The San Francisco call., 1906-04-17
ANOTHER BREAK
IN FIGHT TRUST
Graney and Levy Get Busy
and Sign Up Berger and
O'Brien to Go Next Month
CIVIL ROW MAY FOLLOW
Coffroth and Britt Propose
to Break Into the Game
by Making a Match Also
CIVIL ROW MAY FOLLOW
Sam Rerger and jack o.Rrien axe to

Sam Berger and Jack O'Brien are to
fight in San Francisco during May.
This was decided on by Eddie Graney
and Morris Levy at meeting held by
them last night at the office of the
fight trust This was supposed to be
a session of the trust, but Graney and
Levy say they don't know whether it
was or not If 1t was. all right. they
say; If it wasn't the trust is busted
and they will go ahead and pull off
the match of the heavies any way.
The studied absence of Coffroth and
Britt may have offended them, but they
didn't show it, They say they will
fight Cofrroth and Britt in the courts
and before the Supervisors if these two
latter still say that in them the trust
has being. II Coffroth and Britt are
willing TO be good. however, they will
be declared in and the trust will still
be an institution.
An effort will be made to get Me-
chanics' Pavilion for the fight. If this
fails there is still Noodward's and the
open air. May 80 will probably be the
date. There would be rare pickings
from moving pictures of a fight held in
the daytime in the open. San Mateo is
not looked on possibility.
The meeting at which President
Graney and Secretary Levy decided on
the fight lasted about three minutes.
There was no long walt for Coffroth or
Britt. The only other person present
besides the newspaper men was Jack
Cribbens, O'Brien's manager. He said
O'Brien would start for the coast as
soon as he knew the match had been
definitely arranged. He is now in Phil
adelphia. Questions put to Levy drew
out the following statement:
THE trust is busted if 1t is decided
that Graney and l could not. as presi-
dent and secretary, arrange this match.
We constituted a quorum, l hold The
bylaws say the president and one
member shall be a quorum. Coffroth
and Britt don't know the bylaws. They
are locked in a safety, deposit box.
The May date belongs to the Hayes
Valley Club. They will find that IN the
resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
If we can't go ahead under that grant
of privilege for the Hayes Valley, we
will have a special resolution passed
giving Graney and me the May date.
and ne and 1 will pull this thing off by
ourselves. If Coffroth and Britt want
to indorse our action tonight they are
in. 1 wouldn't do anything dishonest
toward them.
IF we have to get a special permit
for May, the present resolution under
which the twelve permits were granted
will have to be reScinded, and that, of
course, skaters the trust and leaves
everything where 1t was before we en-
tered. into the agreement.
There was $500 charged for Me-
chanics' Pavilion for the March fight,
which didn't take place. There has to
be some return for that. There are
OF er places besides the Pavilion,
though. if we fail to secure the use of
that. 1 have Woodward's and there is
the open air. An outdoor fight on May
80 would draw all right
Sam Berger told me he is willing TO
fight o Brien if the match could be
made. He will begin training at once.
The fighters Will get 60 per cent
Coffroth was just putting away the
skates for the night when seen at Me-
chanics' Pavilion. He said he had heard
that Graney and Levy had declared two
a quorum and made a match, but
hadn't had time to verify it. He con-
tinued:
If two are quorum, as Graney and
Levy say. then the only sensible thing
for Britt and L TO do is 10 hold a meet
ing ourselves and match two of the
best men available for May. Well meet
in the Louvre at o'clock this morn
ing. and after a dozen pilseners will
proceed to business We can all hold
meetings and match people.
The only sensible thing to do is Just
what 1 have suggested: Put all the
eight remaining dates in a hat, and
each faction draw four of them Levy
is willing to do this. but Graney is
not