Show I OGDEN MEN HAVE I CHANCE TO LAND I WILLARD FULTON 1 I II BOUT FOR JULY 4 I I Meek J and Dunn Also Declare Declare De De- I De-I clare They Want It Next e Few ew Days May Decide I By W. W D. D B. B I Og Ogden len appears now to have the inside track for the championship boxing bout between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton i I i scheduled to be held July 4 All latest I i I developments seems to indicate that the I I idea of holding It at St. St Paul haul has been I dropped for the reason that Minnesota I I will trill not permit a bout longer pr than ten I i I rounds and that tUat the Ogden men 1 have been wiring in their bids to the promoters o will have an opportunity LO 10 j I make good d. d I If the remarks of Colonel J. J C. C Miller I Iare I i are correctly quoted by the telegraph dispatches dispatches dis dis- patches Ogden is about bout the only city I I that is receiving favorable consideration today Last nights night's dispatches from St. St Paul were to the effect that Colonel Miller has s sand cal called ed off all alt St St. Paul arrangements I and that he is on his way West Vest to talk II business with the Ogden Ogdon people I Otto Meek l and II 11 W. W L Lulin Doth noth cattlemen cattlemen cattlemen cat cat- are the Ogden men who sent Ina in ina I I a bid of for the match What ismore Is Ismore more they have given IV us every reason so to eth larar I 7 I I believe that they e are e serious anti ana that n they know whereof they speak when I In I guarantee purse n for a the let twenty round two ty heavyweights ci ve mill ms I in such this a state Everything appeared to be lovely at at St. St Paul Piul until the critics began to hammer hammer hammer ham ham- mer the idea of a champion and a challenger challenger challenger chal chal- lenger boxing for the highest worlds world's title In ht pugilism over but a ten-round ten route The rhe plea which was raised on some sides that the bout should be run in a manner so EO that the government the war charities and the Red Hed Cross might get some benefit benefit benefit bene bene- fit from the big receipts that are arc sure to tobe tobe tobe be derived from such a bout was in a measure overcome when the promoters offered to donate their end of the purse In I Liberty bonds but the ten-round ten ides ideA has fallen flat Oat Whether or not Utah would permit a twenty round contest is a matter of conjecture conjecture con con- jecture but the fact remains that Ogden has been running such contests for a year or cr more and it Is only reasonable to suppose suppose sup sup- pose that the Junction City men who made the bid know their business A bout of cf such proportions under ordinary ordinary ordinary or or- or- or conditions would be one of ot the biggest advertising mediums any Western Vestern elt city might bump into but the patriotic phase of such an Independence day bout might present a new problem Colonel Miller has made the statement that the amount bed by the men is not enough of an attraction buthe but buthe buthe he has also let it be known that he will go in on the promotion end with Meek and Dunn if they will permit him and that the bout might be staged under such con conditions If Ie that is agreeable to the two Ogden men To a man up a tree it looks as if the two fighters could well afford to donate onate all of their purses except say perhaps each to some war cause and Colonel Colonel Colo Colo- nel Miller I who we understand d t is a wealthy I man an might gMe gl give all r of r his end With such a proposition to present to the people of Utah the bout might get b by Until something definite is 15 learned from irom Colonel Miller ry within the next few days matters will probably be at a standstill |