Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-12-10 | Page 14 | New Heavy Weight is to be Sprung on the Bublic

NEW MEVI HEAVYWEIGHT HEAVY EAVY WEIGHT IS TO TOBE TOBE TOI I I BE SPRUNG ON ONI ONTE THE TE PUBLIC I I I By HAM HAMILTON i United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK YORi Dec A A 8 n new heavy heavyweight heavyweight I W weight h will be sprung g on the Ie poor r public some time tinie before the year of 1917 has passed into history unless the he plans of men who control a 0 big part of the boxing I game faiL fait Te Tex Rickard and several other prominent prom prom- promoters are now scratching the woods doing their best to dig up a 11 man who will be able to knock the crown ll loose e from Jess Willard's Willards brow The Thc probable I entry hasn't sprung nor has the She location location loca Ions tion of ot the bout but all Indications point to a meeting between Fred Fulton and Willard some time late in January or early in 11 February bru a r at the Tijuana race track If U Freds Fred's quest for championship honors proves unsuccessful th the promoters WI will get busy bus on another tangent It Is the feeling In New York hat that the boxing game which began beJan to recover from a long attack of ot Jack Johnson shortly short short- I l ly after Willard ascended tile the throne is again on the skids The skids are not greased with an any very slippery substance but ever every one is agreed that a a brand branch branc new variety of ot pep alias a II new heavy weight champion is the thing to drag it another notch up top the ladder of public favor True there are few he heavy weights who stand a chance chanc with Willard but there are some and there are many who be believe be- be lieve Willards Willard's days das as a champion champion will wi end the first time he tries ries another bout over the marathon distance Carl Morris has ha been mentioned as a a probable opponent and Harry Harr Pollock is doing a lot of or work In Ito an effort to give gie Charlie Charle Weinert a a. chance chalice The latter later seems eem the most mos Improbable of the three and public opinion would eliminate Morna llor- llor Mor Mor- ris na in a short time But no matter mater who is put up for the tho first chance or the be last lt one one it is certain that the promoters are on the trail trat of or a anew anew anew new champion and that they are going to trot one out If I it is at all possible i