The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-18
BAT NELSON MAY
SOON BOX MURPHY
'WiII Be 0pen-Air Affair in
Washington

\ WASHINGTON. March Washing
4 ton In likely ~ see another opcn.Alf
y bOAlng exhibition nest month. tho sec
I pnd In IT, history. Harold Keats. the
\ hveswlre executive officer Of the whf
Y camp community service, n planning
tO have HH one ~ the hlg features ~
. the soldiers athletic carnival ht Central
Y Stadium u three ~ four round bout be-
tween Battling Nelson. former worlds
. lightweight champion, ana Tommy tkidl
ku uhy. who five years Hgo wnA tho
s.lendinE frlthrnNcight in the army and
!. snd Colorado last summer Benny
Leonard, the present lightweight title
holder. boxed an exhibition bout With
Y Prof Bily Grupp his training plrtnsr
. on The White Lot thereby making a
record. u wns % complete success In
: Keats expects to have every biz of
space Ht Central stadium filled when
he starts OF hls blg carnival On Apul
~. Soldiers rnd marines from nll
camps between WfightstOwn. n j.. Hnd
NOTION. Va. Will hc Represented nv th0ir
bent athletes Most of the cOntrndcrs
vii be- Young men who have set up high
yillafkH In colleges ull over the land
This applies especially 10 Camp DiN,
Wrghtstown. n J., Philadelphia navy
yhId. QuHniicu, Va, AMI Camp Meade
NJ each place nre gathered stars from
college track teams who Hre In perfect
condition from their military ne They
are sure 10 bring out capacity thrOng
10 see the contests
5oldlsrs Arc Interested.
When informed that Battling Nelson
had offered his services tO tho manage
Jncnt for an exhibition bout for the BEN
I, eft Of the soldiers and their friends. Inn
= mediate Interest was shown among the
I, boys In khsh around Washington. II
soldiers like anything, II is boxing And
when given chance 10 see such ring
hero Ms the great Battling Nelson, great
est Of all lightweight champions they
/. became enthusiastic. II nothing inter-
fares Nelson viii 10 on 20 show his own
4 peculiar style OF action
\ kid" Murphy and Nelson are great
J, cronies. They are together nj every
Il opportunity and should put up u speedy
\ bout for short distance. Though light
Tor than Nelson, Murphy II we'll able 10
7 handle himself being clever hnIcr.
sven II he has been out OF ufe rims for a
couple OF years
Y Battling NELSON k in demand NJ
J reforee ~ soldier bouts NJ Fort Mycr
VThe khaki-Clud fluggers across the river
d are planning weekly bouts and Nelson
has received AN Invitation TO offlcat0
lst the first show, booked for tomorrow
might II his business engagements al
flow, he will be the third man In the
rfng when the soldiers begin hammeriTp
!, each other
TOW Jess MUST smile,
il How Jess willard must smile when
, he reads that Fred Fulton and Jack
1 DEMPSEY are to talk battle tomorrow
or Wednesday A. ST. Louis lie ia 10
receive another respite from the tolls Of
training.
d Three cities have stepped forward
with 800 900 offers for n contest Of at
eeast twenty rounds 10 decision he
twecn Fulton and willard Dcmlng,
View Mexico. WAS the first Denver was
t1hc second and. when Fulton up.tndcd
Frank Moran in three rounds at Nov
0rteanr, Domtrt-h Tprturich. tho Crcs-
,yrt CITY promoter. Immediately Of
s5esed fl01.000 for title clnsh between
1erer.
rhv longer Bashpl Jess hangs back
ssthe more the public is he'd 10 believe
MAT no knows that defeat will be his
q ortlon when he stcns into ring with
6fred Fulton Wizards life since win
snlng the crown has not been that Of an
Sthlete, On the other hand, Fulton has
been averRslne about one battle every
Hhree weeks for the past year II he gets
fthe chance, he should stop Willard in
side OF fift-fCn rounds.