Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-12
BOXING AND pEpEsrR1Ar1sp1.

About eight hundred people assembled at
Armory Hall last night to witness the boxing
matches and the pedestrian contest. The
boxers appeared on large stage built in the
center of the hall The entertainment
opened at $40, Billy Jordan, of San Fran
cisco, acting as master of ceremonies. Harry
Maynard. retired lightweight champion, first
appeared and put on the gloves with his
brother John. They gave three rounds of
good boxing. Harry had his brother at his
mercy, but John showed excellent spirit and
a good fence. Three short rounds completed
their part Of the exhibition. The audience
appeared to be well pleased with the rapping
auestionably their boxing was superior.
Frayne Of New York and Palmer of Lon.
don cana up next and proved hard hitters
and adroit boxers. It was a very even
thing between them Frayne was the more
active of the two, but Palmer appeared TO be
tie bstter man physically and In the art OF
self-defense. It YVES more vigorous but
briefer set-so than the FIRST one. Patsey
Hogan and Billy Riley made up the next
pair. They gave three spiritless rounds.
Two youths were the nexs contestants, and
they pummelled each other with the padded
gloves, and danced about the stsge, in
manner that created the iVeliest Inerriment,
and really afforded the spectators more
amusenent than any other part of the even
ine's performance. The wind-up by the boys
resulted in the taller and least skilled Of the
two, who was announced as Andrew Jack
son, being knocked down and against the
ropes, amidst roars of laughter.
Jem Mace, the retired champion Of the
world, was next introduced, and his silver
champion belt exhibited. Following him
came his pupil, Herbert Slade, announced as
the Australian giant. Mace made fine phys
ical appearance, and was received with ap-
plause. Slade is an extremely tall man,
spleudidly built, of massive frame, and
wonderful breadth of shoulders and
and admirably proportional, but his
srms appear to taper Overmuch TO
the wristq. While Mace is himself very
fee physical specimen, his pupil far exceeds
him in manly stature and proportion. He
evidently has giant strength, but he is no
match for his skilled master in the ring,
whose quickness Of motion and lightning-like
rapidity Of stroke give no evidence Of the
many yelrs that rest upon his broad shout
ders. The boxing between the two was a
brief but superior exhibition, in which Mace's
C6hk6EllJ III sbOEploS AL adbcrSdIy DlOW tuu
evadiDg his stroke was thoroughly exempli-
fed. The pedestrian heeland.toe match be-
gan at 1908. 1t is for 70 hours, between G.
A. Hartman, the worlds champion heeland.
toe walker; Madame laChspelle, the cham.
pion woman pedestrian of the world John
Callahan, champion of the coast; G. Guer-
zero, Of San Francisco and James Pearson
(colored), of Vallejo. The track is one
eighteenth of mile in its circuit Hartman
gives LsChapelle 70 miles, Callahan
and Pearson, % miles each, aud Gusr-
zero 10 miles. Guerrero and Pearson
give LaChapelie 40 ziles, and Callahan
gives her 50 miles. Hartman is very tall,
spare, but well-huilt man, of easy carriage,
and long, sweeping stride. Callahan is of
average hight, and quick, nervous stopper.
Guerrero is q Woodworking walker, one who
must wear himself out quickly. Pearson is
really the most graceful walker of all. Little
is known of him here. Madame LaChapelle
is below the average in hight and weight,
walks with quick, short step. ard
a re-vous movement of the body
Il is announced that 81, coo is put up, and in
the hands of holders for division in two parts
between the two leaders at the close of
the contest. Certainly the contestants began
the match with a sri-it of ernest
ness. In the first quarter hour Hartman
at his maximum gait went at the rate of 81
miles an hour, Callahan 5, Chapelle 81,
and Pearson 81. These were spurts of speed.
The average rate is shown By the score be-
low. mo score is put on the board for Pear.
sony: