The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 7, 1895, Page 8

T HE SAN ¥RANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY,. SEPTiBMBER 7, 189 In sporting circles the features of most general interest are the aquatic and ath- letic contests, which will be held at Sa mento under the auspices of the Association of the Amateur Athletic Union, and the great bicycle races booked for San Jose. To-day, the championship tennis tournament will commence at San Rafael; it will terminate on Monday. In coursing circles the event of the year will be de- cided at Ocean View Coursing Park on Bunday and Monday. The sportsmen have had three days of trap-shooting at Sacra- mento, where some wonderful scores werey The latest news o? interest will be lumns. made. found in the following col - THE WHEELMEN. Race Meetings at Oakland To-Day and San Jose Monday. As is usnal about this time every year, cycling is receiving a great impetus on ac count of the number of race meets a club runs. The Fourth of July and Ad mission day witness the greatest events o the year on the track, and Monda; no exception to the rule, as the en st for the Garden v Cyclers’ race meet, published exclus: in THE CaLL Thurs- day, contains the names of all the crack riders of the State and an unusually large number of new men who will try their luck in the class A’ events, the one-mile handicap alone having seventy-five start- ers. All the clubs have called runs to San Jose for to-morrow, and by to-morrow night the Garden City will be tull of wheel- men from everywhere within a radius of fifty miles of that point. On Monday morning the California Associated Cycling Clubs will have their annual competitive garade,fcr which two prizes are offered y the Garden City Cyclers—one for the club having the largest number in line and the other for the club making the best ap- pearance. These two prizes can only be contested for by clubs belonging to the as- sociation; but for clubs which do not be- long two prizes under similar conditions will be awarded, consisting of one year’s dues in the association ($10) to each club. The parade will start at 10 A. m. It is stip- ulated that it will be ne ary that at least three unattached clubs compete for the special $10 prizes, otherwise no awards will be made. Clubs desiring special baggage accom- modations for wheels on tr: returning from San Jose Monday night will report the same through their captains to Presi- dent Wynne of the Associated Clubs, stat- ing number of wheels and division over which they travel. No special excursion train will be run by the C. C. round-trip=stekmt, good from 3 morning to Monday night, may be obtained for $2 at the Southern Pacific Railroad offices, which is a reduction of 50 cents from the regular rate. The following are the handicaps, as pre- pared by R. A. Smyth, for the two handi- cap events to be run at San Jose: Two-thirds mile handicap, class B— W. F. Foster, sci Horace Siatd R. L. Long, 2! Jones, 30; C. n, 35; Russell Cushing, 45; H. C. 0; T. S. Hall, 60; Tony Delmas, 65; A. C. Pillsbury, 100. One-mile handicap, Ed_Chapman, sc yerds; P. R. Hayne, H. W. class A—F. M. Byrne and . Bates Jr. n, loughby, F. Smith, E. Delmas, T. Belloli, R. H. Hutchinson, W. C. Harrington, H.J. Drake, J. 8. Egan, A. H. Agnew, Holling, Tantau, R. H. Hammo: J. McKmght, V. A. Benson, 80; Ernest Nelson, Aug. Olson, C.. Madsen, H. Downing, G. W Bell, J. H. Otey, G. W. Brouillet, P. M. Lefe: F. H.Seaward, J. P. Jaeglin; George H. Sieg, Ray Hogg, Henrioul . 8. Joost, A Olson, T. R. Tharber, F. lo);ple, W. R. Baker, R. T. T. Kell, W. K. Jamison, F Dawson, 100; A ith, 110; Peter Motrin, 11 W. R. Childs, C. 120; John Wing, 125. Mr. Smyth’s handicapping 1s improving with every race meet, and the criticisms of his work when he first undertook the })osition of official handicapper for the League of American Wheelmen on this coast are no longer heard. He is fair and impartial, and, as he never fails to attend all the races, he is continually in touch with the condition and abilities of the men, and knows exactly how to place them. The league is to be congratulated on having such a good man in this im- Eormnt position, and also in Robert M. Welch, chairman of the racing board, whose conduct of the affairs of that office have made him the friend of all—racers, clubmen and meet-promoters alike. _The