The morning call., 1892-01-12
FIGHTING MEN.
Little Betting on the McCann
and Kemmick Mill.
A Corner in Pugilists Makes Matters Dull in
Fistic Gircles-Cardiff May Be Matched
Against Choynski

The Pacific Club will endeaYor this after
noon to match Joe Choynski ana Patsy
Cardiff. The Directors do not propose to
give any more losers ends" to fighters
who, as a general thing are satisfied to take
two or three hundred dollars for a defeat,
with the moneys they pocket from the bet
ting market on the success Of their oppO-
nents. In the days when ring fights were
Of the genuine order losers ends" were
never thought of, and the defeated had Oft
entimes to rely on the generosity Of friends
who took care Of him until such time as he
was in a presentable condition to appear in
public If Cardiff is satisfied to fight for the
entire purse he will be matched to meet
Choynski next month.
EVERYTHING Is READY.
The California Club Directors report that
all arrangements have been made for the
monthly Ontest tomorrow evening. Char
ley kemmick will have as his attendants
Billy Smith, Danny Needham and W.DOyle.
Jack McCaun will be seconded by Martin
Murphy and Sam Fitzpatrick. The pugiI-
lists must wegh-ln just before entering the
ling at or under 145 pounds.
Harry Maynard has become tired Of retire
ment and Will meet any man of his weight
and age in q contest with backened gloves
for points. The professor may be given an
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tainments Of the California Clab to prove to
the members that he is yet capable of
swinging his dukes A match between him
and Professor Hogan would be worth see
ing.
FIGHTERS WILL NOT FIGHT.
Fighters who want to fight nowadays
are as scarce as hens teeth" remarked a
Director of one Of the boxing clubs, last
evening. I'VE have been offering good
purses for matches between firstand second
| class men, and find that, with exceedingly
| few exceptions, the fraternity of the present
! day slOggers DO not desire fiStc engagements
| In other words, they are heeled with enough
| money to sleep and eat for months to come"
Speaking Of fighters, pretty good story
/ was told yesterday OF brace of pugs that
/ wanted to make a little raise, but were puz-
! lied how to make it out OF a contest to n
| finish The narrator of the story had heard
| two wel-known local So 80 weekly exhibit
/ ton slOggers argue the point in this way
"Well, Puncher, | guess we got things
easy enough without accepting that purse
| for finish-see? We got no managers. to
! raise them fellows a couple a hundred, and
what's the use of us talking to them d.
rectOrs? They wont notice what we say."f
Swnger did not approve Of the idea
/ leaving a few hundred slip through his
| fingers, and he suggested half a dozen
rounds of good slogging and stage knock
| out
Puncher concluded that the idea was a
! good one, and proposed that Swinger go out
in the seventh round, as the Puncher had
the better record.
! A SECOND LUCKY THOUGHT.
Swinger could not see it in that light at
first, but finally q lucky thought flashed
across his vivid imagination and graspng
! Puncher by the hand. he said, Its 60 ;
! I'll take thTee-f0urths of the stack for the
! knockout; you pocket the balance"
On this rock the sloggers split and argu-
ments became very heated until another
| brilliant idea suggested itself to Swinger.
and again grasping Puncher's caIloused"
paw, he remarked: SAY. Puncher old
! boy, I've struck it at last; let US dig up A
manager; them felers are all full of taffy
and they are so we'll trained in political chin
music that il is no trick for them to talk TO a
! Director of a club"
Puncher grabbed the situation imme-
diately, and the pair are said to be now
J hunting the sOuth-Side of Market street
| for some enterDrising broken-down political
| orator.
MEETING Is DOUBTFUL.
1t is very doubtful whether Choynski will
have an opportunity Of meeting Slayin in a
! four-TOund contest. Mitchell, on behalf of
Slavin, will ask about 5000 for an exhjbi.
ton Of this kind, and tie California Club
| would be very apt to think twice before il
"hung-up" any such purse. However. if
Slavin looks for . harvest of coin in this
city he must show himself to advantage or
content himself with empty results, as Sui
! liVau did in Australia.
Burton c. Lund, the star wheelman of
the Acme Club, who was recently defeated
for the tThee-mile state championship bv w
| X. Lippset of San Jose, has challenged his
conqueror again. Lund offers TO put up
diamond Of equal value with the medal won
| by LiDsett,
The Canadian tug-of-war team has ac-
! cepted the challenge recently issued by the
Danes 10 pull match.
The Acme Athletic Club will hold a
ladies' night on the 28th.