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Show : FUllBN'S 1IUTI is fisiiie Failure to Win Over Billy Miskc at St. Paul Disoap-points Disoap-points Fans. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Fnndom is losing confidence in Fred Fulton as a possible world's champion. From all reports of tuo bout Friday night at St. Paul, tho mighty loft that has received re-ceived so much praise will never bo able to administer a knockout blow to Jess Willard. Sporting writers are now questioning question-ing Fulton's ability to stop Frank Moran when they meet In New Orleans Or-leans Fobruary 22. When this bout was first announced it was generally predicted that tho Rochester plasterer would register anothor victory. But when Billy Misko, working under the handicap of weight and reach kept Fulton at bay, tho spotlight is being rapidly shifted to the Pittsburg contender. con-tender. Moran fights for tho love of fighting. fight-ing. Whether he is putting on an exhibition ex-hibition bout or exerting every ounco of his strength in tho ring with a-llttlo a-llttlo at stake, he Is enjoying ihe show as much as the fans at the ringside.! He goes into 'each successive battle J with a determination and does his bestj for the sake of fighting. Fulton, on the other hand, has I openly admitted that he does not love' tho ring sport Ho fights because, well,! because he gets started at it somehow. some-how. Ho has never told the public that it was the lure of gold and the I clinking of easy coin that started him j first on his pugilistic career. Thatl probably Is the real reason. Fulton hates fighting, although even his rivals must admit that he fights well. For a while he had hard work to overcome tho fouling habit His recent battles show that he is now able to play tho ganio according to Hoyle. The psychology of the situation will bo a decided advantage to Moran when they enter tho ring at New Orleans. The Pittsburger is now at Camp Wadsworth training to get himself in the best of shape for his battle. Mean-whilo Mean-whilo Fulton is not going to let his fighting trim decrease. |