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Show ICOFFROTH MRS ON 80X1 m Noted Promoter Says He Doesn't Blame Fans for Howling Jim Coffroth, California sportsman, and one time the best known fistic promoter in the country, doesn't blame the fight fans for howling about the IKina OL matcnea mey jjciy uul men good money to see nowadays. He says some of the promoters- are so anxious to get the public's money now, they give little or "no attention to the details de-tails of the business, and as a result, the patrons of the sport are howling murder in almost every community where the mitt sport exists. Coffroth has a license to criticize the game, too. Ho was without doubt one of the most successful .promoters boxing ever had, and is perhaps, more directly responsible for California's faniR as a fistic center than anv other I one man. He ha3 staged some of the biggest affairs in tho game, and while he did not always make money, he pulled down a snug fortune and dees not need to care whether he ever sees another battle. Like the clever business man that he is, Coffroth does not take all the credit for his success. "I had an organization or-ganization that knew what to do and how to do it," he said recently in discussing dis-cussing the fight situation, "and above everything else, we always made it a point to see that a patron got the seat he paid for. I always tried to pay the best money possible and in return I expected the battlers to give me their best and I am convinced It is the best system in the long run." Coffroth says he cannot find fault with some of the eastern fans who have paid out , big sums for seats at these supposed-to-be high class mills, only to find when they reached the arena or auditorium that their seats I were lasen ana tney were lorcea to shuffle for themselves at the mercy of a" crowd of incompetent ushers. And the stalling boxers came in for a rap from Coffroth, too. He blames the promoters for the poor matches, declaring de-claring that some of tho matchmakers actually invite stalling by the manner in which they sign the boxers. "You have to pay for good service, no matter mat-ter what line it is in," said Coffroth, "and the sooner the promoters recognize recog-nize tho truth of this, the sooner they will bo able to make real money on their investment." Coffroth had planned to bid for the DempseyCar-! DempseyCar-! pontier fight to be staged In Mexico, ! but he abandoned the idea when he realized it would be, difficult to attract a big crowd to that spot. He Is now heavily interested in the racing gamet |