The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1396. XING UP A INISH FIGHT., A Corbett-Sharkey Battle for $10,000 a Side to Be Settled To-day. SHARKEY THREATENS TO WHIP CORBETT ON THE STREET. The Champion Tells How It Hap- pened-=Denial of a Story That the Fight Was Fixed. The name Sharkey was uttered by thou- sands of tongues yesterday. He, the man who really bested Corbett, the world’s champion pugilist, in four rounds, was the hero of the hour. His star is now in the zenith. He appeared at the Palace Hotel last night and was followed by a crowd as full of mute admiration as any that ever fol- lowed Corbett. The public opinion around town yester- day was that Sharkey ought to have had a decision the night before and that he had the best of the fight. This the champion himself, especially the part of it exclusive of the decision, practically admits. He admits that shrimp salad and French din- ners are no menu for a prize-fighter in traming. Such is the state of admiration around | town for the sailor lad that he can get all the money he wants to back him in any kind of a cont est with Corbett. There is a quartermaster in that part of the Pa- cige squadron of the United States navy now down at Santa Cruz who wants to put up $10,000 on him. The story cropped out yesterday that the whole battie was a *‘fake’’ fixed up as a necessarv prelud e to an Eastern sparring tour of the principals. This Sharkey ve- hemently denied in an interview, and if he can’t get another fight with Corbett ne threatens to lick him on the street. James J. Corbett and Dan Lynch, repre- senting Thomas Sharkey, met yesterday ana held two conferences in regard to having a finish nght between the princi- pals. They arranged to meet at noon to-day to come to a final agreement, sign articles and post $2500 forfeit for a fight to a finish for $10,000 a side and the largest purse offered. It is proposed to fight in Mexico or any- where else except South Africa inside of six months, Marquis of Queensbery rules to govern. e FOR A FINISH FIGHT. Principals and Backers WIIl Maet To-Day to Arrange One for $10,000 a Side. When at the close of the contest in the Pavilion Corbett congratulated Sharkey on his excellent wrestling gualities this additional - conversation took place be- tween them: “I'm just as good a fizhter as you are and I can whip vou,” said Sharkey. “You can’t 1n 100 years,” was Corbett’s reply. “I can whip you in a finish fight for $10,000,” added Sharkey. Then Corbett drew nearer. Raising the index finger of his right hand to em- phasize his words he said: “*Remember, now, Sharkey; don’t say what you don’t mean. If you'll put up & side bet of $10.000 I'll give you a chance for a finish fight with me. But youwll bave to put up the dough or it don’t go.” In no way abashed Sharkey retorted: “P'll put it up all right if you witl. 1l see you to-morrow.” Well, Sharkey did not see Corbett, yes- terday, but his representative, Danny Lynch, did. It was just the same and perhaps better as business more than reminiscences was talked of and settled. Lynch first saw Corbett at the St. Nicho- las Hotel in the morningand they decided to meet in the afternoon at 4 o'clock at Harry Corbett’s place on Ellis street to arrange for the prospective match. It was subsequently decided that a more retired place would afford beuter facilities for uninterrupted conversation and the hotel was again sought. Corbett and Lynch, a dozen friends and the newspaper men were present at the conference. “I understand Sharkey wants to fight me to a finish; is that so!"” asked the champion. “That is right,” answered Lynch. “I NEW TO-DAY. A bottle at hand and |\ a dose in \ time has saved thousands of people from thousands of *‘sick-spells.” This preparation is no secret. It is to-day what it was 75 years ago—the best preparation of gin- ger it is possible for man to make. Itis made by the FRED BROWN CO0., Philadelphia. Ask for it at your druggists. Remember the J;h—‘ bottle at hand and a dose e, am here to speak in behalf of Sharkey and to arrange for a finish fight with you for $5000 a side if you care to meet him." “[ want to meet him, all right,” said Corbett, “but he'll have to put up more money than thai. He will have to put ulp $10,000. If Sharkey don’t want that I will post $10,000 and challenge any man in the world. I had to dothat when I challenged Sullivan and I don’t see why Sharkey should not do so with me.” Lynch was not long in deciding, but he preceded his decision with an inquiry that indicated his disbelief in Corbett’s sin- cerity. “‘Now, Corbett,”’ he said, ‘‘do you really mean you'll fight Sharkey for $10,000 a side?” “Iao,” the champion replied. “Well, how much forfeit do you want down? Will $1000 do, or do you want more?”’ . | “My experience with Fitzsimmons has made me dead careful. I want a good, heavy forfeit deposited right from the jumyp » “You needn’t be afraid,’”’ put in Lynch. “This won’t be a case of Fitzsimmons. Sharkey isn’t afraid of you; he demon- strated that last night.”” ‘‘How ?”’ asked Corbett. “By fighting you for four rounds.” “Yes, how did he fight me? He threw me down, bounced me about the ring and | wrestled both the referee and me to the | floor.” Lynch was anxious to get further into business and he interrupted the cham- plon’s train of argument. make this match with you for §10,000—"" Before he could proceed any further Corbett interrupted: “Here,” he said, “I want to know if it is true that Sharkey said what was pub- | lished in the morning papers, that I clinched as much as he did.” ‘I don't know what he said to the news- paper men; but to be candid with you I will say that he told me you fought — foul,” stated Lynch. “I'd like to ask that of Sharkey him- self,” Corbett rejoined, “‘because [ want to know."” “What difference could his answer make?” asked Lynch. “Would it inter- fere in any way with the signing of arti- cles in this case?” “Yes, it would. If he said that, we'll sign articles barring clinching. We'll | break when ordered by the referee, and the man who don’t do it will lose the fight.” “All right, are you ready for the match? Sharkey is.” “Yes, I'll bet $10,000,”” said Corbett, “I can beat him in any kind of a match. We will fight for the largest purse to be ob- tained in America or Mexico, but I bar Johannesburg. 1 dou’t want any South Africa in mine. You can rest assured I'll be ready to fizht under the management that will offer us the most money. Sharkey can leave his interests with me in that respect.”’ “That’s all right, Mr. Corbett,” said Lynch. ‘““We must now agree upon a tem- porary stakeholder. As a matter of fact, I am even willing to have the permanent stakeholder selected here. I will agree to put up not over $2500 immediately upon signing the articles of agreement, $2500 more later on, and eventually the remain- ing $5000. This being settled, when do you‘erobose the fight shall come off ?” “Within six months. It will take a month anyhow before we get an offer of a good purse, Leave that to me,”” saia Cor- bett with a knowing smile. “I know where I can get a good purse. But I want it understood that we are to tight Marquis of Queensberry rules, not the rules ob- served last night.” “Never mind that, Mr. Corbett,” said Lynch. “I will say right herethat I don’t want anything but what is sauvare and fair. You will find no trouble either with Sharkey or with me. Just as I doina horserace I will do in this, the judge’s decision to be final.” ki “As I am lisble to be clear across the country in a short time I want all details for this affair settled and well understood now.’’ said the champion. “That is exactly the thing,”’ came from Lynch. *I want the articles signed before you leave. We must make the original deposit as a forfeit with a iemporary stakeholder, and as I know a lot of good people East that you also kuow I think it won’t be hard for us to settle on the final stakeholder there if you do not want to name one here.” Corbett could think of nothing else. It was decided that each side would pro- duce articles of agreement to-day at noon, discuss matters and try to agree. “Iwant to tell you something, Lynch,” Corbett said in the way of opening up more discussion. ‘I made arrangements for a tight with Fitzsimmons, and then all his money was attached. I don’t thirk the same will be the case with you. I want it understood that I am not going to be a fool again and leave §10,000 tied up for a year like I have done. I will not wait a minute after the time the deposits are to be made, but will claim forfeits when they are due. Another thing is that, regard- less of what anybody says, this fight will be for the stakes, purse and champion- ship of the world. Lam still the cham- pion, technically and actually. -I bave had a deposit of $1000 for six months in Chicago to fight Fitzsimmons and he has refused to cover it.”’ “Don’t be afraid on the money end of this, Mr. Corbett,” said Lynch. “Sharkey has $5000 of his own money to go up on this fight, and outside of that will see that the $10,000 isthere. I don’t suppose you care whose morey you are fighting against. “No, that is all right,” said Corbett. “But I'll tell you something eise I've just thought of. Sharkey must not fight any- body else, or enter into a limit:d contest between now and thedate of our meeting.” “Will you bind yourself in the same way ?”’ asked Lynch. “No; why should I? I am chanipion and have a right to do as I please. But I don’t think you guite understand me. I mean that if he entersinto a contest be- tween now and the time of his fight with e, and gets defeated, the whole thing is off. Idon’t think, however, that he will be so foolish, for he can make a heap more money showing now, after the reputation I have given him, than he could make fighting and takinfi chances.” Lynch agreed with the champion, and they parted each assuring the other of his intention of signing articles of agreement “Now, I'll tell you,” he broke in, “I'll’ and having $2500 to deposit as a forfeit at noon to-day. Sharkey already has an invitation to try to become an actor. He will make his dramatic debut at the Alcazar Theater this evening, in a set-to with Danny Needham in “The Cross-Roads of Life,” and will appear also Saturday and Sunday evenings. —_— HOW IT HAPPENED. Corbett Says His Neck Was Full of Shrimp Salad and His Stomach Sick. A couple of slignt abrasions of the face, a lacerated rizht knee and a contusion of the right hip are the outward evidences of James J. Corbett’s meeting with Thomas Sharkey. Away down deep, however, somewhere under the left side of his vest, there 1san awful sore. Itis, of course, less physical than sentimental, but it hurts and hurts dreadfully. Corbett remained in his rooms at the St. Nicholas Hotel all of yesterday, where many of his disappointed friends called upon him to learn how it was he had not annihiliated the obscure sailor lad. “I fought like a Chinaman,” the cham- pion declared, “and I have come to the conclusion that a man can’t train on French dinners when he’s going to fight. *Do you know what was the matter with me? I just simply underestimated the man I was going to meet. I want to give him all the credit due himj; don’t for- get thai. He 1s a wonderfully powerful man, and can stand more than any one 1 ever saw. He is game all through, but he is the foulest fighter that ever stepped into the ring. ‘te disregarded all the rules under which we were supposed to be fighting, and he bounced me about the ring giving me hiplocks and throwiniz me around as if he Liad a hold of a brawling sailor in a barroom fight. ’ **As I told you, I was not in condition to meet such a powerful man, so as to stop him in four rounds. I was carried away with the fact that I had a California audience about me, hundreds being my own personsl friends. My father and brother Harry were right back of me, and I wanted to sbow myself to good ad- vantage. I believed I could go at almost any gait and stand four rounds of it, but I found I was mistaken. “In the first two rounds Sharkey kept his head covered by his right forearm, and swung his left, sawing theair. I should have allowed him to keep doing this until he changed his tactics. Atall events, I never should have punched him while he was so protected. But I wanted to spurt, as I said before, and the pace told on me. “When I went to my corner after the second round, I told Delaney, ‘Billy, I feel that last shrimpsalad up in my neck. My stomach is going back on me.” “In the fourth round, when Sharkey fired me over his hip and knocked down the referee, who fell on my chest, Carr said distinctly, ‘I give this fight to Corbett on a foul.” I then turned toward Delaney for him to get up on the platform and claim the fight. When Delaney tried to jump up, Captain Wittman grabbed ana pulled him back. “‘Maybe you don’t think that fall I got, with the referee landing on my stomach, was a dandy. It just ssmply knocked the starch out of me. 1t would have done as much to any man, let alone one with an already nauseated stomach. “But, as { told Sharkey, he is no fighter, and I am ready and anxious to go him again four, six, eicht or ten rounds, or to a finish, for $10,000 a side. “The next time I meet Sharkey it will be a different thing entirely. I know my man now, and I won’t monkey with him. He is good enough for me or anybody else to train for properly. “My financial end of the business was all right. I got my 50 per cent. amounting to exactly $7063,”" conclude the champion, AR o WILL LICK HIM SURE. Sharkey Says W:; He Wil Do to Corbett to Please the Public. Thomas Sharkey, the hero of the hour, spent some of his time and hard-earned coin last eveping leaning over the Palace Hotel bar. At best the now famous sailor lad is not handsome. But, with a right eye made black and blue by Corbett’s punches, a few abrasidns on the forehead and cheeks, also a swollen red nose, he was in ill keep- ing with the rich and tasty surreundings. Sharkey was not drinking. He never drinks as drinking 1s usually understood. He might take a small glass of beer, which would drive an ordinary seaman crazy for more, but he never touches hard liguor. He was smoking a large cigar with evident delight and was entertaining an admiring throng. Sharkey is not one of those fighters who are full of mysterv. He hasno *“Coupsde Jarnac” is reserve, and he is as free as the air with all he knows and feels. He rehearsed, his battle with Corbett all over again for his friends, and also told them what he expected to do with the champion when they next meet in the ring. ‘ Incidentally Sharkey displayed his high regard