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Show DEMPSEY-FULTON MATCH I SHOULD DRAW BIG GATE AND DECIDE SUPREMACY 1S4, and he started fighting in 1910. He was considered a fair heavyweight only until Tommy Burns, ex-champion, matched him up with Luther McCarty, who was then being boomed for the title. Arthur never did much fighting ot any account after the Calgary fatality. fa-tality. In 1914 he met Gunboat Smith in California and was knocked out in fifteen rounds. A few weeks later he met 'Kid Kenneth at Taft, Cal., and was stopped in six rounds. He laid off for a time and in 11)15 met Fred Fulton Ful-ton at Eau Claire, Wis., being beaten in ten rounds. A month later thoy met again- at Oshkosk. Wis., and this time Fulton knocked i'elky dowu thirteen thir-teen tirqes. but did not ' use a hard blow on him after the first round, as he said he was afraid of hurting the man. in the fifth round a light blow to tho jaw put Pelky down and he did not get up, the referee putting a stop to it after Fulton asked to have it stopped. It seemed the last of Arthur, Ar-thur, but in 1917 he went down to Panama affd fought Kid Norfolk, the colored champion of the Isthmus, and was stoppod m thirteen rounds. Just thirteen months later Pelky bobbed up aSfm, and the result was a match with Jack Dempsey in Denver. It lasted just one minute, Arthur going down three times within that time and taking the count. When Pelky was right he was a tough bird; and could take a terrific beating, but too many of them put him to the bad, along with Father Time. Pelky weighed over 200 pounds and stood six feet one and a half inches. George Munroe Dead. Another old-time boxing.star passed away a few days ago at New Haven, oonu., in the person of George Munroe, Mun-roe, whose real name was George Joseph Cooney. He was one of the Parson" Davies.iype of men, and Vredlt, t0,the boxine KaD"- There fw who knew George, as he was called, who did not have a kind word I J I' u AlthouSl1 ly 43 years of age. His hair was white as snow; in fact, it had turned white before he was o0 years old; but he retained his'i rosy cheeks until the end something few boxers of that ago could show. Munroe was one of the cleverest ban- I tarns of his time, two decades ago, and he battled against the best during his career in the ring. Geo.-ge was more of the old-style fighter, using the straight left lead and right cross. He was not a champion, but very close to one, his battle with Casper Leon (who claimed the title about tho time Jimmy Barry was in his glory), being advertised adver-tised as such. Munroe and Leon fought in 1898 at the same place where George died New Haven, Conn. and they fought a real contest of fifteen rounds, the decision being awarded to Leon on points. Georgie engaged in many long-distance fights, and had few verdicts against him. He gave up fighting about ten years ago, and worked around theaters in New York and also managed some boxers. When the game was killed in New York he became interested in a club at New Haven and was getting along nicely when taken away by heart disease. Munroe was practically in charge of Jack Johnson's training nuarters when the colored champion fought Jess Wil-a Wil-a -' Havana, Cuba, but he refused at the time to give out certain reports as to Jack's condition, because, as he claimed, the colored man would not follow fol-low instructions and do the work mapped out for him. Munroe 's death is a loss .to the boxing game. Special to The Tribune. MILWAUKEE, June 8. After several weeks jrjf wraugling as to terms, location of contest, etc., Fred Fulton, claimant of tho heavyweight crown, and Jack Dempsey, challenger, have been matched to fight twenty rounds on July 4 at the little city of Lanbury, i I'otiu., just one ami a half hours' ride :. from New York City. The match was arranged by J. I'. Mulvihill, a well-kuowu well-kuowu sporting man and promoter of that town. Mr. Mulvihill went to Penver and had a conference with Miko Collins and Jack Kearns, respective respec-tive managers of Fulton and Dempsey, with the result that the deal was put through. It is understood that Fulton is to receive sjsl 2,500 for his end, but ; nothing is said about Dempsey 's share. ' Teu-per cent of the gross receipts will lie. given to tho Bed Cross or some other war fund. Jt has also been arranged for the two principals to go to Danbury in the very ueifr future and take part in shows for the Eed Cross, meeting such men as the promoter may select. .Collins .Col-lins will also go there to assist in the promotion of the affair. Ytom a fighting standpoint, it should prove one of the biggest attractions of the year and draw the biggest gate; ! in fact, it is as good as a Willarrl- Fnlton match in point of attractiveness. attractive-ness. It should settle for a"ll time the iliicstiou of supremacy betweeu the two young giants and give to the winner win-ner the title of champion, in the event that Jess Willard has retired or should refuse to meet the winner. Panbury is to be congratulated on securing the match, for there were other cities after it, especially Denver, 8t. Paul and Milwaukee. The Cream City Athletic club of Milwaukee had offered to the men the entire receipts, loss 10 per cent for the club, first taking tak-ing out the expenses, with the understanding under-standing that a certain percentage was to go to the Eed Cross. There is no doubt that it would have drawn between be-tween $50,000 and $75,000 in Milwaukee, Mil-waukee, so it will be interesting to toe what "gate will result in the east. It should have the solid support of the New York metropolis and other eastern boxing centers. Jack Johnson Flivvers. Just imagine Jack. Johnson, former heavyweight champion of the world, losing a match to Louis (Blink) Mc-Closkey, Mc-Closkey, a ' former welterweight of Philadelphia, and now a middleweight and boxing instructor at Madrid, SpainI It was announced in these columns col-umns some time ago that "Lil Arthur" Ar-thur" had arranged a match with the famous Blink in Madrid, but nothing definite had been received regarding the outcome of the same until the following fol-lowing letter came from Blink himself: ".Well, I guess yon are anxious tj know how I came out in my scrap with j ack Johnson, former champion. Well, (aI fought him, as I wrote I would, and you can believe me that I was sur-f sur-f prised at myself at the showing I - made against him. He had eighty n pounds the best of me, weighing 245, Vwhile I stripped at 165, which was a Sig handicap. The best he could do against me was nothing at all, but it was too bad for me, as I broke fny thumb in the fourth round. Y"ou can imagine how Johnson has gone back and how I have improved. I am better bet-ter than when you saw me in London. I received 15,000 pesetos, which is $3000 in our money. Johnson was to knock me out in four rounds, and, failing fail-ing to do so, I was to get the whole purse, which I did, as you can see by the papers I am inclosing. Of course, I could not hav- beaten Johnson when , he was right, but, just the same, I have improved and gave him a good fight, so that he could not stop me and get any of the money. Jack is really broke and is not having the easiest kind of a time getting along, although al-though he makes enough to live on in comfort, but not the way he was used to in Chicago when he was champion. I intend to help Jack all I can, for he is a good fellow, at that. I am running run-ning a boxing class, and making quite a hit with the people. I have fifteen young Spaniards who can box very well indeed, and when the war ends you will hear of them going against the French and English fighters. They are not so fast to learn as the Frenchmen, French-men, but they are quick, once they get the hang of it." Pelky Is Through. Arthur Pelky, the Canadian heavyweight, heavy-weight, who came into the public eye match with the late Luther McCarty, so prominently when he figured in the ending in the death of the latter after half a round of fighting at Calgary, Alta., in 1913, will no doubt retire for ' all time, now that he has been put away in one minute by Jack Dempsey. VPelky is 34 years of age, having been v-rn at Chatham, Canada, October 27, |