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Show f FIGHT HT LOS ANGELES O'Brien. "His re-entrance to,ba ring will make no difference. " Jeffries was then selected. Queens-berry Queens-berry rules will govern the fight. Each eoptestant will be permitted to wear fingerless kid gloves and soft bandages, ban-dages, said gloves and bandages to be subject to the inspection and approval of the referee. Each contestant shall purchase two sets of five-ounce gloves, which shall be inspected by the two fighters and the referee on the day previous pre-vious to the contest, and that four chosen for the contest shall be placed in charge of the club manager, who agrees to see that they are not touched before being tossed into the ring. "I'm mightv glad the thing is settled," set-tled," aid Tommy, shaking hands with O'Brien and congratulating Me-Carey. Me-Carey. "I will begin my theatrical tour in Philadelphia Jhnuarv 7. I am pleHsed that it is to take place in Los Angeles." .Tack O'Brien also expressed his pleasure that the match had been clinched. He probably will spend a few davs in the mountains and then go to San Francisco. . Tommy Barns, after signing up for .' ; nis fight with "Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien, to be pulled off . in Loa Angeles An-geles during fiesta week for a purse of $30,000. hiked Eastward to fulfill a theatrical the-atrical engagement. The match was made in the office of the Pacific Athletic elub, both fighters and Manager McCarey agreeing on the articles in less than thirty minutes. There waa no dispute of any kind. The length of the contest will be either twenty or twenty-five rounds, this point to be decided March 18. All negotiations were conducted by Barns, O Brien and McCarey and the conference was attended by a number of Los Angeles newspaper men. No c-oonter-proposition was received from Bhyolite or any other of the mining town fight clubs. ' James J. Jeffries was agreed upon as referee. The men met a few minutes after 1 o'clock. "Anything from RhvoliteT" asked JJeCarev aa he entered the room. J; The fighters shook their heads. "Let's sign up and have this thing fcver with." remarked Burns. Thev then took to the private sanctum. sanc-tum. "The first question that came up sr as whether or not the men should appear in any other contest prior to the bout in Los Angeles next May. At first McCarey and Burns objected to DTSrien fighting elsewhere. ' "1 can't afford to be idle five . months." argued the Philadelphian. ''Burns intends going on a lengthy the-itrical the-itrical tour. "But if you lose." said Tommv. "If I make any matches, you leave t to me." replied Jack. It was finally agreed that neither thould appear in a fight until after ilarch 18, Jack insisting that he vanted the opportunity of getting a tfareh 17 date. After a short discussion O'Brien igreed that should he engage in a bout prior to March 18 the contest would Dot take place before the Pacific Ath letie club in Los Angeles. This gives the Philadelphian the opportunity of going n in a six-round go in his home tewn, hieh he probably will do. The articles call for training in Los kngeles. The men posted $2500. The livision of the purse was decided upon e less than a minunte. "How will the purse be divided?" i6ked MeCarev. "Sixty and forty is good enough for me. " said O'Brien. "That suits me," added Burns. "We must decide on a referee at wee. " remarked McCarey. "Whv not ten davs before the con-estf con-estf " asked O'Brien. "Now is the best time," replied the ?lub manager. "Jeffries or Siler suits me." said Burns. "Jeffries is O. K. for me." replied |