The San Francisco call., 1908-05-11
Amateurs Will Box
For Navy Men

The first of the boxing entertain
navy will be held tonight in the Audi
torium. Fillmore and Page streets.
The bouts will be between the picked
amateurs of the coast and the contests
are sure to be exciting. The bouts will
be held under the direction OF the ath-
letic officials of the Olympic club with
Matt A. Harris as referee. n. ]. Prem
dergast boxing commissioner OF the
club, will be the master of ceremonies.
Trophies have been provided in each
class by the fleet reception committee
In addition to the regular trophies
there will be cup presented by Van
derslice & Co., which will go 10 the
boxer making the best showing during
the tournament. This will be a difn-
cult matter to decide, as feather
weight and a heavy weight may each
distinguish himself in their respective
classes
The finals of the various classes will
be held Wednesday night. AT the same
time there will be four bouts between
men of the navy who rank as anna
teurs Admission to the boxing will
be by invitation.
The boxers who are to compete to-
night must appear at the Olympic club,
Post street, between 5:5o.and p. m.
when Drs. NJ R. Gibbons. NJ. Z, Bus
well and L. G. Bacigalupi Will examine
them as required by city ordinance.
Joe Grim, the iron man, will be af-
forded an opportunity tomorrow night
of pitting against the strength and hit
ting power OF AL Kaufman, who has
reputation as a puncher. II Grim is as
successful as fighter as he Is as
speech maker he should make kauf-
man show lot of speed to take down
his number. Whenever the opportunity
affords Grim makes speech and tells
of his intention OF doing Kaufman
great bodily harm IL it lies within his
power. He made his usual speech yes
terday after he had boxed three rounds
with Eddie Krusa, his sparring partner.
He expects TO knock out Kaufman. but
he may change his ideas In the matter
when he sees the bulk of Kaufman in
the ring.
The followers of boxing do not take
Sam Berger's announcement seriously
that he will pit Abe Attell against Joe
Cans In June. The announced weight
is 1913 pounds. This would indicate
that Attell looks upon Battling Nelson
as a more formidable opponent than
Cans. as he made Nelson do 1872 pounds
Wnen Iney met ItC6Hlly- POSSIBLY IHc
colored champion was more approach
able than Nelson. Attell tried to come
to an understanding with the latter In
the office OF Sam Berger. by which they
were to box Is easy rounds and get
the money without Abe getting his
hair ruffied.
Nelson refused to entertain any prop
osition and the result was that Attell
had to fight his best when they met
in the ring. Attell would be giving
away IL pounds to Cans. The latter
also has an advantage of more than
three inches in reach and the same in
height.
Unholz who is expected to provide
the first of the easy matches for Cans.
is about the same stature as Attell, but
he is heavier. The betting indicates
what is thought OF his chances. as Cans
is a 1 to 5 public choice. There is no
Unholz money, SO the betting price
might as readily be 100 to /. The
"Boer'' might amuse under certain
conditions, but when promoter an
nounces seriously that he is hGhting
for the championship the joke is on the
promoter. When the hard hitting Cans
gets into action there will be some
decided changes In the "Boer's" pic
ture face. Unholz has the best OF the
business end of the arrangements. as
both he and his manager have been
given substantial guarantees. Cans Is
to receive a percentage of the receipts
which. from present appearances, will
not reach a large sum.