St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-11

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In the first place. the hail of the Cali
fornia Athletic cluo, in which the con.
test will take place, As at present ar
ranged. will not seat above 1900 people
The partitions at both ends of it can be
removed, and, by doing this. additional
seating capacity for from 500 to 600
spectators can be obtained. President
Fulda informs me that the club does not
propose to have it's hall thronged or
packed to suffOcation on the occasion to
oblige any one. 1t is intended that
every one present shall be furnished
with seat. In order to give Eastern
men vino wish to be present an oppor-
tdhity to do so. they will be given a
chance to become members of the
club; for no others with the ex"ep-
tion of a few members of the
press and the detailed police Off
cials) are admitted free. After this
month Q belieye) the initiative fee is to
be raised to $ll0, and the monthly dues
to $40, so that it viii cost those who are
moi already members of the club, who
wish to see the contest, about 500 to do
so.ioutslde 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 lie leaves home until he gets
back again. OF course. the expense will
not be so great for those who come from
Denver, Omaha. Minneapolis, st. Paul,
st. Louis, Cincinnati or Chicago. but
the difference. will hardly be more than
500 apiece in their favor. FhiS is
merely the money spent expense and
does not include the time consumed in
conlingAere from the East and getting
back again. This. will average two
weeks apiece. Ii advantage is taken
Of the trip to see lit
tie of the country hereabouts
Il month will not more than suffice to
make the journey. Now. to estimate
the size of tile Eastern contingent who
will possibly be present we must consld-
er its probable constituents. First and
foremost will be the sporting betting
men. In all probability Jackson will
make trip home to Australia before
the contest takes place. He naturally
wants to see his old friends there and to
reap the harvest of pounds and shlllings
ghich the notorlety 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, if the Antip0deans are as game
with their money as they are reported
to be, be accompanied by at least $780,
600 of colonial money to be put up on
him ON outside bets. If this is the case
and the match does not come off until
after the regular Eastern racing season,
it's safe to say that at least half of the
Eastern bookmaking contingent will be
here; | mean, half OF the tip-top-
pers. This gives fifty people to
Start with. Outside of the pro-
fessional sporting men think the fol-
lowing calculation of the number who
will attend will be found to be tolerabiy
accurate: Boston, so; New York, SO;
Philadelphia, 10; Baltimore, 10; Wash
ington, 5; Pittsburg, 45; Buffalo, 10:
Cleveland, 5; Chicago, so; Cincinnati.
10; ST.. Louis, %; Omaha. 10; Kansas
CITY, 10; st. Paul and Minneapolis, 10.
Add to these fifty from other Eastern
points around, and we have grand
total of $50 people. In making this cal
culation have written out the names
of nearly 250of those enumerated whom
know, will be present if possible. |
would say to them now that if they are
wise they will apply at once to the sec
retary of the California Athletic club
for admission to its ranks, for by
and by there is going TO be great rush
of applicants, and hundreds are going
to be left out in the cold beyond per-
adventure.