The morning call., 1890-12-17
CORBETT- SLAVIN.
Their Contest Is All Dependent
Upon Futurity.
Comments on Godfrey and Kilrain-The Oak
land Athletic Clubs-0lympic Bill
lard Tournament

Although it has been reported that a
match between Corbett and Slavin was rati-
fed by the California Club to take place in
June next, the manager of the California
pugilist. Mr.. Strenzel, has been puzzling
his brains to locate the person or persons
who have received any information from
Slavin as regards meeting with COrbett in
this city or any other city in America.
Joe Thompson has cabled Slavin from this
city asking him if hewould meet Corbett. but
as yet no answer has been received; neither
has the California Club received any news
from the Australian. As matters stand
there can be no reliance placed ON the re-
ported rumors of match between Corbett
and Slavin, although the former has in
formed the California Club that he would
fight the Australian according to the terms
offered him by President Fulda.
Slavin has yet to be heard from, and no
reliance can be placed on any published re-
ports until the California Club announces
aulhoritatively that Francis Patrick Slaven
has cabled or written the club to bind a
match of this kind
RELIANCE CLUB OF OAKLAND.
The Reliance Athletic Club of Oakland
has arranged for musicale to be given at its
iooiho oii "Vittu anu W ottCcbo
tomorrow evening. The Secretary of the
club states that preparations for the whist
tournament have also been completed. En-
tries will close on the evening of January
1st, and the contests will be begun on Jan
uary oath. Each set of players will play
with every other set, and the points made
will then b. counted up, and the set having
the greatest number will be adjudged the
winner. A committee has been appointed
to arrange for a series of tournaments of an
athletic and social nature. hich will in
clude billiards. euchre, crib etc. The
committee consists of P. II. Remillard, j.
Fl. Ameus and S. G. Dunbar. The club has
received several applications for member
ship since the initiation fee was reduced
to So.
LIVELY FOOTBALL.
The football game played last Saturday
on the Preside grounds left some of the
contestants with manned anatomies. Seven
of the soldiers who struggled hard to gain a
victory over their clever opponents have
been in the army hospital nursing wounds
received on the field. Doctor Jerome Gard
ner received a heavy shock in collision
with one of the heavy weight kickers from
the garrison. He was playing full back for
Oakland at the time lie encountered the
stalwart soldier. and although he succeeded
in grassing his man amid great applause. he
was knocked unconscious and remained in a
state of stupor until the following morning.
Jones OF Oakland proved to be the best
tackler on the field and Benwell of Troop /
the best runner. A return game will be
played when the athletes have sufficiently
recovered from the effects of the severe
handling and the bruises they sustained in
their encounter with mother earth.
ATHLETICS ACROSS THE BAY.
The Alameda Olympic Club proposes to
inaugurate new fields OF sport now that an
energetic board If officers have been elected
to conduct the clubs athletic affairs. The
Directors contemplate renting the great pa
vilion in Neptune Gardens, which is 100X20o
feet Last Friday evening the club gave an
entertainment at the Park Opera House,
which was largely attended.
The Acme Club of Oakland is quietly con-
sidering the proposition of securing new
quarters, although some OF the members con-
tend that II the hand-ball court was re-
moved from the eXercising-room it would be
found large enough for card and social pur-
poses.
THE BOATING CLUBS.
Boating in Alameda is becoming very
popular pastime. Only very recently
first-class boat club was organized. and an
other boat club, which promises to rival the
one now existing, has been formed, with
several influential citizens OF Alameda as
headquarters at the foot of Grand street.
The Dolphin Boating and Swimming
Club will meet the representatives of the
San Francisco Yachting Club some evening
this week to perfect arrangements for the
proposed amalgamatOn Of clubs.
The Turn Section OF the Verein Eintracht
has made application for membership to the
2. c. A. A. A. There are several first-class
gymnasts among the Turner's who could con-
tribute very materially to the success of the
Nlr,h inllt
tic tournament in February next.
The entries for the handicap billiard
tournament of the Olympic Club are coming
in fast, and the committee, consisting of
MessrS. Russ and Forsyth, who have the
management of the tournament, state that it
will be, in the way of billiards, the greatest
success the club has ever achieved. The
contests will take place after the holidays.
CoRBETT AND sLAvIN.
Jim Corbett and bis backer Stencil, will
be among the party of San Franciscans who
will leave this city in January to see the
Dempsey-Fitzsimmons fight at New Orleans.
Corbett says that he will be prepared to
meet Slavin in the California Club in May or
June next.
When Corbett sewers his connection with
the Olympic Club as its instructor of boxing.
his probable successor will be De Witt Van
Court, who has been the professors assist
ant for over a year. Van Court, who is
very popular, is an excellent sparrer.
Paddy Smith. the lightweight pugilist,
has quit the ring and is now member of
the Seattle Fire Department, The first
chance Paddy gets to fight some man whom
ne considers to be an easy game, the Fire
Department will be left minus an assistant.
In Boston, on the evening of December
10th, Charles G. Jefferson. the champion
amateur heavyweight litter, raised 1571A
pounds OF solid iron with both hands. The
best amateur lift previous to this was made
by Ii. Leussing of Cincinnati, March 81,
I 1850, Of 1884 pounds. David L. Dowd Of
OF 1442A pounds March q, 1883.
GODFREY AND KILRAIN.
The next event of Importance to the sport
ing fraternity of this city in the way of fisti-
cuffs will be contest between the heavy
weights Godfrey and Kilrain. OF these
fighters Macon" the well-known writer of
sports pugilistic, says:
Though George Godfrey las given a Quasi
acknowledgement OF the California Clubs offer OF
$1,000 purse for go between him and Jake
kilraln he does not seem to banker for the job
OF nghting his old coDqueror again. Jake, when
beginner made Godfrey cry quits in three
rounds, and ! think that George feels in his
be not so quickly. Godfrey is 40 years old and
Is the happy father OF seven children. He Is In
better physical condition though than many
fighters OF 30, for am told that he never drank
aglass OF liquor or smoked a cigar in his life
He owns bis own house and lot in Chelsea, Just
outside of Boston, and has a tidy sum in bank.
When building his house, 1 am informed he
Kept his family 10 a tent in the back OF the lot
and lie dug tile cellar Of the house at night after
he had returned from his regular days labor
He only fights for the money he can make and
he viii NOT fight kilrain unless he feels pretty
certain he can reverse the former verdict
AT NEW ORLEANS.
At meeting of the New Orleans CITY
Council held a few evenings ago Council
man Haag introduced an ordinance prohib-
iting prize-fghting within the city limits.
The matter, strange to say, was indefinitely
postponed on an unfavorable report from
presented the Council this was the only
one put aside for the time being.
George Slosson is to bring Lucien Plot.
the French billiard expert to this country
to play under contract.
Steinitz and Gunsberg opened their chess
contest rev evenings ago at the rooms of
the Manhattan Chess Club, New York.
The champion offered the queens gambt,
which Gunsberg refused. After twenty-five