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Show WOLS CAN HAVE 1 FIRST CHANCE, BUT : HE'LL NOT BE COAXED ! - !: $40,000 Purse "Offered" fori Bout Between McCarty and Wells. (By International News Pervite.i ! tX ANOEI.t:8. Jan. t Heavyweight Chsmplon Luther MuCarty and Manager Hilly MoCarney will ataxt east either Thursday night or day morning. Mr-Carty Mr-Carty plays at the Auditorium In Denver on Monday night. Jumps ta Ksnsas rtty and thu hila prloneld. Mo., where Luther's appearance will csuet tha temporary tem-porary etisjienKloii of all business. "Tha New York theater people ara trying try-ing to crawnah on their terms.'' said McCarney laet night, "but unless they come through with the big money we will sweep up the change by playing the one night stand dates "A Ban Kram-ieco aent named Jimmy 8tack ha wired me that all had men behind blm who would pur up a $40 000 purs for a July 4 rutht between Luther and the Bombardier," continued Mi-Car-ney. "I wired bath: that If they would put up a forfeit we would go up and look over the land. McCarey ha tli flrat oall on our services, but we are willing to listen to all propositions." The first word from Wells was received last night In a cablegram from Freddie Welsh and the tone of the Wave whisper would Indicate tbkt the British heavy-I heavy-I weight champion IB none too anxloua to get Into the ring with McCarty. Welsh's cable follow: "Walker, I -os Angeles Examiner In. tervleaed Bombardier. Save his manager, man-ager, Maloney, has new offer but le communicating with McCarsy. Tough people to do buetnee with." "We won't go out of our wav to coax Wells." said Promoter McCarey todsy. "He should be, glad to have the cham- Eton offer blm the first chance The eavywelght tournament la sure to develop de-velop a good man and by July 4 we will have the rterht kind of an opponent for McCarty.- Walls can wait." |