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Show FIGHTERS SEEK PARENTIS $10,000 fB. W. W.-Naughton.) San Francisco, Oct- 4. Louis Parents Pa-rents did not come through with rhat rst deposit of 10.000. Louis la the mnn who, on the preceding pre-ceding day created a flutter in sport-dom sport-dom by announcing that he had decided de-cided to offer Wolgast and Willie Ritchie a purse of $25,000 out of his ov.il pocket. He explained that it went against the grain with -him to see all the good matches getting away from San Francisco, and that he intended to place this city on the map again as the hub of the boxing universe. He declared that he wanted to put Wolgast and Ritchie in the ring on Thanksgiving day, and said he would produce $10,000 of the promised amount. Shortly after saying all this Louis disappeared. He has not been seen oy nny one since at least, not by any one who is willing to bear witness wit-ness to the fact, He has left a waiting world in doubt. Some persons are inclined to think that Parente merely made his bid for the sake of the advertising it would bring htm, and that he had no intention of producing any of the little gold dlpcs that jingle when you bounce them. Others believe that he meant business busi-ness while the fit was on him, but after the cool night breeze played upon his brow he became appalled at his own reckless liberality and took to the woods. Billy Nolan, manager of Wiine Ritohie. acquired spavin trailing after Parente. At Parente's snloon in the North Beach dlstlct they told Nolan that Parente had gone to El Verano on urgent business.' A long distance phone to 1 Verano brought the Information Infor-mation that Parente was not there and was not expected there. "Seems as if he wont bo much use to me if I Jo And him." rau"e"( Nolan, dejectedly, and he probaDi hit the right nail. Meanwhile Jim Coffroth and Tim Jones, manager of Ad Wolgast, havo got together In such a way as t make It reasonable certain that Wolgast Wol-gast will fight for Coffrotn on. Thanksgiving clay. The writer mentioned In these columns col-umns a feur days- ago that Jonea O some time ago assured Coffroth that the terms tho latter had named in connection with a Thanksgiving: match were acceptable. There was so much . talk to tho effect that Jones was die- ' ering with New Orleans, Los Angleles and other points that Coilroth began to fear that Jones was going back on his word. Reecently, however. Jones wired to Coffroth from Now Orleans as follows- "Proposition wired from Cadillas still goes for Thanksgiving." This set Coffroth's mind at rest and he will begin to prepare plans for conducting a world's championship match a', his Daly City arena Thanksgiving Thanks-giving day. To begin with. Coffroth wants to bring a pair of prominent lightweights together in this city next month. He figures that Joe Rivers, Frankie Burns, Burns and Willie Ritchie aro the boat available men in Wolgast's dhision. and that one of these will fl be the champion's next opponent. II "Any pair of them will do for my October card," said Coffroth. "There ,9 is not much to choose between them, in my opinion, and I think that's tho waj the public views them. Say thru Rivers and Ritchie boxed first, I'm sure the winner would be considered a fit opponent for Wolgast, and it v.ould be the same if Burns and Man-dot Man-dot oppose each other, or Burns and Ritchie. j " hae been in communication with Mondot relative to coming north to box, and am expecting an answer nov. Without attempting to say at thin, time who will form the October caru, I fell satisfied that I will be able 'o send two of the lightweights named together and to develop a Thanksgiving Thanks-giving opponent for Champion Wolgast." |