The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 16, 1895, Page 8

THE -SAN FBA.NCISCOI[CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEB_IBEE 16, 1895. PROPOSED BICYCLE HEADQUARTERS BICYCLE TRACK ASSOCIATION. Designed by Samuel OF THE PACIFIC COAST Newsom, architect.] nch of outdoor sport erable atten- between the Rel nd the two g by thousands of college ber of road races that are billed t the wheelmen he dust. \ooters are having tol- The coursers are an- | the park on shooters will nges t0-morrow fed gobblers are+t at e 1to the s othe ;ames are being well pat- | | LS b THE WHEELMEN. The Continued Pleasant Weather | Conducive to Country Riding. CLUB EVENTS TO-MOREOW. Acme Club Wheelmen—To Haywards. Alpha Cycling Club—To Haywards. California Cycling Club—Eoad race to Haywards. €all Bicycle Club—Run to Camp Tay- | lor. Diamond Bicycle Club—Road race to Haywards. Garden City Cyclers—Run to Wood- Liberty Cycling Club—Run to Ingle- side. Liberty Cycling Club (ladies’ annex)— Club Wheelmen — Run to Woodsid Olympic Cyclers—To Central Park. Reliance Club Wheelmen (Oakland)— To Haywards. yeling Club—Run to Center- | ville. | San Francisco Road Club—Road race to | Haywards. Waverley Cycling Club—Run to Hay- \\'ari!n- The racing of the Eastern crack riders at Los Angeles the latter part of next week | will attract the most attention of any cy- cling event in the near future. It isto be hoped that upon their return here the middle of December other meets can be arranged in this vicinity so that we may have further opportunities of seeing this high-class racing. The Petaluma wheelmen are to hold a meet on Thanksgiving day, all of the events being for class A riders. There will be one mile novice, one mile open,one miie handicap, one mile club handicap, two | miles scratch, county, and half mile for boys under 15 years. The prize list is val- uable and the meet be a success. The subject of tracks is still being di: cussed in this City and before long some arrangements, will doubtless be made to. provide San Francisco b a first-class bi- cycle racecourse. B The proposed ordinance before the Board of Supervisors making the- carr; ing of lanterns by wheelmen cor pulsory after dark has been practically defeated, thariks to the efforts of Judge | Kerrigan, Supervisor Hisrch and President | Coffey of the Olympic Cyclers. It was be- | jore a sub-committee yesterday, when these gentlemen appeared and discussed | the proposition, and the committee prom- ised to recommend to the board that the | ordinance be adopted without the propo- sition requiring the carryi lanterns. A proposition 15 befere the Supervisors of Tulare County to build a bicycle path nine miles in length, extending from Tulare to Visalia. It runs through the Lindweod dist: = The Alpha (ladies’) Cycling Club will | enjoy a run to Haywards to-morrow under | Captain Wynne, and on the following | Sunday will have a_joint run to the park with the California Cycling Club. To- morrow’s run will start on the 9:30 A, M. boat. The Waverley Cycling Club. also hasa | run to Haywards to-morrow. The Royal | iug of lamps or { ia. | writer, was married: Thursday at { will he be sorry? from thelr places of residence, and by the time they retu o This act will not of itsel ss A status, but it will putsithe forfeit their ¢ board upon inquiry,and will without doubt | lead to an investigation which may res | Ivan Treadwell, John E. Fagothey, Wil- ++Monday evening. their homes will hav velled | . ‘ ;- fve travelled | same locality. wonder if it was owing to those straw- berries? liam M. Randall of Rochester, N. Y., L. P. Cofer and A. H.'Joost have been elected to membership in the Bay City Wheelmen. The club’s secretary, Mr. Howard, is look- | ing for an owner for a valuable University of califernia pin which was found at the club’s entertainment at Odd Fellows’ Hall W. A. Terrill, the great racer. has re- ceived a letter from his brother Harry, the class A rider, now in the East, readin, | ATLANTA, GA., Nov. '8, 1895. Dear Bob: T arrived here this morning from | New Orleans. 1 visited the Cotton States and | International Exposition this afternoon. The Midway (vou can bet I went there first). looks | like an_iinitatiun of the Midwinter Fair Mid- way. [ will stay here a few days and ‘then go to Michigan via Washington and New York. | Good-by, now, as T have littie time to_write to | my. poour relationns. Your brother, = Hakry. Terrill will find the class A riders here much faster when be returns than they were when he left, as McFarland's | competition mile record of 2:05 at San Jose proves. He will have to ride better than he ever has to beat McFarland, Free- man, Byrne or Downing, thougn' it is said that these men will soon be put into class B, particularly those who have followed | the circuit south, all save Byrne. The Lily Cycling Club will have a run to Haywards to-morrow, with Captain David Hanley in command. The members of the Bay City Wheelmen have received a telegraphic invitation to | attend the smoker of the Citrus Wheelmen of- Los Angeles next Tuesday evening. This will be accepted by the following members: President F. H. Kerrigan, Will | I\'m{upenherg, F. H. Dunne, Charles S. Wells, R. M. Welch, W. A. Terrill, F. G. | Lacey, E. Ulbricht, W. W. Hatton, C. M. | Murphy, Tom W. C€Cooper and Thomas McAleer, who will be there at the time to | | attend the circuit race: | Harry Downing’s rise in the cycling rac- ing world on this coast has been as rapid | as was Otto Ziegler's, and he hails from the | The circuit races at San | Jase last'week numbered his fourth race | meet, and he upheld his reputation by the transfer to class B of the men invol: This is what [ have said to those class A men who have sought to obtain my approval of their visit toSouthern California, and is offered &S & WAIDIing to such other may contemplate following the circuir. R. M. WELcH, Represerting National Racing Board. Stanley G. Scovern, the popular cycling high noon to Miss Mary E. Coon. The wedding was a_quiet one, and the young couple slipped away together, mnobody knows where. Stanley took his tandem'along, of course. On the oceasion of the Bay City Wheel- men’s smoker two weeks ago to-night W. s)A men who | | riding dn either first or second place in the | finals of a! cla He won the | two-thirds of a mi from scratch in 2-5; rode second to nd in the one-mile open, the time of which was 2. won second place in the one-third of | 2 mile scratch, and placed the one-mile | handicap to his credit by coming in first | | from scratch.in 2:13. He also won the time prize in the Garden City Cyclers’ | road race recently. Downing has gone to Los Angeles to race st the National circuit meets there next week, and will no doubt I'be very successful. With the experience | t and head work of McFarland or Byrne, no one could defeat him in class A. | The following are the newly elected offi- HARDY DOWNING, G. C. O, THE NEW CLASS A STAR. s A. Terrill, the racer, was presented by the members with an elegant gold maltese cross, set with diamonds, upon a watch fob similar to the one given by.the clubto C. S. Wells 2 year. ago. Judge Kerrigan made » neat presentation speech, but Ter- rill’s heart was so full of 1hanks he could not find words to reply. The incident was a very happy one-and is only one of many similar acts of appreciation which serve to bring the members closer together. This is.the way the L. A. W. Bulletin puts it: Everybedy will be glad to know that the bicycle will eventually take the place of the horse in ‘war. And the horse— Neigh, neigh. He'll be tickled to death. The members of the Liberty Cycling Club will enjoy a ride to Ingleside via the park to-morrow, starting from the club- Tooms at 10 A. M. wearing a neat boutonnerein the shape ofa. liberty bell hanging trom a lover’s knot, the beli enameled in the club’s color (yel- low), with the initials L. C. C. across 1ts face. 1t makes a pretty lapel butten. John 8. Johngon was the first bicyelist to ride the mile inside of two minutes, in the following different ways: Flying start, standing start, straightaway un- paced, standing compvetition and flying competition. . The first performance wes Cyecling Club will ride to Centerville, and | done over three years ago. the Acme and Reliance clubs of Oakland | will go to Haywards. | The second of a series of five-mile road races will be run by the Acme Club Wheel- men on Sund November 24. Captain Williams has called a run of the members of the San Francisco Road Club | for to-morrow to Haywards, to witness the. ostponed five-mile. race between - L. .eavitt and George Hamlin. Members will assemble at ciubrooms at 9 A. 3. The | club is now in a l-rosyerous condition, and is 1eceiving applications for membership at every meeting. It is the intention to incorporate the club next month. At the jast meeting Sol Peiser, on behalf of the members, presented the past president, Ed Sands, with a handsome gold'medal as a token of their esteem for the faithful work he has performed for the. ciub. Mr. | Peiser was appointed to furmsh the press with news about the-club. Zimmerman, the”werld’s champion bi- cyclist, has met with a hearty reception in Australia. He.was met at Adelaide station by ail the pronrinent citizens in the sport- loving .metrépolis, and welcomed by the Mayor in the -town ball. He is trainin hard for the big cycline carnival to be held | there to-day: e will return to the United States via