The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-07
BOXING GAME IN SAN FRANCISCO
PLExEs THE SUPERVISORS
VERY MUCH
Some People limiting That Jimmie
Britt 10 Not Locking for Famous
Battling Netson.

receive the sanction they are after,
the license collector will certainly do
a land Office business, writes w. W.
Naugkton In the San Francisco Ex-.
amineI
A y-ar or two ago the business Of
fight Fl noting was confined to the
Hayes Valley, San Francisco, and Yo-
semitic clubs. Then the Shasta club
broke into the game. and the amount
received by the city for licenses was
increased from $500 to $4,000, the
clubs paying $1,000 each.
For the first few months Of tais
year the Hayes Valley and the San
Francisco had monopoly of the bus
mess, the Yosemite being frozen out.
Now, 1t Is said, the Lincoln Athletic
7lub has been given some kind of an
assurance that it will receive a per-
nit for August, and that the Western
Athletic club has also been fattered
with the nope that it will receive SIM
liar consideration SO far as Ssptem-
Der Is concerned. It is said that other
clubs will enter the field, and even the
Yosemite must have observed ray of
promise in some direction, for it also
has made application for a permit.
Britt W. HanIon.
OF course, politics, pugilism and
promises go hand in hand, but the real
truth is that the Hayes Valley is the
only one organization that can see any
distance in the future. It has been
granted the sanction in July, and it
is understood, has entered into an ar
rangement by which it will most like
ly present Jim Britt and Hanlon as it's
main attraction.
Just to show now the grand grab for
permits has mixed up, the pugilists as
well as the promoters, it may be in
stanced that the Hayes Valley club
secured Battling Nelson's signature to
set of articles before the Dane left
for the east. At that time the only
match that was talked of was the
long pending return date between Mel
Francisco he was fully persuaded BY
Levy, manager of the Hayes Valley
organization, that Britt could also be
induced to sign.
The question now arises, why is the
Hayes Valley talking of featuring
Britt and Hanlon for July, waen 1t
had already contract with Battling
Nelson? The explanation is that Britt
was also making contracts about that
time. He threw in his lot with the
Western Athletic club, new affair
in which his brother is said to be in
terested. Britt now claims that he
gave his solemn promise that as long
as there was a chance of the Western
Athletic securing a permit some time
this year, he would hold off for the
purpose of boxing Nelson before that
club.
Jim Britt Talks.
There are some people mean enough
to hint that Jimmy Britt is not break
ing his neck to get at Nelson, but, of
course, Jim snorts at an insinuatioD
of that kind. Jim says:
"Just as soon as the Western Ath-
letic club throws up it's hands and de-
clares itself out of the business, will
come to terms with any club that can
am going to stick by the Western I'M
til such time, however. Meanwhile l
think I have got just as much right to
make other matches as Nelson has to
go hunting for contests through the
eastern states"
This all goes to show that the situa-
ton is in a muddle so far as tine pu-'
gilists and the men who arrange bat
ties for them are concerned
Up in Nevada it is very different.
Certain promoters there who have had
a long rest are becoming quite breezy
and energetic in disseminating infor-
nation, concerning the fistic carnival
of nations that is to be held at Reno
early in July. 1t is announced that
Jack Root and Marvin Hart are to be
the main heroes in this stupendous
struggle for the supremacy of slug
gordon. But it mixes matters to hear
the affair spoken of as worlds cnam-
pionship for the laurels relinquisned
by jeff and then to read as follows:
"The men will fight around 100 or
1872 pounds. The matter Of weights
is still to be decided upon"
Excursion to Waitsburg.