Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-08 | Page 8 | Meehan will Meet Fulton next Week

MEEHAN WILL MEET FULTONJOT WEEK Four-round Bout Arranged in San Francisco for November 15. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7. There will be a Willie Meehan-Fred Fulton four-round four-round match at the Civic Auditorium on Friday night, November 15, if the quarantine is lifted by that time; later in the month if it should become neces-aary. neces-aary. The last obstacle in the path of such a bout as a part of the Coffroth string of fight shows for the United War Work council drive has been removed. From Pan Pedro has come word that Chief Gunner H. C. Alden, athletic officer of-ficer at that post, will arrive in San Francisco today to make arrangements for the bout. Arid from Meehan himself him-self there Is a message to Bert Mc-Cullough Mc-Cullough that he (Willie) was leaving last night and will arrive today. So Its apparently all Bettled unless Fulton slips away again, as he has slipped in the past.. But on that score the promoters and committee in charge are not inclined in-clined to worry. To make it good and strong, Yellow Yel-low Fred telephoned his San Francisco Fran-cisco press agent yesterday to remark re-mark once more, "I'm coming and I'll be in San Francisco in a day or so; just as soon as I get my transportation." transporta-tion." . I j..S Foley, once he heard the joyous tidings tid-ings from the Meehan end, hustled around to send Fulton the desired railroad tickets one for himself and one for that ancient gladiator of the ring. Kid McCoy. Of course, nobody has come out to say Meehan will fight Fulton, but the 'phat' sailor knows what is wanted of him in San Francisco and he would hardly come without being willing to go on through. His message to Bert MeCullough was typical: "Send me ten bucks. Am leaving tonight. to-night. WILLIE." Kleckhefer "Wins Again. CHICAGO, Nov. 7. "Augie" Kieckhe-fer Kieckhe-fer of Chicago defeated Charles McCourt of Cleveland, in the second block of their world's three-cushion billiard champion-shtp champion-shtp match tonight, 50 to 20. in forty innings. The score for the two nights' play: Kicckhefer, 100: McCourt, 43.