The San Francisco call., 1908-10-06
Bat Nelson Willing to
Fight Mcfarland
Manager Wills Britt Wires
ThGf New Years Day Will
Suit TIE Champion
By T. p. MagiIIigan

'---tf' ---A 9tSitIQdA IN WIllCn the
boy manager assured the promoter
that Nelson is willing to fight Packey
Mcfarland for him either on the after
uoon of Thanksgiving day or on the
afternoon Of New Years day. Britts
only stipulation in the word he sent
Conroth was that he would prefer the
New Years date. as it would give Mel
son better chance at some Of the fat
theatrical plums that the managers of
the showhOuses are pelting him with
" Ills reports Nelson as doing rec
ord business wherever he is showing
and declares. that, even old hand at
passing the salve as he is, he is sur
prised 10 see the popularity Nelson has
with the public.
Johnny Murphy. the Popular local
lightweight viii test his mettle against
Ialriy worthy opponent at Los An
geles tonight when he VIII hook up in
25 round engagement with Maurice
savers Of Milwaukee at Jefries Yer
non athletic club.
savers Is not very well known to
the coast fight followers, but around
me middle west, particularly Mil
waukee, he is held In deal Of esteem
10y the fight fans.
The Milwaukee boxer is an exppri-
enced ringman and has fought some
notable lighters IN his day. For the last
TWO years Savers has been in a sort of
eclipse. His last fight of any conse-
quence was with Packey Mcfarland in
May. 1907. The stockyards lad got
decision over Savers in a bout that
went 10 rounds before the Milwaukee
athletic CLUB.
Sayers is a rugged sort of fighter,
anu while he was never in the hunt
for the championship. he has always
been considered a high class second
rater- Should Murphy beat Sayers de-
cisively il will help restore TO him
some OF the prestige he lost through
his defeat at the hands Of Freddie
Welsh, the English champion.
Ed Nolan. Murphy's manager, is not
I'm Los Angeles with his fighter and
has made arrangements with Milt
Merthner 10 handle the San Francisco
boy In his fght with SayerS. Eugene
Van Court, the former boxing in
structOr Of the Olympic club, win be
Murphy's chief second.
40 OCTOBER MATCH
Charley Lercari is still up in the air
for a suitable match for his Pacific
athletic club this month, and as the
DAYS TY past Luke Marisch's succes ssor
is learning that being managing editor
Tor fight club and matching high
class lighters is not as easy as selling
rutGbagas 10 greengrOcers.
Fl have wired Jim Flynn three times
10 Try 10 get him to come on and
nsbt sam Langford, the Boston blsck .
said Lercari last night. Flynn is sup
posed 20 be in Pueblo. Colo, but L have
received no answer from him. Prob
auly when the lighting fireman heard
that his opponent was TO be no less
HcrEUpGr OF tame imam TINS Lang
ford boy ne ducked into coal chute
and pulled the chute in after him"
according 10 Lercari, Langford is be-
ginning 20 prize himself as highly as
that Langford has asked him for a
mere $1,000 and two round trip tickets
as guarantee Of good faith.
> For man who has been getting the
sort OF purses that he has been in the
habit Of lighting for, LangfOrd Is GER
tainly making a deep stab at Lercari, s
bank roll Around Boston, Philadelphia
and New York Langford was taking
chances with real good, big heavy
. weights for small purses, and il is very
doubtful II black sam needed a moving
van TO pack away his end of abe
purses he got in Los Angeles.
The latter day purses that pugiiiHts
have been receiving seem TO have
whette0 the appetites of the ringme n,
and like Nespssian, all the modern day
puEs seem 10 think that the smell OF
all money IS sweet.
Failing to land a suitable main event
match. Lercari says he viii stage a
show between mediocre fighters at pop
ular prices. and he has his eye on Sam
Nelson and Kid Harrison. the pair who
put up such rafting go as the semi
windup 10 the Hanlon- Moran match.
should the ham and eggs" fighters also
try 10 do the highwayman act with
Lercari he says he viii pass the Oc-
tober date up altogether.
THOMAS GETS FIGHT
N ora EDIAES LIDln AAdklEE A4dlNCS
that he intends 10 keep both Thomas
and Owen Moran busy. The New Yorker
has already booked Thomas to fight
sailor Burke six rounds before the New
National athletic club of New York
october 25. Burke is very well thought
Of by all the eastern night promoters,
and II Thomas can get away with him,
he may get chance 10 meet some OF
the heevies in limited round bouts IN
one OF the far eastern cities.
Harvey has also secured an engage
IL
Britisher viii fight Harlem Tom Muir
phy-in New York the latter part of this
month. Moran was offered his choice
Of Murphy. Mcfarland or Leach Cross
and he snapped UP the chance to meet
Murphy The Harlem goat is very
popular with New York fight goers and
in a six round bout he should draw well
with Moran. The New Yorker knows
unless Moran Is in better fettle than
he was in his meeting with Hanlon,
Murphy may put one over on the little
Engltshnan.
MUsTAIN AND BARRY
Gregory Mitchell, manager for Terry
Mustain. the Nevada heavy weight
matched his man yesterday 10 meet Jim
Barry, the Chicago heavy weight, in
Los Angeles on October 27
The men are to fight 25 rounds before
Jenries' Vernon athletic club, and the
winner viii be matched TO meet some
good heavy next month. Mitchell
fight with Barry and in his wire OF
acceptance requested Baron Long. JEFF
fries good man Friday, 10 hasten two
round trip tickets this way.
HARVEY GETS DRISCOLL
ANY time an English gent" with a
pugilistie bump feels called upon to re-
veuge the downfall Of numerous of his
cOuntrymen at the hands Of American
puEs, Charley Harvey is on the job and
signs up that tighter before he gets the
chalk marks of Dover of his heels. The
last English tighter of note to join the
New York colony OF bruisers is Jem
Driscoll and already Harvey has hooked
him and viii be his guide, friend and
manager for all fights that Driscoli will
engage in during his stay In this coun-
try
Those who have seen Driscoll fight in
England declare that he is the best boy
produced in that country since the
painlv days of Pedlar Palmer and Billy
PlimIher He is said 10 be an exceed
ingly clever boy with a punch, and the
colony Of English fight followers tn San
francisco who read the pink un"
regularly declare that he is a better
hor than owen Moran.
failing TO get Attells scalp with
aTan the chances are that Harvey
rIu groom Driscoll for the gentle task
Of removing Abe's pugflistic hair
Moran Is having one of his friends in