The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08

Brink to plead his cause. But this
made no difference. The big fellow was
not TO be Influenced BY any of the men
from his own town 1t Is not known
that he made any promises, put the
indica tons are that ne was very col9 =
blOoded in stringing with the Rlckaro
outfit especially after his 1rieno, NC
Carey. had made a bid which looked
equally as attractive
All the local fans are very curious to
know how Graney stands in this cut.
The horseshoer is known TO be friendly
with Rickard, and the eastern dis
patches say that he showed the Nevada
man his bid. Graney did most OF his
shouting before the bids were opened.
After Ricksrd had been awarded the
prize the blacksmith seemed TO drop
from public. view entirely What game
is he playing and where does he figure
These are the questions that are dis
turbing those who pride themselves
upon having an insight INTO anairs
pugilistic. Evidently Graney is playing
q shrewd game
II is not at all unlikely that Graney
Will not have his finger in the pie be-
fore il is cut up. He did not take that
"trip all the way to New York for moth
ing. and especially to show one of his
rivals-and the successful one at that-
mis- bid before bidding hour rolled
around II is understood that GTaney
will not referee the night. but this in
formation may also be all wrong II
he's the Graney of old he viii not pass
the position up.
Jack Gleason, who is now on his way
home. is pictured as the commander IL
chief of the latest double cross scheme
which gave the match to Rickard. But
Gleason was always a good eXplainer.
and the chances are that he viii try To
show us where he is an innocent party
To q deal ribbed and executed by 9TH
ers. Nobody doubts but that Gleason
was handsomely rewarded for any part
he played He never was in the fight
ing game for glory.
Jim Cofroth probably viii pull the
wires on many big ring deals while he
is abroad. Its known fact that he is
rot wasting three weeks OF valuable
time and spending a lot of money for
the purpose Of disposing of the
European rights TO the Johnson -Ketchel
pictures. COffrOth is going to Europe
after talent. his stock in trade.
The sunshine promoter has longing
in his heart TO match owen Moran with
A0 WOlgast at an early date. and he
2 lso hopes to pit Freddie Welsh against
Battling Nelson for the lightweight
championship Of the world. Incident
ally, he has in mind feather weight
championship battle between Jem Dris-
coll and Abe Attell, TWO of the clevereSt
men who eVer fought
Moran, Welsh and Driscoll are now in
England, It's difficult and an expen-
sive matter TO do business with them
by cable, so COffroth wisely decided to
take the trip across the water for the
purpose Of lining them up for fights at
the Mission street arena within the
next few months. The Jeffries-J Ohnson
battle is not the only one on the calen-
dar
Moran. il is understood, has consented
10 meet either WOlgast or Nelson ara
viii come 10 the United States as soon
as somebody pays his fare. Welsh is
spending All OF his spare time in hurl-
ing defiance at the Battler, and il he
means business he viii have a splendid
chance 10 come TO terms with Coffroth
and return with him to the United
States.
AS preliminary to the webster
AtteIl ight at Dreamland on the even
ing OF December II. Promoter Ed No
Ian has signed up Tommy Marry, the
Chicago lightweight and Kid Scaler of
Seattle, a very tough customer. These
boys are carded 10 go Is rounds and
viii weigh in at 100 pounds at clock