Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-29
SPORTING GOSSIP.
stray Notes on Local and other
Happenings.

Happenings.
Jack Dempsey has, by this time, ar
rived in San Francisco from Portland,
Oregon, and as the Nonpareil il states that
he has come on business and not for his
health-which, by the way, was never
better-we may rest assured that some-
thing will "drap" in the near future. 1t
would be very chestnut to flatter Jack.
His praise is on the lips of everyone who
has seen him in the ring, and "the long
lane" of his victorious progress seems to
be as far from the turning" as ever.
There is no exaggeration in saying that,
in every way, Dempsey is, by far and
away, the most popular pugilist OF the
present day.
Apropos of the recent plucky and high
ly creditable attempt of the Southern
California Athletic Club to induce Demp-
sey and Reagan to fight in this city for
a IS, 900 purse, 1 regret to find the follow
ing in the columns of the San Francisco
Chronicle:
The failure on Dempsey's part to persuade
JACK Reagan to meet him for the alleged $3, 900
purse, which the new advertising agency, ell
titled the Southern California Athletic Club is
said to have offered, caused the Nonpareil much
cilessly through the newspapers.
1t is unnecessary to say to those who
are acquainted with the personnel OF the
Southern California Club that there is
not the slightest shadow of justification
for referring to it in what is evidently in
tended to be contemptuous way, and
one that is likely to prejudice the club
in the eyes of professionals and the pub
! lie. Why Sporting Editor Naughton
should throw out such slur it ls not
very easy to understand. It could serve
no possible good purpose, in go far as he
himself or his paper is concerned, and II
surely could not have been made
as has been insinuated - because
American pugilists were worsted by
the club, instead OF Mr.. Naughton g
protegees from the Antipodes. In any
case it was q gratuitous and very un'
worthy fling at what is destined to be O
institution in this southern country.
TIE proposed fight between Corbeti
and Choynski could hardly fell to be q
rattling mill, for while Joe has not the
skill Of Corbett, he is quick and hard
hitter, and q glutton on punishment
Bar accident, however, Corbett shoult
win.
| w oOuOb WhOJuOi VI pLO AhOU
ing ones were disappointed at the result
of the Jackson Cardiff fight on Friday
evening. Besides the fact that Jackson
is unquestionably the better man Of the
two, and probably the best modern expo
nent of the methods of the daddy of al
sparrers"-Jem Mace, there has always
been grave doubt as to Cardiff's being
possessed of the ''sand" necessary tC
make really good fight. One quality
he is, however, most certainly possessed
of, viz: ''horse sense" or, as it is mort
elegantly called, prudence, which il
the better part of valor." He saw, within
ten rounds, that he had met his master
and, therefore, gave up in time.
| TURF NOTES.
To-dsy is Al Farrow's fourth birthday
1t is expected that Senator Hearst
stable will be represented in the Subur
ban by Glen Echo with Joe Marvin up
That ought to be q great race mex
Saturday at the Bay District Track be
tween Geraldine and Al Farrow.
The Breeder and Sportsman says Mr.
L. j. Rose, of Los Angeles, has sold five
sucking colts, four of which went to Mr.
Outhwalte, OF Sierra Madre, and one t.
DIR. G. G. Green, of Philadelphia. TIVE
of the first were by Stamboul, and two
by Alcazsr, the price for the four being
$4,000. The one going East is by STAN
boul, dam Nava by Dictator, second dan
Belle Brasfeld, :20H. DIR. Green paiC
$5,0 900 for this grand colt.
Willie Walter, the once famous jockey
who rode the world-renowned Ter
Brock in most of his great races, in
Guiding many of his record ones, is now
a trainer and owner. He has JUS
bought The Lion from Milton Young fol
$1,000. The horee seems to have sold re-
markably cheap, for he has worked 6
mile this season, with shoes on ant
weight up, in Lacy.