The evening world., 1914-03-07
COULON POSTS $500
TO BIND MATCH WITH
WILLIAMS ON JULY4
Champion to Receive $1,000
Guarantee and a Bonus
of $1,000.

TOMMY COULON. the bantam
weight champion. and Kid Will
Jams Of Baltimore are really 60.
ing to fight for the bantamwsight
champion title at Vernon. Cal. on the
afternoon Of July 4. The match vas
clinched to-day In Chicago by Coulon
posting a forfeit of $500 with I'd
Smith. the well.known referee. a. q
guarantee that he will 20 through
with tho match. The articles call for
the lads to battle at lie pounds. weigh
In at ringside. and Coulon Ii to re-
ceive a guarantee Of 5000. transpor-
tation for two. and whom he enters
the ring Sammy Harris. manager OF
Williams. is to hand him q bonus Of
81 900 for making the match. Coulon
10 permitted to fight two battles BE-
fore he tackles Williams.
Joe Young" shugrue. the jersey
City lightweight. who meets Leach
Cross at the Empire A. c. on March
Is. has accepted terms from Snowy"
Baker to engage In five fights In Aus
tralia. and his manager. Tommy Lee.
il to meet Promoter Baker to-day and
sign the contract for the contests.
Jim Coffroth Of San Francisco. who
Is In town for tho purpose Of signing
ND some topnotch fighters for battles
| at his club on the coast In the future.
ANNOUNCED to-day that he Will Sc the
battle between Jim Coffey. the Dub
lin Giant" and Battling Levinsky At
the Garden A. c. on Monday niSnt.
and will sign up the winner TO meet
some heavyweight Of California
Eleven clubs hold shows tonight.
At Fairmont A. c.. Bobby Reynolda
VI. Walter Brooks: Sharkey = Z.
Johnny Mario VI. Bert Keyea; Hrovn
Gym. Young Rector Va Willie Mant-
Ter; Atlantic Garden A. G.. Jimmy
Murray Va. Johnny Keyes: Broadway
SportinR Club, Brooklyn. Battling La
Whisky W. Jack Heating: Irving A. C..
Hrookiyn. Knockout Brown ". Young
Lustig; 0uesnsboro A. C.. Long Island
city, Eddie Morrissey W. Young
stacey: Cowanus A. c.. Brooklyn.
Harry Thomas W. Young MCGOWAN:
Vanderbilt A. c.. Brooklyn. Red Ames
VI. Larry Desmond: West Brtgn!on
Is. u A. c.. Al Britton VI. Smiling
Kelly; Olympic A. c. Red AcConvuis
W. Joe Malone.
Tho following matches have eesn
arranged; K. o. Sweeney W. Fred
Hsisband Of England. fifteen rounds.
Mariesville A. c., Providence. r l..
March 10: EDDIE Moy Of Allentown.
pa. W. Young Fulton Of H. easy.
ten rounds, Allentown. Pa. and jazz
McCarron ". Young Nelson ten
rounds, Easton. Pa
Phil Cross. the weltsrwsaoht. has
changed his mind about sivtne Up
the fistic eame ana oecom ~. ~
can mako more money By wtelding
the five-ounce gloves than he Gan
with the brush. and 10 to nght Bull
Cassidy at the Empire A. G. next
Friday night. .-.
loo Mandt, the New Orleans light
weight, IL coming back here for mere
fights next month. In . letter to the
writer Tommy Walsh. manager OF
Mandot, says that he wants to show
.Joe again az the local clubs and 81
poets to have him matched w TOR
two or three nights In few days.
Young Fitzpatrick, the 1oe.pound
fighter OF England. who arrived IN
America several weeks aSo. Will make
his first appearance in . contest In
this country at the Garden A. c. show
on Monday night. He Will 90 against
Young zulu KID, another bantam. Of
: Brooklyn, In the first ten.round 20.
scotty Montieth. who handles the
affairs Of Johnny Dundee. the fast
local lightweight. to-day received Q
!, telegram from Tom McCarsy. the
f,ght promoter OF Los Angeles. Cal.
offering Dundee q bout with the win
I ner Of tho Young Ketchsl-Frank
Picato night which takes place at YER
= non, Cal, Tuesday night. Montisth
says he cannot accept the bout for
another month.