this City. Mr. R, M. Welch, re‘)resenta(i\'e of the tional racing board, has written for THE Cavrw thefollowing statement of his posi- tion toward the class A men who intend to follow the southern circuit: NOVEMBER 15, 1895. Recent newspaper allusions thereto indicate that the position I have taken with the class | A men-of San Francisco and_vicinity who de- iire to follow the National circuit through Southern California is not clearly understood. The constitution of the league provides thag | “an amateur of class A may not compete in any race outside of-his own State at’a distance greater than 200 miles by the usual line er route of travel from his legal residence, except by special permission from the member of the ricing board in charge of his district.” This The remarkable ride of Otto Ziegler Jr., the sturdy San Josean, at the Fountain Ferry track, Louisville, on the 12th inst., is calling for considerable favorable com- ment here. He won a mile open race in 2-5, which is competition record, low- ering the time made by Bald and Murphy ina tie race at Deaver last month, of 1:55 1-5. Ziegler is evidently back into harness again. The mile competition record is the best of them all, and the holder of it is looked upon everywhere as the champion. : The Imperial Cycling Club held a most enjoyable party last evening at Union- square Hall. Dancing was, the order of the evening and it -was kept up until mid- night. A large and select attendance was present. The Diamond Cycle Club and the Ala- meda Cyclers heid a joint reception last evening in Alameda. The Diamond Club will hold its pustponed road race to-mor- row at San Leandro. Frank H. Kerrigan, president of the Bay City Wheelmen and chief consul- elect of the league; Frank H. Dunne, grand vresident of the Native Sons, and 2. M. Welch, representative of the Nu- tional Racing Board, will leave here next Tuesday night for Los Angeles to attend to some business matters of importance there and incidentally to view the circuit races. Messrs. Kerrigan and Dunne will officiate as judees and Mr. Welch as referee of the various meets. During the recent two days’ meet at San Jose the writer was walking from the Hotel Vendome toward the center of town along First street with the champion Eastern flyer, E. C. Bald, when a fruit- stand was approached. Bald eyed it curi- ously, and suddenly exclaimed: ‘\What! strawberries in the middle of November? Say, this is a great State. Let's have some. Do you think they'il agree with me?’ Itold him I thought they could do - provision was framed without considering the extent of California. The class A men from hereabouts who go to Southern Califorma will compete at no point less than 480 miles by the ususlroute of travel him no barm, and we bonfht and ate a large box. To him, just from the cold, frosty’ East, they were a great luxury. This was Friday evening. The next day he lost both the events he competed in. I The members are now | cers of the S8an Francisco Road Club: J. | ¥. Morris, president; George Hamlin, vice- president; C. H. Need, financial secretary; W. B. Meckfessel, recording secretary; J. Unger, treasurer; C. C. Williams, cap- ! tain; J. S, Lewis, first lieutenant; L. W. Schmolck, second lieutenant; L. Schoen- | feld, sergeant-at-arms; 8.J, Blumenthal, | bugler. Dan O’Callaghan, the popular wheelman and Native Son, who is now .touring in Europe, has written to his clubmates in the Bay City Wheelmen from London, and promises to write again from Venice. His news about wheels and wheeling in Lon- don was very instructing to the members. He says the English wheels are beavier, bulkier and not neariy as symmetrical and strong.as those of American make. That although the roads there are as smooth as a pavement, long rides are uncommon, ten or fifteen miles being considered far | enough for a- country run. The way they run race meets would give Mr. Welch of the racing board or Sanford Plummer, the referee, cold shivers, yet the meets there are a great drawing card, from 10,000 to 30,000 people being in attendance as a rule, including the nobility. Dan promised to write about his impressions of wheeling in Paris and other metropolitan cities. The Garden Uity Cyclers of San Jose and the Olympic Club Wheelmen of this City have a joint run called for to-morrow to Woodside, which is about six miles outside | of Redwood City, on the La Honda road. It is a pleasant trip, and will be largely attended. Central Park will be the rendezvous of most of the Olymvic Cyclers to-day and to-morrow. The Cyclers number among their members a great many athletes of | other branches of sport beside wheeling. To-day those inclined to football will dis- port themselves upon the Central Park campus, and to-morrow the Olympic Club baseball team will bat and chase the sphere in a contest with the San Franciscos. The Cyclers will turn out in full force to wit- | ness both events and lend the moral cour- age-of their presence to.their fellow-mem- bers on the diamond and gridiron. The ladies’ annex of the Liberty Cycling Club wili have a run to-morrow to Lagun- itas under Captain Robinson. Members will leave on the 8 A. . Sausalito boat and carry their own luncheon. TuE CALL will hereafter print on Saturdays a notice of every one of the runs of thisclub, with full particulars as to starting time, lunch- eon, etc., which will do away with the necessity of ‘the secretary senzing a writ- been announced THE ten notice to each member. will havea run to Camp b As has alread, CaLy Bicycle Clug Taylor to-morrow, leaving on the 8 a. . Sausalito boat. The oft-postponed ten-mile road race of the California Cycling Club will be beld to- morrow from Fruitvale to Haywards. Twice the club has had to put it off on ac- count of rain. The men have kept in con- dition, however, and the race will be well worth seeing. The start will be made from High street, Fruitvale, at 2 ». M. SPALDING. K ASSOCIATION. TRAC An Important Organization That Will.Interest Wheelmen. 'The ‘most important project in connec- tion with bicycling on this coast is the plan of the Pacific Coast Bicycle Track As- sociation, recently organized. 3 The original members of the Comll\ihee | on organization are: John - A.-Richards, chairman; C. F. Jobnson; secretary: Wil- liam Greer Harrison, George E. Dow, Charles L. Ackerman,W. H: McNaughton, - E. R.de Tamble, Thomas R. Knox, J. J. Hassell, and the committee has now heen increased to thirty. £ The following extract from the objects of the . “association. show what is contem- plated: To vromote the s; t. of bicycle-racing. and road-riding by unlung all ihe bieseles ting all the bicycle-track associations of the Pacific Coast in one associa- tion, so as to arrange “bicycle racé meets and cireuits t0 the mutiial advantage of all tracks 2nd to confer together in any matters of com- Mon interest in track management. To construct and maintain as & bicycle head- Auerters -in San Francisco a large modern bicyele building and wheclmen’s hotel, in which can be housed in separate:apirtments as many bicycle clubs as desire to avail them- selves of itsadvantagesat a nominal charge. The buuding to have a complete gymnesium attached and bicyclé training apparatus, with professional trainers; hot and cold fresh and salt water baths, swimming and shower baths; a library and reading-room, stocked with works on bicyeling, newspapers, magazines and all bicycle publications; billiard aud pool tables, bowling-alleys, a restaurant, a large assembly- room for coneerts, meetings and dances, to- gether with private rooms for exclusive use of individual clubs or visiting wheélmen, and any other attractions necessary to the com- plete equipment of such a building. To construct and maintain mcmf or- train- ing tracks and to co-operate with all other per- sons, clubs or associations interésted in the same ‘direction, and to engage in any other legitimate enterprise tending to develop cthe sport of bicyeling. The main clubhouse to be erected at some central location in San Francisco mostcon- venient to all portions of the City and lines of streetcars, to be hereafter selected. A clubhouse and wheelmen’s rendezyous to be erected on the grounds of the water chute, Haight and Cole streets, with swimming bath connected, also a small training track or such other accommodations as these grounds afford. A racing track of not over three Japs equal, if not superior, to any track on the Pacific Coast, to be constructed in or mear to San Francisco at & site to be hereafter selected. The proposed clubhouse and equipments it is estimated will cost $25,000. very handsome design has been prepared by Architect 8. Newsom. It is adapted from an old Dutch desien of the highest class of architecture, as arranged as to give the ereatest number of small rooms on each floor in tMe front of the building. The en- tire front is composed of glass windows, giving about twenty-five rooms. Wheel room will be in the cement floored base- ment, restaurant and offices of the associa- tion on the ground floor, zymnasium and library on the second floor, and upper floors divided up as clubrooms, etc. The main building is four stories high, with a very high old-fashioned Dutch peak roof containing a large number of very desira- ble small rooms, The building is unique and the finest thing of the kind in the United States. Every club and track on the coast will be represented in the associatiog. This scheme will make San Francisco the coast headquarters for racing and give cycling a big boom. Bicycle Track Officers. At the meeting tast evening of the Pa- cific Coast Bicycle-track Association the following officers were elected: President, Thomas R. Knox; vice-presidents—John . Richards, William Greer Harrison, Charles L. Ackerman; secretary, C. F. Johnson; treasurer, R. de Tamble; audiror, J. J. Hassell. ntive, advisory and finance committees were appointed. The designs for the clubhouse, also for grand stand and improvements at the track, were submitted, discussed and re- ferred to the proper commit tees. - GUN AND DOG. Sportsmen Are Anxliously Looking Forward to a Good Storm. Some very excellent strings of canvas- back and mallard ducks arrived on the 8an Francisco and North Pacific Railroad last Sunday evening from the Sonoma marshes. The ‘“cans” were bagged near the ends of Midshipmans. Slough, which place is reached from Sears Point and Re- clamation stations. The Williams brothers, who have a club- | house adjoining ‘“The Sons of Rest’” head- Quarters, were ameng the most successful of the duck-shooters who enjoyed a rather warm day on the big slough. Karney and Bruns, a brace of duck-disturbers who invariably return with a plethora of game, did not do very well on their lasttrip to the mud flats. They attribute their poor luck to a too fine day and a small . flight of the northern birds. & Feudner and partner, who shot near the mouth of Midshipmans Slough, managed to bring to water about two dozen good birds during the first two hours of day- light, after which time the flight stopped and the sportsmen had to make the best of the forenoon in the exchange of ideasre- garding duck shooting and how easily some good shots are missed, Charley Heath stopped the flight of a dozen “‘eans,’’ and his blond partner managed to pick up eight good ducks, among which were some that fell at the report of guns owned by other sportsmen in the imme- diate vicinity. Captain-Batés and Tommy Hettish did not venture far away from their *'rest’’ on Rfunday, and ccnsequently the invited guests who had trained their appetites in the anticipation of a royal feast on canvas- back were greatly disappointed. The cap- tain, whose experience in nautical matters is very extensive, predicted that poor shooting would result on Sunday, and” his aim in that direction was certainly good, as the sport, generally speaking, was far from being even fair. Bates states that the next good windstorm will bring with it the largest flight of birds that has been seen on this coast in years, and that the hunters who will take advantage of the blow can safely count upon some exciting hours of trigger-pulling. Young Mitchell, Tom Sculley, Dan Dougnerty, Jack Mannix and = Charlie Long—by kind permission of Colonel Thomas Byrnes, commander of the “‘Sons of Rest” Shooting Club—will journey to Sears Point this evening with the object of being in the shooting swim bright and early to-morrow morning. Needless to remark that the ducks will have good cause to wish the invaders a wet journey home to camp. Mitchell is said ‘to have never missed anything within reasonable distance that was worth having, Scully has a record of winging a hay barn, Dougherty missed a goatonce and Mannix and Long have established reputations as snipe-shooters. It is no wonder then that the many friends of those noted nimrods are in hopes of feasting on canvasback and other delicious aquatic game on the return of the sharpshooters. H. Smith, Bill Cooney, Fred Petman, Fred Treadwell and Ben Johnson were among the sportsmen who shot on the Sonoma marshes last Sunday with vary- ing fortune. Eight tons of wheat were shipped a few days ago to the Alameda Sportsmen’s Club headquarters at McGill’s station. The wheat will be placed in the preserve ponds that are shot over by members of the club. 8 Duck-shooting on the Alviso and Alva- rado marshes is still poor because of the very fine weather that is prevailing. Thousands of ducks line the bay shores, but they keep well out of range of the many guns that will play bavoc with them just as soon as old Boreas putsinan ap- pearance and disturbs the present condi- tion of the placid waters of the bay. During stormy weather and just previous to heavy winter rains excellent duck- shooting can always be counted upon on the marshes of Alviso; too much rain will, however, send the birds inland, where they will find harbors pf safety and food in plenty. Itis said that the sportsmen of Suisun and Vallejo propose to cause the arrest of a gamekeeper wfio compelled a poacher at the point of a gun to surrender the ducks he |, had in his possession. Itappears that the poacher, so called, was shooting on one of the Suisun preserves