Show I ROGERS MAY MEET TONY GAPONI CAPONI HERE Plan to Give Local Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight Middle Middle- weight Chance to Fight His Way to the Top Jack Ro Ropers Roger ers the th local middleweight ht gnu and one ono of or the most promising men In his class Is preparing for Cor an nn active campaign for Xoi this winter which ho be believes be- be will bring him Into the front runk rank of ot the middies middles Ills His first bout of or ortho the tho season will take taie place pacO here hore and his opponent plo probably ablY will bo ron Tony Caponi the tho Chicago u middleweight Caponi Is Isone isone one of or the toughest trial horses In his weight division and has nab fought rought all the tho good middles and light heavies in the thc country Of or Jat late he has been fighting In good form and winning most of or the battles from tram good men Hard Hardy K Downing Is now nc negotiating with Caponi Capon In nn an n effort to bring him here to fight Ro Rogers ers Downing Intends to put them on in a ten-round ten bout at atthe the tho some soniC time this month monh The rho date probably will be about No Iso 20 O. O Rogers flogel has had a n lot Jot of ot fights In this parL part of oC the country and has always alwa's mado a n. good showing Downing wants to give he him him a real try-out try against CaPont Ca Ca- Pont anti and then thon If JC the local bo boy shows 8 real class s against a man like e tho the Ch Chicago o c scrapper Downing plans to toIve give Ive him a chance against some ome of ot lh tim tho best men In his class Both Jimmy Gardner and ond Mike Twin Sullivan are planning to come us fiS far Car west wesl as aR Colorado for Cor fights there thero Within the next two months and It would not be bo much trouble to bring them out here Frank Klaus Is 18 also arranging to mal make e a n to the thc Pa- Pa cotte coast shortly after the first of the year and If It Rogers can fight hl his wa way up far tar enough In his class claes ho he could lie be given a chanco chance against Klaus as RR the latter be he willing to top off oCt here for a bout hout either cither going to 10 or coming from tho the const coast |