The San Francisco call., 1908-10-09
LercariKeepSWreSHOt
TO Land Match
Promoter of Pacific Athletic
Club Still After Dick
Hyland
By T. p. MagiIIigan

AT last the ring has its Micawber. and
a notable one at that. too. for when
it comes 20 waiting for something to
turn up Charley LercarI has Dickens
bland character lashed to a mast Ler-
carl has been waiting for something
to turn up for the last fortnight and
so have the fight fans, but about the
only thing that has turned up regu-
larly for Charles is telegraph tolls.
and the way Charley is replenishing
the treasury of the telegraph COM
panies threatens to deplete his income
from the asparagus beds
Already Lercari has spent S1OS.oo
for telegraph tolls and every time he
sees a Western Union or Postal sign
he throws SpaSm.
And for all the money that he has
spent with the telegraph companies
Lercari is yet without a match. For
brief moment Charlie had visions
of landing a Papke-Kelly match When
he heard that Governor Davidson OF
Wisconsin had put the lid on the game
In that state Lercari got busy wiring
Sylvfe Ferrattf. For n brief space the
match maker had a pleasant vision OF
landing Kelly and Papke. But Charles
pipe went out when he was informed
that Papke is bound in a contract to
show for Jack Gleason on Thanksgiv- e.
that contract which prohibits Papke
from showing in or near San Francisco
until after he has fought Stanley
ketchel for Gleason's club.
With no possibility of landing Kelly
and Papke Lercari is in a rather sad
plight He as the October date all
right, but unless some fighters blind
fold him and force him to let them
carl will not be able to pull off show.
Lercari is still waiting for Dick Hy-
land to show up. He wants to match
him with Cyclone" Johnny Thompson.
Lercari doesn't know exactly where
Hyland is, but thinks he is either in
Denver or New York. Maybe Hyland
IS IN Oshkosh. Wis. but Lercari doesn't
If Hyland doesn't breeze into San
Francisco by Saturday Lercari Is
thinking OF staging a number OF minor
Lew Powel's declaration that Johnny Murphy
aroused the ire OF Ed Nolan Murphy's manager.
and last night Nolan declared that he would
matcn his man against Powell and cut the purse
''If Powell wants to fight Murphy we will
accommodate him." said Nolan. "and further
than that we viii make any kind OF a side bet
that Powell wants. Murphy fights Brock at
Los Angeles on the 10th OF this month and after
that fight Murphy will be willing to meet
Powell on the lstter's own terms
The match between Terry Mustaine and Jim
Barry. which scheduled for Los Angeles
October q. Is on. Last night Gregory Mitchell.
manager OF Mustaine. received a wire from Los
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sore and that he would be unable TO meet Mus
taine on the date for which the fight sched-
uled- The Los Angeles promoter offered to sub
stitute Battling johnson for Barry. but Mitchell
would not listen TO this and wired Jefries'
match maker a sarcastic message asking him
II he could dig up Paddy Slavin.
Mitchell tried to locate Lercari last night and
arrange match between Mustalne and Young
Peter Jackson After camping on LercarRs trail
for several hours Mitchell gave up the hunt.
but said he would give Lercari a chance to
match Mustaine with either Langford or Young
Peter Jackson
Business in the pawn brokers' line along the
Rue de Kearny must be dull these days. for
Able Attel declares that he wants TO fight
Battling Nelson. Able says he can beat Nelson.
or thinks he can To put IL In Artells own
words he says: II crazy to fight Nelson
The fight fans will take Atteu on that state
ment as Ii stands Able must be hard pushed
for bit OF notoriety when he talks about fight
Ing Nelson 25 rounds. The Battler likes long
route and very likely Attell knows this and Is
merely casting about for a bit OF free adver-
tising at the expense Of Nelson.
Attel also talks OF lighting Moran finish
battle. When Able had the opportunity to dgbt
Moran a finish battle he ducked the issue and
would not agree to a battle with the little
BritOn Of more than % rounds duration
Tommy Deakin. who acted as Moran's spar
ring partner when the latter training for
his fight with AtteTl. Is looking for a match and
the little Welshman says that be will tight any
boy on the coast between 12S and 133 pounds