The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-24
JESS WILLARD TO
 AID ALLIED WAR FUND CAMP AIGN
Champion Has Option of Naming Opponent and
 Place of Battle.

Quanah, Tex, Oct 24-"I shall be glad to do everything in my power to make the campaign a great success"
 This was Jess Willard's comment yesterday when shown a dispatch quoting New York telegram request ing the heavyweight champion to give his pugilistic services in a cam paign to raise funds for army welfare organizations. Being without details of the plan, he said, he could make no further statement.
 Willard is in Quanah looking after his oil interests.
 70 course the logical place for Jess Willard to box would be in New York City" said Sunny Jim" Cof- i froth, when told last night that the champion had signifled his willingness to help the United War Work Cam | pagin in it's great drive for $17O,- l O0,O00 during the week of Nov. H. IS. "A 10-round bout, or even six or four-round session, with Jack 1 Dempsey at the Garden would mean | thousands of dollars for the fund.
 However, Willard will be allowed to select his own opponent and name the town that he wishes to box in. Personally, I think he will prefer to box in the Middle West, and l am inclined to believe that he will select Kansas City as the place where he will do his bit for this worthy cause.
 There is no doubt that Jess could add prestige to the boxing game and to himself as well if he came to New York and boxed some good heavy weight at the Garden. It needn't be | Dempsey, although the fight fans of this community are looking forward to a scrap between the heavyweight champion and the conqueror of Fred Fulton.
 q am afraid that Willard will pass up Dempsey on the grounds that he will not have sufficient time to train for such a formidable opponent. Will lard has done practically no kind o1 training since his last fight, but nev- ertheless he could get into some kint of condition by Nov. 27."
 The Garden will not be available during the week of Nov. 11-18, and there are HO OpOA OoLOo uliIAA IAAS -CSA' of next month. It is likely that box ing bouts will be held at the famous amphitheatre on Nov. 25, 26, 27.
 Jack Britton and Battling Levinsky offered their services yesterday. Brit
 ton wants to meet his old friend, Tel Lewis. any place, any time and for any number of rounds.
 No big football games have beer arranged as yet. William w. Roper
 executive secretary of the genera, committee, is still in Washington pre- pairing several big gridiron dishes fol this village and elsewhere.
 Fred Walker, coach of the Newpor Naval team is anxious to have his warriors meet the Great Lakes Maya team for the drive and for the cham
 pionship of the navy.
 Billy Gibson, the fight impressaric
 of the Bronx and manager of Benny Leonard, worlds lightweight cham pion will give a dinner tonight IT honor of Sunny Jim" Coffroth tht
 generalissimo of the boxing division ; of the United War Work Campaigl drive.
 At the dinner plans will be formu
 lated for the staging of the bouts tha
 will be held in this city for tn worthy cause. On the local commit |, tee are Charley Harvey, who will ac s as chairman; Gibson and Charle y Doessereck.
 It is likely that Leonard, Tet Lewis and probably Jimmy Wilde tn I flyweight champion of the world, wi f appear in bouts.