The San Francisco call., 1906-10-17

carrying out his present plans, 1t is
likely the little blacksmith will resort
to the injunction process in order to
prevent the much -talked-of fistic en-
counter.
AS usual. the trust is still ruled by
two factions, the Graney contingent
and the Coffroth followers. Morris
Levy still stands loyal to the black
smith, while Willis Britt is lined up
and fighting strong for Coffroth.
But Coffroth has an ace In the hole,
and if his present plans miscarry, 1t is
likely that he will be in the promoting
game just the same. He is man of
varied schemes. He is in sole posses
sion of the Colma pavilion as well as
the stadium where Britt and Nelson
fought their memorable battle, so If
legal or any other proceedings bar him
from bringing Berger and Kaufman
together in San Francisco he is ready
and willing to sign them up for Colma
Coffroth is going right ahead and
making arrangements for the coming
battle between the heavies. He snil-
ingly says that he has no fears, and
when corporation law is cited he smiles
again. He is a firm believer in the
old adage that possession is nine points
of the law and when he secures pos
session OF the Pavilion rink he is reas-
onably satisfied that the fight will take
place there according to schedule.
But Graney sticks fast to his argu-
ment on corporation law. He has a
corporation dopebook in his inside
pocket and he can quote passages from
the document that would make many
a smart lawyer ring in call for the
police. He has confidence in himself
and insists that he will be upheld.
This fight is going to come off right
here and 1T is going to come off in the
place that has been leased first by the
trust" said Graney last night. Every
body knows that the trust is a cor
poration and that when a lease is
closed it must be signed by the presi-
dent of the corporation and attested
by the secretary. This has already
been done Nothing else goes. Now
am ready to wait and see what will
follow.
"The corporation law also says that
the secretary of the corporation shall
handle the books and documents of
the corporation. Morris Levy is the
secretary of the fight trust He Is
going to handle the books and the
tickets. The law says so and they
can't get away from that 1 am going
away to the country tomorrow, but
before l go I will have statement
ready that will straighten out this
So the fighting members of the trust
that makes a speciality of promoting
fights are still fighting, and the fight
is expected to wax warmer as the days
roll by. When Graney springs his
statement today. it will mean more fuel
on the fire, and unless the angel of
peace descends quickly, free for all
fight may take the place of the Berger
Kaufman mixup
There will be no fight at Colma this
evening, for Cyclone Thompson lies
sick in bed with a fever and the doc
tors say that he will not be up and
around for many days to come When
this news was whispered along the
line last night, it carried with it lot
of disappointment, for the fans figured
on seeing a warm encounter between
Thompson and his worthy opponent,
Fighting Dick HyIand.
AS was expected, Sammy McClintick,
manager of Hyland, did not receive the
news in any too cheerful manner He
fumed and talked, but acted in very
sportsmanlike manner withal He re-
fused to take Thompson's $500 forfeit,
contenting himself with accepting
enough to pay the training expenses
of his meal ticket.
Thompson's representative wanted to
bind Sammy for another go with
Thompson as soon as the latter recov-