The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-24

violate the law by giving monthly priZe-hghts
without interference from The police, jackson
thinks that sullivan Will coin some excuse To
avoid a meeting
Jacks0n's friends are of the opinion that the
cOlOred champion next battie VIII be With the
winner OF the McAutfe- Saym light, Which Will
take place at the 0rmonde CLUB Of London IN
October next.
THE MIDDLE-wEIGHT SPIDER.
A letter from The Sporting Life OF London TO
Bob FiizsimmOnS states that Mitchell has con-
scented 10 fight he Australian middle-weght for
$1,000 a size, and that some OF the clubs would
doubtless contribute $1,000 for The mil. The
letter concludes b. asking FitZslmmons what
would he the lowest purse he would box FOR as
Pritchard, Ton Wall ana Bill Goode, any OF
whom are considered better men than Cardiff or
Mitchell, would be chosen TO hight him. FitZ-
simmons is at present in New Orleans training
fora fight which is advertised to take place on
the 2Slh Of This month.
FULDA GETTING THIN.
President Fulda is said 10 be rapidly falling
OF in flesh, owing TO the present uncertain slate
OF affairs pugliiStie aud the eOnstrant which has
been placed upon him by the clubs attorneys.
that Is 50 lar as giving out Tor publication any
news which might interest the Chef OF Police or
The Attorney General OF the State. Neither Mr..
Fulda nor the smiling and at1able Secretary. Mr..
Vernon, Is al liberty 10 state what t1e next
evenings sport which the club Will give in A u
gust VIII consist Of but club officer who Is In a
position to NnOw something concerning the COM
ing exhibition states that The principal event
Will be contest TO a finish between Mick Nc
Carthy, the Australian lightweight, and Billy
Armstrong OF San Jose Hiram Cook viii be
au expert judge of sports pugilstc his decision
Will be watched with Interest.
THE OLYMPICS.
The Olympic Club will. in all probability, make
the deciding bouts OF tile Coie.HaDerly wrestling
match Tor the middle weight championship Il
feature of Ladies' night" entertainment, 10 be
gwen at the Grand Ouera House September Sd.
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDARD.
At meeting ef Irish athletes held in Dublin
recently, Tie following fixture for the all-rOund
championship standard OF LELAND was settled
upon:
44O-y ard fiat race. .......... standard 81 secs.
One mile race; standard min 30 secs.
I2O-yard hurdle race. standard ~ 80 secs.
Hlgh Jump. .''...'... 'standsId . ieet
pt25 iu' ,;, shat stan|rd ~ teet
Throwing 16-lD. hammer
from 7-foot circle. stan dard 80 feet.
Singing 6-b. with follow Standard 10 feet
When The above standard was proposed Dub
lin Sport made the following comments, which
viii be nOte1 with interest by The amateur ath
leteS OF this county: =" The scOrings aud cOud-
tons TO he the same IN the all-round CHAM
pionship promoted by Sport in 1888. First. see
Ond and third To score .. 3 ana l respectively,
ana any competitor who fats to reach tue stand
ard in three events to be disqualified. In addi-
ton TO these ii VIII be proposed that II any COM
pelliOr g-ts disqualified during the INST six
competitions his marks Will not be scored, but
Will be given 10 the competitors who finished
next in the different competitions. This pro-
vision is intended 10 prevent specialists being
entered in order 10 reduce the marks OF any bona
fide competitor.
- 1 he proposed programme, as VIII De seen, is
made up OF three running, three jumping and
three weight-throwng events and, according 10
the conditions, failing TO qualify III any one OF
these departments entails disqualification"
With SUCH distinguished athletes as Pat DAWN
QOldeF) I. M. Donovan, Queens College, Cork:
j. +. O'Suliivan, killorgln; Ii. j. Peare, Car
rick; j. Z. Lawiess late of BandoB aud ID. ID.
Burger, together with such prominent novces Ia
the department as L. COnnell OF Blackjack Col
iege, The event caunOt fall ~ be highly inter-
esilng The proposed date Of The meeting is the
9Th OF September.
comparison with the American programme
shows that the IrIsh one is considerably harder.
The 100 yards is over Il second faster, tile 40
is 3 seconds faster than when this event
The American programme; the l-mile run Is 10
seconds faster; Inc l2O hurdle is nearly 2
seconds faster; the high jump Is the same; the
broad jump Is foot further; The l6-pOund Shot
feet further; the 16-pOuDd hammer 8 feet
further and the 56- pound weight is the same.
the trainers Of The Irish programme evidently
call the hurdles a jumping event, for they speak
OF the full programme as containing three runs,
three Jumps and three weights.
