The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 29, 1896, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1896 THE FIELD T OF SPORT. What the Cyclists and Other Athletes Are Doing. The wheelmen will be well represented | on the roads to-morrow. Several runs { have been slated, as may be seen by a ref- erence to the cycling department. | A large number of fast riders are ‘in trai for the pavilion races, which promise to be of a most exciting and inter- | esting kind. i »-shooting has taken the place of field sports. Two prominent clubs will | to-morrow at the Oakland r anglers are not by any means | plsased with the long spell of fine weather, which they contend will destroy trout fish- ing during the con g season. The California Cricket Association has ded to open the season’s games in ‘As rifle shooting is rapidly becoming a popular sport new ranges will soon have to be constructed. The latest news from the coursing fields, handball courts, rowing clubs, etc., will | ve found in the departments published regularly by Tue CarL. T THE WHEELMEN. All Interest Is Now Centered in the Coming Indoor Tournament. CLUB RUNS TO-MORROW. Bay City Wkeelmen—To Centerville. Camera Club Cyclists—To San Mateo dam. Olympic wards. Olympic Cyclers—To Park. Phenix Cycling Club—To Park. Reliancé Club Wheolmen—To Point Bonita, via Sausalito. Club Wheelmen—To Hay- The season of country runs has again come around, as is best evidenced by the above list of trips planned for to-morrow by some of the various riding clubs. | Never before has the riding season opened | so early, and the wheelmen are msingj advantage of the present fair weather and | good roads, half expecting that they will | not continue to be so favorable for touring | a little later on when spring showers are prevalent. Now that the great twenty-five mile road race bas been ridden and won the atten- | tion of all the wheelmen 1s directed to the indoor racing tournament and cycle show | which opens at the Mechanics’ Pavilion | 3 vy evening 1 | From all accounts this enterprise will be big s this year, and it is due to the agement to say that everything possi- s been done to masxe it so. Races March 5 to 11, and Sunday matinees. will be s to the entific constructed, fast and . be in posi- | tion for training upon by te-morrow night. The racers can then pri upor Monday to Thursday should e: become accustomed to it in one day tries must be sent to Charles A. Wikide er, 1049 Market street, not later than management had orizinally in- tended to have only amateur since the revisea League of American Wheelmen’s racing rules have gone into there has peen some thought of hav- prof events. This will be de- cided upon by to-morrow, and it is very probable that the big professional racing | teams at Santa Monica and Coronado will come here and compét Sunday evening, March 8, there Prizes will S I a grand carniv be given for the ned, characters, the finest costumes and the best decorated wheel To avoid accidents on this occa- sion masks covering the eyes -will not be lowed. This entertainment promises to e most novel and interesting of the entire tournament. On the same evening there will be Chinese races and exhibition trick riding, and a race for men weighing over 200 pounds. There will also be & contest between ridersselected from among | the City's letter-carriers and mail clerks and a colored gentlemen’s race. | One of the principal events of the entire tournament will be the great military relay race Monday evening, March 9, be- | tween riders picked from the cavalrymen and infantrymen at the Presidio, each of | whom must carry a rifle, canteen and The race will be a_distance of s in two-mile relays, the messages carried to be delivered at the finish to the | commander-in-chief. This race will be | very interesting as a demonstration of the | ible use of the bicycle in the army. these ~special events there will- be the great contest every night | between the crack class A and B men of last year, who are now all assembled in one class and known only as ama- teurs. After three months’ rest the racers aré in the pink of condition, and as all the clubs have entered their best men, and great rivalry is shown among them, the races and fimishing sprints will be fought out to the-bitter end. The prize list offered by the tournament promoters is very valuable, which probably accounts for the enthusiasm the men show in train- ing and when speaking about the races, and will prove a great incentive for them to ride their very best. So much for the racing features of the tournament. In addition there is to be a cycle show, which will be very interesting. All the big firms of this City have taken space, and it will be the iargest exhibition cles ever seen here. Spaces have been arranged on the Hayes and Grove streets’ sides of the Pavilion, back