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Show M'CARTYANDFLYNN SIGNJOR A GO Chicago. Oct. 29. Billy McCarney of the Jeffries-Johnson moving picture fame, lopod in off tho long trail from the Pacific coast yesterday with hit? prize "hope," Luther McCnrty. Without With-out waiting to dust the grit off u1b chapeau or from the chaps of his plainsman fighter. McCarney rushed Into the arms of Jack Curley and immediately im-mediately signed up for the fight between be-tween his lariat thrower and Jim Flynn, the Pueblo fireman, for De-comber De-comber 10 As soon as McCarty finishes vaudeville vaude-ville engagements in the east he will start for the coast to put the finishing finish-ing touches on his training. Flynn wilh leavo Pueblo immediately for a training camp near the scene of the proposed battle. After arranging for the details Jack Curley announced that he had received re-ceived an offer from Coffroth for a twenty or twenty-five round battle between Flynn and Al Palzer on New Year'B day. Curley said tho match had been accepted by Palzer and that he had forwarded articles of agreement agree-ment to Coffroth. Instead of meeting Flynn over the six-round route In Philadelphia, as was at first intended, McCarty will tackle the Now Mexico bad man In McCurey's arena at Los Angeles for 20 rounds. The battle will be for u purse of $5,000. to be divided 60 and 40 per cent, with the privilege of 55 per cent of gross receipts. The McCarty-FJynn battle probably will settle for all time the question of McCarty's eligibility in the championship champion-ship class. His farcical knockout of Al Kaufman In two rounds recently proved Mich a short affair that a true lino was not pbtaiuablc on the giant's qualities. Flynn also disposed of Kaufman, but it took him many more rounds than it did the recruit McCarty McCar-ty McCarty aud his tutor. McCarney, are on thoir way east, where the hope will be booked for a vaudeville engagement. en-gagement. McCarty is an expert lariat thrower and It Is said ho has an act that was a hit in the far west. Ho doubtless will box two or three minor battlos in Philadelphia or New York. |