The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-18
OLYMPIC CLUB DISPUTE.
CyClerS Who Are Dissatisfied
and Will Form a New
Organization.
OBJECTED TO THE BOSSES.
Sixty Members Have Seeded.
Boxing Matches Arranged by
the Superintendent.

The big dispute in the Olympic Club
cycling annex has come and sixty men,
bers have seeded to form new organiza-
ton of their own, which will be known as
the Olympic Club Cyclers.
The reason for the departure of several
of the most prominent wheelmen from the
Olympic Club wheeling annex is because
OF desire of one or two of the leaders to
run the wheeling affairs of the club as they
pleased. The general body Of wheelmen
objected to this system of government, SO
to speak, and few evenings ago the dis
gruntled ones held a private meeting, with
the result that the number of member
mentioned signed an agreement to retire
from the annex and become members of
the proposed new club. Among those who
are strongly in favor of the formation of
the new club are {: F. R. Butt, ]. Cooney,
l.. Conkling, Joseph F. Coffey, R. L. Long,
1. Blake, DR.. Pinching, w. H. Simpson,
Howard Vernon Jr., Judge Kerrigan, G.
F. Morrell, Robert Long, T. Mulvey and ].
W. Coffroth.
The latter gentleman said yesterday that
it was about time that club was organ
lied that would keep its eyes open to the
interest OF the wheelmen.
The Olympic Club should certainly
have in its ranks the leading wheeling or
gapization of the State" said Mr.. Coffroth.
with the facilities at hand for training
and comfort for the members there can be
no reason assigned for the poor showing
the club has made occasionally in race
meetings. | have no hesitation in saying
that the formation of a new club will stir
up the tagging interest in Olympic wheel
ing and that the members as we'll as the
officers will have say in the management
of affairs.
However, meeting will be held at the
Olympic Club on Friday evening for the
purpose of forming a new club"
Those who propose to join the new club
favor +. r. Butt for captain and j. Cooney
for lieutenant. The meeting promises to
be exceedingly spirited and exciting.
On the 18th inst. the Olympic athletes
will have a grand days outing at the
Souther farm, which place is distant
andre. A cross-country run will form one
of the principal features of interest of the
days sport, and as there are number of
good long-distance runners in the club
an exciting finish is expected. The days
athletics will be inaugurated by 120-yard
dash and half-mile run. Both of those
events will be handicaps. Entries will
close on the grounds.
Leonard Gill, the new and popular cap
tain of the club, does not propose to allow
the outdoor athletic interests of the club
to flag in the least; in fact he has in his
minds eye many pleasant surprises for the
athletes of the organization.
Superintendent William Kennedy is
more than pleased at the outlook for the
next boxing tournament. which will take
place on October Is. There will be five
SDecial match contests which will tick 10
the fancy of all admirers of fisticuffs.
Three matches which have already been
arranged cannot fail to arouse great inter-
est. IN fact one of them should, turn out
to be the most exciting feature in the way
of boxing that the mem bers have ever
had the pleasure of seeing. 1t will be re-
rendered that many endeavors have been
made to induce L. A. Payne of the Sacra-
mento club to meet Stuart Carter of the
Olympic, but for some unknown reason
Payne has invariably fought shy of meet
ing Carter.
He has consented, however, to meet the
Olympian at the next boxing night, and,
granting that both men will toe the
scratch in good condition, the contest
should certainly prove of the most interest
ing kind. They will box at 145 pounds.
The second match will be between Joe
Reav of the Olympic Club and D. Brown
of the Acme Club at 157 pounds. This
should also prove to be sumner.
The third match arranged will be be-
tween the clever Australian boxer, Nc
Ginley, and W. Birdsell of the Sacra-
mento Athletic Club at 1873 pounds.
There remain two more matches to be
made, and as there is ample fstic talent
for the superintendent to select from it
goes without saying that the fistic bill of
fare that will be presented to Olympians
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