The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 31, 1895, Page 8

CISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1895. The State Sportsmen’s Association will hold its annual trap-shooting tournament | at Sacramento next month and a large at- tendance is expected. The wheelmen are interested in the races which will be held | at Sacramento and San Jose. Amateur | athletes are interested in the O election, which will take place Monday | evening. The largest coursing meeting of | the year will be held at Ocean View Park | on September9. The wind up of the Del Monte festivities will occur to-day. Rifle- shooters, tennis-players, anglers and oars- men are having ample sport during the present fine weather for outdoor sports. -—— THE WHEELMEN, R. L. Long, the Crack Class B Man, | Joins the Bay City Wheelmen. CLUB EVENTS TO-MORROW. California Cycling Club—Try-outs at Oakland Trotting Park. “The Daily Call”’ Bicycle Club—To | Centerville. Crescent Road Club—Road race, San Mateo to San Carlos. | Diamond Cyeling Club—To San Jose. Garden City Cyclers—To Lodi. Golden City Wheelmen—To Woodside. Golden Gate Cycling Club—To San Jose. Olympic Club Wheelmen—To Lodi. Outing Road Club—With San Francisco Road Club. Reliance Olub Wheelmen—To Lodi. San Francisco Road Club—Blind run, The racing circuit on this coast seems to bave met with favor, but. there are not enou od men following it to warrant the tion it has received ill the e well contested and exciting, and few wore entries of speedy somewhat better management to 1. Anothertrick like that bur Edwards at Petaluma as told in THE CArz, would t could not recover from. men’s meet at and the meet of an Jose on ted clubs | September 8, | ed a picnic run by the | v Club. There will be a com- | adéron the morning of the 9th. | e Vendome on the evening of | tract many of the wheelmen E d. | at class B racer, om the Olympic | name is now up ay City Wheel- Ty uplated this move | for & long time has been known to his inti- mate friends, but it will come as a great surprise to most of his clubmates and others. | (7::! ain P. Morrin has called a run of | the Sunset Cycling Club to San Leandro | to-morrow. The run last Sun e CIiff was well attended. The ladies’ annex | turned out in full uniform. Some expert lady riders have recently joined the club. | The road riders of the Association Cyclers | are in active training for their five-mile | race on September 21. The Y. M.C. A.! will send a team of three men to Los An- | geles to compete at the State field day in | October. J. E. Edwards will go and possi- bly J. A. Keller, W. Ede or Percy Barr. The California Cycling Club will hold a | try-out at Oakland Trotting Park to-mor- row to select a team of five men to repre- | sent the club in the relay race at the Reli- | ance Club's meet next S8aturday. 1 The Liberty Cycling Club will soon be | ready to move into its new quarters on | Folsom street. C. H. Hoag, H. F. Wynne, G. Whittaker and C. Marshall are the latest additions to the membership list. The annual members’ meeting of the Bay City Wheelmen will be held Monday | evening next at the clubhouse, 441 Golden | Gate avenue. A mnominating commitiee will be elected at the meeting for the pur- pose of selecting candidates for directors and road officers for the ensning year. Action will also be taken on several pro- posed amendments to the by-laws. Itis important that all members be in at- tendance. Captain L. L. Korn announces a blind run of the San Francisco Road Club for to- morrow. Members will assemble at the clubrooms, at 8:30 A. M. sharp. The Outing Road Club will be the guests of the club on_this occasion, and their proposed run to Lake Chabot is postponed. The OQuting Club will have to elect a new caft,uin, as Fred Davis has resigned and will leave for the East next Monday night. Several have been mentioned for the vacancy, but no choice has been made. On September 15 the club will hold a five-mile handicap road race over the San Leandro course. The Bn&city ‘Wheelmen are enjoying a boom in the way of receiving new mem- ‘ers, nineteen having been elected the ympic Ciub | J. st week. They are: Thomas McAleer, E. Manning, Fred Has- oohy, Hon. Charles T. anning, W. J. Y. Ryf- . M. Pike, W.T. Johnson, A, L. , Fred P. Simpson, E. ¥. Sellers, . Vanderbos, William J. Howatt, may be held in San Jose, though this is uncertain. The San Francisco Road Club will hold a five-mile road race on