Show I THE MISSION BOY McAnllffe Accepts SlavIns Challenge to Fight at tHe Pelican Club for a Purse of 800 Special t TIE HERALD Examiner Dispatch Nnw YORK June 3Probably CalMer i nias Joe McAuliffc may cross the McAulfe ly herring pond and knock out two or three English champions before he meets our John Lat j L-at least the signs point that the Mission boy will have an encounter with Frank Slavin in the Pelican club This afternoon Richard K Fox received the following t cablegram from Editor Lonteon of Sport ing Life Frank P Slavin desires to meet I Joe McAuliffe for a purse of SOO JSIOK to the loser and allow 100 for McAuliffes I exoenses See Billy Madden Of coutse Fox lost no time in communicating communi-cating with Madden The latter when he I saw the cablegram jumped to his feet and hastened at once t send a cablegram announcing McAuliffes acceptance Some body suggested It would be polite and only right if the Mission boy were first consulted Phil Jncoby volunteered to find McAuliffe I half an hour after receiving re-ceiving the message there was a gathering of sports in the back room of a prominent hotel on Fourth avenue McAuliffe seemed to bemore eager to make the match than was Madden Ho said that a match was something ho had long been waiting for The crack rifle shot of San Francisco Fran-cisco Jacoby mentioned to Joe that he ought to try to get a side bet with the Englishman When I go over there said Joe I will take Sl000 with mo and bet Mr Slavin that Ill whip him I he means business and sends the JS1CO Billy and I will pack our luggage and sail for the other side Saturday I |