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Show fitlgoes bout tqtexas tate Foul Tactics of Heavyweight Heavy-weight Causes Fight to End in First. LITTWO RUCK, Ark., Dei-. 25. Fred Fulton, claimant to the world's heavyweight heavy-weight championship, lost hia bout here today with Harry "Texas" Tato of Nowata, No-wata, Okla.. In the first round, by a derision de-rision or Referee "F.IHy" Haack, who ruled that Kullun was usir) foul tactics. Soon after tile start of tin: tlsht I-'ullon lloored .Tate as thc-y were coining out of a clinch. It was declared by the referee ref-eree and club ofheiais that tile blow bad iH'en low and a foul. Tate and his nian-itiajr. nian-itiajr. Kilty .McCarney. however, asked liial the nsht toniinue. Haack WHrnefl Kulton and the ttht was resumed. Near the end of the round, while the lighters were in a clinch, Tate was thrown through the ropes into the crowd. Referee Ref-eree Jlaavk stopped the bout at this point and censured ' Fulton for his conduct. Tate's back and head were slightly In- jurcd as a result of the fall ironi the rinK. Fulton attempted to speak from ffT'ie ring, but the crowd would not listen Jr io him. r While the light was a no-declslon af fair, Referee Haack stated afterward that had it been permissible for him. to give a decision he would have awarded the light to Tate. |