racing board has issued its bulletin No. 19, dated September 5, 1895, as follows; Sanctions granted—September 10, San Jose Road Club, Gilroy; November 7, 8 and 8, Gar- len Ci:&(;yclen (National circuit), San Jose; November 16, Santa Rosa Whieelmen (National cuit), Santa Rosa; November 28, Orange County Wheelmen (National circui?), Santa Ana; November 28, Petaluma Wheelmen, Peta- uma. E. A. Moody, San Jose, transferred to class B, Jause L Thomas McAleer and T. Q. Hall, Los Angeles, H. P. Egeberg, H. M. Welch, A. L. D- Gooch, awill be i suspended from all participation in or connec- tion with racing pending compliance require- ments of the board. The meetings sanctioned for Aamission day, ember 8, are as follows: Garden City Cy- clers, San_Jose; Order of Scottish Clans, Oak- 1and; Pleasanton Cycling Club, Pleasanton; | Riversidle Wheelmen, Riverside. Riders are wazned against competing at others. i . M. WELCH, Representative National Racing Board. At a meeting of the Bicycle Protective Association Thursday, a committee was appointed at the suggestion of President shows him in citizens’ attire, and those who have been so accustomed to seeing him in a *racing suit may not at first glance recognmze the handsome voung man wh likeness is presented in this issue. He will race to-day at Oakland and on Monday at San Jose, and can be de- ‘wnued upon to bring the Olympic Club Wheelmen’s colors well up to the front in all class B events. The California Cycling Club will leave their clubrooms at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning for San Jose. Captain Burke ex- pects to have a Jarze crowd in line for the Associated Clubs’ parade, and the captains of the Olympics, Acmes and Bay Citys had better drum up their men or the Cali- fornias will get away with the prize for the largest number in line. Tue Cann Bicycle Club is growing be- yond all expectations and now has an active membership of seventy-five men. T had no idea there were halfas many actual riders on the paper. The business office, editorial, press and composing rooms have furnished the material for what promises to be one of the largest clubs in the City if it keeps on growing at the present rate. All the members who can get away will ride to San Jose to-morrow, and the bal- ance will ride down Monday morning to witness the races. Mrs. John Martin, who attained con- siderable undesirable notoriety in the Martin will case, is learning to ride a bicycle at a cyclery on Polk street. She has taken several lessons, and may soon be expected to be out on the park roads. In preparing a puncture in a single tube tire to receive the plug patch, it is not absolutely necessary to burn it out. This process is simply an- embellishment, not an essential; it makes a neater job of it, but if the patch plug is of the blunt edge kind with large area of patch surface, the | repair will hold just as weil if properly inserted. | The Wheel is publishing weekly a car- | toon representing the leading class B iders cimbing from a soup tureen up a ladder which leads to a big bag of dolfim; THE LATEST PICTURE OF WALTER F. CLASS B RIDER. [From a photograph.] encased in a laurel wreath on the t.og Tung. The positions of the, figures are changed | weekly, the riders being shifted by the | number of points each kas acquired over the other as given in Spooner’s record | tables. Last week Eddie Bald of the FOSTER, THE ORACK 8. W. Backus to secure the membership of all cyclery owners and dealers in bicycles, and also to secure the improvement of streets leading to the park, the lighting of the park, the recovery of stolen wheels and Pml shment of thieves, the publishing of a blacklist vy cycleries of the names of those damaging rented wheels and refusing to pay for the same. Some of. the largest firms in the City have joined the associa- tion. Sacramento dealers are also organiz- ing on similar hnes. The race meet of the Reliance Club Wheelmen this afternoon at Oakland Trot- ting Park will attract crowds from this City, as the races are well entered and | should be hotly contested. The full entry list, with handicaps, was published yester- day in THE CAvrL, with particulars how to reach the grounds, etc. Sanford Plummer is to be the referee, and some of the circuit | riders, who have been doing about as they pleased with the various country referees under whose