Show SAM SAYS THAT e OffER OF lOOKS YET YEI BY BT ED W SMITH Chicago Aug If the Miller brothers of Oklahoma are am sincere and from what I can learn of them I should judge they are they have a fine chance of getting the big battle I know of no place right now not even California where we wo could do better than a purse of This is the tenor of a letter received this morning from Sam Berger manager and agent for tor Jim Jeffries who is now out on the coast looking over the situa situation situation tion The letter came in response to a telegram from Harlan E Babcock of ot Kalamazoo Mich a representative of the Oklahoma ranchers in which Babcock notified Berger officially of the offer otter He requested an answer an at once This Thi offer certainly is attractive the themore themore themore more so 80 because of the condition named by which the fighters are to receive the purse if the battle is not decided through any an fault of the promoters or interference ence enee of the authorities Berger Barger writes writ s There is a ring of sincerity about that that catches my eye at once I have not consulted with Mr Little Johnsons rep representative representative representative about the matter because they have been so busy in other directions but will do so at any early hour hourI I am sure he would feel that we cannot do any better hetter anywhere on the globe than this as far as flat purses are con concerned concerned corned Canadas bid of 1000 for the big bat battle battie battie tie tle is not taken seriously by anybody in inthis Inthis inthis this section of the country The fact that Elk City whence came the offer is isa Isa isa a mining camp with few facilities for handling a crowd of strangers and is too far out of the way for strangers to reach rather puts the kibosh on Jack and royal sounding bid Jack has been a great kidder in the past and can hardly be betaken betaken betaken taken seriously at this time even cven though he has a 8 lot of or money and begs for a chance to post it to show his sincerity There are not going to be so many bids of a straight and sane nature as one might suppose California seems to have hov havethe havethe the best beat chance of getting the battle for the reason that the contest would be tolerated there by the authorities and the certain patronage it would receive should induce the promoters promoter to offer the most flattering terms for tor the engagement Nevada is another state that might be considered to have a chance for the af affair affair affair fair By the payment of a state license of 1000 a finish contest of any number of rounds may be held there th re But no noman noman noman man or mining camp has stepped forward yet et and perhaps none will Nevada is prosperous right now and so much mining stock to throw upon the market Hence the chance for advertising out of the battle may ma be allowed to pass New York saw Its first Important heavy heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight weight fight In years when Joe Jeannette and Sandy Ferguson clashed at the Fair Fairmont Fairmont Fairmont mont club Friday night It see much at that for Jeannette made Sandy forget everything before the battle had been in progress very long Sandys ochre streak was prominent in the third round and thereafter In that period of the contest he received a 8 ripping smash In the ribs and the only thing that interested Sandy after atter that was the best and most graceful way wa to get out of that enclosure without actually being knocked out of it It Ferguson never had much to recommend recommend recommend mend him but his ales sise and conceit He had plenty of both when he was parading parading parading I ing around this section lection of the country several years ago He needed what Is known as Dutch courage when he was here and few fighters with those tricks ever get over them Sandy reminds one of the story that thatis is told on Eddie Foy whose good old mother after atter seeing his comedy stunts for the first time advised Eddie that If he got money for doing that it would be bea bea bea a good idea to fool them as long as he could Sandy fooled em for a long time Into thinking that he be had the makings of a champion in his big carcass carcas MacLean the bicycle rider thought he could make something out of the Bos Boa Bostonian tonian but It simply simp was not in him |