The morning call., 1891-07-14
ALL-AROUND SPORT.
Entries for the Olympic Clubs
Boxing Night.
pixon's System Of Bag Punching Dempsey
VIII Fight Jack slavin-An Evenings
Fisticuffs at Haywards.

The Olympic Club will give boxing
night OH August Goth. This evening CON-
plete arrangements will be made for it. Fox
of the Acme Club and Bishop of the San
Francisco Club were matched last evening.
1t is hoped that Martin Hynes, the terror
of the San Francisco Club, can be induced
to face Lafferty of tho Olympic. Hynes is
sticking out for medal as big as full moon
Attridge (unattached) and Gallagher of the
Acme Club of Oakland will be matched to-
night. 1t seems that none of the feather
weight boxers Of any of the clubs are anxious
to try conclusions with Lucy of the San
Francisco Club. The latter is only too will
ing and anx ious to meet any man of his
weight
THE BANTAM-wEIGHTS.
When Willis and Dixon weighed in at the
California Club on the evening the match
was ratified, Willis scaled 1874 pounds and
Dixon 129 pounds. Last Saturday Willis,
who is at Sausalito, weighed 117% pounds
and Dixon on the same day scaled 112h
pounds. The agreement states that they
must weigh in at o'clock on the day of the
fight at lis pounds. Willis says that he will
certainly be at weight, although lie will
have no time to lose to get down a few
| pounds and then build up again.
You can say for me- said the chunky
| Australian, that this fight will not be for
| the championship, as championship rules
say that pugilists must weigh in just before
entering the ring 1t is. not so with the
| rules we must fight under"
George Dixon is wo rkipg like trooper at
| Alameda to perfect his condition for the
| coming bantam engagement at the Califor
| mia Club. The colored champion has his
| own peculiar ideas concerning ag-punch-
| ing. Instead of the short string which is
| attached from the bag 10 the ceiling and
used by all fighters of the present time,
| Dixon has his punching ball suspended from
! the roof Of the exercising-room by an ex-
| ceednsiy long string or strap, so as to give
| the ball greater impetus on the return.
| He says that, by the old system, the ball
! comes back after being hit too quickly, and,
| as result, pugilists get into a style of
| short-arm biting, which, although good at
| short range, does not give a fighter the
freedom and accuracy of aim that he will
| gain by practice on what he terms his long
| range bag.
How often you will notice." remarked
| the c0lored lad, that when men are box
ing one OF them will frequently fall short
| when trying for long-dstance hit. The
reason is easily explained. Instead of prac-
ticing on bag that has a good sweep to it
and which must be stopped at more than
arms length, the majority of pugilists bang
away at one OF these Understanding bags,
and nine out of ten blows are struck when
the ball is not more than half-arm's length
from the striker. BY this system the mus
Giles OF the arm become more oil less punched,
and very little play is given the muscles
back of the shoulders. You viii find that
the lOng-distance bag is the better one for
uniformity of muscle-that is, 50 far as the
arms are concerned"
FISTICUFFS AT HAYwARDS.
The following letter has been received
from sporting man of HaywaIds:
Sporting Editor Call: There Is quite an ex-
eli ement among lovers OF boxing here over q
match which viii lake place al Long Oaks Hall
on Saturday evening next between NJ. MulyiniIl
600 nounds) OF Haywards and George FTaies
GAO poundsl of San Leandro. The purse Is 500
aud gate receipts. krates is training al Sausa-
Tito and Mulylhill at Haywards. The betting is
slightly IN favor OF Frales. good nights sport
Is expected.
A friend of Billy Smith, who was not sat
iSted with the condition the latter was in
when he fought Jack Slavin, says that he
will back Smith TO whip Slaviu if the latter
Will meet him again, for any sum from $500
| TO $1,000 outside the purse.
The California Club will try and match
| Dawson of Australia against Kemmic. 1t
| will also look about for good candidate
''to run against Van Heest, another re-
Gently found Eastern wonder.
DEMPSEY To sLAvIN.
Billy Daily, who arrived here yesterday
| from the East, states that while in Portland
/ lie met Jack Dempsey and the latter said
| that he would fight Jack Slavin in any club
| at 16S pounds. Daily is very anxious to
| match Kimmic against Dempsey at the lat
| ter's best fighting weight, 142 pounds.
| 1t took only three hours last evening for
| the Board of Directors of the California
| Club to decide upon the following resolu-
| ton, viz:
| In accordance with the expressed desire
| of many members that the initiation fee of
| the club be reduced, the Board of Directors
| has decided TO call special meeting Of the
| members for next Monday evening July
Goth to consider and dispose of the question
| good entertainment will be provided for
| the evening"
A meeting of all cIicketers who are inter-
| ested in the coming matches to he played at
Victoria next month, will be held on
| Wednesday evening at 10SH Powell street.
| The team that will be made up of local
| pla, ers Will leave here on August 81, and
will return twelve DAYS later
The following are the places where the
pugilsts are now In training and their
handlers: