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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1895. | B | se great Burlingame Club will | 100t at its rendezvous in | nty. Thirty dozen birds | have been trapped for this great sporiing festival. The Univers e of California oarsmen d handsomely con- | sion’s basin. The in hard with a view of captur- r sculling championship of ing the an the coast. Sportsmen are anxiously waiting for the opening day of the deer-shooting season which will be Monday. Several parties | will leave to-morrow for the hi and | mountains well equipped for busines report splendid sport on moun- ‘he Truckee and McCloud ly mentioned. oursers, athletes and 2 themselves in their Angle tain streams. rivers are f: Rifle - sk own peculiar w. THE WHEELMEN. Several New Clubs Elect Officers. Crack Riders Off for Eureka. CLUB EVENTS TO-MORROW. California Cycling Club—Run to Wal- nut Creek. Crescent Road Club—Run to San Ra- 1: Liberty Cycling Club—Run to Bolinas Outing Road Club—Run to San Jose; run to Camp Taylor. St. He a Cyclers—Run to Calistoga. San Francisco Road Club—Run to Hay- wards. San Jose Road Club— Five-mile road race Some two weeks ago an article appeared in these columns commenting on the fact that Allan N. Jones and Clarence L. Davis had deserted the Garden City Cyclers and | at the earnest solicitation of some Olympic members had joined the Olympic Club Wheelmen. It was stated as a matter for that these two riders had deserted lub that had stood by them and made them what they were, and that the Olympic Wheelmen made it a practice to ~ ng men of other clubs to leave and join the 0. C. W. Sur- Iso expressed that the Olympic e with a membership of could not with their unequal advantages develop any racing men of consequence, but had to draw from the other clubs. It does seem strange that the Olympics have not yet developed one man whom they can call even a first-rater, with all their members and with all their advantages. These remarks hit the nail so squarely on the head that, while it displeased Olympic Club Wheelmen, the other cyclists of this part of the State acknowl- edged the truth of the statement, which other cycling writers had been afraid to express. But now comes the Pacific yelist and says the statements were “based purely upon the imagination of the writer,” and that ““it is impossible for THE CaLL fo verify its assertion in this regard.” At least that'is what I make it out to be, though the article is so atrociouslf' un- hat, is However, I would inform the Pa- st that THE CALL never prints s’ it cannot *‘verif; Jones or Davis would not dare to go before a notary and swear that “not a single member of grammatical it is hard to discover w. neant. the Olympic ~ Club has approached them in regard to their joining.”’ Neither would Walier F. Foster, formerly of the Bay City Wheelmen, who was induced to join the Olympics by L. D. Owens, or Otto Ziegler Jr., formerly of the San Jose Road Club. At various times Charles 8. Wells, Harry F. and W. A. Terrill of the Bay City Wheelmen were approached by L. D. Owens and others and urged to ride under the colors of the flying “0. These gen- tlemen would not desert the Bay ity ‘Wheelmen, and are riding under its colors to-day, Wells being the fastest class Bman on the coast, H. F. Terrill the fastest class A man and W. A. Terrill a crackajack among the speedy Easterners. These men will swear they were approached and urged to join the Olympics and leave the Bay City Secretary L. C. Hunter of che Olympic Club Wheelmen “has made it a practice to %fl all the racing men he could into hus club, and the end always justified the means. L. D. Owens did likewise, He brought infiuence to bear on Thomas H. B. Varney, who employed Wells, to get him to make Wells join the Olympics, but the latter said he would give up his position rather than desert the Bay City Wheel- men, so they desisted, as Varney did not want Wells to resign. Allan Jones formerly belonged to the Garden City Cyclers. Here is what the correspondent of that club has to say about it in the Olympis Well, I didn’t really believe the rumors, but when I read that article in THE CALL I had to be convinced that Allan Jones had deserted us. Yes, it’s worse than a desertion. From all we can hear the only excuse Allan had for leaving us was the fact that by joining the Olympic Club he could be trained free by the trainer employed by that club. It isvery strange to me, especially since he joined class B, that he can’t ride a wheel where the company will pay his training exy s. When he wasin class A he was fast enough for hisexpeénses, and a little more besides. Now he is in class B, and the jn(-;‘: ;tcll\;;‘ll;l‘ix ed {,delr inzCBlifurxlli!t, he l':insfio o ) order to get properly trained. can’t afford the cxpcueg& PX‘PK’?M{! ¢ 2 1t is easy to understand the animus that prompted the editorial in the Cyclist when it is stated that C. N. Ravlin, the editor, formerly lived in Sah Jose and belonged to the Garden City Cyclers, but has lately moved to this City. Since then he has hung constantly around the rooms of the Olympic Club Wheelmen until some sug- gested he had better join and pay dues; his name is now up for membership. Some one told him a member of the Olympics