The morning call., 1891-01-02
SPORTING NOTES.
Oiheers Elected by the San Fran
cisco Athletic Ciub. ill.,
Limiting the Value of Prizes to Be Contested
for by Amateurs Arrival of
Pugilists

a meeting of the Board of Directors of
Ihe Amateur Athletic Union was held on
the 18th ult at the Grand Union Hotel New
iork City. The Spirit OF the Times. ) avs of
'he meeting: "A quorum was hard to GET.
Notwithstanding that the session was moet
important. Every member had an. axcuea.
ana II was late in the evening when a LEGAL
quorum was got by the use OF proxies -
ana again: mo vote was taken on anv
point connected directly or Indirectly with
me bicycle misunderstanding ard the reso-
luton forbiGding suspension of athletes
penang investigation had nothing whatever
to do with bicycling, but had been drawn mn
months ago, and was an echo of the Ford and
Cahill trials"
Ihe following resolution, which TOUCHES
upon prizes for athletic competitions, was
offered and referred to a Commit tee on Tx.
penSes: -
. FesotUed, That after May l. 1891. no cIItb Ii,
caq Union snail give, and no athletes shall re-
ceve any prize for excellence in competition ;..y
cept medals, or other like emblems apuToiiIi- =.
Htely Inscribed, and no such medal or eniblsrs-
snail ne OF greater intrinsic value Than $50 H Z
that any club violating this rule shall be Iab,,
expulsion, and any athlete SO violating sim
thereby cease TO be All amateur. -:
Or motion of Mr.. Mathewson it wa3Itas.:
solved that it is the sense of this board tfae
tile referee in boxing contests should. eX II
stantly disqualify any competitor wbd@:
strikes with his shoulder, or with any OTHER i.
part OF his body other than his gloves, and
that In such a case the reputation of thea. !:
a. U. imperatiyely demands such action;
and 1T was resolved that a copy of this re TO-
tuition be handed by the Secre tary to The. !
referee of the A. A. U. championships pr0T.S.
TO the contests on December 20, 1890.
Referring to this resolution The Spirit
ADDS: Readers of the above resolution. are
request ted not to write TO The Spirit asking
II gloves are part of boxers body. =.
ATHLETIC CLUB OFFICERS. ,.+.,..:.
The San Francisco Athletic Club cleo cd E
the following officers on tuesday even ng :
who will serve for tue ensuing year,: X !.
). Evans, President; j. Ahern, Wee
President; A. f. BTeSlin, Treasurer !; II !:
Mcinerney. Recording Secretary; T.. So.
heuy, Financial Secretary; j.. ThVmpSanj.s:
Marshal; L. j. Flynn and L. 5. Han T.. :
Trustees. :. a.%.5
Charles Dexter. Jack Dempsey's part ..,f>:.
IN the saloon business, Is manager.oE ( ft.::2
Seattle Athletic Club Secretary McCarJ FL.
in this city purchasing new apparatus fof55:@.
CLUB I:.. q:
Now that the California Athletic Club i e..
looking about for frst-clus5 talent: #; H.
puG!lSts VINO have been rusticating in Pc.
iand ana Seattle are preparing to return. g. Il,
this city. - -, L:
Danny Hawkins. the bantam fighter, lr :.
had such long contest with Began at ~
Golden Gate Club, has returned from 3.
north ana is open Tor engagements. - -. =.
johnny Warren defeated Jonny Mfflei,#.-:%
three rounds at indianapolis ON Wednpsa s1.5
evening. Warren had an easy game fei.<
won about 500. 49,
COMING FROM ENGLAND. '', =
A cablegram has been received by
Secretary OF the Amateur Athletic Union 81 =
New York from London, England, stai 81 Z =:
that a team is being organized from
members of the United Hospitals Amat .lia i:
Athletic Union of England, with tue OBJ
of visiting the United States and Compel -ly' !:
with teams from Harvard and Y ale cole
j. 7. Haughn, the sprinter others
known as "1he Streator Midget" has
cured hacker who will take him to ,-...
tralia for the purpose of matching 5ia
against any man III the colonies to run -
yards for from $1,000 to 5000 a sfae
Haughn is one of the fastest short-distants
runners of America.
Armory Hail, in which the Califora
Club has held many exhibitions, has been
vacated. and the seats and ring will be r.
moved TO the old quarters, which Wi 90
fixed up soon to comfortably seat HOO dl-
bers.
The California Club is negotiating tl
Danny NeedhaW and Billy Meyer wi
view of matching them TO fight in the l
in the near future. Needham is exps. lel
here soon.
q The Directors Of the Olympic Club i.le
awarded the contract for building TIE nos,
hand-bail court at the grounds. 1t will las-
S406T 50.