Show COFFROTH GIVES OUT HIS SCHEMES Is Sorry Johnson Will Not Con Consent Consent Consent sent to a Later Date for Ketchel I LOll LOB Ang An eJes l e Sept 36 In talking about the fight Promoter Cof Cot Coffroth froth troth today tody said Johnson JohnB and Ketchel as you OU know k ow will be the principals in my first big show how Jack and Steve are scheduled to fight twenty round for 60 80 per cent of the gross groe receipts to be divided 05 t to the winner and X 36 to the loser They are also battling for a real side sWe bet of This money the full has baa been posted with W W V Naughton I believe that this is le the first heavyweight fight with witha a genuine side bet that we have had in several veral years yer I am not giving Johnson Joh ind nd Ketchel a guarantee of any kind What bothers me is that Johnson will wilt not consent to postponing the fight tight from Oct 12 to Oct 23 The Portola week date means at least more In the box boJC office Many Los Angeles sports have told me that they would bring up par parties parties parties ties to w lee ee the fight tight if I would change the date eo ao that they could also enjoy to Portola week k celebration I figure that I could run an excursion from here For a Thanksgiving day date I am fig figuring fI on a Ii middleweight championship battle between Ketchel and Lansford Langford I find a strong sentiment all over the theS S country in favor of oC this meeting I also want an opponent for tor Battling Nelson and arid I am figuring on bringing Driscoll an and i Attell together a again grain Now about the thing thine I will make a strong bid for tor the big bI heavyweight affair bet bl bi at that I am not as enthusiastic ov over r It as all has haa been represented My Iy experience has haa taught me that a big tight fight of this kind makes the fighters lighters rich but leaves little profit for forthe forthe forthe the promoter For instance the first olma rolma battle that I stared stand the N Nelsen lm Britt Dritt affair netted each of oC the light lightweights lightweights lightweights weights a small fortune while I had haa to b 1 UP content with clearing up a scant cant The main that gets away with the match will be a fit sub Jf ct et t for the brain specialists by the time the thing is over There are a million nUllon and one obstacles to overcome when two stubborn prima prim donnas like Uke and Jack I am willing to tackle tackla the th job but as I said before I am m not noto I o 1 |