of the track. One exhibitor will show something never seen here or at any othercycle show, a bicycle, tandem, triplet, quadruplet, quintet and sextet, or “‘sextuplet,” as some call it. These will all be seen in motion upon the t ,and in pretty lively motion at that. extet is a single steerer, guid knapsac Che d by the first rider only, and can easily make the turns of the track. Speaking of -sextets reminds me. two record teams at Santa Mon Coronado each have one of the: which, by the way, are v. $5000 apiece;. The one at § The a and ¢ muchines, lued at about nta Monica is guided by W.M. Randall of Rochester, N.Y.,a big, strong rider weishing over 200 The one at Coronado is little fellow named Stone, , who is qnite diminutive in : strength. ~ Each of the re- ive team managers thinks he has got pounds. nage spec the right idea. Butto return to the cycle show. Chief Consul Kerrigan Las made arrangements 8o that all members of the Leazue of American Wheelmen will be admitted at half pric This is another of the many advantages of belonging to the league. The various exhibitors will have a meet- ing next Monday morning at the Pavilion at1l o'clock toarrange a set of rules for their own government. The Southern Pacitic Comvany and the two lines of Marin County will issue tickets to people desiring o attend the show at half the regular rates. A bicycle is to be given away every night by the management as a | gate prize. There will be 2 great many people attend the show who will go only to see the mense bicycle exhibits, and who do not care for the racing, though that is the principal - attraction to the majority of | cycling enthusiasts. The seats for spect tors have all been raised, so that an excel- lent view of all parts of the track is obtainable from any part of the honse, and theve will also. be standing room in the center, reached" by a stairway over the ! track. Altogether, the tournament and show will be the best and most interesting of any ever held here, and the many novel features that will be offercd should make | night, which is next Thursday | policy to do this is ! can be modified in some w | at 9 o’clock. i their presence to the interesting occasion. it a great attraction for the public as well as wheelmen_in ier: The latter are allon the qui v waiting the opening March 5. { It is stated authoritatively t Colonel | T. P. Robinson, who has been put in | ch of the amusements at Heights, proposes to construct a bicycle | track there, amply protected from wind | and with perfect accommodations for the | riders and the public, if he can be assured the support of the local clubs. ‘rhis will draw from the Alameda enterprise con- siderably, and it is a question which one the wheelmen will consider most favorably. There has been some taik of abolishing the National circuit. Whetherit wounld be a question. It is true that the manufacturers who employ racing teams are at present dissatisfied with the idea of jumping their men several hun- | ired miles at a time; but if the distances that the National circuit will survive the opposition manifested to it. A conference it is possible | payment of a fare for his bicvele and one for himself a rider is permitted to place his wheel on the dummy, either front or rear section. It i3 a great convenience to | wheelmen of the Western Addition who | arrive at the ferry tired from a long day’s | journey, and the company’s action is greatly appreciated. John G. Ehright is a voung San Fran- | cisco rider now at Heredia, Costa Rica, | Central America. He has made quite a reoutation for himself both there and at | the capital, San Jose, for his expertness with | the wheel, which he finds a great aid and | convenience in that land where streetcars | are unbeard of. In several contests with some of the local aspirants for cveling honors there he has come out way ahead, his light American-made wheel and his | own strength and activity being the prin- cipal aids to his success. He expects to return here shortly to attend college. A friend of mine who isa reporter for Tk CaLL clipped the following interest- | ing item from the Dublin Freeman the other day and laid it on my desk: “Re- porter wanted: cyclist preferred; apply, stating experience and terms expected, to ationalist office, Carlow.”” Before I saw it the clipping met the eves of several fel- | low reporters, and they all had to scribble | their opinions underneath it. Here are some of the expressions: *‘Incidentally | this might make a paragraph to illustrate the place the bicyele occupies back there. G This is how they do things in Ire- |land. P.”" “Here is achance for you to | apply for the position. 