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Show Willard-Fulton Go I To Be Held in Twin ! Cities of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. April 17 Colonel .t Miller, manager for Jess Wlllard. heavyweight champion, today announced thai the Jss Wlllard Fred Fulton fight for the heavyweight championship oi the world will be held in the iwin ciiies on Jul- I The state law legalizes ten -round bouts and the event will bo scheduled for that distance with a dot 'sion at the finish, the Minnesota boxlnt; cm-mission cm-mission announcing thai it will wave its lulcs agam.-t a decision on this oc- . caslon The fight will be staged in an on-1 i loBUre lo be erected in the midway district between St. Paul and Minnr apolic Seats will be shipped from; Chicago, the expenses to be borne by Twin City hotel and restaurant men. The beats are to be of the cirrus, r served section style Inside of the circus cir-cus seats will be chairs, and arrangements, arrange-ments, according to Colonel Miller, are for a seating capacity of 35,000. The determination lo brine the big fight to the Twin Cities was reached late today when Colonel If lUer Called Kobert Seibert, boxing commissioner, on the long distance telephone io an noune. his decision and plans. The bOUt, ten rounds, will be the shortest championship heavyweight bout in history as regards limitations, with a decision at the finish. Colonel Miller will arrive n Minneapolis Minne-apolis the latter part of the week and will open offices in bolh St. Paul and M inneapolis. |