jurisdiction they have come. had best be very careful, for Mr. Plummer will stand no nonsense, and his decisions once made are always final and correct. The Crescent Road Club will ride to San Jose to-night, starting about 10 o’clock to take advantage of the late moon. The clubhas appointed a committee to arrange for a series of road races, the prize to be a trophy which must be won three times. The members of the Outing Road Clab are training assiduously for their five- mile road race next Sunday. The entries close next Wednesday night with Captain Meussdorffer. Lieutenant Russell will lead the Royal Cycling Club to San Jose to-morrow, re- turning Monday night by train. The club will hold a smoker Saturday evening next at the Temé)le, on Turk street, which bas been secured for the occasion and a royal time is promised. A. Cooper, Irvin, Frank, M. Weston, Alfred Woods and M. Meyer have been elected to membership. The club will join the League of American ‘Wheelmen in'a body, thereby becoming a league club. A ladies’ annex is also pro- “posed. The Pastime Cycle Club will go to Sacra- mento for Admission day, and Captain Borman requests all to meet at the corner of Ninth and I streets, Sacramento, to- morrow at 8 a. M. The latest picture of Walter Foster Columbia team was shown with his hand on the top rung of the ladder, with a total | 0f 79 points, and the rest of the Eastern | circuit chasers bunched far below him at the center, with none of them showing over 46 points. Bald’s showing for the season is therefore almost double any one of his competitors. He is unquestionably the man of the year, and his many Califor- nia friends who met him last spring will be glad to hear he has been so successful, which, I may add, he attributes largely to his training in this State early in the season. SraLDING. e g GUN AND DOG. Wonderful Shooting at Sacramento. Kllling of Deer and Rail. The most interesting pigeon-shooting tournament ever held on this Coast will be brought to a conclusion to-day at Sacra- mento. The galaxy of celebrated pigeon- grassers who faced the traps represented all sections of the State where the shotgun | isused as an implement for sport. Crit- tenden Robinson of this city shot in mag- nificent form; his eyes were keyed for business, and, as a result, he found it a most aifficult thing to miss a bird. His friends bave been unkind enough to say that he did try to miss a bird occasionally in the pool-shooting contests, but that the force of habit of throwing the barrels on a straicht line with the departing feathers ‘was so great that he failed to accomplish the trick, and, as a result, he swept the field of feathers, medals and money. Rob- inson should certainly represent California in some of the great pigeon shoots held annually at Monte Carlo. He is a remark- ably cool and thoughtful shooter and in- variably rans up a great score when he is in good condition; -that is, physically speaking. Fendner is another remarkably splendid shot, who is rapidly stepping upon the heels of Robinson. Chick of Los Angeles accomplished some fine work and ran up scores close to the winners. The most remarkable of all was the shooting done by young Nicholaus of Sacramento, who was defeated only by one bird in the race for the Fay medal against Robinson and othersin the shoot-off. Nicholaus is but a mere lad and his remarkably accu- rate shooting formed the principal topic of the tournament. He is certainly the com- ing champion of the great West. ‘The attention of the game warden of Alameda County is called to the fact that the killing of rail on Bay Island farm by Sunday poachers has been quite common of late, and the sportsmen of Alameda would be pleased to see the game warden teach the transgressors of the game law a lesson. A few days ago the Supervisors of Alameda County rescinded the ordinance grotectmg rail for another year. Asthe irds have increased wonderfully in num- bers in the marshes of the east shore the Supervisors ordained that the shooting of rail will be lawful commencing October 15 and ending February 15. It would be well, however, ifithe following season, that of 1896, be closed to hunters, as the slaughter of rail will be great during the coming winter months. A’ rail is a very easy bird to kill, and any man or boy who can shoot the least bit on the wing should knock over a rail