might subscribe for his paper. He doesn’t know who, but Ravlin is going to stay around until he finds out which one of the 250 of the elite it is. It has been suggested by the Olympics that I wrote that article zbout Jones, Davis and the Olympic Club Wheelmen because I was a member of the Bay City | but it will be a Wheelmen, which club would be most affected if the Olympics pursued their present tactics because the Bay Citys had the most and best racing talent on the coast. As far as that is concerned the article was entirely impartias, however, for besides belonging to the Bay City Wheelmen I am a member of the Imperial Cycling Club, Liberty Cycling Club, San Francisco Road Club and the Camera Club Cyeclists. The Olympics are now after Frank M. Byrne, the crack rider of the Imperial Cycling Club. They will probably get him, istinct loss to the Im- | perial Club, under whose colors Byrne has made his reputation, and he should not desert them. The San Francisco Bicycle Track Asso- ciation will hold an important meeting this evening at the rooms of the Olympic Club Wheelmen at 8 o’clock. The meeting is called for the purpose of discussing the dvisability of holding a race meet on the association’s track at Central Park some Saturday afternoon early in August, and Chairman Kerrigan requests that all dele- | tleman_twenty-five-mile race at Los AngeleS September 22;1894, reversed on the grounds that the referee erred in permitting the race to stand in violation of Track Rule 18, which provides that & man on the inside shall allow room on the outside for his competitor to pass. Race is given to Castleman. s Protest of Emil Ulbricht against rulings of referee in twent; -mile race at Los Angeles May 18, 1895, dismissed. The contest being | an invitation race for which special conditions | were formulated and the competitors being advised of such conditions by service of a copy each, they were bound thereby. The referee’s rulings were entirely in harmon herewith | and should stand. . M. WELCIH, | Representative National Racing Board. The Pilot Wheelmen of Santa Cruz will | abandon their track at Vue de I'Eau Ath- | letic Park, which was reconstructed for the | races held in conjunction with the recent | water carnival there. In the first place | the location is bad, as strong winds are | continually blowing over the stretches, so | that fast time is impossible. Again, the surface is such that it would be very ex- | pensive to keep in repair, and it is doubt- | ful if it could be done in winter time. The j club hopesto have a fine three-lap cement P. G. ALEXANDER OF THE CALIFORNIA COYCLING CLUB. gates will make it a point to be present. Officers will also be elected for the ensuing term. T. A. Hughes, B. C. Hatch and H. Smith have been elected to membership in the Liberty Cycling Club. The club will hold a run to Bolinas Bay to-morrow, leaving on the 8 o’clock Sausalito boat. On Thurs- day evening, July 25, the club will hold its second hop at Mission Turn Verein Hall, and if it is as enioyable as the last one will surely be a delightful affair. Captain L. L. Korn has called a run of the San Francisco Road Club to Haywards for to-morrow. Members are requested to meet af the clubrooms, 722 Golden Gate avenue, at 8:30 A. M. The club will hold a scratch race for members only on Sunday, July 21, at 2 p. M. over the five-mile course from San Mateo to San Carlos. The prizes will be a handsome gold medal donated to the club by President E. Sands, besides several other trophies of lesser value. The following will 'be the starters: F. J. Smith, T. O’Brien, W. McGonigle, W. Puhrenhagen, H. Grieme, F. Schmedeke, L. Leavitt, W. Cruse, H. Raymond, J. M. Waterman, Thomas Nevin and J. J. O’'Malley. The officials will be . Simons, M. Levin and A. Hoffman, juages; W. Mecfessel, J. Lewis, 8. Goldstein and H. Goodman, timers; L. L. Korn, starter; Paul Heehs, marshal. Among the entries will be noticed the names of some very fast road-riders, and an exciting race should result. The club itself is _pro- gressing finely, and, as it is fast gaining new members, will soon be a potent factor among the City’s wheeling organizations. The Crescent Road Club will have a run to-morrow to San Rafael, leaving on the 8 o’clock Sausalito boat. Captain Bear- wald and E. Cohn will return from their Lake County trip to-morrow, and the club will ride up the road a short distance to meet them. This afternoon Captain Davis will lead a arty from the Outing Road Club to San ose, returning to-morrow. _Lieutenant Meussdorffer will take a second contingent up to Camp Taylor to-morrow morning. _1t 1s noped tnat the Eroposed electric light meet of the Garden City Cyclers will be carried through some time In August. Racing by electric light was first attem pted on this coast by the Bay City Wheelmen in 1893, when a three nights’ tournament was held at the Central Park track. Later on the Garden City Cyclers held a meeting under the same conditions, which was quite successiul. Here the nights are apt to be cold and foggy, and_therefore sitting for two or three hours in a grand stand under such circumstances has few charms for an audience; but in San Jose where the evenings are, as a rule, mild and balmy, and where every one turns out when'a bicycle meet is