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Bo’/Intern? a has., interest li'^tiwn . -.among,; th{ fight Jam pf 'ElaJiL (Jlty, ;• lIarri0filIe'iaQd;F^rr :Wfifl^3iegar^'D5 ,• ylhe lifrriniqid fyoxlag contest {between '; •'Pete Siillivkn and'’ Elrd-Le^j Colflna, which wilt take place. Ip the.'biw- Off-' ■ dsn theater, PYlday nlgbt/-that the ■ health authorities anticipate •. .considerable trouble In enforcing thu\Bmnll-\ox quarantine against those communities on the night'ol the bouL .it Is almose certain, that this con- •. tost will ntfract a crowd that'V'wi 11j pack the house, ns not only wlil the viHlting delegates to . the NntJnnnl. Wool Growers' convention attend,! but two special trains are coming; up from Salt Lake fill}', ‘ und,* from present Indications, iickels will be nnarcft at the IqhI minute.Jim Murphy, known-In fist! an a. as ‘’Mysterious” Murphy, who arrived from Salt Lake this muiuing* Bnitl that he had seen Sullivan at the white boj'n quarters, and that Pete Ik In the pink of condition.“Still we can’t toll yet ' It7s go-| lug to lie' a vigorous contest/' cnnHd-I t*d Murphy, and' since the scrap takes plauc during • a wool growers' convention, and as 'Blrd-leg1 has the most wool, r the chocolate boy may bring home the bacon, after nil.Murphy will he one of the best preliminary aUraollonB, as ho will irj' to break, the shorbiHBtance Ttipe--skipping t record, which in held; by. Jack Rogers, of Loudon, who skipped the rope i.OOll tlmeB in 0 minutes and 22 aeconds. Murphy says he will fry to Jump 3,000 times In G minutes flat. Rogers skipped the find 300 Limes In 02 HccondR, but Murphy thinks lie can do it In 20 ticks of the watch.. Murphy has high hopes, and • in-, lends io meet Stanley eKtchel, la Salt Luke, In a limited round glove content, if the bout can be arranged.rending his fight with tlie.Montana whirlwind, Murphy will meet nil comers In ii Marathon tope skipping content Ir Salt Lake City, as soon as Pete Sullivan, with whom he is matched, can prepare himself, Murpliy will give Sullivan a handicap of • l.nflO jumpy, for the half-hour contest. Any oilier rupc skippers arc invited to enter, as Murphy is willing lu give anybody cine n handicap of 1,500 skips; 1
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Ogden Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Wed, Jan 05, 1910
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