The San Francisco call., 1908-10-10
Coffroth Plans Fight.
Election Day
Wants TO Match Papke and
Kelly, but Gleason Seems to
Have Corner on Them
By T. p. MagiIIiqan

If the plans of Jimmy Coffroth work
out right the calendar will have a new
fight date. Coffroth's plan is to stage a
fight on the afternoon af the national
election
He-believes it would be good idea to
stage a contest on the same day Bryan
and Taft are settling the little question
OF whether the peepur shall rule or
not.
To. Jimmy Coffroth and the fight fans
the burning question is whether the
fighters shall fight or not. and Coffroth
may may stage Hugo KellyBilly Papke
nght on that date.
Eddie Geiger. a Chicago newspaper
man. wired Coffroth yesterday that JEFF
Tries has made an offer for a Kelly
fers these star mittmen so and 10, which
probably means that he will hang up
90 per cent Of the gate receipts for the
fighters to battle for and offers Papke a
10 per cent bonus. Geiger is looking
after Coffroth's interests in Chicago
and Jimmy instructed him to see the
lighters and make them an offer. Cof-
froth has offered them the election day
date.
Gleason, however. has Papke signed
up to fight for him on Thanksgiving
day, and this viii likely prevent Cof-
froth from getting the Kelly Papke
match for election day Whether he
gets the kelly-P -Papke match for cleo
tion day or not, Coffroth will hold a
hght In his Mission street arena on that
date II he can get a suitable card. and
Coffroth usually gets what he wants.
PERMIT WITHOUT FIGHTERS
On the calendar Of Charles Lercari the first
nine days OF October 1905 should be marked
with deep black border, 1.-The season of lost
opportunity Charley has the October fight
permit tucked away in the archives Of the Pa
cifc athletic club, but far the fight permit
is of sparse value. fight permit without
fighters is awful thing to contemplate, but
ri a m in fha
face.
Charley has been trying to make matches all
rgnt, but the fighters seem to duck Lercari.
Probably when Lercari astounded the intel
lectual world by letting them in on the fact
that he had two rs in his name the fighters
came TO the conclusion that he too lofty
ana aspiring character for them TO hook up
with. At any rate the pugilists are fighting
shy of Lercari and 1t looks as though Charley
will have 10 chloroform shanghai Cockey
0Brien and All Wing If he wants match.
FAIL TO FIND HYLAND
A report circulated along the Rue de FIJI
more late last night that Dick Hyland was in
the city disguised Mr.. Hyde. If he Is he is
certainly carrying out the part and making
put the bloodhounds the scout. but up to an
early hour this morning Hyland could not be
found Probably when Dick heard that Lercari
was after him he ducked into some cyclone
cellar. At any rate the minutest search for
Hyland failed TO result in the slightest clew.
Lercari wants Hyland to meet Cyclone Johnny
to locate Hyland
The match maker of the Pacific club said last
night that he sent kilograms to Denver, New
York and New Jersey trying to locate Hyland,
but that he could not get a line Fighting
Dicks whereabouts. II he fails to locate Hy
land by noon today Lercarl Will cut the Mi
cawber stun out and wire for Johnny Frayne
to come at once He says that in such a
case he would pit Frayne against either Lew
Powell. Freddie Welsh or Cyclone Thompson and
bill the show at popular prices.
The news that Lercari will cease to walt for
things to turn up at high tomorrow un
doubtedly will please the local fight fans. 1t
will at least relieve the suspense. and that's
something.