given, it should be as thor- oughly successful as any day meet ever held. The racing board has issued its bulletin No. 14, dntefi July 11, 1895, agfollows: Sanction granted—Sequoia Carnival, Eureka, July 20 ana 22. For competing in unsanctioned races at Oak- lend on July 4, J. F. Burns of the Imperial Cyeling Club and Fred Heinemann of the Cali- fornia Cycling Club, both of San Francisco, are suspended from all track racing for sixty days from that date. For violation of clause A, class A and B rule, Job T. Saunders and Walter Moore of Lompoc are declared professionals. Riders of classes A and B are warned against competing with them on the road or track. Charges against Richard F. Aylward, B. E. Clark and C.F.Gates of conspiring to have A. W. Cleaver declared a professional are dis- missed, with a warning to the persons impli- cated that, while honest protesis are accept- able to the Loard and considered confidential, all cases thai savor of a deliberate conspiracy to injure another man’s standing, through his thoughtlessness, will be prompllyfinnuhed. Decision of the referee in the McAleer-Cas. track before long, however, and to hold some good meets there. The San Jose Road Club will hold the seventh of.a series. of five-mile handicap road races over the East San Jose course to-morrow. The entrants and handicaps are: T. E. Belloli, G. Navlet and G. Har- denbrook, scratch; V. A. Benson and J. Harrington, 55 sec.; M. J. O’Brien, C. Dahlstrom 'and J. 'Wing, 50 sec.; Fred Smith, 1 min. 15 sec. The race is for a sil- ver cup, which must be won three times to become the personal property of a rider. Naylet and Benson haye each won the race twice, W. Harris and Floyd McFarland once. McFarlang, the club’s crack rider, has gone to Eureka, as exclusively an- nounced in THE CarL last Wednesday, to- gether with several other fast riders from this part of the State, and they will race there on July 20 and 22. The Royal Cycling Club of this City will hold a five-mile road race on July 21, and the members arz now in active training for the event. It will be a handicap race, with liberal prizes for time and place. The Mountain View Cyclers have elected a new set of officers, as follows: Phil W. Clark, president; Fred Goodrich, vice- Chb.fr He came here about fcnu;x n:on%hu ago from the East, with somewhat of a record as a road racer. He demonstrated his right to be called a flyer by lowering the coast five-mile record to 12:033-5, which is the record to-day. The California Cycling Club will bold a clubrun to Walnut_Creek to-morrow un- der Captain Burk. The following Sunday Napa will be their destination. 3 e cyclers of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association of this City are training thoroughly for their club races to be heid at the Central Park track next Saturday afternoon. There are about ten entries in each of the two events thus far and-there will be as many more by Tuesday night, when the entries close. A meeting of the wheelmen will be held in the association buuqm% that evening. _Friends of the popular racer, Harry Ter- rill, will regret to learn that his father is very low and may not live another week. W. A. Terril] was racing on the Kastern circuit, but_has been telegraphed to come home, and is now on the way. Merton Duxbury, whose arrival here after a tour across the Continent was ex- clusively published in Tue CaL. Wednes- day last, will start on the return trip on July 25. He will follow the Central Pacific Railroad as far as Ogden and will endeavor to reach New York inside of fifty-nine days, the record made by T.R. Lillie of odi, Cal, in 1893, which still stands. Duxbury is certain he can do this. The 8t. Helena Cyclers have effected per- manent organization, with the fallown;nf list of officers: P. S. Grant, president; H. J. Chinn, vice-president; L. D. Wolff, sec- retary; F. 8. Ewer, treasurer; James Ren- nie, captain; O. F. Alstron, first lieuten- ant; G. C. Fountain, second lieutenant. The first club run will be held to-morrow to Calistoga. ; The Golden City Wheelmen of this City are developing some good racing talent. Jules Berges has taken hold of the men, and will find speed in Frank Burris, S. De- moniconi, Louis Young, George Edelman and Dr. Ziele. Burris won four races at Sonoma on July 7, winning the one-mile handicap in_ 2:19 4-5. M. Drossel, C. Phillips, H. Howes and L. Parisot have been elected to membership. D. E. Whitman, F. A. McFarland, A. L. Moody, C. M. Smith, C. W. Conger ana W. B. Fawcett in class A, and W. A. Burke in class B, the March team, will represent this part of the State in the races at Eureka. They left by steamer yester- day morning. Cagey Castleman will join them next Tuesday. The wheelmen of Humboldt Countv will have their hands full beating these crackerjacks. Cycling is the name of a new paper just out at San Jose devoted to this sport. It is very bright and newsy, and that it will be successful is assured when we notice that the editor is Joseph B. Carey, one of the brightest cycling writers on the coast. A bicycle club has been organized at Lakeport under the name of the Clear Lake Cyclers, with twenty-three charter members. One of the principal objects of the club will be to work for the improve- ment of roads, which are not very