The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
.GANS-bRITT HOT-AIR
IS Still GOING
Most of the Fighting Is Now
Being Done on Paper by
Nut Artists.
TALK OF ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLAR F0RFEITS
Baker Is in Philadelphia and
Wili Take on All in
His Class.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
SAN FRANCISCO. March after
much delay, Mike Riley of Tono pah un-
eorked message TO Ben Sehg which an
nounced that the GaDsBrt match was
not dcRd-just sleeping Not being able
to match Bill Squlres and o 'Bricn for d
heavy purse aS d preliminary, Riley
agreed to postpone the main event until
April TO- at which time be believes he
will be able to arrange his preliminary
1T was so nice of Riley to take this ac
tion without first whispering a few
words of comfort to Sclig and Coffroth
whom he had throwp down unccremo-
nlously, and then insulted with bonn
baStIc message.
AS soon as Riley broke his silence
there was a hasty conference between
the local managers Riley s telegram
made no ten-strikc, There was lack
Of business flavor TO it. and to avoid
an open rupture, Selig and Coffrotb de-
cided TO put the case 10 Mike about
this fashion: "Now, we know YOU are
a business man pure and simple, and
we love you for it Yes we do, though
the papers say 10 the contrary. Be
lieve us, we don { want to lose you;
but If YOU think you ought TO postpone
the Britt Cans fight until April 10, Just
put up $4,000 forfeit and everything
will be all right, To show you that we
are rare sports We Will each post $500
that we arc on the dead level Believe
us. we would not hurt your feelings for
anything IN the world, but it would look
better IN the ewes Of the great sport
ing world if YOU displayed some sub
stantial evidences of good faith, If IN
side of ten days you put up Il $4,000 for
felt. we will be happy and satisfied, but
should you over look this little matter
our duty to our distinguished clients
will impel us TO look elsewhere for a
battle-ground. Trusting that the world
will resume its natural velocity around
the sun after we have come TO an un-
derstanding, we remain, etc, etc
Jimmy britt is IN anything but an
match has taken. Already he has spent
several hundred dollars in his prcllm-
mary training He has been putting
up at places like Byron Springs and at
Shannon s, and paying the expenses of
trainers. and now the best he gets - a
postponement. Jimmy is not the sort
Of chap that Riley can hand, 'Oh, II
will bo all right This line Of talk
has been slipped him too many times in
the past. and he won stand IT any
more.
When Riley received the last message
of Coffroth and SeGg he went up in the
mir and wired back for Coffroth and Sc
lig to post 100000 and he would do the
same. This satisfied Coifroth and Selig
that there was nothing doing for
match at Riley s club in Tonopah.
The idea of barring fighters from the
ring who have been defeated three
times is taking quite a hold in some
fighting quarters Frisco promoters
think il is a good idea and will put it
into effect shortly. This will stop fake
bouts if the managers will stick 10 the
rule, Harry Baker, the California
featberweight is in Philadelphia and
will engage IN several siX-round bouts
there