September 29 and are wondering whether the San Leandro- Haywards or San Mateo-San Carlos course will be best. The fastest time has been made over the former course of late. Under a head reading ‘‘Baggy at the Knees”' Cycling, that newsy weekly de- voted to the sport published at San'Jose, says: W. J. Edwards has had enough of the circuit and it wasn’t because the speedy San Josean failed to get & place at Petaluma, either. Ed- wards can accept defeat with the most marvel- ous grace in l]ine world, but it was the treat- ment he received that convinced him that he was no fireeracker. Edwards was to go an exhibition mile arainst timeat the opening meet of the “hoop” and’ was proxised a full corps of pacemakers and pacing machines. When the time came for the trial there wasn’t & sign of quad., tandem or single, and Edwards mnquired when the next train left for home. THE CALL is responsible for the statement that quite & number of riders returned after the first day, dissatisfied with the management, which seemed to be baggy at the knees. Ed- wards will ride at San Jose, however, and his little experience at Petaluma will no doubt teach him not to depend too much on flowery promises. The story of how Edwards was treated was exclusively toid in THE CaLL last Sun- day. Five days before the meet he re- ceived a letter from C. N. Ravlin saying all pacing had been arranged, and they ex- pected him to be there and hoped he would enter in the open evenis also. Ravlin en- tered him without even asking him his consent. Three days before the meet, Rav- lin (as he afterward admitted to Edwards), knew it would be impossible to %Ft the | pacing. and that the quad team would only | pace their own man, Foster, but fearing ifi\lwnrds would not go to Petaluma if he knew it, and the meet would thereby lose a great drawing card, Ravlin kept it quiet | and only told Edwards an hour or so be- | fore the races began. Itissuch treatment as this which makes racing men distrust- ful, and meet promoters with honest in- ber, Edgar J. Mayers, Henry P. idwin F. Sagar, Horace L. Poulin D. Sutton. The club only needs ten more names and its limit of member- ship will be reached. A private road race, the result of which be watched with a good deal of inter- est by the wheelmen around the bay, will be run next Saturday afternoon. The dis- tance is from Oakland to 8an Jose, and the competing teams are members-of the B. L. 0. Club and “Ouf Sett,” two offshoots of the Oiympic Club Wheelmen. Each club has four members, and there has been con- siderable friendly rivalry between them of | late as to who were the fastest riders. A dispute on this point led to a challenge from the club with the mysterious inin’nFs' which “Our Sett’’ forthwith accepted. The members of the latter club are: Wilbur F. Knapp, W. H. Stinson, J. E. Fagothey and L. B. Thomas. The B. L. O. Club is com- posed of Fred R. Butz, James W. Coffroth, Thomas 8. Mulvey and Joseph F. Coffey. Each man will pay an entrance fee, with H. Sternberg, the Crack Rider of the Royal Cycling Club. (From a photograph.} rich a suitable prize for the winning team be purchased. As the entire eight ill | have reputations as speedy road runners it is safe to say the pace will be a hot one from start to finish, and possibly the record from Oakland to San Jose of 2 hours and 13 minutes, made by O. L. Pickard, June 10, 1894, will be lowered. The annual election of the Acme Club of Oakland. takes place to-day. It was the universal desire of the wheelmen to have Captain Kitchen succeed himself, but on | account of press of business duties he was obliged to decline the honor. Mr. Kitchen retires after the most successful term of office any captain has had in the club. G. H. Humphrey has been nominated to suc- ceed and as he is very popular with the members there will be no opposition. THE CALL Bicycle Club will hold its first club run to-morrow to Centerville, leaving on #he 8 A. M. broad-gauge boat. It isex- pected that about thirty members will at- tend. The club, though only a week old, | already has a membership of over fifty and u«)-l)cariuna are coming in daily. A. Warnekros and his son, William, ar- rived here Wednesday by wheel from Fresno, having made the trip in two and a_half days. The distance is 205 miles. They had four punctures in their tires, but no other mishap. The heat was very se- vere though. The racing board has issued its bulletin No. 19, dated August 28, as