good in Lake County. A. M. Reynolds was elected president of the club; 0. E. Meddaugh, vice-president; W. L. Rideout, secretary- wreasurer; Dr. C. W. Kelloge, captain; George H. Foree, licutenant, The organi- zation is a strong one and will rapidly in- crease in membership. Lake County is very popular this season for cycling tours, its diversified scenery and beautiful resorts rendering it doubly attractive. Hundreds of cycli: both men and women, have already ted it, and others are daily passing through. Any one wishing information as to the best roads and most interesting places to visit can obtain full particulars at any time by addressing the secretary of the clibat Lakeport, and visitors may rest assured of receiving a cordial welcome. BPALDING. T A ATHLETIC. How Yale Won First Place From Pennsylvania and Harvard. Sixteen members of the athletic annex of the Young Men's Christian Association of Oakland are in active training for the field day events to be held next month un- der the auspices of the Twentieth-street branch of the S8an Francisco association. Last evening a jolly party composed of members of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Oakland tramped to Bry- ant’s ranch. Among the lovers of pedes- trianism and healthful recreation were W. B. West, Arthur Arlett, Frank Boek (the boy smuggler), E. Williams, T. J. Thomp- son, Professor Lewis, Percy Hall, B. N. EI- ford, Percy Arlett, Harry Lark, Perry Cole, A. T. Brock, Percy Deacon, Walter Rode, E. C. Brown, J. M. Deeds, John Taggart, H. 8. Holt, Herman Larson, Jack Col- quhoun, Secretary N. H. Jacks, W. P. Jacks, Erny Mahar, Will Markwell, A. S. Macdonald and a few others. The crowd of sightseers are expected back in Oakland this afternoon very much refreshed and invigorated after the night’s camp in the hills. The Acme Club will, in the very near future, commence work on its new build- ing, and, concerning the structure, William G. Henshaw, in a recent interview with a representative of the Oakland Tribune, said that the delay in proceeding with the actual work of construction is due to a technical defect in the title to the property upon which the new athletic home is to be erected. The matter is one that must be adjusted to the satisfaction of those inter- ested. One of the parties, the San Fran- cisco Savings and Loan Union, is awaiting the return of the attorney of the institu- tion before taking the final steps. Mr. Henshaw is authority also for the state- ment that the bids are all in the hands of the builders, and will be_opened as soon as the tangle over the title is unraveled. While no definite time is fixed, it 1s confi- dently stated that the work of construc- tion will be delayed but a little while resident; E. E. Brownell, secretary; 8. c‘lilheimer, treasurer; W. A. Clark, cap- tain. The following are the new directors: R. W. Clark, E. E. Brownell, J. Williams, George Taylor, A. Ehrhorn, 8. Weil- heimer and W. A. Clark. New quarters have recently been secured aad the club is Dmires!ing finely. The Elite Cyclers is the name of a new club of San Jose. For an emblem they have adopted a Maltese cross. This is the emblem of the Bay City Wheelmen, which theY ndoi)ted five years ago, being the first cycling club on the coast to wear a dis- tinctive uniform, the idea being suggested by George P. Wetmore, and it seems some- what poor taste on the part of the Elite Cyclers to have taken the same design. There are plenty of odd designs with wings upon them that would make up well and would at least bear the stamp of origi- nality. Charles 8. Wells, the crack class B rider of the coast, will leave in a few days for the East, as exclusively announced in TrE Carw last Wednesday. ~ He will race at Salt Lake City on July 25 and at Denver on August 3. After attending a few smaller meets in Colorado he will continue on East and join the National racing circuit. His wonc{erful performances on the coast re- cently lead to the belief that he wiil stand an even chance with any of the crack East- erners, Floyd McFarland, the San Jose Road Club’s class A crack, will try for the world’s mile record on his return from Eureka on the three-lap track at San Jose. He will be paced by tandems. Captain John Kitchen Jr. and a party of the Acme Club Wheelmen will start to-day awheel for Lake Tahoe. They will be on the roid about two weeks. The Acme Club will have a joint run with the San Jose Road Club on Sunday, August 4, probably to Alum Rock. Walter F. Foster is gomng to take the Rambler quadruplet out to the park to- morrow to see how it goes upon the road. He will have as his guests three promi- nent Eastern wheelmen now on the coast, James Joyce Jr., E. Ross Lozier and R. C. Lenhie. “As Lozier and Lennieeach weigh over 200 pounds, the *‘quad.” has a con- tract-on its hands. The Acme Club Wheelmen are actively training for their ten-mile road race to be run on July 28. Burke, Castleman and Nissen wili ride from scratch, and it looks as though the record was in danger. P. G. Alexander, whose likeness is pre- sented this week, is one of the most popu- lar members of the California Oycling longer. The next “gentlemen’s night” of the Acme Athletic Club of Oakland will be held on August 6. In addition to an ex- cellent programme of indoor