The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
FRISCO IS AFTER
BIG PRIZE FIGHTS
Coffroth Is Trying to Make
Coast City Worlds Fight
Center.
FORMER CHAMPION ON
THE DOWNWARD COURSE
Oliver Believes Harlem Murphy
Can Whip Battling
Nelson.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
NEW YORK March 26 James COT
froth Is planning to make San Francisco
the fight center OF the world and. as q
sort Of preliminary step. has handed out
the announcement that he win erect a
great ampithcater at the corner Of
Twelfth and Market streets
According to James he will not stop
az prize nights, although they are to be
the ma In attraction, He Will stake mara
mons, indoor turnfests. siX-day bike races
and maybe some vaudeville II the thing
moves right. but prize fights will be
the big thing.
hopes TO see the day when he can hold
Iorty-hve-round fights in Frisco without
fear of being pinched,
Il want TO put UP building that will
Square Garden" says iCofrroth "a fight
always goes better indoors than out. In
the Nelson Wolgast fight IL was nearly
dark before the boys finished up, and
the old method of putting UP arc lights
right above the ring was no good Shar-
key and Jeffrles had all the hide burned
off their backs from the heat. l want
TO make Frisco the fight center OF the
world, and stage some affairs that will
make US think the good old days are with
Us again.
stopper. has secured a new manager In
the person OF Jonathan Igoe: a cartoonist
on A New York morning newspaper Igoe
is westerner and knew ketchel many
years ago.
Ketchel will take part in the benefit
for Young Corbett. which is being staged
In this city by Joe Humphreys. Ketchel
has a warm spot for the ex-champion of
Denver. and he says he will travel a
thousand miles. II necessary, to get there.
Ketchel has been In Hot Springs, Ark,
training. He has been training for q
great many months. but he has been
training at the springs for only few
weeks. Ketchel wants to fight in New
Orleans, April 10. and after that. he
every week. Some weeks he may fight
twice; ii all depends upon the condition
OF his vocabulary.
Ketcl1el. who was once known as the
been dissipating. He says stories to that
effect were sent out by irresponsible re-
porterS.
Johnson's Plans,
Jack Johnsons plans call for active
training to begin some time during the
carry out the plans which he made u
short time ago.
Johnson, In speaking of things in gen
eral, said; II told George Little. my
manager. that I wanted TO train on the
Pacific coast: and left ii up to him TO ar
range place for me. For six weeks my
preliminary work will consist OF road
and gymnasium work,
THE stories about me leading a fast
life and getting arrested every week were
mostly doped up by press agent. You
see when fellow gets in the lifelight
and In theatrical work he has TO allow
his press agent to say anything he wants
to-"
Then you were never arrested. Mr.
Johnscn?" l pueried.
"Oh. yessah: replied Jack "jest about
eleben times"
Jim Jenries' delight in the mountain
wilds is shown by the spot which he
has selected for training camp in Santa
Cruz county, south of Frisco, The ter
mination OF this drive is Rowardennas
a mountain resort upon plateau swept
by the Pacific's breezes. The forests
are OF redwoods, the kind you see on
the picture postcards. There Is mighty
fine sea bathing there, and for u man
TO reside there permanently ought TO
insure him a ripe old age OF nearly 1000
years,
There is now talk Of great fight car
nival in and near San Francisco during
the early days of July, equaling the fa
nous three days OF lighting In New
Orleans which concluded with the snuff
fng out of John l.. Sullivan as the
American heavyweight champion.
Two fights have been mentioned for
July 2. Just two days before the big JEFF
fries-Johnson mill One is between Sam
Langford and Stanley Ketchel and the
other between Jem Driscoll and Abe
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