The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11
GOSSIP ABOUT THE BOXERS.
WHAT IT WILL COST TO SEE sULLrYhH
and JACKSON.

Tho Cnliforntans Ihlnk Peter Has y
Chance OF VinninG, but VIII Only Bet
Ono to Two on IIim-Othcr FistIc Matters.
SAN Francisco. May 5.-Fifty per cent. OF
tho sporting men OF San Francisco affect to
believe that Peter Jackson has q lrst-class
chance to down John l. Sullivan in their COM
inp contest and when asked II they will back
their opinions with their money most OF them
aver their Willingness to do so for moderate
amounts. provided odds OF two to one are given
them. That such odds will prevail when the
men meet is hardly to be presumed, II Jack
son Ia the fighter his friends say he ia they
should DO willing to back him at even money or
at least at four to Ave. In this contestPeter will
have the advantage OF hoRht and reach. and
he will fight in friendly ring II his admirers,
and he has leRions OF them here. will not back
him at the odds have named. It is evident
that their faith in him is not OF the kind that
moves mountains.
am daily asked. How many people will
come here from the East to SEQ this flRht1"
My answer is that the number greatly depends
on circumstances In the first place, the hall OF
the California Athletic Club, In which the con-
test will take place as at present arranged. will
not seat above 1.5O0 people. The partitions at
both ends Of 1t can be removed, and by doing
this additional seating capacity for from 500 to
600 spectators can DO obtained. President
Fuda informs me that the club does not pro-
pose to have its hall thronged or packed to sut-
location on the occasion to oblge any one. Il
is intended that every one present shall DO
furnished with seat. Eastern men who wish
to be present will have q chance to become
members OF the club, for no others with the
exception of few members OF the press and
the detailed police onlcias are admitted FREQ.
After this month, believe, the initiation fec Is
to be raised to 800 and the monthly dues to
SO. so that 1t will cost those who are not al
ready members Of the club about $40 to SEQ
the contest outside OF their fare here. hotel
bills and other incidental expenses. 1t is safe
to say that it will cost each New Yorker or Bean
eater present $500 from the time he leaves
homo until he gets back again. In all proba-
biity Jackson will make trip homo to Aus
tralia before the contest takes place. He nat
urally wants to SEE his old friends there. and
to renp the harvest of pounds and shilIinRs
which the notoriety Of his victories here and in
England, and his match with the greatest
fighter the ring has ever seen, has given him.
When he returns he should DO accompanied by
at least 100000 Of colonial money to be put up
on him in outside BETS II this is the case, and
the match does not come of until after the
regular Eastern racing season. IL Is safe to say
that at least half OF the Eastern bookmakinR
contingent will be here: mean half OF the tip-
toppers. This gives fifty persons to start with.
outpluo Vi hlo DEOleSblOudl sporting men.
think the following calculation OF the number
who will attend will be found to be tolerably
accurate: Boston, so; New York. so; Philadel.
phia. 10; Baltimore, 10: Washington. s: Pitts.
burgh. As: Buffalo. 10; Cleveland. 5; Chicago,
SO: Cincinnati. 10: st. Louis, 25; Omaha. 10:
Kansas City. 10; St Paul and Minne-
apolis 10. Add to these so from other
Eastern points unnamed. and we have
a grand total Of $50 persons. In maxi
A..
names of nearly $50 OF these enumerated, who.
know will be present II possible. l would say
to them now that. If they are, wise; they VIII
amply at once to the secretary of the California
Athletic Club for admission to its ranks. for BY
and by there Is going to be agreat rush q ap-
in the cold. beyond peradventure
-, AS yet OF course, no formal match has been
sissippl is, disposed Of But / think the Biz
November meeting. ana that it viii rot take
place until the 25th OF that month. This viii
SUP me pes convenience Of az concerned .
5isu5f hs Fast fS% NJ
Pl lRt 6unehine ths bRs viii JACK
Joe McAuliffe. stunG by Billy Madden's taunts
defeated him This ridicuIons Zoe fSr P Pae
is In the employ Of the California Club. and it's
VIII W Rot vPga5 5 10 TO bG ssF
70 revisit the AtlsnIs coast lie viii Be o a1Ie
Jim Corbett feels rather rled over the criti.
clsns Of Eastern sporting reporters. who said
the ropes was Unfair. He claims that he did
nothing that was not permissible. but after
that the criticisms were Just, but that jim did
no.. mean to 40 a1ytfnig Wrong SH Az the fights
offered by Clubs These purses are 81 made I,S nS
BY the dues OF the members OF the clubs.
out and not DECIDED BY o1s Tbe 'GH g9
e o thot to this and despite the
nj IDLE weight, fought Denny kel!eher., he
very time he could and before they had fouSht
hree rounds kellehers throat and breast were
Usage. benny then retaIiated in kind and By
he time the contest was over each had done
@es beoe Easten b NM The d same
hing took pIh hceo when Billy Mahap and shan
cteree warned each man dozen times. but
,nly TEMPORARY heed was paid to his mQntions.
he IS ronfRer hs il Ss and
,c, I would II be had his career been In
Of the hls pa Sgd as 50 dPss
- expected, his Victories over Kilrain and Nc
,,afrey have made him hosts of new admirers
now OF, and his friends here are among the
rst people on the Pacific slope. | mean his
Jerk in the Nevada Bank in this city. and he
ns very exalted ideas about elevating puRil-
I'M Despite his recent Growl at John L. Sui
van and his offer to box him four rounds, he
III thinks the biz fellow the greatest fighter
wing and he Will bet his money on him when
o faces jackson.
ia, JSek DEMPSEY is living very quietly in Port
Urn here for some time. Though his resigne-
on a. boxing instructor OF the California Club
MI resuming HE duties there. A good many
eope here hope that Jack may train liyan
,r his 90 with jackson. and second MIN. too,
mat momentous occasion. l presume the
ig fellow Eastern friends would be glad to
now that Dempsey was behind their favorite.
Pete McCoys, victory oyer Johnny Reagan
onvinces Ca ifornians that Johnny would
ave had little change with Young Mitchell
nd they met. Mitchell will soon go into train
ig for his contest with the Marine. His friends
Eel that he has hard Job ahead Of him. but
ley say II he can keep away from La Blanche's
lshes for eight or ten rounds they will then
OF even money that he will defeat him. All
ore feel that the Marine is a tough customer,
lille he can stand on his feet