follows: SANCTIONS GRANTED. August 29, 30, 31—Rose City Wheelmen, Chico. September 7—Reliance Wheelmen, Oakland. September 9—Pleasanton Cyeling Club, Pleasenton. Jasptember 9—Order of Scottish Clans, Osk- Transferred to piofess Lowery, W. R. Haigh, Ha burg; ‘R. 8. Lomax, nal_class—William y Fuller, Healds- ur Paso Robles; under 1 e A Transferred to clasg B—S. A. Beadle, San Jose; under clause B. . M. WELCH, Representative National Racing Board. Members from the Olympic Club Wheel- men, Garden City Cyclers of San Jose and Reliance Club Wheelmen of Oakland will leave to-night by boat for Stockton. To- morrow morning they will ride to Lodi, where a hearty lunch and a feast of water- melons will await them. Then they will ride back to Stockton in time for the re- turning boat to the City. Captain Thorn- ton of the Olympics has churfe of the run, and has had a large number of applications for berths. The Golden Gate Cycling Club of this City and Diamond Cycling Club of Ala- meda will bave a joint run to-morrow to San Jose, returning as far as Alviso, where they will take the steamer for this city. Both clubs will turn out in full force. The California Associated Cycling Clubs meet to-night at the rooms of the Bay City ‘Wheelmen, 441 Golden Gate avenue. The annual ten-mile road race in October will be discussed and other matters of importance. The next meeting of the Associated Clubs tentions are made to suffer in consequence | of the acts of individuals working solely | for their own aggrandizement. ; | . The Crescent Road Club of this City will | hold a five-mile bandicap road race to- | morrow over the course from San Mateo to San Carlos. The entries and handicaps are as follows: H. Cohn, James Conlin, E. Cohn and Joseph Leve, 114 minutes; J. F. Forbes, E. Van Wynen and MauriceJusth, 1}4{ minutes; James Hale and I. Peiser, 1 minute; H. Gunderson, 45 seconds; L. Bearwald, L. Sittenheim and W. G. Lee, 30 seconds Bearwald, Thomas Bran- | nen and W. E. ‘Wehser, scratch. Appro- priate prizes for time and place are offered and the race will be well contested. The Golden City Wheelmen wiil enjoy a watermelon run to Woodside, San Mateo County, to-morrow. Woodside is about six miles out of Redwood City on the La | Honda road, and as the club intends to | ride the round trip awheel they will have completed a seventy-mile journey ere the day 1s over. 3. J. Geary, sporting editor of THE CALL, has just returned from a three weeks’ hunt- ing and fishing trip in the Sierras,and tells an amusing story of an adventure with a wheelman near Boca, Nevada County. Mr. Geary, with Donald McCrea and J. Sammi of ‘this City, had been out fishing all day. They were near the county road and McCrea said he would follow it a short distance and look for some grouse for their dinner. So he took a gun and started off, going down the hill. A short distance off he met a wheelman coming up the grade. Now McCrea in his hunting togs i3 an entirely different looking in- dividual from the stylish young man whom his friends know here, and ie con- fesses he may have looked like a hard character in his high boots, overalls, som- brero, with a shotgun over his arm and two weeks’ growth of beard on his face. Anyway, the wheelman was very suspi- cious, and as soon as he saw him he stopped and reached around to his hip- ocket as if for a revolver. To reassure im Mc called out, “See any grouse down there?’” and hearing Mc’s voice Geary and Sammi also stepped out into the road to see what was going on. This was too much for the now thoroughly frightened cycler, who turned his wheel around and sped down the hill as if the devil was after him, Geary says he never saw such a burst of speed before. The trio were laughing so, hard they could scarcely do anything, but managed to shoot off their guns a few times in the air, at which the retreating cycler, enveloped in a cloud of dust of his own creation, redoubled his efforts and was soon lost from sight. As he wore a maroon sweater and corduroy suit, Geary thinks it may have been Tommy Atkins, better known as Merton Duxbury, who is touring across the continent and left here Tuly 28, which would have brought him in that vicinity about that time. At any rate, whoever he was, he no doubt carries the impression that he narrowly escaped a hold-up. The picture presented this week is of Herman Sternberg, the fastest rider in the Royal Cycling Club, of which he is first lientenant. lfe