The San Francisco call., 1908-11-24

As preliminary 70 the PSpke,
ketchel ESat Jack Gleason WAlI n9tI
court this mofning, navins IS ms op-
ponents James ". t'OIrotR. i. F. Jones
and j. r. UConnor. Gleason desires
to appear as knocker oIt, and ne
! aims at knocking out the uSAt Wnlcn
Cofroth has scheduled for MS Mission
street arena on the afternoon OF
Thanksgiving day
will appear as seconds cor CoIrOtn-
Jones and 0'G0lnor, while Charles =
Peary will adgisa Gleason ana direct
him in the Use Of short arm jolts ana
cross counters. Tie match is TO be Reid
under the Marquis OF Blackstone rules
and Judge SeawsiI VIII act as referee:
All fight fans Will 6e admitted free or
charge. Commissioner Tom Corhett has
posted odds on the outcome OF tae
legal battle. and said ne had $9,eVV 20
bet at odds of TO tAat Gleason
Some time back The Call stated that
Gleason contemplated legai action 70
restrain Papke and t<etchel from hgnt-
ing for CoRroth. Yesterday morning
Gleason made good his threat whea ne
appeared before the superior court ana
filed suit against ComT0th, the two
fighters and their managers.
ASKS FOR INJUNCTION
Gleason alleged that the Occidental
of his aliases, would sustain loss OF
$4,000 if the fight was held at the
Mission street arena. and prayed the
court for an Injunction Dendente lite.
or any other kind that was HANDY. re-
straining Papke and ketchel from
| lighting. Coffroth from advertising the
exhibition and the other defendants
from aiding and abetting the contest
Judge Seawel first signed an order
directing all the defendants to appear
in his court at o'clock "Wednesday
afternoon and show cause Why the in
junction asked for should not be IS
sued Later. on the showing made By
COffroth's attorney. Frank J. Burke. the
judge set the hearing for 10 O'Clock this
morning.
Among other things alleged in the
Gleason complaint is that Conroth in
/ duced Papke and ketchel TO repudiate
and disayow their agreements to fight
( before the Occidental club at the Coli
scum on Thanksgiving eve. Gleason
/ still wants this match for his club, and
/ said last night that he would haye the
| Coliseum open and ready to hold the
/ fight Is he originally intended.
! In the meantime the fight fans will
watch the legal battle. not that they
care much about the outcome. but they
do want to see the Papke and ketehel
! fight.
ANY CLUB SUITS JONES
! AS a matter OF fact the ordinary
| fight fan who pays his money 10 see
/ light does not care who handles the
/ battle. and he would just as soon see
I Luke McGluke or Ike Spibbins pull Off
I :
legal matter in any way prevents the
I Papte- e-Ketchel fight from coming off
/ there will be a very sore fight public
i to reckon with. and the promoters who
now have the game in hand Will reap
I the wrath that is to come IL the fol-
lowers of the fight game are cheated
! out of a chance to see this mill through
/ the chickering's OF fight promoters.
Jones, who is managing Papke. says
| he VIII have his men weigh in for
] Gleason. appear for Gleason and fight
I tl7lo To- ror1 rr,A ~
/ 0Connor 20 do the same. O'Connor
says ne Is going 10 have Ketchel fight
fer Conreth John Clark. who held the
original forfeits for the Papke- etchel
! fight. which Gleason scheduled, says
/ he will DO what is right.
So far as the legal phase OF the fight
| hang. What they want to see is the
Papke- Ketchel battle. The fist fight
| is the thing with them. but for all shat
this court business. petty jealousy stun
and camarilla tactics viii do the fight
game no particular good.
Conroth seems certain that the court
| will issue no restraining Injunction
gainst him this morning. and is going
| right ahead selling tickets for the SHOW
that he proposes to pull off at his Mis-
sion street arena on Thursday after
\ noon
| ladies DAY AT KETCHEL'S
Yesterday was ladies' day at Ketch-
els camp, and the Michigander went
/ through his routine stunt for the
benefit of the fair sex and 'brows" who
turned out to see him work. He boxed
with Mcclure and Mayer and showed
his usual speed. He Will chop out the
strenuous work today as he Is already
within O weight that Will give him no
trouble to reach the required / So pounds
at weighingin time.
Paplxe cut out the boxing at San
I Rafael yesterday and devoted himself
/ to formal gymnasium exercise. Billy
will do very little work today and will
| Francisco, where he will put up at the
Fairmont hotel until he is ready to
enter the ring.
Betting on the big fight remained
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