Arizona republican., 1905-09-09
lie Still Stands 10 TO 7 in
the Betting
A FIGHT FOR A FORTUNE
HOre Honey Is up on the Struggle To-
day Than Ever Before Figured In .
Prize Fight-Bisser Receipts, Heav-
ier Betting.

San Francisco. Sept. S.-Seventy
thousand dollars is the prize Tor which
Britt and Nelson Will contest. This IL
the estimate of Manager COffrOth. Civ
en- out late this afternoon. the sale 50
far having reached $50. 600. with very
few hign priced seats left. 4 rush for
the cheap seats and for standing room
tickets is expected at the arena to-
morrow morning. Standing room will
go at three dollars per head That is
the price set by the management. but
as most of these tickets are now in
the hands of scalpers il looks as if
those who are depending upon this
means of seeing the fight viii pay much
more. The remainder of the cheaper
tickets will be placed on sale tomor-
row morning early at the arena and
many persons, it is said. left for Colula
tonight in order TO be in line when the
sale begins.
Tonight, however Manager Coffroth
said that the wrangle over the referee
would make a difference of S20.0o0 iu
the gate receipts Before the tickets
were placed on sale there were many
reservations OF seats for persons who
had made applications and such seats
were set aside TO be called for when
paid. This has been the custom iu
the past and such reservations were
always followed later by cash pay
ments. In this instance some pros
pective purchasers fearing that the
fight might be a fiasco. have not taken
their tickets from the box Office Il
| is estimated tonight thac the gaze re-
ceipts Will reach at least $4,000
The arena is pitched in the center
of the old Union Crossing park. about
ten miles from the down town district
of San Francisco. II is in san Matr8
county. and therefore outside the jur-
isdiction of the local police autaori-
ties. To preserve order and prevent
any attempt al a stampede on the part
of the element that always gathers IN
the vicinity OF a ring contest. the mln-
| agement has engaged a large force OF
men from a local detective agency
Sixty Of these men viii keep ogtier
outside the arena which Is surrounded
by a high board fence, none too sub
stantial. Between the fence OF The
| coursing park and tne arena ENCLOSURE.
\ score Of mounted Officers will be on
duty. armed and ready TO repulse any
rush that may be attempted
To transport a crowd OF $4,000 ur
more persons to COlma there is one
trolley line and one steam railroad Be
! sides these t-ansportarions every au-
| tomobile Obtainable in the city both
private and public is spoken for.
Britt and Nelson took a rest today.
| doing barely enough work 10 warm up
and keep their muscles in perfect con-
dition. Britt looks we'll, but Nelson
| shows many marks OF his hard train
/ ing. His boxing partners have not
| spared his face in their daily eN-
| change of blows and the sturdy Dane
gave considerable attention 10 tie salv-
/ ing of his facial bruises. He declares.
/ however. that these are trifles and viii
| not bother him tomorrow.
| The boxers. their managers and Sec
Onds will meet at.Harry COrbett's place
tomorrow at 10 o'clock for -he weighing
| in ceremony. Afterward they will leave
/ for COlma in automobiles They must
/ be in their dressing rooms and ready
| for the call of time al 1: 50. The con-
/ test will begin about > p. m
| Notwithstanding that there was a de-
| cided IulI in the betting today. pending
a satisfactory settlement OF the referee
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