The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 3, 1895, Page 26

26 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1895. OUTDOOR SPORTS. Interesting Events World and in At The football-players are anxiously wait- ing for a good rainstorm, so that the ground on which they exercise will become soft and pliable. The greatest interest in the series of games arranged by the clubs “will assuredly result when the Reliance and Olympic and the Stanford and Berke- ley teams meet. The wheelmen are making the best of the good dry roads prior to the rainy sea- son, when road-racing will terminate for the time. Coursing is da moving to a front Its patrons are becoming very nu- for trout is atan end, as the season closed last Thursday. The duck and quail shooters are h splendid sport on marsh and field. The oarsmen are bestirring themselves, and several single-scull races are being i talked of. Handball, boxing, rifle-shooting, etc., are having good support from those who fancy them in preference to the other pop- ular ways of amusement. —_—— THE WHEELMEN. There Will Bs Fast Raclng at San Jose the End of This Week.; CLUB EVENTS TO-DAY. Bay City Wheelmen—To Golden Gate Park. California Cycling Club—Road race, Hay wards. 17" Bicycle Club—To Golden Gate ving scent Road Club—Blind run. mond Cycling Club (Alameda)— Road race, Haywards. Garden City Cyclers —To the Park with Imperials. Golden Gate Cycling Club—To Center- ville. Imperial Gate Park. Cyeli = Cycling Club—To Golden ng Club—To Haywards. ng Club, Ladies’ Annex— Cycling Club—To Centerville. Royal Cycling Club—To Centerville. San Francisco Koad Club—To Hay- wards. Waverly Bicycle Club—To Haywards. The arrival of the Eastern racing men during the past week created a great furor the wheelmen. The visitors were a great deal of attention while here \d enjoyed themselves thoroughly. On Thursday afternoon they went to San Jose and returned yesterday, so as to be present at the reception tendered them st evening by the Bay City Wheelmen. be club will also take the racers for a ride through the park to-day, that they may see the sights. The riders will sturn to San Jose to-morrow morning and nce go into training for the races there and Saturday. As they are shape now, however, it will v little preparatory work to make to ride for their lives, and with te pacing the competition records le to drop. 1t is to be hoped that the managewment of the San Jose track has by this time made proper arrangements for the accom- modation of the press representatives. They bave always been miserable, the writers being located in a low stand where notning could be seen, with the rough side ofaplank to write on. At the meeton rmber 9 thev were put up in the band- no accommodations but a , and the writer has a very vivid remembrance of trying to take notes by usicg his knee as an improvised table, while a huge trombone tooted merrily in s ear. The other reporters had similar cperiences with the base drum, cornet, etc. All the other appurtenances connected with the San Jose track are good, and it is to be hoped that the press men’s grievance will be remedied before the coming meet. Asa Windle, the celebrated trainer of E. C. Bald, whose picture is produced to-day, has been following cycle racing in that ity for eleven years, and has had the bringing out record- handled the celebrated Rowe for three years, who held the world’s record of until Septem- ber 16, 1890, when W. W. Windle, whom Asa Windle bad taken hold of, lowered it In 1886 Windle was handling bur F. Knapp, Horace Crocker and George Hendee, all marvels in their day. He trained George Taylor and Harry Tyler when they were in the Columbia team, and in the fall of 1893 took hold of Bald. What he has done with kim in the past two years we all know. Bald’s work this past season has been phenomenal, he having been in constant traiming and com- petition for nine months, traveling from place to place all the while, and only the great care Lie has received from his trainer could have enabled him to stand it. Many another good man went to pieces under the strai Mr. Windle thinks somewhat of locating in California. He would like to give up following the circuit and settle down some- where in this State. He likes the country, is heartily pleased with the cordial recep. tion he is accorded everywhere here, and has made himself popular with every club he has visited and every rider he has met. The five-mile road record for the coast, though now down to a pretty low notch— 11 min. c.