The Washington times., 1906-02-04
OudrreLS of Promoters
Endanger Frisco Bouts
COffrOth Feels He Must Share Profits With
Too Many-No February Match Yet
Britt Refuses tianIOn
By W. ". EAUGHTON.

/ SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. S.-Can it be
/ that the pugilists at large are lighting
! shy OF San Francisco's new boxing
| trust?
! Perish the thought" said Edmund
| NJ. Grauey, who is now both promoter
/ and a referee. but the fact remains that
while We are now at the fag end Of the
I first week in February no match has
yet been arranged for the shortest
month in the year
Worse than that, some OF the mem
bers OF the matchmaking band are
acting as though the scarcity of attrac-
| tions concerns them DuJ little. Morris
Levy is in Los Angeles. where. accord
! ing 10 the best information. he is try
! ing to gain a fOothOId as A handler OF
ring events and Jimmy Conroth is TAX
! ing things easy for a few days at By
/ ron Hot Springs.
/ The strange thing about ConrOth' 5
/ fitting is that he packed his suit case
and boarded the train the day il was
definitely announced that Jimmy Britt
| had declined to box Eddie Hanlon. As
this was the match the trust had In
view for February. and as Coffroth
made no suggestions about a substitute
card before he went away his actions
/ have naturally excited comment
Too Many in Divvy.
I one OF the rumors in circulation is
/ that all is not we'll in the fight trust
that the new guild is a house divided
against itself and that il cannot stand
/ 1t is whispered that Coffroth is not
/ satisfied. According 10 report he feels
/ that there are too many shareholders
| in the Associated Athletic Club
The fact that he is regarded IS the
dig chief Of the trust is small solace 10
Jimmy when he is expected 10 share and
share alike with men who are green 10
the promoting business. It is believed
that he wiz withdraw from the combine
and devote his attenrfon to running 4
le -than skating rink in Mechanics
Pavilion and handling championship
pugliistc events IN daylight on the
green sward at Colma.
II these are Coffroth's Intentions he
hasn't declared himself yet. The one
thing certain is that he has so far
displayed a notable lack OF interest in
the fortunes OF the fight trust
Levy, according to his OWE statement,
has no intention or locating permanently
at Los Angeles. He simply wants 10
South and viii return here to watch
his interests when he has arranged mat
teTs 10 his liking. Meanwhile with both
Levy and Conroth absent the ship is
drifting. drifting.
Jimmy Britt didn't declare himself in
regard TO the profered match with
Eddie Hanlon until a few days ago.
Then he gave several reasons for refus-
ing IT. To begin with. the affair dida't
promise well from q financial standpoint,
according TO Britt. Again. he felt there
was a rest coming 10 him after HIS whirl
around the footlight belt and he
wouldn't box IN February anyhow.
Thirdly. if not lastly, ne had about made
up his mind TO participate in only one
or two matches before retiring and ne
intended that they should be on a par
with his SEPTEMBER afternoon go with
Battling Nelson.
Eddie HanIon was stung 10 the quick
a being turned down. As a rule he
takes matters philosophically. bat this
time he injected considerable warmth
into his remarks.
Il know all about It" said Eddie. IF
they had offered him a go with Young
Corbett or Willie Fitzgerald he might
nave D0EttAbl ms 4llOGA-E4ttut-fl res <.
He SAYS there isn't enough money in
sight. Well. III box him winner take all
and he can count on a side bet Of any
amount up 10 $1,000
All of which. while it may have an
irritating effect upon one James Edward.
viii not avail Hanlon 10 any extent.
Britt is a hard man to switch once he
had made up his mind and If, by any
chance, he should be cajoled into fight
ing in February. IL is safe TO wager that
Hanlon viii not be his opponent.
The suspicion exists that Jimmy does
not take kindly 10 the fight trust, or, at
any rate, to that feature OF IL which
fixed 80 per cent as the maximum per-
centage for glove contests. the old or
der of things when clubs We're bidding
furiouSly against each other suited jim
my best Some people think his reluc-
t2nce in signing just now is part of a
scheme he has formulated for knocking
the % per cent rule galley west. This.
OF course, is only surmise. Britts actions
in the future viii make clear whether he
purposes becoming Jimmy, the trust
breaker.
Billy Roche who has Jim Coffroth's
power OF attorney in the matchmaking