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Show WILLIE MEEHAN FINALLY CONSENTS TO BOUT WITH K. O. FRANCISCO. Oct. 24. Tommy Simpson has matched Willie Meehan and K. O. Kruvosky, and the two heavyweights, heavy-weights, if the authorities do not step fn and interfere because of the Spanish influenza, will meet in the ring at the ,-amery ville open air arena the night of October 30. The last time the pair met. three or four months ago. Kruvosky very nearly ptmched Meehan's head off, and ever siiice then Meehan has not been any too strong for resuming fistic relation's with Kruvosky. However, the clink of the medals was ltfud, and In two or three days Willie will hie himself to Billy Shannon's, at an Rafael, 'where, if "he doesn't eat Mrs. Shannon out of house and home, he may reduce tho size of the stomach that usually hangs over his belt. Kruvosky will train at the Parkside club, as usual, where he has sparring ixirtners. punching bag, typewriter and everything a "champion of the world" thould. have. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 24. Jimmy Rohan. Ro-han. pYomoter of the Shipbuilder's Athletic Ath-letic association of Oakland, says Willie Meehan is going to fight Jack Dempsey in .Oakland on Thursday night, November Novem-ber 7. Willie says there is nothing doing oh-lss oh-lss he gets a medal worthy of his hire. Rohan takes his stand on the strength of a dispatch from Chief Gunner Alden, who said everything was all right. "I 2m going right ahead," remarked Rohan. "In spite of Meehan and his foolish fool-ish advisers." "Nothing doing," says the fat one, 'un- i t 1 get mine." |