—is not yet considered be- yond reach, judging from the attempts which will be made to lower it to-day. Both the San Leandro-Haywards and San Mateo-San Carlos straightaway courses will be used, and as men of equal ability will make the trials on each this will be a good opportunity to judge the relative merits of the two stretches of road. The Diamond Cycling Club of Alameda has a five-mile race scheduled for to- day, and will use the Haywards course. This club has some crack riders, who must be in splendid condition from the excel- lent opportunities they have to train over the smooth streets of Alameda, and fast time may be looked f Then two of the San Francisco Road Club’s men, L. Leavitt and G. Hamlin, have a score to settle, having ridden a tia in the club’s race abouta month ago. They will have tandem pacing to aid one or both in getting below the record. The club will go over on the 9:30 a. x. boat to see the race. The time made in the tie race was 12:15. G. A. Nissen of the Acme Club will prob- ably use the San Carlos course in his ride against the record. He tried the Haywards course last Sunday and was unsuccessful in getting anvwhere near the mark. Emil Languetin of the Bav City Wheel- men thinks he can ride five miles in less than 11:35 and will try to do it to-day, paced by tandems. 7 The Bay City Wheelmen held a very among big them adequ Lo]ly smoker at its clubrooms on Golden sate avenue last evening. A large crowd was present, including almost the entire membership of the club, the Eastern rac- ing men now here and a few invited guests. An interesting programme had been ar- ranged, and refreshments were served throughout the evening. As it was a smoker, of course everybody was smoXing, and altogether the evening passed most enjoyably, and the affair was voted the best of its kind the club has ever held. The California Cycling Club has a ten- mile road race scheduled for to-day, the entries and handicaps for which have been already published. The race starts from High street, Fruitvale, at 2:15 p. M. Take 11 ¢’clock creek-route boat and you Will have time to ride to the finish of the | entertainment and in the Cycle hletic Fields. race at Haywards. The racing men will take the 12 o’clock broad-gauge boat. The election of officers for the California Club takes place to-morrow night, and the nominees’ names were published ex- clusively in THE CaLL Jast Thursday. On Wednesday evening there will be a hop at the clubrooms, managed by the Alpha (ladies’) Cycling Club. Members are not expected to wear their bicycle uniforms. The club is iormiug a party to attend the ance given by the Bay City Wheelmen a week from Monday night, and Captain Burke expects almost the entire membersnip will be there. There will be an important meeting of the Olympic Club Wheelmen next Tues- day evening. The coming election is be- ing thoroughly discussed, and speculation | is rife as to who the new officers will be. The Liberty Cycling Club will have a | joint club run with its Ladies’ Annex to | Haywards to-day to witness the Cali- | board of directors, whose style and ver- biage will keep us guessing. S To-day ths Golden Gate Cycling Club will have a run to San Leandro to witness the road race of the Diamond Cy- cling Club. After the race the club will be entertained at the clubhouse of the lat- ter in Alameda. The Golden Gates will give a party on the occasion of the club’s first anniversary, in Junuary. A theater arty is also talked of for the near future. he club’s membership is rapidly increas- ing, and the members are on the lookout for desirable clubrooms on Golden Gate avenue. The racing board has issued its bulletin No. 25, dated October 31, 1895, as follows: Sanctions granted—November 28, Peerless Cyclers, Woodland; November 28, Bakersfield Cyeling_ Club, Bakersfield: January 1, 1896, Crown City Cycling Clun, Pasadena. Suspended ~ pending investigation—Casey Castleman, Los Angeles. R. M. WELCH. Representative National racing board. The Royal Cycling Club has elected the following officers for the term ending April, 1896: President, M. Lafee; vice- president, M. Friedman; financial secre- tary, J. Klein; recording secretary, H. Breitstein; treasurer, A. B. Kosenberg. The road officers are: Captain, F. R. Rus- sell; first lieutenant, J. Posner: second lieutenant, A. W. Rixon. Captain Russell will conduct his initial run to Centerville to-day, leaving the clubrooms on Golden Gate avenue at 8:30 o'clock. A large turnout is expected. ASA WINDLE, THE CELEBRATED TRAINER OF BALD. fornia and Diamond clubs’road races. This | will be the last run this season, as it was | thought best to indulge only 1n park riding from now on, as the country roads are particularly bad. The club will hold its third invitation party at Mission Hall on | Friday evening, November 8, which, like | its two predecessors, will prove very en- joyable. The Pacific Cycling Club will have a run {)o-day to Centerville, starting on the 8 a. ». oat. It is possible that the Bay City Wheel- men, the Olvmpic Cyclers and the Acme Club Wheelmen may join together and | give a big race meeting on the Oak- land Trottine Park track on Satur- day, November 16. The matter was informally discussed the other evening, The Garden City Cyclers of S an Jose will be in this City to-day as the guests of the Imperial Cycling Club. There will run to the beach this morning from the clubrooms, 614 Van M at 10 A. M. The Imperial Club elected sixteen new | members at its last meeting. mong the | late additions to the roll are C. N. Ravlin | and W. B. Fawcett., two well-known | Olympics. The Imperials have engaged a | block of seats for the Bay City Wheel- | men’s entertainment on November 11, and will attend in a body. The members | are all looking forward with pleasant an- ticlegations to the club’s party to be held at Union-square Hall Friday evening, vember 15. be a | starting s avenue, o- There will be a members’ | | When the frame has been so modeled that | sirable era is not far distant, and when it | | blind | had 1o training at all, so you can judge by the If it were possible to manufacture a bicycle so perfect in general outline and design that alterations every yvear would be unnecessary, then might makers give | to the all-important question of perfecting | details the time and attention it so muvfi i deserves. The field which improvements | in the details of bicycle-making presents to the mechanical engineer is a most in- teresting one, and one in which his efforts in the future will be widely utilized. changes are unnecessary, the whoie year’s | energies of a manufacturing plant can be diverted to the perfection of minor parts, with the ultimate object of prodneing the perfect bicycle. It is to be hoped this de- bursts upon us it can be truly said that the millennium of the cyclist has arrived. The Crescent Road Ciub will have a club run this mornine under | Captain A. Bearwald, leaving e club- rooms at 9 o’clock. The members of the Bay City Wheel- men have received another letter from Harry F. Terrill, the class A racer, which is quite interesting. He has been racing in New Orleans, and says: NEW ORLEANS, October 26, 1895. Dear Friends. 1 raced here to-day and yes- terday and won one first and two_seconds. I | time made I had no shap. 1 won second place in the mile open unpaced in 2:15,and was beaten out only about an inch, if at all. First they called it a dead heat, then I got it, then the other fellow. Iwon second place in the half mile open E. F. DISTEL AND F. P. MALONE OF THE “CALL” g BICYCLE CLUB. mecting fto-morrow Sevening. F.' M. | Byrne, the club’s cralk rider, is training | at San Jose for the races next week. I was mistaken as to the authorship of | that Bay Ciuy circular letter to memger! | last week. It was penned by President Kerrigan, and Secretary Howard politely but firmly refuted my accusation that he in any way had a hand in it. But he promised that he would write this week’s letter, that I might note the difference in composition by comparison, and the fol- lowing curio is the result of his efforts: To the members: A smoker, for members only, will be given at the clubhouse on Satur- day évening, November 2, the primary object of which is {0 welcome the return of our ciub- mates Messrs. Terrill and Wells, and to extend fal greeting to other National Circuit A few surprises, coupled with the ed- ventitious aid uf good telent and the usual enire’-act refreshments, will assist in making the evening pass merrily and quickly. A club run to Golden Gate Park enda the ocean beach has been called by Captain Plum- mer for Sunday, November 3, the wisdom of which is quite apparent when one stops to con- sider the time, place and nature of the festivi- ties of the night preceding this run. Members Wil please asserable at clubhouse at 10 A. X. rp. Speaking now in behalf of the board of directors, we desire to remind you of our club theatrical entcrtainment, and to urge you to energize yourselves individually in the work of making ita grand and unprecedented suc- cess. H. P. HOWARD, Secretary. The worthy secretary’s individuality is stamped so _perceptibly over that letter one has no difficulty in naming the writer. But we are told that next week’s circular will be written by another member of the after having been fouled on the backstretch on the last guarter, and was at least ten lengths behind when ‘the spriut was started. 1 ‘was beaten out about halfa wheel. I won the quurter mile open easily, running away from the whole push. I only started in three races. 1have nad a glorious time. George K. Bar- rett, eaitor of Bearings, is here and took a great deal of interest in me. He is all right. So 1s New Orleans. This is a swell club—the Young Men’s Gymnastic Club—and has absolutely no connection with the Y. M. C. A. The vrizes I won were a $50 diamond and two $25 orders for merchandise. Yours as ever. HARRY F. TERRILL. Victor A. Hancock, a popular member of the Bay City Wheelmen, was married last Wednesday to Miss Marie Baker. Their honeymoon will be spent touring the southern portion of the State. | the proper method of setting decoys and may be had from Charles K. Melrose, chief consul, whose address 1s 735 Fourth street. Searpixe. | e o e, DUCK AND QUAIL. Sportsmen Who Have Made Good Bags During the Week. Edgar Foster and Otto Feudner had ex- cellent duck-shooting last Sunday morn- ing near Sears Point, a station on the Sonoma marshes, Their bag consisted of 250 ducks, which 1nciuded mallard, sprig, teal and widgeon. Billy Williams ana brother did fairly well near Sears Point also, but their shoot- ing was interrupted by a heavy fog which hung over the irarshes until 8 o’clock on the morning of Sunday last. The right honorable ‘“Doc’” Watt was fishing last Sunday on Paper-mill Creek, and as he tramped along the stream he picked up a number of quail which, being wounded by hunters who were shooting in the vicinity, fell into the creek. Mr. Watt says that h2 does not need a gen to secure a mess of quail. Mr. Alden of New Montgomery street visited Suisun a few days ago and was piloted to some good shooting grounds by Captain Bell of the ark Ladd. Allen bagged thirty ducks and twenty geese, which number of birds he says should sat- isfy any sportsman unless he be a game hog. Mr. Beil will be only too pleased to furnish good shooting to any sportsman who may visit Suisun in quest of good game birds. He states, however, thatafter the first storm duck-skooting will be ex- cellent. Messrs. Golcher, Hall, Allen and Maskey bagged 250 quail near Point Reyes last Sunday. Sportsmen who shot over the Novato ranges also met with very good success, The latest intelligence from Pleasanton is to the effect that snipe-shooting has been very good recently. Colonel Cooper and a friend bagged fifteen birds at Good- years last Sunday. The best duck-shooting to be had now near this City is on the Sonoma marshes in the vicinity of Sears Point and Re- clamation, but"to cath the early feathers and meat hunters must be stationed in their “blinds’ at daybreak. 2 The hunters who returned from Alviso and Alvarado last Sunday evening had good strings of birds, principally widgeon and teai. Charles Cate has been enjoying excellent mallard-duck shooting for some weeks past at a favorite location on the Alviso marshes. Al Smith and Louis Rondeau—the her- mits of the San Andreas Lake—have had good quail shooting near Camp Taylor. i ys that his partner is off his oats ar and can’t shoot a jittle bit. Jack Lemmer made a very excellent bag of ducks last Tuesday near the Oakland wharf. He refused to say how he bagged his game, Jim Chesley and a party of friends have purchased a hunting ark, which will be located on the Ferris marsh, near Ignacio, in a few weeks. Durin: stormy weather the Ferris marsh is a good duck-shooting locality. Al Cumming and Billy Patchell have been pouring hot shot into the mallards that feed in the tule ponds near Byron. As Patchell is an excellent duck shot he inva- riably retarns with a good string of ereen heads. The members of the Mallard Club were by no means pleased on Thursday even- ing, when they received information from | Suisun that the attorneys for the Cordelia | Club had asked for ana were given a post- | ponement of the long-pending trial, which | was positively to have been decided last | Thursday at Fairfield, Solano County. It | is safe to say, however, that the attornevs on both sides will be ready next Thursday | to argue the case, and it is hoped thata conclusion will be arrived at. Complaints have arrived at this office of the disgraceful slaughter of rail by a class | of Sunday hunters who shoot on the San Mateo County marshes. Last Sunday a wagon, around which was hung at least | 200 rail, was seen on theroad leading to | this City from San Mateo. The occupants of the wagon were six young men who | were beastly intoxicated, the result of: drinking beer from a keg which had a conspictous place in the center of the | h vehicl The Supervisors of San Mateo Count, should certainly put a stop to this indis- | criminate slauzhiter of game by passing an | ordinance giving hunters the right to kill rail during one month of the year only. - At the present rate of slaughter there | will not be a rail left to breed on those marshes when the shooting season closes. | Some of these Sunday pothunters, who | are not satisfied with a reasona mess of | irds, scull the sloughs at high tide and | siaughter the rail when they gather to- | getner on sm pieces of dry land that are | left untouched by the tide.” Frequently a | dozen birds are killed by the discharge of one or two guns. This is potbhunting in the full sense of the word and should cer- tainly be stopped by the gentlemen who are in authority and bave the power to | shorten the season for the killing of game | birds. Notwithstanding that there is a law | which prevents the sale of game, wild duck and quail can be had in a arze num- ber of the restaurants of this City by ask- ing for them. How long will this state of affairs continue? There is a vast variety of opinion as to the kind of decoys to use for the different kinds of ducks. It would be simple enough were but one kind of duck flying, but one may shoot mallard, widgeon and tealin a single fligl If mallard were plentiful we would cer! ly anchor out a few mallard decoys at one end of the string. There are times that almost all the varieties will decoy to anything in the shape of a block of wood, but it 1s the times that the ducks iure wary that the shooter must be prepared or. A well-known duck-shooter uses a mixed lot