The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04
THE GLOVE, GUN AND BALL.
Olympic, Sacramento and Re-
lance Clubs Special
Boxing Bouts.
Pacific Kennel Club VIII Have New
Ouarters-Trial of Tres
PaSSerS.

passers.
Among the athletes OF the Olympic Club
the sole topic OF gossip is the special match
boxing night, which will be held on the
18th inst.
From the careful manner in which
MATCHMAKER Kennedy has selected from
the ranks OF amateur boxers the men who
will don the mlttens, it can be safely said
that treat in the way OF sharp and clever
boxing is in store for the members OF the
club who fancy fsticun sport.
The completed list reads:
J. Mckinley OF the Olympic Club vs.. W Bird
sell OF the Sacramento Athletic Club, weight
135 pounds; ;. Carter OF the OlyIn pic vs. L.
Payne OF the Sacramento Athletic Club, weight
l45 pounds; ! Ounce (unGt1sched} VS.. J.
Raphael, the very clever boxer OF the san Fran
Buskirk OF the Olympic Club vs- Joe Kennedy
OF the san Francisco Athletic Club, weight lS5
pounds; +. smith "a very clever boxer OF the
Olympic Club VS. J. Dodd lunattached), weight
115 pounds; B. Brown OF the Acme Club of
Oakland Is. :. Resy OF the Olympic Club, Ct
151 pounds.
The Sacramento Athletic Club has
announced the following fstic bill OF fare
for Tuesday evening, the Sth inst:
Il. Payne OF the Sacramento Athletic Club
w. +. GL4GE OF the san francisco Athletic
ClUo, 81 143 pounds; Mcmahon OF the Olympic
Club vs. Ike Wooster OF the Sacramento Club
at 40 pounds; Charles Tegh OF the Acme vs.
Wells BurdSell OF the Sacramento Athletic Club
at 135 pounds.
Boxing, as may be seen, Is again taking
popular turn with the sports-loying pub
lie, and amateur contests will be held in
several clubrooms during the winter sea
son.
It IS expected that the Reliance Athletic
Club OF Oakland has matched Mcmahon
OF the Olympic Club to box Dixon of the
San Francisco Athletic Club on the even
ing OF the I'D inst, at 10 pounds. This
viii be q return match.
The advisory board Of the Olympic Club
met last evening and elected I. H. KERR
gan president, f. P. McLennan vice presi-
dent, and J. De Witt secretary.
The Olympic Clubs baseball team will
play the Pacific Club team Sunday next at
the Central Park grounds. The admission
will be % cents.
The Defender Athletic Club held a very
pleasant meeting last evening, terminal
ing with an installation OF officers. The
club has an active membership of 80
young and active men, who are deter
mined 10 leave no stone unturned that viii
tend TO make the Defender Athletic Club
one or the leading clubs OF its kind in this
City. After the meeting the members
were banqueted by Albert J. Cox, and
few very pleasant hours we're passed in
singing, speaking and short talks on the
future prospects OF the club.
ID. r. Mcneil OF Central Park has com
menced the preparations necessary for
good base all-playlng. Yesterday he had
the park ground narrowed. and the wheat
which was scattered over it a few DAYS ago
IS showing signs of a healthy existence.
The splendid bicycle track which was
erected a few years ago by the Bay City
10 sfy -
there Will, as matter of course, be no
bicycle contests in Central PARK for some
time.
Baseball will be all the go this winter"
stated Mr.. Mcneil, and the lovers OF the
National game can look forward to some
splendid matches when the Eastern teams
viii have arrived
The Pacific Yacht Club will have a most
pleasant outing Saturday evening at Sau-
salIto as fitting termination Of the sea
sons yachting. Members and invited
guests viii leave Mission-street wharf at
$50 P. NJ. returning from the clubhouse at
11:l5 P. ".
The Pacific Kennel Club, at its monthly
meeting held last evening, decided TO move
into new quarters and a committee was
appointed 10 look up suitable rooms and
report progress at the clubs next meeting
War clouds are lowering over the Suisun
marshes, and Is the open season for duck
shooting is near at hand the sportsrnen
who reside IN Suisun and its vicinity look
forward to some lively and interesting
meetings between the gamekeepers aud
those who are not favorably impressed
with a system OF preserving game as
adopted by the Cordelia and Teal shooting
clubs.
An amateur sportsman who has enjoyed
many pleasant shooting trips 10 Suisun
said yesterday that the leasing OF marsh
lands hV climbs will add 70 In
erVatlon OF migratory birds, as the greater
part OF the feathered game which inhabits
the marshes In winter journey from the
north and viii not remain long in any par
tlcular place. The speaker was, however.
strongly ID favor OF quail protection be-
cause those birds were indigenous to this
State and seldom left the ranch or farm
upon which they were raised.
Judge Buckles OF the Superior Court of
Solano County viii decide On Monday
next an injunction suit that has been
pending against some members OF the
Mallard Gun Club since last season.
The Cordelia Club, which has leased
something like 1000 acres of marsh land.
was defeated last year in several Jury
trials and as final resort as a means of
keeping trespassers OF the wet grass an
injunction suit was instituted against
hunters who persisted in trespassing upon
the preserve, and the case which will be
heard Monday will decide matter OF very
particular interest to the sportsmen OF
Solano County and the members of The So
called preserve clubs who desire unham-
pered pleasure.
The Mallard Club proposes to bring suit
against the Teal Club because the latter
has blockaded some of the navigable
sloughs, which act the Mallard Club con-
tends is an open violation OF the laws of
the State. The outlook for trouble on the
Suisun marshes this season between the
preserve clubs and the contestants looks
very promising.
Last of The Yacht Drama,
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