Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-13
LIVE GOSSIP OF
THE ROPED ARENA
No Obstacle IN the Way Of JEFF.
fries Monroe Championship
Fight.
TROUBLE BETWEEN THE CLUBS.
Coifroth Seems to Have the Trump
Card and is Going Ahead With
Preparation for Contest.

The date for the nstic argument be-
tween Jeflries and Munroe has at last
been definitely fixed for August Goth;
the completed forfeIts Of $1,000 each
from fighters and club have been
placed IN the hands Of Harry Corbett
subject TO seizure should there be a
default from any one OF the three
| parties to the contract, and now at
last the big battle seems absolutely
! sure.
There Is nothing IN the way of the
fight being held on the scheduled
date" says Frontier James w Con-
roth, "Ther can be no further post
ronement."
BY the terms Of their agreement
made at the time OF the last postpone
ment, each of the two fighters posted
500 and signed to post an additional
$500 on or before the first day Of Au-
gust, "Wally" Young has this to say
concerning the match: Last Monday
was the first day Of August, but no adj
dltional money was forthcoming. on
Tuesday morning the Chronicle" called
attention TO this delinquency, and on
Tuesday afternoon Harry Pollok placed
In Middleman Corbett's care Munroes
second portion OF the forfeit, Corbett
communicated this fact to Champion
Jefries, and by due process Of trans
initial over the stage from Hardin
to Calistoga and by train and boat
from Calistoga 10 San Francisco,
Jeff's $500 was ordered turned over on
Friday neighbour days late, but stil
lg aulg ln at q.
completes 900 from each fighter and
$1,000 from the club. Needless to say,
Il looks like business.
During the week n story was set I'm
circulation to the effect that the chief
of police would interfere with the fight
on the grounds that no permit had
been signed by the mayor. Morris
Levy, a rival matchmaker. was quoted
as saying that the Munroe-Je ffries
fight would never be allowed to take
place. Later when he saw what n
fuss had been made about II, he side
stepped authorship Of the remark and
passed the whole affair off with a
laugh, AS a matter Of fact, II Levy
had his way, there would be no more
trouble about Coffroth's fight. Not
realizing that he was starting trouble
for himself, az well as for others, he
made an attempt to get the August
date over the head OF the Shasta club.
At the time he could not foresee the
storm that was coming, and would
gladly undo all the mess that he has
made, II that was possible.
But 1t seems that this Isn't possible.
The section of the board of supervisors
who always support Schmtz In his
vetoes asked him not TO sign the resou-
ton granting the Yosemite club the
August permit. The mayor, needing
the friendship and support OF these
men, did not sign the resolution. But IL |
went to default after 10 days had pass
ed, and his eXcelency preserved both |
his political alliance with Coffroth's |
enemies and his friendship with Coff- |
roth, At tho present time the mayor |
10 doing a little expert Sailing" The |
permit IL unsigned. but there will be |
no trouble from the chief Of police
not If you believe those who are close
to the mayor and the chief and Coff-
roth.
Anyway James w. Coffroth is
level-headed young man, who is not
going into anything blndly. 1.-THE
night Will be held on the 26th of Aug
Ust'' he says with emphasis. lie has
placed orders with printers for adver-
Using, the cost of which VIII reach well
into four figures. Part Of this is now
out, and before another week the coun-
try Will be flooded with fight bills and
literature. Cofroth's stamp account
during the next two weeks will aggre-
gate more than 1900
And so II seems that there isn't the
slightest chance Of another sllp-up IN
ar1n ments.