Show SPORTY DEL WILSON The Pacific Club Wants to Open with Williams The Town Has bnddenly Developed a Mania for feting on Prize FIghts Del Wilson is as much of a dude as Jim Corbett and there is little of the bruiser revealed in his physiognomy He might pass for a Sunday school teacher or a pew tender at the Mills meetings But this does not prevent Del from taking tak-ing the keenest kind of an interest in all pugilistic contests and aspiring to lead off as manager of fisticuff matches in this section sec-tion of the world He is now trying to recover re-cover what he lost on Williams kicking out of the Turner match and is endeavoring to secure a contract for a fight in November Mr Harrison manager of tho Pacific club is anxious to have Williams appear before the club at the opening of Its lull season of festivities and the chances are that the match will be brought about When asked as to tho outlook for sporting sport-ing events in this city Wilson replied The stand the mayor has taken wouldnt allow a match or even a sparring exntbi tlon while Baskin occupies the chair I didnt talk to him personally but I presume it is true It would be a mighty good thing for the town could we hold such exhibitions exhibi-tions if they were carried on properly He thought that Gentleman Jim Cor bett would surely visit Salt lake with his show this fall The people of San Francisco Fran-cisco are crazy over him and ho will no doubt stop here on his way to the coast Much as Coibott is liked in San Francisco Fran-cisco most of the crack sports there lost money on the fight They thought that John L would corner him with one of his great rushes and force Corbott to land Heavy on Sullys head and that Jims hands would go to pieces But ho fooled them all and old John gives him full credit This town has suddenly developed a mania for batting Its hard to tell who lost the most money as a good many of the Sullivan men after the light claimed they put up their cash on Corbett Id like to know he continued whether it will bo Jackson Mitchell or Goddard that will first meet Corbett I saw the GoddardMoAuliffe fight Goddard 1 has no science at all but he sets going at a rapid pace and keeps it up until ho whips his man Goddard does not mind punishment punish-ment Jackson knocked him known about 1 dozen times but he came back at him just as fresh as if ho hadnt gone to the floor Billy Smith is a man who fights at 135 pounds and Goddard kept him so busy that round the police had to stop it in the eighth |