The San Francisco call., 1909-12-02
COFFROTH AND
GLEASON JOIN
WITH RICHARD
Combine of Promoters Will Get
Jeffries=JOhnsOn Fight for
the Championship
Joker in Nevadan's Bid Leaves
Way Open to Hold Contest
in Local Arena

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-No decision
announcing the successful bidder for
the worlds Championship heavy weight
prize fight between James j. Jeffries,
retired and undefeated champion, and
Jack Johnson. negro title holder. was
made in New York tonight because the
promoters wished to avoid any possible
clash with the poliee authorities. The
decision viii be made known in Ho-
boken, \. j., at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
The bids were opened in the presence
of Jack Johnson and his manager,
George Little; Sam Berger. represent
ing Jim Jeffries. who was absent;
Thomas J. McCarey of Los Angeles. Ed
ward NJ. 6raney of San Francisco, John
J. Gleason of San Francisco, Tex Rick
New York sporting men.
Graney representing the Tuxedo
athletic club of San Francisco. made
bid involving three different PROPOSE
tions. In his first proposition Graney
offered so per cent of the gross re-
ceipts, with guarantee of $4,000, the
management TO have sole ownership of
the picture privileges: the second
was so per cent of the gross receipts,
with $4,000 guarantee and an offer
of $40, 900 for one third of the picture
proceeds, and the third. proposition
was 80 per cent of the gross receipts,
with no guarantee. Graney agreed, If
the offer was accepted, to build a pa
vilion seating $4,000 persons in or
within five miles of San Francisco.
Gleason and Coffroth
John ]. Gleason of San Francisco. in
combination with James w. Coffroth
submitted bid of s125,00O for a fight
on July at either the Colma athletic
club or Ocean View or San Francisco
reserving full rights to the picture
proceeds. Gleason agreed if the bid
was accepted Immediately to deposit
a check for $4,000. Gleason made a
second proposition offering a purse of
$4,000 and &c 2-3 per cent of the pic
ture receipts.
A third proposition by. Gleason pro-
vided an offer of 80 per cent of the
gross receipts and Sc 2-3 per cent of
the picture receipts. Coffroth agreed
to deposit $4,000 if the offer was ac-
cepted.
A cablegram was received from Hugh
Mcintosh of Australia offering s37,500
to each of the fighters for a contest
in this country; $4,000 to each fighter
for contest in either England or
France, and $4,000 to each fighter for
a contest in Australia. No check ac-
companied the offer. and McIntosh's bid
was not considered.
Richards Proposition
Tex Rickard of Ely, New, submitted
a bid in which he offered $4,000 in
cash and a check for $4,000 for a fight
on July in either Utah or Califor-
MIA, and cash purse of s101, 900 and
Sc 2-3 per cent of the receipts of the
moving pictures. If the bid was ac-
cepted Rickard agreed to deposit within
so days $4,000 and the remaining $50
600 4S hours before the fight.
Thomas J. McCarey of the Pacific
athletic club of Los Angeles offered the
receipts of the entire house and so
per cent of the moving picture re-
ceipts, or a purse of $4,000 in cash
and so per cent of the moving picture
receipts.
Three i'm Combine
Gossip in sporting circles tonight
picked as the winning bidders James
coffroth of the Colma athletic club.
San Francisco; Jack Gleason, the Cali
fornia baseball magnate, and Tex Rick
ard. the Nevada boomer, who apparent
ly have formed a triple alliance to get
the fight.
Coffroth is commonly credited with
a close alliance with the persons con-
trolling the two basic patents of the
moving picture machine. Gleason is
known as close personal friend of
Sam Berger, manager for Jeffries.
Thus the talk among sporting men is
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