The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
CANS AND LEONARD MEET
The Fighters Foregather at the
Olympic Club and Sign
Articles.
Parson Davies Left for the East L st
Evening With Barry and
Armstrong.

Quite large gathering of pugili.ts and
the admirers of fighting men met on
Monday afternoon in the Olympic Club to
converse on matters pugilistic.
Among the distinguished ring generals
were Joe Cans, the colored cham pion
lightweight of Baltimore, and his
manager, Alf King; Mike Leonard, the
swell-dressed pugilist of New York, who
is to meet Cans in passage alarms on
the evening of May Is at Mechanics Pa
vilion; Jimmy Barry, the champion BAN
tam-weight pugilist OF America; Lon Ag-
hit and miss; George Green. the local
welter-weight. and the crack amateur
sprinters, F. Foster and H. N. Collins.
Superintendent Billy Kennedy was to
have put in an appearance al O'Clock,
according 10 an agreement he had entered
into with Ali King, but 1t was past P. NJ.
when Kennedy and his quasi smile ar
rived.
You will excuse me, gentlemen" said
Kennedy, addressing the pugilistic in
vaders who were awaiting his coming, ~
have just arrived from the Seal Rock
House, where Baker has been training Tor
the past week. l found it necessary to
change his training quarters and climate
as the attractions were too numerous and
too warm for him out by The sea, you
know. He is now located at Bianken's
slx-miie-house rendezvous, at which place
he will complete his training for his con.
test with Jeffries.
Il must keep an eye on those fellows"
remarked the boxing match maker of the
Olympic, "or they Will give US jolly
which we can't stand, you know"
Leonard Is most fashionably dressed
fellow. He would pass in any company
for bank clerk or university student.
He changes dress three times a day and
contends that pugiiist who can earn
few thousand year by the power OF his
fists has just as much right to dress
'swelf' and look lovely as a dry-goods
clerk who earns $500 year.
Leonard and Cans left yesterday for
their respective training stations. The
former will "rusticate" at the Seal Rock
House, and the coiored champion will
bag-punch under the watchful eve of his
manager, Al King, at the Terrace baths in
Alameda.
Cans said that he was not bound down
by specific contract to remain under the
instructions of his old manager, Al Her
ford, for any definite time, and that in
future he will be managed by his present
handler Al King, whom he thinks good
money-maker.
Steve O Donnell, who is matched 10
fight Greggains under the auspices of the
Oily m pic Club in June, will arrive next
week. The boxing committee of the clu b
is now figuring on bout between Mccoy
and Creedon, but this N atch will entirely
depend upon the financial success of the
May entertain nment.
"Parson" Davies and his stable of
fighters, viz. Jimmy Barry and Bob ARM
strong. will leave for New YORK this even
ing. Mr.. Davies Is very anxious to be at
the ringside when Choynski will meet
Denver Ed Smith. Davies has an interest
in Choynski's welfare ana for that reason
he will be on hand to instruct his man
when few words of good advice are
necessary.
According to dispatch from New York
the managers of Peter Maher and Tom
Sharkey met the representatives of one of
New York's sporting clubs yesterday and
accepted proposition for fight between
the principals for $4,000 pnrse, to take
place some date 10 be hereafter arranged
between May % and June 10.
Al King says that it would be almost
impossible to get Tommy Ryan, ''Spike"
Sullivan and many other fighters of note
to journey to this City. "You see, all
those fellows play favorite to some of the
Eastern clubs, which are run more for
politics than anything else. Ryan will
not fight outside of Syracuse, and Sulli-
van is the pet OF New York club, which
has him under its thumb.
by the way, this fellow Sullivan is q
curiosity. He has something like $4,000
in bank, and of course is as independent {
as the proven bal hog on ice. He will not
fight any man unless he is confident of
whipping him. He selects his own game
and when the whim catches him ne will
60 forth on the hunt for a good thing
Finding some fellow, suitable to, his
fancy, Spike will Immediately open
fire on him in this wise: Say, l want to
fight you-see; are YOU ready 20 sign
articles In so and SOS club?
"1f the pug who is challenged on sight
refuses to accept the offer Sullivan threat
ems to have him roasted in the papers.
and as parting shot he .yanks' from his
inside pocket his bankbook, which spea KS
for itself. He also carries q checkboo K
pnrposeIy 10 write out check in case a
side bet is necessary, and he tears up
dozens of checks daily just for the fun Of
the thing. He is the most erratic char
acter l have ever met, and rather than ex-
pend 25 cents for a square meal he lives
on the cheapest food obtainabl ble."