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FRED FULTON, SINCE THE DEMPSEY DEFEAT, HAS STAGED REAL ‘COMEBACK’
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BATTLES
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Aimost Certain of Getting Return
Bout With Champion—Jack
Peeved at Fred.
By JAMES J. CORBET.
Fred Fulton certainly s redeem
ing himself.
The Minnesota plastercr, inaugu
rated a “comeback” some months
After Jac» Dempsey checked his up
ward march in July, 1918, and since
that time he has plastered the word
“defeat” upon every opponent he has
confronted.
Fulton has mingled in .15 battles
since he was knocked cold in less
than half a 4 minute by Jack Demp
sey—and eleven duels have resulted
in Xknockout victories for him. He
won the other four, either on referee
or popular decision.
Winning fifteen straight fights.
against all comers, is truly a re
markable showing. And it i about
sufficient to merit Fulton . another
erack at Dempsev. From what I
knaw of Dempsey's feelings toward
Fulton, T am confident that in due
time Dempsey will give Fulton an
other fight.
Dempsey never held Fulton in very
high esteem as a fighter. He had
been told long before he met Fulton
that the latter was “chicken hearted.”
He wap alsp told that Fulton couldn’t
stand up long under body walloping.
The Dempsey-Fulton fight proved i
Yor Fulten was' through when tth
first punch landed and went down
and out in Jig time.
Fulton afterward issued an alibl
He declared that the fight was to
ve been s “frame” but that Demp
v had double crossed him by soak
ing hjm when he (Fulton) didn’t c»x-|
peet it. The outery by TFulton, in-|
#tead of helping him, caused hlmi
nflt damage and trouble than would |
ve a half dozen beatings in suc
epssion. The public lost confldancel
in him.
Dempsey, in a heated interview, |
denied the Fulton charge of frame-f
up. And, a short while later, Ful
ton admitted that Dempsey was right
«-that there had been no pre-ar
rangement and that Dempsey had
won the fight on his merits. Fulton,
in an effort to right the wrong he
bad done Dempsey-—and to try to
pull himself out of the hole-—declared
that he had yelled “frameup” because
he was badly advised.
“ Someone. friendly to Fulton, real
izing that the defeat of the plasterer
was a bad thing for Fulton, influ
enced Fred to issue the false state
ment hoping. perhaps, for Fulton's
#akae, it would act as a complete ali
®l for Fulton's defeat. üßt it didn't.
Tt had a hoomerang effect. Fulton,
pecoming painfully aware of this,
then came out and told the truth. \
» But the fact that he had attempted
to defame Dempsey created consld
erable enmity toward Fulton. He
ennld get no fights because promot
.ere, at the time, were not at all keen
to stage him in any bout. They de
eided that he wouldn't draw.
Fulton, in desperation, went to T-:u-l
rope. He tried to get fights with
Georges Carpentier and Joe Beckett.
They would have none of him. Ful
ton chasel Beckett all around In an
_effort to got him into the ring. Fred,
" wndoubtedly, had Beckett sized up as
the *“false alarm” which he proved
1o be. But Beckett, then angling for
4 Carpentier match with ite greater
mtake, would not take on Fulton. And
gO, after beating a few inconsequent
al ;:uvlas over there, Fulton came
W c e
" By ghat time the public had anmo-l
that forgotien the ‘“confessions” of
jlton—and so had the promoters.
ey gave Fulton a chance to re
e himself. He has accomplished
sie has fought every man worth
hile —every man who would meet
m. And he has romped home an
winner In all but his last Im-
Brtant fight—the one with Frank
foran. .
