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Show BIG BOUT MAY GO TO PHILADELPHIA UferJrVlll Try to Stage the Morris-Flynn Bout There In July. KANSAS CITY, Jnns aff Jim Flynn and Carl Mortis to- light six rounds In s ball park In Philadelphia th last of July. This is the very lsV est dope regard log s meeting between the two heavy weights, who war prs-vented prs-vented from lighting twenty rounds In Tulsa, Okla by Oor. Lee Ones, who declared be would stop th fight. The follofeing telegram wasT eeeived late last night bv Jim Flynn. offering him s chance to have the bout with -Morrison Philsdelphie: "Philadelphia. Pa., J tine. 25. "Jim' Flynn, Kansas City, Mo.: What are your beet terma for a six round bout with Morria next month. Wire his beet terms also. N. o. 8trong, Philadelphia Press. ' F B. tjfer, promoter of the contest, wired Flynn thst he has a flattering offer from a promoter in Philadelphia. He aleo paid the expenses of Flynn while training and being etrictly on the square with Flvnn, the fireman aavs he will stick by Ufer aa long as there is hope of pulling the match off aomewhere. ' It appears that there, la not a chance to have the fight take place in Milwaukee, Milwau-kee, aa it is liable to be stopped fhere and Mr. t'fer is' not going to run any more riska of this kind. He says the bout will be staged where it will sot be in violation of the law and where s state executive cannot stepa at a late hour, after he has gone to a lot of eg-pehee, eg-pehee, and prevent the contest. The Philadelphia proposition aeema the moat likely 'one at present. Offers have also been received from. Loa Angeles, An-geles, New York, Boston and New Orleans. Or-leans. Tommy Walsh, matchmaker at the New Orleans Athletic club, is in the city and made the Bghtera a proposition propo-sition for a twenty-round fight there, but the weather ia pretty hot in the south and they prefer to have it take place- in the east, aa long as it is im nosnible to give it in Oklshoma. |