The morning call., 1890-10-23
GLOVES AND SPIKES.
Boxing Night at the Olympic
Draws u Big House.
Tom Clsary and Joe Ellingsworth Will Fight
Next Sunday Outdoor Athletics Boom
ing in the East.

ranged by the Olympic Club last evening,
the gymnasium was crowded to its fullest
seating capacity by ladies and gentlemen
who took particular interest in the enter
tainment. which consisted Of fsticuffs and
gymnastics. 1t was the boxing professors
night, and the bouts were very warmly con-
ties ted, and many of the amateurs showed
marked improvement over their former per-
formances.
The set-to between Eddie Graney and Mr..
Hampton was watched with particular in
terest. 1t was well worth witnessing as
both boxers are very clever performers.
The TO flowing gentlemen met in friendly
competition: Fabry VS.. Sattenwhite,
Hughes vs. Hampton. Kitchen VS.. Powers,
Stack VS.. Pitman. Graney VS.. Hampton,
Corbett VS.. Kitchen, Sash vs. Paint. Arch
ing vs. Kerrill, johnson VS.. Hughes, Boyd
VS.. Kitchen, Corbett VS.. Bogner in bur-
lesque finish contest.
THE JUVENILES.
Among the juvenile boxers who appeared
were P. Bonlo VS.. ID. c. Van Court and j.
Kullmann VS.. n. Eckart
The double horizontal bar performance by
Zelner elected hearty applause. but the
most graceful and difficult feat of the even
ing was the double forward somersault by
Mr.. Stack, which would reflect credit on any
professional. He was cheered to the echo.
The exceedingly handsome and valuable
medals which will be awarded the winners
of the light, weller and feather weight
classes in the coming boxing tournament
were on exhibition, and many young gentle
men who are not boxers gaZed upon them
longingly, as if they would feel pride in
having one of them grace their breasts.
The very successful entertainment closed
ub 10 at haty m prp-
fessors Corbett and Bogner, in which the
latter was knocked completely out after
making game but decidedly uphill fight
ATHLETICS AT THE EAST.
William Greer Harrison. President of the
Olympic Club, has received long letter
from E. A. Rix, the clubs Vice-President,
in which the latter says that he has visited
all of the principal athletic clubs in the East,
and from what he has seen he is satisfied
that the Olympic Club must push its scheme
through rs soon as possible. Speaking Of
the Columbia Athletic Club of Washington,
Its four-stOry building is on lot 110x165
feet, and cost $4,000. The Manhattan
Clubs new building, magnificent
structure, cost S5S0,000, and the
builder Of it said. in reference to
the Olympic Club, that the latter's new
building could be erected with only half its
bonds subscribed. Mr.. Xix was advised to
go ahead with the building scheme, as
plenty of subscribers TO the bonds would
come to the front when the club proved that
it meant strictly business. The writer will
suggest many new features on his return,
which will add very materially, if fav0rably
considered, to the equipment of the build
ing. Speaking of various branches of sport,
the writer says that the interest now taken
in outdoor athletics in the Eastern cities is
actually surprising. Although the club
members have finely equipped gymnasiums,
outdoor sports is the popular fad, and the
reason for this is the enthusiasm created
and the rivalry maintained between the diff
ferent clubs by team work, which is most
encouraging; but as far as Individual ath-
letiCs is concerned, there is little or no ex-
element attached.
JACKsON'S INCREASED WEIGHT.
In Australian puglistlc circles considera-
BILE excitement has been recently created by
the announcement that the champion col
ored pugilist, Peter Jackson, has grown ex-
ceedingly corpulent since his arrival at the
Antipodes. Many strange rumors are ailoat
descriptive of Jackson's sudden imitation,
and various surmiSeS as to the cause have
been offered, but rs yet no tangible theory
has been advanced which would calm the
minds of the great fighters friends. who
look with awe-inspired glances at Jackson's
abnormal development IN the region OF the
stomach.
Since his arrival In Kangaroo land the
colored Hercules, according to report, has
been following strictly temperate life.
consequently the phenomenal growth of
flesh which mas accumulated in the region OF
his bread basket puzzles not only puglliSts
but physicians, who have incidentally called
to see the man who must defend his coun-
try's honor, pugilislically, against the slogger
Frank p. Siavin.
Jackson, it is said. actually bushes when
asked for an explanation, although his
trainer, Fitzpatrick, looks upon the cOndi-
ton of his charge as decidedly serious.
Apropos OF the peculiar state OF affairs
which now excites the pugilistc armament
of far away Australia, it is said that the
causes which brought about this singular
enlargement of Jackson's stomach can be
traced to time when lie and the now cele-
brated Jumbo" the present sporting oracle
of an evening paper, were travelling COIL
panions through England and France.
At that time Jumbo" acted as rubber"
for the colored Hercules, and under
the formers famous massage treatment
Jackson's ayoirdupois was kept re-
duced. Now that they are separated by the
tons are missed, hence the great increase
of weight on the part of the pugilist
THE PUGILIsTS.
Jack Dempsey writes that he will start for
New Orleans about the latter part of No
vember. He will train for his fight with
Fitzsimmons in Portland. Dempsey and
Charley Dexter are partners in saloon,
which is now the popular sporting resort in
Portland.
La Blanche has been given benefit by
his friends at Seattle. He will head for
New Orleans immediately, where his pros
pect of '.getting on match with some
niddle-weight puglist is good. He desires
to be present " hen Dempsey and Fitzsim-
mons fight.
The California Club so-called test case
came up for hearing yesterday in Judge
Skaters court, but was postponed until
NJ ,tNar mil 10 no ipfn or
having been improperly drawn.
letter which was received yesterday
from Seattle states that Joe Ellingsworth
and Tom Cleary will fight to a finish next
Sunday morning on a barge near Port
Townsend with two-ounce gloves. The
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