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Show JKrt-HlKH-IU III.IM TALK. To all Intents and purposes Manager Manag-er llllly Madden la despoialely In ear-neat ear-neat In his challenge to Jim Jeffrlca. and that Ilulilln Is ready and willing to meet blm there la not tha ellghteat doubt In the mlnila of the general public pub-lic It really would have been a shame to cast aside Kuhlln tor Sharkey, Shar-key, aa alleged. It's a good bet that If there la a championship battle on the coast thin fall due Ilulilln will be on of the principals. From down In the land of corn and cotton cornea a clamor for the Ituhlln-Jsftrles Ituhlln-Jsftrles contest. The sporta of Savannah, Savan-nah, whero boxing has continued all aum'mer with good aupport from the better claaa of people, there la a desire to gat the wor'd'e champion to face Kuhlln at the fair grounds In that city The mayor of the town and the gor-emor gor-emor of the state have offered no objection ob-jection to the proposed match, and the promotera, who are men of considerable consider-able experience In the boxing line, bar eome 0 the e'""'lu,lon ttmt tny can afford to offer a purse of $20,000 for the match and quit winners. The prospects look very good as they now atnnd, but It la a quostlon whether or not Jeffrlea and Kuhlln will care to light In Savannah. They got more than they bargained tor when they went to Cincinnati last February, after they had been promla.d that there would lie no Interference with the contest. They were not only arrested and kept In suspense during the luat work or so while they were In training when the Injunction proceedings were gslng on, but on top of It all Oov. Noah threatened to send a regiment of aoldlers to the ringside to prevent the fight It neceaeary. It la no wonder won-der now that they will not take chancre of fighting where thore la liable to be Interference from the city, county or state authorities. Jeffries and Kuhlln will want a guarantee that their contest can bo pulled off with the aunctlon of every mun In tho state who hua the authority to prevent auch a contest |