The herald., 1896-07-25
both MUSIC AND MUSCLE
At the Athletic Clubs Smoker
Last Evening
JEFFRIES' MARK WAS EASY
Some Good Sparring and Some Better
Wrestling Witnessed
Mexican Boy From Bakersfield Had the
Better of Joe We!ch-A Buriesque
Bout-Songs ana Stories

Between three and four hundred
members of the Athletic club enjoyed an
evenings recreation in the shape of a
smoker" which took place in the gym
nasium. The program was more or less
of an impromptu order and proved
thoroughly entertaining. Clay pipes
and various excellent brands of tobacco
were provided, while a huge bowl of
punch was ministered to the thirsty OF
the three boxing bouts, the first, avowed
ly a burlesqus afforded the most enter
tainment. A young Mexican from Ba-
kersfeld showed some promising form.
Jeffries' sudden glorification in San
Francisco, which came as rather sur
prise to the cognoscenti here, needs to
be based on a less easy mark than Dan
Long, if his form can be judged at all by
his work last night.
The brothers Brownstein, violin and
piano, and Mr.. Roth, mandolin, opened
the ball with a lively march, which
gained we'll merited encore.
Then followed a burlesque bout be-
tween VIM McStay and Ben Bogner,
the clown" of the Olympic club of San
dHClSCO. Mtoldy was liltlOduNtb py
Fay Stephenson, who was fittingly ap-
pointed referee, as Windy Jim," while
Ben Bogner, he of the savage breast,
impersonated Sailor Sharkey. There
was some lively sparring, McStay show
ing superior science and Bogner taking
his punishment in Sharkeyesque style.
At the end of the first round the San
Francisco man turned his attention to
the referee, and Fay thereafter con-
cealed a club behin0 his coattails. In
the third round McStay gave the San
Francisco man as much as he cared to
stand, so he lay down and was counted
out.
Mr.. Conreich then gave a couple of
songs in capital style, his encore, Au
Revoir, finding especial favor with the
boys. Billy Barrett, the inimitable ra-
contour who has wiled away so many
a pleasant hour for his fellow travellers,
kept his audience in roars of laughter
with several side-Splitting tales, and
Col. T. B. Huerero recited one of Lind
say Gordons poems of the Australian
bush.
A capital exhibition wrestling match
took place between the old rivals, f.
Sentous and l.. Tache. The latter won
the first bout after long and stern
struggle, while Sentous turned the ta-
bes in the second. Both men worked
hard and a fine display of wrestling was
witnessed.
A four-round bout between feather
weights followed. Joe Welch of Los An
geles and an un .nown from Bakersfield
announced as Young Dempsey. alias
Thunderbolt, whose real name is said to
be Queiro. John Brink refereed the go
and Will Knippenberg held the watch.
The first round began with tediously long
Sparring; they at last mixed up, but
not for long, some very wild hitting end
ing the round. In the second Welch got
home several times and then the Mexi-
| can landed twice heavily. In the third
| Quiero got in very hot one, and Welch
seemed very much afraid of him, only
occasionally landing, and then very
wildly. In the last round the Mexican
did all the fighting and hit Welch several
crackers; the Bakersfield boy is very
quick in his recovery and speedy on his
feet. Welch seemed quite out of form
and the bout ended as tamely as ever,
Queiro, however, coming in for a good
share of applause.
The main interest of the evening was
centered in the appearance of Dan Long,
likely looking youngster, weighing 17O
pounds, who fell before our own Bill
Jeffries a few weeks since. Long was
said to be unwell-in fact so declared
himself in the ring-but certainly his
form was disappointing and Griffin ha d
most of the time much his own way The
colored man landed neatly on Longs
nose soon after they came together and
tapped his claret, which seemed to
bother him a great deal for the rest of
the bout. Griffin, when hit, recovered
very quickly and had the best of what
little lighting there was in the first
round. The second round began with a