The San Francisco call., 1913-11-15

the future VIII 80 ~--f
the outlook is rosy enough.
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-HE report says that Coffrofh
has guaranteed the light
4 weight champion $4,000 for
his end, win, lose or draw. If
this be true they must tip their
Aats to the sunshine man for his
gameness. He is figuring on stag
ing this battle in a small pavilion
at night, so anybody who knows
anything about the game and the
weather conditions will see whae
a chance he is taking.
TTCHIE is one of the hardest
champions of them all to do
~ business with. He wants his
before he starts. He places the
dollar sign above everything eiss-
He goes stronger than Nelson
and W,olgast went in the past
and. goodness knows, they never
overlooked any bets. Barring ms
anxiety to get the coin fast, VIII
lie is all right.
wvOBODY can blame the cham
IN pion for passing up that offer
to meet Welsh over on the
other side. Those Englishmen
would give him a fine time with
their clean break rules and the
referee standing outside the ring
It's $50 bills to iron washers that
he would be disqualified at the
first rough move. and Willie can
rough and tumble with the best
of them.
WE is deserving of more credit
than he received for his re-
A. cent 10 round bout with
Leach Cross in New York. Had
he been allowed to fight as he
used TO fight here-that is, wal
lop away in the elinches-he
might have fiattened the Howery
challenger. But they won't stand
for that brand of stuff back IN
Gotham. so Willie was compelled
to make the best Of a bad BAR
gain.
WITH Murphy il win be diff
W ferent. He can go right
w ahead and do the best he
can in and out Of the clinches-
Nobody is going to stop him. No
body will stop Murphy, either
He likes the old give and take
game. and he showed us in his
last few battles here that he
always does better when he is
in close.
STE may have few little
wrangles before the articles
are finally signed. but at the
present writing the match looks
as good as made. Ritehie has
expressed his willingness to abide
by the terms which Coffroth Of
fered. and he would be putting
himself in a bad light if he took
a runOut drop at the eleventh
hour. He's going to get more
money for that battle than he
could hope to get for any other
in any city in the whole world.
-RANKIE BURNS of Oakland
is a real up and down. in and
= out fighter of the modern
game. Today he looks to be in
line to get a crack at the big
ones. and tomorrow he is back
among the third raters. Then
the order Of things is reversed
and we hear of the transbay
blond coming to the front with
a rush.
TIE was going like a near
n champion up to a few days
ago. when Johnny Mccarthy,
whom everybody regarded as a
castoff. suddenly jumped in and
pounded him all over the ring for
four rounds. It was one of the
big pugilistic surprises of the
year. and IT caused the fans to
tear their hair once more and
wonder what Burns might do
next. They found out yesterday,
when Burns signed to meet Nc
Carthy in a return match next
Friday evening.
T HE coming affair Will he over
the 20 round distance. and it
may make a difference to one
OF the boys. Burns claimed that
he was not right the last time he
started, and he is making all
sorts Of promises to his hackers
vhow- But it remains to be seen
what Mccarthy will do. The
Mission brick layer is game and
dangerous at all times.
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A Nd what n chance he has.
~ If he should slip a decisive
one over on the boy from
Oakland he viii be right up at
the top Of the heap and in line
Tor a match with any of the
second rank lightweights. This
is progressing some for a per-
former like Mccarthy. who up
to a few days ago was entirely
forgotten, even by those who
used 20 root for him.