when he was ac- costed by the keeper and .made to surren- der his game. g o The many friends of Jack Sammi will be surprised to learn that he has retired temporarily from the hunting fiela, and will dispose of his magnificent kennel of Irish water spaniels, the parents of which have won first honors at Inglish and Canadian bench shows. Mr. Sammi will soon join the great family of benedicts, but it is hooed that married’ tife will not alto- gether debat him from the pleasures of the chase and the companionship of many loyal friends, who -have had the pleasnre of his company during many happy and -enjoyable hours spent in' shooting and fishing. Mr.:Ferris of Ignacio. will have a Con- stable stationed at Ignacio to-day, with instructions to arrest certain hunters who | had shot some of his tame ducks last:Sun- day morning. The recent rains have added very mate- rially to the success of sportsmen who have a fondness for quail shooting, Pointers and setters can now do. geod work in the field, and as the birds are fairly well scat- tered good shooting should result until the very heavy rains arrive, aiter which time the birds will seek the high altitudes. Some very fine bags of quail were recentl made on the Tamaipais and - Country Clu! grounds, which speaks. well for tue close | watch that has been kept on game birds | that are indigenous to this State. Everything points to_ very successful field trials at Bakersfield this year. The | trainers are well supplied with dogs of | high degree, and according to reports | received from Allender, Waddell, Watson | and other trainers and handlers, there will | be some very -interesting contests wit- | nessed when the “points” are cast with | the “sets” on an open country where game | is said to be quite plentiful this year. Rumor saysthat if Prize-winner Glenbeigh | puts in an appearance this year he will need be in the very pink of condition to defeat some of the new dogs that are now doing some grand work in practice. A prominent sportsman, who generally guesses right, predicts that the first-prize winner at the next trials will prove to be a setter—possibly English and possibly Irish. | The Visalia” Gun' Club has under con- sideration a.proposition tolease a small | tract of Jand near the town, inclose the | same and fix up suitable grounds for trap- shooting, says the Daily Delta. It is proposed to consolidate the two clubs—the San Joaquin_ Valley and Vi- salia—into one.. By so doing a clubcan be formed with a membership larger than that of any other club in the State outside of San Francisco. It is the intention .of the club to build a shed of ample proportions to accom- modate the shooters and their friends; put in a set of five bluerock traps, fitted with electric pulls, besides having separate grounds for live-bird shooting. The cost to the niembers individually, owing to the large membership, will be small. When everything is in place and the traps are set the grounds will Frubnb[y be opened by a grand shoot, in which it is hoped shoot- ers from the neighboring towns will par- ticipate. The members are very enthusiastic over the outlook for the coming season, 2s a great deal of interest is being mani- fested by outsiders, and applications for membership are constantly coming in. The hunters who shot tame ducks in the slough immediately opposite Mrs. Ferris' | house, Ignacio, are not members of a club which has headquarters near the railroad track between Ignacio and Novato. These sportsmen know the difference between a tame and a wild quacker. SRR ANGLING. Where Rockfish and Other Game Fishes Can Be Caught. Fishing is sometimes good on the north shore of the bay and some large catches of rockcod, sea trout and other varieties of the finny tribe are daily reported from the principal fishing grounds. On Monday last George Coleman, a well- known angler, with two companions, caught about ninety pounds of red and blue rockcod at Point Cavallo, the largest weighing 41¢ pounds, and four of them weighing over three pounds each. On the same day Thomas O’Connor and friend caught eighty-two pounds of red rockcod and one eleven-pound green cod- fish at the Lime Point fogwhistle. Sea trout are getting quite plentiful, particularlv in the vicinity of Point Cavallo and Point Diablo. It is said by experi- enced fishermen that live shrimps is the best bait for those fish. On Tuesday Fred Benson and friend caught fifty-six sea trout at Point Diablo, the largest weighing 2} pounds. " Hepry Skimner has gotten up a new idea for mounting an agate tip on a fly rod. The improvement consists 1 the agate be- ing mounted so that its center is in perfect line with the center of the rod ring next to it—thus avoiding friction in the end tip. 1t