Show FIGHTS ON THE OCEAN Plan to Pull Off Bouts on Old Receiving Ship Vermont I I NEW YORK April 9 The 9 The Atlantic AtlanticO O Ocean ean Athletic club is the name of an organization which It is 15 proposed to have Incorporated under the laws of some other State than New York The object Is to provide a place some three miles out at sea where prize fights may maybe maybe maybe be pulled off oft without Interference from the authorities The organizers It It was said at t the I navy yard ard have s submitted a a. bid for fortha tha I. I old receiving ship Vermont soon to be besold besold besold I sold department to the highest bidder by the Navy The Vermont has no means of of propulsion sion slon of her own awn but the plan is said to tobe tobe tobe be to anchor her forthe summer outside outside out out- outside side Sand Sandy Hook lightship or the Rockaway Rockaway Rock Rock- away shoals and have a chartered steamboat take out and bring back the crowds of sports attending the fights It is believed that the ship can be made to pay for Itself within two tv seasons seasons seasons sea sea- sons and provide a handsome dividend on the investment |