recogn t on If the earn al s ar angel t w 11 be for South An er can people only for t s too far away to evpoct any delega t on from the TJn ted State' It s eall be ng arranged as a ad ert s ng propos t on for South Ame ca Millie Says Hes Readv Ee ently Gene Melady of Omaha Neb secretary of the Amer can Bo ing assoc at on not f ed W Hje K tch e that jf he expected to 1 eep up h s cla n as An er can 1 ght ve ght chani p on he ould be obliged to defend the san e at loo pounds at 3 o clock v thin three months t me or forte t t Now W 11 e T tch e has notif ed the asso c at on that he has been ready to n ake a champ onsh p match at the we ght spec f ed nt mat ng that t be a world s t tie mat h w th Freddv Welsh When E tch e was beaten by Welsh for the world s t tie he st 11 reta ned the Amer can champ onsh p by precedent but s nee that t me he has refused or rather fa led to make a match w th any of the legit n ate contenders n th s country o er tbe marathon route Charlev Wh te tr ed to get R tch e nto a match for the Ame an t tie at that we ght but fa led If R tch e is really s ncere no v there s no doubt that a n atch could be made e ther n Denver or Jew Orleans for the American t tie Let us hope that they will get together and settle the quest on and at the same t me g e the fans a match that w II be worth go ng to see Fulton and Willard The New Orleans promoter' P J Tortoneh and Tommy Burns who are planning for a bg earn al of f ghts during ilardi Gras and race week n the Crescent c ty. ha e pract ca Iy se lected Fred Fulton the Eochester Mm g ant as the opponent of Jess W Hard for the heavvwe ght hamp on sh p contest Mesrp Burns and Tor tor ch first endeavored to have Fulton and Frank Moran meet in an elim na t on contest the winner to be matched with Willard Moran evidently thought that he was the man the had to have for h s tern s were almost as h gh as those ot V, ljlard and he refused to meet Fulton in an el niinat on match After d cker ng around for two or three week' the New Orleans promoters made up the r m nds that it wo Id ba impos' ble to do bus ness w th Moran and thev selected Fulton n h s place and set the date of the match for March 4 1916 It is true that rulton has not had all tbe exper ence that Frank Moran has had and that he s a 1 ttle inex per enced but just the same he has demonstrated dur ng the pat s x months that he s a f ghter and that he car r es a real knockout wallop He has the ' re and we ght to carrv him along wh ch 'on e of tne others have not and the chances are the M nnesota boy will p t up a great deal harder battle aga nst W Hard than n ost cr tics expect and if the chance presents tself and he can land h s left or r ght on the tender 'pots he s very 1 kelv to make Mr u Hard take to the anvas W Hard will ha e the advantage in we ght and exper ence b t that s all Fulton s bu It on the order of Bob Fifrs mmons and t ' a well known fa t that Fitz s mmons won all hs battles because he had the ab 1 tv to del er a knockout punch F lton has the same and he is will ng to take that hance even though he gets ver 1 ttle for b 9 labors After he has been n the south for a month of tra n ng the fans mav change the r m nds abo t W Hard being a 3 to I bet Harry Wills Strong T n Bu Me the New lork sport ng man, has p ked up a 1 e w re n Har rv Wills the New Orlean colored hea v we ght W lis fought bam Langford a ten round contest n New Tork last week and accord ng to the papers won the dec s on fa rly It takes a m ghty good man to beat Sam Langforl and TV Is must be of prettv h gh al ber to turn the trick Dur ng he Tohnson W Hard f ght in Havana, Cuba Wills was there and boxed a little for the benefit of the fans He is a finely put up fellow, stand ng cons derably over ( x feet ana we ghing about 220 pounds If he ware a wh te n ao he would be a remarkable add t on to the heavywe ght class 1 ut as there s uo chance these daya to bring about a m xed match the New Orleans olored man w 11 ha e to be content to meet n en of hs own color It s probable that he w 11 be matched in tbe near future w th an McVey and if they ome together it s a certainty that the fan' w fl see a real battle Mitchell in Earnest The challenge ss ed by R ch e M tchell of M 1 va kee to Treddy W l?h for tho world s chan p onship bat I tie ove the twent ro nd route backed real money ereatd somewhat of a r in n (itc cir les and man of the fan thq. ght It was me elv an ad ert s ng p o 08 t o Those who kDOw I t he I bowe er do not tl nk so for tho loy is not gi en to nolor ety It h e watched Welsh in h s t a nlng for h s two f ghts w th harlej Wh te and be ame conv need that he co Id 1 eat the t tie hoi ler Ills fr ends also felt that way and they ra sad $40(1 to p t p as a i dp let w th $100 to depos t ne llatel ns a guarantee o good fa th The n ne a real and w I be ostel w th a es) ons hie newspaper any time Welsh sa s he s readv for a n atch M tchell d d not nentlon the fact to a scr be or an one else ntll he had ra se 1 the money for tho proposed side wager and lei omt lack V Hod the g ant killer must 1 ke Oshkosb Recent Tack fo ght Frank Tarmer there and scored a vio but got little mone Now he i going lack to meet la Ttced of Tololo ( h o o Ue en be 14 Roe 1 s a big f t ot he sane class as I Ion a 1 the h n en are that a k r aid another ictorj to bis long o d |