Show The Result of the Improvement Improvement Improve Improve- ment in Boxing Can Be Seen in the Gate Receipts NEW YORK YORI April 8 S.-No S. No wildly sensational attack on boxing by an any disgruntled Individual is going to af- af the future of the sport either Inthis in inthis this state or any other Boxing contests have become immensely immensely im im- popular all over the country There are now at least thirty state or city boxing commissions in charge of the sport in different states Just as the New York state athletic commission is isn in n charge of it here Boxing is condu con conducted con con- du ducted ted under restrictions never put on it before and as a result hundreds of thousands of ot people who never went to the time old prize fights attend glove contests today The result of the improvement nt in the sport can be seen In the gate receipts Of course the Moran Willard contest in New York broke all records but the middle West so far behind The Ritchie Wolgast-Ritchie round ten bout in Wisconsin drew over Two recent encounters encounters Ahearn and Gibbons Smith drew over A gate Is not considered considered consid consid- ered any anything hing extraordinary Best indication of what boxing has become under the modern legal restrictions restrictions is in the personality Of the spec spec- The Morah bout drew drewa a crowd from the most intelligent and successful men in New York City and many other cities even as far West Vest as the Pacific slope They were willing to travel far to see Willard and Moran in action Val splendid arrangements arrangements ar ar- I to handle the crow crowd a and d to i prevent any possible disorder or c con confusion n- n fusion were partly responsible for the smoothness with which the whole affair af affair af- af fair was run XUn oft off But the personality perso 1 of that crowd was the math main thing It was made up in part of the men who direct many of the great affairs of this country The rowdies and roughnecks roughnecks rough rough- necks that professional reformers love to harp upon were conspicuously absent Theres There's much good in a sport that tha interests the kind of men who went to see Willard and Moran A sport of that kind will never die and will never b be crushed by the hysterical attacks dire directed ted against every virile mans man's sport by those whose veins run milk and water instead of good red blood The Jones Jones-Curley syndicate which handles Jess Willard's Willards matches and fi financial financial fi- fi affairs will probably beg in t to boost a Fulton Fulton Willard match before long The syndicate wanted to match Willard with Fulton instead of with Moran but the public laughed th the match out of existence After that Fulton was matched with Porky Flynn in New Orleans There Then is a suspicion that this was done just jus to make Fulton a card for a Willarc Willard fight later in the season But Porky beat Fulton easily all the way knocked him down two or three times and finished fin fin- the last five rounds apparently apparent under wraps Fulton was given th the decision but the New Orleans sporting writers united in saying that Pork Porky won from start to finish There was waw 1 so much discussion over the decision and Fulton's poor showing that all chance of pulling off a Fulton Willard-Fulton match in New Orleans vanished The syndicate fighter Jim Flynn was then matched with Fulton to fight figh two or three three- days before the Willard Moran match when the bout would at attract at- at tract a lot of attention Fulton knocked Flynn out In the second round by hitting him on the back of the head above the ear Flynn came East spreadIng spread spread- ing a tale of ot Ful Fulton's ons on's hitting ability S Sc obviously the next thing to be expected Is a syndicate announcement that the thi marvellous Fulton is the logical contender con con- tender for Willards Willard's title In talking the big big fight over with Charlie White referee Charlie I said this bout has disposed dis dis- posed of the old claim that a pound ISO man is big biff enough to tight fight anybody Never Kever was anything n that agree agreed Charles You might as well say that tha Freddy Welsh would have a chance U to beat Moran Willard Is a man The only one of the timers old I can imagine having any chance with him Is Bob Fitzsimmons Fitz could hit from any angle and hi he had a knack of getting in close and ode ode- de livering a heavy blow In his prime h he might be able to get under Willard Willards arms and drive a blow up to the pOint poin of the chin But it would have to b be right on the button at that I wouldn wouldn't like to say how Willard Villard and Jeffrie- Jeffrie would come out with Jeff at his best Jeffries did what no other champion ever did He beat Corbett twice Fitz itz Simmons twice Sharkey twice an and Ruhlin twice With his tremendous strength and about pounds o. o ot weight hed he'd give Willard a great t tight fight and I cant can't figure out which would have hav the best of It But as for any pound man man man- why after atter the fight the other night I was talking with Kid td McCoy I asked what lie he thought When I was at my best I think I could pick Willard to pieces for six o or eight rounds said McCoy but that that's all aU I never saw the day when Id I'd have havi had a chance with him beyond that From what I see now theres there's no chance of Willard's Willards being beaten he gets very fat at When he was farming farm farm- ing walking walking- around all the time hi ne kept thin and in great condition bu mt hes he's been sitting around too much an and taking on weight that may be hard t to get off after a while What do you think of Willard as a boxer I asked But for tor one thing he would have hav I been the most wonderful boxer weve we've ever had said White He didn't b begin gin boxing until he be waa wa was wasa a grown man Hes He's learned a lot H He has a real fighters fighter's eye Hes He's remarkably remarkably remark remark- ably quick to see blows coming and t fo block or avoid them He has skill ii In hitting and he has a a great natural knack of hitting from straight in fron without drawing back his hands Hes He's wonderfully supple and nd loose join tea for a big man But if he had begun begu boxing when he was a boy hed he'd be th the greatest marvel the ring has ever eve known And then we suggested ther d b be nobody to to- box with him Right said Sad Charlie White |