The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Frisco Boxing Trust
Kills Fighters Graft
Can Get so Per Cent of the Gross Receipts
and No More-No Champions Bit" Either
Nelson Must Meet Cans.
By w. W. NAUGaTON.

San Francisco. Jan. 25-The threat
ened fight trust" has become a reality,
and somehow the sports around here
seem to think it is 3 pretty good thing.
The permits for the whole year have
been granted 70 a quartet Of clubs os-
tensibly managed by COffroth, Morris
Levy. Eddie Graney and w. F. Britt.
The plain unvarnished facts are that
Coffroth controls IS per cent. Of the
hght dates and Levy 25 and that the
profits OF the years operations will be
divided accordingly. Graney is interest
ed IN CoffEoth's end of it and Britt, ac-
cording 10 inside rumOrs, is 10 be taken
care Of in a small way
In future ali the glove contests will
take place at Mechanics Pavilion. for
which Conroth has negotiated a three
years lease at $1,000 per year. Being
the guiding spirit of the new amalga-
nation of having so much at stake. it
is felt that COffroth will use his natural
shrew9ness and business tact to keep
the game wholesome and retain the con-
hdence and patronage OF the public
Must Patronize Sport.
Furthermore. Coffroth knows that
Irany people are of the opinion that
sports when the legislature meets in
year from now.
If there is one chance in a hundred of
staving off the apparently inevitable II
rests in popuIarIzing the sport. COffroth
with a high priced three years contract
on his hands, isn't likely tc lose sight
of this,
The new order Of things will enable
colt ont
10 the pugilists. In the old days one
matchmaker bid covertly against an
other for attractions, and fighters with
pretensiOns to class We're enabled TO
drive hard bargains. In future. if re-
ports speak truly. the best cards VIII
be required to box for 30 per cent. Of
the gross. or take their wares 10 some
other fight center, while that little on
the side" known as champions bit, ="
viii become d lost quotation.
February Date Open.
The 1906 promoters have been so busy
getting their affairs IN shape that they
have not paid the strictest attention to
matchmaking. The ingenious explana-
tion is forthcoming that they didn' I
care to lay out program of attractions
as 1t would lack assurance on their part
TO do so before the new supervisors de-
signated the clubs that were TO be per-
mitted TO operate. Anyhow. with Feb
ruary a few days distant no match has
as yet been arranged for that month.
Cohroth has offered Tommy Ryan a
February match with Jack (Twin) Sui
livan. but. although Tommy asked for
the date. now that it is at his disposal,
| he is dilatory about accepting 1t.
Array of Dead Ones.
Jimmy Britt. 1t is understood, would
| like to box in February, and ii is quite
] likely that a match OF some kind viii
| be arranged for him. There are more
wouId-be opponents OF Britt than he
could shake a glove at. To begin with
Joe Cans will fight him % the drop OF
the hat Mike (Twin) Sullivan, too. Of
fers himself for consideration. Willie
Fitzgerald wants TO know what objec-
/ ton there is TO a go between Britt and
/ himself, and Young Corbett tells the
| turfmen between races at Oakland that
he thinks he is better entitled to a
match. with Britt than any of the 9th,
| ers.
| Eddie II snlon iss pressing his claims in
This usual modest way. Eddie says that