The morning call., 1890-04-15
HE WAS NOT IN IT.
Professor Corbett Plays With
DOminick McCaffrey.
Programme for Ladies Night ct the Olympic
C!ub-Arrival of "Reddy" Gallagher.
Jack Kitchen Going East.

ular weekly meeting until next "Wednesday
evening. The club is negotiating with Jem
Carney, the English champion lightweight
pugilst, with a view of matching him
against either McAuliffe or Jimmy Carroll.
'Reddy" Gallagher the Cleveland mid
dle-weight, who is matched to light Billy
Mccarthy, arrived yesterday He is sur
named freddy" on account of his sunset
hair. Gallagher is particular friend of
Jimmy Carroll, the middle-weight puglist,
and shortly after his arrival he visited the
latter at his training quarters. "Reddy'
has the build and appearance of fighter,
and win certainly give a good account of
himself when ne meets the Australian.
The Cleveland boy gave Dempsey hard
battle when the latter was at his best.
Jack Kitchen, the heavyweight champion
amateur boxer OF the Acme Club, is about
10 leave for the East to finish his trade of
book-binding
LADY ATHLETES,
Professors Smyth and Tronchet of the
Olympic Club are becoming alarmed at the
rapid increase in the number OF ladies who
have become Infatuated with gymnastics
ana fencing. Yesterday morning tfty-three
fair misses put III an appearance at the CLUB,
and the teachers were kept busy until noon,
when the exercises were concluded.
The following programme of events has
been arranged by the officers of the Olym-
pic Club for ladies night" the 23d inst.
Juvenile pyramids and groupings; double
tiapeze: horizontal bar iuventles club swing
Ing by Professor Smyth; fencing by the class
at is quite probable that one of Professor Iron
chefs lady lupils will appear against one OF the
gentleman contestants IN fencing bouD; double
horizontal bar performance by MessrS. Mansfield
and Arnold Qhis VIII be the principal feature OF
the evening"; sparrinei tug Of war on cleats
against time by the following athletes; Team l.
Captain Broden Q75 pounds), Helmer 165
pounds), heriel 90 pounds, Donnelly, anchor
ass DoundS)i Team 2-CaptaIu WmsOW (l5O
pounds, +. KOlb Q53 pounds Belan $50
luunds), Haberley anchor q pounds.
The Directors of the club met last even
ing and presented a handsome set of en-
graYed resolutions to l.. \. RiX, Chairman
of the Grounds Committee, complimenting
that gentleman for the very excellent serv-
Ice lie rendered the club III having con-
strUcted such handsome demesne for ath-
letic paStimeS.
The California Division of American
Nheelmen Will hold meeting next Satur-
day evening at Sachems' Hall Post street.
AWAITING THE NEWS.
There was quite a large crowd of men,
hcrs present at the Olympic Club last night
who anXiously waited until midnight for
the New York dispatches regarding the
four-TOund contest between COrbett and
McCaflrey. No news Of any kind reached
the clubup to midnight, but some practical
Joker came rushing into the building about
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brstles on an angry hedgehog, and an
nounced in loud tones that Corbett was
knocked out in the first round.
Not one man among the gathering took
any stock IN the report and an indigna-
ton meeting was then about to be called
with the view of throwing the disciple
oil Mrs Woodwork out of a tOp-story
window, when another member rushed
in with his coat and shoes off and be-
seeChed the boys, who were nOnpiused
n Ia a. a nj 10 hair
TO flee to the summit of Telegraph HILL as
the water had risen and was flooding the
saloons and d0ughnut-stands on East street.
Consideration was at its highest about
this time and the excitement in the club
was growing quite intense, when Professor
MiehIlug came flying through one Of the
tOp-StoTy windows Of the club with 4 para
chute and eontradicted both reports by stat
ing that he had just arrived from New ! 0rk
and had seen COrbett make monkey out
Of McCatfrey in every round, and that Pro-
lessor w iggin was very much annoyed on
learning that the authorities OF Oakland,
Cal, allowed such a number of crazy
prophets IL roam at large.