at every shot. Lovers of duck-shooting will remember the trouble that existed last season be- tween sportsmen—non-members of gun clubs—and the Cordelia Shooting Club. After several arrests and jury trials, which ended in the discarge of the sportsmen who had trespassed on the Cordelia Club’s preserve, the officers of the latter con- cluded to haye the guestion of trespass set- tled definitely, and as a result the cases now pending against about half a dozen of the alleged trespassers will be heard in a few weeks before Judge Buckles of the Su- perior Court of Solano County. His Hon- or’s decision on the question of trespass on marsh land will undoubtedly interest a large fraternity of sportsmen. Of course, according to the law as it now stands, sportsmen will have a better op- rortumty of shooting on salt water marsh and. The law reads: “Every person who u%qn any inclosed or cu]ti\'&tedsrounds. which are private property, and where signs are displayed forbidding such shoot- ing, except salt water marsh land, shall shoot quail, duck, ete., without permission first obtained from the owner or person in possession of such grounds, ete., shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” How some of the gun clubs that have leased many acres of marsh lands for next winter’s shooting will get around the law is now puzzling the minds of many sportsmen whose prin- cxl}al enjoyment is duck-shooting. The Espinosa Gun Club will not shoot with the Cordelia_ Club this winter. The members of the former decided to go on their own hook, and have leased consider- able marsh land near Suisun, where they expect some good shooting by means of sculling this season. The announcement in last Saturday’s CarLi that English snipe were being killed and shipped to this City by market hunt- ers aroused the attention of some of the leading sportsmen of this City, who will visit the Supervisors and explain to them the necessity of an ordinance preventing the sale of the birds during a time when it is unlawful to sell quail, duck and other ame. The visit should certainly not be elayed, as the slaughter of snipe in their breeding grounds is growing larger daily. The Country Club has made arrange- ments for the shipment of 150 dozen quail from Southern California, which will be liberated in the northern portion of the preserve that looks ont on the great Pa- cific. The club is finding some difficulty in securing some Scottish grouseand black cock, but as the shooting members are de- termined npon having them at any cost it is safe to say that the ‘‘feathered High- landers” will get here some time in the near future. Notwithstanding that the season for deer- shooting closed in Marin County on the 1st inst., reports have been sent to this office that the killing of deer still continues in many parts of the county. Inorderthatdeer-huntersmay be on their guard against arrest for the unlawful kill- ing of deer, the following information may prove of interest to those who have been anticipating shooting trips: According to county ordinances 1t will be uniawful to kill deer in Alameda.and Contra Costa counties after September 2; in Los An- geles, Marin, Monterey, San Mateo, Shasta and Ventura counties after September 1; Sonoma after September 4;: Napa, after September 5; San Benito, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz after September 15; Lake, Colusa, Glenn, Orange, Amador and San Joaquin after October 1. In those counties where the Supervisors did not interfere with the general law deer may be shot until October 15. A dove-shooting contest will take place near Visalia to-day between the following teams, the Josers of which will pay for a wine supper: Stuart’s team—James Rice, J. O. Thomas, A. H. Murray Jr.,, Morve L. Weaver, C.T. Buck- man,*John §i son, Bob Broder, Wyatt Hum- phrey, F. R. KeYlenburg, W. H. Hammond and Fred Williams. Carroll’s team—E. E. McVeagh, Guy Gilmer, J. R. Pendergrass, W. . Wild, D. O. Harrelson, John Broder, H. C. Ray, E. O. Miller, E. E. Baker, W. G. Gilstrap and J. A. Hannah. Mr. Carroll, who is sporting editor of Visalia Times, isa very excellent shot on dove and quail, and as an entertainer he has few equals in Tulare County. It is very necessary that valuable guns should be cleaned |horoughli; after use. Speaking of the care of guns Shooting and Fishing says: ‘“We would suggest to the