The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08

referee?' The club had its referee; and if
were thrown out of the ring and disquall-
fed from entering the club in future.
the present day! The pugs insist upon
selecting their own referee and gull1ng
the gullible lovers of the game by eX-
hibitions of hippodrome which, fortu-
nately, have about seen their end so far
as this city is concerned.
The Mccoy and Choynsh prearranged
affair had it's effect on last nights at
tendance And to this may. be added the
kid" LaYigne- -Walcott fake, the kid
Lavigne-Tracey fake, and the kid La
vigne-Billy Smith fake of rather recent
date.
1t is not to be wondered at that the
people of San Francisco who patronlze
the game have at last grown weary of
bunko fights, and it is safe to say that
until the clubs appoint their own referees
hippodromes will be given to the good
natured but unsuspecting public.
After couple of tame preliminary
sparring bouts, which were put on at $50,
the crowd was kept waiting htty-f1ve
minutes before any further excitement
was offered. Then Green came from his
dressing-room with his seconds, FRANK
Foster and Bob Macarthur, and took a
seat in one of the corners of the ring. He
sat there for about ten minutes, when
Announcer Billy Jordan came forward
and raising his hand, said:
Gentlemen, when this match was made
Mr. Green and Mr.. Smith agreed to box
for 65 per cent of the receipts. Now, then,
Mr. Smith says there is not enough money
in the house and he will not box for what
is here but he will box if he is guaran-
teed a $500 purse: Now then
do not see anything for you to
do except, as the manager says.
ticket for the next contest. This last
sentence was received with prolonged
boots and Kisses. No, MOI" yelled some
Money back yelled others.
Smith then pushed his way through the
crowd and clambered between the ropes.
He was dressed in street costume and ap-
parently had no idea of fighting. He was
roundly Kissed and hooted, and Police
Captain Gillen had to come forward and
cali for order before he could be heard.
When quiet was restored Smith said, l
refuse to go on unless there is $500 guar
anteed," after which he turned and
climbed out of the ring. Smith could not
have felt very much flattered at the way
his statement was received, for the feel-
ings of the crowd were anything but
friendly toward him.
Green's turn came next. AS he passed
through the ropes to go to his dressing
room he was loudly cheered, and turning
raised his voice and said, II am willing
to go on for what is in the house, and l
think the National Club ought to pay me
my end of the purse The, crowd evil
IDENTIFY thought so, too, for his remarks
were applauded.
This was the end of the fiasco. Slowly
the crowd began filing out of the build
ing. AT the DOX once edcn man was
handed a return check. Whether this
will be exchangeable for the money paid
in or whether the club management will
try to force its proposition of giving
tickets good for some fight to come will
not be decided until to-day. The National
Club has no contest billed or date set for
any future contest.
Business men and others left their
homes last evening expecting to have an
entertainment, instead of which they
were treated to a bald fiaSco If the
managers of the National Club want to
do the square thing there is no course left
open to them but to Immediately return
the money of every ticket holder
at last nights contest. Further
more, they should hereafter, if
fights, secure from the men matched a
certain cash guarantee that they will ap-
pear, to be forfeited to the other man
should either man fail to go on. Had this
been done before, last nights disappoint-
ment would not have occurred. Irbbs and
Groom owe it to the public that support
their entertainments to see that some
protection like this is afforded, and if
they do not do so the attendance at fll-
ture contests under their management
will be even smaller than it was last
night.
The proposed heavyweight preliminary
bout between Jim Jeffries and AL Collins
was declared off early in the evening.
Drs. Lustig and Jones examined the men
and stated that Collins heart was weak
and that it would be a mistake for him
to fight. So the crowd got absolutely
nothing for its money.
The betting on the Smith-G Green fake
closed at 10 to 6l2, with Smith on the long