The San Francisco call., 1905-08-18
VIII Confer With
Mayor SchnitZ
To-Day.
Good Proposition IS
Made to the
Promoter.
Attitude of the
Supervisors in
Doubt.


With the coming of the special COM
rnittee appointed by the Native Sons at
Sacramento to secure the postponement
of the proposed Britt-Nelson night came
a sudden and sensational turn yes
terday in the negotiations which have
been in progress for some days between
Manager James Coffroth and represen-
tatives of the State order. The repre-
seuuatiVes of Sacramento did not come
with empty hands TO plead for favors
from the fight promoter They had a
proposition 20 offer which would IN
sure him greater returns from the al
fair which he is about to promote. and,
if the plans do not miscarry, triumph
over his enemies who have been suf-
hciently powerful 20 keep him out OF
the game in this city since the first of
the year.
The representatives of Sacramento
undertook 10 secure a permit from the
Supervisors OF this city-the under
standing being that the fight be post
poned 10 some night during the week
following September =. The only
money Manager Coffroth has spent up
10 the present time on the Colma night
has been for plans of the arena, so he
would be out but little money on that
end Of the affair. With the permit for
a fight in this city he would be in
particularly strong position.
He has Mechanics Pavilion under
lease and he has paid into the city
treasury the Sl2OO license fee eXacted
for a night permit He would have TO
make no change in the number of
rounds Of the fight, as the manager or
another lighting club, who looked into
the matter announced recently that
il would be possible to pro-
mote contests Of more than
twenty rounds in this city. The
various angles Of the question viii be
rbrashed out this morning al IL o'clock
in the Office Of Mayor Schmitz. The
meeting is held al the request OF the
Native Sons. Manager COffroth not put
ting himself in the position of sup
pIicant for favOrs at the hands Of the
city fathers.
WOULD DRAW MORE HERE.
The Supervisors are scattered through
out the Stateson their vacations and 1t
will require considerable effort to Sc
cure the signatures of the ten required
before the permit can be granted. Inc
proposition TO hold the fight IN this
citv is an attractive one to the pro-
rnoter. as il is estimated ii would draw
possibly $4,000 more in this city than
il would across the county line. The
largest attendance ever recorded at
prizehght was that Of the Jemrles-Cor-
bett contest in Mechanics PacVillon,
which was witnessed by 10000 spec
tatOrs. SiNty-two thousand dollars was
taken at the gate on this occasion. The
forthcoming fight is considered bet
ter attraction and should draw larger
attendance. The result of tO-daYs con-
ference will be awaited with interest
Manager Coffroth was the center Of
automatic negotiations yesterday Nhlle
he was listening TO the special representa-
tives sent here by the Native Sons at
Sacramento. the committee representing
Colma was ushered in. The representa-
tives Of the two localities were introduced
and later on discussed the situation re-
garding the postponement of the fight.
The Sacramento committee was made
up of ". II. Hanlon, W. J. Weisman ana
T. J. O'Brien With them were Grand
President James Gallagher, Senator Mel
son and ". J. Hynes.
BRITT ARRIVES IN TOWN.
W H. Alnon and James Casey pre-
sented the Colma petition. After it had
been passed arounL for some time the
attention Of Manager Coffroth was called
TO the names Of Theodore Roosevelt and
other distinguished men which appeared
on the hist He was asked If they were
registered voters Of Colma. AT first he
was al a loss to reply until he found that
had slyly added the names
jimmy Britt arrived from Truckee yes
terday morning, accompanied by Tiv
Kreling and Sam Berger He was look
ing the best condition Of his life. de said
he weighed about l52 pounds, which is
desirable weight for him to enter upon
his three weeks training. He was simply
bubbIing over with confidence in his
ability to take the measure Of Nelson
when they meet in the ring.
Discussing the coming battle he said:
THE public has given me many tasks to
perform, each one apparently harder than
he other The latest is this forty-five
round proposition with Nelson. / expect
70 pass this safely and I hope they don't
want me 10 take on Jim Jeffries next.
There will be no trouble about referee,
as any man suitable 10 the general pub
lie will be acceptable TO me. Every man
ever fought picked the referee. l have
no objection TO an Eastern man, but he
must be impartial There are a number
of writers in the East who have been
roasting me and I would not want one
OF them to act on this occasion. The
fight will really referee Itself. This is to
be battle to the death and ! have SUI
preme confidence IN my ability 10 defeat
Nelson.
CALIFORNIAN Is CONFIDENT.
Additional zest is added to this fight,
many ptOpit seem 10 NDluh / VIII Ilfe
before the end of the journey. 1 have
tested myself and / know just what l
can do. Nelson is only human and if
hit him on the nose IL viii bleed. If
hit him on the jaw he will go out like
any other man. ] am his master and
] am not settling down to training
trembling over what the outcome viii be.
No tighter who depends entirely on brute
strength can beat me. ] outclass Nelson
in every department Of the game and
know / outclass him in gameness. ] win
cut loose this time and show the public
something they have never seen before.
/ have been winning IN the past by what
I had to. not by what 1 could Some
people think ] was forced into this
match There was only one thing that
forced me into il and that was the coin
] know I viii win by beating Nelson"
Britt went across the bay with Nat
Goodwin, who went East sorrowfully. He
opens his season IN New York on Sep
tember and says he would gladly give
UP the receipts of the biggest week of
his engagement to see the fight.
Britt wasted no time in settling down
70 work. He had a swim at the Olympic