El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-07
PURSE Of 500, 900 IS PROMISED
FOR J0HN50N-NILLARD CONFLICT
Australians Are Willing to Back Fight in Order to Give
Willard an Opportunity o Wrest the Worlds Title
From the Negro Cham piOn; English Boxers
Are Now Serving in European War.
BIZ 7. 8 ANDREWS

TEw YORK. Oct. Jack Curiey and
n Tom Jones. assisted by Bob Vernon.
y are endeavorinG 10 get JACK 1--, Jonn-
son into match with Jess wharf
Vernon has deposited $4,000 for forfeit and
they are after bids The writer NOTIFIED
1fr. Curley ct al that real offer is author
lied from certain parties In Australia 70
promote the battle. an offer q a S5o,ooe
purse for the two men Details are WIN
held. however, until the two men sign Up
and post a forfeit 10 90 through VITA the
match Snowy Baker. the Australian pro-
rnoter. IS anxious TO bring the title back 20
the white race and viii 90 the limit 10 do
so. Hugh d. Mcintosh. who sold out TO
Baker has always stood ready 70 help any
scheme along that viii bring back the
title. and other Australians are also ready
TO back the project Negotiations are now
on with Nj Baker and his partnerS
Fighters Given Reception
Gus Christie. the Milwaukee middle
Ohio lightweight. and Benny Strap. his
manager. arrived IN Australia August q
Gus says they had great trip and all
felt fine except Mr. Strap Never SICK
a day" says Gus, nor was Johnny but
Strap fed the fishes We were given a
grand reception at the docks IN sydney
when all the Yankees met US including
hundreds OF Sydney people They are a fine
lot Of people and treated US splendidly.
CIabby. Saylor. Bronson McGoorty. Lich-
tenstein, and IN fact. all the home boys,
were on hand. I saw the Saylcr-Morey
bout and thought q draw would have been
right. but Saylor was not in shape and did
wonderful hit over here This Mercy IS a
good boy too. Griffith will beat him, though
also saw Eddy McGoOrty beat Lee O'Don-
nell. a clever fellow I may be called on
to meet AfcGoorty"
Bandsman Blake Wounded.
an Just IN receipt OF letter from
London IN which Mr.. Dyer. the boxing
critic. tells me the National Sporting club
has decided not to begin its shows at the
usual time and may not open again until
the war ends He also mentions that
Bandsman Blake, the middleweiEht who
fought BON bardier Wells and others. was
the first OF the boxers TO be wounded in
France and has been invaded home He
is recovering and Will leave again for the
front soon. Private Braddock. the well
terwelEht and Bandsman Rice middle
respectively. Many other boxers are scat
tered throughout the war zone Football
both amateur and professional. will be
stopped in England this winter. according
May Fight for Greece
Anton the Greek the Milwaukee welter-
weight who went over 10 England to meet
Johnny Summers before the war broke out
NAV have to fight IN the ranks FOR his
friends in Athens and took a chance He
landed all right, hut discovered he had
forgotten 70 get his American citizenship
papers before leaving Milwaukee. and is
now subject to call from the Greece mill
tary authorities He was to return to
London in August. bit up TO September
had not appeared. so the superstition Is
that Anton has been obliged to do soldier
Mitchell is Moving Up.
The defeat OF Patsy AfcAiahon the fast