The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05
GLOVES AND OARS.
Slavin Will Not Meet ChOynski in
This City.
staubury Is Anxious to Row OConnor in This
Country What Sullivan Has TO Say
Of Mitchell and slavin.

Joe Choynski was shown dispatch from
Charley Mitchell to the California Club,
which stated that it would be utterly i'm
possible for Slavin to meet Choynski in a
six-round contest. Mitchell did not say
that he would take Sayin's place. The
Californian's challenge is also open to
Mitchell.
Turner OF Sacramento is training hard for
his match with Johnson of this city. which
will take place at the Pastime Club on the
23d inst. Anticipating that the contest will
be of the hurricane kind, the FASTENERS
| have arranged for ten-round go" which
will pTecede the finish event
Harry Maynard wants purse of 5000 to
fight Andy Bowen. AIRY refused an offe:
of $500, which he says only SeCOnd-class
pugIlists would fight for. Great Scott! how
some of these Old-time pugS-whO should be
figuring on nice plat IN convenient
ctmetery-dO talk
SULLIVAN HAS HIS SAY.
A letter from Butte City, Mont. dated
January Goth, says:
John /. Sullivan states that he is ready o make
match with any man In the wOTId who LAYS
claim TO The championship. the Fight 10 take
place In the last week in August or first week in
September. He further said he would rather
meet Mitchell than any man on earth IN u foot
ling, Marquis of QueensbeTry rules and Will bet
| 500 600 That lie can put Mitchell To SLEEP In six
rounds. Sullivan regards Madden's proposition
to back Peter Maher against hin as a cold bluff,
nevertheless lie includes any while man IN The
world. Under no circumstances Will lie fight
jackson. lie Is willing to meet SiaVln next
August. II he makes fight this summer Suli.
van says II Will positively be bis last appearance
IN The ring.
Nick Long is at outs with the California
Club. Nicholas drew up the articles Of
agreement for a contest between Kimmck
and McCann, and he made such bUngle of
it that his stupidity has cost him exactly
500, which sum Long posted in behalf OF
his prOtege. The California Club now con-
tends that neither Long nor Kimmick lived
up to their contract, hence the cOnfScatiOn
of the ten eagles by the club. KImmick
has become disguised with his late man
ayers ways of doing business. and in future
he will Try and paddle his own canoe
Eastern pugiists should by this take warn
ing Of FrIscO's managers.
RETROGRADING FAST
The New York Recorder, speaking of the
California Athletic Clue, SAYS that the
purses recently offered by that organization
for meetings between Goddard ana Joe Nc
Auliffe and Dixon and Cal Mccarthy indi-
cate two things: First, that the California
Club has apparently lost its desire to SuS-
tain its national character and would rather
support Australian bred fighters than
American pugiljsts; second, that 1t has
DAYS, and is, in fact, willing to accept as a
fact that it IS in Il secondary position SO far
as big contests are concerned.
There is more than q color OF truth to the
Recorders criticism. The California Club
has greatly retrograded in the past few
years, which fact is principally owing to a
want Of change in its government Cap
tain FuIda and Pilot Gibbs are entirely too
fond OF the sport to retire from active ser
vice. and as they seem to have grown fat In
the res pectiye positions they now occupy il
| is hardly to be expected at this late date
| that either of these supporters OF slOggers
| and slOgging clubs will make room for other
| candidates The financial condition Of the
| club is at present mystery to the members.
THE oARsAfEN.
Thomas Spencer, hacker of Sullivan, the
! champion sculler of New Zealand, who re-
! Gently challenged champion Stanbury to
| row for the sDgle-scull championship OF
! the world, has written the following le tier,
dated sydney December oath, concerning
/ Stanbury'S Intentions:
l. as supporter of aquatIeS and hacker OF
| Sullivan HE scuer, embrace This opportunity of
sending letter 10 you by this mail. James stan
! bury, the champion OaTsman OF the world, is gO-
/ Ing 10 America to engage IN contest with VIII
| lam OCOnnOg for $500 and the Championship OF
/ the world. l agreed 10 match Su lIyan against
| Slaubury and his excuse for not rowing Is that
/ he IS booked Tor America. II a match is not
| made with Stanbury on or prior TO January %.
1892, sullivan viii, without doubt, Claim the
/ championship OF the world.
Il is quite probable that SIaubury wilt
arrive on the next steamer from the Colo
! MES.
TUG-oF-WAR.
Final arrangements have been completed
| for the tug-0f-War at the Pacific CLUB to-
morrow evening between the Danes and thu
| Canadians. According 10 the agreement
! signed ly both teams, there will be only one
! pull to decide a victory. The Danes are
very confident Of defeating their athletic
/ opponents, and already considerable money
| has been posted. The Canadians have very
| little To say as TO the match, but are training
| hard, and their friends will be greatly mis-
| taken il the Danes succeed in scoring
! another victory.
! 1t is very evident that the athletes of the
| Olympic Club are not in favor Of wheeling
| A committee which was appointed TO Or
| ganize bicycle annex failed twice to form
| permanent organization. At the last meet
| Ing only three interested wheemen were
| present.
The Burnaby Cricket Club has organized
| for the season. 1t will join the Alamedas
! and Pacifcs in having the Alameda grounds
| put III condition for the game.
TRAINING A BOXER.
| Mick DOoley, the clever Au raian heavy
weight has raised very in,eresting ques-
| ton regarding how a boxer should train. 1t
| is the Gus ON for most boxers nowadays,
! says the Field of Sydney, to abstain from
! spaTring for few weeks before the fight in
| which they are engaged. The reason given
| is that by S airing a man gets into bad
| habit Of delivering light blows. and unless
! be takes a spell IS liable to tap instead Of
! punching sOlidY when he has to fight to the
| bitter end. The air-ball is the only spar
! ring partner Of boxer while he is prepar-
! ing for the fray, and now Mick Dnoley
| comes forward and SAYS that it is his opinion
! that boxers commit a great mistake in dis
carding sparring for ball-punchlng solely.
| Mick'S case is this: SDarriHg, he claims,
/ QuckenS a mans eve, but blll-bitfing does
| not, comparatively speaking. Consequent
! ly a man unaCcuStOmed to Sparrag j. slow.
| and liable 10 be knocked out before h.
! knows what his opponent IS about. a man
| wh1 has been training solely with the air
! ball for few weeks Mick thinks, would
| be slower IN an actual fight, az least at the
| start, than the man who has got himself
well by any amount Of SparriuE.
AN INSTANCE.
Mick gives instances. Dawson did no
| sparring before his recent fight with Will
Jams, and before he could get his eye in
| properly Williams caught him heavily Gu
! the jaw and practically ended matters.
| Mick thinks that had Dawson in his train
| ing been accustomed TO watching and hitting
a real live antagonist instead of bll
| which monOtOnOuSly comes forward auI
| backward he would have seen Williams
| right coming toward him and been able L.
| prevent il reaching its destination. The
same thing, Dooey says, occurred to him.
| self. In his night with Ch0yuSki he could
not properly see Joe'S antics. and before he
could get the proper focus in the second
round Joe staggered him with one, and he
| did not know where it came from. Had he
| spared during training, Mick says, he would
not have felt strange in the opening rounds
and promises next time he fights to 90 in
for any quantity of sparring, critics not
| withStandlng.
WORTH INVESTIGATING.
This point that DoOley argues is worth
| looking IL. Paddy Savin spars q lot while
training, and his eyesight is splendid from
the first, as all bis opponents can testify.
| Jackson believes in punching the bail, and