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Show WITH THE -Boxers PORTLAND, Ora.. lec. W "Kid" Hermun, San Francisco well erweiK at, who has battled Joe Rivers and a number num-ber of other California -acrappers with more than ordinary success, is anxious to riant Johnny McCarthy at tha Hailig theatre the-atre smoker to be held January k. according ac-cording to a telegram received yesterday by Bnhhy Evans, who has been delegated by Herman to make tha match with tha hard-hitting McCarthy. e a Withe Meehan did not want tn go to Tsondon In tha first place, hut he was ordered or-dered to go there and help uphold tha honor of the American na y, of which he la one of the fattest members; so he had to leave home and mother, with Christ-mu Christ-mu coming on and everything, and no dough. And after taking a chance with the stormy waves and battling seasickness seasick-ness and missing a lot of meals, ha arrived ar-rived at London the day after the boxing box-ing tournament started and could not even enter. Now he Is back in this ceun-try ceun-try and on his way home, thoroughly dmgusted and all ready to burst right out crying. Willie made the trip from 8an Franrisco to Philadelphia on schedule, but he waa kept there elKht days waiting for a boat, and when he arrived on the other side the tourney was In full swing, and the roly-poly champion was simply among those present, instead of being one of the star performera, .e New York, Dee. n Harry Grab, tha Pittsburg middleweight, who was a member mem-ber of the American boxing team which participated in the recent international tourney In London, won by the Hrltona. declared upon his arrival from Europe that tha Englishmen had the better of H aH the way through,- btit- added that-the that-the boye from tht country would have won hands down if they had not labored under such severe handicaps. "In the first place," Ore It said, "we, had to go ; Into the tourney without a bit of train- ; Ing. Richie Mitchell, the clever Milwaukee Milwau-kee boxer, who was our first lad to perform, per-form, was given a rank decision which I seemed to take tha heart out of all our bovs. If the bouts had taken place In this country under proper auspices our boys would have won every bout." e e Philadelphia. lec. 10. Jesa Willard has made up hia mind to give Jack Dempsey a fight for the heavyweight championship champion-ship title, according to gergeHnt Walter Monahan. V. 8. A , the champion's former for-mer aparrlng partner. He says that willard wil-lard ao Informed him at Ft. Worth, Tax., during the L'nlted War Workers' cam-pa.gn. cam-pa.gn. m t London. Dec. 10. Boing rromotor Cochrane hss offered a pure of 5K0 for a bout between Jlmmle WIMs, the English En-glish bnntsmwelght, snd fal Meors of Memphis. Tenn.. who recently defeated Wilde on points In the International soldiers' sol-diers' snd sailors' boxing tournament here. Cochrane also hss offered a purse of 7&oo for a contest between Bombardier Bom-bardier Wells, ths English hesvywelght, and Oeorgsa Carpenllsr. the French heavyweight champion. A dispatch from London December IT said negotiations had been virtually completed com-pleted for a twenty-round bout next Marrh bet ween WIMe. formerly ths The d'spaich sdded that ths bout proba- bly would be held In Olympis, hail, Lron- I dun. which seats 12.000 persona. " An echo of Lea Ivrcy'e Ill-fated trip to America is contained In a story pub- I lished recently In the Sydney Hun. A ! claim for $41 was made by John . I Hartey Mclaughlin, an attorney, who ee- (cured Judgment for the full amount at , the hands of a Jury of four. The claim was In connection with work done un- j der agreement by Mcl-aughlin aa agent for the Ute Ies Iarcy. The solicitor! made an effort to secure a passport for 1 I Parry, so that he could make the trip j Ito this country. Accord ing to the plaintiff. plain-tiff. D-r r told him he could make ft. ; In the l'nlted States and that he was i willing to give a bond to return to Ryd- ' ney within eight months aitd then enlist |