The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-09
SPORTS IN GENERAL.
Tr0tting Races at the Bay Dis
trict On Saturday.
Tie California Clubs Boxing Exhibition To-
Night - Tom Cannon Wins Big
Wrestling Match in ENGLAND.

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Tonight the California Athletic Club
give an entertainment for which several
boxing exhibitions have been scheduled,
also an amateur wrestling match 1t will
be noted with the deepest interest by the
public and the other athletic clubs, as to
what action the police will take.
Manager Hensell of the Bay District track,
taking advantage of the good condition of
the track and the desire of many of the
trainers located at the Bay District to give
their horses a little racing before the cir
cult opens, has arranged two good trotting
races for next Saturday afternoon. A
glance over the entries will show at once
that they are of good quality and ought to
furnish Il great days sport. The first race
is for the 80 class, for a $3.50 purse. In
this the entries are: Wanda, b. NJ, by
Electioneer, entered by Sam Gamble; Alb
botsfOrd Jr.. s. s., by Abbotsford. entered
by John Green; Benefact0r, b. g., by Gen.
eral Bender, entered by w. VoIgeti Queen
of the West, b. m, by George NJ. Patehen,
entered by IT,. Powers. The second race
is for the 40 class and has for entries:
John Nolan's s. m. Lady Dexter w.
Voiget's b. m. MarQuita, John Green's g. M.
Easter, j. Garrity's ch G. Swift and James
Dustln's b. e. Boulayere.
CANYONS CLEVER WIN.
The English sporting papers of June
oath contain detailed accounts OF wrest-
ling match at Manchester on June sd be-
tween Tom Cannon and Antonio Pierri. 1t
was Gr3co-Roman, two in three, for $500
side. The attendance is stated to have been
enormous, and the greatest interest and eX-
element prevailed. Both men showed up
in excellent condition, Pierri having some
thirty pounds the advantage in weight
The betting was very heavy at 800 to 200
on Pierri. Cannon backed himself very
freely. Much science was shown by both
contestants. Pierri took the first fall, after
letting Cannon do nearly all the work. in
9 minutes Sc seconds. Cannon took the
second fall in minutes Al seconds. During
the third bout two rests were taken to al
low the men to be dried off, the heat in the
third fall and match in Is minutes 20 sec
onds. Cannon and his friends won largely
on his victory. Pierri, before his defeat,
had vanquished all the English champions.
and Cannon was brought back to England
from America as the only man capable OF
defeating the Italian.
GUN AND ROD.
Up to date the local Nimrods and Izaak
WaltonS report but poor success with gun
| and rod. This is somewhat contrary to the
| usual custom of this season of the year,
when yarns ten miles long are floating
around promiscuously about wondrous
| catches of all manner of fish, thrilling bat
| ties with grizzlies, mountain lions and other
| ferocIous brutes.
CoURsING.
The regular monthly meeting of the Or
| cidental Coursng Club was held last night
| in the clubs rooms on Kearny street with
| 5. c. Gregory in toe chair. The Secretary's
report showed that $50 had been received
up to date toward the trophy that is to be
| added to the stake that Will be run for next
| Thanksgiving day. The Treasurer reported
! good cash balance to the credit of the club
and that by the time the next eoursing meet
! ing comes off the club will be in a very
| strong financial condition. There are now
| thirty eight members in good standing on
| the books.
| TRoTTING BREEDERS.
| The Pacific Coast TrottIng- horse Breed
| erS' Association held meeting yesterday
| afternoon at 313 Bush street. Directors
| j. a. White, Frank II. Burke, G. Valensin,
Irving Eyre, Z. Coombs and 6. Tomkins
were present. The association determined
to add the following nomination purses to
| the programme already arranged for the
| fall meeting: $500, free for all PAGERS;
| $500, free for all trotters; $500. free for
2:30 racers; $500. free for 2:20 trotters;
| $500, free for 40 trotteTS. Entries to close
! August 1st Entrance, 10 per cent; horses
| TO be named prior to the first advertised
! day of the meeting. The meeting, in all
! probability, viii take place the first or
| second week in October. The Secretary
was authorized TO ask from the different as
sOciatons in the bay counties bids for the
holding of the above meeting, said bids to
| be sent sealed to the Office of the Secretary on
or before September 1st. The meeting adj
journed to August It'll, at which time they
| will consider the nominations for the diff
ferent purses they have offered.
