The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24
GEORGE SILER'S
FIGHT DOPE
Chicago Is Full of PugiIiStiC
Cable, but Nothing Be-
yOnd Taking Stage.
BY GEORGE slLER.

The arrival Of Battling Nelson from the
west and Kid Herman from the east, and
the talk of matching Yanger and Her
man and the latter and Nelson, made Chi
cagO the pugilistic seat of war during
the week and, probably until a pair Of
the fighters are matched The comins
of Bat brought the Kid from New York,
with the result the air has been full or
Billy Nolan. who totes Nelson over the
. rough roads of puSilism, states Herman
VIII be Nelson's next opponent provided
a club viii hang up purse large enough
10 make il worth while scrapping for
Bltys idea OF purse runs well up into
five figures. and as California is the only
state wherein they talk in five figures,
the fight. should it take place, will be
Tom McCarev, Of the Pacific Athletic
club of Los Angeles, IL is said, is willing
20 take a flyer al the match. and II is
possible Jim Coffroth and Eddie Graney,
once fast friends but now rival fight pro
moters. viii also bid for it. At least.
such Is the understanding at present
Graney is seeking a first class match for
his Oakland club and CoffrOth SAYS he
will have an arena ready to stage fights
in San Francisco some time in August
Eddie, however, is lodging the Nelson
Herman proposed match and wants Bat
to fight Joe Cans claiming the colored
man will scale 133 pounds for the Dane
Graney may as we'll be given to under
stand that Bat viii never hook up with
Cans. I got that straight from him ana
& -
bring them together, as he is interested
in the COlOred man.
Britt and McGoVern Matched.
Jimmy Britt and Terry McGovern. it is
reported, have been TatcEed to fight fif-
teen rounds at Chelsea Mass. The TWen-
teth Century club of New York, under
whose auspices they met before, mad them
booked for a second meeting, but Gov
ernOF Higgins said nay predict Brltt
will make a better showing at Chelsea
81, he At lad
/ He did not fancy the manner IN WhlcIl
Terry handled him on that OCCASION ana
| he will be cooked ana prlmeg Wasn ne
meets him I got it from good authority
that he was not in good cond1tlon WheI
he met Terry at the Garden as he had
/ been informed that McGovern, besides be
/ re r9entailv unbalanced. could not be in
dlced to train and. thinking the eX-eham-
pion would be easy picking, he shtrked
his work The contest gave him a lesson
which he viii never forget as u o[9pleu
1 his standing fully % per cent. 1eFI!E
elated over his showing, probably viii
/ hold Jimmy cheaply in their coming re-
/ ported meeting and. as he is rather head
/ strong he may enter the ring WHOLLY i tln-
/ fit to go the distance It IS aFfI e%ceIIent
match for Britt. as II viii give MIN
/ chance to redeem himself
schreck Rests on Oars.
The prospects of the Burns Fftzsimmons
fight being held compels NIKE se "a 7sAt
] on his oars. Mike posted a $50 forfeit 10
/ show ne meant business, and Tor several
days it appeared as II ne Woulq Bel q
/ hearing. but Tommy's letter to his man
4 ager stopped further negotiations FAN
I ing to entice Burns to match, the ever
/ willing Schreck advised his manager 10
cast his line towards big Gus Ruhiin-
The latter nibbled, then swallowed the
bait by writing: SHOW me the money
and I'm your man. Then came the IedJ
of landing a club to pull off the fight.
and after considerable casting about 2
club at Terre Haute agreed TO post a So
- 20 h0T
| week ago, and the forfeit is still at Terre
Haute-