Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-22
TROUBLE AHEAD
FOR ONE COFFROTH.
r,.,, Fans Of Frisco Demand
Match for Battling
Nelson.
ARE AGAINST JAMES BRITT.
u,,,, Story About the Men Signing
Articles Of Agreemeut--PuOIic Don't
Want Jabez White,

,ououlnq from "Wally' Young OF
francisco Chronicle, indicates
INC Nv" ,bead for one James Conroth'
AM promoter, matchmaker e'e''
VIZ, ma sporting public Is about READY 10
- notice upon james Conrotn' priAe-
,, nromoter, that II does not propose
nernit a secret arrangement with
~ ~ stand IN the way Of flght be-
min and Nelson, and that II ne
s,nnes in his present course OF Jug
v. matches 10 suit his financial ar
Eingsomtnts with favored ighters' the
Iensse, he rets out OF the business inc
ssSiter Il will be for the game .,,,, o.
Az snoug The fighters and to sign Sc
~, Contracts with ono party 70 a m9lch
~ me disadvantage OF the other, baCn
Van nj In "a match Is entitled 10 an open
Understanding Of ne a ad ec T'u asres,
anu " a sure way TO Kill the game ami
I WV nr,blic is entitled TO hold Conroth re-
fPPS,n,51ibefmorc, the public Is beginning to
realize the meaning on blltt a M h.
Tber6 Is "a fast growing opinion tnat ne
Is AFRAID TO fight Nelson again. II noI
IL, Kim force Coffroth 70 make inc malch
VIM Nelson and give the pubic the sh9w
Il wants n he fails TO do TINS inc puDlO
grfI
DFsoid fect Ii is obvious what Cohroth's
motive is Ho IL paying Brltt TO keep oIh--
or nrOnotels from BiNing inc pupnc, my
match il wants. and he Is trying 70 hoid
Nelson's percentage down IN nIueI, W
Keen as much as he can for himself II
Rrit dares to fight Nelson again the
s"intlon of the situation Is easy. Inc
ak OF a fight with White Is simply n hit
of Hfour-nushng" for which the public
will not stand
BRITT NELSON THE MATCH.
Roth from surface indications and from
the information that has filtered out from
'the inside IL now appears that inc Mel
son-Brltt night the one match which the
nubllc IL nnxlOus 10 see contaminated,
as FAR away from the actual making as
Il was week ago Promoter Jimmy COT
froth has In his pocketbook contracts
binding Jimmy Britt TO match with
Jabez White In the last week IN April,
and TO OH appearances Notwithstanding
IN fact that the people whose money
makes boxing shows possible want Mel.
son. Britt and White VIII be the April
card
thrust am uupalatable match down tho
ihrOats of the people Is not the part "
wisdom Under any other conditions the
BrttWhite match would not be so bad,
although Il never could be regarded with
especial Kindness. But Just at present,
Win Nelson on the scene and the match
with him the most logical Of any within
The whole domain Of highland, II seems
almost an insult to the fight fans to give
them anything else.
mars and the man who can see clearly
lhe right or the wrong OF II Is entitled
to decoration At the beginning before
things became mixed Coffroth secured
contracts with Britt and Nelson for "A
fight TO follow the Nelson-Corbett hghty
The terms stipulated IN the articles were
that 81 per cent OF tho gross receipts
should 60 to the lighters. Each was to
post forfeit " N,jo0 on Washlngton.s
birthday This being holiday, both Will
M Brt ana Billy Nolan. the two man
ayers, decided TO allow the posting 70 go
over a day. Nolan was present at Harry
Corbeits the appointed place, on tho tol-
lowing day and placed his money In
Stakeholder Corbetcs hands.
But the Britts, contrary TO the agree
mont, failed 10 place any money In Cor
belts hands, Nolan LET the matter so
until after the Nelson Corbett fight should
PROCLAMATION This was addressed 10 Cof-
moth, and was 60 the effect that since
Britt had failed 10 post his forfeit the
previous agreement wac on And now,
saId Nolan, 1--WE will not sign to fight
Britt unless we are getting as much
money "a Britt"
BIG BONUS FOR BRITT
In the articles which tho two had
signed there was nothing TO show that
Nelson was not getting as much money as
Britt. but Nolan had heard that Britt
vas being paid bonus Tor signing and
he failed to see the justice OF t.
Nelson is as big a card as Britt now,
Nolan,
But there was nothing stirring with
Conroth or Britt, Cjffroth said with A.
nallty that he could not give any mora
man he was giving, and Nolan said with
Just as much decision that he would not
agn unless Nelson was given as much
money AS Britt, Coffroth was already In
communication with Tom ORourke, who
represents White on this side of the
ocean and he accordingly made arrange.
menls for a fight between Britt and the
hnglishman, which he announced at Sat.
urday midnight a week ago.
ana there tho matter has rested
through tho lOquacity OF both sides to
Iue controversy the whole affair has been
Meuy thoroughly aired. Just now how.
sS.er IL seems that any patching Of the
qlneronccs between Cotfroth and Nolan is
larlher away than II was at the begin
au,t nolan, In an effort to secure for his
Vsl'er the best conditions possible, AYERS
RRS st ne viii fight at no terms which give
cy ne match with White is on and
tQnfoth stands between the two willing
pi' nelson on with Britt II he can get
WH lufether az his own terms, but un-
"rlng TO cede a point TO the Dane,
TIC whole bone OF contention seems TO
tnat bonus which Coffroth IN repute1
De giving Britt The word "reputed'
S utea qdvlsedly because there Is no evil
troNN eilner written or verbal. that Cof-
aqh Is giving Britt any money on the
b,Ie, Nolan's belief that this Is the case,
uoWeyer is based on more than asstimp-
c mgn' end there is no reason TO doubt lie
or n mes, ness whether this Is 8 per cent
~ per cent or Just how much Il is.
GWg'ah 0oes not know, but to anyone al
a. eQnyersant with conditions there Il ma
so ouot put that Coffroth Is giving Britt
PUBLIC MUST BE CONSIDERED.
roMNhlle not admitting that any such ar
tusf'ments does actually exist, Cor
Nun SAYS; What II Il dOesp That woul
XII PTTisopal matter with Britt and my
CE. ne bonus would come out OF the
VIVID share IL the cfih ,vlshne a. oi,,a