Show COFFROTH'S IS ONLY COAST CLUB GIVING SATISFACTION BY EDWIN W. W SMITH Fi I ht farms fans on the Pacific coast arc because tho promoters rs there are am letting lettin good matches slip awa away from them thom The fans wanted to see sec a n fight between be be- tween Joe Gnus Cans and Abe Abc Attal There arc are plenty of chances hance to clinch such a meeting but it seems that now both men have luwe accepted other bouts and the tho opening for a a. rean really hi high h grade I contest has passed The Tho fans also aIM wanted to see ace l and nna fight Milwaukee l stepped in in and grabbed oil off this good meeting lc leaving in the coast fans disconsolate at losin losing hosing what looked to be tho the best go 10 1 among tho the middle weights ei i Tho The fans fang wanted to see sec Tommy Tomm Burns and Jack Johnson mix matters but Nevada Noa No Ne a vada n happened alon along and annexed this important engagement ement or will ll in a n. very short time Pacific co coast coart t fans fane have e plenty of ol cause canse for complaint The rhe now new fl fight ht trust that is is running thin things with a high hi h hhand hand in San Francisco is putting on sonic some rather ordinary bouts and really in the tho last lait three mo months has bas not not- noRta staged d da a bout that looked in tho the slightest way above the ordinary ordinary- Jimmy Coffroth out at his j Mission street arena has hns picked out ont the best ol of the tho cards card and ancl usually gives his patrons good oo l exhibitions exhibition during his Saturday matinees matinee But the town in-town promoters have had har a a. h hard N time of it They staged t d. d a real championship go 0 goin goin in the Gans Gans hattie battle but the Boor Boer was unable to make better than an ordinary nar nary showing with the old oM master and as a result there is plenty of kickin kick in in On n top of all this thil the they thov have hn carded carder Toe Joe Gnus Guns with Battling Nelson and this looks like liko tho the quintessence of Weak ve match makin making It is is hard to see seo le where the Dane has hasa a chance at all with wilh the wonderful colored fi fighter if the bout is fou fought ht ou out outon outon on it its merits and ju just t now there is is not Dot nota Dota a breath of suspicion regarding iten it l Even en Nelson s a most sanguine ino friends can hardly find an ar argument on which t to base beiso a 3 belief that Bat has a a. in look with th the Baltimore man Two Ta good lines Jint's arc furnished on Nd- Nd son and Gans Gaas by bouts hout within the tIme last las year car Both aro are much to the tho detriment pf X Nelson elron on I First t take the line furnished b bj by McFarland In San Sari Francisco Britt Dritt had bad Nelson all but out and han hanging liming hang ing ing- on helplessly at the finish in in a thir round ty-round contest To 10 settle the matter Packey laud land takes on Jimmy Britt and whips whip him to a frazzle in a hurr hurry without as a. much ns as getting etting his hair mussed by br the nat native o son semi Whore Where do does 8 that put tho the egotistical Dane Dano Nowhere Then take the line ine furnished by h- Ku TIu Rudolph dolph another boastful young JOUD I fellow who aspired to the li light ht we weight weigh I championship and had his jaw severely se cracked as a n result I took Nelson on in in a ten ten- round contest at Dos Cos An Angeles cles and at the finish was free freely I awarded the palm b bj by bythe the newspaper refer referees ts t's San Francisco stands little chance of getting ettin tho the Burns Johnson bout if if- Nevada Ne N. vada ada is all rj really rally sincere sincero in its bid bid and and it looks lookA n as if it was sincere The Tho bout ha has not yet been clinched definitely but both of the bi big me mCl have c si signified their intention on of goin going ahead with tho the affair It Jt is is therefore up tip to Jack and his fellow pro promoters promoters promoters to insure the fight taking in tho the only state tc in the tho union that per permits permits mits by lawful sanction finish en engage meats with ounce five gloves The go o in will w-ihl draw lira as 3 mu much h probably as it woul on the Pacific coast const because i i just as bi big in this section as Ketchel i ion ii I Ion on the coast |