for the dear public. “They are my friends,” he said. *“The; showed it last night, Everybody knows can whip Corbett, and he knows it, too. ~T am trying to make a finisn-fight agree- ment with him, and you canjust bet that1 will fetch it on. There will be no monkey work with me like there was with Fitz- simmons, “If Corbett tries it with me I'il meet him on the stree: and lick him anyhow just to ple ase the public.” e “ALL CUT AND DRIED.” The Coming Match Said to Be a Purely Advertising Scheme for Both. There is an ugly feature cropping up in this whole Corbett-Sharkey matier. Whether right or wrong, it is spoken of in whispers among that inner clique con- sisting mainly of bettihg men, bookmak- ers and the like, They are the very men who are likely to know of crooked work being done, but, on the other hand, they are the ones best cal- culated to spread damaging rumors for motives of their own. “This match Corbett and Sharkey are trying to makeis a cooked-up job,” wgs the exprassion of belief volunt eered to a CaLw reporter yesterday, & The speaker said the same thingin re- gard to the matter the day previous a few hours before the Corbelt-glnrkey fight took place. The statement he made then was that Sharkey would make a great showing, and with the reputation he would gain by standing Corbett off, the latter and he could make capital galore in the future. ‘1 have seen their contract,” was as- serted in & most positive way. *‘They signed it a day or two ago, and it calls for their going on a tour as sparring partners, or in working up a big purse for a fizht to a finish.” It is certain that matters have turned out in such a way as to give color to the statement. In speaking on the subject, however, Sharkey yesterday said: . “Thatis not true. There's nothing in it. I never made any such agreement, and 1 have no contract in my ket or posses- sion. If thereis any such arrangement it has yet to be made.” I'd rather meet Cor- bett in a fight toa finish than tour the country with him.” SHARKEY INCENSED. He Is Extremely Anxious to Have Another Go With Corbett to a Finish. “Yes,”” remarked Sharkey emphatically, “I want & rest now worse than anything 2lse, and then I intend to get a finish fight with Corbett, if I can. I will him or Fitzsimmons, or any one el in the ring to-day, as soon as I get a little rest, 5 “You want to remember that I have had no rest for nearly three years, simply because I have met all comers. I am tired of training all the time. After a couple of months I will fight any of them, outside of a nigger. Don’t want any ‘colored’ gentlemen in mine,” he con- cluded. Sharkey was asked how much he would make out of this fight. He said he was unable to tell, as all that business was left to his backer. The amount is com- monl{ supposed to approximate $3000. On einé asked if he got in any telling blows on Corbett his countenance lighted up with a grim smile. A “Well, you can just gamble I did,” he replied. “I gave him more than he gave me.’ **What was the hardest blow you struck Corbett during the fight ?” ““The time I knocked him over against the ropes was about the hardest thump, I think. Tben I gave him a pretty stiff punch in the jaw—the time he fell. That was a peach.” “Did Corbett come up to your expecta- tions in the tight?” “Oh, yes; he was fully as scientific as I expected fiim to be. But, then, you know,” he added, with an injured air, “the public is inclined to give me no credit for being clever myself at all. Hang it, I have as much science as any of them. Haven’t I fought the most scientific men in the world, among them being Choynski and Greggains? And now oughtn’t my showing with Corbett to convince them tbat I am no slouch ? “You can just bet,” he went on, ‘“‘that there are no flies on Thomas Sharkey, if he does say it himseli. Corbett didn’t hit me in the month once, while I banged kim there three times, one alter the other. ‘“Ihe only blows he hit me were after the breakaways. I promised, at his re- quest, to break like a gentleman, and stuck to the promise, Ialways fight fair—for instance, the way I fought Williams: Cor- bett said, ‘Break away nice, now,’ and the first time we broke he Janded on my eye. “Well, just wait until I get another chance at him—say in a finish contest or anything over ten rounds—and then—"" The sailor lad paused with lowering brow and set lips in ominous silence. ‘“Woe be unto Corbett next time we meet,”’ is what the expression said more plainly than words. *Now Fitzsimmons is in England and Corbett signifies his intention of going there to meet him. I guess I cangive him all the fun he wants for awhile on this side. There is just one more thing I want to say here, and that is: Of all the foul fizhters under the sun Corbett stands un- rivaled. 