The morning call., 1891-03-06
ATHLETIC SPORTS.
The Huntington and Willis
80. Match Is OFF.
Jim Corbets Arrives With Slight Load of
EalaTia-Parson Davies Gets In Out
Of the Cold-The Cricketers

The Burnaby Cricket Club met last even
ing at S3IB Suffer street to arrange matters
for the coming seasons games. An assoeia-
ton has been formed which will consist of
four clubs, namely, Burnaby, Alameda,
Oakland and California. These clubs will
play at Alameda and Klinknerville on alter
nate Sundays during the summer months.
Tbe first game will be held next Sunday at
Kinknervile. The cricketers are very en-
thusiastic over tie prospects Of the sport on
this Coast, and some very exciting games
will undoubtedly be contested this year, as
several Of the crack English and Australian
players. who ale now residents of this city
and, Oakland, are represented IN the asso-
citation,
20. o. HUNTINGToN's MIsFORrUNEs.
Yeuug Huntington, whom the California
Athletic, Club matched against Abe Willis.
=. therAu:tFlliair bantam weight pugilist, in
formed a representative Of TIE CALL last
evening that the match would have to be de-
.-elared off.
:: 'ifhave;been very unfortunate of late"
said Hun tiigton, land ii seems to me that
:smisfottuneS never come singly. Last even
!: Ing my sister, WHO has been unwell for sew
i;eraI weeks, took dangerously i'll and died In
the arms g1 nlE. wife: Tie unfortunate oc-
-.CHTrtfIre bps upset me Completely, ana L am
:: bow sGlLES- 10 see me treSldent OF tHe cup
g n iEifrJIn him Of the fatt. Another strange
incident CONTACTED with the affair Is that her
: Birthday. would. fall on the 18th inst, the
even tng |. was to meet Willis IN ten-round
contest" -
: .iultngton's place VIII be filled by some
Of the'qther pantanis who are looking for
fame. Probably Danny Mahqney's con-
Quer6r. Hawkins, or .R0chette will take the
place Of huntington.
+. e. M'EEoD AND ACTON.
D. s. Mcleod and Joe Acton Will meet
this afternoon TO tlX a date TO decide their
match which WAS to have taken place last
evening. From al accounts Actions foot Is
an very bad condition, and his friends do
not expect To see him in a fit condition to
meet the p.ueky So0tchman on the carpet
Tor at Least two weeks Mcleod Will leave
for the north in a few days. to fill an en-
gage1nent he has at NanaimO. Dan DAILY,
William Beviredge, y. Yates, George Lester,
Joe Fox: John Jinkens, Andrew Campbell
and Thomas Wilson, who accompanied
Mcleod TO this city from Nanalmo for the
purpose OF seeing the contest, will leave for
the north this week. They have been
greatly disappointed at the turn affairs have
taken, aud it is doubtful if they Will return
to see the event when both men are lit to
S. 60 o.
Richard K. Fox. it is alleged, received
cahlegrem from Melbourne, Australia, on
Februafy.26th, stating that the Melbourne
Athletic Club mas offered 10 put up purse
Of 5000 for a contest between Joe Nc
AuHtfe and Joe Goddard.
Billy Kessler. who defeated George La
Blanche, has been matched to fight jim
Williams of Salt Lake. The contest will
take place either at Ogden OF salt Lake.
4 FIGHT WITH DUAfB-BELLs.
The following letter to an Eastern sport
ing paper from Dunedin, New Zealand,
gives the result Of g fight with dumb bells:
- a; mo- vel light occurred yesterday between
I.4G.l lei hon Il
Was a barHIfid named Julia West After a
LGugh-and-tumbie Ia the bar-rO0m they
AGREED to fght il cut with four-pouad dumb
bells; .andthey fought Inan old billard-room
S0Z4u Nashscored first blood with basic on
the brow and Hatton went mad and rushed
IN with his head down. Nash'S four pound
bell neXf fell on the back of his neck and
cstaLted'a cog Wheel, for HattOn fell like n |
ton of .pig-irnn. His head Is alive yst, but !
. All the rest of him Is as dead as Queen Anne, /
anG the doctors can't start him. His head /
.kuUWs all about it, but his body forgets |
everything. land III ght have belonged to |
Pohtlus P Hate for ali it knows now"
'>-..-. CoRBETT AND HIS MALARIA.
- jim CoTbeti, ParSOn Davies and John |
e Donaldson arrived yesterday after having
r9JEed through several Eastern States. Cor
bzti said tilgt he was very glad to get back
tn ~tils:0id home again, and would not leave
tt:aJaln .pntu alter his meeting with Jack
sen. Il has~redgceG about fifteen pounds
90 81 ice he JOOk Els departure from the city,
SJich REDUCTION of flesh he attributes to
~ hStamt travelling from one city to another.
HE stilFleels the effects of a slight touch Of
HiGlaiia le picked up on his travels Through
lie South. but he expects 10 work
II Completely cut of his system
.a{teT.-.a few weeks coaching His
stfienGs are very. anxious to see him in fine
-fe5He.NAen ne: faces the dusky AntipOdean,
aid they. would feel decidedly sorry to
hehr5 -lh the near future, that malaria in
any form would prevent him from carrying
'Qut his plans for strict course of training.
=. - -. BIG JOE M'AULIFFE.
Speaking Of Joe McAuliffe, Corbett said
that the Zig fellow IS under the wings of |
. Fox and. Madden, and that these shining
lights in. the world of hstiana are trying
every means to boost the big fellow.
: PaT~On Davies may make some arrange
.ments with MuldoOn for a wrestling match
between ROeber and Evan Lewis. The Par
son says, however, that he has not come TO
{he Coast with the intention Of doing any
6usineSS in the wrestling way, but that he
has visited FRS co purpoSely to get out Of the
cold and spend a few weeks in Gods own |
cduntryi and there you are"