The herald., 1897-10-11
THE PRIZE RING

After weeks of uncertainty, and fall
ure after failure to secure matches that
meant crowded houses, the pugilistic
tournament for race week in this city
has at last been arranged. Not only has
it been arranged to the satisfaction Of
the Southern California Athletic club,
under whose auspices it is to be given,
but the terms seem to be so fair that ths
public, or that portion of it interested in
pugilism, can find no fault in advance
that the affair will be similar to the sew
eral such events that promised so much
and resulted in so little. If the manage
meut keeps its promises to the public,
the coming tournament will be the bes'
that has ever been seen here. Their
will be fights that are fights or else tbs
men who put on the gloves will not get
a cent of money for their work
As an additional evidence that the
promoters of the tournament mean 10
treat their patrons fairly and give them
fight for their money, it has been de
cided that all admission tickets shall b
of the coupon kind. If after the bout
any person is not satisfied with what he
has seen or with the entertainment that
has been furnished he has only to re-
turn his coupon to the box Office and his
money will be returned to him. No one
could ask for more than that, and the
club will only make this offer knowing
that the men who are matched Will really
fight and not play. The Los Angeles
people have been victimized with fax
fights and sparring matches so many
times that they have become suspicious
of such affairs and without some a'sur-
ance of what was intended there would
be little prospect of filing any house
Under the plans that have been
adopted by the club it is expected that
the seating capacity of Hazards pavil-
ion will be taxed to its full capacity on
both evenings. The first evening the
principal event will be a fifteen round
bout between Joe McAuliffe and Jack
Stelzner. The former has been in the
city for some time trying to get match
with some good man, and several times
has come near signing with one or an
other heavyweight, but something al
ways prevented the consummation of
the desired match. The articles for the
fight with Stelzner have been signed
and the forfeit money is posted. At the
time when the articles were signed Nc
Auliffe said IF this is not to be a fight
and is to be a mere sparring match, l
want to call it off right now. l am tired
of waiting in this matter, and | want the
real thing this time" He was assured
by Stelzner that he could have all the
fight he desired, and others told them
both that unless their go was fight
they might as we'll leave town.
On the following Friday evening there
will be two important events in addition
to the usual preliminary bouts. These
will be the match between Bob Thomp-
son of Salt Lake City and Kid Parker
of Denver and the fight between Joe
King and Jack Carter, both of San Fran
cisco. Both of these fights will be for
fifteen rounds.
The attendance of large crowd at
both fights is assured and there will be
larger number of sporting men in the
city than for several years. All of the
best known bookmakers of the coast
will be here. The local attendance will
be large, the fact that John Brink has
been selected as referee being sufficient
assurance that the affairs will not be
hippodromes.
Training camps have been estab-
lished at Santa Monica and Redondo,
where the men will work until the day
of the fights. Their work will be watched
carefully. by members of the club to
/ see that it is done in a manner that
means business when they enter the
ring.
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