The San Francisco call., 1910-02-08
FIGHTERS IN DEADLOCK
ON REFEREE QUESTION
|HesterNames Richmond as battle-ground
And Another Meeting Is Called
By WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

and all the others in the room sided in
with him. But still Jones insisted. He
added that he would be willing to
waive all rights to the films provided
that Nelson would allow him to name
Jack Welsh as referee. but Nelson could
not see why he should make this con-
cession, so the old deadlock was on
again and the usual silence prevailed.
And in the meantime Jimmy COffroth
is speeding to this city as fast as the
Overland limited can steam him here.
Who knows but that Jones is stalling
and biding his time till the sunshine
promoter gets here? Coffroth has this
months permit and the Nelson Wolgast
match unquestionably looks good to
him. There may be reason for Jones'
holding back.
II have signed TO fight for Hester
and | will stand pat so long as he is in
the running" says the Battler. Il have
never gone back on my word yet, and l
do not figure to start now It's Hes
ter's match. / have signed to fight
Wolgast and the fight will come off il
the other fellow is reasonable and We
can settle these details without further
waste OF time. Richmond looks good TO
me. It's the best place of the lot
During one of the lulls in the pro-
ceedings Pat Dean of Richmond was
called upon to tell what he knew OF
transportation facilities.
Gentlemen, L will make any sort of
a bet that You can reach Richmond
from the ferry building in shorter time
than YOU can get down to Colma,' said
Dean. 1T takes only 35 minutes from
this city and only 40 minutes from the
center of Oakland. 7 can arrange with
the railroad company for very reason
able return rate on the day of the bat
tie and I can also arrange il so that the
big crowd can be handled with quick
ness and dispatch. 1t will demonstrate
TO everybody that Richmond is far su-
perior to either Colma or Alameda. All
want is a chance 10 make good"
Dean is one of the most influential
businessmen in Contra Costa county
and is also a prominent sport. He has
been conducting boxing matches in
Richmond for many years and has had
a lot of experience as a referee. The
population of Richmond is with him
to man, woman, child and dog. so it
looks as though he has every chance
to win out and none to lose.
We will start in on the arena i'm
mediately,' said Dean. 1T will take
only a few days to fit the ball park
UP to accommodate at least 10000 peO-
pie. and I believe that at least $4,000
will be on hand to witness the big
battle. I am willing TO gamble right
now that Richmond alone will con-
tribute at least 5000
Hester's application for a fight per-
nit in San Mateo county came up be-
fore the supervisors again yesterday.
and the board as usual stalled the Mis-
sion club promoter off and asked him
to wait for another day. Hester still
feels certain that he will eventually
break in there, but according to present
indications it will take him many a
long day to make good.
Il really believe that l Will get my
permit this afternoon" says Hester.
"but, still, / have decided TO accept the
Richmond offer. 1t looks better to me
than any of the other propositions. We
can arrange for good transportation
facilities and the rest Will be easy.
However, I want to win out in San
Mateo county no matter if 1 never hold
a fight there"