| Show JIMMY CLABBY AND 1 SAILOR PETROS KEY HITCH HITCHON ON REFEREE r 1 Feels That the Frisco Referees Give Him Worst of It thel FUNNY RUMORS ABOUT 1 FRIDAY NIGHTS NIGHT'S JT BO BOUlI By W. W W. W NAUGHTON SAN FRANCISCO Sept It 30 i II li just possible there thero will be bo a is hitch aTer the tho selection of or a II referee for the tho Clab Cla by bout which takes place glue at Coffroth's Eighth street arena Fri day night The Tho matter wa waa to o bin hu been settled yesterday but bitt Pue Parent Puente manager of or wed asked for further further fur fur- ther thor time timo to confer conter with hI hia principal J Coffroth who is handling the match makh for lor the Humboldt club chub has recommended recommend d ed Bon Boa for the position and Clib by has expressed himself as aa satisfied It is ill not that Clabby has ha any prefer prefer- enco for Seli but for the reason all tho the local arbiters are utterly strangers to Clabby and he feels that he be will be bo safe info ones one's as in lD hands hand na as in iB tho the hands handu of or any of the others othen name nimo was the first one proposed ed to Cla Clabby by and Clabby murmured vy well hell bell no ii do II who feels that h he got cot ot somewhat the tho worse of it when Vb n each of or of his hig recent contests with Bob McAllister ter was ms declared a draw does not Dot fc feel l' l kindly kindl towar towards s San Francisco referees and is cs is inclined to assert assort himself more f than usual in connection with choosing the official for lor Friday ni night ht It has been told to him bim that criticized criticised his style of boxing after the last affair with McAllister Ic and he be cannot can not qu quito to make up his mind that this is a pardonable offense in in a prospective e j referee Parente says that he personally ha hano haino hat hai I Ino no objection to SeH Selig and seeing that Clabby who w does docs not know one maD nun 1 j from another was wa content to accept i tho first one ono named it j is is thou thought ht probable I able that will fall falU in line today If If however the tho sailor objects I strenuously to Selig names ill have hare to be bo canvassed i I Tho The comin coming coining bout is ono one from the weight ej bt bU bugaboo boo has been extracted after boxing ci eight ht roun rounds with w his partners yesterday afternoon 1 stepped on the scales and aDd found that I ho was safely under pounds the notch called for by bv the arti articles lc This moans means that the sailor Bailor can ease up In JIl his work the momon moment ho feels fools like lt Having ma mado o the wei weight ht so easily h should hould be bo in full possession of his fighting fight fight- Ins ing strength th and dash when ho he toes toce th the scratch A Clabby found himself so li light ht yes tor day that he laid off oft from his hUI usual usail exercises exercises ses and made up his mind to take thin things s easier than ho he has bw bH- Continued on pa page e 9 9 j I CLABBY AND ON REFEREE Continued from pa page c 8 r doin doing Ho He wei weighed hed but US pounds which is full fully ten ton pounds under tinder the scale Thero Thera was never or a fight of any class yet vet but rumors of Borne kind sprang up upS f S in n the days preceding it The Clabby- Clabby o match is no exception This C time however tho the talk is not of crookedness crook crook- I edness exactly but it credits Clabby with an intention of hoodwinking tho the thoI I public in his training The story goes that there is a large huge largen n 4 sum of money waiting to be placed on I I. I CUbby Clabby and that pains are being taken i 1 to create the impression that his r chances of winning winnin are arc not o To this end according to Damo Dame Rumor r c extra emphasis is bein being laid upon Clabby's Clab Clabo by's bys lack of wei weight ht and Clabby bim himself elf r r. is accused d of ot slipping out to tho the extent of not showing the best that is in him while sparring in the presence of camp visitors I i 1 x These suspicious seem made of lolo f cloth loth Clabby is one of tho the best known pugilists the world has found and his record and antI capabilities are arc as an open b book ok For a week past he has been going going through ci eight ht or ten ton rounds of boxing daily dany and arid has hatS endeavored to appear at while whilo gloving with his aids I Ho He is certainly a much lighter man manthan manthan manthan than but ho he makes maltes up for this handicap m in experience and knowledge knowl edge d e of boxing It is quite quito u a mistake to accuse him of trin trying to operate under un der er cover er in an any wa way |