Including the above there are some eleven
| colt and green horse stakes TO De trotted at
the meeting.
a CHAMPION SIRE.
| Eros, the premier stallion of the La Siesta
| nd Cf tb.ab has nj
eer, arrived at the Bay District track yes
terday from Menlo Park. He is looking
much larger and StOuter than last fall, and
| is one OF the haadS0meSt and beSt-bred
| sires in the country. Eros Will be put into
| training at once, and sent to beat his record
at some Of the fall meetings. His owner,
| Frank Ii. Burke, feels confident that Eros
will have no trouble IN shipping off quite
big piece from his present figure.
VICTORIES ABROAD
| A telegram from Berlin states that Philo
| JacOby and John Utschig, the well-knOwn
| local marksmen. won goblets and medals
| offered as prizes for the first days shooting
| on July 9th at the great German rifle tour
nament Zimmerman, Kraus, Klein and
NJ artin, all of New York, also won prizes.
GETTING READY IN TINE.
! The Olympic Club is already making
| arrangements for its next tield-day to be
given in September. No entrance fee will
be charged, but some COCO invitations to
members and their friends will be dis
| tributed. p d. Skellman, the well-knOwn
| long-distance runner OF the New York
Athletic Club, and who took part in the
last Olympic Club games, has decided to re-
main in California. lie viii be great ac-
| QUESTION TO amateur athletic ranks.
A PUGILIsTIC EXC DUs.
BY the end of the month quite a number
of the boxing fraternity who have made
San Francisco their alb idng place during
the boxing boom Will leave III search Of
| other points, where the police and
| State authorities are not as Indifferent to
| a sloggers future welfare as here. Peter
jackson, the colored fighter, has almost
| definitely decided to leave on the steamer
| on the 2Sth for Australia. His trip he says
will only be a short one, and, after visiting
| his old home and friends, he proposes to
| return here. Jackson says he will not
| make match to fight in any other club
| than the California and that he will refuse
| all offers from Dick Roche TO meet McAu-
| life, Sullivan or any one else at the new
club started by Roche at Hoboken. The
| only offer he ever received from that club
was through the correspondence of Moses
| Guust, who thought that he might be in
! duced to meet Sullivan there. In return
for the kindness shown him in London by
! Lord Lonsdale and other members of the
| BeIsize Athletic Club jackson has for
| warded to the club two sets of punching
| bags as token of his gratitude.
Bob Fitzsimmons. the Australian middle
weight, and Jimmy Carroll, the light
weight pugilSt. will leave for New Orleans
tomorrow, where Fitzsimmons Is to fight
| Arthur Upham on the 26tl inst. After the
| battle FitZsimmOns will remain in New
| Orleans and try to arrange other matches.
| Ii unable to do so, lie and Carroll will go on
| to Boston, giving exhibitions along the
! road. Carroll, while in Boston, will issue
| challenge to meet any lightweight in the
| world, but only at the California Club.
| Fitzsimmons, who is not bound to the club,
| will also challenge any middle-weight in the
| world at 1853 pounds. When Carroll returns
| here he will bring Johnny Griffin. the
| feather-weight, back with him. Carroll
| thinks very highly Of Griffin's abilities.
| FISH COMM SSIoNERs.
| meeting Of the State Board of Fish
| Commissioners was called for o'clock
| yesterday afternoon to hear the charges
! which Thomas Tunstead preferred against
| the Deputy Commissioners at the last meet
| ing, accusing them of retaining State
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