The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-02-28
"W elshing" on the Ryan
Green Fight Receives
CauStic Criticism.
"Kid" Mccoy Refuses to Box a
Native Californian in
This City.
Bunkoing Of Fitzsinonons Bearing
Bitter Fruit-Erne May Face
Dial Haw kinS.

Whether revolverS were or were not
drawn at the meeting in Grooms hat
store last Saturday, when Ryan and
Green went in to get the money due
them on their fistic contest of the night
preceding, threatens to develop into as
great a mystery as the identity of the
villain who struck Billy Patterson.
George Harting, official timekeeper Tor
the National Club, an eyewitness OF
the scene, told a responsible sporting
man they were, but afterward denied
himself for publication. The fact that
his tenure of office depended on silence
is not alleged as reason for George
reversal of tongue.
But Tommy Ryan, willing as he is TO
give Green another chance 10 regain
his lost laurels, has firmly made up his
mind that never again will he fight un-
der the auspices of the Natonal Clup.
Despite his friendship for gibbs and
Groom, Green is also much disgruntled
over the clubs not keeping its word as
regards the $4,000 guarantee. AS the
fight promoters" assert, they might
have violated their agreement Win
kindred organizations by giving more
than so per cent of the gross gate re-
ceipts, but lovers of fair play are unan-
imously of the opinion that they should
not have signed to violate their agree
ment in the first place.
This act of "welshing" on the part
of the National Cub duo and sup
posed journalistic silent partner can
naturally serve only to embitter the
hostility evinced by the East against
the California public, which 1t has
peen unjustly led to believe by the
Sharkey- Fitzsimmons fiasco to show
favoritism to native-b born boxers. A
good idea of the false light in which
the State has been placed by that
child of the National Club duo is
shown in a recent letter sent to Will
liam j. Kennedy, superintendent of the
Olympic Club, by Homer Selby, brother
of Kid Mccoy.
THE Kid would like to get a fight
in California under the auspices of the
Olympic Club" stated Seiby, but
will refuse to fight native-born Cali
fornian like Choynsk, Jeffreys and
Sharkey The Kid intends to claim
the championship by default on March
9. Later on he has an engagement to
spar with Peter Maher before a kineto-
scope, but would like afterward to get
a battle in California. He will bar
none of the heavy weights of the world,
but will not fight native Californian
in his own State"
kennedy, in common with the public
in general, now learns for the first
time that Sharkey is a native Califor-
Man. However, this mistake of the
writer does not alter the fact that a
referee in any glove contest here is
believed always to favor local men.
The bunkoing of "Lanky Bob in a
fight pulled off by the National Club
is commonly admitted to be the cause
Of this erroneous opinion. Their act
of "welshing" on the Green-Ryan con-
test will not help to better that I'M
preston.
Frank Erne has written to Dial Eaw-
kins that he would like to come out
here and box him at 100 pounds, give
or take two, some time in April. Haw-
kins has replied that he has placed a
forfeit of $3.50 up for the contest. Erna
has also written the superintendent Of
the Olympic Club that he is willing to
box either Hawkins or Mcconnell