| Show u Fred Fulton T a Few Things About Dempsey f Fred Fulton who is il a in Jn Sacramento Cat Cal training for Bip Big Jim Cameron writes the following letter which no doubt will be read with interest by Jack Dempsey Dempley and Jack Kearns Sacramento Cal Feb 10 10 1919 To the Public As I have been under so much criticism within the last week for making a- a confession a-confession as to my fight with Jack Dempsey and being branded a liar by Dempsey Kearns and Collins I f feel as if t I should I a few ew facts and then you can judge for yourself who is ii the liar and who is on oct the square Now as for Dempsey saying I should be barred from the boxing game that game that may be all an right but people who irve in glass houses a should never throw stones atones Now we will take some of fights tights that J know about The first time I ever II saw W Dempsey was in irs Denver Colo Cob He lIe boxed b Arthur and that night he did not hit by bya a foot toot but went down and stayed there That Is ia what I saw There was a man in Milwaukee l by the name of Bull and he was not eVen a good sparring partner partner part part- ner ncr but Kearns shipped him down South and Dempsey went down and K Pd Od him In one round That is another And there is a fellow right here in San Francisco named Earl Ritchie who Mr r. r Honest Jack Kearns shipped to Reno Nev under under under un un- un- un der the name of Jack Moran oran and the wonder Jack Dempsey Dempy y K Od him in one round Now these are some of the fights that I know about There is a story that came caine out of Philadelphia after the LevinskY Le- Le vinskY fight tIght that Levinsky was double crossed and had a a. lot of trouble with his manager manag r which almost killed the boxing game in Phillie but the promoters got busy and hushed It up After Acter the Morne Morris Mor Mor- ris ne fight in New ew Orleans there wasa wasa was a big holler holier about it being a fake as Dempsey did not even een hit Morris Mor Mor- orria or- or cia ris hard enough to hurt anyone That is another wonderful one- one ro round nd victory that they are still sUU talking about ab I think if It all of tights fights were looked into nto to you could find something wrong with all of ot them a as as the most of them were ere round one-round knockouts to tomake tomake tomake make Dempsey look like a a. wonder r. r Now as for and everyone everyone every every- one who is calling me a a. faker they should just remember when old Jim Flynn K Od him in one round at Salt Lake City and Dempsey went around telling everyone in the world that he laid down and Mrs Dempsey said Jack received for tor laying down How about that being a cold blooded fake And they did not say anything about barring Dempsey Dempe but boosted him to fight for tor the championship of the world worl a fight that I think he is I. not entitled to lIe He keeps saying be he will knock my head off and that he be will wUl fight tight me any time Ume but he will not nol He tIe only talks about It It saying Just Juat show tho me rae meome some seals money mousy But If It I 1 am so O easy why worry about the money He knows be he cant can't beat me for or the next time Ume be knows be will 11 have to fight a real fight and he wont won't see He Kearns letting him take a chance with me for tor he be knows I will beat him as I have bare beaten everybody el else e. e In fact feet I beat sTory every man who was as of any account who D Dempsey has two years before belore Dempsey was heard of Didn't I beat Meehan twice decisively decisively de de- de- de And he beat Dempsey and you could not get Dempsey y Into the same ring with Sam Barn Langford whom I beat twice I do donot donot donot not go around picking my opponents opponents op up- as he be does but fighting everyone whom I 1 can get on with I am willing to work on a percentage percentage per per- and do not demand the world as be he does dON Now there are area a lot of promoters promote who will put pot this fight on and will give RIe as high as 60 per cent and I will wUl fight Demp Dempsey ey win winner r take all aU or aD any anyway anyway way be ho wants ants it Now No Noa a fighter tighter 1 la Is only worth what he draws draW and he be should not be holding out for tor a abig abig abig big guarantee That ought to be fair dont don't you think i I i I I I Now as to my manager Mike Collins lIe He bad hall me barred In Minnesota but that dose does not worry WoTTy m me as I did not expect to fight there but he sure has baa a nerve for tor the way he has baa treated me and did arrange the Dempsey affair I Iown Iown Iown own half halt of tho the boxing b club he Is ls run running nine in Minneapolis and makIng making mak task ing big money out of at But he does not even onn write to me or send a cent for tor my interest That only goes to show what kind of a f fellow he is Of course I did not expect Dempsey Domps y Kearns nor Collins to say anything an else lse but that I was a aliar liar It would not be right for tor them to say eay that the fight was prearranged pre pro arranged but all aU saying Hying that I 1 am the liar trying to clear themselves os but they know who is telling the truth and anti I know that If 11 Dempsey ever gives me a a. chance cnance I will show the world If I am right or not Of Ot course I could go on writing stuff stutt all aU day about Dempsey Kearns and the syndicate which is handling them trying to shove o me out of the tho wa way and get Dempsey the championship fight But I do donot donot donot not like to say all these the things but butas butas butas as Ion long as all they have so much to say about 1 I should b be barred from from the boxing game I think I should defend myself and at tho the same time Mme let you ou know that they are not all angels Of course I 1 confess ss to my part of ot the Dempsey Dempse fight tight but I was only doing as m my m manager manage told me meto meto meto to do so I think I 1 should not alone alon be blamed Well ell there is no use talking about it You will ha have to excuse the grammar in this letter as ns I admit I am not the be best beat st educated edu edu- catel fellow in the world but I 1 Iam am urn telling you ou the truth and angi tie in fending m myself elt at atthe same i the same time m- m I Yours trul truly FRED FULTON |
