The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-13
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Olympic Club Tourna-
ment on Thursday.
70 BE STRICTLY EXCLUSIVE.
Only Members of the Club Al.
lowed to Be Present.
THIRTY ENTRIES ARE RECEIVED.
What Walter Watson Thinks of the:
Clubs Chances in the Various -.=== s.
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Preparations are almost completed TOR
the boxing tourn ament at the. Olympic
Club on Thursday evening. Thirty en- tries:
have been received, full list Of which will.
be made public to-day. = =: !:
1t is expected that this tournament will
surpass all previous attempts, in spite of.
the fact that many of the crack aclateurs
will be absent from one cause or another.
1t is rumored that the prizes given will not
quite come up to those offered in former
years, but, as that point has yet to be set-:
tied by the committee, the rumor may bs*
found to be groundiess. Anyhow, first
class entertainment will be provided, and
this year it is to be of most exclusive de-
scription.
None but members Of the club will be"
admitted to the tournament. No visitors
Will be admitted on any pretenSe what:
ever, and even members will not be
allowed to invite their friends. 70 guard
against probable errors and the Intrusion
of the common herd each member will be
compelled TO show his card Of membership
at the door. -
Although the list of members has not:
yet been made public, vet it is pretty we'll.
known who the crack amateurs viii be:
who will face each other on Thursday
evening next. In the heavy weight class
the Olympic has only RiorGan to put up
against "Big" Miller of the San Francisco
Athletic Club. Riordan is good man, but
not equal in size and weight to his brother
opponent. who ought TO win in this class:
In the middle weight class the club has
Martin Tiedemann and Martin Dalton.
two excellent boxers. The latter will make
his first appearance In the ring, having
only been member or the club Tor about
four months. There will be strong oppo-"
sition in this class, the San Francisco
Club having TWO good middle weights, one
of whom is Kelly.
The best welter-weight the Olympic
Club has, and incidentally perhaps the
best amateur in America, Stewart Carter,
will not put IN an appearance. lie is laid
at home with rhematism. The club is hard
up for q substitute. However, Reay may
possibly show up. and George Green may
find an entry of those boxers imme diately
under his charge.
Milton Hayes. a good, clever, aIl-round
boxer. represents the club in the light
weight class. He will have a great show.
Charlie Cathcart and Schaefer are the
best of the feather weights. They are
both good. aud the issue should lie be-
tween them.
OF the bantams, Frank Smith is the
best, and he has been doing so well lately
that he will surely give great account of
himself
Besides the tournament there will be
probably brought of two private matches.
One will be between two outsiders. Brett
and Abe Wise, the former weighing 105
and the latter 115 pounds. Also. match
may come off between two club MEM
bers, Ersbury and James Delaney two
lads weighing about 100 pounds each.
They met at the last tournament, when
INnIn hor f1rh ot,1 20
said that ErSbury is thirsting for revenge.
The judges will be George Maxwell and
Hugh Creighton. Jack Kitchen, clever
man. and for long known as the best light
heavyweight on the coast. about 165
pounds, Will act as referee.
Walter Watson, the Olympic Club box
ing instructor, wakes extremely enthusi-.
astc about the coming tournament. at
will be the best ever seen here yet," he
said yesterday afternoon.
The club will hold its own, toe. We
shall make showing against any Of The
clubs from which members are sent to
oppose US. To begin with. of course, we
do not expect to win in the heavy weight
class; but we are certain of our middle
weights, Tiedemann and Dalton. Tho
former won last time. while Dalton is a
good, hard puncher and wonderful for
novice. One of these TWO will surely win
in this class.
what pity Stewart Carter IS away:
from the welters! There is no ODe'On the
coast to touch him. He didn't win the
amateur championship for nothing. He
has brother. too, Fred Carter. VINO IS a
very promising lightweight. He started
10 train for the tournament, and had
trained for about two weeks, when he
heard that the prizes were not to be as
good as usual. He got mad and went out
OF training. He went up seven or eight
pounds and had to quit. SO neither otthe
Carriers will be there.
1--WE have a good light weight, too, in
Tom Carroll. He is as good as you make
'em, but he has to work late a nights and.
has no time to train, so he can't enter. It's
pity. too. for [ think Carroll the coming:
lightweight of The club. ln. his absence
Milton Hayes ought to have no trouble in
polishing off any sent against him.
I'VE have a good feather weight in a
little chap named O'Brien, but although l
tried to persuade him to enter. be wouldn't.
go in. But we have Cathcart'and Schaefer,
either of whom is good enough TO win, IN
my opinion. And, as don't know where
they're going TO get bantam-weight to
beat Frank Smith, you can see for your
self that l think the Olympic Club will
come out on top"
Although the tournament is only adver-e
tised for one night, it is probable that the
length of the programme will carry it into