The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
A MATCH FOR
DUSKY WALCOT1
National Athletic Club Now
Anxious for Mccoy to
Meet Him.
Feather Weight Jimmy Lawler
Signed for a Go With Eddy
Williams Of Boston.
Connolly Willing to Face the Barba-
does Wonder If Successful in His
Fight With zeigler,

The pugilistic matchmakers are active.
Mccoy Ryan fight at Syracuse was known,
Director Gibbs of the National Club wired
East challenging either Mccoy or Ryan
to meet Walcott in this City, Mccoy pre-
ferred. the contestants to weigh in at the
ringside at the middle weight limit 15e
pounds. The dispatch was dictated by
O'Rourke, Walcott's manager.
Eddie Connolly, matched 10 meet Owen
Zeigler before the Kuick booker Club on
the evening OF the 14tn instant, states
that Il be is the victor in the contest he
will challege Walcott, the latter to weigh
III at 136 pounds at O'Clock on the night
OF the fight.
From these attempts at matchmaking
it would seem that the Lavigne- w alcot,
fight is farther IF than ever. The sturdy
Lavigne admits that Walcott is a tough
customer.
"Waicott," said Lavigne last night, as
a welter- weight, while l am in the light.
weight class 1t would be foolish for me
to allow Walcott to weigh in ct O'Clock
on the night of the Fl hit. Between that
hour and the time of entering the ring he
could easily take on from four to five
pounds, which would be a great advan.
tage in his favor. Let Walcott weigh in
at 137 pounds at the ringside and l will
fight him."
This talk about the weights of the
noted pugilists has aroused mt uch in teresi
in sporting circles. Yesterday Lavigne in
his street clothes was weighed by a CALI
reporter. He tipped the beam at las
pounds. Walcott similarly attired weighs
at present 156 He takes on flesh rapidly
while not training.
Much money was wagered on the Nc.
nearly $4,000 was bet, Mccoy being 10 l
favorite.
The next contest will be given under
the auspices of the Knickerbocker Club
on the evening of lie 14th inst. Tive
tights are announced to be pulled off
Zeigler and Connolly, twenty rounds, and
Case and Elmer, ten rounds. Zeiger and
Elmer are training at the Six-mile House,
Connolly at the Ocean Beach and Case at
Jim Carr's, at the end of the Sutter. street
car line. All the men are reported to be
| IN fine condition. From present indica-
tloDs Connolly will be favored in the bet.
ting over Zeigler. Case over Elmer. The
wagers on both contestants prom Sc to be
heavy. The Case-El mer fight is attracting
much attention. Elmer, although young
in the business, Is quite clever, O hard
friends who will back MIN. His lack OF
| ring experience will make his opponent
| the favorite. Case made fine showing in
| his hight with Lon Agnew
Last night Il Ike Abraham. OF the
knickerbocker Club signed Jimmy Law.
Ter, the clever local ieather-weisht. and
Eddy Williams OF Boston for a ten. round
go on the night of The Dxon-Smith fight.
October f.
The Dixon Smith fight is for the ba n
tam-weignt championship of the world.
he colored lad Is training hard at JOHNNY
CrolPs, in Alameda. He is being looked
after by 'Scaldy Bill Quinn. Dixon
| acknowledges that in Smith he has the
toughest opponent he has met for years.
Some time ago the National Athletic
Club offered 65 ner cent of the gate re.
ceipts Tor go between Kid Mccoy and
Dan Creedon. Last night, after the Nc.
Coy Ryan fight, Director Gibbs said he
would withdraw the offer, as the Mccoy.
WaIcott proposition supple IL.