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Show COLORADO BOYS MAY COME HERE Still a Chance for Meeting Between Colorado and Utah Champions. Judging from present Indications uuh'i uuUur wrestling a4 boxing rhemplona will be wlM If they continue to keep ibtmnlTN In condition tor robablo ln with tho Colorado champion, to decide tag Rocky moon tan championships. Although tko Colorado champs hart not shown on overebundenca of Inclination to lot tho Utah champs com thoro to "sottlo" tko thing. It begin to look as If tksy might accept Salt Lake's overture, to eosa ban to moat Uo Utah boys for tko titles, with all expense, paid by Bait Lake people who are anxious to determine which state la entitled to thi Rooky mountain title. Yesterday Oscar B. Gingrich, the prime mover behind tlia interatste meet ides, wired the passenger dapartmest of the Dearer 4 Kro Oraade at Denver remieatinir it to set in touch with the Deever papers and "Baddy" Gallagher, Gal-lagher, promoter of the reeeat Colorado rhampinaehipa, in aa effort to tease, bribe or threaten the olorsdoans into a contest with Utah 's boys, also offer isg os behalf of Utsh to defrsy all ex-peaess ex-peaess of the Colorado boys as well ss to offer them a good time and medals if they win. Gingrich bsa received no definite reply re-ply from the Kio Grande people, hut the dispatches received by the Bait Lake pa.iers from Denver eorreepoad sate during ths past twelve hours appear ap-pear to be as indirect anawar to tha affect that Gallagher and the Denver jkyi are considering I'tab s offer with favor. Oas of the Denver dispatches reads as follows: Deavar, Ksb. 26. Arrangements are being made today to send the winners of ths recent Denver Athletic club's amateur tioxiog and wrestling tournament tourna-ment to Halt Lake to meet the Utah state cbampiona. The. committee which had charge of the tournament in Halt lake laat month has offered local winners win-ners attractive inducements to make the journey to Utah's metropolis. Tho committee has offered to supply each of the wleaera iu the D. A. C. tournament tourna-ment with round trip railroad tickets, pay all expeusee acd hang up valuable prises for the tournev. Already tha majority of the local bovs hava ae-aapbaa ae-aapbaa the propoeition. and it is liksly last all arrangements to send the Colo-r--'i boti to Utah will lie completed within a few daya Like Utah, Colorado held a series of elimination wreatling and boxing bouts, and it was intended that, aa in former years, the champions of the two etatea were to meet la s final to decide the Rockv mountain cbampiona at Denver a week after the two state ronteita. Tn previous .years Utah aent merely three, four and five of its champ, and as a rule they returned with a clean aweeri-hVt aweeri-hVt oi let i on of pent rears mutt have weakened the 'olorado boya, for thev would not agree to meet the Uterine thia time. It looked for a time aa If a meeting would be out of the question, ljtte developments, however, make matters look more encouraging Mr. Glagrieb eatimates- that' it will necessitate a guarantee of about Mori to bring the fifteen Colorado champions here, hut states than be can tee hit way clear to guarantee this amount. All denenda upon the action of the t'oloredoans. If they accept the bouts will take place in about two or three week.. If thev decline, all negotiations negotia-tions will end. |
