New Britain herald., 1918-03-30

1cE~ and resides a in lllss seems to tpossess a promiT trait ! characteristic of denizens of Missouri md declared he would have to be ] convinced that the money was assured ! and that there would be no interfer- ance before he gave a decided an- swer to any of the club owners. ~I realize" said he, that the great Population of the East makes 1t de- asfrable so far as the attendance is $concerned. At the same time I am 2conVinced that there are half a dozen %places in the West where the bout &Tould draw enough to fill any enclos- fre
 1T have received numerous tele- grans from the Western promoters Begging me not to close any deal fin Mhe East until I have heard from
 hem. Naturally l wish to close the #natter as soon as possible, but will 8give all concerned a fair hearing. $ "One thing that amuses mo are the ffers from small towns looking for #oublicity One town which l will Tall Tankville wired an offer of $175,- #I00, which I know is an absurdity, md made for advertising only.
 Connecticut in the Lead
 M Other places make bona fide of # #ers, but without ability to guarantee l lon-interferenCe. A syndicate in #'erre Haute offered to put $10,00 ill @ ,ank to my credit as a guarantee that @hey would produce the entire amount If the purse. That was business, but KS have doubts as to the attitude of the M uthor in that state"
 @ The best looking proposition in the
 East was submitted by Dave Ryan End Jack Bugler in behalf of a Con @ ecticut syndicate. The amount off, K cred was not divulged by the colonel, #ut he said it was satisfactory, and |#he next move on the part Of the
 yndicate is to show that the bout can 8& e staged in that state without inter
 erence. Ryan and Bulger will as-
 ertain the exact situation and notify E ol Miller within a few days. New
 Taven is the spot and twenty rounds
 b 9 decision have been permitted. M When the Red Cross subject was x roached Col Miller said: Willard Wnered to devote certain amount of
 be proceeds of the bout to that or
 anization, but 1t was refused. VII rd will offer sum to the Red Cross
 fter the bout, and if they refuse it # do not see that anything further \ an be done. Both Willard and my
 b1f have bought Liberty bonds and Y hade other contributions to war
 ands with which to purchase more
 pnds after the bout~on July A." 2 Willard Is Confident. M Col. Miller said that Willard was premely confident of his ability to rN.rIA l~u
 Fulton stop Moran at New Orleans,
 hs warned the champion to beware & Sverconfidence.
 An Interesting feature that will pre-
 pde the boxing contest on July
 Iili be competition among cowboys
 IF the roping championship of the
 4orfd. Among the expert lariat
 rowers who will compete are Tex * cLeod, Echo Gray, Hank Dernell
 ester Bars. Jack Ray and Sam Gar
 t. N The suggestion was made to Col
 filler that he hold a Wild West show h his ranch and announce that Will
 s srd and Fulton would take part in W the general belief being that they # puld ride bucking ponies or dc
 { spinning tricks. The colonel said M at he would not try for 1t for the
 ason that the governor and other
 hte officers of Oklahoma were his
 rsonal friends and he would do
 thing calculated to mbarrass them
 John Reisler was among those pres-
 [ and he exhibited a. closely woven
 ntract with Jack Dempsey. ReiY- | has obtained an injunction against m psey.