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Show WILDE MAKES MATCH. NEW YORK, Sept. 28. Sergeant Jimmy Wilde, flyweight champion of tho world, has been matched to box Joo Conn, a rising young English featherweight, in a twenty-round bout -before the National Sporting club of , London in the near future, and the proposed pro-posed contest is arousing great enthusiasm enthu-siasm among American soldiers stationed sta-tioned In England who are anxious to see the wonderful little Driton in action. ac-tion. Wilde, who weighs only about 108 pounds, has agreed to allow Conn to enter the ring at 126 pounds, which will, of course, give the latter a big advantage. Conn has been coming along In great style qf late and recently recent-ly outpointed Billy Fry, the Welsh featherweight champion. |