Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-15 | Page 20 | Conference of Giant Fighters Proves Flivver

CONFERENCE OF GIT FIGHTERS Fulton Rejects Terms Offered Of-fered by Willard's Representative Repre-sentative ; Dempsey'll Fight for Nothing. .; By International News Service. KANSAS- dT.TY, Mo., March 14. The conference between J. C. Miller, personal representative of Jess Willard, and Mike Collins, manager'of Fred Fullcff, held to- day, in an effort to bring about a cham-l cham-l pionshlp battle July 4, ended in a row, with further meetings doubtful. The big I event appears as far off now as it did i months ago when Fulton first hurled his I challenge. . Ihe hitch came about over Fultons end of the purse as dictated by Miller. It brought a loud wail from the challenger. Do , you think we are fighting for prestige and glory?" shouted Collins. - L'on't you think Fulton is entitled to something for his end of the receipts?" ine press was barred from the conference. confer-ence. Collins later stated that the amount offered Fulton was "not enough to bind the match." Colonel Miller also refused to make public the terms he had offered.