The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-09
SPORTING NOTES.
Peterson Leaves for the North-Billy
JOrdan's Surprise Party.

Peterson Leaves for the North-Billy
JOrdan's Surprise Party.
1t was reported last evening that the we'll
known master of ceremonies, William Jor-
dan ESQ.,, was about to fling to the winds
the Joys of bachelorhood for the solid COM
forts and musicales-that is, in the sweet
by and by-of real home. 1t appears that
Billy, while visiting the East last year with
Young Mitchell, became enamored of a
young and pretty girl, then just turning
sweet 16 Billy, who is now on the shady
side of so. believes that he viii make good
husband for the young lady, and it is hardly
necessary to say that his many friends will
be pleased to learn of his future happiness.
!. Pat kileu, the pugilist who came to the
lar West to meet his defeat, is now in a
peck of trouble, according to a ST. Paul
paper, which says:
ia, Kiilen, the wellknown puglllst, was, on
Wednesday, al ST. Paul, Mum. sentenced 10 i've
months Imprisonment, three months for kicking
Matthias Kaufman and Two months for kick
ing and Shaping Miss Lizzie Allen into uucOn-
seriousness. hiiien ran awav as soon as he COM
mitIed the cOwardly assault and is now in
Chicago, but Will be brought back to st. Paul TO
serve lis lime as soon as the officers can loo ate
him.
Henry Peterson. the oarsman. will leave
on the steamer Umatilla ,-day for Nicto-
ria, B. c. His shell, which was built by a
Vallejo boat-builder. is 20 feet in length, 20
luCllcS DSdlu 6uu has u ucpGu Oh o luCUes.
Its weight is sixty pounds. The race will
take place at New Westminster, August
Sth.
Although perhaps strange TO say, it is
nevertheless a fac: that in the long lists Of
fights which have taken place before the
professional athletic clubs of this city, tn ere
were more fayorites losers than winners.
OF the seventeen finish" contests which
happened in the California Club from May,
1888, until May, 1891, there were eight of the
fayOTites defeated.
Danny Needham, who is matched to fight
Billy Mahan at the Occidental Club on the
30th inst, has gone into training at Ala
media. He says that he has no time to lose
and is anxious to get into the best condition
possible.
The Pacific Athletic Club is seriously
thinking of matching Joe McAuliffe and the
big Swede. This would make good match
and would give the muchly defeated heavy
weight chance 10 prove If he had made any
Improvement.
The California Athletic Club is daily ex-
pectlne an answer from Slavin to the mes
sage sent him few evenings ago relative to
match with jackson. Slavn will, in all
probability. answer that he will accept the
pnrse provided he fails to meet Sullivan in
Australia.
Professor Philo .Jacoby and his band of
bar hunters returned yesterday from the
wIlds OF Mend0cino County. Although
Philo states positively that he killed a large
bear, one of the hunters of the party says
that the weather was so excessively warm
that hunting was entirely out of The queS-
tion, with the exception of hunting sand flies.
William Hyer and j. II. Isham have re-
turned from hunting and fishing trip on
the CalaveraS River. The sportsmen had a
splendid time and caught several trout.
They report doves as being very plentiful
The Alameda Sportsmen's Club will hold
its monthly shoot next Saturday at Oakland
track.
The San Bruno trap-shooting grounds
will be opened for business next season.