The San Francisco call., 1897-05-12
WITH glove AND BAT,
The California c ub Will Hold
a Est Entertainment
This Month.
A Team of Baseball Players From
Stanford and Berke 'ey Will In.
wade the Northwest.

The California Athletic Club was expect.
ing favorable answer to dispatch it had
forwarded few days ago to Smith, the
colored thunderboldt whom the club had
m matched to fight Frank Slavin in the lat
ter part of this month. The clubs sur
prise can be imagined when it read an an
swer to its message which stated that
Smith had concluded not to meet Slavin
this month as he was not in condition to
enter into hard fistic argument.
1t is very evident that Smith realized
the kind OF game he was booked to con-
test with and rather than receive good
licking and the short strings of the purse
offered by the club he wisely concluded
TO remain at home.
The directors were somewhat put out,
OF course, but anticipating that Smith
mis- hit show the white feather they had
made preparations in advance to fill the
gap in case of an emergency arising.
Butler, tie coIored fighter, who made
short work of Baker, who Is now in train
ing to fight big Jeffries was notified by
telegraph, and he quickly accepted the
offer made to him by the club to fight
Slavin. Butler is in good condition, hav-
ing fought only recently, and he will ar
rive here on Saturday.
The entertainment will be held at Wood
wards Pavilion, on the evening OF the 31st
| inst. and the card reads as follows
Frank P. Slavin and Joe Butler. heavy
weights, fifteen rounds; Sam Maxwell OF
| Scotland and Frank Raphael OF this City,
ten rounds; Joe Cooney o; Boston and j..
Rubenstein OF Sacramento, ten rounds.
Maxwell is the pugilist who made short
work of Morrissey at an entertainment
| fxy cyiu ot ba De- ,1nSo
Palace, and Raphael is the fighter who
bested Savage at the same exhibition.
Cooney and Rubenstein fought four
round draw on the evening when Barry
whipped Anthony.
The following wrestlers have been
matched to wrestle best two out of three
falls at the Chutes on the afternoon of the
3lst inst: Hilderbrant OF the Olympic
| Club against Peterson OF the Colum bia
Eckert of the Olympic against Whelan OF
the Colum bia, and Glider of the Reliance
against Henry of the Columbia. The
prizes will be medals and trophies.
Jack McGlynn of the Olympic Club re.
Gently received letter from the secretary
! of the Multnomah Athletic Club of Port.
land, Or. asking him If an amateur base
! ball team could be got up in this City
this summer with the intention of visit
! ing the towns and cities OF the Northwest.
| McGlynn has not answered the letter yet,
but ii he can secure team com posed OF
university students in the greater part,
doubtless he will journey to Portland and
| from that place to the principal cities OF
Oregon and Washington, where good base-
ball is appreciated.
McGlynn is in hopes Of signing the fol-
lowing players, who will be enjoying
vacations in July and August: gsttery-
| eatchers-O'Kane, Jeffs. James; first base.
Goslinsky, Hennessy; second base, G.
Elston; third base; 9: s.n,ar Ksugs s 3; Sharp; 81
Hoag; left field, Collins and White; right
field, Bahrs.
The following letter from Glen Ellen is
self-explanatory:
A match OF croquet between Mrs E. Corbly
and Mrs. Captain Randall on one side and Mrs.
j. Mckay and Mrs NJ. Borneque on the other
was played on May 8, on the Mervyn grounds,
Glen Ellen. The contest which was Witnessed
by quite crowd, resulted in win for Mrs.
Corbly and Mrs. Randall Several pairs OF
gloves were won and lost on the result. P. w.
DeArcy kept score and A. HARRISON was ap-
poip ted referee.