Show COFFROTH IN A HURRY CHICAGO March 23 c Sunny C Jim Coffroth the tho San Francisco fight promoter is en route homeward homeward homeward home home- ward after spending several weeks in tho the East on business He was wasso wasso wasso so anxious to get back that ho he refused refused re re- re fused to stay over and see tho the Charlie White Joe Azevedo contest at Racine Wis Vis tonight Coffroth announced hero here that ho he wOl would d be busy in tho the promoting line during the tue summer May 16 lii liilie lie he plans to stage a twenty-round twenty bout in San Francisco between Johnny Kilbane tho the feather weight champion and Johnny 0 OLeary O'Leary of Seattle May 30 two top liners liner in inthe inthe inthe the middle weight division will clash and in Juno Coffroth will send Charlie White against Fred Fred- dio CUe Welsh or Johnny Dundee The scrap for the heavy weight championship championship cham chain between Gunboat Smith and Jess Willard Villard will bo be staged in ill Coffroth's arena July 4 S S rho Tho stock stocky lad from Boston Gilbert Gallant is setting up a reputation lion for lor being the Uie work hor horse e of or the ring If It lio ho continues to so go tho the pace taking taking- on all comers corners at such short intervals ho lie will be bo classed with Battling Nelson son an and theother theother the other mixers who liked to be In tho the ring often orten In a little over two months lio ho has en engaged a ed In Iii four twenty-round twenty bouts two round four exhibitions and trained for or timo tho bout with i Johnny McCarthy Mc Mc- rc- rc Carthy Carth which did lid not come off 01 Ills lis bouts were January 16 twenty round round draw with O. O R. R Hogan Hosan at Salt Lake Janul January 30 twenty round draw w with Frankle Burns In San Francisco February ary IS 18 IS trained for twenty round go SO with McCarthy cCarthy In San Francl Francisco co March 11 11 twenty-round twenty draw I raw with Da Danny any OBrien O'Brien In Salt Lake March Tarch 20 O twenty round go so with ne Red fled Watson atMon In Iii San Sun Francisco S S I. I Los JS Angeles March 23 2 2 Freddie le Welsh light weight champion of or J and Australia and Leach Cross the New NewYork NewYork York boxer were last night matched to meet In a t scheduled round twenty battle battie bat bat- tie tic before tho time Pacific I Athletic Athletic- club at Vernon on tho the night of or April 4 28 S. S All details details de- de 1 tails of 01 the bout wem-o wem settled by LiT telegraph telegraph tele tele- i graph except the tho weight In this connection connection con- con Cro Cros Croz's s was told that ii ho he could nam names name his own n figure ure Cross and Welsh have never nY met mel In the ring Welsh elsh ha has expressed the utmost confidence In his ability to beat bent tho the Broadway battler battier while Cross repeatedly has said Enid that a light puncher of Welshs Welsh's caliber caliber- could have but hut little hope of ot be beating him Welsh at nt present Is Js aboard Baron Lom Longs Long's yacht acht the tho Sweetheart on a crul cruise e. e lie expects to return to this city In one week Cros Cross wit be hero tho tho m middle dd e of April Paris March arch 23 In In a round fifteen round n-round bout hero Saturday night Joe Jeanette tho the American hea heavy weight pugilist won on tho decision over o Georges Carpentier the French champion on points The rue match drew tho the greatest crowd that h. iris has ever cr assembled to witness a in France The stake was waN OOOO Carpentier was the general favorite but hut the fact tact that j Continued on mining page I ROPED ARENA Continued from sport page he lie was giving Jeanette twenty pounds dampened tire the ardor of Iris his supporters scored the only knockdown o of tIre the bout when the floored the negro In the tho first round For the next three rounds the tho Frenchman smothered Joe with Iris his speed and cleverness hut but ho he lacked the punch and Joo was still fresh fresl in tho ho fifth when the Frenchman began to tire After dropping behind In tire the fifth sixth and seventh Carpentier ral ml- lied again In the eighth and peppered Joe with short arm Jabs the negro being saved raved only by tire tho gong From then on however had things his mis own way Tire The final gong found the men muon standing shoulder ta to shoulder pounding each other all nIh tho tue time land land- lug Ing most frequently but with no force behind iris hla blows The rho result shows that tha tIre tho French champion is still too young and undeveloped to stand aland any chance against any airy of the tho negro quartette The Tho attack of grippe which seized Johnny Kilbane tire the feather weigh champion ten days ago has been very costly It has compelled him him to call of off Iris his fight girt In Philadelphia with Johnny Dundee on oni March IS for which ho lie was to receive 2000 and also with White in lii Milwaukee for which he was guaranteed Willie Ritchie can come hack back to tob Milwaukee Mil 2211 waukee any tUne time he ire wants to Tire Tho Jm he lie made mado here on Thursday was similar to tire the ono one ho lie made mado In New York He lie Is tIre tho goods goods goods-a a combination boxer and tough as a piece of whalebone MiI Mil Sentinel S S S Big Jess tire the heavy weight am antI Manager Tom Jones Jonca are aro in New York where tire tho big fellow will engage in several soy sev oral eral matches Jones wants Willard to engage In at least short fights before before be be- fore he meets Gunboat Smith at Sat Sari on July 4 for the heavy weight weigh title S S S Larney writes that he re has changed tIre the itinerary of his boxing stable Instead of going directly to Australia the tourists will fui stay In California where they have been flooded 1 with offers ofer for the tho services of Jimmy Clabby Joe Joo Welling and Steve S S S Clabby's next battle will bo ho against Billy Murray at Fisco on April 3 Murray Murray Mur Mur- ray recently stowed Leo away and they think well veil of trim him as a middle weight S I Tom Jom Jones will now demand a twenty twenty- round five fight between Wolgast and Willie Ritchie He will mention a few millions lures limes that his man didn't get started AH ii of which may bo ha true A boxer should outclass a fighter In ten rounds S C S Promoters In Milwaukee are talking of Ritchie and Wolgast but bunt this Is hardly likely as White Is irs the next light weight In lure line for a a. match with tire tho champion Ritchie says pays ho will give Charlie the tho first chance when ho ire returns Iron from tine tho coast next month where ho 13 IC to meet Harlem Tommy Murphy in a twenty round battle Young Saylor tire the light weight whit wiil has been In Australia with Eddie McGoorty Intends to return homo borne and try to get a match with Willie Ritchie for the championship S S S SToc Joe Toc tire tho New York light eight was by Baker the tho Australian promoter last week to cn- cn gazo In five bouts In tire tho antipodes next fal fall I. 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