athletics there will be two four-round bouts between clever boxers, Concerning Eastern collegiate athletic and aquatic competitions Yale has the honor of having captured first place. Her victory over Harvard at New Lon- don terminated the athietic year among the universities. Take it all round it was the most memorable of many memorable years in college sports. The winning teams were, as a rule, the best that their colleges have ever seen, and the records established were superior to those of former years. Ina review of the season’s sport this is what a prominent athlete says: The palm_for general mgremacy must be awarded to Yale. It is true that her refusal to nl_ni football with Pennsylvania and to row with Cernell enable her to secure first honors in two most important sports without the risk of a conflict with her two most aangerous rivals. But, while this should be taken into consideration in estimating the value of Yale's general claim io supremacy, it can hardly be doubted that last year Yale's teams eould have won over those of any single competitor. Pennsylvania, which in” general work most nearly approached her, would only have stood & chance of winning in two sports, football and track athletics, and of these she could hardly have pulled off both, considering that Richards beat Ramsdell; while in baseball and rowing Yale's superiority, with all due respect to Pennsylvania’s crew, the pluckiest that ever rowed, was manifest. For general work Pennsylvania may begiven secon J)lm. She won from Harvard at foot- ball and took second at Mott Haven. Only two games of baseball were played, in which the universities split even, and the crews did not meet. Altogether Pennsylvania did better work than ever before. Her baseball team was below the standard of recent years and her crew was prevented by persistent ill luck from showing what it could do, so that, tiough it was physically a remarkable body of men, its powers were left in doubt. But the Pennsyl- vania track team was of the first class and the footbali team was the best exponent of modern football as developed at Harvard and Pennsyl- vania that hasyet been seen. If it had met Yate the blue should have been beaten through the superior effectiveness of Pennsyl- vanla’s attack and her extraordinary powers of endurance. Harvard, in spite of pitiless ill luck in every branch of sport, finished a strong third. Her baseball team was weak, but rigid enforcement of rules crlf&led her track team, and her foot- ball team, like her crew, was the ve.? -Fm of accident. Still, with proper generalship, she might have won at ngfield. Her crew could not have won “xll the most favoring conditions, gmblbly. as the Yale crew was supposed to be the best that ever satin a Yale ‘boat, and was never pushed. Princeton sent _out only one :ood team, her baseball nine, which contained probably the best material any college has ever had. It was beaten for lack of team work. The following measurements will be found a fair average of the dimensions of an all-around athlete, and may be taken as a guide of what the proportions of the limbs should be respectively: Height..5ft.6in. 61t.8in. 5ft.10in. 61t Weight..120 ths = 140hs 155 1bs 168 1bs Chest....35 in. 37 in. 39 1in. 40 in. Waist....27 In. 28 in. 29 in. 81in. ps oiein. $7in. 38 in. 21in. 22 in. 238 in. 14 in. 1443 in. 15 in. Cadeget THE BOXERS. Sallors Are Interested in the Smith and Sharkey Fight. The Colma Athletic Club has selected the evening of the 3lst inst. for its next entertainment, which will consist of one twenty-round contest between Billy Smith, the old Australian middle-weight pugilist, and Tom Sharkey, who prides himself in the title of champion of the United States and English navies. Sharkey furthermore has documents to prove that he has hung twenty-three scalpsto his belt and hopes to have an additional pate on his string after the entertainment of the 25th. The pugilists will weigh in at 170 pounds. A ten-round ucra&)piug match between ‘‘Star,” the colored cyclone ot Australia, and a pugilist named Baylor, who hails from Boston, will oven the évening's scrap. The managers state that in connection with the ten and twenty ronnd bouts there will also be two four-round set-tos that will prove good teeth-sharpeners for the feast of the evening. There is very little news of interest to chronicle from the Bast. This is what a well-known sporting man writes: There was never a doubt in the mind of the general public as to the outcome of the Fitz- simmons trial. He was charged with causing the death of Riordan in a friendly boxing con- test. The contést was friendly, because Rior- dan was the sparring partner of Fitzsimmons in a variety show company. It was in no re- spect a parallel to the Lavigne and Bowen af- fair. Bowen was killed in a brutal fight, and yet Lavigne was speedily acquittbd. There should hardly have been a trial in the Fitz- simmons case. But he was acquitted, and all's well that ends well. There continues to be lots of talk about the to be or not to be of the Corbett and Fitzsim- mons battle. Some legal anthorities in Texas are now stating that the law is against prize- fighting there and others declare there is no law to prevent the proposed contest. The latter authorities seem to have tne