The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
THE GLOVE AND SHOTGUN,
The Olympic Boxing-Match
Contests May Be Held
Outside the Club.
How an English Gamekeeper
Trained American Dogs on
California Game.

Instead of boxing night, as previously
intended, the Olympic Club will give a
wrestling tournament in August, and that
will be the next event to follow Ladies'
Night"
Professor George Miehling, the wrestling
instructor of the club, states that he has
several irst-class wrestlers in charge, who
will more than give good accounts of them
selves against the champion catch-as-catch-
Gamers OF the Acme, Reliance and San
Francisco clubs. From the fect that the
Olympic Club will give very handsome
prizes for this coming meeting between
strong and active young men, the entries
are consequently expected to be much
larger than formerly.
There is considerable talk among the
boxers of the club concerning a suggestion
to hold the next special match night at
some theater.
The idea of holding an open meeting,
which is, however, to be managed by the
Olympic Club, meets with the approval of
the members who take special interest in
this game, and If a permit is granted by
Mayor SItro for series of amateur spar
ring matches, to be held in some public
hall, great evenings fstic sport will as
suredly be witnessed.
The reason, as assigned by some promi-
nent members of the Olympic Club. for
favoring the holding of an amateur boxing
match night outside the walls OF their
club, is that by the introduction OF such
scheme the representatives of the Acme,
Reliance, San Francisco and other amateur
athletic clubs OF the Pacific Amateur Ath-
letic Association will be afforded an oppor-
tunity of seeing a good evenings sport
without the necessity OF having to join the
Olympic Club. It will be understood that
whenever the Olympic Club gives an in
door entertainment, and especially one
that includes boxing, only members of the
club can witness the sport. There are
members, however. who contend that only
mem ers of the club should be permitted
to see the Olympic boys contesting, but in
this particular they fail to take into con-
sideration that many of the boxers who
have been pitted against Olympic boys
wear the colors of the Acme and Reliance
clubs, both of which are located in Oak
land.
OF course, the Acme and Reliance clnb-
men would like very much to see their
boys acquit themselves against the we'll
trained Olympic lads, but, being residents
of Oakland, they cannot see where they
can be benefited by joining the Olympic
Club, except for the pleasure occasionally
offered to witness an evenings boxing or
wrestling bouts.
To accommodate members of outside
clubs who reside on the east side of the
bay an open fstic entertainment has been
suggested, where the members of those
clubs which compose the Pacific Athletic
Association of the Amateur Athletic
Union can be present and witness the
sport for a small entrance fee.
The name of Len Owens, who, by the
way, is a very popular member of the
" mir II m of
business tact, is mentioned among those
gentlemen who have been spoken of favor
ably for the Office of president.
The great Burlingame Club of San Mateo
County will endeavor to emulate the
Country Club of Marin County on Satur-
day next, by the holding of a live-bird
tournament on the grounds where the polo
experts of the club handsomely defeated
the military players of the north some
months ago.
Al live-bird tournament, in the language
Of the men who love to hear the sound of
shotgun at all seasons of the year, is
grassing of tame pigeons before the traps.
The very announcement that between
thirty and forty dozen birds will be on
hand on this great day of tame pigeon |
killing should be in itself sufficient induce |
ment to attract the attention Of gun-club |
representatives from all parts OF the State. |
However, only mem bers of the Burlingame |
Club will be permitted to enjoy the great |
shooting feast of Saturday.
But as there are among the club several
members who also wear the Country |
Clubs colors at big shooting festivals it is
presumed that the birds will suffer, unless !,
they prove to be exceptionally fast fiiers. |
At any rate the barnyard cooers that will |
be so fortunate as to escape the leaden |
pellets from the Burlingame guns will be |
doubly fortunate if they manage to elude |
the army of non-club members who will |
be scattered along the outskirts of the field |!