sportsmen who use nitro powders in their rifles and shotguns that they pay special attention to cleaning theirritles thoroughly as soon as possible after shooting. The in- side of the rifle-barrel should be wipea with the greatest care. Neglect in this respect is likely to irreparably injure the rifle-barrel, as rust quickly forms which is not easily removed. Sometimes the rust has so taken hold of the inside of the bar- rel as to prevent its removal, and leading follows, which destroys accuracy.” The American Field occasionally takes a shot at the pot-hunters on the other side of the pond. In its last issue it says: ‘“‘Dispatches to the duil?' press state that the visit of Emperor William of Germany to Lord Lonsdale of Lowther Castle, West- moreland, for four days’ grouse shooting, cost Lord Lonsdale $200,000. The first day the Emperor bagged fifty brace of grouse; and we are told that, although he is a crack shot, the birds were driven up almost to the muzzle of his gun. What royal sport (?) that was! In America we call that murder, and properly so, too.” A Scottish nobleman bought. a collie Eupny in England from a fashionable reeder, and upon his return to Scotland he handed it over to his shepherd, who looked at it with a critical eye. ‘‘Well, Duncan,” said his lordship, *what do you think of him?”” “I'dinna ken,” replied the shepherd, with some hesitation. ‘‘He has a grand pedigree," said the Earl. “Weel,” was Duncan’s reply, “I never saw a dog mair in need o't.”’ The initial annual tournament of the Washington State Sportsmen’s Association for the protection of game and fisn will be held in Seattle on October 25 and 26. Ed Steele and Ed Teeter recently re- turned from an_extended outing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They report baving bad a most enjoyable time, and found game and fish very plentiful. THE ANGLER. The Country Club Has Added Brown Trout to Its Stock. Although a majority of the anglers who manifested unbounded enthusiasm in the early months of the year have put up their rods for the season, the cream of sport is now being enjoyed by the enthusiastic stream-whippers who generaily keep good news to themselves when fishing is really good. As an evidence of how good the sport is at present, all that is necessary is to give the number and size of some of the trout that were taken last Sunday by two anglers who whipped a well-known stream near Cloverdale. Of 130 fish that were creeled, forty-six weighed over a qusrter of a pound each and ten scaled between a half and three-quarters of a pound each. All were taken on small flies, and the anglers state that they never enjoyed such fine rt. In the early months of the season ey fished the same water and were re- warded by a catch of twenty trout, the largest of which fell far short of a quarter of a pound. There are several very pretty angling streams between Cloverdale and Ukiah which the lovers of the sport here should g;va a whipping before the season will close. The Russian River, between Guerneville and Duncan's Mills, contains thousands of splendid black bass, but the cunning denizens of the very deep pools are de- cidedly facetious, and the most tempting of lures will not at times tempt the big fellows to ‘‘enjoy” a feast. Latest intelli- gence from Duncan’s Mills gives very flat- tering accounts of big catches of bass that have been made during the week. The spoon, frog and minnow are the most suc- cessful lures when properly presented to his highness. Old anglers” contend that successful bass fishing on the river will continue until October. when the fish will then gather in schools and retire, so to speak, for the season. Accounts from Eel River are very favor- able. Large numbers of young steelheads are caught daily near Scotia and an occa- sional king salmon is hooked by those who fish with bait. John Butler, John Galla- gher, Dr. Von Hoffman and John Benn the celebrated fly tier, will leave for Eel River in a few weeks. The fishing on the Truckee River is improving and it is expected that the large number of anglers who will leave this evenine for Boca will meet with good success. Bait fishing with salted minnows is still proving successful. A letter from Boca states that La Forge, the crack spoon fisherman, has been very ill of late. M. McDonald of Boca has completed the construction of a splendid