is always on scratch in all their races, and on the road has the rePutation of being a very speed{ rider. The Pastime Bicycle Club will hold its first club run to-morrow to San Jose. Rather a long journey for an initial run, but as the members are all ioud riders they will make it easily. ALDING. ey THE ANGLER. Latest Intelligence From Well- Known Fishing Streams. Fly-fishing on the Truckee River has not been very good this year because of a scarcity of winged insects of a size which the large trout are inclined only to recog- nize. The midge flies have predominated so far this season, and as it requires a No. 14 fly to properly imitate in size the little brown-winged insects which are prolific on the banksof the river, the re- sults of the sport of fly-fishing have not been satisfactory. ‘With a cast composed of No.12and 14 flies an angler can basket quite a large number of nice trout, but occasionally a whopper will selectone of the cast, and for a few moments the angler will be afforded a rush of pleasure; but the ex- citement of the thing is short-lived, as Mr. Trout, when pricked by the sharp steel, makes a rush and a plunge which in- variably terminates, in the langusge of the pugilist, in a break-away. Something more substantial than a fly of the midge size is assuredly necessary to iuumnm the success that anglers hope or when whipping a rapid stream such as the Truckee. The rainbow trout is a thor- oughly game customer, and in swift-run- ning water strong tackle must be used to successfully check his wild rushes and plans to escape punishment. Some expert fly fishermen—or anglers, more properly speaking—contend that any man who can handle a rod properl; will never lose a fish that is well "hooked, it matters not if the fly taken is of the smallest pattern, provided the tackle is of the best material. An experience on the | Truckee of & few days will very quickly convince “‘the artists' and delicate handlers of the bamboo that they have figured wrongly. A two-iound rainbow trout will make short work of a No. 14 hook in any of the swift stretches of water which are numer- ous on the Truckee. A rush_ generally means a spin of fifty yards of line, and a stop means a leap into the air, followed by a swift and vigorous lash of the tail at the leader, which, when hit, means a smashing of something. The barb of the hook frequently breaks, but more Eener— ally speaking the gut which is attached to the hook parts at the ‘knot, near the loop. Small flies are good enough for small fish, but when large fish are expected large and substantially tied flies are necessary. During September good fly-fishing on the Truckee should be had, as the larva of the caddice fly is now in the water and the in- sect will be matured in a week or so. This fly is & “killer”’ on the Truckee and No. 8 and 10 hooks are the sizes used by anglers and they are none too large for the work intended. At present the March brown, No. 12 in size, is the fly that is doing the best execution. Grilse are now running into the lagoons of the Pescadero and San Lorenzo rivers and anglers are having good sport, catch- ing them principally with sand fleas and spoons. : The Fish Commissioners’ attention is called to the fact that owing to an obstruc- tion in the San Lorenzo River in the vicin- ity of the powder-house, situated two miles south of the Big Trees, the grilse cannot ascend the stream and hundreds of half and pound fish have been killed during the past few weeks by people who reside near the powder works. 1t is also reported that there is a dam in the river about half a mile south of Ben Lomond which obstructs the assage of the fishes. A visit of a deputy fish Commissioner to the places men- tioned may be replete of good results. A special excursion train under the lsu- g)ervision of Colonel Menton of the Central acific Company will leave this Citfi on Friday, September 13, for Truckee, Boca and other points of interest to anglers on the Truckee River. The train will leave Boca on Sunday evening, the 15th nst., lnndinE\Plssengers in this City at 100’clock on the Monday following. The round trip tickets, including sleepers, will be $11, which is slightly more than half rates. A magnificent seven-pound rainbow trout was received last Thursday by Henry Skinner from his friend, John McDonald of Boca. This isthe largest rainbow taken from the Truckee. It was captured by a Mr. La Forge ona No. 3 spinner. Occa- sionally