The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-19
III THE WORLD OF SPORT.
Betting on The Fights Which Hill Take
Place in This City and New Orleans.

The following are the dates selected by
the various boxing clubs for the fights
booked to take place, viz August %, Hall
and PritehaTd, London; August %, God
dard and Smith. at California Club, and
Dobbs and Smith, same time; August so,
Greggains and Costello, Pacific Club; Sep
TENDER 8, McAulffe and Myer, Olympic
Club, New Orleans; September g. Dixon
and Sicily. New Orleans; September Z,
Sullivan and COrbett, New Orleans, for
heavyweight championship of the world.
The betting at the poolrooms on Stockton
street last evening on these events was
Hall and Pritehard,. even money Goddard
and Smith. 10 to 9 in favor of Goddard; Nc
kenZie and Dobbs, SO to 50 IN favor of
Mckenzie; Costello and Greggains. SO to
IS in favor of Costello; McAuliffe and
Myer. $40 to SO in favor of McAuliffe;
Dixon and Sicily, 81 to 81 in favor of
Dixon; Sullivan and Corbett, SO TO Sc so
in favor of Sullivan. The combin atoms
offered were: So to 81 against Costello, Me-
Auliffe. Dixon and Sullivan.
There will be no postponement in the
date originally set tor the Costello and
Greggains fight at the Pacific Club. The
event will take place on the evening OF the
30th inst, and it Is the only exhibition of
this month that is attracting the attention
of the sporting public. Costello is a pretty
strong fayorite; still the friends of Greg
gains have great confidence in the fireman's
ability TO draw down the long end of the
yellow boys
In answer to question, who are the off,
GERS Of the Pacific Club? the following is
self-explanatory; Manager, W. ii. Harri-
son; president. John K. Morton; vice.
president. Joseph Butler; secretary, d. j.
Leary: board of directors-M. Livingston,
Frank Shea, ?. IL. Norton, II. Zemansky
and Frank Lester.
1t now looks as if Dobbs, the colored pug,
will win his fight with Mckenzie, the Aus
trailan. From the training quarters of the
men have arrived news which go strongly
to prove that the pugs have had mutual
Understanding, ana that eoiored circles on
Third street will be in high feather on the
day following the hippodroms.
Cunning Jimmy Carroll has been filing
the Eastern sporting editors with all sorts
of trash, In an interview with a represeu-
tative OF New York paper al New Orleans
recently artful James gave his views of the
coming battle between Sullivan and Cor
bett as follows: IF Corbett is in fit con-
dition to fight mark my word if he does not
lick the big fellow with ease. My reason
for making this assertion is based upon the
fact that he has so many advantages over
Sullivan. He certainly has age in his
favor; he has the reach and is
by lar the most active and spry on his
feet. ii Jim feels good when he enters
the ring | don't believe John L. will be
able to hit him." In reply to question as to
whether he thought Corbett could withstand
punishment, Carroll had this TO say: THE
Californian came from good fighting stock,
therefore should prove dead game" Car
roll believes that Americas champion will
run right up TO Jim's big fist whenever the
Californian wishes him to do SO; while on
the other hand ne thinks Corbett viii be in
the far corner whenever the Bestonian sees
ii. to pound at empty space, and the clever
aspirant for stage honors will pupctuate his
antagonists wind with a jab on the mouth
or ribs on all such occasions. 1t makes no
difference how hard blow fighter can
give, they count for naught il he does not
land them, and in the lightweight's opini ion
that is what will be seen when the big fell
low sends his deadly right after Corbett.