The San Francisco call., 1896-06-05
JIM CORBETT WILL BOX.
The Olympic Club is Arranging
for an Evening of Fistic
Sport.
The Champion Will Appear Before
His Old Friends Ere He
Departs.

The Olympic Club is arranging to give a
special boxing night in its gymnasium
prior to the departure of Champion Cor
bett for the East.
DR.. E. n. Short, through whose untiring
efforts the club scored such marked sue
cess in its boxing tournament which wa:
held at the Pavilion a few weeks ago. is
now engineering the present scheme. The
doctor states that the entertainme mt will
be for mem bers only, and that frst-class
evenings tistic sport may be looked for.
AS there are large number of the old
mem bers Of the club who are anxious to
see their old favorite instructor and cham
pion of champions once again in ring cos.
tune, James ]. Corbett has consented to
appear in a friendly setto with one of the
members or his old sparring partner and
trainer, Billy Delaney.
Corbett has always retained warm spot
in his heart for the Olympic Club, and it
goes without saying that his appearance
within the ropes where he first made his
mark as boxer will be the signal for a
cheer such as has not been heard within
the grand structure since the night that
the news of his victory over the once ia
nous John L. Sullivan flashed over the
wires and fell on the ears of the large
crowd that was waiting in the gymnasium
|
The interest now taken by sporting men
in affairs pugilistic has got the tongues of
the fighting fraternity a-wagging.
There is quite a sprinking of "manly
artists" in the City at present, and the
clubs will not have TO look great distance
for talent.
Tom Sharkey, who defeated Williams
Wednesday evening, has arrived at the
conclusion that he is good enough to meet
Of % -ua har in,
Corbett.
Sharkey is certainly wise in excepting
the champion from the nun Der of star per,
formers, any of whom he is now ready to
meet in either a finish fight or a limited
contest.
| Among the heavy weights Of the present
! day t ere is one man, who lives not far
! from the center OF the City, who, although
having remained very quiet during the re-
cent spell of pugilisn, is only too anxious
/ to give Thomas Sharkey, or any other
man, for that matter, little fstic inter
view. Joe McAuliffe and his manager,
Professor Barney Farley, are prepared, at
moments notice to attach their sigma
! lures TO any articles of agreement that
! may be pleasing to Sharkey.
The latter need not look to the East for
an opponent as long as McAuliffe is in
! the land of the living. True, McAuliffe
| has been defeated by Jackson, SlavIn and
| Goddard but it must be said in behalf of
the mission Giant" that there are very
few men in the fighting business to-day
outside of Corbett and Jackson who are in
| McAuliffe's class.
| Ii Joe would keep himself in anything
| like fair condition he could find any num-
Der of men of means who would back him
against Sharkey, Slavin, Maher, Fitzsim-
mons and others who are now looking fol
| high honors.
! . 1t is said that Corbett has asked Sharkey
| to travel with him as his sparring partner
| Thomas should, most assuredly, avail oil
this opportunity, because one year of his
| life as pugilist of high aspirations could
not be put to better advantage than meet
| ing and boxing with the cleverest heavy
weight that ever stepped between ropes
Corbett would teach Sharkey points in the
game that the latter has never dreamed of
No one will question Sharkey's game
qualities. He is as brave as a lion and as
| strong as an OK. All he requires to make
him a topnotcher is years instruction
under such polished artist as James j
| Corbett.
Sharkeys style of hitting is cramped
! His body does not go with a blow, but
Corbett will quickly remedy the sailors
defects and in one years time make him a
! fighter and a terror to all those "big
| guns" who are now anxious for 'crack
at the pride of the navy.