The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
BIDDING FOR FIGHTERS,
The Occidental and Olympic
Clubs Are Looking for
Big Game.
The National Club Has Some Hopes
of Getting the Maher and
Choynski Mill.

1t must amuse Champion Jim Corbett
to read of the controversy that exists be-
tween the clubs that are bidding for the
Maher and Choynski mill.
One would imagine that Choynski and
Maher had never suffered defeat and that
they were greater drawing cards than
Corbett, Fitzsimmons ct al.
The Olympic and Occidental clubs have
been planning for some days past in the
hope of getting this match, as they have
been granted licenses to give two boxing
entertainments. The National Club
counted upon its chickens before they
were Matched, with the result that the
Supervisors did not approve of its "brash"
system of transacung business and cut it
off from all chance of holding a contest in
this City and County by refusing it q
license.
Virtually the fight for ten-round con-
test between Maher and Ohoynski lies
between the Olympic and Occidental
clubs. The former was first in the field,
with bid of $4,000 purse.
Young Mitchell, who is director-general
of the Occidental Club, does not hesitate
to say that Manager Groom of the National
Club made a grievous mistake when he
offered the fighters purse of $4,000. He
is of the opinion that the Olympic CLUB
reached the limit at $4,000, but if Maher
and Choynski will sign articles to box I'M
der the auspices of his club he may go
few hundreds better if he finds that Maher
is in anything like fair condition when he
arrives from the East.
Billy Vice, ticket agent of the Union
Pacific Railroad, is very much tangled
up young man at present. He sent for
Maher at the suggestion of the National
Clubs manager, and says that, fight or
no fight, he will hold the club responsible
for whatever money he will be out of
pocket in securing the fighters passage to
this City.
The whole affair is in a muddle at
present, and there is very little hope of
dissolving the tangle until after Makers
arrival, which will be in tie near future.
Ex-Manager Gibbs of the National Club
is rusticating at the springs, where he is
refreshing mis- bothered brain matter. He
writes that the gray stuff will be in splen-
did condition to undergo a severe strain
after his outing in the warm belt, and his
friends, consequently, expect great feats
of diplomacy from him on his return to
the City.
Gibbs is very shrewd and conservative
manager of boxing entertainments and
the supporters of the game are sanguine
that he will eventually straighten out the
affairs of the National Club, whose ship is
at present laundering on the rocks of per-
dition, because of bad steering in fog.
The Olympic Club has made some
changes in its progra mme of matches for
the evening of the 31st inst. 1t cancelled
its engagement of Danny Mahoney and
Joe Sullivan, who are said to be very warm
friends and somewhat delicate about hurt
ing each others feelings.
Robert Macarthur, the champion ama-
teur lightweight boxer OF the coast, in
formed Superintendent Kennedy yester-
day that he was ready and willing to turn
professional and box Dial Hawkins an
eight-round contest at 135 pounds. but
Hawkins objected to the weight specified
by Macarthur and said that he would not
meet the amateur champion unless he
agreed to enter the ring at 133 pounds.
Macarthur then said he would box George
Green at catch weig hts, and as tie last
named boxer is rusticating at Sonoma
word was Immediately forwarded to him
OF McArthur's intentions.
A contest between Green and Macarthur
would interest every member of the club
The Olympic Club sent a dispatch to
Peter Maher at Chicago, in care of George
Siler, offering 10 pay Makers expenses to
| this City if he would consent to meet
Choynski in ten-round bout under the
auspices OF the club for purse of $4,000.