The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-13
CHAMPION JACK.
Dempsey's Anxiety for Another
"GO" at La Blanche.
The Occidental Coursing Club-Duncan C. Ross
in Acknowledgment Amendments
Of Athletic Bylaws.

The Occidental Coursing Club was to have
met last evening, but on account OF ma
jority of the members being away from the
city on matters political the Secretary post
poned the meeting until the evening of the
9th of September. Those who were present
stated that they were sorry to see
that some of the Eastern sporting
papers miSrepresented the club by an
nouncing that coursing meetings were
held under its auspices every Sunday of the
year. The Occidental Club is not associ-
ated with that sporting element, which, by
its presence on the coursing fields, helps to
maintain so-called Sunday sport that is
both injurious and destructive to horses
and hounds at this season Of the year. The
Occidental Coursng Club holds generally
two meetings in the season when the sport
can be enjoyed from humane STANDPOINT.
JACK DEMPSEY.
Jack Dempsey is now at New York, and
in a letter to e friend in this city states that
if ne is to fight again in contest to 1in-
ish, La Blanche must be the man who Will
oppose him. Dempsey adds that offers
from other pugilists will not be noticed by
him. According to this, FitZsimmonS, the
Australian middle-weight champion. has
only faint prospect of meeting The Amer-
can champion. Jimmy Carroll, the light
weight pugilist who is travelling with Fitz,
said, prior to his departure from this city,
that he would badger Dempsey until the
latter was forced into signing articles with
the Australian.
According to the Chicago Tribune sport
ing column is most essential department
NOWADAYS of daily newspaper. Inc man
aging and night editors of the journal had
the following conversation recently:
"HOW about that prize-fght out IN the
INu ip.nt
Didn't come off. Police stopped 1t, an
swered the night editor.
ANY baseball games played here this
afternoon?"
None of any consequence. 1t rained."
Wasn't there any racing to-day"
None. Postponed on account OF the
weather"
"Any base ball. racing or prize-ring news
by telegraph
Hardly any"
Then take that war news from Central
America out of the 'Brevities by Wire cor
ner, put scare head on it, and run it at the
head of the sporting column. Great Gal
lagher! We've got 10 have something in
that department.
THE CHAMPIONS BROTHER.
A New York paper says: Young Tom
Dempsey, the nalf-brother of the Nonpa-
reil, is a sturdily built boxer, but does not
promise to graduate out of the ordinary.
a fairly interesting set-to.
The New YORK sun is OF the opinion that
the amendment to the bylaws offered by
Mr.. Curtis at the 4. A. L. meeting recently
is a most important one. Ii carried it will
put into tile hands of three members of the
board the power to release athletes from
one club TO another. The trouble will be
to get three members who will have no
club interests to look out for. The best
plan advocated thus far is to have as men,
berS of the Releasing Committee repre-
sentatives of the three rival clubs which
are now scrambling Tor athletes. Thus, it
is argued, they might checkmate each
other. The path of the committee will not
be one of roses, Judging from the number
OF athletes that are waiting for releases.
John II, ClauSen of the Boston Athletic
Association has established new record
for the running hop, step and Jump, beat
ing NJ. W. FOrds record of "A feet ia
inches, by 81 inches.
letter from Duncan c. Ross, who is
now in Australia, contains some Interesting
facts about contest for the championship
of Australia between himself and Donald
Dinnie and W. kneebone. This is sum-
mary of the contest;
Throwing 56-pouud weight-Ross, So feet
612 inches; hneeboue, 33 feet S12 inches;
Dinnie, 81 feet inches. Throwing 16.
pound hammer Ross. ITO feet inches:
% feet Putting 22-pouud stone-Knee-
bone, SO feet; Ross, 30 feet l inch: DinDie, 81
feet 10 Inches. Putting 14-pound sone--knee-
bone. 40 feet Ross, Al feet 6l2 inches; Dinnie,
AZ feet ia inches. Throwing Sp0und ham
mer-Dinnie. 1G2 feet inches Ross, $50 feet
612 inches; hneebone, 159 feet inches. Toss
ing the caber-Dinnie 81 feet 10 inches; Knee
bone, 20 feet inches; Ross. 8 feet IL inches.
The matches were decided by points, and In the
end Ross was declared the winner with the az
gregdte OF 5S5 points, kneeDODe following with
aph W