The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
COFFROTH ON WAY
WITH BIG RING
ATTRACTIONS
Lands Abe AffeH and Jem DriS-
coll for the Afternoon of
Thanksgiving Day
By James w. CofrOfh
Especial Dispatch to The CALI

lOPeCidt DlSPdtCH 10 nc NoiiJ
CHICAGO, April III will leave for
dear old San Francisco tomorrow, well
satisfied with my trip east and with
brighter prospects than the Sunshine
club at Colma has known since 1t first
saw the light of day. In my pockets
1 have the signed contracts of Kelly
and Papke for May 10, Nelson and
Hyland for May 20, Nelson and McFar-
land for July 5, Coulon and Monte At
tell for June IL and Ketchel and John-
son for October II.
To complete the program which l
outlined | was lucky enough 70 land
Abe Attell and Jem Driscoll for my
arena on Thanksgiving day rms trick
was turned with the aid of my good
friend, Charley Harvey, who managed
to induce Attell to agree to this match.
Now my calendar is full. l would have
made few more matches, but | dld
not have the available holiday dates.
At all events the entire east is taking
notice of Colma right now.
There is great interest here in all
the matches. There are many Of the
easterners who concede Hyland a
splendid chance to beat Nelson when
they hook up. Everybody tells me
that this is a great match and am
more than satisfied that 1 have 1T on
The forfeits of Kelly. Coulon and
Nelson for Hyland have been duly
posted. The forfeits of Nelson and Nc
Farland for the July match will be
transferred to San Francisco immedi-
ately, so there need be no worrying on
that score. Jack Welsh has been named
stake holder, and the amount is $4,000
for each man. It's the real money. too.
In the event that Hyland beats Nell
son, Mcfarland is to have his choice
at the winner, and it is only natural
have made this provision for the good
of the game. Nobody can ever tell
what is going to happen in a prize
ring, though Nelson Will undoubtedly
rule 10 to shot over the California
boy.
The $4,000 forfeits which Johnson
and Ketchel agreed upon have also
been posted and there is no question
but that this match is clinched. john
son is going abroad to fulfill music hall
dates, but he will be back on the job
in time to show himself all over the
country. and also to get in the best
of condition for the middle weight
champion.
with this bunch of matches under
my wing l believe that 1 will be well
able to entertain the fight fans Of San
Francisco as they want to be enter
tanned. / did not expect to secure At
tell and Driscoll at first but Harvey
turned this trick for me-, and / con-
slider myself in luck. This should be
a great event to top off the year with.
Besides my fights l have decided to
get into the Marathon game. and /
Will stage championship IidtCH uui-
ing the last week of the Portola fes-
tival. / have not decided yet on my
men, but | will get the best In the
business. The Marathon champions
keep changing from month 10 month,
so | will wait till the proper time be-
fore completing the details for this
event
Coffroth Going Some
Judging from the foregoing story
coffroth is evidently batting in his old
time form. There is no question but
that he took the east by storm and
also kidnapped the best boxers to be had
on the other side of the Rockies. He
is seemingly in class by himself In
the match making game, and If there
is anything left for the others nobody
The Driscoli- -Attell affair certainly
figures to top off a years great pugi-
listic entertainment. This Is one that
Coffroth did not dream of, but things
evidently broke right for him at the
last minute. and he speared the prize.
The terms for this match have. not been
agreed upon as vet but there is plenty