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Show j FRED FULTON CALLS j OFF WTXLARD FIGHT I . ! CHICAGO, July 7. The proposed fight between Jess Wiilard and Fred : Fulton, heavyweights, for Labor day, Ss off, it was announced tonight by Michael Collins, manager of Fulton. I OoHins said that Wiilard had failed to comply with articles of agree- i mcnt, which called for the staging; ! of the fight before the club that offered the largest purse bv July 1. Pulton claimed the title of chani- . pion by default. Bids for the fight were to be opened in Chicago on July 1, and all details were settled, Collins said. Wiilard was to receive two-thirds of i the $50,000 purse offered by Harry Sherman of Minneapolis, but Wiilard j had refused to go through with tho ! contract, according to Collins. Iu j addition to the default Fulton contends con-tends that his pugilistic record entitles en-titles him to the title over Wiilard, Collins aserted. |