1f we ever meet again I will do him up.” e IN A BATH ROBE. Sharkey Receives Visitors Notwith= standing a Red and Black Eye. The sailor lad received scores of visit- ors. yesterday in a bathing robe. He was taking a post-graduate course of sweats and various batas and long inter- missions of rest at the Hammam. Per- sons who want to see Sharkey now must send in their cards or their names. Before the battle he was open to all, but is a little more exclusive now. But this does not mean that the sailor lad’s bat is getting too small for him. He is just as reserved as ever in his manner, but he is now inclined to do a little more talking. He has met the champion and found that he is not such a great man as he thought. Consequently he feels more self-confidence and more like asserting himself. Sharkey has a bad right eye from the jab that Corbett gave him in one of the breakaways. The leeches, put on the night before, did not bring ail the relief ex- pected, and yesterday the color of the injured optic was deeper. But pugilists do not mind a black eye, especially after a well-fought battle, ana that is not the reason that he is staying indoors. He is simply resting, and when he gets ready he will walk out_before the world, perhaps to-day. Considering the circumstances, thisis a case where a black eyeis not a source of humiliation, but perhaps an honor. e WON’T FIGHT MAHER YET. Sharkey Says Corbett Promised Him Money If He Would Quit. At the baths yesterday Sharkey told a remarkable story of the champion be- seeching him during the fight to quit and promising him a consideration if he would do it. He said that in the last round Corbett in a clinch said to him, “Quit, Tom, quit, and I will make it all right for you.” “This made me hot,” said the sailor Iad, “and I fougnt ail the meore savagely. Corbert was dead tired and I could not shake him off. He held his left arm around my neck and I was powerless to do anything, as I could not get away from him. Finally I did masbnage to break away, and as I turned to smash himin the face he grabbed me again around the neck and tried to choke me. Thisis what ne calls fair fighting. “Well, I went at him again and we clinched. He then turned to the referee and said: ‘Announce me the winuer. Sharkey has quit.’ Then I was wila, and as the referee got between us I pitched both of them to the floor. “‘Corbett’s next irick to save his wind and himself was to beckon the police to come into the ring, which they did. If he bad done the same kind of fighting that I did the referee would have given him the mateh, and that’s all there is to it. “I was informed last night that Corbatt fainted in the carriage while being driven ‘from the pavilion to his hotel,”” he con- cluded. Sharkey stated that he would fight Cor- bett again, but not till he takes a rest of two months at some spring in Colorado. This rest he wants before he puts on the gloves again with anybody. Sharkey will not give any attention to Peter Maher’s challenge, 88 he wants a rest after having so many fights. pladb bl oy A NEWSPAPER FIGHTER. What “Denver” Ed €mith Calls Cor- bett, Talking by Wire From New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 25.—In an in- ferview with a representative of the United Press to-night *‘Denver” Ed Smith, speakin g of the Corbett-Sharkey fight last night said: “Iknew Corbett was overrated. Heis only a newspaper fighter. I have been after him for years, but he has offered all kinds of excuses, saying, among other things, that 1 am a second-rater. “Corbett’sclass must now be a tenth-rater if I am a second-rater,’”” he said, “when he could not lick a novice like Sharkey. If Corbett don't cover my money and will make & match with Sharkey it shows be is afraid to fight me; and should they fight they cannot fight for the championship unless they meet me, as my money is up, and under the rules of the ring I'am the onl{ champion pugilist in the world. “I will meet Corbett at any time or in any place, and will fight him with bare knuckles or gloves,” said “Denver” Ed. “Now, if he is a man and not a coward let bim show the public that he will fight, and I will guarantee to punch his big head off. I would also like to have a few rounds with Tom Sharkey, either in the Madison- square Garden or California, to show the admirers of boxing that I am a better man than Corbett.” Smith is backed by Hildebrandt and has $1000 posted at the Police Gazette office to fight Corbett for the championship of the world, under the recognized champion London prize-ring rules with e knuckles. Corbett as yet has not covered this money. Dol Rl THE BATTLE REVIEWED. Sald to Have Been Lucky for Cor- bett That It Was Not a Six- | Round Go. Now that the smoke of the Corbett- Sharkey battle has cleared away some of its points of attack and rally can be more clearly seen. It was a proud smile that ‘‘the unde- feated champion of the world,” as Billy Jordan announced him, wore when he stood up before the new Sullivan at the