needs to be seen to be appreciated and will at once convince any fly caster of its utility. It is rumored that some nice grilse were caught recently at the mouth of San Pablo Creek by some gentlemen who were ex- perimenting in spoon casting. Although some good-sized steelheads were seen disportingin the Sonoma Creek, near Shellville, Sonoma County, the anglers have not as yet succeeded in hook- ing any of the new arrivals. With the next rain will come a large run of fish. A commercial traveler who returned from a trip to Pescadero yesterday stated that quite a number of nice trout were caught Jast week in the Pescadero Lagoon. The baits used were worms and shrimps. - " Anglers who prefer fishing at Point| Reyes to any other glnce are anxiously waiting the arrival of the first run of grilse, which should be in the very near future. e ATHLETICS. A Field Day May Be Arranged After the Big Football Match. Although outdoor athletic sports, such as running. jumping, etc., are not patron- ized to any extent by members of the Olympic Ciub at present, there is now a movement on foot to have a great field day after the big intercollegiate football game between the two college teams is de- cided. The track and field men of the Olympic, Reliance, Acme and University clubs have had a good rest and are now anxious to contest again in the open. In all probability the Pacific Amateur Asso- ciation of the American Athletic Union will arrange for a great day's sport during the month of January. The active and enterprising young men of Visalia who are at the head of the Visalia Athletic Club propose keeping up a brisk interest in all branches of athletic sport. By-laws were adopted at a recent meeting. Professor James Edwards was appointed instructor. On the evening of the 23d inst., a boxing entertainment will be held. George Allen, instructor of the Fresno Athletic Club, and Jean Edwards, a clever boxer of Visalia, will meet in a six-round bout. F. Michelson and Mr. Scanlon, the-amateur champion, will also meet in a scientific set-to, then will come the much-talked-of event between Schuyler | and McGinty, which promises to be of a| most interesting nature. There isno doubt | that an immense gathering of the lovers of fisticuffs will be present to witness what promises to be a first-class entertainment. The Fire Department’s atliletic club ana gymnasium of Visalia are now fixed facts. Ninety-six names have been signed to the membership roll, and as the first month’s dues are all collected work on the gymna- sium building will be commenced. The building will be 30 by 60 feet in di- mensions, and will be 19 feet bigh in the clear. A small lean-to shed will be buiit at one end of the dressing-room and shower-baths will be provided. The roof will be shingled. The building will cost about $600. S Thesbuildmg can be completed in two weeks, Itis nroposedtto open the build- ing with a dancing party. n%he gymnni\lmgwill be built at the rear of the engine-house on Oak street. The entrance to the gymnasium will be through the engine-house. 3 Jim Ryan, a well-known professional sprinter, who has successiully contested in several races that were recently held in the East, arrived yesterday and is ready to sign articles for arace of 100 yards with r. Ryan is any sprinter on the coast. domiciled at the Palace Hotel, where he | forerunner. will remain until ‘he takes his departure for Australia. 1 The following -challenge. from W. E. Power of Crockett, Cal.; has:been received and 1s self-explanatory: CrociiTT, Cal,; Nov: 8, 1895. To- the Sporting - Ex tor-af the ‘San Franciseo | Call—-S1r: I hereby: challenge any San: Fran: cisco man ‘to-a’heel-and-toe. walking mateh 100 a side for three miles and $300-2 side for 1wenty-five. miles), John .07Connor of ‘Baden: or Arthur Hancock, champion of l:.ngland pre- ferred. W. E.. POWE] Crockett, Contra Costa:County, Cal. An athlete named John Radke is desir- ous of wrestiing aceording - to Greco-Ro- man rules any ‘man on' this coast who does: not weigh over 185 pounds for §100 a side, best two out of three falls; - CRICKET CHIRPS; Relating to the ‘Wind - Up of the Season—Alameda Club Averages. The California cricket season of. 1895 has passed_into " history.