8.7 “Send your between the Cycle Board of Trade and the | League racing board will shortly be held to determine this iriteresting question. Amatenrs will need to be very waty con- cerning a possible viclation of the League of American Wheelmen’s racing rules in the future. There are many men in this s to-day who deserve to be profes- sionals, and R. M. Welch, the California | | member of the National racing board, wiil | keep a watchiul eye upon the men within his jurisdiction, and wifl transfer to the professional class any man toward whom circumstances point as a trans; r of the amateur rules.” The L. A. W. defini- tion of an amateur is now more strict than it has ever been, and-it is safe to presume that mostof the good riders will find that in order to follow racing as they would like to they will have to become’ profes- sionals. aptain J. J. B. Argenti has called a pic- nic run of the Camera Club cyclists for to- morrow to the San Mateo dam. Members will meet at 1640 Market street promptly It will'be so. arranged that those desiring'may take the train home from San Mateo. The distance each way irom the start is twenty-live mil The members will carry luncheon with them, and may invite a friend if so desirous. The roads are said to be in excellent con- | dttion. Is it advisable for a bicycle rider torush | Robert A. Welch, California’s Member of the National Racing Board. hills? Many and many are the times | that the wheelman hesitates at the bottom of some steep incline, debating within himself whether he shall make a rush for it or climb the hill leisurely. Often in a state of doubt the rider makesa headlong dash, but bis strength is not adequate to meet the effort and off the wheel he clam- bers, to fume and fret because he did not take more time to it. Old and experienced riders rarely rush hili If the incline be short, or the course over a section of coun- fry with a slight wave to the iand, it may | be well to make a number of fast climbs, where the impetus gained going down one short descent is sufficient to carry you to the top of the next little knoll, but ‘it is never best to attempt to rush a long hill, It is advisable to climb all hills slowly. The good-roads meeting to be held in 0dd Fellows’ Hail next Tuesday evening, March 3, promises to be well aftenaed by the wheelmen. When such big clubs as the Califernias, the Bay Citys and the Olympics have arranged to go en*masse, it | is ‘sure to be enthusiastic. Regular runs bave been called, the men to leave their | respective clubs on foot and go in a body | to the ball. It is a movement which | should receive the support of every cyclist, | and "all are expected to attend and lend At a meeting of the board of directors | last Tuesday evening, the Bay City Wheel- men’s relay interests were well cared for | in the appointment of & committee on re-. lay, which consists of Sanford Plummer, captain; Georze P.Caldwell, lieutenant: Walter D. Sheldon, Frank H. Watters Jr. and Theodore C. Dodge. The California-street cable system is | about the only streetear line in the. Clty that | L know of that carries wheels, Upon the | iriend Gates on; it’s a good way to get rid of him. “This is where the man zht to go who handicapped that road aturday, B.” Personally, all 1 about these comments is, “We concur. The wheelmen of this State will be grati- fied to_learn that Robert M. Welch of the Bay City Wheelmen, who has been the representative ‘of the National racing board here for theé last year or more, has juse been appointed a member of that board by President Elliott of the League of American Wheelmen. The only other Californian recognized by Mr. Elliott’s ap- pointments is C. C. Monaghan of Santa Auna, chief consul of the Soutnern Califor- | nia division, who is on the rules and regu- lations committee. This is the second time a Culifornian has been honored by a place upon the racing board, Robert A. Smyth being chosen in 1839, Mr. Welch has been associated with the league for a great many years. He was the first chief consul of the California division, which he was instrumental in organizing in 1886. His administration of the racing board’s interests on this coast during the past season has been per- fect, and it was a just acknow’edgment of his assiduous attention to his duties and untiring efforts for the advancement of racing interests on this coast to accord him the honor o! ion this v. the National racing board. members of the board are: George D. Gideon (chairman), Philadelpbia; H. W. tobinson, Boston; A. G. Batchelder, New York; E. C. Croninger, Cincinnat Gerlach, Chieago, and D. W. Robert, St. Louis. The Phenix Cycling Clab will hold a party this evening at Harmony Hall, Mis- ion street. To-morrow the cuptain has decided to have a run to the park and beach. The Imperial Cycling Club held a moon- lignt run last evening to the park. A large number of the members turned out and enjoyed the night riding thoroughly. The San Francisco Road Club will have a run to the *park to-morrow, led by Cap- tain