The morning call., 1891-03-25
SPORTS IN GENERAL.
A Superintendent Chosen for the
Kennel Show.
The 0lympics VIII Spend $4,000 for Ocean
Water for Bathing Purposes-sUlli-
vans Retirement.

The Directors Of the Olympic Club dis
cussed the building scheme last night.
business Office has been fitted up at 800 Cali
fornia street, where all matters pertaining
to the new structure will be attended to.
The Secretary stated that bonds were be-
ing purchased very rapidly, and that the
Directors are now assured of the erection of
a building which will reflect credit on San
Franciscans.
Considerable discussion arose as to whether
salt water should be taken from the bay in
the vicinity of Black Point or from the Cliff
House, and it was finally decided to draw
the supply from the ocean at the Cliff. The
cost of laying pipe from the building TO the
ocean beach will be about $4,000
The new tennis grounds CT the club will
be formally opened about the 18th prox.
Expert players will occupy the four courts,
and those who fancy the game will be
treated to some grand exhibitions of tennis.
A club of Olympians will soon be organized
and their first step will be to join the asso-
citation.
BENCH SHOW AFFAIRS.
The Executive Committee of the Califor-
MIA Kennel Club has elected A. Russell
Crowell Superintendent of the coming
UtuCu huuHs pptCldI IllL5o AlO IOuiihE III
to the Secretary from all directions. One
hundred and fifty have been received up to
the present, which speaks the interest OF
lovers of the dog in the success of the com
ing show.
Superintendent Crowell is an experienced
man in kennel matters and will leave moth
ing undone in the way of good management
that viii materially assist to give general
satisfaction to all concerned.
Thomas Higgs received on Saturday from
the Chesapeake Bay Kennels seven
months old slut, the first OF the Chesa-
peake stock OF famous duck dogs imported
to this city. The yOungster Is very tlmld,
owing to the confinement OF long Journey
overland. She comes from tirst-cla5s stock,
and will, no doubt, be valuable acqui-
Stion to the sporting interests OF ihIs State;
With the exception of longer limbs and
closer coat, she very much resembles the
ordinary water spaniel.
A RETIRED CHAMPION.
Sullivan has retired from the prize ring
permanently and is now engaged in bust
ness which pays him better than deSpoiling
the faces of meh who crave for the title lie
So manfully protected against all corners for
a number of years.
Z" wonder" said an old sport, who was
chatting with some friends yesterday in
SausalitO resort, how Old a champion
fighter must be to escape challenges from
Tom, Dick and Harry, that is men who
can win title by his defeat"
" Now, Sullivan continued the speaker,
sis an older man than most people imagine.
FOX'S OrDamented sheet puts him down as
being 81 years of age, but l would be willing
to bet little that he is four years older than
the papers say.
AGE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
Now there is one important thing that
the fighting rules omit and that is the age
at which a champion pugillst should be
RELOCATED to the retired list Fighters are
in a measure, like race-hOrSes. The severe
training they must undergo each time they
are matched to fight tells upon their consti-
buttons and draws UNNECESSARILY from their
vitality. Horses of sound limb and body
that have escaped accidents are generally
retired from the turf after five years
service.
"Men, for instance, like Sullivan and
Dempsey, who have had many hard courses
of training, cannot last forever, as some
people suppose, just because these fighters
may be possessed of all the outward
appearances Of men who are physically
qualified to defend their hard-earned titles
as against younger element, whose lives
have not been retarded in any measure by
series of years Of fast living or the courses
of athletic training which must certainly
exhaust the vitality and dampen the ambi-
tiOn Of men who stick 10 pugilism for, say,
ten years.
TRANSFERRING THE TITLE.
"a pugilist generally begins fighting at
the age of Is years, and think that when
he arrives at the age of 20 he should send in
his resignation, which ought to be respected
by his followers. If at the latter age he
hold the title OF champion of whatever class
he may represent the rules should allow him
the privilege of transferring that honor to
the man he thinks best able to defend it
against all challengerS As for Sullivan, he
has proven himself to be great fighter, and
mn no his zenith and
tired from the turf say let him rest he
has done pobly."
wEIGHT-LIFTING COMPETITION.
Sir John Astley's weight-lifting cumpeti-
ticn took place at ST. James Hall, Piccadilly,
on March 9Th. There were sixteen competi-
tors and the featS were as follows:
l. To raise IN each hand smut aneOusy 90.
pound dunb-beli from the ground to the full
ST. etch of the arms above The head, lower them
TO the ground and raise them again, at least
three times without cessation.
2. o raise in each hand simultaneously an
64pOund dumb-beli from The ground 10 tie full
stretch OF The arms above the head.
3. ! o raise with b otn hands bar-bell OF 10
pounds from the gr ound to the fun stretch OF the
arms above the head, lower Il TO Tie ground and
raise II once again 10 the same manner.
4. To raise with Goth hands from the ground
bar-bell OF 200 pounds TO Tue full stretch OF the
arms a bOVe Tie head.
D. To raise simultaneously in one hand
dumb-bel OF 100 rounds and IN the other
dunib-beil OF go pounds from the ground 10 The
full stretch Of the arm above the head.
g. To raise with one baud alone dum0-bell OF
100 pounds from the ground to the fun stretch
oil the arm Dove Tie head. lower IL to the shout
der, aud raise IL again once.
Z. o raise from the ground a weight of forty
pounds IN each hand simultaneously and hold
them out TO Ill full extent Of the arm level with
the shoulder. and replace them on the ground.
S. o raise from The ground IN one hand a
weight Of $50 pounds, and IN both hands
weight Of $50 pounds.
Each competitor can raise the weights from
the ground TO the shoulder, and from the Shout
der TO the full stretch of the arm, "as he
peases."
fl. w. Mccain (HeTcules) won by performing
every feat, A jaX coming second according 10 The
Judges although he failed IN three feats out OF
The eight while Lewis Mccain (SamsOn) failed
only In one The sixth. George Clifford OF Wal.
worth was fourth, with Three failures, and Stan
ley Phillips, an amateur up TO date, filth. The
competition was failure.