The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-08
RING AND PATH.
The Olympic Clubs Wrestling
Tournament.
An Australians Opinion of FitzsimmOns-A
.Pugillst Who Will Not Stand Punish
ment-A Modern Hercules.

teresting indoor entertainment ever held
under the clubs auspices. The athletes
who have been training for months are now
in frsi-class form, and it is pretty sale to
say that many of the trophies which will be
competed for will be won by Olympans
Already there are five entries in the ban
tam, ten in the feather, five in the light, six
in the middle and five in the heavy weight
class. a large number of entries are expect
ed fr2m associate clubs on both sides OF the
bay. The prizes, which are very handsome,
will be we'll worth contesting for. The idea
of having the contestants strip to the buff IS
a new one aud will be carried out for the
first time on the Coast at an amateur exhibi-
tIon.
1.-THE first of the series of contests among
the gymnasts will be held on the clubs field
dav on the 22d of February, but as that day
will fall on Sunday the meeting viii prob
ably be held on the preceding day. a
special prize will be given for club swing
ing. The gymnastic contests will be inter
spersed with the field events.
BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
The Olympic Clubs billiard tournament
win begin on Monday evening next.
De Witt Van Court, who has for several
months acted as assistant boxing instructor
to Jim Corbett. has been appointed to the
place left vacant by the man who has
signed to fight Peter jackson.
a MISREPRESENTATION walking match was
begun in Portland, Oregon, on New Year 5
eve The contestants We're 5. a. Morgan
Gus Brown Henry Cue, Billy Smith, George
Grant. ". Busch and r. Schrapder. Brown
was the first to quit after going eleven miles
Ills trainer refused to feed him on his fav-
erite pOtuck coffee and doughnuts. Grant
won first prize Sl25. Morgan second,
3,,.+ ,frI Ia win
miles
NEW RECORDS REPORTED.
The Records Committee Of the Amateur
Athletic Association OF England report the
following new records as being correct, ana
they will be included in the \. A; a. regis
ter, viz: W. II. Morton, Stafford H., nlteen
miles running, time l b. % min. ~ 80 sec;
: twenty miles running, b. 81 nun. 81 10
sec; two hours. 2o4 miles, at Stamford
Bridge March - 1890; II. Curtis, Hlghgate
H., two-mlle walk, II min. IA 20 sec, at
Paddmgton, August >, 1890; fiye miles walk,
81 min. II sec; SIX miles walk, A min. %
sec, ana seven miles walk, y min. = 20
see, al the A 4. a. championships AT As
ton Grounds, Birmingham, July y, 1890
On the recommendation NJ The Sub-eOmmil-
tee, the General Committee decided 10 add
". Ii. Morton's Iwelye-mlle record OF h.
3 min. 5 % sec. a. Manchester, August p,
1899. IN his match with ). Thomas, 10 the
list.
coURTEsIEs RETURNED.
Tie following polite "shot at f. A.
. Rlx, who recently resigned from the Vice
Presidency OF the Olympic Club, is given in
a recent issue Of tile Turf, Field and Farm,
a New York sporting journal, of which
Malcolm Ford is tile athletic editor. RiX
was on the committee that charged Ford
with professionalism when he was being
tried for having transgressed amateur
is lack of time and press Of business Mr..
RiX.haG time enough to attend the annual
meeting OF the Amateur Athletic Union al
" aShlngtOn October nth. He was present
al the meeting OF the Board of Managers
held on the afternoon preceding the general
Ifieeting of the evening and voted on the
- Ford case His stay IN athletics seems
TO have been short and sweet, but judging
by the way he voted in Washington he must
lave heard some interesting stories or a7gu-
.msnJs, Whichever they may be called
A MODERN SAMSON.
Speaking of the wonderful feats of
strength accomplished by the modern Sam
SON. Louis Cyr. an exchange says: "At the
exhibition in Fulton, y. Y, Cyr not only
broke his record which he made in New
York when lie lifted 1887 pounds, but he
IL eclipsed all previous teats OF lifting without
harness with his hands and feet. In the first
attempt he lifted 1868 pounds, amid the
cheers Of the audience.
in a second effort the modern Samson
. lifted nineteen men on platform, and the
Aggregate weight was 1898 pounds"
OFF FOR THE FIGHT.
The San Francisco contingent of sporting
men who had purchased tickets for New Or
leans to witness the great middle-weight
battle, left last evening by special car, hay-
ing decided to pay the extra rate for extra
comforts en- route.
A well-knOwn sporting man of this city,
who Is now at New Orleans, said to a re-
-poTter: ''FitZsimmOns demonstrated when
lie fought Mccarthy that he was one of the
host FIGHTERS and ri II % n
Francisco. He knocked Mccarthy out in
the first round, but turned and walked away,
allowing Mccarthy to recover for seven
rounds, after Mccarthy was knocked round
Ike a ship without rudder in rough sea. "
DEMPSEY AND FITZsINIMoNs.
"Why can't see how Dempsey can pos
sibly defeat that elongated hard hitting Aus
tralian under Queensberry rules" was the
remark made yesterday by one of the men,
bers of the California Club. who had wit
messed the Dempsey Mccarthy fight and the
FitZsimmous-M Mccarthy fight
An Australian who was present, and who
had also been spectator at both battles,
answered the believer in Fitzsimmons thus
wise:
I'm Australia, where Fitzsimmons learned
how TO box. the leading sporting men who
gamble heavily on fstic battles would not
back the man who is going to meet Demp-
sey for dollar against half dozen middle
weights who could be picked from among
Australian fighters.
"Fitzsimmons was not rated first-class
man until he came to this country and
whipped Mccarthy. Look at his record and
you will find that the men he has whipped
do not figure IN the colonies as pugilists of
much note. Ills record as published here
does not give his defeats. His last fight
against HaIl-not the Hall who visited this
city few years ago-was disastrous to
Fitzsimmons. The latter was punched good
and hard in the stomach, and he quit in the
rAiyn rptrn6 Now MnCarfb,r -
snort IA the reach to land his gloves on
the right spot, but could he have done 40
VOC might have seen different conclusion.
When Dempsey fought Mccarthy he was
the ring, and had to make his battle long
and sure. The question now is, Can Demp7
sey land his right on FitZsimmons as he has
on the other men? IL he can, mark my
words, you will see the Australian drop his
flag after he gets about dozen good stiff
ElD-fOasters.
" Probably you are not aware that Fitz-
summons was never matched to fight to
-. finish until he came to this Coast. His only
mlsh was against Mccarthy. The man
who stopped him in Australia, Jim ball. is
rated very good fighter He stands about
3 feet III his shoes, and is constructed pretty
much the same as FitZsimmOns. | am sat
lshed that fItz will shrink from punishment;
now walt and see the result. Do not Judge
either man by his fight with Mccarthy:
look up his record"
THE "NoNPAREI1." FAvoRrrE.
The New York World. commenting on the
fight says: va 'iie
Bob fllzslmmons does not appear 10 have manv
moneyed admirers IN this city, and the pre-
dicliOs made by some sporting men before his
match with Dempsey was arranged that he
would be the faVOTite IN the betting has NOT TIM,
ar.heyd good. A well-kpown broker left $1,000
With Billy Edwards at The Hoffman House last
night to be wagered on Dempsey at eveus. Phi
Lynch has $1,000 which lie desires % place on
the same conditions.