This good news was quite cheering to
the Olympians and a general vote Of thanks
was extended to Professor Miehling for
his rapid transit across the continent on
the improved parachute.
HAS TAKEN THE PLEDGE.
Professor Peter jackson, according to
Will not touch the tempting cup
until he reaches his first love-San
Francisco. Peter learned that this
city was advertised by the grand
army Of crauks as doomed to destruction,
and having had q very close call at Louis
vile from being tossed in the cyclone
blanket, he concluded that he would lay
back and await results III San Francisco,
rather than take any further chances Of
b ing knocked out by the elements.
John l.aMlOr. tho exclamation hand hall
player of Ireland, recently undertook a
Very difficult task at the Brooklyn Hand
ball Court, when he agreed to give John
Malcolm, one OF the best players in Brook
iyn, ten acres ID each game for ten games.
LaWlor was hardly up to his best form, but
IL is very doubtful whether he was ever
turned up TO The pitch 10 beat the playing
that Malcolm exhibited, and with such a
handicap OF ten acres, he gave LawlCr the
lIFeliest run around he has had for many a
long day. He won four out Of six games
by the following scores:
hh s%ioei5 = q Il Il g Il 5 Is
ANOTHER FEATHER II HIS CAP
Professor Corbett proved to the New
Workers last night that he was made of the
right stuff. Poor MeCaifrey was not in it
from the first to the last round, and good
natured jim refused to give him the coup
de grace.
The Pelican Club, one of the swell sport
ing organizations of London, is not to be
Outdone by the OTmonde Club, of the same
city, Ia the matter OF giving purses for pU-
gillstic encounters. Recently the Ormonde
Club made handsome offer for a "go" be-
tween Nunc" Wallace, the champion
Ieatherweight of England, and George
Dixon of Boston. The Pelicans have new
decided TO offer a purse of 800 for Dixon
aud Wallace to fight for. and will allow
Dixon 4lOO for expenses.
a GREAT HALF MILE CONTEST IN ENGLAND
n Of
gland, developed one of the most desperate
finishes IN the history of sprinting in Shelf
field. In the final heats were: A. Perkins.
London, 30 yards: j. Virtue, Newcaste-on-
Tyne, 10 yards; w. Williams same place,
- yards; i. Smith, Work5op, 30 yards; F.
- 3--e---@.%5 Coventry, % wards; Z. Elliott,
Sbetield so yards; W. Davidson, London,
50 yards. The betting was seven to four
on Perkins, three TO one against Will
Jams. Davidson led for 300 yards,
when Perkins went up along with
Virtue. At the quarter Perkins led,
but a furlong from home Virtue took a
two-yard lead. Williams was close up.
Eighty yards from the finish Virtue and
Perkins were close together. A grand
struggle ensued. For yards neither could
forge ahead. The result trembled in the
balance until the last ten yards, when Per-
kns crawled ahead inch by inch and
breasted one foot ahead Of Virtue, Williams
the same distance behind him. Perkins
dropped like log, while Virtue and Will
iams had to be carried off the track Smith
was fourth. Time, l 81 As.
GEORGE DIXON.
George Dixon, in speaking about his 90
with Matt Mccarthy at the South waite Club
last MOndaynight, said if he had had a fair
show he would have settled Mccarthy be-
fore four rounds. HE did not knock me
down once with blow" said Dixon, 'but
he wrestled me down repeatedly, and had
there been referee | would have won in
the first round on foul. If Mccarthy will
fight me 20 finish / Will guarantee Il $1,000
purse, winner 10 take all, and my friends
will bet him or his friends $1,000 to $500 as
often as they want"
Gays the Irish Times of March 18th: The
Irish team delighted some 10000 spectators
on Saturday by their fine play against the
Of lish