beginning of the first round. The smile was there still at the opening of the second and when the gong sounded for the third, bul_ by the end of that round it had lost all of its condescension, and in the fourth it had entirely vanished. Even before the third round Corbett had discovered that he had all the hard work he wanted and that Sharkey was not only ‘setting the pace but cutting out the shape of the cloth. He whidpered to his seconds tnat it was roast beef and hominy instead of a French dinner menu that was being served and that the bill of fare was unexpected, Close observers and many old-time pa- trons of thering thought they observed signs of ‘‘grogginess” in Sharkey as he walked to his corner at the end of the sec- ond round. Hisright eye, where Corbett uppercut him in the first round, had swelled up and he seemed alittle bit dazed. Up to the beginning of the third round Corbett clearly had the best of it. His vastly superior science and generalship | was apparent to the most inexperienced ob- server. But at the end of the second round the champion’s trolley was off. He was out of wind, and it could be discerned that he was rapidly losing breath and strength, though he tried to smile and hide itand deceive the spectators. Sharkey made the pace too hot,and from that time on Corbett | was really on the defensive and using the best tactics at his command to prevent be- ing knocked out. The grogramme bad suddenly changed. It was Sharkey stopping the world’s cham- pion in four rounds instead of Corbett put- ting out the sailor lad at any stage of the contest. The champion had made a mistake. His superior sparring ability rose above Sharkey as an elephant towers above a | mouse, but his staying qualities, his ener- | £y, were soon gone and then be began to | devote himself to his own salvation. | | | 55 L It was plain to all that had the fight continued but two more rounds, and prob- ably only one, that the champion would have been prostrate and Sharkey would have been his conguerer. The mistake that Corbett made was in making so little preparation for the battle. | He underestimated his opponent and | trained for only an easy four-round coz- | test where he would have it entirely his | own way. As a matter of fuct Sharkey had | the best of the battle. | Notwithstanding his virtual "defeat last | night the judgment of the best sporting men around town is that with proper | training for a finish fight Corbett would | win out, though Sharkey would have a chance and give him as much work as he would want, Marquis of Queensberry rules. | But at London prize-ring rules, where | wrestling goes, Corbett would mret bis Sharkey just as Sullivan met his Corbett at New Orleans. | In an interview with Sharkey yesterday afternoon as to whether he was dazed at the end of the second round, he said: | “Not for a second! I was not ‘groggy.’ I would not have got the blows I did had not Corbett uppercut me in the break- away. Outside of that he never landed on me 30 that it affected me a bit. I'll fight him to a finish right now.”’ LR RULES NOT VIOLATED. Marquls of Queensbery Rules Say Nothing About Blows In the Breaking Away. There is a widespread opinion that Cor- bett struck Sharkey fouily when they were breaking away, and at the ringside he was hissed by many for these blows. The fight was under Marquis of Queens- bery rules. There is no reference whatever in these rules to clinching or hitting when clinched. Then as a matter of fact Corbett did not violate the rules in upper-cutting Sharkey while they clinched or in breaking away. Sharkey, however, claims that he agreed with him to ‘‘break away. nice.” While this personal agreement may have been violated there wss no infraction of th rules by either man. 3 S U PARSON DAVIES’ OFFER. Posts a Forfeit for a Match Be- tween Choynskl and Sharkey or Corbett. CHICAGO, Irn.,, June 25.—‘Parson’ Davies, manager for Joe Choynski, has posted a forfeit for a match with Tom Sharkey, who gave such a good account of himself in his bout with Corbett last night. Following is a copy of the challenge is- sued on bebalf of Choynski. It is ad- dressed to the sporting editor of a San Francisco paper: Dear Sir: 1 have deposited $1000 with Will J. Davis, manager of the Columbia and Hay- market thesters, this city, in support of the following offer to Tom Sharkey, who has just made such a splendid showing with James J. Corbett in your cCity: 1 will match Joe Choynski against Sharkey for a finish contest, Queeusbury rules, for a side wager of 0, at_any reasonable time after signing articles. In the event of the con- test taking place in or near your City I will transfer my money to Jour paper, which, 1 trust, will act as financial stakeholder. In the event of such Sharke, not desiring to engage in a finish contest with Choynski, I am prepared to make a match of eight rounds, Choynski to attompt to stop him, under the same conditions which governed their former contest. The marine champion failing to accept either of the above offers, the following proposition is made to James J. Corbett: Joe Choynski will box him eight rounds. Should Corbett stop Joe, he is to take the entire gate receipts. Failing to do so, heis to forfeit the same. As Choynski’s showing with Sharkey was far superior to Corbett's, and as Sharkey publicly stated that Joe was the greatest fighter he had ever met, this should prove a good contest. I trust I will receive an immediate answer to the above, as I am arranging matches between Dan Creedon and Peter Maher with Joe. The above propositions, however, hold good irre- spective of the results of the contests with Maher and Creedon. Yours sincerely, CHARLES D. DAVIES, poe i g e WILL BACK SHARKEY. The Flagship Philadeiphia’s Quar- termaster Has $10,000 to Bet Against Corbsttor Fitz. SANTA CRUZ, Can., June 25.—Panl Hermann, quartermaster of the flagship Philadelphia, stated here to-day that he would back Sharkey with $10,000 for a fin- ish fight with Corbett or Fitzsimmons. Hermann expressd satisfaction with Sharkey’s work in his four-round bout with Corbett and said he was confident that Sharkey would have knocked the champion out if the police had ot inter- fered. His enthusiasm or his knowledge of Sharkey, who owes his success 10 the quartermaster, leads him to openly assert his belief that there is not a man in the world who can best the sailor boy in a fight to a finish. e g g What the Fighters Made. The net receipts of the battle were over $13,000. Corbett’s share is about $7000, and Sharkey gets about $2500, If thc figbt had been to a finish the chances are that the division of the receipts would have shifted ends. Frequent vigoronu rubbing of the hands will promote the circulation and keep the skin in good condition. ~ Care should be taken of the nails, too—they should be l soaked in hot water occasionally and kept neatly trimmed. i . NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS, = . _ . ..~ HALE INCORFPORATED. FA KA X0 XA TR A A AR KA Ok KA Xk Kokek NOTIONS. Special prices for to=- day and Saturday. Look to yvour Sunday needs. Remnants by the bushel in this department. We place on sale thls morning special lines of FANCY MESH VEILLS tull assor:ment ot colors and a large variety of de- signs. Values will be better than ever. sale’ this mornina ON KID GLOVES, Derby stitchec¢ back, large buttons to match, colors tans and English re 7Y% Special.. 49¢ Pair. We place on 4-BUTT! cial Sale — LADIES' Y METAL BUCKLE BELTS, 2 inches wide, r gu- lar 15c and 25c. Special..... 5¢ Each. LRERERE NUSLIN. i 42 inches wide, the : 10c kind. Special 7c YARD. bhhbkbl (00000000, D MENTS. Wflj CLOAKS. Such Cloak=-selling as we’re doing has seldom been seen in this ‘‘neck~ o’~the=woods.” Had to buy in big lots to get such values as these. @ s BLACK AND ‘)i SERGE SUITS, donble-breasied loose front, 3 silk 1ined, skirt iined with rusile percaline and bound with velvet, sizes 54 to 42, A bargain «t $16 50. Our PTICE 10 ClOSE. ..sox sopueswenen 40 LAD! ARATE SEP- figu BLACK KIRTS, alpaca. 5 yards wide, lined throughout. bound. with vel- Price to vet. Value $4 50. - §3.00. 35 LADIES' TAN JACKETS. strictly up to date and very nobby. lmasinea $10 Jacket and you have it Our price is $5.00. oAk KRR ANk K 155993 = - = o o FOr Aprons, 27-inch, | gy = iy = - was 6140 yard. special 4c YARD. Bhbbbt REMNANTS TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. A big sale of Remnants In every department for to-day and Saturday. Bargains in all lines if the lengths suit your purpose. Call early. FAk RO NN NNNOK Xk 3 K60 e 3k oAk Aok & HALE BROS,, INCORPORATED, O 937, 939, 941, 043, 945 oooooooooooooooo —_— Market St. PIONEERS' NEW YACHT, She Will Sail Under the Club’s Colors in All Re- gattas. Handsome Acquisition to the Pleasure Craft of the Bay Built by Julius Henning. The Pioneer Yacht Club, formerly the Bilge-water Yacht Club of this City, has just added another yacht to its already 1arge fleet of white-winged flyers, and it will not be Jong before the PioneerClub will have the largest fleet of any yacht club on the bay. At present over twenty-five yachts, rang- ing from 20-foot pluncers to 45-foot sloops and comprising some of the fast st yachts on the bay, notably the Magic, Volunteer, Sam Vincent, Mary and Ariadne, are among the present tleet, and before long several new ones will be added, as several yachts are now being built along the shores of the southern end of the harbor, the owners of which are members of the Pioneer Club. The latest addition to the club’s squad- ron is the magnificent new yacht Elthe, owned and built by Julius Henning, a young yacht builder of local fame. She 18 m odeled after the new vacht Sam Vincen t, which was recently launched on Long Bridge, is 28 feet long, 