Pyramid Lake trout weifihing as many as twelve pounds are taken, but they are good for nothing. They fight like an eeland quit the moment they feel the sting of the sharp steel. Mr. John McDonald of Boca has con- structed a fish ladder near the mouth of the Little Truckee River which is a credit to the Boca Miil Company. The new lads der adjoins the old lasder, which was con- structed some years ago by the old Fish Commission and which proved to be a most dismal failure, as no fish, except- ing perhaps a flying fish, could ascend it. The new ladder cost the builder $650 to construct. It is 200 feet in length and so perfectly arranged in detail thata four-inch fish can ascend it without the least exertion. In a year hence there will be excellent fishing in the Little Truckee Lake and the beautiful stream which feeds it. The Fish Commissioners would cer- tainly have the weil wishes of the angling fraternity if they insisted upon the con- struction of a new fish ladder at Burk- halters. It is utterly impossible for the fishes to ascend the old dam as it stands at present, and a new ladder would materially improve_the fishing above and below the obstruction. Al Cumming and his brace of Irish water spaniels are enjoying the balmy atmosphere of the Sierra Mountains. Cumming has had only moderate success on the Truckee, but on Saturday last be whipped a stream known as the “Two- Year-Old” Creek with great success, bas- keting something like 150 whitetish, which he states are game fighters. He will visit the grouse country next week with his friend, Dude. Among the fairly successful anglers who whipped the Truckee River during the ast month are Messrs. Muller, Bingham, cCrea, John Gallagher, J. H, Sammi, Charles Flint, Robert Hewson, Colonel S. N. Greenleaf and C. G. Young. Captain George Cumming says that anglers can talk as they please about great fishing waters, but the greatest river of all for genuine sport is the Williamson of Southern Oregon. Deputy Fish Commissioner Davis is still huldm% forth at Truckee keeping an eye on the doings of the Truckee Lumber Com- pany. The river is now perfectly free of sawdust. Horace Orear and wife and William Dormer are enjoyini’ splendid fishing and grouse shooting in Plumas County. A letter from N. N. Wilson of this City, who is now enjoying a vacation in Trinity Codnty in the company of J. H. Follis, W. F. Fairbanks_of Petaluma and A. Phelps of New York, states that the streams are literally alive with trout and that the party is enjoying excellent sport. The net tishermen, who in former years reaped a rich harvest from the numbers of sieelhead and salmon they had taken at the mouth of Eel River, are now up in arms against an ordinance which was re- cently passed by the Supervisors of Hum- boldt County preventing net fishing in the river from September 1 of this year until June 1 of next year. The object is to give the fishes an opportunity to ascend and popuiate the hi, le)er waters of this grand river. The angler is, however, free to cast to his lines until the end of the angling season. 1. W. Briggs and a party of anglingcom- panions are enjoying splendid fishing on the river Suir in Monterey County. Mr. Briggs states in a letter that the fish are so large and strong that he has discarded his silk lines and is now using hay rope with great snccess. Billy Robertson and his friend, A. Prou, are making elaborate preparations for a terrapin hunt to Point Reyes, where the aquatic “‘birds” are said to be quite plenti- ful now. Itis said that the Spring Valley Water Company contemplates closing San An- dreas Lake to anglers just as soon as the fishing will show signs 0} improvement. A telegram which was received yester- day by Jotn_Butler, from a friend in Sco- tia, on the Eel River, states that a large tun of small grilse has arrived, and great fishing is being enjoyed. e A R THE GUN. State Sportsmen’s Shoot—Bagged Items From all Parts. The State Bporismen’s Association will havea great inning at Sacramento this year. The fourteenth annual tournament willbe held at the State fair grounds, commencing on September 4 and ending on Saturday,September 7, The Bacramento sportsmen have added $230 to the $250 donated by the board of directors of the fair, making $500 in added money which will be competed for by sportsmen repre- senting several of the counties of the State. The first day will be devoted to bluerock shooting, and among the slated