Show I II IL IN THE rHE WORLD OF SPORTS II I t MANAGERS SCRAP REFEREE QUESTION Manager Lewis Wants George Siler for Herman Gans-Herman Fight FIVE NAMES ARE NOW UP Others Reins Being Considered r J Are Jim Jeffries n Jack Ial Walsh nJ h mid cud Eddie Graney Craney t n Tonopah Nov Nev Dee Dec IS The The referee ref ret reo que question tl n promises to be hc fruitful r of oC scrapping before the Herman Gans light fight passes R Into hl history A As far as r Cans Gans I is concerned there will be no trouble but just at the present It Il looks like Nate Lewis and Manager Rile Riley will nut not be able alle to get to together ether on who sho is to be tho the third man that I Is unless Jim Jeffries s turns Manager RIJp Rl- Rl Jp ley's leys R offer down in which case casp it will willbe willbe be hp comparatively plain sailing for George p. Slier of or Chicago I r c As AR far Car a aa as tho the merits of oC the referee goes HII Riley has ha no choice as between en the champion and th the veteran 1 decider of oC fights but the manI manager man- man I ager nger o of th the Casino Athletic club I is out to 10 make the fight the biggest l drawIng drawIng draw draw- Ing card po possible and h he Is Js of in the opinion that with Jeffries as the third thin man the gate receipts will be S d fd several thousands of oC dollars ollars The question a. a as to who shall be ret ref ereo came cun up carl early In the arrangements arrange arrange- ments meats for tor or the fight fight- It wa was while Ben Hei Selig Lewis and Manager Riley were vei-e talking over the tho articles that Lewis started In to reel feel out his ground SeJI Se Se- JI Jig was most good natured on the subJect subject sub sub- and said that a as far as Cans Cnn was I concerned an any reliable man would do hut but added addel that Eddie Graney Craney th the San Francisco blacksmith would look about as good to him as an any one Lewis ls Dilates on Siler Lewis sprung the name namo o of George Slier Siler and dilated for Cor some little time on the ability and Integrity of the Chicago Chi Chi- cage cago man Manager Riley niley then had his InnIngs Inn- Inn Ings and stated state he was for Cor Jeffries last and all the time if it he could get the former boilermaker to officiate Riley stated that he had no objection whatever er to nn any of the men named but explained that his duty ut Is Ig to swell The gate galo receipts and he wants want the biggest st st. card po possible for that pur- pur pose As far tar as objections go there were vere none made b by either of the tIght light managers managers man man- agers or the head of ot the Casino club but It was plain to see that Lewis t f. f RUe Riley an and Sells Selig eaon had hIs favorite 1 i Selig- Selig S said that It If it was necessary nece r for tor fora a a sel eUon to b be made outside 1 of Slier or Jeffries ho ho would like Uko nu to see xea Jack Welsh el h o of San Francisco net act J. J Lewis said sall that under the same conditions he woula be he phased to see Bat Masterson do the heavies In this manner five names were wele d 4 brought up and when It was evident I that no agreement could be reached It 1 was decided that the referee must come from one o of the five names That Js JH how the tho matter stands at the present pres pres- ent but It is a cinch that the tho referee question will wm figuro prominently In the r regulation squabbles preliminary to the big event fl HARRY HAnny POST rOST 1 |