The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-16

Charity Seems to Owe Them
Money, Although It Was
Supposed to Be a Benefit.
The Teams Will Draw More Money
Than the First Agreement
Seemed to Allow.

The Butte Olympic football game on New
Years day has developed some com plica.
tions that may result in charity actually
owing money to The two teams that agreed
and were permitted to play an exhibition
game for the poor and needy.
According to one of the Olympic mana.
gers, who entered his claim last night al
the meeting of the board OF managers o.
the Pacific Association of the Amateur
Union, the gross gate receipts at thai
game were only $1100 55 for several hun,
ared OF the spectators were admitted on
complimentary tickets.
the expenses of the Olympic team alone
fol. that game were 1888 IS.
Now, when the Butte team shall have
put III It's Dill for expenses, assuming that
they would probably be more than those
OF the home team, the question naturally
arises, Was The game benefit or an ex-
pensive luxury to charity?
Had the match been played as originally
arranged and not as compromise semi
professional exhibition, olympic was to
| nave recelved 35 per cent OF the gate re-
ceipts. AS charity game, with full
expenses allowed. Olympic would receive
about 500 more than IL would otherwise
have got.
teur Union positively declares that in the
presence of witnesses he permitted the
game, with the professionals in it, only as
an exhibition for charity and with no
other expenses to be considered except
the rent and preparation OF the ground.
and the printing OF advertisements for the
game.
Another special meeting of the Pacific
Association will be held at the olympic
h Ey,a -,
mony OF all concerned in the agreement
for the charity game and especially to
|. give President Fitzgerald OF the Reliance
Club an opportunity 10 appear on behali
OF the Butte Team and act as its re presen.
| tative when the final charge OF profess
slonalism shall be considered.
President Allen and Secretary Cook oil
the suspended Acme Athletic Club ap-
peared at the meeting last night and
placed the responsibility for the club S
suspension from amateur standing upon
the shoulders OF one of the Acme Club
directors, who, it was claimed, personally
and without authority arranged and OBJ
tanned amateur sanction for the recent
boxing bout between Tighe and Muller,
which the association declared was q pro-
fessional match.
This matter will however, be given
another special hearing at the special
meeting next 1uESudy nlgut. 1Q0 SuS-
pension OF the Acme Club for thirty DAYS
virtually prevents any of its members
from competing as representatives of the
club during that time. Some of them, it
is said, Will compete in cycIe-races with
the permission of the representative OF
the League of American Wheelmen.
In this connection it was stated last
night that the Amateur Athletic Union OF
America is at present taking steps that
II II. -.
OF the alliance that has heretofore existed
between that organization and the League
of American Wheelmen. This in effect
means that hereafter the Amateur Ath-
letic Union purposes to be its own Judge
of all branches of amateur SPORTS includ-
ing cycling.
A permit was granted the Olympic Club
for a coast championship wrestling tourna-
ment, to be held Thursday evening, Janu-
airy %, provided the consent of the North
west Association be obtained also.
The following entries are already in for
the events:
CLUB; II. Gelder, Oakland Athletic Club; f.
Butler, Olympic Club.
135 pounds. j. Phillips, Olympic Club;
L. Mambock. Columbia Athletic Club; F. G..
las pounds-G. Eckbardt, Olympic Club;
R. Wilson, Oakland Athletic Club; J. J. Con-
Ian, Columbia Athletic Club; F. G. Ely,
Olympic Club.
i5s pounds-R. B. Cornell, Olympic Club
G. Hiidebrant, Olympic Club; Z. Petersen,
Columbia Athletic Club; d. Mahoney, Olym-
pic club; F. Hoffman,, San Francisco Turn
Verein.
,Heavy-weight-R. B. Cornell, Olympic Club;
D. Mahouey Olympic Club; Charles Petersen,
Columbia Athletic Club; G. Hildebrant,
Olympic Club.
Special match at 136 pounds-N. Brown,
Multnomah Athletic Cub of Portland, land C.
7. KEELING, Olympic Club.
An application for boxing tournament
for Tuesday, January 26. was made by the
Reliance Club. and permission ora cred
granted if conditions were found favor
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