The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-04
ITEMS OF SPORT.
Athletes Getting Ready for Cham
pionship Races.
Mike Cleary Knocked Out in One Round-H. N.
Johnson Will Start the Foot-Racers
Next sunday-Notes.

The Alpine Athletic Club held a meeting
last evening at its rooms on Powell street,
but no business of Importance to the ath-
letic fraternity was transacted. The men,
berS are training daily at the Harbor View
grounds for the championship games, and
they intend to make great effort to defeat
the San Jose Athletic Club for third place.
With careful training, the Alpines will no
doubt give the country boys close call for
the prize.
A prominent member of the California
Club, who is at present visiting New York,
telegraphed to a friend in this city
yesterday that in the course of
conversation with Police Inspector
Byrnes, the latter promptly denied
the report circulated by Jack McAuliffe
after defeating Jimmy Carroll, that he NC
Aullfel mad received congratulat0ry tele-
grams from him. '' / am positive" said Mr..
Byrnes, that the dispatch McAuliffe re-
ceived as coming from Mayor Grant was
also forgery"
The Directors of the Golden Gate Club
met last evening and matched B. johnson
and j. Jacobs, TWO heavy weights. to box
on the evening of the Turner-Kelliher fight.
BLAKELoCK AND BURKE.
Sam Blakelock and Dave Burke fought in
England on March 18th for purse of $1,000.
Blakelock won in the seventh round ON a
foul.
c. Nelson won the anniversary boat-race
at Sydney, n. S. W., on January 10Th.
The following cable was received at New
York recently: Jimmy Carney, champion
of llghtweights Of England, will fight Jack
McAulitfe, American champion, for $500 or
910OO and the champion belt, and allow Nc
Auliffe 2l00 expenses in 0rmonde or Peli-
can clubs, or in California Athletic Club for
purse OF $1,000"
w. Halpin Of the New Jersey Athletic
Club, who has q record of twenty three feet
for the running broad Jump, left for Europe
last week. He intends To compete in the
English championship. which is held early
the summer, and will no doubt make the
Englishmen hustle if he is in good shape
G. McHardy of Goulburn, Australia, on
January 10Th, at the Highland games at
Goulburn, undertook to break j. S.
| MitchelPs record of 90 feet 81 inches
with the 14pOund shot Qrish styie). After
little preparation McHardy started, and
in the first attempt sent the shot 63 feet IL
inches from the mark, thus beating Mitch
ellis record (the best in the world, Irish
! style) by feet 5h inches. This wonderful
| performance was done fairly on level
ground, in the presence of Mr.. a. G. Fin
lay, j. p, Major Chisholm, Police Magis-
trate Yass, DIR. Gentle, Messrs. j. S. Hayes,
J. P, Il. z. Dryden, Donald Dnnie and
Duncan c. Ross.
LAWN TENNIS.
Lawn tennis will be very popular
amusement this summer in Sacramento.
The PaStlne Lawn Tennis Club, an organ
ization recently formed, will play several
games at its court at Eighteenth and G
streets.
Jimmy Carroll, who fought Jack Nc
Auhffe, arrived in this country from En-
gland in the year 1877 and fought Mike
DAILY in Boston. Mass, February l. 1883.
for purse of $500. The police stopped
the fight III the fifteenth round and it was
declared draw, although Carroll had much
the best of the mill.
The Olympic Club expected to- hear
from Professor Corbett yesterday by tele
graph if he had made arrangements with
sullivan to fight four rounds. No word
came, however, but Corbett will notify the
Directors when articles are signed
1t is thought that IL. NJ. johnson. the
| champion Splinter, will handicap the profess
sional runners who have entered for next
Sundays race. johnson is well acquainted
with the professionals, and Is the only man
in the city who can handicap them accord
ing to their merits.
| Drury Melone of Oak Knoll farm has re-
ceived four Japanese phcasants, one male
and three females. They Will be turned
loose on his ranch, and as they are said to
be very prolific breeders, there will be quite
number of "Japs" on the farm in a few
years If the birds are not molested. =
The three-day Bezirk Turn festival,
which will be held in Oakland some time
IN June, IS creating quite an interest among
German athletes.
The ladies who are taxing lessons from
Professor Smyth of the Olympic Club IN
elub-swiDging may give an exhibition of
their skill before an audience of ladies'
when they ave fairly mastered the clubs.
The Columbia Boat Club of Oakland will
hold its regatta in Oakland harbor on Nav
Both.
MIKE cLEARY KNOCKED OUT
Mike Cleary, the well-known pusilist
vino boxed Jack Burke in the Mechanics
Pavilion some years ago, met Ed Smith. the
big Denver heayy-weieht, at Hot Springs.
Ark. last night, in contest to finish
Smith knocked Cleary silly in the first
round. The sports went broke on Clearv's
defeat,