The San Francisco call., 1909-09-11
Many Fighters
: Anxious to Get
On Next Month
Mcfarland, O'Brien and VOL
gasf Wire COfrOfh Asking
for POrfOia Date
BY WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

Now that he has tried the 10 round,
no decision game, and found it want
ing. Promoter Jim Coffroth is turning
his attention to the old % and 45
round propositions again. Last night
he was fairly swamped with kilograms
irom fighters of many classes and
weights, asking for chances here dur
ing Portola week. Included in the
list were the never to be denied Jack
OBrien. Packey Mcfarland. Ad VOL
Sast and All Kaufman. Coffroth prob
ably will single out a pair of them
Wlthln the next few days. 1t all de-
oSitioil
The Mission street promoter got
wire from Willis Britt last night re-
from October II to October %, which
viii mark the windup of the Portola
festival. Britt explains that his man
train for Johnson. Coffroth is only
too willing to postpone this one. pro-
vided that Johnson is agreeable, and
he thinks that big Jack will not have
any objection to offer.
Coffroth is looking with much favor
upon a match between Wolgast and
either Lew Powell, Johnny Frayne or
Paekey Mcfarland for October IL He
long route so as to insure a knock
out and then if possible put the win
llci on with Bathing nelson Oh
Tha nksgiving afternoon for the light
weight championship of the world.
Wolgast expresses his Willingness to
hight ht any of them at 1Sa pounds.
opponent for the sturdy little German
from Milwaukee. Mcfarland says that
he is after a fight with any of the
lightweights. but il looks like a fore
gone conclusion that he will not and
can not do the lightweight limit. This
will let him out without further cere-
mony. as. none of the local boys or
WolgaSt is after welter weights.
Frayne apparently wants to go right
after Nelson's lightweight title before
tackling. any of the others: He be-
TO wrest the crown from the Durable
Dane, though his friends have been
advising him to take on Wolgast.
lights before issuing any challenge TO
Nelson.
Philadelphia Jack oBrien. with his
right on the job, with the request that
Coffroth match him against Al Kauf-
man for 20 rounds on October. II.
OBrien suggests that any terms which
will go for him. He IS in Chicago
now. eagerly awaiting Coffroth's de-
cision in the matter.
Morris Levy, in behalf of Kaufman.
sounded Coffroth out on this score last
night and intimated that he would
be only too glad to make this match.
to the promoter After the poor show
Ing which the big blacksmith made
with Johnson, Coffroth can not figure
Kaufman as a drawing card here for
some time at least.
The greatly improved form which
Johnson displayed in his 10 round go
with Kaufman on Thursday afternoon
and the slow. disappointing fight which
big AL made. were the leading topics
of conversation all along the line yes
terday. Most of them agreed that
at the finish. but they give him very
little credit for staying
Kaufman shows very little effects OF
the beating he received. Outside OF
teeth, he appears to be good and sound.
He was out and stirring yesterday
and he expressed himself as being anx-
iouS to get another chance at john
son over the 40 round course. Al as
much as admits that he made a mis-
take in signing UP for 10 rounds.
Johnson opened up theatrical en-
gagement in San Jose yesterday, which
will hold over until tomorrow. From
the Garden City the black champion
goes to Fresno. He has many of these
small stunts on his date book and he
can keep busy in various parts or
the state for the next three or four
weeks if he chooses. The chances are
that he will accept most of them, Tor
fight line in the meantime.
Before departing for San Jose, John-
son said that he would be back here
in plenty of time to start training
for his bout with Ketchel. which. by
the way, is but little more than month
off. Many of the fans are still of
the opinion that this much talked of
battle never will be fought.