El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-20

~ ATTLE SCARED Juarez may soon De the
u scene OF one OF the greatest engage
, meuts ever fought. not an engage 1lent
on the field Of battle but IN the roped
arena Roy Martin. matchmaker Of the Pas
time A. c.. Monday afternoon received a
telegram from Jack Curley. promoter or
the Jack Johuson-Jess Willard night. say
hest he has yet received. and he requested
Martin 20 20 TO Kansas City tor a confer
euce- Mr. Martin VIII probably leave 1or
Kansas city the last OF the week
When CurIey announced that he intended
staging the fight between johnson and VIII
lard for the worlds heaFEN eiEhl efi am
piouship. Nr Martin at once offered $4,000
Tor the event without training expense
money Curiey now asks FOR training eN-
penza money and this will be talked ov er
+ Joy the two men when they meet at kansas
should this championship event be staged
at JuareZ. IL would draw thousands Of out
q town people to Fl PaSo- Fight fans from
throughout the United states would come 90
So a. the ringslde and Watcn Jnese Two
heavyws lights in action Jess willard Is
about the last of the white hopes now
-Gunboar' smith seems 20 be going BACK
fast since his fight with Georges Carpen-
tier In London
willard would undoubtedly enter the ring
a 20 shot or perhaps as good as even
money The cowboy boxer ls ar Los Angeles
anxiouslv awaiting an answer from Johnson.
negro is reported 20 be practically broke and
he viii no doubt grab the chance 10 rsht
Willard
Negotiations are now pending between Roy
Martin OF the Pastime A. c. and Jimmie
Dime, manager OF Goo" Stewart. the clever
and Abe AtteII exfeatherweiEht champion Of
the world for a 20 round fight at Ju1rez
Both fighters are now in California ard
are anxious 10 be matched for the fight
Mr. Martin has received "a letter from JIM
me Dime who is handling Stewart SAVING
that he is ready TO meet Atteu on Turkey
day A telegram has been sent to Attel and
an answer Is expected within short Grle-
best bout staged at JuareZ AtteI who after
losing the championship 20 Johnny Kill
ing a Few second raters. has gone back iLto
training and is in good condition. He was
considered the greatest featherweight OF al
time when he was In his prime
Coo Stewart is a youngster in Jimmie
Blmes stable who has been making Eood-
around PittsburE. Wheeling. Akron. New
castle and other cities iu West Virginia. Ohio
anu Fenrsy wanna re was taken 70 lHe
meeting some fast boys in his class
II the Psstir,s . eeTu-ss the Johnson
Willard fight the event will be carded some
time after the first Of the year. An effort
esent Fought during the racing season -
practically an the horscmen.
Frank Moran that he is not the fast boxer
ne ives when he met Jim Jetfries- but ne
rugged heavyweight with hard kick and
would probably be the argressor in the fight,
as johnson is an offensive boxer.
should Johnson and Willard meet here for
the heavyweight championship. IL viii Pc
the second time q worlds heavyweight
championship fight has been staged In This
section ON February n, 1896, Robert RITZ
simmons met Peter Naher- The fight was
staged at LanEtry. Naher was knocked cut
IN the first round Of "a scheduled 20 round
event
special train was run TO LauEtry on
that occasion and il was filled with follow
eFs OK the fight game. more than SOB BENZ
uIahle 10 secure passage when the lrllu
arrived many Of the fight fans started f3r
the arena which was built in the 1910
Gr1nde bed and many OF them did not see
the event II was over before they got 90