The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-27
GEORGE SILERS
FIGHT GOSSIP
Mayor Taylor Of Frisco Out
With an Ak for Fake Fight
erS and Promoters.
|GAME TO OPEN IN GOTHAM
WEEKS NOT IN ATTELL'S CLASS
IN RING GENERALSHiP.
game TO OPEN IN GOTHAM
BY GEORGE SILER.

Nnen Mayor idyDI NdS dppoiHttu
oy the citizens committee to serve as
mayor of San Francisco he announced
that any indication of a fake in con-
|nection with a boxing contest would
result in the suppression of the game.
'Trhe mayor, it appears. did distrust
the honesty Of the last Jimmy Britt
Battling Nelson battle before it took
place, and thought the Indifferent way
. in which the men went through the
forms of training pTecluded the posi-
bility of good condition when they en-
tered the ring. The men, ii will be re
membered, were away above weight
several days before July 3, the date the
articles stipulated the fight was 10 be
held. and his honor looked with sus-
piciOn on the event.
The fight, however, was postponed
and was honestly contested. The may
prs attitude, nevertheless, gave the
promoters a scare but they felt more
at ease after Jimmy and Battling I'm
shed their mill Matters pertaining TO
he game looked more rosy after that
battle. as the mayor, il seems was con-
Minced that il was contested on its
merits. AT any rate, nothing was
heard from his honor regarding the
Ftoppage of the game. but when the
unl>(isors for permits they were con-
<Onted with another snag.
The old board. il was loudly whis-
lered, was getting a rakeOff on all
lights, and as the new board intended
o conduct its business on straight
ines it hesitated about granting per-
nits. fearing the citizens committee
would haul the board members over
he Goals. This stand by the new
ar--
ghting arena in San Mateo county,
Monopoly OF the games, and natural
y compelled the Frisco prOmot-
rs TO get busy with their political
ulls.
Their pulls must have been strong
Alex Greggains has succeeded in
occurring a permit for next month.
lex. however, is like the muzZled man
18th square meal set before him-he
as it. but it is of no use TO him, at
EAST not at the present writing. as he
nds II difficult TO secure a match. He
ent his man Friday. Mark Shaugh-
essy, east to inveigle Packey McFar-
md into match with Jimmy Burns
George MemSic). and also wired Jack
urley TO talk shop TO the Chicagoan.
Another Chance In New York.
If the New York fighting clubs will
dhere TO the membership plan, as ad-
ised by the authorities. there viii be
Dme lively doings in the fistic line in
he old burg this coming winter Clubs
BRING up in New York City like mush-
Doms and directly they get a foothold
hey cater to the general public Then
he police swOop down on them. Last
ear they started business by staging
lree-round bouts and were not mo-
sted. They hunched the number of
funds TO four and then to six. and got
way with them. Not satisfied with
lat they rented Madison Square Gar
IN. pulled off a ten-rOund fight be-
seen Jimmy Britt and Terry McGOv-
n. and sold tickets to every man who
ad the price. That killed it. Now
hey will be given another chance,
I'D it is up 10 them TO live up to their
presentations.
The trio of English fighters. Johnny
lmmers, Owen Moran and Pat
Keefe, who recently arrived in this
luntry, have all been matched. sum
ers is slated 10 go twenty rounds
Bert Keys at New Haven. Conn.
. Nov. /. Moran will have a tilt with
Toole of Pittsburg. and O'Keefe has
gned 10 fight sailor Burke for
hich clubs are asked to bid Moran
I'D Summers have been seen in the
st, but O'Keefe is an unknown guam
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