The San Francisco call., 1908-03-21
Affeii Is Opponent
Sought by Moran
Battling Nelson's Training Work
at Ball Park Attracts a
Big CroDd
BY r. A. Sr1,ytf1

promoter Luke AariSCl mas prdc-
tically abandoned all hope OF matching
Owen Moran, the clever little English
feather weight boxer with Brooklyn
Tommy Sullivan, or with any one else
for the present. He received a wire
yesterday from Charley Harvey, who
represents Moran. in which he said At
tell was the man he wanted He added
that Moran would take on either Cans
or Unholz, but that he would not en-
tertain a match with Sullivan
1t is ridiculous for Moran TO be talk
ing Of fighting Ishtweights. and es-
pecially man like Cans, for whom the
promoters ind difficulty in securing
opponents in his own class. Moran
could not be expected to give away
weight TO man who outciasses him
in every department Of the game
Marisch seems to think he will land
the proposed fight between Cans and
Unholz- The press dispatches contain
the information that Cans will ex-
peet $4,000 as his share OF the receipts,
no matter what may be the outcome
of the fight. The match hardly war
rants this large amount for one Of the
principals, so Cans may be induced TO
accept more moderate terms Joe
Thomas, who represents Unholz here,
has advised him TO accept the match.
as he is big card here and can do
better than in any other part Of the
country at the present time
Owing to the central location Of his
quarters Battling Nelson is attracting
the largest crowds to witness his
training work His gymnasium at the
baseball park on Valencia street was
filled 10 its capacity yesterday, and
the Battler put in a hard days work
He has Eddie Madsen as one of his
sparring partners, and they put up
fast bout Nelson will do his work to-
morrow afternoon on the field at the
open to the public This viii insure
large crowd. as Nelson's boxing work
always interests spectators
Attell is training hard at Joe NIL
lett's place near Colma, as he recog-
nizes he must be in the best of condi-
ton and have all his speed to Offset
the rushes of the Dane.
Britt and Mcfarland, who do not
fight until the middle of April. are TAX
ing matters easily as they do not want
10 overdo their work Both will be al
IL in earnest next week and will keep
busy until the evening Of their meet
ing.
According to a. dispatch received here
yesterday, Billy Papke does not expect
10 be able 10 fight before May. While
he sends word that he expects TO meet
Stanley Ketchel. the intimation is given
that he has already signed with the
Milwaukee club. While the receipts
given out by the officials of the latter
organization indicate that the fighters
are being we'll paid for their services
in Wisconsin, it is believed here that
Be oxr-f1a a Tar7
II they are correct ii will be difficult
for the coast promoters TO secure Pap
Ike. who is the strongest card in the
middle west at the present time
Jack O'Keefe, who fought Britt twice.
will assist "Packy" Mcfarland in his
training for the coming fight. O'Keefe
won one of his fights with Britt on a
foul while the other was declared
draw. These two meetings should give
him a good idea OF Britt's style OF
milling and the information should be
of value to the Chicago lightweight
Al Kaufman's next fight will be at
Marysville Billy Delaney. his man
ager. signed him Thursday 10 fight
Terry Mustaine 20 rounds on some date
between April and 6. Eddie Smith
of Oakland represented the club in the
negotiations and will referee the fight
Kaufman has been doing considerable
outdoor work at Hopland and will do
his preliminary training there. If
Manager Delaney has his way he will
not go to the scene of the fight until
the last day. Mustaine has been con-
sidered good enough to be matched
with Jim Flynn, but they never met
in the ring. He beat George Gardner
In FIVE rounds. where il took Flynn
Is rounds to do the trick