- Only a few loose ends—such as the compiling of - averages, the eating of annual dinners and . the | making of self-congratulatory: speeches— remain to be tied up, and then; for three months or so, the game will hardly be spoken of. In many respects the just expired season has been a repetition of its immediate The order in the contest for championship remains unchanged — Ala- medas, Bohemians, Pacifics, Californias. The individual scoring has not been so heavy this yvear as last, but it is generally conceded that the play all round has shown marked improvement. Particularly is this true of the fielding. The California Club and, incidentally, the game, received considerable impetus. through the joining of the Presidio men, among whom are some excellent players. | The same club sustained an irreparable loss in the death of its enthusiastic founder and captain, F. A. Anson. I am requested, bg the way, to state that the association is about to erect a headstone over his grave in Cypress Lawn Cemetery ]fol{o\\'inz are the batting and bowlinfi averages of tbe champion club, prepare l()'}I’ tlieir indeiatigable secretary, Benjamin ark : Batting averages, cup team, Alameda Cricket Club, season of 1895: 00 J0u £ “Sujuuy uw uy 150J¢ BATSMEN. | 70 31 8 01 9l 0| 9| 3| 1 4 1 H. Bird...... 2| 12| 2 H. Ward Jr. | 18} 1 H. Ward, 41| 8! 3 3. 3. R | 48] 8| 2 80| 7| 0f | 60 11| 0| 13 | N. B.—* Means “Not out.” Bm;!)ing analysis from July 7 to October 895: BIMOIA | H. 1. Wiggins.... During the, season .the Alameda Club played twenty-one cup - matches, of which number eighteen were won, two lost and one a draw in favor of the Alameda Cricket Club. For four consecutive years Alameda has won the chailenge cup. The English sailors seem to have been almost the last playersin the field. The steamship Liffey and Bedford and H. M. 83 anilfi‘es both engaged the Salonica team, who were victorious in the first case by 177, and defeated in_the other by an innings and 33 runs. S. Peacock and Caroline playved at Yokohama, the first named winning easily by 206. It is tne intentiomof the California and Bohemian clubs to have their grounds at Golden Gate plowed, harrowed and put in thorough order before the next season commences. UMPIRE, e SWIMMING. Champlonship Contest of the Cali- fornia Swimming Club. The third monthly competition for the 500- yard championship of the California Swim- ming and Polo Club brought together a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen at the Lurline baths on Tuesday evening, the 12th inst. The interest in the champion- ship contest has been steadily increasing and the final result is now a matter for much conjecture, owing to the fact that in the three contests now decided a new as- pirant for championship honors has come to the front. Five entries were made for Tuesday’s race, namely: E. Pomin, win- ner of the last contest; R. Cornell; Dan Renear, the 100-vard champion of theclub, ana Brassey and Hinkle. Starter Huntington sent the men off at the crack of the gun, Pomin, Cornell and Ranear taking the lead, the other two com- ])etitora bringing up the rear. For four engths the leaders kept well together, but Ranear, whose forte is short-aistance swimming, commenced to lag, and the race practically lay between Cornell and Pomin, the former showing considerable strength and power in the arm and leg movement. 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It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical om three to five miles for $100 to $300 a side | | scarcely a bead in front of lis eom The closeness of “the race had’ wo the’ spectators’ -up-to ‘an “enthusiastic pitch; that found vent when the swimmers turned for ‘the homestretco, but- Cornell; wit magnificent . burst of speed, succeeded in bolding hislead and landed: witiner'of:one- of ‘the best-contésted raees that hasbeen witnessed inthis City. Thetime of the winner was 7 min. 11 sec., while Pomin'did the distance in 7 min. 13 sec. The time of -each contest is being. cut: down so considerably that the Califérnia Clubis confident thatfrom the many prom- ising young' swimniers it is developinga Californian quarter-mile championship wiil yet be produced. ¥ A “comparison - of the fimes' made at former contests will show theimprovement | made: t ‘contest—Winner, Schulte. Time, 7 Second contest—Winner, Pomin. Time, Third contest—Winner, Cornell. Time 7:11 The next. contest will take place: on De- cember 4, on which occasion the California Club will hold itsannual entertainment, and in addition to many aquatic novelties there is set for decision the quarter-mile championship, open to all bona fide ama- teurs. The p:ogramme is as follows: Gr and illuriination minuet;. walking the greasy pole; 440-yard. championship of coast, open to all amateurs; trapeze flying and high diving: 100-yard championship of coast, open to -amateurs-only; chariot race; 100 Iyard handicap of - California Swimming Club; 220 vyaid handicap.of California Swimming Club; Water polo contest; -exhibitions by Professor Goetze and W.F. Hunt. Entries close on the 27th inst. iy TgRaaly THE RIFLE. Successful Competitors in the Con= tests at the Goethe-Schlller Falr. 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