The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27

il an air OF plausibity. Most of remember
certain notorious fakes, but the statement as
whole is quite untrue and unjust.
THE BATTLE ON THE BARGE
This New York writer's remarks reminds me OF
the famous battle fought by Jim Corbett and Joe
Choynsk on barge in the bay, which was GER
tainly no fake, and the bloodiest night ever
pulled off in this neighborhood. Bob Vernon, the
we'll known sporting writer, tells this story OF how
that fight came about:
was in Frisco when that match made.
would you believe it? Yes, in the barroom OF the
old Baldwin annex and a bunch OF us were there
talking things. when Joe Choynskis brother,
who the gang, resented some remark
that Jim had made. Jim reached over and slapped
Choynski in the face with his glove and told him
to beat it
Mr. Choynski did beat it, and few minutes later
returned with his brother, Joe, who at that time
was Corbetts rival in the lighting game
Well, sir, in second that place resembled
riot, Jim trying to get at Joe, and vice versa
They agreed finally to fight the thing out on the
private. and then and there made the match for
the barge fight which resulted in a victory for
Corbett after grueling battle.
Ii am not mistaken Corbett and Choynski were
both amateurs in the game at that time and one
ii not both were members OF the Olympic club
POLITICS AND PRIZE FIGHTING
don't believe John Herget ever faxed fight
and | recall the day when with his back to the
wall at Shell Mound park he stood off and worsted
in succession or all at once half dozen big steve
dores, one OF whom had made an insulting remark
to woman 1t would be an awful comedown should
they send him to congress in place OF Julius Kahn
it's bad enough to be supervisor.
$500 POLICE COMMISSIONERS
One learns with interest that Battling Mac has
expressed himself in the sense that ..ths thing OF
being mayor is not all beer and skttles.2 OF
course, he used elegant language, but try
to convey the idea. Among the penalties and per-
plexties of high station may be noted the fact
that there were $500 members of the Mccarthy
busnessmens association and Tom Dillon says
they all wanted to be police commissioners.
"Our attention has been called, says the mayor
by way OF exordum his we'll merited rebuke for
disobedient supervisors who had presumed to have
unauthorized opinions about Spring Valley. This
is the language of kings. Upon what meat does
this our Caesar feed?
A municipal censorship OF opinion TO conhne the
vagrant fancies OF official minds will be enforced
by public rebuke when the offense comes under
"our attention.
BROWNING AT THE BEACH
A. correspondent who has sense OF humOr as
we'll as feeling for style sends me some observa-
tions on the strange psychological effects of the
San Francisco climate in this wise;
The writer who from forbdding cline
and is visitor in your city, in search OF enter
tainnlent had an agreeable surprise in for
him. on a recent weekday afternoon, when he
visited your celebrated ocean beach, and there
while unauenctabe small boys (likewise dogs
shouted in the sand, discovered a party OF ladies
seated on the warm white sands with crocheting
in lap while of their number read aloud
what do you thnk?-Mr- Browning
The circumstance might be a happening
anywhere but under dazzling afternoon in
February seems only ordinary diversion for your
ladies' and adds fresh charm to your beautiful
new CITY Browning the sands in February!
Can you beat that, Boston?
FANTASTIC AMBITIONS
The neighborlood OF melancholy ocean breeds
strange fances and lofty ambitions. When | came
to California years ago met who was dis
coursing. on the soft job that OF his friends
had struck
Why he exclaimed as he hit the bar with the
bottom OF his glass, ~he gets S. day to blow the
horn that makes the seals bark at the Cliff house
Say, it's snap.
1t takes all kinds to make California.