The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
George Green Angry at His
Treatment by the Ma
tional Club.
STEINER PEPPERS CONTEST.
Ice McAuliffe Is Now Willing to
Meet Any Aluminium Weight
in America.

AS an aftermath of the series OF con-
tests Friday night at Woodward s Pavilion
the air is full of fight talk. All sorts OF
things are under discussion, but the main
matter of interest is the prospects of
bout between ChoynsH and "Lanky Bob"
Fitzsimmons.
]. j. Groom. representing the National
Club, to-day approached Choynski and
offered $4,000 purse for fight between
him and Fitzsimmons. Choynski states
that he is perfectly willing-nay, eager
to meet Fitz, but that the National Club
has no permit for such a contest and
might experience considerable difficulty
in procuring it.
''I referred Groom to Creamy" he said,
"who is looking out after my interests.
Saturday 1 shall leave for the East and
will box limited numb Der of rounds with
Reddy Gallagher in Denver September 8.
On the 9th of September l will box four
rounds with Billy Woods at Cripple Creek.
1 hope the high altitude will be kinder to
me than to my friend. Jim Corbett."
Choynski here stopped to laugh at his
sally, and added that from Cripple Creek
he will go to New York where he will be
willing to meet all corners.
Choynski was so anxious to lay his
hands on the coin resulting from his vic
tory over McAuliffe that he kept one of
the directors up till 3 A. NJ. yesterday
counting tickets and money. Shortly
sitter o'clock the man of the chYysanthe-
mum locks took his coin in a satchel and
departed in peace.
McAuliffe did not show up to-day, but
got his coin through Barney Farley and
another representative.
1t is now definitely learned that the
exact audience at the fight was $500, OF
which $500 was paid attendance. Instead
of the men receiving go and 10 per cent of
the gross receipts, as heretofore published,
the money was by mutual agreement
divided evenly. This has been known all
along by few. McAuliffe at first wanted
it divided in the ratio of so and 10, and
when Choynski objected to this and
wanted it divided evenly, McAuliffe tried
compromise on 35 per cent to the win
ner and % to the loser. Choynski. how
ever, held out for an even division, and
McAuIiffe at length acquiesced.
The aggregate amount received by the
men was $2969 40. Each received half. If
Choynski had acquiescnd in his oppo-
nent's first proposition he would have re-
ceived about $2400 of this.
The hight between Peppers and Steiner
will not take place at Woodward's s Pavilion
owing 10 Lne TACT Cnat the GrOve-Street
Theater people refuse to release the Ma
tional Club from its bond of rental The
contest will take place at the Grove
street Theater September 2.
The National Club, however, is having
firm opposition from the new Occidental
Club in securing the match between
ChoynsSi and Fitzsimmons. Young
MITCHELL has been actively negotiating
for some time in this matter, and states
that letter should arrive Monday with
definite results, as be has received a tele-
gram that such epistle is on its way here
now.
Colonel Hopkins, Dan Creedon's man
ager. has left the whole matter of match
in MitchelPs hands. The latter states
that he is confident Alex Greggains will
consent to meet Creedon.
George Green is complaining bitterly of
the treatment he received at the hands of
the National Club. He says he was as
sured Gallagher would be here to meet
him September 2, and has steadily kept at
his work of training for the event. After
the club learned that Gallagher would not
appear, Green thinks they should have
found him an opponent instead of substi-
tuting fight between Steiner and Pep
Ders.