The San Francisco call., 1898-03-05
CELEBR ATED
 WITH PUNCHES The San Francisco Ath- letic Club in New
 Quarters. Three Fast Fights for the Local Amateur Cham
 pionship.
Monthly Meetings Will Be Held and a Ladies' Night Soon to Be
 Arranged.

Talk about the Ryan-Green fight, why they ain't in 1t. The San Fran cisco Athletic Club Is the only place to see true sport" Such were the remarks passed last evening after the programme arranged by the associa- tion to celebrate the opening of their new quarters at Sixth and Shipley streets had been played out.
 Three special contests for the anna teur championship of the local clubs had been arranged for, and the way the gloves landed on the anatomy of the various contestants was proof pos tive that the goes were for blood and the reputation of the several clubs rep resented by hard hitting youths.
 MT. Denehy was unanimously de- clared to be tha master of ceremonies and he carried off his part with good grace and satisfaction to the large audience present. President of the Club Alex Greggains made the opening re- marks and the sport was on. The first attraction of the evening was in the form of heavy lifting with the teeth by Professor Leo Arnodo, and the weight of dumbbells placed in the lift ing apparatus was finally discovered
  professor was heartily cheered. but it was easily seen that the audience was awaiting more blood-stirring or blood spilling exercise.
 The first go was between Peter Me Fadden of the ManhattanS and Jack Maynard of the $. F. A. c. The lads. who were but 19 years of age, stripped at 115 pounds and started in with the determina ton to do or die. Jimmy Lawlor was referee, and after some spirited fighting the bout was declared a draw, as each lad had attempted to assassinate the other with well directed punches. Both fought well and the decision was accepted as a just one.
 It was noticed at this stage of the game that Jim Markland was one of the interested spectators, and it was proposed that he referee the following bout but he declined for the reason that he had worn his new clothes to celebrate the evening. He was accom- panied by the capitalists, Colonel Bar rett of New York City, Alexander Bar rett of Ohio and Mike Hennessy, one of the crack riders of the coast. J. B. Gill was also with the party and watched the contests with interest.
 The next on the programme was Ser geant Michael Joseph Conboy, who took copious notes of the affair, as he was there in the interests of law and order as we'll as being one of the invited guests who had a reserved seat. Then came Sheriff Whelan in a short speech, | followed by MT. Hanson with a song. a
 Jack Ennis and Kid Mccarthy, both of the San Francisco Athletic Club, toed the scratch, with Bantam Anthony as referee, and after four rounds of hard punching Ennis was given the de- cision for the superior work done. Charles Kelly made his appearance and sang a touching ballad, and a youth described as Kid" Carr followed.
 Then came the knockout. Frank Schuler of the San Francisco Athletic Club and W. Preese of the Manhattan Athletic Club, who was stated to have recently arrived from New York City, where he had won lengthy string of amateur scalps, stepped into the ring. The rounds were for blood. Each scored knock down within two rounds