best of the argu- ment, for more than 100 prizefights have { the coast, but is a trifle weak with his left. He is only now getting into proper form, and he may yet astonish people by his glsym , a3 he'has taken up his residence ere. e has played in the leading courts in Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and Denver and other places, and has always been able to givea good account of himeelf. Har- low bas improved wonderfully within the past six months and has many friends who are willing to lay money on their belief that, barring Jones, he can defeat any man on the coast. He challenged John Riordan some months ago to play for the cham- ionship of the coast, and as Riordan re- used to play him he claimed the cham- gionship and announced that he would up- old the title against all comers. Kilgallon and Harlow will play R. Leni- han and Al Pennoyer in the Union court to-morrow. This will be a return match, as Lenihan and Pennoyer were the victors in a match played on the Fourth. Later in the afternoon Kilgallon and J. Lawless —Harlow’s old partner—will attempt to defeat Champion Jones, theinvincible. By the way, it was rumored that Jones was to leave the City, but happily it was without foundation. Two of the rising players are Terry Mc- Manus of the Union courtand P. . Me- Cormick of the Occidental court. Terr: holds the heavy-weight championship an McCormick a few days ago defeated Paul Goessel, the German champion. Terry’s uncle, W. McManus, proprietor of the Union court, can boast of making the record of 42 consecutive aces in a match against two opponents. The amusement bill of fare for the San Francisco ball court to-morrow reads: . Darius and J. Brown. to play C. Butter- fle‘;’d l-);d G. Ward; P. Ryan a .Ly Rodgers to play M. McNeil and G. McDonald; H. Moffet Am{P Barrett to play Thomas Ryan and R. Shea; C. Johnson and D. Connolly to play J. Slattéry and E. Toy. Final game—J. Jones, the Australian champion, to play M. J. Kil- gallon, the Denver champion, and J. Lawless, the well-known amateur; the game to be the best three out of five 21 ac; At the Union court a walking match of one mile between F. L. Edwaq«.\ss and John Riordan will be sandwiched in between a series of ball games, which have already been announced. gt RIFLE AND SHOTGUN. Opening of the Deer-Shooting Sea- son—The Traps. On Monday the strong arm of the law, which has protected the deer family for many months, will no longer shelter the horned beauties of the glen from the aim of those who have been anxiously antici- pating an opportunity of drawing a bead on a splendidly conditioned buck, of which there are many reported to be in the con- fines of the Country and Tamalpais clubs of Marin Coumg'. It must not be forgotten, however, that does and fawns are still numbered among the game animals that must not be kille at any season of the year. Sportsmen will, CORBETT IN TRAINING. [Reproduced from an engraving in the New York World.] taken place in Texas lately without interfer- ence. But the continued declaration that the law will not allow the contest will have some effect on the attendance. ‘Weir, the ‘‘Belfast Spider,” has been resur- rected to challenge George Dixon for the featherweight championship. The challenge is hardly worthy of notice. Weir was once a very clever and very effective little boxer, probably the best in his class, but that day has gone by and he is at present no more in Dixon’s class than any other third or fourth rater is. There are lots of little chaps who would soon polish off the ‘‘Spider” new. o HANDBALL. Champion Jones Will Have a Hard Race to Run To-Morrow. The great talk in handball circles at present is a match that will take place to- M. J. Kilgallon, Champion Handball Player of Denver. morrow between M. J. Kilgallon, cham- pion of Denver, and J. Harlow, champion of the coast. 1t will be remembered that Kilgallon and Harlow played against Champion Jones of Australia in the San Francisco court three weeks ago and de- feated him. A return match was played the following week, when Jones proved that he was superior to even two such clever players. Since then Kilgallon and Har- low have been wondering which was the better ‘player and it has resulted in a match for a valuable consideration and the championship of the coast. There is no doubt but that the match will be a great draw.' Kilgallon, since he came here from Denver two or three months ago, has made many friends, not only from the fact that he is a strong player, but from his geniality and desire to try his mettle against all comers. He has as strong a right hand as any player on therefore, take note of the fact thatif de- tected in possession of a doe or fawn from which the evidence of sex has been re- moved they can be hauled over the coals and punished. The old and time-worn excuse of shoot- ing at a doe while thinking it was a buck will not go down with the country Judges as being a very good plea to escape pun- ishment any longer. Within the last few years sportsmen’s clubs have been organized in many of the counties of this State, and among the members the names of prominent Judges and attorneys figure. It may, therefore, be taken as granted that any person who will appear before one of those country Judges who have learned