The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01
Surprise Is in Store
for Calzfornla's
Adheyeng.

The gymnasium of the Olympic Club is
as full of life and action these days as
the three rings in Bailey & Barnums 8
circus. Quiet youths from the far East
with aggressive looking shoulders ant
bulging muscles are gathering there TO
prepare for the American boxing cham
pionships which will be decided next week
in Mechanics Pavilion.
If any Californian boxers think they
will retain the championships on this
coast without struggle they would bet
ter awake from their day dreams. There
are some of the neatest boxers and hard
est hitters among the Eastern contingent
seen here in many days. 1t is a foregone
conclusion they will be popular with the
spectators.
BY curious coincidence three of the
boys have their prototypes in the profess
sional ring. Robert Gresham of st.
Louis could be palmed off on almost any
body as Terry McGovern. Oliver Kirk is
a miniature of Kid Mccoy from the
top of his dark curly head down to his
feet. He Is built on the most graceful
of lines and has a clever style. He is
ll5-pound man and won that class at ST.
Louis, beating Firnigan, who went out
of his class to meet him. Kirk then went
out of his class and won the 125-pound
championship.
star in the 145-pound class. He is built
on the lines of Tom Sharkey. and is at
once a comedian and an acrobat. He was
bubbling over with animal spirits in the
Olympic Club gymnasium yesterday,
turning fipfaps and twisters when he
was not boxing wrestling.
Maurice Schneider. who comes from the
far-famed Kerry Patch district in st.
Louis, is expected to make a hit with the
cnQPfQfnrq He hoc olQVan fights in
the past six months, and can hit like a
steamhammer. He is an aggressive little
boxer of the bulldog type, and keeps an
opponent guessing.
: Joe Lydon also from st. Louis, will
make the lightweights step lively. He is
a tremendous hitter, and his hands show
the effect of his work. This is his only
weak point. He is an all-around athlete.
being fast sprinter and weightputter.
Roger Cornell, the Olympic Club trainer.
will aid Tommy Sullivan and the other
handlers of the Eastern men in getting
them ready for their engagements. The
boxers all arrived here in excellent condi-
ton and need only to be kept on edge.
Cornell has already laid out the following
schedule for his charges: Arise at a. m.,
breakfast at 7:30, road work in the park
at 10, luncheon at IL and gymnasium work
at o'clock. This morning the Eastern
DOyS Will leave the clubhouse dI o.0U,4 go
ing to the Cliff House by electric car.
They will spend short time on the beach
and will then walk in through the park
to- the clubhouse. In the afternoon they
will visit the training camp of the Olym
pic boys at Larkspur.
The bouts for the championships will
be three rounds of three minutes dura-
tion, with the usual one-minute interval
for rest The referee has the power to
order an extra round If necessary. This
is not done unless the judges disagree.
The final bout which decides the cham
pionship in each class will consist of
two three-minute rounds and one of four
minutes.
The following are the records of the
boxers who came all the way from Bos-
ton to compete in the tournament:
Coleman F. MCGOWAN. 125 pounds, won
from the following boys this season in
bouts held at the Boston Athletic Asso-
citation: James Jones, three rounds; AL
Murray three rounds Joseph Sweeney,
three rounds: Eddie Daniels. three
rounds: Frank All Chung. three rounds;
Thomas Rawson, four rounds; Charles
RaedeI. four rounds.
Thomas r. Rawson. 115 pounds, won
the following bouts all in three rounds:
Beat Sam Ross, national 115-pound cham
pion; Pat Cunningham (twice), Matty
Wash, Al Bates, Joseph Trainer and Ed
die Daniels.
Hugh McKinnon las pounds, in addi-
ton to winning the national 145-pound
championship last year. won by default
at Chicago recently, two boys having
weighed in and then refused to meet
him. He has not lest bout this sea-
son nor had the least trouble in win
ming He has won from the following
boys this year Fred Gould, Albert
Hickey. Joseph Hurley. Joseph Lawless
iNew York;
The public sale of seats will continue
today at the Olympic Club. To accom-
modate those who cannot go to the club
house on Post street ticket sale will
be opened tomorrow at Harry Corbett's. s.