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Show JESS W! LLARD TD MEET JACK DEM IST CIVEIE, f Oil 1X1 y 4 CHICAGO, Feb. 12. Jess Wlllard, heavyweight champion, and Jack Dempsey, the Utah heavy, will battle for the world's titlo and a purso of $100,000, it was announced by Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager, hero this afternoon. Tho battle will take placo on the afternoon of July 4, at Cheyenne, Chey-enne, Wyo. Money for the purso already has been deposited, according to Kearns. Willard, according to Kearns, agreed to tho match recently, when, under tho guise of going to Jacksonville, Fla., ho mado a trip to Kansas City and there met P. Chester Thompson of Cleveland, who will promoto the ' match. Otto Floto, sports editor of the Denver Post and the Kansas City Post, it is declared, was a witness to tho agreement After the Kansas City trip, Willard continued to Jacksonville, where he now Is with his family. The money for the purse already is in the hands of Thompson or Harry Hines of the Plains hotel, at Cheyenne, Kearns said. "As for our end," said Kearns, "you know we will accopb what Is IcfL I honestly believe that Dempsey can trim Willard on July -1 and we are willing will-ing to accept nothing but training expenses ex-penses for tho chance. Willard was something like $9000 short when he won the title from Jack Johnson, but tho victory netted him close to a million. mil-lion. Will Battle for Glory. "Promoter Thompson says he will give Dempsey a cut of the receipts, but how much depends on tho date the fighters draw." Willard. it has been definitely learned, did make a flying trip to Kansas Kan-sas City recently when he announced ho was going to Jacksonville. Whether he closed while there for a match with Dempsey is without corroboration other oth-er than for Kearns' announcement WYOMING SPORTSMEN BEHIND THE MATCH CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Feb. 18. "The only obstacle to complete arrangements arrange-ments for tho championship fight hero between Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey Demp-sey on July 4 Is tho full sanction of tho war department at Washington," was tho statement of P. Chester Thompson, Wyoming oil operator, to Tntnmnttnnnl Mows sprvlco todav. when shown the statement of Jack Kearns declaring tho match had been made. Latest word from Washington, Thompson added, was very favorable and permission to stage the battle is expected within 48 hours. The fight will be put on at tho government gov-ernment reservation at Fort D. A. Russell, Rus-sell, just outside the city limits. "We havo the $100,000 on hand," Thompson said, "and all parties to the negotiations have agreed to donate their share to the Red Cross. We will pay liberal training expenses for Willard Wil-lard and Dempsey out of our own pocket, poc-ket, and If the gate receipts should fall below the $100,000 mark we will make up tho balance." George Cross, a personal representative representa-tive of Thompson, left this morning for Chicagq to meet Willard and Kearns to mako final arrangements. WILLARD TRYING TO CRAWFISH, SAYS KEARNS CHICAGO, Feb. 12. "Willard wlits to repudiate his promise to me, to "Otto Floto, to H. P. Chester Thompson and other prominent men that he would fight Dempsey at Cheyenne, July 4. That is his privilege," said Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager today. "But as heavyweight champion of the world and the man who took the challenger's chal-lenger's end, I ask him to stand by his promise." "Willard promised the fight to me and planned to give the money to the Red Cross. I stand to it that ho accepted ac-cepted the offer of Thompson for a $100,000 purse to go to war relief work. "Reports from Denver and Cheyenne confirm my' stand." ALEXANDER STILL IN FRONT RANK AT NET NEW" YORK, Feb. 12. Ranking tennis ten-nis players today began an indoor doubles tournament for tho benefit of tho camp activities athletic fund in the Sevcntr regiment armory. Frederick Fred-erick B. Alexander, the internationalist, international-ist, nnd Dr. William Rosenbaum, with whom he won tho indoor doubles titlo last year, triumphed in ono of tho matches. In tho other contest Arthur S. Cragln and W. B. Cunningham wero the victors. Alexander and Dr. Rosenbaum scored over Harold Throckmorton of Elizabeth, N. J., and Charlos Garland of Pittsburg, two of tho most brilliant youngsters In tho country, In straight sets. The count was 6-2, G-3. 6-1. Cragin and Cunningham gained ;n unexpectedly un-expectedly easy victory at the expense ex-pense of Theodore R. Pell and Walter Morrill Hall, at 6-3. 6-1, 6-4. S. Howard How-ard Voshell was to have teamed with Pell, but was called Into the aviation service and went to Princeton. An added attraction was an exhibition exhibi-tion singles match between two of tho best juniors in theso parts, Vincent Richards of Yonkers, tho national boys champion, and Harold Taylor of Brooklyn. Taylor took tho first set at G-3, Richards the second at G-3 and the third went to 6-all when tho players play-ers retired. Tho match will bo finished fin-ished Saturday, when tho doubles also will bo resumed. RECORD CROWD SEES SASIN WIN HANDICAP NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12. Sasin, the crack eastern horse of Clarence Buxton, today won the Crescent City handicap, tho richest featuro of tho year's racing here, by three lengths. Tho purse was worth $4545 to the winner. Sasin, easily handled by Lykcs, laid in behind Bradley's Choice and St. Isldoro to tho stretch and then came ahead to win as he pleased. The greatest crowd that over saw races here attended. Robinson clinched his titlo as leading lead-ing rider here by piloting tho last two horses home, both at long odds. A killing was mado on Obolus in tho sixth race. Three favorites won. Tho track was muddy because of the heavy rain and mud larks had their day. The greater number of tho race track men nnd sportsmen left tonight for Hot Springs. ITHACA. N. Y.', Fob. 12. Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania defeated Cornell by a score of 21 to IS In an intercollegiate league basketball gamo here tonight. on |