The San Francisco call., 1898-03-05
A . ' z Y Y SHARKEY STATES
 THAT HE
 WILL FIGHT FAIR.
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Joe Choynski, the popular CanlortlIa beavvweight pugilist, will have another onnortunity on Friday evening" the Atn inst to whip Tom Sharkey, the power ful Irishman who boxed ara" "i'n Chovnski in this city last year.
 But Sharkey is so conhdent ol es'in5 his Choynski that he has lnslrueteu 6ii o - friends to bet on him.
 lrvvhen I last met Choynsk1 m the . d wilton said Sharkey, "I hit him stlh punch in the solar plexus and Joe man aged to get to his corner, where he re- matned doubled up in pain Tor hVe Iiiil- utes. e,,, s+o+ine .ho+I bit Chovnski in the groin, but Tna knows better than that. AnyhoW [ did moi get a fair deal, but when "T meet again I'll take aao goea so as eare to satisfy everybody that the referee cannot ueCiO0 against me for foul fighting" c,,r,,ev
 The Vallejo sports will bach 0he'l l o, nog strongly as they believe that he can whip any of the heavyweights Of the pres ent day. ,or The re- marks on boxing by members of the Health and Police Committee; ctair;yy,ay ai yen1 ay, terdays meeting of the board ,nI Gnalrnnal td el sue permits for professional fights ana ana I am desirous of seeing the law eii forced. If any reputable Glnp ;nS aeSireSd de- c signed to display skill and tralenlng, ro | am in favor of granting it. As for pro fessiona fights, the sooner we Pu' +ta ston to them the better it will be TOT the
 Supervisor Haskins expressed similar views. The time has as come ne Ioid 10 put .!Re- a ieges. Suppose we were to deny the Olympic Club boxing privileges, wouldn there he great indignation? Bar out pro- fessionals and there will be no troo- ble." ,.4 hoe not the power to issue permits for pro- fessional fights. why then did 1t issue per mits for the Sharkey, and Choynskl ana the Jackson and JeffrieS fights?
 If permits are issued for amateur con' tests then amateur boxers should be se- lected, and an amateur boxer IS a rnaI who does not box for coin. Evidently lHo chairman of the Health and Police Com mittee has. very poor knowledGe o or the rules which govern amateur athletlGS.
 The applications of the National ara Occidental clubs for boxing permits were denied The Jefferson Athletic Club was given permission to hold monthly eXhlol- tionS at it's club room- ,
 The Olympic Club has signed "Kid'' Parker of Boston, the pugilist who best and Henry Lewis (colored for d ten round contest at the Mechanics' Pavilion on the evening that Jackson will fght Jeffres.
 It is understood that if the heavy weights-that is, Peter and James-can- not agree upon a referee before O clock OH the udy Ol llle liSlll llle UiA COt0AS VI the Olympic Club will select man TOT the office.
 Jackson states tI at all he requires IS an honest man and that if he cannot win by fair means he will not resort to any IoI! tactics. .lac;.s on's cry is "a fair field and no favor" and it is to be hoped that the referee who will be selected will be of the same way of thinking.
 emmy Ryan will leave for his home to morrow evening and if he can see his way clear to return to this city he will be back again. He remarked to Billy Ken nedy of the Olympic Club yesterday that he was ready at any time to sign with Walcott for fight at catch weights, or that he will fight Tommy West at 1G2 pounds, or Dan Creedon at 15S pounds. Ryan has about given up all idea of meet ing Kid Mccoy, the talking champion