Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
DARK HORSES IN THE
BIG FIGHT BIDDING
Ioe Humphreys and Others
Promise to Make Coffroth
and Gleason Hustle.

NEW YORK, December 1.-Today's the
Dig day. And all because everybody jour
Aeyed to Hoboken this morning to see
Bob Murphy open all the real bids for the
Johnson Jeffries fight. Not only will 1t be
. big day for the fstic fans, but for Ho-
hoken as we'll. Never before has Hoboken
been able to pull anything that New York
would not stand for in a sporting line, but
his time the people across the tunnel are
he big show.
With the time here for the opening of
the bids there is much speculation as to
how much of the just IS, 100000 that has
been offered for the big mill will be rep
resented by deposits and how much of
will be heard from at all. There is no
ioubt about the fact that many of the
bids that came in were good press no.
tces for the cities from which they came
This is certain from the fact that in many
Of the places from which mammoth bias
for the Johnson-Jeffries go came from nm
lsh fights are not allowed and In many OF
them the police will stand Tor no more
than six or ten rounds.
But gossip In sporting circles Sits this
long list down to five probable contenders
Eddie Graney. James Coffroth and JACK
Gleason, all of San Francisco; Tom NC
Carey of Los Angeles and Tex Richard
of the west generally. McCarey has Of
fered s75 900 for the fight, it is under
stood, while the others mentioned, In
their own words, ARE bringing wagon
load of COIN ready to outbid everybody
else or at least to offer the best all
around inducements. They are here IN
person and are in earnest
Looks Like the Coast.
Judging from the lineup. almost surely
California, and most probably San Fran
cisco, will get the bout, but just what
promoter will win is yet to be settled.
Both Jeffries and Johnson will shape
up in the same ring at the Madison
Square Garden tonight however, when
the public will have an opportunity to
compare them. Jeffries will box with
Sam Berger. while Johnson will exhibit
his speed and cleverness against two
of his sparrfng partners.
But some surprises in the shape of bid
ders are promised. It Is known that sew
eral men from the west, who have not
even said that they thought of asking
for the big mill, will be on hand with
offers for the fighters to come their way.
1t is thought that one or two of these men
may make it fast for Coffroth, Gleason
and the others, each one of whom is
certain that he will get the big battle
for his arena.
Humphreys Bidder.
Joe Humphreys, for instance. it is
known will be there. And that's not
all. He will be there with large roll
of thousa nd dollar bills that will make the
others sit up and take notice Of the fact
that he means business. Joe will repre-
sent a syndicate it is said. that is willing
TO go a long way to get the big mill.
Joe is not the only one who has not
said much that will be on hand with
big roll and bigger promises, and those
WHO believe that none but the old stand
bys will have a show of securing the
championship battle promise to be sur
prised In more than one instance.
Bob Murphy. who will open the bids,
has received offers from clubs that in
the aggregate amount to 100000. These
bids come from nearly two-score of clubs
in various parts of the world.
Following is the list: