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The San Francisco call., 1905-05-14
GAELIC CHORAL SOCIETY
GIVES ENTERTAINING CONCERT
Programme of Irish Ballads and Dane
ing Clubs Fancy Steps Re-
ceiye ApDIause


The Gaelic Chorus received merited
applause last evening at the entertain
ment of the Gaelic Choral Society at
Scottish Hall. There was a large audi
ence and the singing made an excel
lent impression. The coming concerts
will undoubtedly draw more people.
The programme was excellent and was
well divided between singing and dane
ing. The chorus rendered several ia
niliar Irish ballads and there were
solos by j. O'Toole. Miss Madge
Vaughn, Miss Della Larigan, F.. Nc
Sweeney and Professor 8. j. Sandy. The
step dancing was by the Gaelic Dane
ing Club, J. P. Kelleher. P. Seaman.
John j. O'Connor and ]. Desmond and
Miss K. Healy, MIS- U. Jones and Miss
M. O'Brien. As a finale the chorus
sang God Save Ireland" the audience
joining in.
The committees for the festival were:
Floor. p. KeIleher, J. O'Toole, d. L.
O'Brien. John Mellott. Miss Egan. Miss
S. Kenwin, Miss Mary Smith. Miss B.
Durkin. Miss May Flaherty; arrange
ments-B. ]. Sylver, Thomas Lane. H.
McKenna. NJ. Sheridan, Miss Vaughn.
Miss Kearny; reception-P. J. Madigan,
P. Kelleher. F. Clancy, z. McSweney,
Miss J. Collins. Miss Langan. Miss
N. Higgins, Miss A. Kearny, James
Smith. T. P. O'Dowd, John Clay, ]. j.
canniffe. ]. McGiven and Patrick
Grove.
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Getting His Money Back.

A popular young man was accepted
by his dearest Sunday night. Next
day he went to the jewelers. and
bought the engagement ring. Wednes-
day evening. with ring in hand. he
was about to knock at the door he
glanced through the side window and
there sat his girl in the .other fell
lows lap. His first thought was to
draw his razor, rush in and kill the
invader. His second thought was bet
ter. He drew his razor, marched In
and forced the new man to pay him
s5 cents more for the engagement
ring than 1t cost.-Urich (Mo.) Her
aid
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New InsnhnerxihIes

A French master mariner, named NJ.
Brude, has invented what he claims to
be an insubmersible boat, with which
he is a competitor for the prize Of
$4,000 offered by the French Govern
ment to the inventor Of a vessel or
boat so constructed as to reduce to a
minimum the dangers Of shipwreck.
Several months ago he attested his
faith In his little craft by undertaking
to navigate 1t across the Atlantic, but
it was so damaged by the gales In mid
ocean that he had to make a periIous
return to his starting point at Brest.
The boat is eighteen feet long, eight
feet wide and eight feet deep. Captain
Brude is studying to have it fitted with
a motor.-London Globe.
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Warren sails.

The transport Warren sailed for Ma
nila late yesterday afternoon. She left
her dock at o'clock and then sailed
around the bay testing her compasses.
Some rumors were started along the
front that a portion of her crew had
deserted her just at the hour of sail
ing. Inquiry at the transport dock
proved that the rumor was entirely
without foundation.
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THE SCHOONER sAMAR

shoes, / cs electrical appliances ! cs dry
goods, 1 pIows.
: To Panama-20O bbls flour, S1556 It lumber,
IS pkgs Government stores
To Colombia-136 bbls fouH IL crts pota-
toes and onions. 1900 lbs rice. loo lbs raisns.
To New Ycrk-63 9S7 gals wine, 200 gals
4oo,sO4 lbs pig lead. So, 52s lbs wool. io6 bales
junk 1894 lbs zinc dross
To Ecuador-1I5 bbls -four, 80 canned
salmon, / cs canned fruit.
To Barbados Island-123 canned salmon,
14SO lbs dried fruit, cs assorted canned
goods
To Jamaica-1o cs salmon. IL cs canned
goods 655 lbs dried fruit.
To France cs canned goods
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WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST
The weather has been generally clear over
the Pacific slope, south of Portland North Of
the Columbia River rain has fallen with brisk
southeriy winds.
The temperatures are slowly rising to nor
mat conditions In the great valley OF Cali
forna.
Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty
hours ending midnight May Ii. 1905.
light north wind
Los Angeles and vicinity-Fair Sunday; light
east wind, changing to westerly
Sacramento yalley-Fair Sunday: light north
wind - -
San Joaquin valley-Fair Sunday; light
north wind
Soast-Fair Sunday; brisk west wind.
Foothills-Fair Sunday; warmer
Neyada-Fair Sunday
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May Get Billet.

RumoFs were floating about yester-
day that Percy Henderson, the auditor
of the Harbor Commission, had been
offered the position of superintendent
Of State tugs and dredges. No informa-
tion could be obtained in the auditors
office. Henderson was away.
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VIII Leave Mare Island Tomorrow.

VIII LcuNt NIstfc Isid'u IO-HOTIUW.
The navy training ship Lowton is
scheduled to leave Mare Island to-mor-
row en- route to Asiatic waters. She
takes marines and sailors from Mare
Island and Yerba Buena to join the
Government warshiDs Of the Asiatic
squadron. The men are going to fill
the places Of men whose terms are now
expiring. The Lawton was formerly in
the army transport service, but some
time since was converted into a train
ing ship.
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The storm that wrecks the rotten
tree only roots the sound one deeper.
No man ever lost any time In the
heavenly race by stopping to help an
other.
Now that the strike Is over IN the
Omaha packing houses the Japanese
strike breakers are having hard time.
The white workmen will not let them
live in the town. and so they are
housed in the packing purIdingz The
managers of the plants say they are
too good workmen to let go.
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cARn ma rHANKs

We herewith desire to express sincere
thanks TO our many kinds friends and
No. 17SS. Knights of Honor. who, by their
tender love and comforting sympathy and
beautiful floral offerings, helped to tighten
the bitter sorrow lately suffered in the loss
o. our dearly beloved husband and father,
Thomas Edmund Carson.
MRS. HELEN CARSON (widow),
CHARLES W. CARSON. LYDIA M CARSON,
FREDERICK T. CARSON, MRS. E. B.
NICHOLAS (chifdren).
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Back to Her Dock.

The Oceanic Steamship Company's
steamship Sierra, which has been lying
at the sugar refinery discharging a
cargo of sugar. returned to her regular
dock yesterday.
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NEWS OF THE OCEAN

The British steamer Beira ION Puget
Scund) was chartered prior TO arrival for
1our to two ports in Japan.
The British ship Pinnore (now at this
to Melbourne Adelaide at 37s Cd.
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MAKES RECORD
OF The COAST
Schooner Samar Sails From
Puget Sound to Redondo
in Fast Run of Five Days
GIVES PORT SURPRISE
Steamship Camosun, En-
Route From TroOn to Van
couver, Is Here for Repairs

The four-masted schooner Samar has
made what is supposed to be the quick
made the trip from Puget Sound to
Redondo in five days. loaded with a
big cargo Of lumber. The vessel is
three years old and has made several
smart runs before. She is owned by
Kirschman & Sanders.
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cay. except when there are but three r1ces as
sometimes occurs The heights given are in
addition to the soundings of the United States
Coast Survey Charts. except when minus (|
sign precedes the height. and then the number
given is subtracted from the depth given by
the charts. The plane Of reference is the mean
OF the lower low waters
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Cash Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO. May f3-Cash quotations were
as follows; Flour, strong winter patents.
81 5O05: straghts. So s094 80. bakers 50 20
az 40: No. 2 spring wheat. 9Sc6$1. No 2 red,
S5QS9%c: No. corn. 4915c; No 2 yellow,
50&c; No. oats. 30Ac: No. white. 82&c:
No. white. 301a 082Ac; No. 2 rye. 7S977c:
good feeding barley, 37@40c; fair to choice
mating. 4664531c: No. / haxseed. 81 %: No
Northwestern. 81 So prime timothy seed. So:
mess pork. per 56i sl2 1902 20: lard. per
So 0o97 121a; short clear sides (boxed).
s. 12h67 2s: whisky. basis OF high wines,
81 26: clover. contract grade. s12 00912 20.
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netained in stream.

The bark Gatherer, ready for sea and
lying in the stream, Is detained from
departing because of difficulty in get
ting a crew
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win Recetve visitors To-pay.

The italian war vessel Umbria will
be open for public inspection from to
6 O'Clock this afternoon. Launches will
leave every few minutes from the diff
ferent lighthouses on the water front.
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Algoa on Drydock.

The Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany's steamship Algoa went to the
drydock yesterday.
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Time Ball.

Branch Hydrographic Office. u s. N. Mer-
chants Exchange. San Francisco. Cal.
May Is. 1905.
The Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry
building was dropped exactly at noon to- day
l. e., at noon Of the 120th meridian, or at 8
p. m. Greenwich time. J. C. BURNETr
LieVtenant. y. s. N. in charge
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Butter. Cheese and Eggs.
CHICAGO. May 13.-On the Producs Ex-
change to-day the butter market was weak;
creanerfes. 22028c; dairtes. 18& GLE Egg
steady az mark. 14i5o Cheese sasys t28t3c
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cARD oF THANKs.

We herewith desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the San Francisco Schuetzen We
rein. Musicians Union and Walhalla Rebecca
Lodge. l. O. o. F., well as the many
sympathy, numerous tokens of kindness and
friendship and beautiful floral offerings dur
ing the sad hours Of our bereavement of our
loving son and brother Charles G. Akmann
MRS. CHRISTINE AKMANN AND FAM
lily
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Weather Renorf.
SAN ERANCrCty

The following are the seasonal rainfalls to
date compared with those OF same date last
season and rainfall In last q hours.
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Mernoranda.

LONDON May 12-Punta Arenas cables
Salvaxe Association May / In references to Br
strs,r Cur bal contracted temporary repairs;
maximum e29o0; time ~ days.
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Movement Of Steamers.

TO ARRIVE.
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J. II. FITZGERALD, sachem.

. ~, HIIAFF, 9, OF r.
California Circle No. IT'S ", O. w.-of-
hcers and members are requested to attend
the funeral OF our late neighbor, A. c. Ma
than from Masonic Temple. Post and Mont
gonery streets. at 1:55 p. m. to-day.
NJ ]. KATZ Clerk
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PARRY enee Piconso)-In this city May "a.
1870. Liyia Mary, dearly beloved wife OF
Addison "a. Parry ana daughter OF Mra
Juisa and the late Bzrtholo-aeo Piconso and
loving sister OF hrs. Chiappe and Iau-
renee ana the late John Piconso. a native OF
san Francisco, aged p years months and 1e
days.
RorH-ln this city May l3. 1905. Caesar Roth.
beloved son Of Rachel and the late Samuel
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01
THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL.

Gavin first gained prominence by de-
feating Grant Smith for the State
championship. He next challenged
Rell and beat the veteran in close
matches. MacGavin is modest young
fellow and a true sportsman. He has
wonderful staying qualities and pos
sesses perfect strokes. He developed at
the California Tennis Clubs courts,
this city. He is now journeying round
the world and expects to be in London
in time to play in the championship
events. He will contest against the
wonderfully clever Dougherty brothers
of England. We will probably lose
MacGavin, as he intends taking up
residence in South Africa.
The fame of the Sutton sisters is too
widespread to demand further exploit
alton, but, suffice it to say, little May
Sutton went to the Far East and up
held California against the best women
players in the country, bringing home
the championship.
Polo is game that can only be par
t.cipated in by wealthy men. In order
to play this rich-man's game one must
haye string of ponies and have a
doctor on your staff to attend you in
the event of injury. Down at Burlin-
game the Tobins. Walter Hobart, An
drew McCreery, Tom DrfscoIl and 9TH
ers are winning fame by daring work
on the polo field. Driscoll has oeen
playing wonderfully well this year and
is considered one of the foremost rtcy-
ers of the United States. While East
ne played with and against the Goulds
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journeyed to st. Louis and defeated
two men for the championship OF the
United States. Berger is only n years
Of age and weighs 1856 pounds. He has
been boxing five years and has been
getting bigger and stronger, and some
day Samuel may branch out, as did
Jim Corbett, and who knows-he may
be worlds champion. George Finnigan
also went to st. Louis and won the
bantam championship of the United
States.
Al Young of the Hawthorne Athletic
Club journeyed to st. Louis and de-
feated H. w. Spanger. the best man in
the tournament, for the welter-weight
championship of the country. Young
is natural fighter. He has been at 1t
five years and has had fifty-four bat
ties, with five decisions against him.
George Peterson of the Occidental
Athletic Club. Lew Powell of the Haw-
thorne Athletic Club, Johnny Grove.
Joe Carroll, Dick Hyland and Abe La
bel are saysndid fighters who pose as
amateurs, but who really are semi
professionals, as they take prizes val
ued over the figure set by the Amateur
Athletic Association. If these boys
trophies this State would annex every
amateur championship in the boxing
line.
Bowling has become so popular and
has so many devotees that it has it's
niche in sporting events. The greatest
bowler developed on this coast. and
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on ''home trainers These events have
become very exciting and have brought
out the best riders in the State. The
contest for the handsome trophy Of
fered by Judge Frank III. Kerrigan was
won by J. Trout of the California Cy-
cling Club, who broke the worlds rec
ord for one mile.
BOXING CHAMPIONS.
This State has turned out more fin
ished boxers than any in the country.
This is due to the fact that fstfc exhi-
bitions are permitted here. In this city
some alleged amateur club holds an ex-
hibitioli s.-cek1y and once az month
devotees of the manly art are given the
privilege of seeing the best men in the
world contest We can lay claim to
James j. Jeffries. because he is an
adopted son of California. He started
his ring career in this city and has
reached the top-he is champion heavy
weight of the world. Jimmy Britt OF
San Francisco is next in prominence.
Britt has moved them all down In the
feather weight and lightweight divi-
sions He won the championship from
Young Corbett by decision given him
by Referee Eddie Mervin Graney. He
might have annexed the lightweight
championship last October by defeat
ing Joe Cans, but he lost his head when
victory was in his palm and fouled the
colored man. frankie Neal, also of
this city, enjoyed the distinction of be-
ing the bantam weight champion OF the
world At an ill-advised moment he
was prevailed upon to cross to England
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ticn oftener than to any other aggre-
CATION:
In baseball the teams this season
were led by Mike Ffcher's Tacomas.
There we're six teams in the race and
the season was divided in half Ta-
coma, under the leadership of Charlie
Graham, "a Santa Clara College boy,
forged to the front and held a lead
and won the pennant. The winner oi
the second series was to play Taco
ma, but Tacoma again proved ! its
worth by winning the second half. 1t
was a nip and tuck race and the fans"
enjoyed fast baseball Many of the
players were drafted by the National
League. Tacoma's great showing was
due to the splendid pitching of OWE
Overall, fresh from the University of
California, and "Bobbie" Keefe, late
of Santa Clara College. Joe Corbett,
brother of the ex-champion boxer, was
engaged by Hank Harris and pitched
splendid ball. The Frisco team got in
to the running too late, although it
made Garrison" finish. Los Angeles
was a factor in the contest and gave
all the teams lot of heartaches. Jim
Morley spent lots of money in the hope
of winning the pennant, but failed. AL
though the baseball season closed in
the East some months ago, as late az
this day teams are contesting all over
the. State This. proves that our cli-
mate is the best in the world for ths
national game.
Tennis has been given a great i'm )
petus during the past twelve months
by reason of the free courts in Golden
Gate Park Each day the courts are
crowded with players and clever
racquet -wielders are being developed.
Tournaments have been held each Sun
day and the best players in the city
and vicinity have participated. But
the. player who stands foremost this
year is Drummond MacGavin~of the
University of California. Although
just % years OF age and out of college
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~ = OOtWear ~
For The
American Girl

tunes bronze shoes are extremely good
style, and so are brown suede. ALWAYS
with stockings to exactly match.
or course you can be very well dressA
ed by adhering to patent leather for ALI
daytime dress occasions, but for even
ing black or bronze slipper would
be inartistic dressing. and white.
though 1t can be worn with tinted
frocks. is only best style with white.
But quite as important as shoes to
match gowns are the stockings to
match shoes, and. there has never been
a season when such an. infinite variety
OF colored stockings were to be seen I'm
the shops.
Browns in every possible shade Of
onion skin, mahogany, and docque de
roche. tones; blues and purples: reds.
light and. dark and in all strawberry.
pond lily and watermelon tints, and
yellows. pale and oranges.
And newest of all. shaded stockings.
white at the hem and deep-toned at the
toe, and every shade of one color in
between; not bit good taste, but new
ertheless with some popularity.
The openwork stocking that was en-
stirely crowded out by the gauze-mesh
stocking last year. is coming In again
TINS winter, the openwork showing Ella
borate lace designs and frequently inset
with lace.
Ii Is still smart though eccentric 20
nave monogram on the left instep.
And just at this season of outdoor
sports college girls and schoolgirls fire.
quently embroider the flag of their
brothers college on the instep Of a silk
stocking. Or sweetheart's initials in
his college colors adorn silk instep.
And all this colored silk embroidery
on stockings, and also the craze for col
ored hosiery, brings up the tormenting
question of laundering without losing
color or luster. The ordinary process of
boiling and rubbing means ruined hosi-
cry of the delicate sort
Indeed, so heavy can the loss be from
careless washing of fine stockings that
great many girls do up their own,
just as they do their laces and table
embroideries. Their plan is to use warm
water made soft with borax and soapy
with CASTLE soap. First they soak the
stockings for half an hour IN cold borax
water, four teaspoonfuls 10 a pail of
water. Then into pail of water that
has just boiled Is shaved quarter of
a cake of soap with tablespoonful of
borax.
The stockings are rubbed few min
utes by hand, rinsed twice in cold
water and let drip dry in the shade.
Out Of doors in the wind is best, but
surely out OF the sun. All Of this means
not each laundering. And it's worth
the trouble If you want to follow the
tad for pretty hosiery.
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THERE are no women of any
country that dress the feet as
prettily as American girls do. In
i fact no women who have such
pretty feet to dress.
Spanish women have tiny feet, but
they are too short and broad for real
beauty. And French women, by some
mysterious process, always wear small
shoes. no matter what size foot they
have.
But the foot of the American girl,
which is as famous as her wit and
beauty, is always small enough to .ex-
actly suit her slender, thoroughbred
build, is exquisitely modelled, rarely
(nowadays) pinched, and dressed with
the utmost taste. appropriately for
every occasion.
1t was this side of the Atlantic that
women started the fad for the stout,
mannish cut of shoe for street and
country sports, and it took the Ameri-
can girl to first refuse to play tennis
in French heels.
This doesn't mean that English girls
have not worn big calfskin shoes al
ways a lot, and frequently inappro-
priately. Every one knows the Brit
ish girls propensity-just the reverse
of the French-for wearing shoes that
make her feet look large even if they
chance to be small. But their stout
boots are coarse in texture and. common
i'm cut, while though the American girl
uses for heavy wear heavy boots, they
are of the smartest cut, the most fiex-
ible material and while never tight al
over the joint and snug up under the
instep.
For a while she did make it a little
bit of fad to accentuate the mannish-
ness of her boots, her soles were use-
lcssly wide and thick, but even then
carefully fitted and most swagger in
cut and finish. But this season her
street boots are just heavy enough
for protection, no useless weight. and
as perfect in make as her dancing
slipper.
Her outdoor shoes, high and low. are
of calfskin, softly dressed, or OF dom
COLA kid, or dull-finish leather. For
nice street wear shoes are a little more
pointed at the toe and with Cuban
heels, of patent or enameled leather
For home wear, for afternoon recep-
tions, for evening. shoes may this year
match the costume, and for dancing
they must. White and pink and yellow
suede or dull kid for dancing slippers.
or lace over satin, or painted satin are
best form.
With many varieties Of brown Co.'S
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probably the best in the country, is
Harry Leap. 1t was he who introduced
the game of ten pins as it is played to-
day in this city. He is the organizer
and captain of the champion Eugene
team. This team has defeated the best
teams on the coast. 1t is composed Of
Leap, Thorpe and Shave. When the
all-American trio visited this city last
year the Eugene team was pitted
against them and the visitors won out
by few pins. Leap made the phe-
nomenal average of 226 in the five
games. Leap has won so many prizes
and so many championship events that
his presence in g. contest scares or all
competitors. Hs is the first bowler to
use the curve ball on this coast.
Thanks to the teaching of Sidney
Cavill, the Olympic Club has developed
worlds champions in J. Scott Leary
and Frank Galley. These two were
sent to st. Louis two months ago and
although prostrated by the terrific
heat, succeededin bringing home a num-
Der of medals. Leary mas held the
American records for 100. SO and 20
yards. He swan 100 yards in 1:031k; so
yards in % seconds fiat and 20 yards
in 10 seconds. Leary swan q dead
heat with Hollamy. the Hungarian
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and meet kid" Bowfer. The latter
wrested the championship by a hair
lire decision. Neal was at a disadyan-
tage because the referee would not per-
NIT him to wade in, as Is the style in
this country Bowker, who is as clever
as Critic, was able to cutpoint frankie.
They will be matched again and 1t is
safe to say that If the battle comes of
in America the little Californian will
regain his lost laurels.
Al Ahrens of this city invaded Eng
land with philadelphia" Jack OBrien
and before Al returned he had an
nexed the Awelter and middle weight
championships of England to his belt
AL NeilI journeyed to Australia q few
months ago, and to the surprise of his
friends. who believed AL had shot his
bolt, he won the middle weight cham
pionship of Australia.
Our amateur boxers have also won
fame. Sam Berger, the crack heavy
weight boxer of the Olympic Club