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Show FIGHT TONIGHT IN KEWJERSEY Much-postponed Fred Ful-v Ful-v ton and Jack Dempsey Match Will Be for Eight Rounds, By ALLAJN" MARKLEY, Staff Correspondent, Universal Service. NEW YORK, July 26. The stage is all set tonight for the long overdue Fulton-Dempsey Fulton-Dempsey fight, which will be held tomorrow to-morrow afternoon at- the old Federal league baseball park at Harrison, N. J. Chairman Smith of the New Jersey boxing commission has visited the training quarters quar-ters of both the principals of the bout, and pronounced them in fit shape fcHe battle. Fred Fulton has made satis tory explanations to his drait board heiC"V and the last possibility of police iiuerf 3 ference has been removed. I The match will be held, of course, in aol cord with the new Hurley law of Ne Jersey, legalizing boxing bouts, and w.l go over the eight-round course, wy eight-ounce gloves. There will be no official of-ficial referee's decision, but both men assert as-sert that no such official will be necessary to determine the outcome of the bout. Held under these conditions, it seems hardly fair to call this a championship match, but in these dog days of the ring it is as near a championship affair as can be arranged between these two contenders lor the top honors of the heavyweight class. It will probably be the last fight either man will engage in until after the war. Fulton has applied to the Knights of Columbus Co-lumbus for a position of field secretary with the overseas war work forces, while Jack Dempsey has announced that he will return to the shipyards to work for the duration of the war. The battle, which has been "in the air' ever since Fulton eliminated Frank Mo-ran Mo-ran from the race last winter at New Orleans, lias ntlrxr-tA-l cront Hoii nf tention among the fight fans. With Wil-lard's Wil-lard's retirement, or, rather, his withdrawal with-drawal to the seclusion of his Kansas farm, the complicated state of affairs with regard to the heavyweight title became be-came more complicated. Both Fulton and Dempsey immediately claimed the title, and a meeting between them became necessary nec-essary to establish the supremacv of one of the men. Fulton is favored in bettine: circles here tonight, although- it is expected that as soon as some of the western fans arrive to witness the mill favoritism will swing to the Salt Lake City boy. Both men are in excellent condition for the bout, having spent about ten days -each in training, after completing a tour of the country boxing for different war charities and t he Red Cross. Fulton will weigh in at about 212 pounds, while Dempsey is a little lighter, tipping the scales at 196. Fulton also will have a slight advantage in reach over his opponent. The following table shows some of the best records of the two men for the past vear: DEMPSEY. Knockouts. Homer Smith i round .lim Flynii i round Bob Devore 1 round N. O. Brennan -i rounds Porkv Flynr, i round a AI Norton rotni'LT Hob McAllester 1 rorr Carl Morris 5 ro.s FULTON. Knockouts. Tom Cowler round Tom Cowler ,s rounds' Charlev Y einert 2 rounds Tom McMahon 4 rounds Gunboat Smith 7 rounds .?ob Devoro , munds Sam Langford n rounds Frank Moran 3 rounds |