Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-05
MURPHY COMES
TO TALK FIGHT
WANTS CHANCE AT WOLGAST
AT EARLY DAY
OFFERS $1,000 SIDE BET THAT HE
WILL WIN
Jeffrles, Unable to Stand Too Much
Rest, Resumes His choPping.
Ferris Hopes Offer viii
Be Accepted
BY JAY DAVIDSON

Harlem Tommy Murphy arrived IN
town yesterday for a brief visit While
on his way home and had quite an
extended conference with Manager NC
Carey regarding engagements here az
ter May l. Although no definite ar
rangements were made, Murphy
agreed to return in May and fight any
lightweight that McCarey might Sc
lect for him. He says that he pre-
fers to take on Ad Wolgast for the
championship, but has agreed with
Jimmy Coffroth to fight the champion
in San Fdancisco If the Dutchman
will agree to the match. Johnny Oh
liver, manager for Murphy, made the
statement that Murphy has $4,000 that
he is willing to bet on the side that
he can whip the champion and backs
his opinion with the statement that
Murphy whipped Wolgast in their six
round bout in Pittsburg a few months
ago.
McCarey talked with Murphy re-
garding a match with George Memsic
or Lew Powell and the Harlem scrap
per agreed to fight either, or both, for
the local promoter when he returns 10
the coast after his visit home. MUIR
ply and McCarey talked over probable
terms and discussed financial affairs
that will come up for settlement
when McCarey proposes definite
match for the eastern fighter Muir
ply expressed a desire to return in
May and remain indefinitely, taking
ON all comers until he could force
Wolgast to give him a chance at his
title. In the event that Wolgast re-
fuses to give him a scrap, Murphy
says he will make life a burden for
the Dutchman and will follow him
about the country with challenges and
money IN bpf on the side.
Murphy is willing that Wolgast
should take the desired rest that he
proposes to enjoy until September, but
insists that his victory over Moran a
few days ago gives him as much right
as any other lightweight to demand
match. In order to prove his right to
fight for the title Murphy proposes to
come back to the coast in May and
fight every lightweight that can be
sent after him until he has cleaned up
with all the near-champions who may
stand in the way of fight with VOL
gast, figuring that he should mop up
with all of them before September, IL
he is kept busy. Murphy admitted
there was considerable dissatisfaction
in Frisco regarding the decision that
Eddie Smith gave him In the Moran
fight, but says that 1t is quieting down
and the fans are accepting the verdict
right eye still reminds Murphy that
he had a fight with the Englishman.
Ferris Expects to Get Big Fight
Dick Ferris denied last night that
Rickard and Gleason had made any
definite answer to his offer to take the
fight off their hands
and he added that he expects them to
accept the offer, because 1t is a simple
business proposition wherein he be-
lieves Rickard and Gleason will prefer
a profit of $4,000 on their bid to taxi
ing chances of losing money in
handling the big scrap. Dick said that
he mad received wire from Hutchin-
son, his representative who went to
Frisco to conduct negotiations with
the promoters. and that the substance
of the report was that Los Angeles
stands much better chance than Salt
Lake City of getting the fight.
Ferris says that Rickard feels under
great obligations to his Salt Lake City
hackers and that he does not want to
sell out for this reason. Gleason, too,
is influenced somewhat by the fact
that if he let's the fight go away from
Frisco he may lose prestige there as
a promoter. These two considerations
form about the only objections that
Ferris has heard TO an acceptance of
his proposition. He believes these OBJ
stacles will be removed after the pro-
moters allow the proposition to sink
into their think boxes for few days
and he confidently expects them to ac-
cept by Monday next when they have
said they would make a decision.
Greater Advertisement Than Aviation
Ferris, who promoted the recent
aviation meet here and made it such a
splendid success. says that 1t is his
opinion that the big fight would be
even a greater advertising medium
than the airship meet. He bases this
opinion on the fact that sportsmen of
wealth would come here to see the
fight from all parts of the world and
that twenty thousand visitors could be
safely counted upon. All these visitors
would come here to spend their money
and everybody and every line of busl-
ness would be benefited by the visit of
the free spenders who would come.
He cites the fact that already ten
coaches have been engaged by Chicago
business men for a special train to the
fight This Is one instance only, and
he believes every city of any impor-
tance in the United States would send
large delegations, while Canada, Mex
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