The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-11
THE FISHIC GLADIA4ORS.
Smith and Van Heest Are
Matched to Fight.
The PaIo Alto Club Has Added an Extra
Attraction to It's Programme-The
Mounted Tug-of-War.

The Palo Alto Athletic Club directors
met last evening and decided upon giving
its members an additional attraction to the
entertainment that has been arranged for
Friday evening. the 21st inst. Besides a
contest to finish between Jack MeCann
and ''the Black PEARL" ten-round go"
has been arranged between Jesse Clark
aud Jack Cunningham. The two latter
pugilists are members of the hard-hitting
society and il is expected that the contest
will end before the tenth round will be
called.
McCann has found a hacker who Will
wager $500 that his opponent will not stand
before him for fifteen rounds. The Pearl
has already made preparations with club
on Third street to celebrate The event
II appears that the California Athletic
Clubs new boz I'd Of directors has yet con-
sidera bic TO learn about match INA king
Ii has been time and again demonstrated
in this city, ana with very few exceptions,
that contests between bantam aud also
feather weight pugilists have been tire
some speetaeles. Five out of six battles-or
walk around matches, better said-have bee n
long drawn out affairs, generally terminating
unsatisfactory TO the members OF The clu bs
that were so unfortunate as TO have wit
messed them.
The last go-as-you-p please affair, 1t was
thought, should have given the California
Cluh a surfeit Of small-men fights. IL APP
pears. though, as II the bantams and
feather weights had a lien on this club, as
a majority OF the fights that have taken
place at the California was between the
representatives Of the midget division OF
tistic artists
Last evening the directors Of the Caiilornis
Club matched Solly Smith ahd Van Heesi
20 fight IN the latter part OF December fol-
a purse of $1,000 The men must scale al
the ring side lis pounds. and as guarantee
that they Will fight at this weight the sun
OF $3.50 Will be exacted from each of this
contestants, which amount will be returned
TO them before they will dress for action.
The trouble between Sol Smith and George
SiddonS and the club was last evening ami
cably settled. The club allowed the fggt
ers $500 each as a recompense for past y
vices rendered.
On the evening OF the Dobbs and job =
son fight the club will have ten-round
between Gus Miller and William Miller+ "
AS Hiram B. Cook was not present at M
meeting Of last evening the directors tooi
no action in his case-that is. so lar as the
proposed cutting off of the referees 9oo
month perQnisite is concerned.
1t is reported that Nick Long offered to
take Mr. Cooks place and referee the fight
| at So head, which would certainly be
| great monthly saving to the club imam
| cialiy.
Iner6 are lew cr1eI-HehTleu men WI
, contend that Mr.. Long is of too exeitable
| temperament 10 make.a cool and determines
| referee. especially when coLtests last unit
after the last car takes its departure fr0u
! the east end OF the city.
| Charley Turner was about town last even
| ing enjoying himself, prior to a hard cours
| of training for his battle with Williams o
| Salt Lake. Turner had dispute with
| man at Young MitchelPs. who called him
niger. II wouldn't mind if he called me
negro" said Turner. as that word
/ proper"
Martin Murphy Will be given a rousinl
| benefit at the Palo Alto Club OH Frida
evening" by his many friends. On Monda
next the successful trainer and second c
! pngilists will leave for New York wit
! Greggains, who has been matched to fgt
| Martin Costello at the Coney Island Club.
The captains OF the teams that are entere
! for the great mounted tug of-war will met
tomorrow evening at Central Park to max
| final preparations for the tournament Coz
/ siderable practice has been done by tn
teams during the past two weeks, and tn
| spogt-lUving public can DEPEND upon Seein
one of the most thrilling and exciting COZ
tests that have taken place in this city.