Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-05-31 | Page 12 | Dempsey and Fulton Sign up for July 4

DEMPSEY AND FULTON SIGN UPjOR JULY 4 Agree to Battle Twenty Rounds to Decision at Danbury, Conn. DEISTVER, Colo., May 30. Jack Demp-sey Demp-sey of Salt Lake City and Fred Fulton of Rochester, Minn., today signed articles to meet in a twenty-round contest to a decision at Danbury, Conn., on July 4. The men are regarded as leaders in the heavvweight boxing division. The bout will be promoted by J. R- Mulvihill of Danbury. The amount of the purse for .which the men will contest was not made known. The principals have agreed to allow 10 per cent of the gross receipts of the fight to go to war charities. Mulvihill announced that arrangements had been made for motion pictures to be taken of the bout and these will be turned over in their entirety to war fund pursuits. "Honest Jnhn" Kelly of New York City was named official stakeholder. stake-holder. DANBURY, Conn., May SO.No regular regu-lar purse, it is understood, will be put up for the Dempsey-Fulton fight here July 4 but each man will be paid a stipulated amount by the promoter, Major Mulvihill Mulvi-hill Fulton, according to Mulvihill. will receive ?12,500. How much Dempsey will get is not known here.