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T(Continued from Pnire NlneOimeet his greatest rival, * somewhere Inthis country^and give the entire receiptsto the cause. I tempsey already hasagreed %r do thle. so the promotersare now watting upon the pleasure ofthe champion.Willard cannot squirm nut of the pro* poeal before him without courting national condemnation, or lavlna hi me elf open to the charge that he feare ftla young challenger. The onlV I'fetcxtfor an excuse that he may offer I* that he la not tn physical condition for a match, and will not he able to train property In lea* than two or three month*. However, that la a detail which need not Interfere with the conteet because it can be staged at any time during the winter. It !a conservativelyestimated that If Willard and Dempsey meet for the war fund the receipts a ill approximate $250,000, which would he a tidy contribution to the catige.In the meantime. Dempsey te nrepar-ng hlmaetf for an encounter with Battling I.evlnsky, scheduled for next Wednesday night at Philadelphia. This bout hna twice been postponed because of the epidemic of Spanish tnfluensa. hut the disease now 1* subsiding In the Quaker city, as It ta everywhere else, so the match haa been made a ftgtiir* for this week. After this affair iWmp-*ey will keep up light training for a prospective meeting with Willi# Meehan at Milwaukee, lie h|is signed an agreement to Jw»x at the Cream city, hla opponent to he selected from Meehan. Fred Fulton or Billy Mlske. «Fuglllatte activities will he revlvled everywhere since the flu Is now under i control. Milwaukee will see the In- | augural of Its fall fistic season next Thursday night when Richie MttchelV! »nd Sailor Freedman will be brought^together for a tent round scrapFollowing thle bout, Mitchell will return to the (Ireat T,ak*« Naval Training station af|J get i»a»1v lo ac*on»pan ! s delegation of atstlnn lstxera who have been entered In the |n*ernatlona1 box* lt;log csmlval which will he staged at jT nnden, England. on lb*c II and 12 IMitchell otII l*a gccowtennled by Pal , Moore, bantam; Ca| Delaney, welter; Dannv O'Keefe, middleweight, and Walter Henea. beavvweightThe verv beat boxers Ip alt the Amert- !can centonfhantg will he sent to England to oppose the picked stampers from tha racks of America's allies. The carnival will he an elimination affair [ ••nd the winners wifi he reengntxed as ih,» champions of th# wor|d'g armies.Benny V.eonagl. lightweight champion. will not represent this country. *s he la pot an enlisted man. 'Considerable Interest already baa fleen *rotiHfd Ip the forthcoming carnival, be. '•use of th* lt;i«ex of the fighting men- ho W’ll take mrt Among the British • tn+er^e-* wit) hm the sensational Jtm-! w W*Me and It |s certain that he willo pit »e| sv^inst Pa! Moore, who la,r *1 iir»on nn on of tha heat bantams» the country. It Is not certain wheth-r ('hamolon Pete Herman will• »ct#» He Is sn enlisted msn Ine*,» Mim s psvv so ft Is nrnhshle he•I show up around tournament time, bhoueh no deflnlt# word on thle point J been given outAll the soldiers and aallnra 1n Tendon •t that time will be honored guests at the cernlval.
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Lincoln Sunday Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Nov 03, 1918
Page 13
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