fish ladder on the Little Truckee which is a credit to him. Other mill owners might follow his example. They would have the best wishes of the angling fraternity. The Couniry Club has stocked one of its lakes with 5000 young brown trout which were shipped to the club by Captain Doherty of the Hoopa Valley reservation. The club has also planted 24,000 young cut- throat and rainbow trout in its lakes and streams. This systematic system of stock- ing will afford the members of the club magnificent sport in a few years. The Spring Valley Water Company is jealously protecting the Upper Crystal Spring Lake, where thousands of splendid black bass swim unmolested by anglers. A few chosen spirits, however, bave had great success this year, but an invitation from the company to fish for bass is as hard to procure as a $1000 draft on a bank. The following is a copy of an article which recently appeared in the Visalia Times. It will prove interesting to an- glers: As is well known the expedition undertaken 1ast summer by S. L. N. Ellis and others to secure & number of Mount Whitney golden trout for propagating purposes at the State hatchery at Sisson was a success. The fish were caught with hook and line, kept in ice- cold water and packed many miles over the mountains in tin cans on pack animals. The tish were delivered at the State hatchery with the loss of but very few. But in changing the fish last spring about spawning time the Com- missioners made a mistake and every golden trout died. This summer Mr. Ellis again undertook the laborious task or traveling to Whitney Creek, capturing some of the iamous fish and bring- ing them out to the valley for the Staie %‘_ommisslcn‘ He was not so successful this ime. Mr. Ellis, Wes Warren, W. H. Elam and Robert Hill made the trip. Reaching Whitney Creek, the natural home of the golden trout, they found the young spawn of this fish in great numbers. These tiny fellows were not more than an inch and a half in length. With a net they caught about 2500 of them and placed them in two large tin cans 3}“1“]“ peen made to order by H. Askin of salia. + On the way back they found one morning to their dismay that every one of the young fish had died. The only possible cause, perhaps, of this unfortunate ending of their plans was that the cans had been used in goinginto the moun- tains to carry onions and other vegetables and before putting the fish in the cans had notbeen scalded. The aroma of the vegetables had probably affected the water and killed the fish, which live and thrive only in the very purest water on the globe. The gentlemen all felt very much chagrined over their failure, but to compensate for it in some measure they caught sixty-eight fine specimens of the speckied trout and sent them to Eshont Valley, where they will be planted in the streams there by Robert Hill. These fish were caught on Rifle Creek, a small tributary of Little Kern, on the 27th of August. John Benn, the crack fly-dresser, has furnished up very handsome quarters at 631 Greenwich street, where he will be pleased to see his friends. Commodore Beardsiey, E.T. Allen and Judge Hunt left vesterday for Boca. All are expert anglers, and as a matter of fact the rainbow trout will have cause to regret their visit to Boca. W. A. Tilley of the Railway Mail ser- vice has gone on a month’s hunting and fishing trip to Santa Barbara. He will visit J. Lee Palmer, who is in the light- house service at Point Conception. No doubt we will hear great fishing stories on his return. o iy CRICKET CHIRPS. A Successful Benefit Match—Penryn Cricket Week—Coming Events. 1t is the custom for English county clubs to give their deserving professionals a benefit at some period of their career,and the latest vlayer to take his deserts was Robert Abel of Surrey. No one who has followed this player’s record will deny that he amply deserved the recognition. The beneficiary had the pick of any of the home matches of the season, and wisely chose that against Yorkshire. About 50,000 entrance fees were taken during the match, 50 Abel will have no reason to regret his choice. The match resuited in a victory for Yorkshire by an inning and thirty runs. Champion W. G. Grace made his eighth three-figuré inning of the season at Chel- tenham on the 19th ult. in a match between Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire. Davidson