Show FULTON 1 I HIMSELF CHAM I I Willards Willard's Unwilling Fight for Ti Title tle Dis Di Y g j the Public S L col I B By H. H C. C H Hamilto j j. j l. l United Press Staff Correi r NEW YORK Dec Dee 21 Jc s seems seems to have taken all the th the the-J n pep out o of his offer to box fa fy for t fit tit of the he lied Iced Cross His HII I Is I's SI that he doe does does' not care car to have havi Imade J I made a championship event n anS td that it shall be for o only ly proba probably ly will serve to n IT ni ITI I fight fans of the country s suj t tI wonder why they ever fell tell fo for I proposition anyway Jj If It l Fred red Fulton accepts accepted sue fiO and should it happen that h 11 hei to put over the crushing finish r he would be acclaimed the h lie h champion of the world without ther notice But Fulton wout to listen to such a proposition iii cost him a considerable sumI suns sum for the bout The Red Cross T. pt Ot I fit very little from such a a. c Pon fight fans tans could not be bilked tending a burlesque f 11 I Jess might do o better if he o oj od d dI ta take on halt half a a d dozen challenge I rounds each for there would woul would danger to his Jaw in such exertion would not be so great greata a a I Continued on Pa page e 7 FULTON DECLARES Continued from page 6 wouldn't be so IO so much trouble in counting the shekels MINNEAPOLIS f fh Dec Deo 21 Fred 21 Fred Fulton de declared himself h heavyweight I- I champion of ot the world toda today I This Thin was the last day of ot the ultimatum he delivered to Jess Jesa Willard to fight light or forfeit the title I Fred red accompanied hl his claims with a a. lengthy 1 S statement on why he e should be onI hta l 3 f declared d champion 1 I He lie has nas offered to box Jess for the Red Cross and hand J Jess ss 1000 as all a gift ft win or lose DES DE MOINES la Ia Dec 21 Des s DM Moines may Ret get to see ee Jess Willard In his first Red fled Cross match It was learned today that the was considering a bout with either Wild Brennan of or Chicago or Fre Fred Fulton the Minnesota plasterer who today claimed the world championship In Dt Ds Des Moines Gene Melad Melady Omaha wrestling promoter said today that he had wired Willard asking him hiD to come to Des Moines for tor the match With tho the cantonment here It Is thou thought ht the tho match would draw an immense im im- immense mense mene gate By International News Service DENVER Dec 21 21 Jacl Jack Kanner and Jim Hammill Denver promoters promoter today telegraphed Jess Willard and Fred Ired Fulton Fulton Ful Ful- ton asking them whether they would consider holding holding- their Red fled Cross fight In Denver They pointed out that the stock stockyards ards stadium is one of ot the largest auditoriums In America |