SCertain criticism is made of Tul
gon because he did not put away
@bran. More than a year ago he
Stcht Moran in New Orleans and |
hncked him out in three rounds.
ce then Moran has slipped as a
@ehter. And so it was assumed (ha(‘
“their January meeting in Newary
at "™slton would have an easier
e
&But, instend, Moran went the full
t rounds. True, Moran was in
d shape after the early fighting
@4 never had a chance to win for
[ nself. Rut he proved too tough,
pon though he was a broken, bleed
fighter, for Fulton to put tOl
p. All of which causes some per- |
s to claim that Fulton has lost
wallop. |
2 However, Tulton seems entitled to
pther fight with Dempsey. He is
pxious to get the chance—and 1
s Dempsey is just as anxious to
'fekie him. In fact, 1 belleve that
mpsev would rather try conclu-
Sons right now with Fulton thnui
_gmyone elge in the game. He s stil!
red because of Fulton's “frame
‘gp"” story and keen to take it out
p Fulton if they meet in the ring ‘
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l " By HENRY VANGCE J
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Some funny happenings down a t the Auditorium these days as the
basketball fan and his unfortunate b rother, who is not so well versed in
the game, but who is desirous of learning, sit and discuss the batt'es,
Yesterday | drifted over to thy boxes near where a young gentleman
and his lady friend were stting watching the play. The young man
evidently didn't know a great deal a bout basketball, but wanted to leave
the impression with the sweet, you ng thing at his side that he did.
A player had just bean banned for his fourth personal four.
Qo-00-oh, look!"” said the girlie, ‘“they’re making him quit.. Poor
poor boy,and he was so good looking. What did they make his quit for?”
The young Selomon at her side, cleared his throat, groped for words
and finallly announced nanchalantly:
“Me's made four personal insults, and when they get four personal
insults, they must go out of the game. But:gh-er, technical ingults are
different.”
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l The Kansas City Club has a cen
’ler of exceptional ability In "Red"‘
‘de Rarnady. Red is one of the pret
tiest basket players seen in action
here this year and is as full of pep
as a young and ambitions cyclone,
He got some fancy passing out of
hig system, uging either lunch-hook
in the operation. and made a hit
with the spectators at Lue tournov
by his whirlwind play and his con
tinuousg usage of peperino
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~ Singer, on the same club, is also
a umoottx running plece of machin.
ery and drew forth a good roand of
applause for his early work in th»
series
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Spartanburg, Charlotte and the
Houston Triangles didn't stick |
around long enough for refresh
ments,
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The band tore off such a large
number of jazz time melodies yes
terday that it ran a hot box, and the
kettle drum was boiling. After n
few minutes’ lay-off however, they
‘weni to it again,
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~ The music makers arve doing <o
‘much work, however, that the trom
bonist had to get 2 couole of sliding
pads for his instrument.
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~ “Gee. if them birds can cover ten
miles or so at breakneck speed, |
ought to be able to laugh at tho
street cur strike and walk home”
said a dyed-in-the-wooler last nigh*
“I'm going to stick around for the
finish."
. . .
~ Cann, who plays forward so rthe
New York University team is a
brother to Ted Cann, the swimmer,
And, few can b.lny. like Cann can.
.
'urrnv MEN AT WORK.
The Cracker battery men are tak
ing their gaily workouts at Bay &t
il,ouls. Reports from the training
camp are to the effect that the boys
are experiencing geod weather and
a hot sun. Monday the forces will
be augmented by the arrival of in
fielders and outfielders and by the
middle of mext week Frank will
probably be ready to let the Yanni
gans and regulars hook up in soven
innigg practise games
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‘GOOD TIP TC REFEREES.
| 1 watched Messrs, Thorp, and
Lange run up and down the court,
getting on top of those plays tle
iflrsl day of the tourney and I'm
frank to say 1 don't know how the
brethren held out to the final whis*l.
Looks like a trick bieycle or a Kiddie
lcnr, operated on the side lines v ould
make the going less strenuous fir
the officials and 1 take this step of
suggesting guch a thing for the next
national basketball tournament.
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FRED TO QUIT GAME.
! Fred Graff says he's sincere anout
| giving up the national pastime. The
' Lookout third sacker has been in the
league long enough to ocall ail the
| pebbles on ‘every infield in the
'h.‘u.lu!‘ by 'heir.flrsl names.
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i it takes a ref,
! With a neck like an owl's
To nip in the bnd
{ All the personal fouls
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| Mclinnes is to be the Red Sox
}clonup hitter. Lux to him,
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lee King. who was tried out by
{the Pirates for a number of snings
S
| OLD DOLLAR BILL SEZ:
Ly | was goin’ down for th’
’ third time in a sea of as
phalt, when a feller with
a car picked me up.