events will be an interclub match consisting of three teams from the different clubs attending. On the days following, live-bird shooting will be the order. Three Indians who are camped near Boca have been killing grouse a month prior to the opening of the season. ‘One of the natives killed, between August 1 and 15, 125 grouse, which were sold to the resi- dents of Boca and the tourists who were visiting that vicinity, No arrests followed notwithstanding that a Deputy Fish Com- missioner was in the immegiflu vicinity of Boca at that time. 1t must_be said, how- ever, with credit to Deputy Davis that he was not stationed at frnckee during the time the Indians were enjoying the slaughter of the innocents. Davis was in that country only a few daxs when he laced under arrest an alleged sportsman for hnvhfikflled several grouse near the town of Boca. The transgressor of the law was fined $20. He now reads the game laws. 8. A, Sharpe returned last week from a successful camping trip in the vicinity of Cazadero. Sportsmen who are interested in deer- | shooting should not forget that the open season in Marin County will terminate on Sunday next. After that time arrests will certainly follow. _George B. Roo% who has been rustica- ting at_Collins, Wash., writes that his friend Elmer Rea killed two bull elk on the evening of the 24th inst., and thata Mr. Cunningham bowled over a grizzly bear which was Ieedinfi upon a young elk. As for fishing, Mr. Roop states that the streams in Washington teem with trout of different varieties. It is to be regretted by all lovers of shooting that the game little snipe is on its journey to extinction, all because there is no law to protect them from slaughter by market-hunters and poachers. The S‘t,ate sportsmen who assembled in this City last year agreed to leave an entire open season to market and pot hunters, who destroy the gamest of game birds during their breeding season. This was done in the way of exchange to shield other game of less value from slaughter. To an experienced sportsman English snipe-shooting furnishes the grandest amusement, and, excepting California, all other States of the Union religiously pro- tect this grand little game bird during the breeding season. The result of a “no pro- tection to snipe” can now be seen. Ship- ments of English snipe from the breeding- grounds of the Sierras arrive almost daily in this City. Many of the birds received are with egg, and others no doubt have been slain while crying for their young. If this is what sportsmen term a fair field, then the game laws can be numbered au]mng other laws which are decidedly off color. In speaking of mountain-quail shooting the sportsmen who represented Sierra, Plumas and Nevada counties at the Sports- men’s Convention held in this City last year must certainly have been hibernating during the month of August, or otherwise they would never think of having the open season for mountain-quail shooting com- mence on August 15. The writer has just returned from Nevada County and can truthfully say that the quail in that sec- tion of the country are no larger than spar- rows, and will certainly not be of a size sufficiently large to kill before the 10th or 15th of September. The season for mount- ain-quail shooting should certainly have remained unchanged. So far as the grouse are concerned, the birds, although not suf- ficiently matured, were of a tolerably good size and strong under wing, yet the 1st of September would have been” about right for mountain quail and grouse shooting. Sportsmen must not confound the dates of the opening of the quail-¢hooting sea- son or otherwise theg may find themselves in a peck of trouble. The season when mountain-quail shooting is lawful com- mences on August 15 and ends on Febru- ary 15. The opening of the shooting sea- son for valley quail commences on October 15 and ends on February 15—that is, ac- cording to the State law. To-morrow the California Wing Club will hold a live-bird shoot at the Oakland track and the Empire Club will pull trig- gers at clay birds at Alameda Point. The following are the newly elected offi- cers of the Washington State Sportsmen’s Association: President, Josiah Collins Jr. of Seattle; first vice-president, E. E. Ellis of Tacoma; second vice-president, T. B. Ware of Spokane; secretary and treasurer, C. F. Graff of Seattle; board of