The morning call., 1891-12-01
HITS AND STOPS.
The Olympic Club BqXing TOurna.
ment Postponed.
George La Blanche Arrives From Salt Lake
Corbstt Is Now Anxious to Fight
JacksOn-Danny Nse6ham.

SNlHE lO Inc 1dct ING DOIluHyS are so
near and that this season of the year keeps
the majority of clerks and other members
of the Olympic Club too busy behind coun-
tiers and desks to devote the necessary time
to training, the Directors have decided to
postpone the boxing tournament for the
championships of the Coast until some time
in January. The date will soon be an
nounced.
The way in which amateur boxing tourna-
ments are now conducted in New York and
other large Eastern cities would cause
bona-fide athlete of few years ago 10 blush
with shame The amateur boxers of to-day
have become jealous of the professional
scrapper who derives more money from the
losers end of a purse than the winning
champions of the days when boxing clubs
were not thought of.
Eastern clubs belonging TO the A. A. U.
have about given up the idea OF holding box
ing tournaments. Amateur boxers have
become tired of winning medals, and moth
ing less than a $500 gold watch and chain
will induce second-rater 10 enter tour
nament, hence the great trouble experienced
by amateur clubs in holding successful
spaTring exhibitions. In this city the craze
for something better than a gold medal has
just about arrived and some of the amateurs
have already shown strong dispositions to
remain away from the tournaments rather
than contest for the handsome gold en-
blems Of championship hOnOrs.
A LOT OF CABS.
On this subject a writer for the New York
Sun says:
MY oh my, oh me oh myl What have
these amateurs come to? Just think of it!
The New York Athletic Club has found it
cheaper to have prCfes sional boxers and
pay them Sl25 a settle than to give an ANA
teur o. tournament with S35 medals as
prizes. The amateur wants his little
wad OF the long green just as well as the
professional, and Will not box for q medal
alone. but insists on having 500 for the
winner and $50 for the loser in a four-round
bout. Can anything be- more disgusting TO
the true amateur? Yet don't altogether
blame the boxer himself. l lay the blame
on the clubs which encourage this mOve-
ment and pay the boxers. The long
green demanded: Why do not these clubs
all, or rather most of which belong TO the
a. A. UNITE and shut down on the anna
teur, as the n \. a. c. did? Then the
risky 'amachur' would either come out
IN his true eolors and join the ranks of the
professionals, compete for the love of the
sport ana medals alone. or else quit the
business altogether
MoNEYMAKING CLUBS.
But there is but little hope of him, for
outside Of big clubs probably two-thirdS of
the so-called am tteur clubs are formed for
the sOlS purpose VI making money out OF
amateur boxing tournaments, and were they
TO shut down on giving money to the anna
teuTs they would be cutting off their noses
TO spite their faces. Therefore, | don't look
10 see an adjustment of the evil in that
way What l hope fol is to soon see a thor
ough investigation by the proper oficial in
the A. A L.
at is claimed by the high muck-a-mucks
OF the 4. a. L. that sufficient evidence can
not be obtained 10 prove that money is
gwen to amateur boxers, and they are pow
erless to 90 anything until some one makes
complaint and can prove that so-and-sO
and so-aud-so received money.
what nonsense that i! They might as
well say that If a clerk is stealing money
from an office the proprietor OF the estab-
lIshment must fold his arms and wait till
some one complains TO him. If the mount
ain wont come TO MahOmmed-let Mahom-
med go TO the mountain.
why do not the proper authorities get
up dec0y tournament. Yes, | mean lust
what ] say; decOy tournament, and if the
boxers will not enter without the money con-
sideratiOn let them be paid this cOnsdera-
ton, and then be hauled up before the
board and disciplined. Those who are not
caught by this trap will receive warning
from the fate Of the winners, and boxing
may come up to the plane OF the other
Sports"
WANTS THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Danny Needham, boxing instructor of the
Reliance Athletic Club of Oakland, has de-
posted a forfeit to fight any lightweight
pugllist in the world for the championship.
Danny should correspond with Jack Nc
Auliffe on the subject as Jack is undoubt-
eddy the champion Of the lightweight diYi-
sion.
George la Blanche, "the Marine" who Is
matched to fight Aieck Greggains at the
Occidental Club, arrived yesterday from
Salt Lake. La Blanche is looking first
class, and, according to his own words.
will not need much training to fit him for
fight with Alexander"
II know" said the Marine yesterday,
while conyersing with some friends, that
my name for square fighting has not been
the very best here; but l hope the public
will give me chance to redeem myself, as
! am not half as bad as | am painted" La
Blanche will go into immediate training at
Sausalito.
NOT WORTH SEEING.
II Billy Woods has not made phenomenal
improvement since he fought Jack Davis
the fight between him and Joe Choynski at
the Pacific Club will not he worth going to
see. A one-sided athletic event of any kind
never gives satisfaction. and it is doubtful
if the coming fight will amount to much.
1t is said that Bob Fltzsimmons has be-
come sick of mixing catch-as-catch-can
cocktails and Sullivan punches and will re-
tire from the wet end of business to-day.
AS saloon keeper Long Bob is not a
success.
A CHEAP TRICK.
Peter Jackson Is as mad as a halter, all
on account of a telegram he received yester-
day from Major Mclaughlin of OrOyille as k
ing him if he would fight Jim Corbett at
New Orleans. Jackson, as cverybody
knows, has been after Corbetts scalp, SO TO
speak, ever since they fought draw at the
California CLUB. Now that jackson has
clinched match with Frank SlaVin cunning
Jeems has, through his agent, sent word
asking if Peter would fight him. Corbett is
looking for cheap advertising, and this is the
cheapest way Imaginable for him to get it,
jackson should give Corbott's 'ad" very lit
tie attention, as any pugilst of good renown
would not SO far lower himself in the eyes
OF the sporting public as to challenge any
man whom he knows TO De matched