Show NOLAN KICKING ON OPt JEFF Referee Question in the Tight Fight Is Still in the Squab Squabbling bling Stage San Francisco Sept 8 The managers of Britt and Nelson after their laj ses session sion last night at which they failed to reach an agreement regarding a atom kte today and have not bd their promised conference They wU will meet meoL however at ui a later hour sj and d e cc deavor to como come to an understanding it itis Itin is in not anticipated that this unexpected hitch will cause a permanent deadlock in the fight preliminaries though H It is impossible to predict what settlement of the tho difficulty will be made as in sits on Jeffries and Nelsons manac manager r strenuously objects to the th choice of time the retired champion Both the contestants are continuing their training and the demand for seats is as brisk as ever Bat Says Fight Will Come Off There will be a fight said Nelsen at his hia training quarters today tod Dont worry about that I will Britt at Colma Saturday But you can say that what my manager malinger Nolan has done meets with my approval If he has objected to Jeffries he hag ha good reason I will take any man for referee barring Billy Roche He cant act but any of tIme the others will do This is my position in inthe inthe the Jimmy Britt appeared to be b not time the slightest disturbed by e referee matter matters He said today I am not bothering myself a particle about the referee That Is out of mv hands entirely I am out here r to fight and I will wiil be ready to enter the ring Saturday Mr Jeffries will referee the fight and there will wili be no purse slip Jeffries is suitable to me and amid he wits was to Nolan up to now One thing about Jeff Jeffries vies ries he has the confidence of the public and that Is worth something Manager Coffroth said The referee has been chosen and the fight will take place at on Saturday afternoon Nolans Ultimatum San Francisco Sept 6 I have never objected to Jeffries Joffries on the score of dis dishonesty dishonesty honesty but on account of the change in inthe inthe the betting I thought that there might be collusion between Jeffries and the Britts Britta Such was the statement made tonight by Billy Nolan manager of Battling Is Iel Ielson el elson son Nolan prefaced this remark with time tho statement that he lie was firm In his re refusal refusal to allow Nelson to go in the ring next Saturday if it tIme the heavyweight chain cham champion pion is to be the referee anti and added that Nelson will abide by any decision that his manager may make Nolan declared that Nelson never made the statement at attributed to him today that any referee except Billy Roche would be agreeable to him Nolan said I was perfectly satisfied to have Jeffries act as referee after the coin had been tossed between him and George Slier but changed my mind When Jeffries was decided upon It was agreed between Britt the club and myself that the referee was to be In this city five days prior to the fight When Jeffries did not Dot arrive here lere according to the but instead sent a telegram to the club de tie demanding manding 2000 for his services I ered that we were entitled to another man particularly as the betting pad had dropped after Jeffries was named Then when Britts brother s sent nt a telegram to Jeffries signing Billy name nane to it and Britt wrote the answer to De Do Delaney laney lanoy accepting 1000 it my belief that there was something wrong Britt brother denied that he be had sent such a telegram but Inferred to wave my objection to Jeff If could prove that he did not communicate with the referee he could not prove his denial Nolan said that Nelson would b be Pre Prepared pared to enter the ring Saturday on time but would not appear annear in the arena aren if Jeffries was the umpire Club Coffroth tonight stated that at 2 Saturday and Jeffries would be In Inthe inthe the ring So the situation stands and no n one is prepared to say sav what the outcome will willbe willbe be especially no further conferences between the disputing parties have been arranged |