The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-22
FOOTBALL AND BOXING.
Olympics Will Leave Monday for Mon
tana-The Reliance Clubs Cen
tleman's Night.

The Olympic Club football team will
leave this City Monday next for Butte
City, Mont, and, as will be seen by the
following letter, which Captain Gill of the
Olympics received yesterday, the wearers
of the flying 90" will meet with splendid
reception when they arrive in the noun
tain city The letter reads:
Leonard Gill, Manager, etc., Olympic Club, San
Francisco, CaI-DEAR SIR: Your favor OF No
vember l l was duly received. In regard to the
second game here, of course desire it under
stood that we divide the profits equally-that
is, after paying the expenses OF the game,
printing tickets and bills, box and gate men,
Deputy Sheriffs etc.-so that it may be an
equal venture for us. am positive that at a
Sunday game, with even fair weather, we
would have not less than $500 or $4,000, and
with firstclass weather that amount might
we'll be doubled.
Regarding your inquiry relative to the
weather about Thanksgiving days 1t never
rains here this time of year; but it is likely to
be quite cold, and your men want to come with
their overcoats and warm under and outside
clothes The Reliance boys came without
(some OF them) and they nearly froze to death.
II was cold and showing the day o. the game,
and receipts consequently light-but $134S, q
weekday game, too We are in mourning
here: Reliance gave US the first defeat. L
think they will tell you how close it was. We
had it within three or four feet of their goal
line when time was called. Some OF our best
men were not here and our boys played the
"punkest' game they ever put up. Every man
they went to pieces. Butte mourns; but am
ready to gamble $1,000 that we defeat the Re-
lance at Frisco December 81.
We leave here on November 20 for Denver,
returning here about the 25th. Wire me here
when you are to arrive, so | can meet you with
transportation at the depot. Yours. very truly,
d. GAY STIvERs.
The following letter is self-explanatory
Sporting Editor Call, Wednesday-DEAR SIR
The description OF the Kelly-Butler contest at
the Acme Club seems TO me TO be incorrect.
There was no brutality, and certainly it was no
one-sided affair The San Francisco lad bat
tied bravely against long odds, seeing that he
had to take off seven pounds in Jour hours at
the Loryea Baths. That he had his man almost
out in the first round Will be conceded by all
who witnessed the contest, but the strain OF
the afternoon was too great. The CALL is the
San Francisco Club paper always, and thus we
ask a correction. The many friends of Kelly
are ready 20 make return match with Butler
at a reasonable date, believing that the former
will reverse the verdict of last Tuesday night.
Respectfully. q. A.
Next Tuesday evening the Reliance
Athletic Club of Oakland will give its
gentleman's night. Boxing and wrestling
will cons titute the principal sport of the
evening. Considerable interest is mani
tested in the four-round bout between Nc
Mahon of the Olympic Club and Ford of
the Reliance Club. The men are said to
be very evenly matched in science, and at
125 pounds they should make very in
teresting showing with the mittens. In
the wrestling contests the event of the
evening will consist of match catch-as-
catch can, best two in three falls, between
Williamson of the Acme Club and Grill of
the Olympic. In conjunction with the
matches stated an excellent programme of
athletics has been arranged by the officers
of the athletic committee.
The next contest that will take place at
the Colma Athletic Club will be between
George Green Young Corbett) and Danny
Needham of MINNEAPOLIS. If Needham is
the Needham of old he should easily dis
pose of Green.
In answer to challenge which appeared
in THE CALL from w. e. Power, Arthur
Hancock writes:
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 20, 1895.
To the Sporting Editor Call: l, Arthur Han
cock, hereby accept the challenge of w. E.
appeared in THE MORNING CALL of the 10th for
one hundred dollars ($1O0) or more aside,
the distance to be twenty-five (25) miles, and
to be open tor all corners, the match to take
place in San Francisco, six weeks alter
articles are signed. will meet w. E. Power
Saturday evening, November %, at 8 o'clock,
at the San Francisco CALL Office, when for
felt can be posted and articles of agreement
drawn up, THE CALL to be stakeholder.
ARTHUR HANCOCK.
The Union Wheelmen Bicycle Club has
been organized with the following Off
GERS: Captain, Lucien White; first lieu
tenant, Frank Triest; second lieutenant,
Ed Landers president S. Phillips; vice.
president, n. Rustemeyer; secretary, j.
Yregoyen; treasurer, G. Levy; sergeant-at-
arms, M. Nathan. The club will hold its
first run next Sunday to the Preside and
haach