of teal, widgeon and mallards, anchor- ing ateach end of the string a few coots, claiming that the coots know where the good feed is, and that all varieties will light to them when looking for feeding ground. The more decoys a man Euts out the more likely he is to get good shooting. Let one man put out_fifty and another six within 100 yards of him, and the man with the large flock will get ten shots to the other's one. Some hunters place their de- | coys in pairs, others in_a long line, others throw them overboard as they come in bunches or straggled over quite a space of water. The long line does not look natural. Ducks seldom strinz out with their heads all one way unless alarmed and about to fly away,a state of affairs that surely would not tempt a flock to alightto them. If one can find an eddy in which to place a part of the decoys so mich the better. as they will then head in different directions and look much more natural. In shooting on the edge of alarge pond orbay in a strong wind avoid a lee shore. Unless the wind is very light a duck usually alights with his head to the wind- ward, and when he leaves the water he in- variably flies to the windward. If your blind be on the windward shore it can be readily seen that when they tly they must turn their bellies to you and approach you, thus presenting the best kind of a target for your gun. Next to being a cool shot the most important item about duck-shoot- ingis to keep perfectly still. If you move but your band the wary “duck will see you and shy off. Your dog may lie on the outside of the blind if Le be red or brown in color and the ducks will not notice him, but let him move his head or scratch a flea and One of the pictures published to-day is of Messrs. E. F. Distel and F. P. Malone of the Call Bicycie Club,of which Mr. Distel is second lieutenant. It was taken by an amateur in the park, but is-a very clever bit of photography. Both are splendid road riders and spend all their spare moments on the wheel. The Waverly (‘;s'cling Club will have a run to Haywards to-day to witness the various road races. < At last wa are to get the long delayed road books. It is probable that most of them will be received from the bindery the fore part of this week and all will be in the hands of league members within ten days. The book is_quite complete and a most valuable guide to tourists. They are only obtainable by joining the League of A mer- ican Wheelmen, applications for which like lishtm’ng your approaching birds shy off and are out of ran ge in an instant. R iy SEA FISHING. Some Points in the Bay Where Good Sport Has Been Enjoyed. Bay fishing continues good on the north shore fishing banks, and large catches of rockeod, sea trout and other varieties of the finny tribe are daily reported. On Monday Frank Thomsen, the well- known angler, with two companions, caught about 120 pounds of red rockcod at the Lime Point fog whistle, the largest welihmg fiveand a Em pounds and seven of them over three pounds each. On Tuesday Al Benson and friend caught eighty-eight pounds of red and blue rockeod at Point Cavallo, the largest, a blue rockcod, weighing three and a quar- ter pounds and four of them weighing over three pounds each. There has been an unusual number of fine spotted sea trout and large green cod- fish caught in the vicinity of the Sugar- loaf Rock and Point Cavallo during the week. Several large striped bass have been caught lately in Sausalito Bay by profes- sional fishermen using nets. g FISTICUFFS. Miller and Sharkey Will Try Con- clusions at Colma Thursday. Fifty members of the San Francisco Athletic Club will journey to Sausalito to- day for the purpose of ‘sizing up’ their champion, John Miller, who is booked to meet Tom Sharkey, ‘‘the demon of the seas,”” at Colma, on the evening of the 7th 1nst. This will be Miller’s first professional encounter, but his friends, of whom he has many, are very sanguine of his success. Miller stands six feet, and will weigh something like 190 pounds in condition. He has whipped the champion amateur heavy-weigats of this coast, and having no new fields to conquer in the amateur line he hasturned hisattention to professionals, and has picked “the demon” as the first man he will try conclusions with. Miller was a very awkward boxer a year or so ago, but under careful instructions by that clever exponent of fisticuffs, Aleck ‘““Hercules” John Miller of the San Francisco Athletic Club. Greggains, he has made a verv marked improvement since, and will greatly sur- prise his clubmates if he fails to meet Sharkey’s rushes with scraignt left-hand- ers on the face. | Miller bas whipped Johnson of Sacra- | mento in five rounds, and the la‘ter easil disposed of Billy Smith in four ronnds. \\*\fi be remembered that Smith gave | Sharkey a good race for the long end of the purse a few months ago at Colma. As a general thing amateur boxers be- come rattled, so to speak, when they en- | cage in their first professional bout, but Miller's friends declare that the big fellow isat all