DOWNS RECORD.
w. c. Downs great 440-yard race OF which so
much has been written, Is still the leading topic
OF CONVEX satlon in New York amateur athletic
circles. Some OF the papers do not credit Downs
with The record because ii was reported that he
did not start from the scratch, but George GOldie
the athletic director Of tie New YORK Athletic
Club. and other prominent athletes have given
positive proofs that the Harvard University
nier ran the fun distance and Is entitled to the
record. which knocks Wendell Bakers 0:47A
record III the head
weighs, in athletic clothes, 135 pounds. He has
been running for about three years. although he
DID not become prominent until The spring OF
1889 He is honorable acquisition to the
ranks OF undergraduates, for besides his magnif-
cent running powers lie Is universally popular
on account OF his genial dispO SiliOn and uuusu-
ally geutlemanly and unassuminB manner.
AMATEUR UNION.
Athletes OF the Pacific Coast Amateur Athletic
Association VIII read with much interest The fol-
loving letter, Which was published in tile st.
Louis Globe Democrat OF Jnly 9th regarding the
proposed reorganization oil the Amateur Athletic
Unlcn:
Mr.. James A. ST. John, President OF the West
eIn Association OF Amateur Athletes, has Just
returned from the East, where ne had confer
ence with the officers of lie Amateur Athletic
Union, relative 10 the Western \. A. a. anal
ganIaltng Hith that body. Ii Is likely 10 come
about 10 this way. 1t Is proposed to organize on
a basis, ana the Amateur Athletic Union
instead of being union Of clubs Will be a union
OF associations. Each association TO have local
Sel-EOyernment. For example the New Ell
gland States VIII have one association, the Mid.
die States another, the Southern States another,
the Central States, comprising Missouri, Illinois,
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ar
kansas, Kansas. Minnesota, Nebraska to have
another and another embracing the States on
tile Pacific Coast. Each OF these associations to
have a representative in the National Union
Tie fullest liberty Will be given each association
TO manage its own affairs. Mr.. A. q Mills, eX-
President OF the National Baseball Leagur, Is
the father OF thus movement and the whole plan
VIII be III shape Ior presentation at the annual
meeting TO be held In Washington September
next, whea there is 10 doubt that The scheme
VIII be carried our. This VIII give the Western,
or m re properly speaking, The Central Associa-
ton, OF which our local clubs Will be members,
an immense district, and perhaps larger in point
OF membership than any OF its sister associations.
Each association Will have its championship
meeting, and tie union VIII give the annual
meeting for the national chamI lOnships OF tile
whole country. 1t has taken many years 10
bring about harmony all over the country but 1t
has come at last, and The future prosperity of
amateur athletics Is assured
RUGBY FOOTBALL.
The Oakland Y. NJ. C. a foot ball teams are
developing extraordinary talent aud the game
next Saturday should be OF considerable interest,
both teams this week having been carefully
chosen. Kick on at 80 O'clock in the evening,
corner of Ninth avenue and Sixteenth street.
East Oakland Sitting accommodation Will be
be provided for ladies'.
INTERSTATE CoURsING.
Coursing men who are interested in the
success of the announced interstate match
assembled last evening at $50 California
street, but very little business was done in
consequence OF the members of the Finance
Committee being out of town.
Several letters were read from sportsmen
who reside in Denver and Kansas, which
stated that if the promoters of the great
race meeting, which will take place ON the
plains of MERGED in October next would
guarantee a good purse for the stake open
to all dogs, both Kansas and Denver
would be strongly represented, so far as
greyhounds are concerned.
Judging from the liberality shown by
sportsmen who have been called upon to
subscribe to purse, which must be at
least $1,000 to insure q representation of
Eastern coursing men, there is no doubt
entertained of the success of the venture
by those who have the matter in hand.
The erroneous reports of coursing meet
ings published in some OF the daily papers
have misled some of the Eastern sporting
journals, which have copied the same The
following squib, which appeared in the
Turf, Field and Farm of July 18th, speaks
for itself:
Out IN San Francisco they have regular Or
gained courslng club called the Occidental
which holds coursiug meetings nearly every Sun
day in the season. AT the last monthly meeting
the club was shown to be IN good financial con-
dillon with list of thnty-eight members in good
standing.
The Occidental Coursing Club is really