| Show every automobile in san francisco spoken for san francisco cal sept 8 the dispute over the selection 0 a referee tor the britt nelson fight tomorrow Is as far from settlement at midnight tonight as it was four ago tha sporting population was made happy for a brief time tonight by tho news that the club manager coffroth had telegraphed from colma that all objection to henries had been withdrawn and that tho fight would take place without an interfering incident the pleasure of the pugilistic fraternity was short lived however billy nolan the manager of nelson at 1130 tonight when informed of the message purporting to come from coffroth said that there was no foundation for it he declared positively jaffries will not act as referee tomorrow san francisco cal sept S man agar coffroth of the colma club said tonight that the wrangle over the ret ereo would make a difference of in the balc before the tickets placed on sale there were many reservations of seats for persons who had made applications and such seats wera sot aside to bo called for when paid this has been the custom in the past and auch reservations were always follow later by cash payments in this instance some prospective purchasers fearing that the ight might be a fiasco have not taken their tickets from tho box office it is estimated tonight mat the sate receipts will reach the arena is pitched in the center of the old coursing park about ten miles from the downtown down town district of san francisco it is in san mateo county and therefore outside the jurisdiction is of the local police authorities to preserve order and prevent any attempt at a stampede from the element that always gathers in the vicinity ol 01 ring contests the management has engaged a larga furco of neu from local detective agencies sixty 0 those men will keep order inside tho arena which is surrounded by a high board fence nono too substantial between the fence of the coursing park and tho arena enclosure a score of mounted officers will be on duty armed and ready to repulse any rush that may bo attempted to transport a arod of fifteen thousand or more persona to colma there is one trolley unc and oue steam railroad besides thee transports alon every automobile obtainable in the city both private and public is spoken tor beltt and nelson took a rest today doing barely enough work to warm up and keep their muscles in perfect condition beltt looks well but nelson shows many marks of bis hard train ing his boxing partners have not spared his face in their dally exchanges of blows and the sturdy dane gave considerable attention today to the salving of his facial appearance he declares that these are trifles and will not bother him tomorrow tho managers the fighters their seconds will meet at harry corbetta place tomorrow a 10 for the weighing in ceremony afterward they will leave for bohna in automobiles they must be in their dressing rooms and ready tor the call of time at halt one the contest will begin about 2 notwithstanding there vas a decided lull in the betting today pending a satisfactory settlement of the referee question tion it is believed that the amount wagered on tho fight will establish a record for ring contests in california britt monsy ia in evidence wherever vager are recorded but odds stand unchanged at to 70 large delegations of sporting men are in the city from pacific coast particularly from portland seattle and los angeles ala mining towns of nevada salt laiq and montana cities have sent scores while many of the larger eastern eai tern cities are represented CARDINAL li DEAD rome sept S cardinal raphael is dead he was born in italy in and was created a cardinal in 1896 now york sept S charles H daniels the now york athletic club swimmer broker another record in the yard handicap swim at the swimming tournament of that midland athletic club today winning in two aln itei forty second i |
