The San Francisco call., 1913-07-17
NJ 'ALL|STER AND
PETROsKEY TO co
Middle Weights Sign Up
and Will Meet in Ring
August 8

The long talked of twenty round
match between Sailor Petroskey.
champion middle weight of the United
States navy, and Bob McAllister. the
former pride of the Olympic club, was
clinched yesterday afternoon. The men
agreed to go on under the auspices
of Promoter Jim Coffroth, at the
Eighth street arena, on the evening
of August s. They will weigh in at
$50 pounds at o'clock and Jim Grif-
fin of North beach will be the third
man in the ring.
This looks to be about, the best
middle weight match on the list. Both
men are well known to all the patrons
of the game and there has been a
long standing desire to see them hook
up. Each has claimed that the other
ran out on him, but they can not offer
this excuse any more, for they are
duly signed up and they must face
the music at the appointed hour.
The tar and the clubman represent
the opposite types of performers. The
former is a: rough and ready mixer
who knows nothing about the scientific
end of the game. The latter is
polisher boxer, who has been dubbed
1.-The second Jim Corbett.n Thus far
he has shown everything but the
punch.
Both men learned the game in this
city McAllister was the idol of the
famous winged 90" and proved a wiz
ner in every amateur tournament, held
during the last couple of years When
he was in the amateur ranks he in
variably knocked his men out, and up
to the time that he turned professional,
Bob had never gone further than four
rounds.
McAllister has had three professional
fights. He won his first by jabbing
the dangerous Willie Meehan all over
the Oakland ring for 10 rounds. Then
he beat Paddy LAWN, an easterner, in
four rounds. His last start was with
Sailor Grande, whom he also shaded in
four periods.
The sailor has been in the game here
for the last five years, during which
time he has taken on all corners with
out fear. He started out like very
ordinary performer, but he proved
good, consistent worker, and he fought
his way to the top of the heap by sheer
gameness and grit. His only impor-
tant defeat was at the hands of Frank
Klaus, who got a 20 round decision.
The coming battle means the elimi
nation of one of the men from the
ranks of the middle weight contenders.
The winner will have a license to go on
With Minus, E1uule McOOOrIy or Mike
Gibbons, and the chances are that such
match will be made here within a
few weeks.
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Arthur Pelkey and his manager,
Tommy Burns are due to arrive in this
city today. According to advices from
the northwest, Pel1ey will be in line
to meet any of the heavy weights now
before the public. He says that he
prefers to fight and will duck the stage
as soon as a match is offered him.
Charley Miller. the local white hope
will be the first man to challenge the
conqueror of McCarty upon his arrival.
Miller is the best big man on the coast,
and compares favorably with any of
them in the business, and he really is
entitled to a crack at the latest heavy
weight sensation.
Coffroth has practically promised
Gunboat Smith a go with Pelkey on
Labor day, but the gunner must first
make good against Jim Flynn, whom
he meets in New York in couple of
weeks. If Smith fails to show his class
against Flynn, then Miller will go on
with Pelkey.