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Show FOR HEAVIES IN NEW YORK Fulton to Get $25,000 for f Three Matches; Like Amount for Moran-Dillcn Moran-Dillcn Match. By T. S. ANDREWS. Special to Tlie Tribune. MILWAUKEE, April 22. The new heavyweight lighters nre surely coming in for a hig share of the shekels which the boxing tans of oM Gotham aro handing out tor the entertainments at Madison Square Gardeu and Billy Gibson's new paWe the Manhattan opera house. The Wil'ard-Moran pate Tvas a record-breaker, but the heavies -arc still there with their demands for F big figures when it comes to mixing in the roped arena. Ered Fulton, the Minnesota giant, who has .been after Willarrl for a title niatcji, is being paid $-."1,000 for three motehes, air?) now comes the big club there with a bid ot ."i.OOO for a tn-round bout, between l-'rank Mnran and dark Pilton. Of this amouot Mo ran is to receive $17,500 anil Dillon $7500. which doe a not seem a very fair division, but then it is bigger money than .lack ever dreamed of, and he will hardly pass it up. This match is booked Cor the first pa rt. of May, following the mat eh between be-tween Fulton and Al Reich, April 24. The Minnesota, giant, who lias been coached for some time by his manager, M ike Collins, is booked for meetings T.;i l.h Jim Coffey, the Irish giant, and ;so Moran, providing he beats Reich; so that he will be kept .busy for some time if the lines do not become twisted. Fulton Makes Hit. Tn training, Fulton ha? made a big hit with the Xew York fans, showing plenty of speed for a big man and also demonstrating his ability to hit, some thing the fans like to see. Reifrh is a dangerous man for any heavyweight to ; tackle, although he is just as likely : to prove an easy mark. He has a real knockout punch, and if he gets a good start is hard to beat, but from all reports re-ports he is still lacking in real experience experi-ence and judgment. Charlie Weinert, the Brooklyn heavy, is making his comeback come-back felt, for last week he handed Andre Anderson, the Chicago giant, a sleep-producer in two rounds. Up to that time Anderson had been going fnlong fine, following his knockout by Fulton in Milwaukee in four rounds. Jim Coffey also made his comeback about, the same time by stopping Jack (ieyer, the big man from Denver, in short order. There will be plenty of work for this .bunch of "heavies if they want to mix with one another, in real battling. However, of the entire lot, I'n Iron -"I'm.- 1 0 have 1 he build for a. , Hiccev-.ful l ;itilp apnim-t the champion WiHard being almns; as tall as t lie 1 it le-hnlder. with a longer reach and weighing 2 IS in condition. It will take a big man to beat, Willa.rd, and that is where Fulton fills the bill now can he deliver 1 Negro Elimination. ' he elimi 11 at ion ton r name nt for the select inn of a colored hea y weight champion ol the world, started bv l.. h Tortui'ich, 1 he New Urleini boxing rn'O-moter, rn'O-moter, ib crea ting a great de , I more attention than was at first expected. Since .less Willa rd announced his intent in-tent ion of f ightitn' on ly white contenders con-tenders for the cha m pionslii of the world a statement that he made before his match with -Un-k John-011 at Havana a vear :.gn -it dawnen upon Promoter Tortori-di that ii would tie a unod idea to have the best of the colureu heavies meet, and settle iito i.;et'iun of supremacy su-premacy among them, of course. Jack d nh n son cd aimed : he rotor ed lit le, but Sam l,fing!'oi'l and Sam MrVev entered a string p rotes n niii'- t it, as they hare no I been given a chance io. prove t heir claims in actual bati le. There arc kiiiip corking 'good colored heavv-wejghts heavv-wejghts and the tournament will, without with-out doubt, prove a succe-s, oven in the south. ' The first meeting in the elimination is to be between McVcy and due Jean-nette Jean-nette ar. the new arena in New Orleans, May S, the distance to be twenty rounds to a decision. The winner ot this match is ;o meet Harry Wells, the southern eh a mpion , and the winner ot this bout will tackle Samuel Langford. That will assure the promoters three big contests and the winner of the final will in all probability be sent againft Jack Johnson. Efforts will be made to .bring 1 he former champion bac.k into thh country, but if it cannot can-not bp done then the match will 'probably 'prob-ably be arranged for some point away f rorn the id at es in Mexico, Cuba or Canada.. 1 Ai Eippe. manager of Jeff bmithj who recently fought, Mike Gibbous on his return from Australia, is-a sticker for Smith when it comes to championship claims. Al insists that Jeff is the best middleweight in the country today, aud that he also defeated Ijcs l;uv.y in Australia, Aus-tralia, a I though the records show that while he won on a foul in their Just meeting, he lost on a foul the second time. Says Albert: "J claim Smith is the legitimate champion of America. Let Mike Gibbous fight him twenty rounds to a decision mid decide tho is- sue. .Pom i nick Tortorieh of Npw Or-leaus Or-leaus has offered to stage the. -contest, and I will agree to let. Smith go ou with Gibbons, and if he fails to knock him out inside of the twenty rounds wo will not ask for one penny. That should be fair to Mr. Gibbons. Now let him nuecopt or turn the title he claims over to Smith. Smith also stands ready to battle with Jack Dillon at any time, and will give away weight to him. Da rev cannot moke the middleweight limit of 15$ pounds (the new scale is 1(50 nt 3, which Da rev easily made recently). re-cently). All I ask is'a fair 'chance for my man. He stands ready to meet any man in the world at the middleweight limit, and will post a forfeit any time for a match. That is a lot more than the would-be champions will do." Darcy May Come. There is a possibility of Les Darcy, the wonderful Australian middleweight, coming over to this country for a series of matches under the direction of Tommy Tom-my Bums, former heavyweight cham- ' pion of the world. Burns has beeo in ' touch with Darcy through friends in ! Australia, aJid there is little doubt but that the great middleweight can get away the coming fall if he so desires, and it is understood that he wants to come here and have a battle for the world's title with Mike Gibbons and any other legitimate contenders. Burns has offered Darcy a guarantee of a flat1 sum, said to be near the $40,000 mark, I for three or four contests, and the latter lat-ter is agreeable to the proposition. I'or a boxer who was never a champion, cham-pion, Packey McFarland has fallen into some of the best paying matches imaginable. imagin-able. Packey has pulled down some nig purses against Jack Britton, Mike Gilv j bons and others, aud now he is offered jn flat $10,000 for a meeting with the j winner of the Kid Lewis-Jack Britton i match at New Orleans April 24. That would be pretty soft for Packey, but he has not made up his mind as yet whether he will accept or not. Another offer is for $12,000 from a Milwaukee club for a meeting with Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul phantom, at pounds. There are some champions who have never received such sums as have been handed out to the Chicago lad. Had Packey tried to capture a title outside of the lightweight class ho would no doubt have been successful, but he always al-ways preferred to try and hold to the lo3-poimd division when he would have been better off in the welterweight I class. The new poundage for welter-1 welter-1 weights 1-17 should suit Packev nicc- 1 ly. |