The morning call., 1893-01-29
ATHLETICS.
Purcell and Walker Are in Fine Fet-
tle-The Tuggers.

Unless something very unforeseen hap
pens between now and Wednesday evening
the members of the Palo Alto Athletic Club
should witness another one of the many
good exhibitions that they have been for
tunate in having for several months past.
The stars of the evening will be Purcell
and Walker. The former is a wei Known
local pugilist, who should give good az
count of himself unless the booksellers have
recently caused him TO change his mind as
regards square fighting. 1t can be safely
said. however, that the officers of the club
are not sleeping on their gloves, and if Mr..
Purcell or his opponent from far away
Australia shall show the least sign of hip
podrame in their fighting both con testants
Will be Summarily ordered out OF the ring
and crowned fakirs.
II is astonishing that pugilists who earn
their bread and butter by fighting should
consider the matter Of agreeing to a hippo
drOme fer one instant.
Fake fighting will kill athletic clubs
quicker than anything else, and when the
clubs shall have shut their doors where will
the fighting gentry get off.
There IS the County Jail. House of Cor
Tection and other places of more pro-
nounced magnitude waiting to receive men
who transgress the laws OF the country,
and as pugllists. with very few exceptions.
desDise manual labor their only hope for a
llying-should the boxing clubs cease to
eXist-will be in the places mentioned.
An intelligent pugilist, of whom there are
few. would consider the offer OF money to
fake tight deep insult. IL Is the low
mental fellow who cares not what the
future may bring that the boxing clubs
must keep an eye upon II they hope TO con-
tinue
Peter Jackson and the foxy Parson
Davies who. by the way. is the smOothest
m l.
their appearance on the theatrical stage In
the near future. jackson will certainly
make hit IN Uncle Tom, but Davies was
misplaced. He should be appointed to some
more responsible position than that of auc-
toneer. Care-laker Of the bOx-Office or
tester of silver dollars would be about the
right thing for him, as he is an excellent
feeler.
Billy Smith. who fought Needham at the
Pacific Club. says in case Ryan will not be
able to get 10 140 pounds, the weight he is to
night Dawson al, that he Will take his place
If given two weeks notice.
1he athletes who engaged in the interna-
tl0nal iug-0f-war tournament at the Pavilion
last year are interested over the contest
which will be held ut the Orpheum on
tuesday evening between the famous an
cbormen, Smith OF the Canadian team and
Bakurlch of The Slavonans, for $500 a
side. IL will be remembered that these
powerful athletes met once before and
Smith suffered defeat which was owing
to lack OF condition, he having under
rated Bakurlich's abilities. Immediately
following this bout. which will be a single
pull on cleats with sixty-foot rope and
six-foot pull, Nolan, the famous anchor
man oil the American team. and ambertson,
the powerful Dane who acted as ancborman
for his team in the big tournament, will
contest Tor big stake, and the winners will
be matched TO pull for the championship of
the coast and $1,000 side. These men are
all sIx-fooiers and considered tile most
powerful Contestants that have figured in
tug-of-war tournaments. The matches at
tract much attention In athletic circles.
Inc amateur sparrng and wrestling
championship OF the Western Associate on
OF Amateur Athletes will take place in ST.
Louis March 3 and 4. The weights will be
40 pounds and under. 120 to 1870 pounds. 1870
10 40 pounds. 140 10 100 pounds, and $50 and
over. This is the new amateur weight
classification, which should have been
adopted years ago. Under the old classti-
cation 136-pound man would have TO com
pete against a 158-pound man, a difference
or twenty-five pounds, which everyone
knows Is too much, and so IL is with the
other weights under the old classification.
Now that the Western Association and
the Amateur Athletic Union have become
friends 1t Is expected that competitors from
all western cities will be present in st.
Louis to compete for championship honors.
The prizes are valuable gold watches and
medals TO second-best men. Entries must
be made with Mr.. John G. Movers. 316
North Fourth street, st. Louis, Mo-. VINO
viii also furnish all other information
asked for.