The San Francisco call., 1909-12-02
RICHARD CANDLES
HIS WAY INTO CUT
His Big Offer Makes COffrOth
and Gleason Take Him
Into Their Pool
BY WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

The announcement that Tex Rickard
has declared himself in on cut OF
the juicy pugilistic pie will come as
surprise to the followers of the game
here in San Francisco. Most of them
were of the opinion that Gleason and
Coffroth could manage to safeguard
their interests against all outsiders,
However, it would appear that Rickard
took a desperate chance and managed
to slip one over on the willy Califor-
mans Rickard has been a gambler all
his life. He gambled we'll this time,
If the eastern dispatches are correct. !.
AS announced exclusively in The Call
two weeks ago, Coffroth and Gleason
pooled their interests and entered into
a combination. This took many Of the
fans right off their feet at first, but
when they studied it out closely they
saw the reason. Gleason Is close TO
it was that the pressure was brought to
bear upon Coffroth, who saw that his
only chance was to open the door and
admit Gleason.
FIGHTERS ARE ALSO IN
And this is not all The tip is passed
out that Johnson, Jeffries and Berger
will also be in the pool. When Johnson
got wind of what was coming off he
Immediately began to clamor for his
bit of the cut AS the championship
big smoke they had to admit him. too
This has never been published in the
New York dispatches, but the men who
are close up say that this is the history
of the big deal.
1t looks very much as though Gleason
and Coffroth got together with the
Nevada man for the purpose Of getting
back at Graney. The horseshoer went
to New York apparently well supplied
with money and determined to land the
match at any cost, He's In right po-
litically and Gleason and Coffroth
probably realized that he would be a
dangerous rival.
Any man who could assure the fight
ers that he would bring the match of
ly have the edge on the others. What
makes it appear all the stronger is a
wire which Coffroth sent to friend
early last evening. He said: "Rickar rd
will get the fight, but / am not dis
appointed" This did not look right to
those who know Coffroth.
COLMA OR THIS CITY
Unless something happens in the
meantime. the fight probably will take
place at Coffroth's Mission street arena
or possibly at the baseball park in this
city, If the local authorities can be per-
suaded to allow it to go 40 rounds
There is no reason why Gleason and
Coffroth should pull 1t off in Utah oil
Nevada and there is no reason why
Rickard should show a desire to carry
out such a plan in Nevada when the
men Will De dilOWeQ TO Dattle IN or neal
the greatest sporting town in all the
world.
The moving pictures will cut an i'm
portant figure in the fight. This is
where the big money win come from
Thus the promoters can well afford to
give practically the entire gate re-
ceipts. IL the battle proves to be the
sensational one that everybody looks
for, then the films will be worth a
fortune to each man who has an in
terest in them. The Britt Nelson fight
pictures earned something like a quar-
ter of million dollars. so 1t can easily
be seen what the pictures of the big
fellows will be worth
The chances are that Jeffries will get
the lions share of the money, win
lose or draw. He is the most important
part of the card and the favorite with
the public. It's a money making
scheme for Jeff. otherwise he would
never have left his Los Angeles alfalfa
patch after he retired for good some
five years ago. AT all events, both OF
them will make enough out of the fight
to settle down and laugh at the public