of the Derbyshire eleven per- formed the hat trick in the match against Lancashire, which Derbyshire won by 218. The M. C. C. and ground beat Qxford- shire by nine wickets. The first cricket match ever played be- tween Smyrna and Salonica took place on August 8 at Salonica, and resulted ina win for Smyrna by flfg run A team from H. M. S. Royal Arthur layed a British Columbia eleven and won gy an inning and thirteéen runs. The Penryn Clab are to have a cricket week at_the end of next month and_will play visiting teams from Alameda, Lake County, San Jose and Nevada City. The scheduled cup matches for to-morrow are Pacifics vs. Californias at Alameda and Bohemians vs. Alamedas at Klinknerville. On Admission day the Anson benefit match will be played at Klinknerville. The competing sides_ will be the Alameda Ground vs. the Klinknerville Ground and the match ought to be a most interesting one. The advance sale of tickets indicates a very large attendance. The teams will be selected from tne following names: Alameda Ground—Hood, Hogue, Moriarty, Sloman, Foot, Clark, Theobald, Gardner, Wiseman, Cassidy and Price. Klinknerville Ground—W._ Robertson, Cookson, Pollack, Reynolds, Moran, J. C. Robertson, Townsley, Hearfield, Bowhill L. Eaton, Van Norden, Irwin and Bris- towe. —_— PEDESTRIANISM. Arthur Hancock, the World’s Cham- pion, Anxious for a Match. Arthur Hancock, a champion long-dis- tance walker, is in the City and is anxiouns to arrange a match with some of the lead- ing heel and toe men on the Pacific Coast. He would prefer a sweepstakes for a 25 or 50 mile match, to take place within the next two weeks. Power of Crockett, Con- tra Costa County, O’Connor of Baden and Riordan of this City would probably enter, and others from other parts of the State might come if suitable inducementis were offered. G Hancock has'a long record of victories to bis credit and very few defeats. He is an Englishman, 39 “years of age, and his first performance” was at Lillie Bridge ROYAR Balking Powder AbsoloTely Pare —_— Grounds, London, on October 16, 1878, when he received $100 for walking fifty miles in ten hours. On April 30, 1880, he won the fifty-mile championship cup of the world in 7 hours 58 minutes 3 sec- onds. On January 10, 1883, he beat W. Howes for the fifty-mile champion cup and $500 at the Marble Rink, Clapham road. He won the hour’s chamvionship and three hours’ championship. One of his notable victories was the defeat of Cham- ion Scott of New Zealand at Dunedin in 885. He has also defeated all comers in Australia, India and South Africa. Stk gt HANDBALL. Fitzgerald Wins the Champlonship of the World. The result of the Lawlor-Fitzgerald 'match for the world’s championship and a side bet of $500 was a surprise to the many friends of the former in this City. It will be remembered that in the first rub of ten games played in Fitzgerald's court, in Tralee, Lawlor only won two, leaving him nine to win the match and Fitzgerald three. The final game was played in the Grattan-street racquet court, Cork, on Au- gust 20. Four games were played, Lawlor winning one and Fitzgerald the necessary three to win the match and the champion- ship. In speaking of the final rub the Cork Itish Daily Independent says: “Again Lawlor was outclassed and the Tralee man did pretty much as he liked with his oppo- nent. Four games only were i\[nyed and of these three were added to Fitzgerald's list, who thus easily secured the stakes and T. Eonnet, President Occidental Club. [From a photograph.] the championship of the world.” Cham- pion Jones of Australia will now send a ctallence to Fitzgerald to play for the championship and $500 a side. Every effort will be made by Jones' backers to get Fitzgerald to play here. He is only 23 years of aze and has expressed a desire to settle in this City if he could find employ- ment at his trade of coach-polisher. If he should be induced to settle here it would be a great thing for handball. The last rub in the match between M. J. Kilgallon and T. F. Bonnet will be played next Wednesday night at the Occidental court. 