The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-29
Eastern Sports Arrive at Frisco
Prepared to Wager Thousands
on Young Corbett.
GRANEY WILL REFEREE FIGHT.
Boxers Deadlocked for an Hour
Before Final Agreement Is
Reached for To-Night's
Bout.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

San Francisco. Cal. Dec. 2s.-With the
arrival of the sporting men from the East
last night there will be big boom in the
betting on the Young Corbett-Eddie Han
Ion fight. which takes place in the arena
Of the Mechanics Pavilion tomorrow
evening.
Ben Carson. a well-known New York
follower of pugilism, and one of the visit
ing delegation. is alone bringing on $4,000
with which to back the chances Of the
more are known to be in the possession
of the party. and as soon as 1t Is cut
loose 1t is expected that Corbett stock
will go soaring.
Eastern sporting men are as eager TO
support the Denyerite as Californians are
Hanlon, and when the two feathers step
into the ring they will carry an almost
record-breaking amount OF wagers on
is to-day a to 4 favorite. Nearly all the
betting up to the present time has been
done at these odds. With the flood OF
Eastern money which will be poured In
1t Is believed the odds will lengthen and
that Hanlon's followers will be able to OBJ
tain as good as 10 to or possibly even 8
to at the ringside. In view Of Corbetts
magnificent condition, experts agree that
such odds are not unreasonable.
=. GRANEY WILL REFEREE.
With Eddie Graney finally selected as
referee, and the only possible hitch to the
battle thus removed, interest to-day CEN
tered on the weight of the principals. Both
are close to the 12s pounds required by the
articles OF agreement Hanlon to-day
tipped the beam at 1870 poupds. while the
bother In making weight scaled scarcely a
pound more.
When the little fighters officially weigh
In tomorrow afternoon at Harry Cor
belts saloon 1t is believed Hanlon will
weigh about 1851 pounds. while Corbett
will just raise the beam. The champion
does not wish to take off an ounce more
than tina is, Is necessary: He has mapped out his
the limit stipulated and Is confident he
has been successful
The selection of Eddie Graney as referee
has relieved manv minds. He was chosen
at stormy conference between the two
little gladiators Saturday night. For a
long time Hanlon obdurately refused to
accept Graney, and as Corbett was just
as insistent that he be named, 1t looked as
HAVE STORMY CONFERENCE.
= For an hour the two boxers were closet
to their own resources they might come
to an amicable understanding. At the end
Of an hours discussion they were Just
where they started; Young Gorbett In
while Hanlon would agree to any referee
of known ability other than Graney.
Both agreed to accept Harry Corbett II
he would act but he PSstysly to
feather weights thrashed over their last
fight. round by round, each pointing out
where he had the advantage and should
have received the decision.
When the boxers could not reach an
agreement Manager Morris Levy was
called In and the matter was gone over
again. Corbett explained that he was.
wanted was a square deal; He said
Graney had q national reputation. both as
q boxer and a referee, and the presence
of such man In the ring meant much to
TONED. he said Eddie Smith is too easily
influenced by the spectators: while his OBJ,
lection to Jack WEIGH and Phila Wand
Is that they are not eoS seas.a .na .,d ,s
should have had the decision in the last
fight. This and what he termed private
reason .ere what stood In the way OF his
presumed to be the fact that Graney is
the uncle of Harry Foley, Eddie,s trainer.
It has been thought that Foley and Han
lon are related, but such is not a fact
MEN READY FOR FIGHT.
Affairs had reached an acute stage when
the gathering was about to break up after
a fruitless session. Corbett turned to Nor
ris Levy and said he would be on hand
Tuesday night to weigh In and wouio
claim the clubs forfeit II the fight did
rot take place.
Hanlon then said he would be fighting
In his home town and he knew he would
not get the worst Of 1t. and he agreed to
accept Graney.
In a most paternal manner Young Cor
bett said:
Little boy. would not do anything in
the world to harm you, and had no
wrong motive IN holding out for Graney.
I think he Is the best man available"
Both men were on the road this morn
ing, doing little work. and the afternoon
was devoted to some gymnasium exercises.
Tonight practically finished the training:
A record-breaking attendance Is looked
for by the managers of the fight.