The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
PAVILION SEATS
WILL Be RAISED
Arrangements Being Made
to Seat the Patrons of
the Ring.
Lavigne and Walcott Are Both
in Splendid Form for
Hard Fight.
Records of the Two Famous Wslter-
Weight Champion Pugil-
lists.

Some bets have peen made on the La
vigne and Walcott fight In the poolrooms
at even money, but it is thought that
Walcott will be made a favorite before
long owing 10 the drubbing he admins
tered to George Green
Possibly LavIgne would have accom-
plished quicker work than Walcott had he
been afforded the opportunity.
Once a fighter shows hard signs of dis
tress in front of Lavigne his seconds might
Just as well throw up the sponge, as the
Saginaw Kid" is hurricane tinisher and
winds mis- men up quickly. He certainly
would have knocked Green out in the
sixth round if he had been IN Wacott's s
place as the Californian was webbing all
over the ring before the gong came to his
rescue.
The Occidental Club is making very ex-
tensive preparations looking toward the
comfort of its patrons who will attend the
the championship contest on next Friday
evening.
The gallery seats will be raised so that
"the gods" will have an unobstructed
view of The fighters from start 10 finish.
Doubtless several of the spectators will go
10 the Pavilion provided with opera
glasses, which are used extensively now
by sports who cannot afford to purchase
seats al jacent TO the ring.
The Fire issioners visited the Pa
vilion yesterday, and when they were
shown the plans for the seating of the
large gathering that is expt cted to be
present On the evening OF the fight they
retired satisfied tnat the arrangements
for ingress and egress were perfect.
Ushers will be present to assist the
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seats they are entitled to by purchase.
and a staff of officers will be on hand to
preserve order and decorum.
y ung Mitchell. the acting president OF
the Occidental Club, has not as yet ecided
on what will constitute the preliminaries
10 the event of the evening. but in all
proba bility Nick Arlington, an Eastern
welter weight, will meet California"
Batch, local fighter, who is said to be
the champion of the Italian Athletic
Cub, in four-round bou;.
Mitchell Is in correspondence with
prominent Eastern matchmakers. He
expects TO pull off" some hot contests
next month. Tommy West and Joe
Lansing are two hard punching light
heavy-weights, whom the Occidental
Club may sign for Novem Der.
Dal Hav kins may be afforded an apbor-
tunity OF testing the mettle of Eddie Con-
nolly-provided, OF course, that Hawkins
will have no objection 10 tackling hard
game. Frank Erne is considered rather
100 soft mark for the Californian.
Eddie Greaney is still alter Goddard s
scalp. He says that after Sharkey disposes
of the ''BarrIer champion" there would be
no interest in match between Goddard
and Choynski
Young Mitchell visited Walcott yester-
day, and reported that the colored cham
pion is in magnificent form and Will
assuredly give good account OF himself.
Lavlgne is now az fighting weight and
anxious for the time when the gong will
be sounded for battle.
The following are the correct records OF
the pugIlisis:
Joseph n. Walcott was born in the island OF
Barbadoes, West Indies. April 7, 1872 He
came to Boston in 1887, and began his career
as boxer in 1891. he siands teet IL inches
in height.