The morning call., 1890-05-16
Denyer's Champion Will Fight
for Reputation.
La Blanche and Murphy Have Tired of thu
East-Sport at Haywards-Lawn Ten
mis- Tournament.

ing paper-weight fight among themselves
as to who is entitled to the championship
of that class.
The com mittes decided to hold an extra
nights fstic entertainment every mouth
until the championship of the midget class
is decided. The successful competitor will
be presented with belt emblematic of the
Championship of the bantam-weight Of the
Pacific Coast.
JACKSON TRAINING HARD.
Peter Jackson is said to be training hard,
and will meet Smith, the Denver heavy
weight pugllist, on the evening of the 10Th
of this month, in good condition for hard
battle. which reports say it will be while
it lasts.
a friend Of Smith in this city received
letter yesterday from the Denver champion
which states that Smith will try his utmost
to make record by knocking jackson out.
Ihe letter terminates in this wise:
II am offered a good figure to box Jack
son. but If L can do him | will gain repu-
tation which | can travel on. If Cardiff
can make him sick in five rounds l think
will be able to put him in a way that he will
forget all about his sickness. Don't bet any
thing on Sullivan against the colored cham
pi0n until | have finished with him."
SMITHS MEASURE TAKEN.
There is not the least doubt that Jackson
has taken Smiths measure and will treat
him according to the treatment he will re-
ceive when they face each other in the ring.
Dawes, who Is managing jackson. Will
keep close watch on Smiths movements,
and if he suspects that the Denver pugilist
will deyiate from the general rule which
governs exhibitions of the kind, Smith will
find that stop to the proceedings in the
ring will be called However, the contest
promises to be very interesting
Billy Murphy has been hoodooed " by
the saloon sports OF New orE, and finding
that the Eastern climate is not conclusive
to his health lie has packed up his traps
and is now training it to Frisco
He expects to be here in time to witness
the ten-round contest between his brother
Jimmy and Young Dempsey, which will
precede the battle to a finish between
Choynski and Mystery Davis the Omaha
cyclone Professor Weather "B" says
that Davey will win in canter provided
that ChOynski will forget that he carries a
brick IN his right hand when they toe the
scratch
JoURNEYING WESTWARD.
La Blanche aud Mike Lueie are journey
ing westward. The Marine is expected in
this city next week. He says that there are
too many travelling fistic combinations now
on the road and that the dividends from
exhibitions IN Eastern towns are very small.
Dr. W. G. Green, who is publishing a
Sc ries of articles entitled Forty Years of
Cricket" tells this story: George Brown,
bern at Stoughton. Sussex, April 81, 1888,
10 SuppOS6u W udN6 Dee0 Tie fastest unuer-
hand bowler that ever played. He was SO
very fast that two long stops were needed
Tor him, and nearly all the tieldmen were
placed behind the wickets. At Lords a
man once tried to stop the ball with his
coat, but Brown bowled through the coat,
and killed dog on the other side. He was
a dog of some size, too"
An English exchange says: A new sport
has been inaugurated at Leeds. A pair of
fox-terriers were ''artlcled for e25 side to
pick up and return ball thrown tifty-one
times over mark fifty yards away, the one
completing the task il tile shortest time to
be declared the winner" One of the dogs
did the business in is minutes l As seconds,
but the other won in II minutes Al % sec
onds.
Joe Ellingsworth is well satisfied with
MS quarters at San Bruno. and close
watch will be kept Oh him until the evening
OF his fight with Kelliher.
a London cable says that Charley Smith
of Sptalteds, England, the 116-pound
champion pugilist, has sailed for America
to light Billy Murphy.
HAYwARDS ATHLETES.
The Haywards Athletic Club gave an
exhibition last Saturday evening before a
large gathering. The first event was a
bout between Walter Smyth of the Acme
Athletic Club of Oakland and Frank
Cooley, champion amateur feather weight
of the coast. The latter decidedly over
Ai"eShtN mo NbiuSOhiobs WiO,
showed notable gameness. The next 60
was between two Acmes, VIII Sharp and
Louis Wolf, who We're well mated. Next
Hugh Phillips and Will Ray, both of
Brooklyn, dOnned the nitts. Ray was a
spider" but Phillips was too "hy" for
him and had the best of the encounter,
though much the smaller of the two.
slogglng match between win HOgarty
OF Brooklyn and an unknown son of Vul-
can kept the interest up to lively pit un-
til Hogarty showed that he was decidedly
the better man of the two. Three good
rounds of scientific sparring were given by
Jack Kitchen and Mike Sullivan of Brook
lyn. Mr.. Rouse gave capital exhibition of
ciub-swnging and weight-lifting.
The best exhibition, however, of the
evening was given by w. Gallagher and
Jack Kitchen, VINO boxed three capital
rounds and won great applause from the de-
lighted audience. The final event was
vain attempt on the part of Fred Irving to
knock out Joe Field, but the field proved to
be as good, if not BETTER than the favorite,
and honors were easy at the end of the bout.
A supper very appropriately closed the pro-
ceedlngs of the evening.
OAKLAND ATHLETIC CLUB.
The Oakland Athletic Club will give an
entertainment at Germanla Hall this even
ing of high jumping. tumbling and boxing.
Gallagher and Sullivan. of the Acme Club,
and Fields Davis, Tindal aud Eustice. of
great event OF the evening viii be a six
round 60 between j. Welch of the Oakland
and Joe Irving of the Acme clubs, both
champion light-weights of their respective
clubs.
The following is the list Of officers being
voted for at the East Oakland Tennis CLUB
Courts: For President, George C. Gaskill !;
Vice-President, Adolph Unls; Secretary
and Treasurer, Charles s. Melvin; Board
of Directors-The officers and G. A. Culver
A. A. Dewing. +. z. Holt, George Ii. Mason,
1. C. Lewis. A. House and L. P. Wander
cook. The Board OF Directors will meet in
few days and organize for work.
The tournament of the Lakeside Tennis
Club on Memorial day promises to be q
very interesting event. There win be some
very fiue games with such men as Yates
and McGavin. the Magee brothers, and
Gaddesden and Wilberforce of the Califor-
mia Lawn Tennis Club, while from the
Lakeside Tennis Club. the Marx brothers.
Charles p. Hubbard, the Haight brothers,
and w. X. Wheaton. all good players, will
appear to fight manfully and contest the
former players at every point of vantage to
keep the trophy on the other side of the
bay.
The cinder path of the Berkeley Univer-
sity Is now in fairly good condition for
to-morrow's field day. The half-mile
scratch race between McNear, Lakman,
Weaver, De Winter and Mays promises to
result In Il close finish.
1t is reported that Professor Louis
Gerichten, the all-round athlete, has per-
manently retired from athletic pursuits.
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