The San Francisco call., 1909-09-14
w Olgast and
Frayne Likely
To Be Matched
Coffroth Is Negotiating to Bring
Light Weights Together
During October

In now seems certain that the Jack
Johnson Stanley Ketchel championship
fight. which Promoter Jim Coffroth
had booked for October u, Discovery
day. will be showed aside, and in its
place the Sunshine club promoter will
put on Johnny Frayne, the local lad
whose recent work in the ring has
earned him a right TO fight Battling
Nelson. and Ad Wolgast, the Mil
waukee boxer. who is also one of
the stellar lights in the lightweight
division
Coffroth has become disgusted at
Brirt's tactics and he says that he will
not allow Britt TO stall him along like
ngures that October II is an ideal
fight date and he does not care to
have it go by default on account of
Ketchel not appearing on that date
C0fTrofh immediately got into COM
munication with Heine Rafael, who is
managing Frayne, and with Wolgast
Earfv in the day there was hitcn
in regard TO weight. Frayne held out
FOR l33 pounds two hours before the
tight, while Tom Jones, who is nanag-
ing Wolgast and who is now located
in Grand Rapids, Mich, wanted i5S
pounds ringside. During the evening
Coffroth wired Jones about the weight
matter and the latter conceded the
point. but upon doing so he wanted
10 make the promoter pay for the
concession. The financial end is the
only point vet to be settled, and COZ
froth has hopes of arranging this
matter to the satisfaction OF All.
other details have not been brought
up. but ConrOth would undoubtedly
like the affair to be over the Mara
thon route, 45 rounds
In the event that Wolgast wants :
shorter fight Coffroth insists that the
battle shall not be less than % rounds;
The battle figures to be q good
match Both men stand out as logical
opponents of Battling Nelson, and the
winner of this fight would certainly
be entitled TO a chance 10 battle 1or
the lightweight crown,
october u was the date which Cof-
frOth had set for the Johnson-ketcnei
match, but since ketchel tied. UP with
the New York promoters TO fight sam
Britt has come 10 the realization that
ketcheI can not fight September Ia
Johnson on October i. Britt has
asked Coffroth TO have the date with
Johnson postponed until October 25,
but the colored champion says he VIII
g5 Johnson is back from San Jose.
where he filled q short theatrical en-
gagenent. He wants 10 tackle
hetchel. and declares he Will hook
down ketchel's forfeit money IL ne
does not fill his date.
Coffroth intends to keep busy dur
ing the Portola festival, and If he
can round up the boxers he has in
view he says he viii supply the fans
with some high class attractions
He had word from Packey McFar-
land through his new manager, Doc
Crone The stockyards fighter asks
for a date during October and says
he will come out and fight either Lew
Powell or Dick Hyland. Coffroth saw
Powell and he said he was willing TO
take on Mcfarland at 1913 pounds five
hours before the fight Coffroth wired
back that he would pit Mcfarland
AGAINST Powell If he could make the
weight
However. Coffroth is not taking Nc
Trariand very seriously. as he has run
ont so often and jumped so many
matches that the promoter has been
taught TO look upon him with GER
tain amount of suspicion. Powell and
Mcfarland would make. very good
match.