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Show I TIGHT STRING i 01 HIS TITLE i j Announcement That Red Cross Benefit Will Be Short Bout Cools Ardor '' of Challengers. By ARTHUR STRUTFE. By lnterni'tionul News Service. NCW YORK. '-. CI. There is little likelihood or Jess Willard antl any of the contenders for Hie stellar title in pugilistic pugilis-tic circles meeting In the rims very soon. Willnrd's dell to ho:; any man tor the I. client of l!ir RrJ Cross has a "string" attached to it. The champion is willing, all right, to meet any man in the ring, but his charitable effort is to ha limited to ten ro-.tndn. v ttii no title at stake. In other words, he wants a "declsionles contest." Fred Fulton Is willing to meet Willard. The Minnesota giant believes he can take ,: tli.i champion's number. But Fred wants 'i the otittie to bo a real championship affair. af-fair. There is little likelihood of the title 'bringing remds In n i.'-n-round affair, and Fulton 'wants the bout to so at least ucntv rounds, if not longer. Fulton is the most persistent challenger li for the title. Willard says lie is ready l.i to meet him. But so tar they nae not ! come together to talk business. i Khiii ianirford. the 'Huston tar bahy. U nlso angling 1'or W Ward's scalp. But '' it Is doubtful whether Sam will get a ;( chance. Willard drew the color line after k he wrested the championship from Jack j Johnson and it is not likely that a nesto jii will again have the chaiuc to win the !l premier honors in pugilism. , :'j Meanwhile tight prornoiers are not i biiidiint; over one another In an effort ' to sfaae a lieaN'vweichl combat. Willard i leis not been a popular champion. He i la. made one appearance in the rinir , since lie won the' title that was acainsl I I'r-ink Morau in New Voil. in which he I defeated the blonde Plttsburser in ten ' rounds Willard has devoted all his time 'o his circus This has brought him much inoncv. but little popularity. Perhaps Jess crs the licht. lie came out today with I n statement that he wants to sell his i circus. He is not coins to live a life of ease and is readv to meet any one in the linK- It is problematical who the 1 s c ond ,inan w ill be.. |