1In the first rub of four games Bon- net won three and Kilgallon one. The pro- fessional from Denver has been doing some hard training during the past ten days and hopes to be able to turn the tables on the clever amateur at their next meeting. Jim Harlow, the coast champion, will play the winner. A match that has been talked about for some weeks has at last been arranged be- tween Harlow and R. Linehanand J. Nelson of the Union court. A good deal of money will change hands on the result. Har- low will have his work cut out for him to defeat two such clever players, but he feels sure of success. The firss rub will be played a week from to-morrow. To promote interest in the game “King" McManus, brother of the popular proprie- tor of the Union court, has offered a pair of gold sleevebuttons and a set of gold studs, valued at $50, to the best player in the Union court. Players from _other courts will be allowed to compete. It has not yet been arranged when the series of games for the prize will be started. Following are the principal games to be scheduled for to-morrow: San Francisco court—P. Ryan and J. Rodgers against H. Moffett and G. McDonald; J. Sweeney and C. Sullivan against J. Hanseman and J. Sharkey; J. Jones (the Australian cham- pion) against J. Harlow (the coast cham- pion) and J. McEvilly. Union court—Al Pennoyer and R. Lenihan against W. Keliy and J. Feeney: John Riordan and Terry McManus against J. Nelson and J. Wren; P. Johnson and J. McGinn against Austin VARICOUELE! Wasting Weakness, Failing Man- hood and Nervous Debility Are % Easily Cured by The disease known baffled the medieal ery turn. The varl- as Variocele has profession at ev- ous attempts to remove it have all proven ineffect- ive, and some of them even more injurions than the disease itself. The knife, vacuum, " compression snd massage have all been tried and a1l falied, and et Varicocele and its large following of wasting weak- nesses can be cured. Varicocele is a congestion of thestagnant blood in the velns, with cons'derable distention of the glands. Electricity will decom- goue this congested state and drive the stagnant lood nio the circulation, relieving the veins of the weakening strain, at the same time oontracting the glands which have grown weak from the dis- ease, thus caring the whole trouble. DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT, Recognized by the medical profession as the most acientific method for the AppHCAtion of the clectrs current to the body, and backed by many thou. sands of cures of various nervons and ehronic cases, I3 now acknowledged the best means of reaching the dread wasting dlisease, s VARICOCELE. Its power over this disease is remarkable. have been completad in One month. An (he oo Gases can be reached fn three montlis by this belt. lence of recent res S pRae sults the following will “The losses are nearly all sto) , and t e one’ J. N. ESTHER. Emigrant Gap, Cal. “My vericocole, which was very bad and pain- ful, 80 that Thad'to wear a support, was hel right away and in one month - had disappeared al- amy other cures can” e onmd be AmIOr s can be found by referring to the litile book, ““Thres Classes of Men,” which tan had free upon application. Those who have tried other treatments will find much of interest in this book or a visit to the salesrooms of the. SANDEN ELECTRIC COMPANY, 632 Market street, opposite Palace Ho- SRk f;l, an Francisco. ce hours. 8 t0 6: event Portland (Or.) Office, 2565 7 to 8:30. ashington street. NOTARY PUBLIC. (HARLES ATTORNEY-AT law and Notary Public, Market site P-'l;ao Hotel, Resideace 1030 Fell s NEW TO-DAY. Fads - And Fashions Come and go in the Picture Frame business as in wearing apparel. At one time a particular style of molding takes the popular fancy, only to be succevede(\ by something entirely different. ~We keep “up to date” examples of all the popular designs and new finishes. At present nearly a!l oaks in good moldings are guar- 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 comvetent 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, white and silver, russet olive gmd 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 glass panels and_ large ones for framing. The new lines of banquet and piano mmfi, and onyx tables, received about two weeks ago, give the best values and have proven the best sellers that we have ever had in our store. Our factory is located at 710 to 720 Minna street, and our Store and Sales- rooms are at 741, 743, 745 Market street, opposite Grant_avenue, with Branches at Portland and Los Angeles. Visitors al- ways welcome. 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