Pixley, leaving the clubhouse at 10 o'clock sharp. Intheafternogn the racing contingent will go to the Pavilion to train on the new indoor track, which, it isex- pected, will be completed by that time. The Bay City Wheelmen will hoid a ten- mile handicap road race Sundaf', March 5, oven some course not vet decided upon. Wells, the Terrills, Long and Griffiths will ride from scrotch, and as there will be some thirty or forty contestants the race should be one of the best of the season. The Bay Citys seldom hold road races, but when they do they are good ones. A club run has been called for to-morrow to Cen- terville, under Lieutenant Caldwell, leav- ing on the 9 o’clock broad-gange boat, and another run has been called, withont wheels, to attend the good roads meeting at 0dd Fellows' Hall next Tuesday even- ing. The Olympic Cyclers will hold & run to the park to-morrow under Captain Butz and Lieutenants Coonev and Coffroth. On Sunday, March 8, a_joint run will be | held with the Garden City Cyclers of San Jose to Centerville, where the riders will enjoy lunch 2nd witness a zame of base- blmll between picked nines from the two clubs. The Olympic Club Wheelmen will ride to Haywards to-morrow, under Captain Fawcett and Lieutenants Berges and Plagemann. The members are requested to take the 9 o’clock boat and local train to Fruitvale. An excellent lunch iy as- sured at the destination. SPALDIN G. . THE ANGLER. Fish Commissloners Will Be Asked to Stock Coast Streams. Unless a change in the weather will ar- rive in the very near future, anglers can certainly count upon a very poor season for trout fishing. Joast streams are now almost as low as they will be in the months of July and August, and this isto beregretted as many of the spawning beds are at present ex- posed to the sun and thousands of young fishes will consequently be lost to those near-by waters which are so extensively whipped by local anglers. The Fish Commissioners shonld cer- tainly pay some attention to those creeks which the greater portion of the local anglers visit during the open season. The fact that a few thousand steelhead fry were dumped carelessly into the Paper- mill and Sonama Creeksa few years ago does not prove that the commission has completed its work so far as the_stocking of these waters are concerned by any means. 2 Pisciculturists who have made a study of fishes report that trout fry-less than twelve monthe old should not be placed jn mountain streams, and the New York Fish Commissioners have recently arrived | at the conclusion that the experts were right in this particular. 5 It has been proven that comparatively few of the large numbers of trout fry ;] ranging in age from three to nine months that were dumped into waters where they had to hunt for their food have thrived. The California Fish Commissioners may | be acting wisely to refrain_in future from stocking streams with miniature fishes. The advice of the New York Commission may be of estimable value to the Comruis- sioners of this State, as they have much to learn in the way of 'systematic fish-plant- ing. Tt certainly cannot be said that good results have accrued from planting small | fry in coast streams. Some of the Deputy Fish Commissioners contend that it is only a waste of time and fishes to stock the streams of the near-by counties with trout, because the little fel- lows will drop down to salt water when they find the creeks receding. Well, now, this is great logic and cer- | Ullin{,\' well worthy of careful thought by the Fish C S Supposing the little fellows depart for the ocean when they become suflicient! large to battle for themselves, will they | not return again for the purpose of propo- | gating their species? Most assuredly they will return, but according to some of the know-it-all Deputy Fish Commissioners it would be absurd to think of planting any more fry in the coast streams. Possibly the thousands of little fishes that were planted by unintelligent handlers per- ished, and'no one conversant with trout culture will wonder because the coast s_(rlc:\ms are yearly becoming barren of | fishes, he State supports several hatcheries, | and the citizens of this City contribute largely toward the maintenance of those tish-breeding establishments. It is no wonder then that the local anglers feel aggrieved because the Fish Commis- sioners have given little or no atiention to the stocking of the creeks which are con- stantly whipped during the open season. Those streams which are fished most should receive the largest amount of at- | tention from the Commssioners. A large pumber of anglers who visited | Poipt'Reyes last Sunday op a tip from a morning paper that steelhead-fishing was | first-class returned sadder but wiser men. | One poor old spent fish was caught and | that was the feature of the’day’s sport. John Butler received