to understand that a protection of game birds and ani- mals_is a necessity may count upon the opening of his or their pursestrings or the alternative, which means cheap living and boarding at the expense of the county in which the offense was committed. The season during which time it will be lawful to kill male deer will be from July 1to October 15, which isan extension of several weeks over the old law, The sea- son open for dove shooting will terminate on February 15. Unfortunately the law, so far as the pro- tection of deer is concerned, has been but })oorly observed by a class of men who imagine that all kinds of game should be kiled whenever an opportunity permits of slaughter. If not forthe watch that has been instituted by sportsmen’s clubs throughout the country on poachers all kinds of game would be less plentiful. Very little assistance has been received from the Fish Coramissioners in hunting down the kiilers of quail and deer. To-morrow & splendidly equipped par of deer stalkers, im:ludyiné1 Aplp’l'm‘x)xl:l;}: Tom Casey, Colonel P. Boiand, J. Ward. T. Drady, Thomas Cleary and Cantain Smith, will leave for the Bald Mountains, twenty miles northeast of Ukiah, where deer and black bear are reported to be very plentiful. Orders have geen issued by Captain Truman, the commander, that any member who is addicted to snoring must include in his baggage ten feet of hose through which he may play selections dur- ing those hours when the little frogs are having their musical serenade. Ed Ladd and D. McRae, two noted deer hunters, will try their luck on the Novato hills on Monday morning. Tom Clink of San Bruno has located a deer lick somewhere in the hills.adjoinin; the lakes, and his friends are promize Some nice venison steaks for Tuesday. Clink is known among anglers as *‘the man who could »ot tell a lie.”” Tb,e, following officers of the “‘Snorky Club’’ are now enjoyin, high old times in H gm vici}n{it{acf Blue Lakes in Lake County: i nd, F. Tillman, J. M. Griffin, E. O’Keeie. J. H. Tillman, F.McGeeney and W. W. Smith, It is said that owing to the number of fish the snorkyites are catching in Blue Lakes, the water of the big pond is turning green, and it's bard telling what changes will occur in the mountains when the sportsmen will turn their attention to deer killing. _The Burlingame Club will "hold ils first K’lgeon shoot at the club groundsin San ateo this afternoon, and the fact that thirty dozen birds witl be on hand ready to be punctured should be sufficient attrac- tion to draw a large gathering, The handi- caps are as follows: g‘hirty vards—Harry Babcock, E‘dwsrd Donoh&;, lE!il:hard H. Sprague and Freder- ick R. Webster. Twenty-eight yards—Faxon D. Ather- ton, Geor%e Crocker, Joseph D. Grant, J. Downey Harvey, William H. Howard, Robert Oxnard, E. F. Preston and Clinton E. Worden. b Twenty-six yards—A. Borel, William B. Bourn, H. P. Bowie, J. R. Carroll, A. Douglas Dick, C. P. Eells, George E. P. Hall, Horace L. Hill, J. H. P. Howunz. George H. Lent. C. A. Moore, Percy P, Moore, James D. Phelan, A. P. Redington, James A. Robinson, F. W. Sharon and P. P. Eyre. _ The Empire Gun Club will have a shoot on Sunday at Alameda Mole and tne Olympic Gun Club will smash clay birds on the same day at Oakland track. H. P. Moreal, F. Burryhne and Mr. Smiley of Alameda bagged sixty-four cot- tontail rabbits in Moraga Valley last Fri- dey. They report having had a splendid sport, rabbits being very plentiful, The secretary of the Humboldt Fish and Game Club kindly furnishes Tue CaLn with the laws that govern in that county as follow Pheasants—Cannot be killed until Merch 1898. En h skylark, canary, California oriole, humming-bird, thrush, mocking-bird, killing prohibited. B Quall, partridges, bob white and grouse— Cannot be killed except with_shotgun (or rifle) and must bear evidence of having been so Killed. L Shotguns—The use, or possession, in any field or marsh, of a shotgun of a larger caliber than 10-gauge is prohibited. £ Female deer, spotted fawn, antelope, elk or mountain sheep—Killing prohibited. Section 626 L, Penal Code of California, pro- hibits the buying, selling or offering for sale the meat of any deer, elk, antelope OF moun- tain sheep at any time, whether taken or Killed in this Stata or shipped in from smy oiher State or Territory, The selling of any hide of these animals is prohibited, unless the hides are shipped in from Alaska or some for- elgn country. . 1 is unlawiul for any one to have in their possession or transport the skin of any deer, except said skin contains the sheath and scro- tum of said deer. Between haif an hour after sunset, and half an hour before sunrise killing of ducks or other water fowl, and firing of guns on margin or in vicinity of feeding grounds (lakes, sloughs, bays, swamps, ete.) is prohibited. Barnacle brant, geese, quail, ja duck and deer cannot be takem out of county. Market hunting of ducks, quail and grouse permitted only between the 15th of Novemuver and the 15th of January of the following year. WHEELMEN INJURED. csnipe, wild the Three Novices or a Grade Terribly Mangled and Torn. Three young men, all novices in the fad of wheeling, essayed a reckless ride on the Mission road, near the House of Correc- tion, last Sunday, and last night one of