The San Francisco call., 1907-02-10
MIKE RILEY MUST
COME INTO THE
OPEN SOON
By r. A. S11ytf1

unless Manager Mike Riley of Tono-
pan drops into town or drops, out of
the hight promoting game within the
next few days he will have lot of
people here in the funny-hou No
word has been received from the Ne
vada man for some time and there is a
growing feeling that he is preparing to
announce that he will be unable to car
ry out his end of the agreement. Ow-
ing to his tactics, some of the interest
in the fight has been killed
The men In this city who are inter-
ested in the fight have been unable to
learn whether Riley has returned to
Tonopah or is still in the Northwest.
The date of the fight is only five
weeks off, and an affair for the cham
pionship requires a lot of work to
whip 1t into shape. Britt is on the
anxious seat, but he is preparing to
leave for Nevada late in the coming
week. Cans has been wiring to Ben
Selig, his representative here, asking
him about reports that are being cir
culated in the East to the effect that
the fight was off. Selig assured him
that such was not the state of af-
fairs. and that the match would
surely take. place at the appointed
time.
The promoters of the Herman Young
Corhett fight are having their mana
gerial troubles Herman is to be
married to Miss Matilda Graft in Chi
cago on February "a, but the promoters
want him to be in Reno before that
date. Naturally he objects and there
must be some compromise II the fight
is to take place. Corbett is on the
ground well in advance of the date Sc
lected and he is making a pretense of
training. He will not, do much hard
work until Joe Cans appears on the
scene and takes him out on the road
for some time before those before
breakfast spins of eight or ten miles
There will be a suttering in the
pugilistic dovecotes early in March
when broad -shouldered Bill Squires
steps ashore from the Oceanic Com
pany's liner Ventura The Australian
champion shows no Inclination to pick
an opponent. so every heavyweight
from Jeffries to Mike Schreck will be
in line for match with the ambitious
challenger for the title. Squires' pic
lures show him to be of the Old time
type OF fighter, with bnlging muscles
and abnormally large shoulders. Judg-
ing from his record he can probably
walA through the second-raters among
the men in his class, but it is ques-
tion how near he can come to Jenries'
high standard.
take a chance with him, as he is sure
to draw bumper house upon his first
appearance in this country. All the
down and cutters will be willing to
take a chance, as they have it figured
TO nicety what the losers end will
be of any purse offered. OF the prom
Using men in the class Sam McVey. now
of Bakersfield. should not be over
looked. The big colored man has i'm
proved wonderfully during the past
two years and would be a good trial
horse to send against Squires
1t is. possible that Fitzsimmons.
Rubin, Gardner and other old-timers
will be proposed as opponents. Sam
Berger and AL Kaufman will also be
in line for chance to meet the Aus
tralian. Some of the Nevada promoters.
may make 1t worth while for Jeffries
to meet the visitor, in which case
Squires Will put his fortunes to the
severest test the first time out. AS
he will arrive IN this country five days
before the meeting of Britt and Cans
in Nevada he will probably go at once
to Tonopah. where he will undoubtedly
share interest with the boys of the
lightweight division.
OF one thing Squires will be as
sured--of a big purse-as it is evident
the promoters in all directions will be
eager to present him to the public in
this he will be kept busy, as the club
managers like to string with a winner
and they will turn over the entire
country in an effort to find suitable
opponents for him.
There will be a reorganization of the
four-round game in this city next
month, and when the dust clears away
it is expected there will be at least
two clubs among the missing. In the
first n1aPa If is the cards for the
Supervisors to give the control of the
game into the hands of the organiza-
tion which is made up of the presi-
dents of the various clubs Under the
present city ordinance the control of
what was by courtesy. called the anna
ateur boxing was in the hands of the
Pacific Athletic Association This
august body finding that the sport
does not lend itself to amateurs
dropped it from the list of sports over
which 1t claims jurisdiction-
No change has been made in the or
dinance to meet the new conditions
but such change will be made next
month and the governing power will
be vested in the new organisation. AS
outlined at present there will be bur
four clubs in the field instead of seven,
as at the present time. Instead of hav-
ing fights every week, there will be
but two a month and the club managers
think they will make more money in
the course of the year than they have
been doing in the past.
| Until recently no boxer who had
| taken part In long fight was matched
for the four-round affairs. Gradually
the clubs have been breaking this rule
until now the California Club has an
nounced Tim Callaghan as the princi-
pal in fight to take place next Fri
day night His opponent will be Young
Choynski. who has also been In fights
scheduled for twenty rounds
Mario Bollo, who is at the head of the
club. claims that his competitors
have violated. the rule and that to
compete with them he must likewise
get the men who will draw the crowd
to his show. Both boxers have posted
forfeits and are eager of the chance
to get on at such an exhibition. The
matter is under consideration, but as
Bolo is an administration man, 1T is
likely he will carry out his plans with
out interference from any one In au-
thority.
While no one of the promoters will
go on record as saying that there is no
longer menace in the antiboxing meas
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