Show 1 J RED CROSS WILL REJECT OFFER OFt OF I i t WILLARD BENEFIT II i. i fI f. f I I By Luther Luthe A. A Huston iti International n News Service Staff Correspondent n rd r tT 0 GO Dec l 22 There ap- ap t f. f pears to today ay to be he about I ap-I as asif if h- h hh chance h ol oJ getting Jess Tess Tessi i Vill Willard rd and Fred Fulton into the thc ring together l' l as there is of electing the kaiser president of or the thear thet ar t States If Ie these battling masV mas- mas V aid charily but when it comes to sac sac- his title ho io wants real money for fot it of 4 Fulton says he will never box Willard unless It is s In a match where he has a Chance chanc to to win the title Fulton m likewise r has scruples against giving all the money I Ito to the Red Cross and says he cannot af afford afford af- af ford to pay his own training expenses I ar-I for the bout Fred suggests ts that t the 1 fighters ht whack ohU k up half the p purse between between be be- tween them and slip the Red Cross the remaining 50 per cent of the proceeds I Another difficulty in tho the way is WilI Willard's Willards Wil- Wil lards lard's declaration that he wilt will promote I 1 the affair himself This is more than I likely to halt proceedings for the promoters ers have the territory pretty well welt districted dis- dis and are not likely to step aside and allow Jess to poach on their pre pre- diS 1 serves Just how tho the promoters feel about it is pretty clearly indicated by the eagerness with which they have come cometo cometo i ito to the front with offers to stage the fight since Jess announced his willIngness v illing I ness noss to battle for the benefit of the Red Cross State laws Jaws that limit the Ule number of I rounds lounds and the character of bouts make I it difficult also to find a place where I such Mich a bout could be staged with profit to the promoters or the Red Cross i Meanwhile the heavyweight ranks present present pre- pre sent the anomalous situation of harboring harboring harboring harbor harbor- ing two title claimants It will wm be he re remembered re- re that thai Fulton announced a few weeks ago that unless Willard Villard posted re-I re a forfeit to meet him fore before December 20 lie would x claim the title Well Vell Jess ignored Fulton's announcement announce announce- meat ment so Fred Is abroad somewhere re in inthe the sunny South toda today telling the admirIng admiring ing tag natives that he is the champion because because because be be- cause Jess has refused to joust with him Willard feeling robust and still able to take care eare of or himself thinks tho title Is till stilt his If ever he lie does give ive it away Jess Tess declares declare it will wl not be he to Fulton Jess JeRS has his e eye eje e on Homer Smith the Michigan heavyweight and may take Smith in hand develop his fighting ability abil abil- tty ity t and will crown him whenever he shows ability to defend it To prove that he is stilt still in fighting trim Willard promised to climb into fighting togs here toda today and box a few rounds with Andre Anderson and Walter Valler WalterN Jess apparently is In pretty N good fighting form weighing about and carr carrying ing little surplus us poundage ever clash it will still be when some miracle worker smoothes smoothes' out a pathway I I to the ring that just now is all aIt cluttered up with seemingly insurmountable ob ob- ob- ob In the first place big Jess declares he will not battle more than ten rounds in inthe inthe inthe the scrap he says he is willing to stage for the benefit bendit of the Red Cross and he ho stipulates that the title must not be In- In Tn In other words Joss is willing |