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Show TO HANDLE ALL BOOTS New York Syndicate Will Pay Big Money For Fights. New York, July 17. A national boxing box-ing tourname tnto decide the championships cham-pionships in all the various classes is to bo held in Now York noxt winter on a scale never before attempted. The scheme has the backing of a syndicate of wealthy patrons of the sport According to preliminary announcement, announce-ment, the bottles are to be to a finish and $100,000 In purses will be offered, divided as follows: Bantamweight, $5,000. Featherweight, $15,000, Lightweight, $20,000. Middleweight, $10,000. Heavyweight, $50,000 The title holders in the different classes are Coulon, Kllbane, Wolgast, Gibbons and Johnson. The question of selecting the most suitable opponents oppo-nents for theso men will be put into the hands of a Jury of sporting editors. |