The San Francisco call., 1896-08-25
NEW HOME OF
THE OCC|DENT AIS
In the Big Pavilion Of the
Old Woodward's
Gardens.
IT rs A GREAT ARENA.
Fitted Up So AS to Comfortably
Seat Five Thousand
People.
OPENS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
Fig Joe McAuliffe and Sprigtly ice
Choynski Will Christen
the Ring.
OPENS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.

Joe Choynski and Joe McAuliffe will
meet on Friday night in the best appoint
ed arena controlled by any athletic organ
ization in this country. 1t is the old pa
yillon, formerly the main feature of the
late Woodward's Gardens.
When that once wonderful private park.
landmark every bit as celebrated as the
Cliff House is to-day, was disintegrated
by an order of court to satisfy the heirs OF
the Woodward estate, who clamored for
a distribution of the profits, the old pa
vilion fell to the possession OF Mrs. Drury
Melone, one of the daughters. That lady s
husband had the building wired for cleo
trical lighting purposes, and by means OF
his own dynamo the building is illumi-
mated by two powerful arc lights and 1000
incandescent lights. This is in addition
to seven "sunburst' gas chandeliers.
The Occidental Athletic Club has leased
the building for one year, and the place
will be opened for the first time with the
Choynskl- McAuliffe eight-round 60 the
ten-round mill between Gus Herget and
Spider Kelly and the six-round affair be-
tween young Cuneo and Fowler next Fri
day.
The new arena is second only to that of
however, has been closed for many
months. Allowing for the eight-foot aisles
throughout the place there is a seating
capacity of nearly 5000, every seat being
one of vantage. 1t is in this pavilion that
the French people held their reunions cell
ebrating the fete OF the Nth of July. On
these occasions it was not unusual to see
a gathering of $1,000 people within the
precincts of the pavilion.
The D4-fOOt rInp ia in the cenf0r of the
hall, and in one corner, elevated beyond
every body else, the time-keepers have a
stand next to the old clock used years ago
when the California Athletic Club was the
first and foremost in its line. This clock
works so as to record every minute OF
fighting and strikes at the conclusion of
every round like it strikes when the round
Is 10 begin.
Choynski has been doing most of his
training in the basement of his home, but
in the afternoon he usually puts in an
hour or SO at the Olympic Club. Joe has
never been in better condition than he is
in right now. He scales 165 pounds, but
hopes to put on five pounds more. He is
more active than he was when he and Cor
bett met, and in view of the fact that he
has to go against such weight as McAnliffe
will show he wants to get into the rin5 as
heavy as he possibly can.
McAuliffe will enter the ring at about
223 pounds. The big fellow, under the
tutelage of his old friend, Barney Farley,
has been training most faithfully, but ii is
hard thing for him to reduce. Each day
he takes on three sparring partners in
succession besides ten-mile run along
the ocean beach. This exercise and an
hour or two of handball playing is the full
measure of his work.
The next bout OF Importance, next Fri
day, will be for the lightweight cham
L
and Spider Kelly. The lads have 500
each up as forfeit to enter the ri ng at 135
pounds. Herget has a good and clear ring
record excepting his one defeat at the