The morning call., 1893-02-24
WITH BIG GLOVES.
Third Night of the Olympic
Boxing Contests.
cfOGGERS HAD NO SHOW.
Clever Boxing Witnessed in Some of
the Bouts-A Compliment to
the Supervisors.
tOGGERS HAD NO SHOW

The third of the Olympic Clubs series Of
box pg contests was witnessed last evening
by : very enthusiastic gathering
The sport was first class. and the small
amount Of slogging. which is sometimes
unavoidable, was very noticeable. In fact
the contestants who had so far forgotten
themselves as to engage in slogGing were
stopped before any damage was done. Some
Of the bouts. especially the contest between
Leahy ana Manning, were well worth see
ing from scientific" point of view.
President William Greer Harrison called
the attention of the members to the fact
that the Board Of Supervisors had passed
tile franchise permitting the club to lay
pipes for the purpose of procuring salt
water from the ocean for bathing facilities.
Mr. Harrison said that he expected Mayor
i ert would sign the paper on Saturday,
and that on Monday work would be begun
on laying the pipes, so that the club could
keep its promise with the members who eX-
pect 10 have q dip in the briDy IN ApTll.
The members cheered heartily the action OF
the Supervisors in granting the franchise.
The following is the result of the even
inG's sport:
The first brace Of boxers to toe the scratch
was Phillip J. DEE, 126 pounds, and joseph
RYAN. 1873 pounds. The bout terminated at
the end of the sixth round. The contestants
hitting and stopping which was free from
slogging, and consequently pleased the
members. DieZs foot work was much supe-
Ti0r 10 that of his opponent and enabled
him to land frequently on Ryan's proboscis.
RYAN had always the best of the infghting.
and in the rallies he made DlrZ's neck and
sides a target which he frequently landed
upon. DieZ. however, did the most leading
and was awarded the contest
r. A. Grant, 152 pounds, and Charles
l. Fs.Nr rT-rv IL
The first round was very amusing. Grant
put on the atmosphere" of professional,
" ich was soon knocked out of him by
Gardiner, who outclaSsed Grant in hitting.
stopping and geneTalship. Grant proved a
game fellow, however, and made several
wild attempts TO drop Gardiner with right
swings on the jaw. Grant got home couple
OF singing blows in the second, which
made Gardiner bit cautious and blackened
his right eve.
The third was molly contested, and ended
in favor Of Grant. who administered the
most punishment. Both came up smiling
for lie fourth, and hUnOrs were about even.
Gardiner slapped too much with the right
10 make his blows effective.
4 hot rally was witnessed In the fifth. 1t
was give and take. Grant got home some
good body blows. and Gardiner stopped some
If Grants PUSHES with straight left stops.
The round finished with a hot rally, from
which Gardiner came ont best man. Both
men we're heartily cheeTed.
The sixth was tamely contested and
h0noTS were even. The Judges gave the
bout TO Grant which decision was greeted
with mingled cheers and Kisses. Nanderiyn
Stowe. the ex-president. took occasion TO
remark that those who Kissed were invited
10 come down from the gallery and act as
judges. as they could probably enlighten
the official judges on matters pertaining to
l~ticuIfs.
I. Burke. 12O pounds, and c. Carson. 100
pounds, were the next pair introduced TO
the members for a Slx-TOuDd bout.
Physically these boxers were very evenly
matched, and being powerfully built fell
lows ihey hit with The power OF battering
ram. Carson had the best OF the first, but
Burke turned the tables Cd him in the sec
ond and warmed Carson's sides and neck
with right and left punches The third
was so hOtly contested that neither boxer
could lift a hand when the round ended.
It was as even a contest as could be wished
fir Carson got some punches in tie
stomach which Knocked the wind out of
hin. Burke had the best Of the fourth.
Ee 0uiiasted Carson and the latter was
conf leieiY gone when time was called.
Although naTd punches were given neither
man showed the least sign of punishment.
Burke had much the best of the fifth bout.
The boxers had done so we'll that the
sixth round was not called and the Judges
decided that as the contest was so very
close both Of the contestants would receive
az excellen one, as the boxers had fought
themselves out.
c. Feldman, 152 pounds. aud John Barr,
AZ pounds, tOed the scratch. j. Daily was
booked to meet Feldman, but at the last
moment his heart failed him and he notified
tie club that he had important business to
attend TO in Sausalito.
Barr was knocked down in the first round
By a right or the chin and the round was all
in favor Of Feldman.
In the second Barr surprised the club by
going right at Feldman and punching him
good and hard. He knocked Feldman on
his back, but the latter got up and the con-
test was rather too exciting, as there was
too much sloggng INDUCED In. In the
third round Barr was scoring strong lead,
when the bout was stopped by the vice.
president, who considered that In the ex-
element of the contest the contestants got
TO slogging. which style OF fighting was not
encouraged by the Olympic Club. There
was no decision rendered.
w, s. Altman, 175 pounds, and }. Miller,
I78 pounds, toed the scratch. Altman was
greatly handicapped in height and reach of
arms, and stood very little show Of winning,
as he could not reach his big and powerful
opponent.
In the second round Miller banged Altman
all round the ring and the latter fell in his
corner unable to rise. Miller was so elated
over the result that be performed several
acrObatic feats on the carpet, much to the
amusement Of the spectators. who went
into rOars OF laughter over Miller's funny
antics, which could not be duplicated by the
famous Olympic clown. Ben Bogner.
John Lahey Q23 pounds and 1. Manning
GI9 pounds gave the neatest exhibition Of
clean hitting OF the evening. Both
youngsters manifested considerable science.
especially Manning. who was handicapped
by height and reach.
The fifth round was worth going long
distance to see. The young boxers showed
wonderful proficiency, especially Manning,
who got home several very clever right
hand punches in Lahey's sides and stomach.
The latter was not idle, however, for while
Manning was working on his body he was
dropping hot shot on the latteTs nose and
mouth. 1t was an excellent display OF
clear hitting and was won by Manning,
who is certainly very clever yOungster.
K. Beckett. 1914 pounds, and John P.
HafKins, 125h pounds, boxed for points and
glory.
Harkins had the best Of the SIX rounds
and was given the contest Beckett did
very well, but bis blows were ineffective,
being delivered with open gloves.
Dan Small 131 pounds and Tom DeVine
I28 pounds finished up the evenings enter
talnme1t.
This was a very amusing bout. Small
= posed a la Ike Weir and his peculiar antics
1ed much laughter. DeVlne had the
best Of the first, but Small took big lead
in tie second and warmed Devine's jaw
with several left hand upper cuts which
took much of the rush out Of Deyine's
system Of boxing In the third Small came
within an ace of being whipped. He was
staggered 10y left swing on the jaw. De-
vine had the best Of the remaining rounds
and was given the bout. This finished the
third evenings fistic entertainment.
Summary of contests: Diez defeated
Ryan. Grant defeated Gardiner, Burke and
Carson boxed a tie, Feldman and Barr we're
stopped for sloggng. Miller defeated
Altman, Manning defeated Lahey, Harkns
def