The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20
NATIVE SONS ARE UNABLE TO
DELIVER THE PERMIT.
Manager Jim Coffroth Declares the Incident Is
Closed and Adheres to Original Plan.
ADMISSION DAY Is THE DATE DECIDED UPON

Unless something unforeseen hap
pens the fight between Jimmy Britt and
Battling Nelson will take place at
colma on September 9. as originally
planned. The Native Sons were not
able 10 deliver to Manager James Coff-
roth last night a permit for a fight to
take place in this city some time in
September subsequent to Admission
day.
Manager cofrroth then announced
that so far as he was concerned the in
cident was closed. His plans for the
promotion Of the affair at Colma are
elaborate and he must set his men at
work tomorrow on the arena to have
Il completed in due season. There IS
another reason which is more import
ant TO him. He does not want the i'm
preston to go abroad that the fight
will be held on some date other than
Admission day. He expects visitors
from various parts of the United
States and he does not want them In
doubt as TO whether there will be q
postponement of the fight.
At a meeting Of the celebration commit
tee OF the Native Sons last night. the
fight committee reported that nothing
definite had been done up to date, but
that they expected to delegate men to
the various summer resorts where the
Supervisors are spending their vacations
to see if they could not secure their sig
natures to a petition for a fight permit
in this city for the Colma Club during
the month of September. The committee
stated il would be a useless task and a
waste Of money to try to bring this end
about by the means of kilograms. They
stated, however. that they could let the
club manager know definitely by Wed
nesdaE whether they could secure the
permit
MANAGER COFFROTH'S STAND.
From the stand taken by Manager Cof-
frOth last night il is a question as to
what action he would take if the permit
were placed in his hands within the next
three days. He stated positively that he
would not take the matter up again.
Efforts were made yesterday to bring
Manager Nolan and WillA Britt together
on the question Of the $4,000 side bet
which played such a prominent part in
the negotiations for the match Harry
Corbett. the official stakeholder, was at
Uncle Toms Cabin and could not be
reached. 1t was agreed TO meet him to-
morrow, when the bet may be made. The
present intention is to put up $500 on
each side TO guarantee the bet would be
completed on the day before the fight.
BOXERS ARE IN TRAINING.
Jimmy Britt settled down 10 the routine
of training yesterday by going on the
road for long tramp. His boxing and
other work will be taken up next week al
the Beach Tavern.
Battling Nelson was the center of at
traction AT his training quarters at Smil-
ing MetZilers yesterday. He greeted his
visitors pleasantly and chatted about his
hunting and fishing experiences in the
Sierra Nevadss and expressed himself as
feeling confident of winning the coming
fight Nelson, who is as brown as a
berry and active as a cat from his
mountain trip, put in the day with road
work, horseback riding and skipping the
rcPe. The outdoor arena was completed
yesterday and Nelson will do his work
there. Nelson has been doing shadow
work on the platform and he will begin
sparring to-day with Jimmy Gardner.
Nelson managed to reduce his weight by
two pounds to-day. He says that he will
have no trouble to get down to weight.