Show Coming mg Wins Wins-Firpo Match at atC C Wrapped in Uncertainty Unknown Promoters Are Said to Have Offered for Match Between Two Clowns NEW YORK YORI Feb 11 The The would would would-be be I l KR 1 r rl rivals of Tex who would promOte promote pro pro- mote a a. fight between Firpo and Harry Wills Vilis are certainly getting a lot of or publicity publicity pub pub- months In ad advance of their big event They are said t to be be offering to the pair of or near champions and as yet et have no place whereat to hold hotd the battle Maybe Andersons Anderson's friend John ohn T T. King is one of the philanthropists philanthropists phil phil- behind the scheme One story says a firm of or cloak and suit manufacturers are the angels In the af affair They should make a a. healthful addition to the list of or fight tight promoters When the original announcement of the tho matching of the men was waft matte male the fight was scheduled to be held In Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn Now it has been switched to New Nev NewYork NewYork York or Connecticut It may yet go to Jimmy Coffroth's racetrack at Tijuana Those behind the promotion are going slow on the tile New York Idea Assurances i that such a mixed match would be told tol- tol here have n not been e forthcoming fg f. f d despite t n talk on the subject j It has been known for some come time that thata considered consid a a. Wills Dempsey bout was not ered favorable to the best interests of the game gams in New York l For or that reason who naturally would be looked upon as the logical man to bold hold the tho match has not shown any great desire to bid for it Muldoon when at the height of or his powers In itt the boxing commission com corn mission made an attempt to force Dempsey Into an acceptance of or Wills Wills' challenge but when Manager Kearns Reams in compliance with his hla request formally signified his willingness to have the champion meet the negro some sonic mysterious mysterious rious influence called a a. halt on negotiations The Tile is still on a Dempsey- Dempsey Wills Vilis match maldi a as 88 a far as New York Is concerned A Firpo Vilis fight tight may be regarded In a different light and then again It may not hence the New Nework ew York Yore Brooklyn or oc Connecticut qualification Inthe in inthe inthe the announcement of the Rickard rivals It is our opinion no matter what the politicians politician may ay say tay that the ban against mixed matches between heavyweights has yet to be lifted There is no good reason why there should be any ban and anda a a. Wills Vilis match in particular would be a a. great attraction It would give Wills Vilis the long awaited opportunity to prove that be he Is really eligible for a a. titular bout with Dempsey If he should beat 1 Firpo In anything like the manner that Dempsey did It would be hard to deprive deprive de de- de- de him of of this his chance to win the tha championship ban or no ban But It would be well to take with reservations all the present ballyhooing about Wills Vilis and Firpo until tho the promoters can say with reasonable certainty that existing obstacles s r such a fight have been re removed removed re- re moved MM |