times as cool as a cucumber and will makea very scientific fight against the champion of the navy. It can be safely said, however, that in cas iller becomes excited and loszs his equilibrium he will certainly zo down and out in short order. Game qualities in a pugilist are a | very necessary qualification, too, and if | Miller can stand the wild and_desperate | swings which Sharkey will aim at his | head, his chances of defeating his op- | ponent are very good. | Sharkey is t00 well known to need any | comment. Heisa most powerful fellow | and hits as hard as a kicking mule. He | measures 43 inches around the chest and | 20 inches around the neck and will fight at 170 pounds. This is the first contest be- tween biz men of note that the Colma | Atbletic Club has arranged and it should | certainly prove a most exciting mill. Jack Dempsey, the once famous middle- | weight pugiiist of the world. died at his | home in Portland, Or., on Friday morn- i The name of Jack Dempsey is fa- | ar to every man who took an interest | n fisticuffs. His friends he conld count by the thousands, and there are few if any people living who have been given any | reason to speak an unkind word of the | most popular pugilist who ever entered | the ring. | Ever since the time Dempsey was de- | feated by La Blanche by one of the foulest | lows a man can give another when con- | testing for supremacy, and at a time when | he (Dempsey) had the “Marine’’ under | his thumb so to speak, the ex-champion ! middle-weight lost courage and hope. In | fact, Dempsey grew reckless and seemed to care little for his future. He continn- ously spoke of that cowardly blow which originated in the mind of Jimmy Carroll as a last resort to win coin less the honor of a victory. His defeat by La Blanche broke his grand string of {iftv hard-earned victories, and 1n a confidential way he afterward in- formed a friend that it would be the means of hastening death, the result of a broken heart. Dempsey tried every means of getting a return match, but La Blanche had had | enough of Jack and would not consent to | another meeting. This fact drove Demp- | sey wild, and to again place himself be- | fore the sporting people as the great Non- | areil he chballenged the elongated Bob | Fitzsimmons. Every reader of fisticuffs | is conversant with the fight and 1ts result. Poor Dempsey was broken-hearted, and the once great and popular pugilist faded | away physically until death came and | called from the ranks of famous fighters | the greatest hero of them all. CRICKET CHIRPS. A Team of Philadelphia Players WIII Go to England In the Spring. It has been practically decided to send a Philadelphia cricket team to England next spring for the purpose of playinga | series of matches with some of the leading | elevens there. They will play under the title of Gentlemen of Philade!phia. A letter has already been dispatched by the executive committee of the Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia to Secretary Alicock of the Surrey Cricket Club re- questing him to arrange dates. The team will be selected from the best local ama- teurs. According to present arrangements the team will be away three months, May 15 to August 15, during which time they will play a dozen matches. Some of the clubs with which fixtures will be arranged are Marylebone Cricket Club, Oxford, Cam- bridge, Middlesex, Kent, Leicestershire, Sussex, Gloucestershire, Derbyshire and ‘Warwickshire. The three leading coun- ties, Surrey, Yorkshire and Lancashire, will not be played on account of the pre- onderance in these clubs of professional lent; but professionals in other county teams will not be barred. The Americans on landing will go direct to London and practice for a week on a private ground already engaged for that purpose. In all, there will ie twelve players and a man- ager. gComxiclru-sble controversy and no little warm feeling has been excited by the strictures which appeared in Monday’s is- sue of a contemporary journal upon the conduct of the Lake County players in ranged in their honor, and all because they were unable to withstand the seductive de- lights of “Blingum.” One man alone of all their number is credited with ‘“scorn- ing the effeminate surroundings” of the San Mateo resort and with having pre- ferred to tussle on the cricket field. For the defense it is alleged that only three of the visitors succumbed to the unmanly joys of polo and steeplechasing, and that not until it was found impossible to keep the team together for the cricket match. But about the dinner and the smoker to follow? Itisall very sad. I suggest that the cricketers and poloites fizht the matter out in a mounted cricket match, Charley Hill and G. R. Webber officiating as um- pires. Captain J. C. Robertson of the Presidio team has arranged the following table of batting averages of his eleve Inns. T.N.O. M.LL Runs. J. C. Robertson.... 8 1 75 217 J. H. Seager. ES 0 48 111 P. D. Gellatley....11 2 28 116 M. Moran . ST 0 49 75 .8 1 16 42 .5 1 20 25 7 [ 14 40 4 [ 16 18 5 2 4 12 7 0 B a7 29 [ 75T T. Stone. 