The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
NEWS OF BIG FIGHTERS.
Jefries Will Train at the Seal
Rock for His Coming
Contest.
Van Buskirk May Train at Stockton.
Barney Farley and His Boy
Ice.

J.J. Jeffries, who is matched to fieht
Van Buskirk on September 2, left yester.
day for the Seal Rock House to train for
the contest.
In all probability Billy Smith, the Aus.
tralian pugilist, will handle the big Los
Angeles fighter. Van Buskirk has not vet
decided where he will do his bag.punch-
ing and road-tramping; he will choose be-
tween Stockton and this City. Professor
Walter Watson, who is looking after the
interests of the Olympian, is desirous that
Van Buskirk train in this City, as then he
will have an opportunity of giving the
professional some good advice.
Big Joe McAuliffe played a series of
handball games on Sunday, and yesterday
he ran ten miles over the hard roads in
the vicinity OF Professor Farley's Hotel de
Pug.
The Mission Giant is rapidly losing
flesh, and as he steps upon the scales each
evening to be weighed by the old pro-
lessor, Barney's face takes on the color of
the setting sun as he gaZed at the her,
culean frame of the giant, and pronounces
it the finest in the world.
On Sunday Barney was visited by
number OF sporting men, and he kept his
guests amused with anecdotes which re-
lated solely to the ring and the great
fighters of the day.
This boy Joe has been unfortunate ever
since the time he fought Peter Jackson"
said Barney, as he settled down to one Of
his famous talks on pugs and pugilism.
81 did not want him to fight Niger
as it is bad luck anyhow, but Joe was
anxious to fight everybody, and he barred
nothing, black or white. Well, pom me
word, gentlemen, / can't understand how
Jackson whipped him. / watched every
inch of the fight, and when Joe knocked
Peter down l was sure then that we had
everything our own way; but Jackson
was too old a general for my boy and
whipped him on the strength of the
knowledge he possessed of the game.
lost, of course, heap Of money on the
match, but mark my word for it, gentle
men, will win it all back again before
the next two years, !" and Barney heaved
big sigh and looked fondly at the picture
of big Joe which now hangs In promi-
nent place in the reception-room of the
Farley residence.
YES; Joe went over to England and
they came near numbering the boy there.
That fellow Madden, who had him in
charge, should have been electrocuted long
ago, as he is bad egg, and every fighter
who was under his management regretted
that they had anything to do with him.
He reduced nv boy from 270 pounds to
21O pounds in three weeks by that anti-fat
preparation, and sure the stuff came near
killing him entirely. He was laid up in
bed for over two months after the fight,
and if he wasn't made of the right stuff he
would not be here to-day under my charge
again.
"Well, gentlemen, you know what he
did to Slavin up to the time that his
strength left him. Why, he nearly killed
him aud they were betting to 1 on Nc
Auliffe when Joe fell from blow IN the
ribs and was too weak to get ut. He will
never again be in that kind of fix, and
'pon me word, gentlemen, l am positive
that my boy is a better man now than he
ever was in his life, and if he don't whip
Choynski I will promise you never to
speak again on prize-ighting and prize
fighters"
polishes off four large porterhouse steaks
for breakfast.