Show 1 I Ideal fl Z Ch f for i 1 j an ance ce Q J C 1 Press P A to gents f reS f Make Th ir Noise se j T Temporary mp r r Lull ull in Things gs Pugilistic Just Now i Will Give Them Ample Opportunity to toDo Do Doff ff T ir Ballyhooing for Big Fight ir y v i Aft ft r ra a period of stirring Incident I In n pugilism m a temporary lull has set In fair to continue until the army of paid press agents begin beating beating beat beat- inY- inY their hrip and ballyhooing to attract the attention of the sport sportive sportive- ve- ve ly Iy ing ing- Inclined public toward the approaching w worlds world's championship battle battle be- be tween and Moran letters recently Ring history has been written In large 0 T To begin with a heavy weight title match was arranged for a record in these days of frenzied finance purse purse- of OOOO a stupendous sum even lIT affairs Preceding pugilistic this battle there will be a ten round encounter between Fred March 6 the of the then Fulton and Jim Coffey at New York City on purpose match n to give 11 the the of citizenry ll of the Fulton East a chance to Inspect the cham- cham t 1 Then there has been a revival of weight tussle that wisp will-o-the-wisp light between Freddie Welsh and Charley Chancy White and If the title holder in this division is In earnest about his announced announced an an- d willingness to o fight there is good prospect that the bout will be stage staged at New Orleans during MardiGras MardiGras Mardi MardiGras Gras week Another Incident of ot note concerns the prospective engagement o of Jack Dillon and Mike Gibbons over the twenty round route at tho the Crescent city Promoters there are desirous of settling tho the disputed claims in both the light and aM middle weight classifications and they are prepared to give up up Uie Ule major portion ot of tho gate receipts re- re in order to bring these matches about Dillon has lias declared his Itis willingness to make pounds for a long distance battle with Gibbons and as aJi substantIal substantial substantial proof thereof ho is ready to post posta a ft forfeit in any reasonable sum demanded demanded de de- de- de by the tho St. St Paul phantom This match however has been so often otten broached and so rigorously sidestepped sidestepped side- side t stepped by Gibbons that there s seems ems little chance the tue elusive Michael will r consent to sign now flow Another title match in prospect for j ithe the southern spa involves Johnny Kid Williams the badly buffeted bantam boss and Johnny Ertle ErUe St St. Paul who has bas laid aid claim to the championship by virtue of ot a questionable foul he received re- re i from Williams in a battle tattle at the Twin clUes cities some months ago Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams llama is a a powerful drawing card in inNe Ne Orleans In ln his bis last two matches natches there with Frankey Burns and Pete Herman the gate receipts aggregated for both A Joust between Williams and Ertle undoubtedly would outdraw the preceding contests Williams has bas not any too impressively impressively im mi- in bis his last bouts bouLs and the belief is beginning to grow that the Dane has bas gone back just far enough to make him an easy prey for an aggressive aggressive aggressive ag ag- ag- ag little fellow like Ertle who is admittedly the most dangerous challenger chal chal- lenger longer left in the field for the title S 4 No matter how bow hard we may try to forget about a light weight champion- champion c 4 ship match between Welsh and White While i i ke keeps ps bobbing up inex- inex red red-b and horns borne into the public nt- nt t 1 as been been- teen nearly nearly a a. month now nowA A ace o any serious discussion was heard n this battle and boxing fol fol- fol ers were beginning to believe that ie- ie matter had died a natural death death death- e lid frid d th they Y were willing to let it die die die- lut Iut ut within the past week the match jas s been revived by bYa a new offer from Promoter Dominich to stage Jho ho contest at his arena in the Cresent Cres- Cres kent ent city during March According to toA toilie A lie ilie h latest test terms proposed by I 1110 lie is' is to give 75 per cent of the gross I gross receipts the lions liona share of the advertising rights and pay liberal I training expenses to both Welsh and andi i White if they will only agree to get I L together and settle their dispute over overN N the the twenty-round twenty route Tho question of ot a guarantee guarantee guarantee guaran guaran- i tee which Welsh and Manager Pollok Pollok Pol- Pol lok bk have been holding out for will not be bc considered by He holds firmly to the view that the fighters are worth only what they can draw and he does not propose to tobe be bled by the boxers in order to m make ke good on their extravagant demands Whether any definite developments toward arranging the championship contest will materialize from Torto- Torto richs rich's latest proposition is a question but hut to the average fan standing on the side lines it does not seem likely that Welsh or Pollok will agree to the conditions Some time ago Pollok flooded the newspapers with statements state state- ments to the effect that Welsh had decided to engage in four title contests contests con con- j tests during 1916 and would not haggle hag hag- con I gle Jle too strenuously over terms but hut Pollok evidently was Just kidding the I folks when he made this declaration If It there ever was a more grasping avaricious manager than Pollok he has not c come n ne e to public notice as yet In for the services of i Welsh Pollok has held up and whipsawed whipsawed whip whip- sawed the promoters to a point where few of them are daring enough to tak take a chance on using the champion i As a result it is difficult to arrange a match between Welsh and an opponent opponent nent neat of ot his own class because the financial terms terns involved in hi a battle of ot this kind usually forecast bankruptcy I in advance for the matchmaker I A case in point recently Involved a contest between Welsh and Richie l Mitchell the country's newest light weight sensation When this match t J was proposed to Pollok he immedi- immedi a atly ly asked for a big guarantee with the privilege of at a large percentage and when the ambitious promoter began began began be be- gan to figure up tip the cost of staging the contest ho he discovered that It would take in the neighborhood of an house in order to break even Naturally Naturally Naturally ally the negotiations were dropped Perhaps s the same result will fol fol- fol- fol low Jaw ow the latest bid from for the services of ot Welsh Pollok may loudly declare Welshs Welsh's willingness and eagerness to fight tight yet when It comes down dawn to a point of ot actually signing articles the money mad lust of the champion and his mentor block all Undoubtedly that will he be e the outcome of the negotiations for tor a White Welsh contest |