4 0 2 4 There will be a pick-up game at the Ala- meda grounds to-day. Intending players are requested to put in an early appear- ance. UMPIRE. i SNl St THE OARSMEN. The First of the International Row- ing Races to Be Held To-Morrow. To-morrow, at Austin, Texas, the worla’s international rowing regatta will com- mence. Races will be held for four consecutive days—November 4, 5, 6 and 7. ‘With only one prize in each event and ten of the fastest oarsmen in the world going for them, it is a safe presumption that the races will be no funeral proces- sion. All the oarsmen entered i1n the races are in a condition fit to row the race of | their life, except Henry Peterson, Califor- nia’s representanve. Owing to the short time he had to per- fect his condition, he had to do a deal of hard work, and the exceedingly hot cli- mate of the Lone Star State has weakened him considerably. He has been under the | care of a physician, and was compelled to discontinue training for several days and take absolute rest. He is out of harm’s way now, and expects to carry off some of the laurels. The English four arrived from England in the early part of the week, and during their preliminary spins on the lake have showed themselves to be wonderful oags- men, who Henry Peterson thinks will make any of their opponents row the race of their lives. The race in which this crew is entered will be watched with interest by the row- ing fraternity the world over. It will be a test as to which country has the fastest_oarsmen, England, Canada or the United States. The United States crew will be consider- ably handicapped by the condition of Henry Peterson, their stroke, but they are determined to win at all hazards, and, says Peterson in a letter to a friend of this City: “Although I don’t feel myself, T am determined to put on a stroke that will make the water sizzle in our wake, and show the Englishmen that as well as the fastest yacht and crack fiela athletes, we | have men on this side of the waters who an row a little.” A clipping from the Austin Daily States- man gives a sketch of the fastest race Peterson ever rowed: On the 19th of March, 1888, I rowed Wil- liam O’Connor a three-mile single-scull boat- race for a purse of $2000 and the gate receipts, ich amounted in all to about $L000. Seventy-five thousand people witnessed the event, which stands to-day as the greatest and gamest race ever rowed on the otier side of the Rockies. At the mile and a half O’Connor was nine lengths to the good. After I turned my stakeboatl took after him in _a spurt that I nave never been able to equal since, and cut down his lead to two lengths at the finish, I | have rowed meany close and exciting races, but it required & description such as I am unable 10 give in words which cannot convey what a really great race is. But for example you will see sich races during the coming champion- ships, where there is but one prize and ten oarsmen going for it. COURSING. Good Racing Is Promised at the Coursing Parks To-Day. This is the season of the year when coursing should be at its best. The hares are now in splendia condition for running and those that arein the inclosed parks, if properly fed, should give the best trained dogsaeood gruelinz. Kerriganand Cronin bhave hit upon a scheme of feeding hares which has proven very valuableas a means of giving longer and better courses. In- stead of scattering the grain in the breed- ing-paddock as formerly, it is now placed in the field near the escapes and by this plan the hares become conversant with the escapes and make a desperate run to reach them when pursced by the hounds. An excellent programme has been arranged for to-day at Kerrigan’s and Cronin’s park. as will be seen by glancing over the following entries: T. Brennan's Remember Me vs. 8. Riordan’s icopee, W. Murphy’s Stamboul Queen vs. J. Kerrigan's Dashaway, Villa kennel’'s Maud G vs. D. Dillon’s Evening Star. Prizes are $20, $10, 35, $5. the Bostonian, to play Sflon, and W. Williams, %o be the Carroll and H. Pennoyer, the game best three out of five 21 ace: e SPORTS AT SACRAMENTO- News of Interest to Hunters, Wheel= men and Rifle Shooters. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Nov. 1.—Sacra- mento sportsmen report hard luck among the quail. They claim that the country istoo dry. The best bag reported for the season was made by Frank Newbert gnd Warden Helms, who have forty-five birds to their credit. They tried the country between Rocklin and Folsom and report having seen thousands of birds. The Rosey Quail Club members, consisting of Ira Robie, R. MacCreary, Joseph Terry and Charles® Smith, took a day’s outing among the El Dorado County thickets last Sunday with poor success. int, Ed. Robbin, J. Chapman of San Francisco and Stewart Upson tried the xfiuml in Placer County, bagging twenty birds to the party. Duck are reported plentiful on the lower lakes, but as yet few of the migrator; flocks have put in an appearance. \\‘. Knauer bagged forty on Fay’s