directors—H. A. Griffin, E. A. Kimball, ‘W. J. Pratt, L. B. Faulkner, C. F. Treat, ¥. H. Mason, W. Clark, W. A. Handy, W. E. McKee, B. Jensen, C. Draper and A. Williams. A 100-bird race is announced to take place on September 1 at the Empire grounds. J. Roguey, D. Ostrander, Segal and Swan are constructing an ark at Botan- der’s mill which will be used during the duck-shooting season. Charles Scofield has arrived from a fish- ing and shooting trip to San Mateo County. He shot a 414-pound grilei in San Gregorio Creek which he proudfg exhibited to his friends on his return to this City. The following letter from Game Warden J. L. Donovan of Alameda County has been received and it goes to prove that the officer is diligent and attentive tobisduty. He says: I have been around the marshes in Alameda County considerable, and judging from the number of young ducks I have seen, Iam in- clined to think that there will be more ducks around the Alvarado and Mount Eden marshes this year than there have been for some years. There seems to be thousands of young mallards in the fresh water ponds near these marshes. Regarding deer, will say that I have just re- turned from a five days’ trip in the Livermore Mountains, where I found does and fawns ve: Elenllful. While out watching some hunters appened to see a large buck coming over the canyon, and which I succeeded in shooting. The buck weighed 123 pounds. Quail will also be very plentiful this season in this county. The streams in the county seem to be very well stocked with voung trout. A few months ago I stocked the Palamores Creek with 5000 rainbow trout. 1f people continue to respect the laws &s they have done during the last six months game will be very plentiful in Alameda County, and will afford ‘excellent shooting to those who are fond of the sport. Yours respectfully, J. L. DoNovAY, Fish and Game Warden, eseem HANDBALL. Much Interest Is Taken In the Kil- gallon and Bonnet Match. The poor showing made by Lawlor in the first rub of his match with Fitzgerald for the world’s championship was a surprise Champion Jones of Australia. [From a photograph.} to handball players here. Although Fitz- gerald had an advantage in playing in his own court it was not sufficient to account for Lawlor only winning two games out of the ten played. The final rub was to be played in the Grattan-street Racquet Court, Cork, August 20, but the news has reached here that it had to be postponed owing to Lawlor being sick. Since learning this his friends here think that he must have been out of condition when he played the first rub, which would explain everything, and they are hopeful that he will yet come out ahead. Champion Jones of Australia and his friends are anxiously waiting to hear the result of the final rub, as a challenge '1'" befing;;)inel;;;&;zt t_%thefilinne; to ay for or a side, € Lwlm- will be the man, as in flm{ c;'l;: there is a strong probability of the match being played in this City. According to the Cork Herald the games played by Phil Casey, the world’s cham- pion, James Dunne of Brooklyn, N.Y. and other well-known players during their e e s ROYAR. Baking Powder Absoluicly Pare recent visit to Ireland have done much to revive handball there. The Herald says: “Tt is intended to hold a great conference in Cork next June of all lovers of handball throughout the world for the purpose of promoting the game and drawing ug a code of rules togovern players. Ex-Alder- man Dunne of Brooklyn, the well-known practical admirer of the game, has con- sented to assist in the conference.” i All interest in local affairs is centered in the Kilgalion-Bonnet match. The first rub, played at the Oceidental courton ‘Wednesday night, has placed a substantial majority to the credit of Bonnet. The clever amateur proved himself to be all that his friends claimed, as he played a cool and scientific game throughout. The second rub will be piayed next Wednes- day night. Kilgallon proposes training during the week and does not consider the match anything like lost yet. im Harlow, the coast champion, was an interesting spectator of the first rub. After the game he expressed himself as willing to play the winner for _a money considera- tion or a trophy. Either Kilgallon or Bonnet will accept the challenge, and if the latter is the man the match will be Slnyed for the gold medal offered by eneral Watt. It would be a great game. Following will be the principal games to-morrow: San Francisco court—George Hutchinson and Austin Hendry against