The San Francisco call., 1908-10-20
Powell Murphy With
out a Referee
UnhoIz Insists Thompson Be
Properly Protected for
Fight
By T. p. MagiiIigan

although the referee for the Unholz-
Thompson fight has been selected in
the person of Jack Welsh, the Murphy
and Powell factions have not yet hit
on the man that will be the arbiter
of their mill
There was TO be a meeting last night
for this purpose, but the Powell in
terests did not show up. Match Maker
Lercari suggested several names. the
most prominent among them being
Billy Roche and Sol Levinson. Lercari
said that he understood that Ed Nolan,
manager for Murphy, had no objections
TO Roche, but he had not seen Powell
and did not know the latter's feelings
in the matter. The respective manag
ers OF Powell and Murphy will thresh
out the question of the referee at The
Hague tonight.
Thompson's manager and Unholz'
representative will also meet at the
same place this evening and will post
forfeits for weight and sign articles
of agreement.
Boer Unholz delivered himself of an
uetimatum after his days work at
Alameda yesterday, when he declared
that he would not only insist that
Thompson make the stipulated weight,
but that he wear a protection against
injury from a slight accidental low
blow when the pair hook up here the
latter part or the month.
When l fought the Cyclone in Og-
den, said Unholz, che wore no pro-
tector. and while the blow / struck
him was low 1T was not of sufficient
force, had he been properly protected.
to have inflicted any injury. When I
fight Thompson here he must wear
the proper sort of protection. / do
not want him to lay himself liable to
a foul. I was beating him to a pulp
the last time we met, when he man
1A1
doubtful decision over me. There shall
be. none of that this time, and I'm
going to beat Mr.. Thompson and con
vince San Francisco fight fans that I'm
not the joke they. TAX. me for"
Gregory Mitchell. manager of Terry Mustaine
has an offer from Sacramento to pit his tighter
against Theodore Van Buskirk. the Marysville
fighter, at Sacramento the goth of November
Mitchell is going ahead with the arrangements
and the chances that he will match his
manager is now awaiting the arrival of the
articles of agreement and when they arrive
if the terms are suitable. he win sign them
Morris Levy came down from his fruit farm
in Sonoma county yesterday. The former fight
promoter along the line for few breezy
moments and chatted in the same old way.
Odds of 10 to o were offered at Corbetts last
night on the chances of both Thompson and Muir
ply against Unholz and Powell. There is quite
a bit of Thompson and Murphy money at Cor
belts, but as yet UnholZ and Powell coin has
been slow in coming in.
New Yorkers will get chance to see Packey
Mcfarland against man of class tomorrow
night Packey is booked a cross arms with
Leach Cross at the Fairnount athletic club In
New York.
The men have agreed to do 133 pounds at 8
o'clock, and have weight forfeits posted In In
against a boxer whom they consider very
tough customer in New York: Leach is an
east side boy who has won his place In the
ring against the very best in the east.
Cross is of Hebraic extraction. and thrifty
and intelligent chap. When he is not plugging
opponents in the ring Cross is plugging molars
and incisors, he is dentist he usually
gets 81 900 for his bit for six round engage
ments, and sometimes as high as II 800 He
has good practice a dentist and the In
come from his ring engagements and profession
net him handsome sum each month.
AS tighter Cross has shown considerable
form, but it must be>owned that he has never
before in his career been asked to meet such
a tough and clever chap the Mcfarland boy.
Undoubtedly Packey thinks that he will have
little trouble with Cross, he would not have
taken him on.
Packey is still waiting for the lightning lin
the form of a match with Battling Nelson) to
strike him, and unless he was sure OF his
ground with Cross there is very little chance
that Packey would jeopardize his opportunity
gets ready to fight again.
Baron Long of the Jeffries athletic club
showed the right sort or disposition In 0eallnS
with strong headed boxers when he called the
Wolgast- Weeks match or last Sunday. Origf-
nally these boys were to have fought last Satur-
day, but after they weighed In the weather
became so disagreeable that the Vernon club
owners postponed the match for two days. Then
the fighters began to squabble over the weight
weight again, but the Wolgast person was
bull headed and would not do so. The lads bick-
cred deal about the pound Of flesh, when
Long advised them to make up their minds In
an hour The boxers couldn't make up their in
teIlects In the space allowed them by Long, and
when they told the Baron this he called the
match off.
If other promoters would take this ana
take the bit in. their teeth when fighters make
unusual demands it would tend much to i'm
prove the game.
Philadelphia Jack o'Brien and Sam Langford
have been matched by the promoters of the Ma
10 meet in n six round engagement In New York
on the night of October 30. Langford has been
in the public eye deal OF late, and the out
throughout the country. In o'Brien Langford
will meet about the cleverest ringman he has ever
been asked to oppose. For six rounds the con-
fessor should be able to go a merry clip. even
with such gruelling Langford is cred
tied with being. Should Langford capsize
O'Brien for the full count of 10 before the expi-
ration Of the six rounds. then he viii be in a
better position to make demands on some Of the
present boxers who are holding him of with the
color line argument.
Should O'Brien turn out q victor over Langford
it will make a pretty ring tangle. Since his
notorious confession O'Brien has been in very
bad odor with fight fans throughout the country.
He has pleaded. implored, begged and entreated
all the promoters TO give him another chance.
At one time O'Brien addressed numerous letters
to San Francisco promoters and there was even
talk of matching him here. but the public did
not take kindly to 0'Brien's return to the ring
and Jack has never been given chance out this
way since his notorious bout with Burns In Los
Angeles.
However, should o'Brien beat Langford he will
be In line for recognition. Black as is his ring
record, he is deserving of some credit in having
the hardihood to take on Langford, a man whom
all the other fighters in his class have lodged.
Although 0Rrien has set himself difficult task,
he has shown judgment in matching himself
with Langford, for a victory over the terrible
black will put Jack in a position to get
back In the game.