The morning call., 1891-02-06
Improvements Under Way on the
Olympic Grounds.
Peter Jackson Will Join the Salvation Army
Fighters Coming From Australia.
McLeod's Arrival

ne circular VuiCH oho-Si-Ath "a
n mile, will not be altered in any way, but
within the new department will be laid out
a tennis plat, to be subdivided into four
courts. In the northwest corner magnifi-
cent hand ball court is now in the course Of
erection, and it will be a first-class structure,
with solid front wall and two side walls
of polished wood
CLOSELY BOARDED FLOOR.
The floor Will be closely boarded and laid
in such a manner that when match is
played with hard ball. such as used in the
professional courts. the contestants will not
have to allow for dead" balls, OF, in other
words, balls that will not bound from an
unsound foundation. The court now used
for hand-ball has but one solid side, and
that is the right.
The left is composed of wire netting,
which, as has been before stated, is an i'll
justice TO the young players. who never
could calculate on the shoot of ball after
1t has struck the network. With very lew
exceptions the Olympans who play the
game use rubber balls because they are less
painful to the hand than the hard material.
Strange us it may appear it is nevertheless
fact that the soft ball will swell the palm
OF the hand much faster than the solid sub
stance, but the sting from the former when
1t strikes the thumb is not to be laughed at.
Professional hand-6all PLAYERS would take
as much pleasure playing with sponge as
with rubber ball. The latter is entirely
too light for experienced players.
IN sTRAITENED CIRCUMSTANCES.
Donald Dinnie, the famous Scotch athlete,
who has been in Australia for number of
years, is, like the majority of retired
athletes, in very straitened circumstances.
Donald is DESTROYS of coming to America.
and has applied for position as assistant
coal-pasSer on one of the lines.
hnxt Sunday he Raw HirV Whaelmen will
hold aten-mile run to Haywards. Two races
In month will follow this spin. The club
is making preparations for billiard tourna-
ment, which will be held at Its rendezvous.
According to telegraphIc advceS Tommy
Warren and Johnny Griffin, the feather
weight pugllists, will fight at the Audubon
Athletic Club, New Orleans, on next Mon
day night. The purse is said to be $1,000.
NEW YORK BOXING TOURNEY.
The entries for the New York Athletic
Clubs boxing tournament closed last
evening. The weights will be 15S, 135, 125,
115 and 105 pounds. At the end of the tour
Dament two solid silver cups will be given,
one to the competitor winning the greatest
number of bouts and one to the competitor
considered the cleverest boxer brought ont
during the three tournaments. Harmon of
the Pastimes and Mullins of the West Sides
are at present leaders for the first cup. Be
sides the regular tournament there will be
i've special bouts between picked men for
hundred-dollar trophies.
The Oxford and Cambridge boat-race will
be Towed on March Dist, the day after the
grand national. The crews that have been
chosen for the contest have already begun
TO train.
1t is thought that the Olympic Club will
send representatives East next year 10 COM
pete al the \. y. q. championships.
An athletic clubhouse to cost 100000 is
about to be erected in Detroit.
HE Is DOING GOOD WORK.
Little Joe Acton, the wrestler, is doing no
small amount OF work at Alameda. THE
Little Demon" has taken OFF large slice Of
the avOirdupOis causing him much discom-
fort up 10 the time he Joined Mitchell in
heavy exercise. Acton's opponent, ID. S.
Mcleod, is training at Victoria, i. c., and
a letter from that city states that English
sports will back him heavily.
a cable from London, dated January Goth,
reads: This morning a prize-fght for $50 a
side took place at Birmingham between
Hippy Homer, the feather-weight, who has
lately returned to England from America.
and Weston, pugilist of considerable
reputation. Six rounds were fought, Homer
having it all his own way.
Frank p. Slayin. according to Eastern re-
ports, was to sail to-day for America.
Slavin was booked to spar Mitchell four
rounds in the Olympic Hall, London, on
the lst inst.
Both Godfrey and Kilrain are taking good
advantage OF the fne weather to perfect
shOiA SOlidAbioh Aoi tlC SobiAi5 MN.
COMING FROM AUSTRALIA.
The steamer Alameda is due here on the
14th inst from Australia. Among the pas
sengers are Jim hall and Jack Barnett, his
trainer. Young Critic may also be on
board. as letters which arrived here by the
previous steamers stated that the feather
weight pugilist who made Billy Murphy
quit and pull off the gloves would sail on the
Alameda.
When Hall arrives n challenge will be I'M
mediately forwarded to FitZsimmons. who
is now under engagement to Parson Davies
to travel the country, exhibiting with Car
roll and other lights of the ring. Fitzsim-
mons, it is safe to say, will not notice any
challenges until after he has toured the
country and added to his healthy exchequer
a few more thousands.
Hall in the meantime will not have to re-
main idle long as some of the many boxing
clubs will be only too glad to match him
against the winner of the La Blan he and
Mitchell tight, or some other mddle-weights
who are waiting to be matched.
IF AS GOOD AS REPORTED.
If Hall is as good a man as those who are
willing to back him attest he may find some
difficulty in making match with the mid
dle-Welghts OF this country, and he NAV be
forced TO carry weight and fight such men
as Jimmy Carroll, the light heavyweight of
Brooklyn. n. Y, rather than be compelled
to await Fitzslmm0ns' pleasure. The latter
Is now on easy street and is well fixed finan-
cially.
According to his artful partner, Jimmy
Carroll, 'titz' is as good at cooking as he is
at h0rse-shOeing In an interview with a
New Orleans reporter Carroll said: "Fitz-
simmons is man of quite a domestic turn
OF mind, and Is exceedingly useful round a
house. He prepared dinner for himself
and family the other day. which consisted of
roast beef, broiled chicken, with lovely
brown gravy, green peas, mushrooms,
mashed potatoes, tnrnips, boiled onions and
light biscuits. The dessert was black coffee
and custard.
-. Upon the day of his battle with Dempsey,
FitZsimmons was presented with a rabbits
loot, and told that he could not fail with
such charm in his possession. He still
wears 1t, and intends to have it mounted in
gold, with the inscription: Jan. IA, 1891"
JACKsoN's FRIENDS SURPRISED
Friends OF Peter jackson, the famous col
ored pugilist, will be surprised to learn that
he recently attended meeting of the SALIVA
tion Army and at its conclusion informed
the leader that he could count upon him as
member jackson will receive his coat
OF arms" next week, and from private
sources 1t is learned that he will be con-
signed 10 the bouncing department" which
Is sadly In need of re-enforcements.
large crowd OF sporting men Will be present
to witness the baptism of the champion of
the colored heayyweights by the Saliva
tionists.
d. 5. Mcleod, the wrestler who has been
matched to wrestle Joe Acton in this city
between the 28th inst. and the 1st prox..
will arrive to-day from Victoria. Mcleod |
will, il all probability, train near the Olym- |
pic Grounds for his match
According to telegraphc accounts the |
New Orleans authorities have put their foot |
down on pugilIsm in that CITY. The Dixon |
and Mccarthy fight was stopped last night |
after the pugilists had fought round.
THE WHIRLING WHEEL