The morning call., 1893-02-14
TOES AND FISTS,
Intercollegiate Football at
Sacramento.
DEATH TO PRIZE-FIGHTING
Why SIogging Should Not Be TOler-
ated by Amateur CIubs-What
POOIroomS Have Done.

On the DIST inst. the second football
eleven of the University of California will
Journey 10 Sacramento and there play the
Oakdales on Washingt0n's birthday.
Manager McClaughry will look after the
young cOllegians while they are of their
r0ost.
There may be some fun yet over the
financial result of the great football game
between the Berkeley and Palo Alto teams.
The athletic body of the University of Cali
fornia las now uuder consideration arrange
ments 10 bring a suit against the men who.
il is alleged, punted the bows out of goo d
lump Of the receipts accruing from the
game. The report of the detective en-
ployed by the athletes has been placed be-
fore the members of the committee, and IL
is now proposed 10 have satisfaction, If such
a thing can be obtain ed by law.
According to the Hawkshaw who was
detailed to pry into the matter about $1,000
was secured by the scalperS. The gate
keepers, it is said. are The men who will be
he Id responsible for the leak In the treasury
box, and the students are anxious that
these gentlemen be brought into court and
made explain the reason Tor the deficiency,
which should have swelled the receipts OF
the gate. satisfactorily to the players.
In future il is proposed by the Berkeley
athletes that the election Of football man
ager shall occur early in the spring
so that the term Of office shall be for one
year; that the manager shall be elected by
secret ballot, sld that the polls at the time
Of election shall be kept open for at least
five hours.
The future for professional slogging in
this city looks very GUM. According to
representatives. OF the Senate who visited
this city last Sunday, the bill which is now
before the Legislature prohibiting prize
Erh "a tn a
the Assembly with flying cOlors, so to speak,
and il IS almost safe to say that when Il
comes before the Senate it will go under
the wire an easy winner. The legislators
have become thoroughly conversant with
the manner in which professional pugi!lsm
has been conducted in this city for several
months. As there are among the Assem-
blymen and Senators a number OF men who
attended boxing exhibitions when they were
! honestly managed. but who became dis
gusted eventually with lake" fights. Il IS
safe 10 predict the near approach OF the
death of slogglnZ IN this State.
The poolrooms have brought about the
downfall OF puglllsm.
The prOpret0rs of the mantraps, instead
of looking ont for the interest Of the clubs
by reporting suspicious doiDgs of pugilsts
10 the athletic committees, attempted by
every means. to hide from the clubs all
fakes arranged by the pu2s as in nine out
of ten fights the fakes were concocted by
the booksellers. who made money al the eX-
pense OF the lighting organizations.
1t is suggested by a member OF the
Olympic Club that the gentlemen who Will
pass iudgmeu: on the boxers Thursday
| evening discriminate bstween slogging and
| boxing.
A slogger will never make success
| either as an amateur or a professional,
| hence tie suggestion which, II carried out
| by a prominent amateur Organization,
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| leading athletic institution.
During tie first nights entertainment
there was altogether too much slogging,
| which certainly should not be encouraged
| by amateurs.
Straight hitting, clever lodging, good
generalship and quick stopping are the
| salient points IN boxing which should be
| encouraged.
John L. Sullivan, Jem Smith. Joe God
| daTd, Paddy SlaYln, etc. are sloggeFs OF
/ the school for swinging hits, and what has
! been the result? They ali fell with the
! exception of Goddard. who has not vet met
| a first-eiass scientific fighter. Sullivan was
| chief puncber Of the universe until he en-
| cOunleTed stTajght-hitting COrbett, and
! then be found that slogging was not a
master Of science.
Slavin started from Australia to win the
! slogging championship from Sullivan. but
] arrived too late, and as consequence Ire
/ had TO meet jackson. The cOiOred cham
! pion proved to Slayin what Corbett proved
/ to Sullivan. Goddard has not yet met
either Corbett or jackson, and If he has
| good judgment in fstic matters be Will
| leave the scientists" severely alone and
/ go through the men Sullivan put Ia sleep.
! Goddard is unquestionably the greatest
| slOgger the world has seen IN many years.
! but, as previously stated. he would not be
! in IL with either Jackson or Corbett.
The Olympic Club should certainly try to
| advance the scientific art Of boxing, and by
| SO doing punish those who swing aimle Ssly
| at an opponent in the hope OF scoring a
knockout, by Iawarding the bout against
| than