Lako yesterday. S. Elev.J. Day and G. Sturmer knocked out fifty birds on the same sheet of water. That ola veteran shot. Charles Flohr, bagged thirty-two ducks on Miller's Lake last Sunday, and Ed Van Alstine made a big kill on the Mallard Club lake. e The result of the test case on violation of the market shooting provision in the game law, now on in San Francisco courts, is being awaited with egreat interest by all our local sportsmen. Z i A few wild geese have been killed in the overtlow. They are the only specimens of wild game exposed for sale iu_local mar- kets, and are bringing fancy prices. ; A delegation from the Capital City Wheelmen will make the run to Stockton and return next Sunday. Intense interest is manifested among riflemen in the Company E, N. G. C., rifle and vistol tournament, open to all comers, which comes off next Sunday. The Third Brigade shoot, which takes place at Woodland on the 28th inst., is also creating much interest. The com- petitors will be divided into squads of twenty-four men each, and some com- panies will turn out two squads each. Chico, Marysville, Oroville, Red Bluff, Auburn, Grass Valley, Nevada City, Wood- land and Sacramento will all be repre- sented at the butts. The three companies from this place will go by special train, and it is claimed that some of the local officers have strong designs on the gold medal offer for the best pistol score of ten shots. Companies E and G of this city will shoot off the final match to decide the ownership of the valuable silver urn offered by the Buffalo Brewing Company on next Sun- day. The trophy is valued at $200. A bluerock and live pigeon tournament, open to all, will be held av Agricultural Park od November 28. NEW TO-DAY. PROVES THEM THE BEST 'WOONSOCKET SUPERIOR QI‘AUTY TROUTING BOOTS ALSO (ELEBRATED A PLEASANT —AND— PROFITABLE PROPOSITION. WE WANT AGENTS in every California town to sell the 96 Waverley. A million dollar company guarantees it to be all that money, brains, experience and the world's greatest factory can produce. Men’s $85, Ladies’ $75. The '96 Waverley will embody all new ideas and many original features, Address The following dogs remain in since last Sunday: T. Brennan’s Rosie B vs. Villa kennel’s Tempest, J. Parkinson’s Marvelous vs. D. Dil- lon’s Evening Star, T. Brennan’s Best Trump vs. F. C. Randoiph’s Dixie, T. Burfeind’s Trix vs. D. Reagen’s Lone Star, F. Gleason’s Mischief vs. J. H. Perigo's Santa Bella, Mission ken- nel’s Unknown vs. Westside kennel's Eldridge, T. Brennan’s Kathleen vs. J. Quane’s " Twilight, Westside kennel's Ruby vs. Alameds - kennel's Kitty Scott, T. Brennan's Dotty Dimple vs. California Turf kennel’s Waratah, F. C. Randolph’s Yreka vs. D. D. Roche’s Dan C, Westside kennel's Rockette vs. J. Kerrigan’s White Cloud, C. An- derson’s Nigger vs. Westside kennel’s Elwood, J. 0’'Connor’s Pee Wee vs. D. Burieind’s Catch ’Em, T. Flynn'’s Empire vs. G. O’'Brien’s Little Bob, T. Brennan's Rosie B ve. R. Shea's Blue Boy, J. Sullivan’s Little Lamb vs. Alameda kennel's Daisy, T. Brennan’s Astronomy vs. R. Shea’s Lady Fitzgerald. Following are the entries: Puppies—M. 0’Connor’s Marguerite, R. O’Shea’s Defendant; Sunset Kerr's July, M. Kelly’s Mary K; M. Kelly’s Youug Slavin, J. Dougherty’s Belle; J. Bradshaw’s Earthquake, J. Dougherty’s Iron Clad; D. Ryan’s Lady Byron, W. Dalton’s Cham- ion; W. Greeley’s Richmond Seal, Haywood err’s Bones; J. McCormick’s Papist, J. Byrnes’ | Mohawk; J. Byrnes’ Seminole, Haywood Kerr's Robert J: Hrywood Kerr's Foxhall, J. Boyle's Louise; W. Dalton’s Sally McClellan, Haywood Kerr's Mickey Free; W. %‘mnt’a Trilby, Sunset Kerr's Mabel P; J. Segersen’s Gold Hill, M. Tierman’s Gentle Mary; Sunset Kerr's Gee Whiz, T. Butler's Susie; T. Flynn's Bowery Boy; J. Owen’s Lash. Old "dogs—D. Tweedie’s White Rustic; F. McCabe’s Mission Boy; J. King’s Dublin Dan, M. Traynor’s Kerry Girl; J. Larkey’s Spinaway, R. Corcoran’s May Tea Boy; W. Dalton’s Famous, W. Creamer's Regent; D. Tweedie's Dublin Stout, D. Dillon’s Little Willie. g S arivinl HANDBALL. The Olymplic Club’s Tournament WIIl End This Afternoon. Phil Ryan of tbe San Francisco ball court will give an agreeable !m:pris! to his many patrons to-day by introduc- ing two clever players who have made their mark in the handball world. His vrogramme of sport will also be of much interest, as some of the best players in the State will toe the scratch in the afternoon. The games arranged by McManus of the Union court are good. They are as fol- lows: Professor J. Lynch and C. Johnson vs. O. Hendry and N. Parkerson, T. McManus and J. McGuinn vs. P. Johnson and J. Sharkey, H. McKinney and H. Batzner vs. D. Doherty and C.Long, A. Pennoyer and R. Lenihan vs. J. Feeney and J. Neison. Ryan’s bill of athletic fare reads: ® Glé erd"find .‘l,. B“l’swn to phsyp\\;;yl)‘l;ia: ;!':g . Barry, Jean Vogelsang and P. E. Mchnals lndgll 0'Brien, H. Moffett and throwing up the Pacific return match and the evening festivities which had been ar- M. 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