The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-11
JOCKEY O. C0NNOR
TO. Be A BOXER
Will Be Matched for a
Bout With Hundred
Founder.
+" Kid Lavigne and Heagerty
Meet Tomorrow Night
in Oakland.

Jockey Winnie O'Connor has a violent
attack of pugilistic fever, for which Alex
Greggains of the San Francisco Athletic
Club has undertaken to provide an anti
dote. 1t will assume the shape of one of
the hard-hitting young boxers who learn
ed the rudiments of the game in. the club
gymnasium.
O'Connor has been a regular attendant
at all the minor club fights since he came
to this coast upon the opening of the
racing season. He has always been near
| the ringside and some humorist has inva-
riably announced that he would fight the
winner.
O'Connor generally entered mild OBJ
lection saying: II don't want any of his
game" He has changed his mind, how
ever, and Greggains has agreed to find "a
hundred-pound opponent for him. He will
also provide a gold medal for which the
boxers will fight. The bout will take place
at Mechanics Pavilion the night Gardner
and Kid Carter settle their differences.
Sam McGibben, who collects the jockey
mounts at Oakland racetrack has not de-
cided what boy will take O'Connor's place
the day after the fight.
OIConnor Boxing With Simms.
OConnor is boxing daily with Art
Simms, the clever Cleveland lightweight,
and will be in condition for any kind of a
bout He is the holder of medal en-
hlematic of the UNDERGROUND champion
ship of Brooklyn and wants to add to his
title that of champion of the Pacific
! Coast at the weight. AS the majority of
! Greggains' bantam weights can hit like
I Jeffries,- OConnor will quickly decide
whether he wants to continue in the ring
or devote his talents to earning $4,000 a
! year in the saddle.
Kid LaVigne and Tim Heagerty, the Aus
tralian boxer, who game to this country
meet in a fifteen-round bout tomorrow
night at the Acme Club, Oakland. They
are to weigh in at 100 pounds and each will
weight. Heagerty has been gaining
! steadily in weight since he arrived here
| and should be strong and fast. The fight
/ should be repetition of the Young Cor
! bett'-Terry McGovern encounter.
Heagerty Natural Fighter.
Heagertys natural instinct when he
draws on the gloves is to attempt to an
initiate the man in front of him. He tried
this with Gus Rubin when the latter was
in condition to meet Jeffries. He cut
Ruhln's mouth and nose and BACKED his
! eyes and made good his escape before
Rubin could reach him.
The spectators who saw Kid LaVigne in
his remarkable fight with Walcott know
his caliber. How much he has lost since
then in speed is a question which cannot
be answered until the fight is over. No
gamer man than Lavigne ever entered a
ring. From Heagerty's record in Austria
liza it is evident he does not know the
! meaning OF Iedr.
The majority of the spectators from this
| city will take the 1870 p. m. narrow-gauge
boat Jack" Kitchen will referee the
bout
George Gardner and Kid Carter are in
active training for their return match in
Mechanics Pavilion on the 10Th inst.
Both have increased materially in weight
/ since their first meeting some months
| since. Carter showed improved, form
when he fought and defeated Walcott.
/ He had then taken on considerable
| weight after having Hbeen' defeated BY
Gardner. 5
The new boxing regulations for next
| year recently adopted by the Supervisors,
will mean a shaking up of the fight-pro-
noting clubs Under the new ordinance
/ only bona-fide athletic clubs can promote
| the sport. The license has been advanced
from $1,000 to $4,000. The officials of the
/ San Francisco Athletic Club have decided
to pay this and will continue in the game.
Their club is one of the few which meets
the requirements of the new ordinance.
Jim Kennedy, the New York promoter
of sports, has made overtures to Alex
Greggains to join forces with him next
year Greggains declined the proposition
He has had plans prepared for a gallery
in the SiXth-Street gymnasium which will
increase its seating capacity one-third
and will be more comfortable for all the
| spectators.