The San Francisco call., 1910-02-06
Scene OF BATTLE
STILL UP IN AIR
Offer of Pat Deane of Point
Richmond Begins to Look
Good to the Fans
Continued From Page 81

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Point Richmond is not quite as close
as is Alameda or Ocean View, but the
train and ferry service there can be
arranged so that the fight fans will not
know the difference when they start Tor
the arena on the day OF the battle.
Mayor Noy of Alameda says;
The Nelson Wolgast battle viii not
be held in Alameda while | am mayor
l am opposed to it and will continue
to be opposed. That settles the fight
so far as / am concerned and so far as
Alameda is concerned"
i still have the assurance of certain
city officials of Alameda that L can
stage the battle there" says Hester.
Come over to Point Richmond and
pull the fight off there. The people
want to see it, the city officials are
strong for it, and [ will guarantee you
against any possible hitch" says Deane
AT all events. it begins to look as
though the match is going to take
place now. A few days ago Hester
figured to lose out entirely. but now
the bright ray of Point Richmond sun
shine has made its appearance and
has cut quite nick in the gloom. The
fight will put Point Richmond on the
map with a great big black dot if it
does nothing else
entirely Jim Griffin. the man who cut
In SO successfully last month, is will
ing and anxious to hang up the same
purse for the bout Griffin can trade
his date with Jim Coffroth, who has
been awarded the February permit. 1t
is also understood that he can arrange
1t so that the battle may go 45 rounds
u m ready to pull this fight on the
original date provided that Hester falls
ri I'm oct Dir
ter can stage it / will not attempt to
cut in and the fans can take my word
for this. But there is a chance that
he can not land, and in this event I
would like to handle the battle. 1t
viii draw more here in San Francisco
than any place else
:. 81 IffiG.shad a conference with John
Sk Robinson, Nelson's manager, and
Tom Jones, who is looking after the
affairs of Wolgast, and both of them
as much as promised that they would
accept his bid if Hester failed to stage
the battle. Both managers, however,
declare that they viii stand by Hester
as long as he is in the running
1t is Griffin's idea to pull off the con-
test in the baseball park Joe Cans
and Jimmy Britt fought there on Sep
tember g. 1907. and incidentally drew
the largest house that San Francisco
has known SINCE the fire. Something
like S3S,000 was taken in at the gate
The promoters all remember this. No
wonder Griffin is looking to stage the
big attraction.
The controversy over a battle-ground
does not seem to have any effect on
the rival fighters. Both of them are
too busy in their training quarters to
bother about the political affairs that
are constantly cropping up in the sub
urbs
Nelson had another good day yester-
day, boxing five rounds with Joe Meyer
and Dick Wheeler. Quite a crowd
turned out to see him perform. This
afternoon the Battler will hold open
house at Colma and he wants all the
fans to be his guests. He viii box
anybody who feels inclined to don the
mitts and he viii go through all his
other training stunts.
Wolgast also did q little work yes
terday, but like Nelson he is saving
himself for one big rally today. He
has laid his plans for sort of boxing
carnival at the beach and he will take
on four or five of them for three or
four rounds each. Wolgast is very
anxious again to demonstrate to the
local sports that he has the endurance
goods with him.
The fighters and their managers will
hold another conference in Hester's
office Monday evening, when the ref
cree and side bet questions will come
up again Nobody seems to have a
line on who the third man in the ring
will be Up to the present time the
only me mentioned is that of
Jack Welch, and Wolgast's manager
sprang it.
The present hitch bids fair to become
no. Oh I, T.F
fries-Johnson muddle. Howeve all the
parties to it are right on the ground
and for this reason the fans take it
more seriously They feel certain that
Nelson and Wolgast are going to fight
in less than month, while only few
of the faithful believe that the big
fellows viii ever clash.
Gleason and Rickard seem bound to
continue their rapid fire line of long
distance conversation. It's wonderful
how the stuff holds out. The fans have
been getting an earful of it for the last
two months, and it seems to grow
stronger as the days are reeIed off. The
promoters evidently are going to make
it last just as long as they can.
Promoter jim Coffroth will arrive on
evening, and the chances are
that he will Immediately start sonie-
deaver to land the Wolgast-Nelson fight
for himself? James has been known as
a ring pirate, but, of course, he Will
have a job on his hands if he attempts
to win the Battler over.
They say that Coffroth is beating it
overland in order that he can win pi Z,
fat $1,000 bet from Eugene Corri, the
London sportsman. However, there are
many of us who will only wink at this
suggestion, because we believe that the
Sunshine promoters haste to get back
to his native heath is for the purpose
of hooking the Nelson Wolgast attrac-
tion.
Cotfroth must show a great burst of
speed if he intends to get a card for
this month. The supervisors have al
ready awarded him the permit. For the
last two years Coffroth has been strong
on attractions, but weak on permits.
Now, however. the cut has been
switched, so it is up to Coffroth to dig
and give the fans something to make
them talk about him.
LOUIS Blot left for Los Angeles last
night, accompanied by Milton T. Clark.
Blot Will be at the ringside when Flynn
and Langford meet Tuesday night. He
wants to match Langford in this city
for the March date in the event that he
is able to secure a live opponent for the
Boston black. Blot says that he will