11 foot beam and 3 feet 2 inches deep. , She was built on what is known as the “‘0id hulk,’”’ a steamer long past its days of usefulness and now used as a boat build- ing and repairing shop off the Arctic O1l Works. Mr. Henning at first contemplated mak- ing the boat after the Kastern models, with cutaway bows and a fin keel, but after noticing the work of several of this style of yachts here he concluded that straight bows and a full stern were prefer- able to the other style. He says that it will be conducive of just as much speed. He is ready and eager to try conclusions with any of these cutaway bowed and drawn in sterned boats, The Elthe was built with a view to sta- bility. Her keel is a one-length stick of well-seasoned oak 4 inches thick. Her timbers are also of steim-bent oak, 2 inches thick and 13{ inches wide, and are placed 6 inches apart. Her planking is of cedar. She is rigged with a centerboard, 7 feet long and 3 feet high. Her cabin is a thing of beauty, ganeled with highly polished white and Spanish cedar, which is embellished with a magnificent hand- worked border. The ceiling has been sandpapered and polished till it has a sur- face like a mirror. The catin has accommodations for about t\venlyexeoph. In the forward part are arranged clotheslockers and a toilet, and aft lockers for dishes and provisions. On each side of the cabin are placed folding bunks, which, when not in use, can be set up against the side of the boat, giving to the cabin plenty of available space. She will carry a good spread of canvas. Her mast is 34 feet high; the ma‘n boom of the mainsail is 30 feet long, the zaff 14 feet long and the perpendicular hoist 22 feet, She will carry one jib of the following dimensions: ‘14 feet long on the hoist and 30 feet on the stay. A muinsail and jib will be her working sails, but in addition to these she will be equipped with a com- plete suit of racing sails, and in the future regattas the Elthe ought to show up well in any event she enters. TACOMA FIREMEN STRIKE. Will Leave Their Posts Unless Back Sal- aries Are Paid. TACOMA, Wasg., June 25.—Thirty-nine ity firemen to-day sent a letter to Mayor Fawcett, informing him that because eight - Solid Oak Bed Suit, 7 pieces months’ back salary was due them they would quit the city’s service on July i. A special council meeting has been called for to-morrow to consider their plea. Insurance men demand that the depart- ment be maintained at full strength. The city has nearly $100,000 in the treasury, and the present dilemma is caused by the necessity of an inyestigation, now nearly finished, as to the legality of outstanding warrants. Pending this cash cannot be applied to the redemption of old warrants, nor new warrants be 1ssued, because the legal limit has been reached. It is believed the council will arrange to pay the firemen something. ———— A woolen rag saturated with boiled lin- seed oil is recommended for removing scratches from a highly polished surface, which may afterward be varnished with shellac dissolved in aleohol. HEALD'S Business College, 24 Post St.,, San Francisco. HE LEADING COMMERCIAL SCHOOL west of Chicago. Bookkeeplng, penmanship, business practics, shorthana (Pitman, Graham, Eclectic), typewriting, telegraphy, modern lan- guages, English branches and_everything pertain- ing to & business educatio rapialy taught. 5 Department of Electrical Engineering in success- ful operation. Individual instruction, 20 teachers. Night ses- sions in all departments. Students can com- mence at any tim~. Thousands of graduates in positions. Write for catalogue. THE OAKLAND SEMINARY, ESTABLISHED 1858, 528 ELEVENTH ST, cor. Clay. Mrs. M. K. Biake, Principal; T. D! Adams, A.M., master; Mary E. Allen, A.B.. pre- cep ress. Best of accommodations for boarding or day puplls. Includes from kindergarten fo uni- versity work. None but teachers of large culture and experience. Speclal attention to Art, Music, Orartorical Work, Physical Cuiture and Deport- meat. A safe and pleasant home school. THE LYCEUM. . REPARATORY SCHOOL FOR THE UNI- versity, Law and Medical Colleges. Admission on recommendatio=, Many students have been successfully prepared at this school. Day and evening sessions. References, President Jordan tanford professor. Phelan building, Nos. . PROF. L. H. GRAU, Principal, late of nford University. TRINITY SCHOOL (FOUNDED 1876), OARDING AND DAY SCHOO R BOYS and young men. Prepares for university and collece.” Boarders limited to 35. Aceredited school with the universities. Easter term opens Monday, August 3. B DR. E. B. SPALDING, Rector. $75 ~4ROOMS FURNITURE PARLOR,BECROOM, DINING-RODM, KITCHEN EASY PAYMENTS. Tapesiry Brussels, per yard 0il Cloth, per yard. Matting, peryard ... o 3: S Solid Oak Folding Bed, with Mirror. T. BRILLIANT, 410 PQST ST.,above Powell s OPEN EVENINGS r-Room alled U P Pusking sod Detvcy saros the Bage