They aint no pestilence
{ to kill th’ crop when a
‘ feller sows wild oats.
| and then cut loose entirely is in the
Glant camp at San Antonio, and re
ports have it that the stocky gard
ener has made a hit with Boss Mc-
Graw* by his terrific slugging. ‘
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. Lots of fellows the sport public
'never héatd of will get their names
in the record book on account nfi‘
being knocked out by Doughboy Bob
Martin, |
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And Bromides l
i By GUNBOAT HUDSON. |
NEW YORK, Marca' 12,—Did you
know that Bud Weiser recently signed |
a contract to play with the Reading
club of the International league?
Johnny Dundee to become boxing
promoter.— Headline
Can vou imagine Johnny plaving
the host to a rival lightweight at his
own c¢lub
For one thing you can't blame W, J.
Bryvan for trying. Where huo finishes
makes no difference. ‘The main point
is that he always starts.
Pretty near time for Banny l.eon
ard to fight Johnny L'undee, gin't it?
sddia MceGoorty very popular in
l-.“hmd.~‘-!eadlinv.
"hy not? He loses all the time to
those Kngiish champs. Our winning
fighters are very unpbpular over
there. With the exception of course
of those who went as ioldivrs,
The soldiers won, but Haig teok
credit for the newspaper decision.
The world's greatest optimist is
the man who steps into a telephone
booth, casually inserts a nickel and
waits for central to ask him what
number he wishes.
Charles A, Stoneham, nart owner of
the New York Giants. admits he
bought the c¢lub for his son. It must
have beocn a case of ‘papa, buy me
that.”
What is become of the millions of
“ducks” that used to pe rushed at
the Dutchman's every evening?
Pitchors were always considered
poor hitters therefore Miller Hug
gins, manager of the Yankees, trans
ferred “'Babe” Ruth to the outfield to
conformn with the dope.
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Finals Being Played
: .
In Indiana Tourney
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 13--Win
ners of the tweniy.si xsectional tourna
' ments today begen plaving the finals in
the State high school basketbail con
teat Foday's games: 10 a. m., Blooming
ton, 15; Lafayette, 26,
WHITTED JOINS PIRATES,
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 12.--Twe
lays of wyet weather have set back the
Pirates’ training and Mapager . Gibson
‘planned stiff drills today George Whit.
tedd Joinec the squad last night
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Marietta Girl ‘
In Crucial G !
n uruciai Game
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The second deciding game of the
?lgn‘ls' league for the premier honors
| will be played this afternoon. This
fnme will have Decatur High and
| Marietta High as the opponents, the
lg’amo to be played at Marietta. De
!vatur is tied with Fulton High for
| the top rung in the ladder, while
| Marietta is resting in a dangerous
| position, third.
! The same condition prevails now in
| the girls' !cague that was in the boys’
| league several weeks ogo. A triple
5(10 may result with the game today.
| If Decatur defeats Marietta, then
i Decatur steps into the lead of the
| laague, and the championship will rest
| upon the result of the game between
| Mardetta and Fulton st the close of
| the season. Should Marietta cop
Ithen comes the ftriple tie that was
denied the boys' league by a great
| game played by G. M. A,
i 1t is peculiar that the same con
ditions should confront the teams
|in both the bovs' and girls’ league
| this year. Marietta wiil put all it
has into the game this afternoon, for
{in it rests their soie chance for the
championship
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' Red Rookies Fight
| .
| Regulars Ten Innings
MIAMI, ¥a., March 12~ The Reds
staged their first game of ball yesterday
| and went ten innings, the veterans defeat-
L ing the colts 3§ to 3.
| Smith and Waiters, recruits, twirled for
the regulars, with Ruether and Ring for
| the colts Manager Moran is still under
{ the weather, having a sore foot and a cold,
H» managed the team from the bench.
"Tim Hendryx Now in.
Boston Red Sox Camp
| W HOT gztmcs. Ark., Merch 12.—-With
Tim He vx on the scene and Captain
IH-rr\' Hooper due here tomorrow, ra
Rarrow g now able to start bullding a
new Réd Sox outfield
| RIUTH GOES HITLESS.
{ JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 12 Babe
‘Rm‘\ joo¥ up the trail of the elusive hase
h n( ay, alter hl\su gona hitlass two
4 Ctean Newspaper tor Southern Hemes
' Sport Lingographs
THE ATHLETE'S FAREWELL. .
“Farewell, old game, forever;
I am not coming back.”
Thus spoke the bold Joe Jackson
With the accent on the a&wla
A film of the McLean-Mathlesen
race shows that Bobby would have
won if the other lad hadn’'t beaten
him to it
Speaking of names (the city direc
tories are denscly opulated by them),
why does an able-bodied pugilist call
himself Battling Vee Wee?
If nomenclature amounts to anys
thing, we presume the Vandal A. C.
treats 'em rough.
i THE TELLTALE FILM.
| The jiln is quicker than the eye.
| It takes a picture on the fly.
I And 80, no matter how ves g
] You can not prove an alibi.
| Press agent tells us Joe Gestout,
!rusler. has al !the earmarks of a
champion. All to the cauliflower, as
| it were,
| A awerestler's cars are things of
| beauty, but they also serve a useful
[ purpose. Were it not for his cars we
could not tell the eract spot where
Mg brow meeds the back of his neck.
Various baseball scribes persist in
selling the Red Sox, in spite of the
fact that there ain’'t any Red Sox left
to sell.
{ :
J. McGRAW,
He must be full of vigor
And verve and likewige vim,
For he is always busy
From morn till twilight dint
In buying Rogers Hornshy
Or selling Heine Zim.
i Art Note—Al Demaree, the cele
brated cartoonist, will draw a salary
| next summer in the Coast League.
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! THE LOST HALF HOUR.
| Reated ome day in a movie
Y My hosom grew sad and sour
Casper Has a Very Pressing Engagement With the Tailor
ds | gazed at the week’s anonunce
. ments
| For fully a half an hour :
| Monday—lheda Bearskin in “The
| Falling Leaf.”
| Tuesday—Tom Niz in “The Spavin.”
| Wednesday—Gwendolyn Goof in
(“Jazzy Jane.”
| Vote for Herman Prune—" Prune,
| Prosperity and Pilsner.”
| This Orchestra is ¢ Mcurber of the
International Wind Pushers’ Union.
| Coming!!!' Herbert Hooch in “Ten
Days in a Coffee Shop.”
| Enlist in the Marines and See ("'uba.
| Pilm Operated by a Union (lass
| Blower.
} Bie., ete., ete.
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rrench President
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| Bids George sGood-by
| PARIS, March 12,—When Georges Car
| pentier meets Jack Dempsey for the
| world's championship, he will carry the
! hest wishes of France's new Rresident, M.
Paul Deschane!
! At a Franco-British rugby match, M.
| Degchanel invited Carpentier into the
President's box and shook hands with him,
| ““‘Bon voyage,' he said “I hope to see
iynu shortly a' world’s champion.™
‘ : ek
Doc Johnston Will
. .
- Play First for Indians
| NEW ORLEANS, March 12.—Joe Har
ris, the Indian first sacker, is still a hold
out, but, judging from present indications
his.absence will not be noticed.
Doc Johnston, who topped all Indian hit
ters who played in 100 games last season
amd led the club in base running, is dise
| playing unusual form in the daily work
outs and will fill Harris' shoes without
trouble,
.
Chick Shorten Gets
. .
{ Into Tiger Uniform
MACON, ° Ga., March "12.-—Outfielder
Chiek Shorten and Sammy Hale, a third
basenmn, were in uniformm today for the
first time
A hot hwlo for the regular job at the
| “hot’’ cormer is now on between “Pobby
| Joneg, Ralph Pinelli and Hale,
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1920.
Ooh, It's Raining Cats and Micel
By SAM CRANE.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 12.—
During the first ‘week’s spring train
ing of the Yankees much was accom
plished by the players considering
that weather conditions were not up
to what was expected under Florida
skies.
The outstanding feature was “Babe’
Ruth’s display of vim and energy in
practise, his ambition to fit himself
to live up to his great reputation and
to earn the big salary he will be paid
for hic hitting ability. There are
no prima donno ideas in Babe's men
tal make-up. He does not want any
more favors than his fellow players
receive. He loves baseball so well
and is so robust physically that he
Jjust naturally has to cavort. Energy
and ambition ooze from him and he
simply must cut loose like a frisky
and playful bear cub.
