The herald., 1897-01-04
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The Southern California football sea-
son closed with the great Berkeley
Whittier game at Athletic park New
Years. day. The Athletic club has
been instrumental in arranging a num-
ber of capital contests which have
been played here during the fall, and is
to be congratulated on the manner in
which this series of games has been
brought to close.
Most all of the teams so often seen
this fall on local gridirons have decided
to disband for the winter. This will be
regretted by large number of people
who have taken an interest in the
games played during the fall. Both
the Athletic club and Whittier teams,
by the showing made against Berkeley,
have earned a position among the
strongest teams of the state.
The Berkeley Whittier game was in
many respects a great surprise. The
impression prevailed that under no cir
cumstances could the state school team
play college football. but that impress
sion has been blotted out. Whittier
has no really brilliant players. and re-
lied simply on it's superb team work,
forcibly demons trating what can be
accomplished by the right kind of
training.
The Athletic club team went to San
Diego on New Years day to play A re-
turn game with the San Diego pigskin
kickers. and easily succeeded in pilins
up a score of AZ to 0. The team from
the south may know how football is
played in San Diego county all right.
but they are certainly no match for the
Athletic team. In this game Potts
Lewis successfully kicked seven straight
goals. which is certainly record to be
proud or considering that a strong wind
was blowing at the time.
The members of the Berkeley team
who have been stopping at the West
minister during their stay here, left Sat-
urday night for the north. Captain
Ransome was still suffering somewhat
from the injury received in his back
curing the game New Years.
Tomorrow CTuesday) night at the Ath-
letic club, Jim Burns of Chicago and Bill
ly Gallagher of Oakland will appear in
what promises to be the best boxing ex-
hibition ever given by that institution.
Gallagher is well known as one of the
best boxers in his class, having partici
pated in and won no less than six con-
tests in this city in the past two years
and having met and defeated some of
the best weterweights in the country
in other cities. No description of his
prowess as a boxer is necessary, as he Is
known to all the ring followers in South
ern California.
Burns Is also we'll known in this city,.
but more as a wrestler than boxer.
He first made his appearance in this
city several months ago when he met
and defeated c. H Grdley in catch
as-catch-can wrestling match. He met
Gridley again in return match a few
weeks later on and again won Shortly
before the last boxers night given by
the club he announced his forte as be-
ing boxer instead of a wrestler, and
asked that he be tried out in public.
He was pitted against Joe Cotton. the
champion colored boxer of Southern
California for four rounds. and made
such good showing against Gallagher's
old rival that the match between Burns
and Gallagher was at once made. He
has many staurch supporters of the
opinion that he can best Gallagher in the
fifteen rounds, while the Oakland lad
has equally as many admirers. The in
terest manifested in the event goes be-
yond the expectations of the club. and
probably the largest crowd ever as
sembled in the big gymnasium will gath
er there tomorrow evening.
Gallagher has been undergoing his
preparatory work at the athletic club
under the care of big Joe Cotton, while
Burns Is getting into condition al Santa
Monica with Jack Shannahan of Nevada
in charge. Both men are in the best of
condition and will weigh in tomorrow
evening at o'clock at 14S pounds give or
take two pounds.
number of good preliminares have
been arranged, one of which will of
itself alone be worth going to see. viz:
Six rounds between young Acevedo of
this city and Mike Thornton of San
Pedro. Both men have boxed before the
club on previous occasions, and are con-
sidered about an even match. The win
ner of this turn will take the entire
purse. Joe Cotton will try out Fred
Merriwether of Cripple Creek. and c.
ii. Gridley, the local wrestler, will
wrestle match with r. A. Lord, a new
conner. With this program the club ex-
poets to give it's patrons one of the best
evenings entertainments in it's enNiable
record.