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Show I CHAPMAN SCHEDULES "J k BOXING CONTEST :. I Matches Geo. IMemsic and Pete I Sullivan Tor Twenty I Rounds. KM I John M. Chapman, who managed tlic IP' Sail Palace saucer track last your, an- nounccd Tuesday thai he had matched I 1 George Memslc, tho present lightweight i 8 ' champion of the world, and Pete Sulli- I van, for a twonty-round boxing contost, ' I to take place at the Sail Palace Monday f night, tFetarunry 3. Sullivan Is well I known liore, and has many friends, many I of whom arc prepared to back him for ,a , reasonable amount ngains Memsic, alias ' Jimmy Burns of Chicago, Who u the fact was made known that th contest would he hold Jn I his city, a. plcasod look appeared on the faces of all the sportsmen. Chapman said that K would cost a big sum of money to pull of the contest, hut he did not Intend to ' mix with Inferior men and would give the public tho best hi the country. Chap-I Chap-I man also said that "Battling" Nelson Ehad promised him his next dato here, and he would set ono of tho best lightweight light-weight in the country for Nolson to go up against ' |