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Show SPORTING CLUB MAY ABANDON WILDE BOUT New York Association Will Probably Eesclnd Contract With British Champion. NKW YORK, Dec. 2rt. TSie International Interna-tional Sportinar clnti of Xnv York, upon whose invitation Jimmy Wilde, the Kng-lish Kng-lish fivweieiit, came to this country, may not use the little British champion In a bout 0:1 February :!, the 'late set for the opening boxius show under the auspices aus-pices of the club. Buried In an announcement captioned "General Information." sent out from the headquarters of the new corporation yes-terdav, yes-terdav, were the following paragraphs: "Jimmy Wilde, the flyweight ehamplon of the world, came to America on the Invitation of the International Sporting club and entered Into an agreement to meet an opponent selected by the club on February 3 next. "A clause was Inserted therein by Mr. 1x Rickard that In the event of anything any-thing happeiiincr in the meantime calculated calcu-lated to detract from the value of Wilde the e'ub reserved to Itself tho rlpht to rescind the contract. In view of recent happenings, this proviso will in all prob-abilltv prob-abilltv be exercised." It was also announced that the .new site for the clubhouse just selected, at the corner of Lexington avenue and Forty-ninth street, had been acquired at a cost of $750,000. The negotiations for the site had been protracted, it was explained, ex-plained, because there were more than twentv Interests to satisfy. It was further stated that immediately upon completion of the plans, on which W. H. Gomport of 171 Madison avenue Is 'working, ground will he broken for a clubhouse, which will be erected at a cost of $i)00.00i1. |