The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
CORBETT AND MAHER
The Olympic Club Is Anxious
to Match Peter and
Jim.
Fighters in Training for Contests
That Will Take Place
Here.

The Olympic Club OF this City is look.
ing for some good fstic material. The
directors have been writing and tele-
graphing Tommy Ryan of Syracuse,
N. Y, in the hope that Ryan would con-
sent to meet Green under the auspices OF
the Olympic, but according to late dis
patches a match between Ryan and
Green is as far away as ever.
Yesterday Douglas White of the Olym-
pic Club had a short chat with Tom
Sharkey. He asked the sailor If he would
meet Peter Maher in limited round con-
test, and Sharkey quickly answered in the
affirmative.
But" said Sharkey, .I will not fight
for cent less than $4,000. I have been
offered that purse in the East by two
clubs, and l am waiting to hear what
Maher says"
Maher said the same thing when he was
In this City. but for some reason the
match fell through.
There will be meeting Of the Olympic
Club directors this evening, and Director
White will suggest that purse of very
tempting amount be offered for twenty
round contest between Corbett and Maher,
and ii the ex-champion will not consent a
purse may be "hung up" for a twenty
round bout between either Sharkey and
friends of Choynski are very anxious to
see the game California heavyweight in a
return match with the champion of Ire
land.
Now that Dal Hawkins is on Easy street,
having won a nice sum by whipping Fla
herty in Carson, his old opponent. Cans,
the colored fighter, of Baltimore, is look
ing for match with the Californian. 1t
is thought that Cans is too heavy for
uou h,,t bo ola foI1
will consent to meet Hawkins at 12S
pounds and weigh-in at the ringside he
will be ccommodated with match.
George Green states most emphatically
that he did not wire the Syracuse Club
that in case Ryan consented to meet him
he must have $1,000 win or lose.
"You can say that l never made any
such proposal" said George. 1.-THE fact
of the matter is that Ryan does not want
to meet me. / have been trying to get
him into ring with me for several weeks,
but l guess the prospects of meeting are
slim. The Olympic Club of this City has
made most tempting offer to Ryan, and
il he is game he will accept it. We will
know tomorrow"
The National and Pacific clubs have an
nounced fstic exhibitions for April.
Aleck Greggains, who is matched to fight
Stelzner, is training at Sargents station,
contest at the st. Georges Club, in this
City. Bob Thompson, the clever colored
tighter of Salt Lake City, who Is booked
to meet Lon Agnew, is stationed at
Dunn's, on the Ocean beach. Agnew is
drilling at the Acme Club in Oakland.
Ste ewart Carter of the Olympic Club is
training hard in this City for q four
round bout with Frank Gilbert before the
Fresno Athletic Cub on the evening of
April 3. They will fight at las pounds.
Lawlor of the Acme Club, who is slated
to meet Reno of the Manhattan Club at
the same place, is also getting into good
trim. Muller OF the San Francisco Club
is looking after Reno.
jim Corbett will appear in Oakland on
Saturday evening. He will be assisted by
members Of the Olympic and Reliance
athletic clubs.
Jeffries, the champion heavy weig hit
of Los Angeles, Is training at the Acme
Club, in Oakland, for his contest with
Van Buskirk in this City. The latter is
at the Ocean Beach.