The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-16
NO CONTEST.
The McCann and Kimmick Fight
Declared OF.
That So-Called Amateur Was Eleven Pounds
Over Weight and His Opponent Refused
to Meet Him.

! Montgomery street was crowded last night
with members who expected to witness
hot contest between Jack Mccain, the
quaSi-amateur who whipped Gallagher OF
Oakland at the late Olympic tournament,
and Charley KimmieR prutege of Pro-
fessor Nick Long the noted correspondent.
Before the event of the evening there were
several short engagements between local
pugs, after which Master of Ceremonies
! Allen announced the event of the evening.
After a delay OF half an hour the crowd be-
| came uneasy, and calls were made for the
fighters AID the President of the club.
Neither put in an appearance. and the sports
| suspected that something had gone wrong.
Couriers finally arrived from the fighters
dressing compartments with the news that
! Mccain was eleven pounds over weight
and that Himmick had refused to meet him.
! The turmoil now became furious, with
! shouts for the President of the club 10 APP
! pear and explain matters
! Fulda was upstairs holding a consultation
! with the pugs and it was fully an hour
| after the announcement, next Will be the
event of the evening"" that he put in an
/ appearan Z, backed up by 1.-THE strong arm
! OF the law" George A. Knight
DISGUISED WITH PUGILIsTS.
Fulda, after taking a cuTsory glance at
! tie asSembage, entered the ring and asked
! for an audience Silence was accorded
! him. and after a short pause, he said that
| he had become thoroughly disguised with
! pugi.iSt5 and the manipulatOrs OF the pool
! box.
1.-THE fighters" said he, "haye made an
agreement among themselves to fight AS
| middle-HeigbtS at lao pounds and deposited
! $500 each as guarantee OF good faith
! Mccain, find, is IL pounds over the weight
III
This man Mccain has been travelling under
| assumed names, and | consider him bad
man to have any further business with.
Il in person have visited the men at their
| training quarters and found them doing
1 well until last week, when business and la
grippe prevented me from seeing their last
work of training, and now you see the re-
! suit"
At this juncture some one shouted
| ''WhaI was the matter with our Directors"
just as Fuida was thinking out an idea
! George a. Knight pitched his stomach
! against a ring post and sent his sharp voice
! into every crevice OF the building. tuIda
! withdrew Immediately, and the attorney
! took the floor and said
Gentlemen of the California Club, l
| want to Impress upon your minds that this
! is an honorable institution and must not be
| tempered with by pOol-bOx maniDulatOrs.
| They have brought this result lCheers.
| Raising his voice TO higher pitch he con-
! tnued: "Of all pugilIsts in the ring to-day
| l consider Peter Jackson the whiJest man IN
| tue business" Mr.. Knight went no further.
/ KBD1CK ENTERED.
After pandemonium had reigned supreme
! for fully half an hour aud everybody had
/ stopped asking a loan Of either Fulda or
/ Knights ear, kimmlck forged his way TO
the ring and entered between the ropes
/ lie could not address such large crowd, as
/ his voice was impaired by a slight cold
! hoo ri 1,It no daE IN mi
! addressing the gathering the muchly per
! picked President said:
/ Gentlemen: Mr.. himmick has positively
refused 10 fight AIr. McCann at the weight
/ the later weighed In few minutes ago,
/ and l cannot see any other alternative but
/ to call this match off II Mr. Gallagher,
! VINO is matched to fight Billy MaIan, will
meet Mr.. klmmick now. | think we can
/ have a irst-clasS contest"
There were prolonged shouts for Gala
/ CHER, until a friend Of his informed the
! President and the club from the gallery that
! Gallagher would not break faith with the
! organic ton he had signed TO fight in, and
! that OF course settled matters so far as The
/ 0aBlander was concerned.
The Directors were tlyng around the
room ike startled sheep, not knowing which
| way to turn, all hunting for some pug to
match against kimmick. kverYb body was
| talking at the same time, and IL was ImpOs-
! SiOle to hear what Fulda was speaking
/ about.
A HAPPY IDEA AT LAST.
He finally hit OH happy idea and. after
! qUeting the babbie. said that Billy Smith
and Kehoe, who are matched to fight next
mouth, would be prepared to contest some
/ where about the 26th inst He asked whether
this would answer, but a shower Of voices
cried MOI No" No"
This reception almost knocked Fulda
! down, but his trusty lieutenant, George
| knight, was equal to the occasion and he
| took charge OF affairs again, - want to
! know" said Knight, "what did the articles
| these men sign specify"
Fulda answered By saying that the aTti-
/ Giles read that tue men were 10 fight at 145
| pounds, AMI the man who sealed more than
| these figures would forfeit 500. and if he
won the match he should give his opponent
S2O0-making $500 all told.
KNINICK STILL OBDURATE.
It was thought that this statement would
induce kimnuck to fight Mccain, but he
positively refused. He said, however. that
he would fight McCann if the latter came to
AS pounds
McCann, who had already entered the
| ring, made speech, stating that he had
! met with an accident while training, having
! slipped on the track, which kept him from
! taking exercise within the last week.
The matter was finally adjusted by Presi-
| dent FHlda Informing all that the Directors
would take the matter under advlsement
| and report at the next weekly meeting.