Show sE firl C C FREDDIE WELSH IS INI IN r I BAD AT MILWAUKEE l V Wisconsin Boxing Commis Commission ion Hales Him Before It to Explain Fulton And aDd Dillon Will VilI Have to Be Reckoned Wi With ORLD'S CHAMPION FREDDIE FREDD IE WELSH has run afoul the t rock bound rules of the Wis Wisconsin boxing commission and andas I V as a result the title holder h has as' as been summoned to appear before the Badger state boa board rd on May 15 and ex explain to do so may re result suIt In the suspension of Welsh from Wisconsin rings The trouble dates back to the recent Welsh Welsh Hammer Hammer contest In Milwaukee The commission n complains that Welsh failed tl to- to tofile file a signed contract and post a forfeit for as required by I aw Further r the champion Is accused of fracturing the au august gust dignity of of the Badger state by delaying his arrival In the ring by fully thirty mInutes in statements on on n the he night night In question Harry Pollok manager of Welsh that he would not let his boxer enter the enter the ring until his promised guarantee had been paid The receipts amounted to about and Welsh so 50 o it is reported was guaranteed 1500 It was a business precaution on hl his 0 part so Pollok said In defending his actions H I. I In this hi connection it is S st stated ted that I th the n Wisconsin commission contemplates plates the passage of a rule forbidding the le giving of guarantees to boxers boxen Unless unless unless un- un less the arrangement has the sanction of the commission and the guarantee is posted forty hours In fn advance J A ruling of this sort would be an arbi one and would ouid not be equalled by any provision in the boxing code f of any other state where the sport IS Is r L' legalised legalized The ruling If it should be bei bei i i adopted and be copied by other commonwealths commonwealths com com- would entail considerable I trouble to promoters In the states affected i r iI f By ly stopping burly Al Reich in nine R II loun rounds s Fred Fulton Rochester giant 3 3 has as advanced advance one one- step nearer to a ai at i t match with Jess Willard for the worlds world's heavy weight championship There IsIt is hurdle hurdle Jim Coffey or Frank t It one n ne more 1 Moran Moran which h Fulton must clear beJ before ber be- be r J fore the ambition of ot his life lite is i re realized f progressing but ut as events are rapidly towards towards that end end it is probable that the question of the next opponent of of Willard when he elects to re-enter re r- r P the ring in the tall fall all will be be definitely ly f decided within six weeks r materialize it is If present plans pans likely that Fulton will wll fight fight again again in c New York City In June Just who his opponent nt will be Is not dc- dc at this time The syndicate which is grooming Fulton f for r a battle a with Willard is now negotiating with S the Moran people and hopes t to land B F the the Cleveland heavy for tor a June batT bat- bat T tIt tie If arranged the contest probably N Li will be staged outdoors U t New Kew Tork sporting writers evidently evident evident- p n l ly are re a cautious lot as s s many of them still are inclined to be skeptical about 4 0 the ability of Fulton Fultor All of the the I s scribes ribes however admit that Fulton rf t outclassed Reich Belch but the thern critical ones contend that Reich by no stretch of the imagination can justly be cons considered consid consid- de d- d e ered cred ed as af c capable pable of testing or Fulton to the Utmost In In respect though the scribes go completely at with the expert opinion they theys s handed handed down at the time of the famous 3 controversy between Willard and Reich r If ti just a few few nor to the match z between thee and Moran tt It 11 t will a Ill be recalled that considerable argument developed over the fact that fact that ob oJ W refused to accept Retch Reich as as a ar r c. c tr sparring partner The titleholder 1 claimed that the tho arrangements had hadT T 1 been made without his knowledge and for reasons known know mown n only to himself Wils Wil- Wil s eI r lard declined absolutely to work with withe j B e s1 the th Dutchman New Nev York newspapers m made m'de de much of the controversy that fol tot followed l lowed wed an and the enemies of Willard WillardA A tl declared that the champion was afraid r t to face Reich even oven in a sparring span bout f It was held was a mighty 4 tl m mm man n to cross gloves with Vand a d his ring qualities were dwelt upon so o that boxing fas fass came g QT lo to regard retard the Dutchman as a It future Je e factor In the heavy weight eight champion- champion championship o ship ti n. n So much advertising came to Reich neich Reichas as a result of or this Incident that theE the E New York syndicate behind Fulton decided de- de i i that he would be ju jut Jus t the man maii to test out Fulton ulton in his lila debut debut de- de but but Full Fult Fulton n accepted the challenge t without a murmur The result is now 1 r f. f According to Mike Collins manager m of Fulton he instructed his to follow a a. careful plan of battle lie ire was wa a told to take things easy until he had si sized sited d up Reich accurately aid ald when the Gopher found that ho he had solved the Dutchman's style he W was then advised to sail in and put Reich r away if it he could Fulton instructions in- in to the letter By the end rt ob o 0 of the eighth round eighth round Reich was s so badly bad bad- tit s 's ly ly- battered It was apparent t tv too all that he stood ho ho chance and in the ninth session tJ tile the e referee humanely stepped in between the battlers and stopped the conflict to avert a brutal ending Fulton Kulton has made a pronounced hit with Gotham ring followers In spite of the I Criticism of New York writers and the TH IC g prediction is made that the next time tinie 1 i lie Ie appears thE there rc he will e prove q won won- drawing cardI card I t There remains but one goal in life lite f for Jack Dillon that comp compact ct bundle le ler I r r fighting energy fro from Indianapolis J. J jL and the climax of his meteoric i ring log Is match for the t career a worlds world's j l h Keavy avy an weight championship t F Criticized and laughed at on all sides sidE s for fbi hIt his vaunting ambition Dillon is silently ignoring the slurs and ancl is pro pro- toward steadfastly time object of f his quest When hen he outfought and f manhandled the highly touted Rattling Battling at Kansas City a a. few nights ago Dillon again emphasized in decisive 1 fashion that ii in spite of his small he be is one of the small circle Ircle of fit tit to cope with Willard for Cor the title J As In the case of f Fulton there Is a 1 Strong rong probability that Dillon will be given further chance cliance to demonstrate he is legitimately entitled to a try at the worlds world's highest hest ring hon honors rs Harr Harry I Pollok Vho has a lease on the Brook Brook- III lyn Federal le league gue baseball park Brook I and andt t f- who purposes ta r some flome h clA class t I attractions therein this r e summer t now is angling for tor a. oa match between Dillon and Moran All AU the ambitious battlers apparent apparent- l ly waft n-aPt to get a crack at this Moran I person as they feel teel that if it they can heat him they will be right In Jn line to demand a meeting with the l- l L iy or Morans Moran's price Is up in fancy figures figures fig fig- lures ures ures however and if It he accepts even everi I- I half halt of the matches offered him he will Ii be kept exceedingly busy and his bank hank roll 1011 will swell In proportion m I In III the meantime Willard is quietly r e proceeding with the details of ot his cir circus cus clis life The champion is mindful of ot t E this fact tact that all this fuss tuss' and fever over the the development of pt a worthy challenger for tor his title tithe Is bound eventually eventually event event- to fatten the Willard purse Perhaps he is dreaming of ot another guarantee for tor ten rounds founds of more or less laborious mauling It will wUl I come in time too as the handlers of Willard have shown that they are ex experts ex cx- I in the art of ot extracting the elusive elu- elu eive sive dollar from the public j |