The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
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II Coliseum Friday Promise
Lively Milling

The Mission club win put on lively
s.-raps Friday night at the Coliseum
when q double header card, in which
Johnny Frayne. who is in line for a
fight with Battling Nelson, meets Dick
Hyland. the popular Grass Valley lad
and Monte AttelI viii battle with Percy
Cove, the freak of the prize ring
There is more than passing interest
both matches. Cove has the fans
euessing. They are wondering how a
man Of his stature can fight Nearly
sis feet tall and weighing 115 pounds
and battling for championship honors
IS the task which Cove is undertaking.
He is not entering the ring unknown.
1rhe whisk Of fighter has fought
tmsnv Of the best men at his weight.
End he has good record. Cove's best
srformance was against Tommy
roole. who outweighed him many
FUNDS. The tight went six rounds and
,ve is credited with having the better
the battle
A few days ago Match Maker Hester
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inquired Of him how much he weighed.
lie confessed 10 tipping the scales at
lis pounds, three pounds over the limit
at which he is TO box Attell Hester
inquired of him how he expected to
make the weight and Cove drew a
laugh from the crowd which was pres
ent when he dug his nails into his
skin and tried TO show where he ex-
pected TO get of the excess baggage.
Hyland and Frayne are within strik-
ing distance of the weight. The lat
ter is within three pounds of the notch,
and is not stinting himself of food to
reach The mark. Hyland is a legiti-
mate lightweight who can always
reach the mark.
II looks as If the betting on the lIy
Iand-Frayne bout viii be spirited.
Both Of the lads have a large follow
ing. and Commissioner Tom Corbett
saws that the admirers Of both men ap-
pear to be willing TO take even money
ID The betting. Frayne has undoubted-
~ Impressed many by the clever man.
ner in which he performs in the gym
nssium His work is of the spectacular
order and he slugs at the same time.
Monte Atteu finally had TO call upon
lis ma IA ger. Harry Foley, TO assist him
- sparring partner. Foley was a
shifuy middle weight several years ago,
and he is a very fast man. However,
the little fellow tore right into Foley
= both boxed in lively manner At
is a to 10 choice.
Willis Britt phoned from Mendocino
sterday that the Ketchel party had
Used connections and that they
ould not arrive until today. Britt
IS they will take a team and drive
dopn. " hat course Ketchel is to pur
sue is not definitely known here. From
the dispatches that have been passing
between Britt and the match maker of
the Fairmont club IL would appear that
ketchei and Bangford were as good
as matched, but there are many who
are sSeptical and think the fight will
fan through.
The club has billed the fight for
September 3. but Britt says the date
must be postponed until the second
week in September. as his man will
not be ready until that date. If Ketchel
v-ei CHS 1S5 pounds. according TO his
jganager, he viii need all this time to
eet back there and get in shape. How
ever, when Willis gets on the job to-
day he viii have more TO say and prob
ably tell US just what is going to
happen
Up 10 date Jim Coffroth has not Sc
Toured an opponent for Confessor
O'Brien, and il looks as II the Sunshine
club promoter is going to sidetrack the
faker. Fighting here has been notice
/ ably free from scandal during the last
Few years. and in a measure Coffroth
can be given credit, for he has pro-
NOTED nearly all the big fights. There
IS no reason at this date why he should
lake up the end OF a man who prided
fnself on the fact that he had cheated
le boxing public on numerous occts-
ons
oBrfen is an uncertain proposition
~ q. drawing card. He took here in the
I'D days, but not since he made known
his sins in the ring.
AS far as Papke is concerned Coff-
roth viii have TO pass him up. accord
'ng TO Louis Blot, who is looking after
he affairs Of the Kewanee boxer.
papke has informed Blot that he will
not accept the offers made by Coffroth
10 box here in September, as he has
other offers which look better TO him.
SO far Coffroth is without a match for
the September holidays.