The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30
PUGlLlS1S SHOULD
 BE EXAMINED The Death of "Bull" Mccarthy a Warning to Fight
 Promoters.
National Club Fighters in Superb Condition-A Large Ad-
 vance Sale.

The death of 'Bull" Mccarthy, the pugilist who succumbed shortly after his twenty-round bout with Young Griffo in Sacramento on Wednesday evening, and the arrest of the Australian, were the sole topics of conversation in sporting circles yesterday, and for the time being the overcoming discussion over the probable outcome of fistic argument between Sailor Sharkey and the Los Angeles giant was dropped. It was the universal opinion that Griffo could not deliver blow hard enough to cause death and that the Sacramento Athletic Club, under whose auspices the fight took place, was highly negligent in not hav- ing proper examination made of the principals before they entered the ring.
 Tt has always been our practice said Manager Groom of the National Club yesterday, ito have the contestants un- dergo a thorough physical examination before beginning hostilitieS. The result has been that the Nauonal Cub has never had a casualty. We have pulled off more big fights in this city during the past two years than any other organiza- ton, because we have selected the par ticipants with care and had our phy- sician keep a watchful eye on their phy- sicaI condition. Had the Sacramento Club done this the death of Mccarthy would not have resulted. l regret eX- ceedingly the outcome of the bout, be- cause 1t gives a black eye to pugilsm.
 Our physician, Dr. b. D. Lustig, will shortly pay a visit to the training quar- ters of Sharkey, Baker, Stelzner and Jef- fries, and will thoroughly examine the men. If he reports to us that any of the men are unfit they will not appear under the National Club auspices. But l antici- pate no such report, as from what hear the men are ready to fight the battle of their lives. In my opinion the winner of the Sharkey-J -Jeffries go will be the cham mi of ha the top-notchers and have made excellent showing"
 Baker, who is to meet Stelzner, is in better condition to-day ..lan he has been since his arrival on the coast, and can be relied on to give Stelzner a warm recep- tion In the East Baker enjoyed good reputation as a scrapper, but since his visit here he has not devoted much tune to keeping in condition, caring more for a sporting life. Baker has now seen the foolshness of such a plan and has stop ped drinking and is training with aV1d1ty, knowing that If he defeats Stelzner hls chances for future engagements will be better He has been heard to say that 1T he had been in as fine fettle when he met Jeffries there might have been another man training to meet SharKey. Baker has been in both camps and spared with both men, and the knowledge he gained leads him to pick Sharkey as the winner of the coming fight.
 Pavilion on the night of the contest will be better than at previous contests Every ticket-holder will be assured of an unob- structed view of the arena, and there will be no crowding. Captain Curtin will have fifty men under him to regulate the crowd and perfect order will be main- tained during the progress Of the fight. The advance sale of tlcKets IS very large and MT. Groom predicts Sish that a iarger ger Corbett-Sharkey and F1tzsimmons-Shar- key goes will be present.