them lay upon his back at home with a horribly fractured arm, another had his hip and chest seriou injured and his face distigured by plowing up the hard roadway, and the third unfortunate was so badly hurt internally that his doctor said he cannot ride u bicycle for months, if at all. The spill was one of the worst, if not, indeed, the most terrible that has yet hap- pened to a party of wheelmen in San Fran- cisco. In addition to the injuries sustained by the riders themselves, two wlieels were shattered and twisted so they cannot be repaired and a big black Newfoundland dog had his back broken in the accident. Sunday morning Thon _ Clark, a plumber who lives at 611 McAllister street, started down the road with Joe Stapleton, a friend living on Franklin street. They met a friend on his wheel, and all three took a pleasant spin out of town. Every- thing went well with them until they got near the Branch County Jail, at which point the road in a wretched condition, being broken with ruts and protruding rocks, that make it extremely dangerous for bieyeli: Clark’s friend tried a little scorching on an incline, and that began all the trouble. The scorcher had not gone 100 yards when his wheel dipped into a rut and rebounded with such force that he was lifted clear off his seat and dropped again upon another gonion of the frame. Instantly he tum- led over upon the street like one shot. His companions were quickly at his side and found him in agony from an mjury in the abdomen. They went in search of a doctor towapd Barney Farley’s place further down the road. [t was all downhill and both Clark and Stapleton let themselves ‘go.” Stapleton lost control of his wheel, and as he passed Cl rk he shouted to him, “I'm gone.” He sped on hke a flash, with Clark following as fast as safety would permit, after yelling back a precaution to “Keep on, guide the wheel and keep your balance.” These instructions were followed, but it go happened that railroad tracks came in the way and put a sudden end to the cyclist’s flight. Stapleton fell headlong over his wheel. His race struck the rougn earth and it was terribly torn, and besides his hip was quite seriously hurt from striking against a rail or tie, In his excitement Clark lost one of his pedals and could not cateh it again, so he, too, flew away on his wheel at a break- neck speed. On the grade a big dog ran out at the first runaway bicycle, and Eefure he could turn around Clark’s wheel was upon him. Wheel, man and dog were whirled about in the air, and out of it all Clark came with a broken arm. The bone burst through che forearm and protruded from his sweater or shirt. All these were subjects for the doctor, and after being taken to their homes were compelled to go to bed, where Clark still remains. SRS DABBING FOR TROUT. A Scheme Which Will Prove Suc-~ cessful When Others Falil. The prodigious growth of fish in the con- fined waters of this State is almost incred- ible. Will Kittle took, one day this week, in Trout Lake, on the preserves of the Country Club, a rainbow “trout which turned the scales precicely at two pounds and ten ounces, and the marvel is that this fish was only a single year irom the egg. The New Hampshire, or Eastern trout, a most beautiful fish with iridescent spots, grows to a pound and over; the increase of the ‘*‘cut-throat” trout is rapid, but from the statistics of this year the rainbow fish is Jargely in the lead. There are times, as all anglers know, when the most artistic and expensive lures of the fishing tackle shops are re- jected by the tenants of the brooks. Then the fishermen must have recourse to the natural food and must “dab’ for trout. which is a very delicate operation, requir- ing much skill and knowledge of the hab- its of fish. A successful instance of this occurred on the Lagunitas last Tuesday between Camp Mason and the water tank. The fisher- man as he approached that deep pool that sets under the northern bank, which is a favorite place for bathers on the stream, saw a big fish break water. He cast for it cautiously, but was not rewardad by a single rise. He tried a small spoon, but the results were equally unsatisfactory, and still he saw that aggravating trout feeding as placidly as if there were not a man loaded and primed for his destruction within ten miles of him. He then had re- course to_the natural bait and set up a rig for dabbing. Now dabbing for trout is something like deer-stalking—it requires an excessive caution and a single false movement is ruinous. Putting on the very lightest leader he could find in his book, and selecting the tiniest English midge fly which his book could produce, he stripped the feathers, canght a grass- hopger and delicately attached it to the hook. Then creeping through the grasses he dropped with the utmost caution the fly upon the surface of the water, but to his disgust the fish would not look at it. Then he recognized the fact that bis fish, being ‘amply provided with grasshopper food, was trying a change of diet. Now, to discover what this change was brought into play those powers of observation which are indispensable to the success of the angler. He saw a fat graystone fly fall plump into the pool, and it had hardly

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