P. Kelly and J. Slattery; J. Harlow (the coast champion) and J. Lawless against J. Condon and M. Dillon. Occigental court— P. F. McCormick and Willie Jacobs against C. J. McGlynn and ‘W. ). Heney; . W. Ackerson and P. W. McGlade against John Purcell and T. J. Curley; T. . Bonnet and A. C. Hampton against J. M. Currier and John Condon. Union court—James Dillon and W. Kely against John Riordan and T. McManus; J. Feeney and George Hutchinson against A. Pen- noyer and R. Linehan. At this court there will also be a walking match be- tween E. Power of Port Costa and John Riordan. e S THE BOXERS. Gallagher Is Training Hard for His Engagement With Turner. Much interest is manifested in the wel- ter-weight contest which will take place next Thursday evening at Colma between Charley Turner, the colored whirlwind pugilist of Stockton, and Billy Gallagher, the clever boxer, who was at one time the pride of the Oakland athletes. As previously stated the match was post- poned one week purposely to give Galla- gher an opportunity to get himself into good shape, and, according to the quick manner he is developing condition, his friends can rely upon seeing him in good fettle when heis called upon to face the colored gladiator. Turner has a reputation for laziness and | it is only seldom that he can be induced to train properly for a contest. On this occa- sion, however, the cleyer boxer has sur- prised his old supporters by the system of training he has closely followed since he commenced to put on_muscle, and to-day be is as “fit asa fiddle”’ to entera ring against any man. If he should loose he certainly cannot place his defeat to lack of condition because he has never been in finer form than now. The sporte of Stock- ton have been shy of him in many of his fights of the past owing to his slovenly way of training, but on this occasion they will play him strongly against Gallagher because of his cleverness and fine condi- tion.. Gallagher is, however, a dangerous man, even though he may be in only passable condition, His fight with Tracy, the clever Australian, a few years ago, convinced the spectators that Gallagher required only experience to place him among the top notches of his class. He isas game as a game chicken and will remain before the enemy until thoroughly routed by a knock- out blow. If Turner cannot polish him off inside of eight rounds the man from Oakland will most assuredly carry off the ot. However, the fight should prove to the most interesting contest held under the auspices of the Colma Athletic Club. waiaibgie BAY FISHING. The Best Catches Have Been Made Near Lime Point. Bay fishing near Sausalito is steadily improving. On Tuesday last George Cole- man, the well-known angler, and com- panion, caught about 90 pounds of red and blue rockcod at Point Cavallo, the largest weighing 44 pounds, and several weighing over 3 pounds each. On the same day James Wilson and two companions caught 112 pounds of red rockcod at Lime Point, the largest weigh- ing 514 pounds, and eignt of them over3 pounds each. On_Wednesday Dr. Sandelin and two friends from_ Oakland canght over 100 pounds of red rockcod at the Lime Point Fads And Fashions Come and go in the Picture Frame business as in wearing apparel. At one time & particular style of molding takes the popular fancy, only to be succeeded by something entirefy different. We keep ‘‘up to date’’ examples of all the popular designs and new finishes. At present nearly all oaks in good moldings are quar- ter sawed and finished either in antique or dark English color. Some are plainand some are decorated with small ornamented beads. Nearly all hardwood frames are made of oak. Some pictures look well in such woods as cherry, mahogany, birch, maple, Hungarian ash, sycamore, chest- nut and curly redwood. We have them all, and have competent salesmen who know and will tell you what is best for your picture if you require any assistance to decide. In fancy moldings—gold, cream and gold, whité and silver, russet olive and apple-green are mostly used. For cabinet and Paris panel frames, the demand is for white metal, brass, silver and leather. Our variety of fine leather frames, both plain and silver mounted, is not equaled else- where, and the prices are all right on everything. We have recently received several new things in photographs, small ones under E_]nsa panels and large ones for framing. 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