Ruth, though, lives up to the disci
pline that Manager Huggins insjsts
on in the routine practise, and goes
about his work conscientiously and
with a show of “pep” that is infec
tious. It is after the routine work
of the day is finished that Ruth
shows at his characteristic best. He
plays any old position that is va
cant except in the pitchers’ box. He
is just a big kid who would rather
play ball than eat, and “Babe'"” dear
ly loves his meals.
“Babe” Ruth is a physical marvel
and one of the sort of players found
but once in a decade. Players like
him with ability, ambition and the
real love of baseball arg¢ few and far
between.
THE steady leader in sales at these
and many other prominent E'!aces
is not an’ expensive, straight Turk
ish cigarette—but the “just-enough-
Turkish” blend, Fatima.
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otel Touraine
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French Lick, Ind.
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New Orledgs, La.
St. Charldg Hotel
New York Ci
Hotel Astor
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Hotel Jefferson
Washington, D. C.
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JOIN REDS;
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HE SIGNS
Joy Runs Riot in Miami Camp
When Contract of Star Arrives,
With Name on Dotted Line.
By GUNBOAT HUDSON,
Staff Correspondent Universal Service
NEW YORK, March lIL-—From
Miami, Fla., comes the news that a
number of citizens have complaifiéq
of loud noises interfering with their
business operations. It is a well
known fact that no business man
can work with forty-two centimeter
shells bursting around him. Tracing
the trouble to its source we find
that it is none other than the Cin
cinnati Reds pasting the pill all
over the lot during a spring train
ing session.
The fact that Heinie Groh, veteran
third sacker of the Reds, has sent
in his signed contract is the cause of
it all. As soon as the majority of
the champions now in camp heard
the report they immediately - cut
looset with everything they had and
took advantage of the poor, inoffen
sive pellet.
The Reds are not satisfied with
practising in the morning and play
ing a game in the afternoon. They
play two eight-inning games every
day. Manager Moran believes in hard
work and is practising his views on
his players, who do not in the least
mind.
LUQUE IN GREAT SHAPE.
Adolfo Luque, the Cuban star, ar
rived recently in tip-top shape.
Luque has been pitching all winter
in Havana and needs but little work
to round him into mid-season form.
Dutch Reuther, hero of the world
series, is ready to step to the mound
right now. Since his wonderful per
formance in the fall baseball classic
Reuther has all the confidence in
the world. If Moran's assurance and
Reuther’s confidence mean anything,
Reuther should enjoy one of the best
seasons of his baseball career 'in
1920.
Tom Casey, a young catcher from
the Coast, is making an excellent im
pression. Casey is a small, stocky
built lad and possesses the ability to
knock the ball a mile. His throw
ing to seecond base is what im
presses Moran most. Rapp and
Crane, infielders, both capable of
covering a lot of ground, around
their respective positions, look a@
though they might stick with the big
show.
The White Sox, champions of the
American League, who made a late
start, are doing nicely at Waco,
Tex. Kid Gleason will rely on exhi
bition games to.round his men into
the best possible shape before the
opening of the season. They leave
Waco on March 27 and will play
their way north to Chicago, where
they open the season with the De
troit Tigers.
RISBERG IS HOLDOUT.
Practically all of the regulars are
in camp with the exception of Swede
Risberg. The Swede is still a
holdout, but it is expected, that he
will come to terms soon. Jackson,
Felsch, J. €ollins and Eddie Murphy
are in excellent shape. This takes
the outfield entirely out of Mana
ger Gleason’s mind.
Lefty Sullivan and Roy Hansen,
pitchers, are showing up like regu
lars and indications point to their
being taken North with the team.
With the exception of Charley
Hollocher, the Chicago Cubs, at Pasa
dena, Cal., are ready for the opening
of the 1920 baseball season. Hollo
cher has a ‘corn on his left hand,
which rhay necessitate an operation
in the near future., He has no trou
ble with it at the dinner table, but
finds it very, annoying in stopping
hot liners, while playing his regular
position in the Cub infield.