word yesterday | that good salmon-fishing at ~Duncans | mills is now enjoyed. i The following ‘letter from Sonoma has | been received | rifles, ammunition, etc. | Davi winds upan argument by saying, “let it | merits as compared with other targets now in vogue. The paper says: Since the advent of the Columbia target these columns have contained communica- tions from a number of the prominent rifle- men and target-shooters of America, some of whom have written favorably to it, while others have found fault with it. 2 As to the merits or demerits of the new target the question will be decided by the riflemen themselves, and by the clubs which will vote on the adoption of a new target. It cannot, however, be 100 strongly impressed on the minds of members of the numerous rifle clubs that there should be uniformity in the targets adopted and used by them. This is a ferious fault with the various targets in use at the present time. The old Creedmoor target Temains in use, unchanged, and owing to its simple divisions it will stand the test of years to come for military and ;long-range shooting. Lver since the practice of offhand shooting became popular there has been o demand for a target in which, if possible, fine divisions, ease of marking and scoring, and simplicity could be combined. For a long time there was an ur- gent demand for decimal counts on every tar- get, but it seems to have died out in recent years. The German ring target is and has been a Popular target with some rifie clubs. The chief objections to it are that it is not easy to tell readily how many inches from the center & shot may be, owing to the divisions being three-fourths inches; the second objection is the high numbers, which necessitates the use of 0 many signal numbers, and the totals are 1ot £0 quickiy found as in other counts, _One of the objections raised in regard to Mr. Young’s Columbia target is that all rifiemen desire to have totals appear in the highest numbers possible. It is ever thus in radical changes and improvements, and rifle-shooters, although quick to make, advocate or adopt anything in the nature of improvements in are slow to give up other things, and pernaps this objection— making the possible the smallest instead of the highest number on the target—will not be adopted quickly. Comparison of targets is something that will always interest riflemen. That it is important can be readily understood by any target- shooter. When a high score is made on the target—with the present numerous counts em- ploved—there is an _instant desire to compare the score on a target having finer divisions, and in clubs where the secretary js required to keep both the Creedmoor and another count his task is anything but pleasant. All riflemen desire to compare their scores with those of other clubs, and unless uniform tar- gets are adopted this'is not an easy task. e S THE BOXERS. Sulllvan, Ryan and Davies Are Com- ing—Sharkey as a Swimmer. John L. Sullivan, the ex-champion; Paddy Ryan, “the Trojan,” and Chbarles “the Parson,” who invariably go at that,” are now on their way to tk City, and will be seen at the Columbia | Theater in a play entitled “The Wicklow Postman,” which has been written espe- cially for Eugene O'Rourke, the clever comedian. When Sullivan visited this City some Sporting Editor Call: 1f the Fish sioners are reaily anxious to stop trout-fishing above tide water, the opportunity presents itself on Sonoma Creek almost daily. Trout- fishing with rod and line is one of the sports enjoyed by many, and I consider that itis an injustice to the sportsmen who observe the close season not 1o pe allowed to fish at all times of the year, so long as there 1s 1o one to stop this a:most daily practice of illegal fish- | ing. Iia few arrests were made [ think it | would have a wholesome effect upon those who persist in cleaning the creek of trout. | JOuN MEADOWS. | The result of a_meeting of gentlemen | interested in a fly-casting tournament, which was held Jast evening at the Olym- jic Club, will be found in another part of THE CALI Henry Commis- inner, the popular angler and salesman of I, Allen & Co., recently re; ceived the following interesting letter from John F. Sieve, who is making a tour of the world in the company of his | friend Al Wieland: 1 | | Carro, Egypt, Jan. 31, 1896. Friend Henry: Here we are in Cairo, aiter two months’ trip up the Nile on our private yacht, or dahabeahs, as they are o in | | Arabic. I was reading a puper this evening | | and came across sucha good fish story that | thought I had 1 cut it out and sena it to you to match some of those inimitable fish yarns that we read in THE CALL from our Iriend Geary once in a while. The story reads: A tough fish story is related which may or may | not be t S tiiat one spring, while | a party w 1z ih Scotland, a lawyer [0St hi: &old waich from the boat in which he ivas sittin I'he next spring he made a visit to the same g and during the first day’s sport caught an eigh | pounder. " Ifis astonisiment could be imagined when he found his watch lodgea in the mouth of | the fish, The watch was running and the time correct. It being a stem-winder the supposition Is | that in masticating his food the fish wound up the watch daily. | Wieland and myself had good pigeon and | dove shooting up the Nile and we found wild | ducks very numerous, but owing to the scareity | | of cover it was impossible for us to approach the foreign broad bills. We were not provided with hunting , which are, as you may kDow, Very necessary to insure a successful duck shoot on the Nile, but we had fairly good | success all things considered. I hope enjoying good health and that the “Skinner nine” is prospering. Strange to relate that 1 actunlly made an attempt to catch brown trout in some of the streams in England, Australia and Germany, but it thundered and rained so hard on each’ occasion that trout fishing was »ut of the question, We caught & few small fish | irom one ol the small streams that empty into the Rhine on Jonn Benn's famous coachman, but apart from that we accompiished compar- ! atively nothing in the piscatorial way. The | grand old Truckee River is still king of tront streams and 1 will stay by it now and forever. | Very best regards to Mr. Allen and inquiring | friends. Hoping to have the pleasure of see- | ing you soon, I am yours truly, Joux F. B GUN AND DOG. Club Shooting Contests at Oakland Track—Bench Shows. As the season for shooting game birds has passed, sportsmen who take pleasure in bandling guns will enjoy their leisure hours in trap-shooting. To-morrow the Electric Gun Club will hold its first blue- rock shoot of the season atthe Oakland track, and the California Wing Ciub wili meet also on the same sward and pepper tame pigeons. On Tuesday the Olympic Gun Club will journey to the Oakland track, where its inaugural shoot of the season will be held. The San Francisco GGun Club has elected oflicers as follows: F. R. W ebster, presi: dent; J. H. Jellett, vice-president; F.S. | Butler, secretary and trea surer. It is reported that the Country Club pro- poses to hold only a few trap-shooting contests this year, and these may be held on the club’s grounds near Olema, Marin County. The following are the dates selected by the kennel clubs for their bench show: April 21-24, Southern California Kennel Club’s annual show; May 6-9, San Fran- cisco Pacific Kennel Club’s fifth annual bench show; May 20-23, the Alameda County Sportsmen’s Association show in Oakland. s James Mortimer of New York #ill f\ldge the Pacific Club’s exhibition and Mr. Lacey of New York will pass judgment on the dogs that will be represented in the Oak- land and Los Angeles shows. The bench | show committee of the Alameda Sports- men’s Association composes W. L. Prather Jr., J. G. Barker, George Gray, W. Blow and H. Newton. Lloyd Eaton, Charles Dietz and Frank Hoffling bagged thirty-nine seabrant in Tomales Bay last Sunday. This is the largest number of those wary birds that have been killea in one day this season. Hoflling says that twelve-bore guns are best for this kind of shooting, and that No. 2 shot is by far more effective that B. B.’s, which size was congidered necessary for long-distance game shooting. T THE RIFLE. What an Eastern Journal Says About the Columbla Target. According to the extensive arrange- ments that have been made by different rifle and pistol clubs for meetings beiore the butts it is safe to say that large gather- ings of rifle-shooters will be present to witness the shooting contests at Shell Mound and Schuetzen parks. The lovers of rifle-shooting in this City will feel interested in what Shooting and Fishing of New York—a paper which de- votes considerable space to the rifle—has to say editorially on Mr. Young's Co- lumbia target, which 1s very well tnought of by the Pistol and Rifle Club of this City because of its simplicity and excellent | fighting for the vears azo he was the most popular of men, and was haunted by a curious mob wher- ever he went. S to , although Corbett, a native son, won from the great Bostonian fighter a title which is coveted by many pugilists, Sullivan stands to-day a much more popular man than the clever Californian who allowed a championship to slip through his fingers by handing it over to Peter Maher, the young Irishman, | who stood no chance of whipping the elongated and craity New Zealander. Regardless of the fact that John L. Sul- livan is now or: the sheli—that is so far as champjonship is con- cerned—he is and willcontinue to be the L of ‘the sporting fraternity. Paddy van, who is Sullivan’s old epponent, is o a favorite with the boys, wito will be glad to see lisalways pl fine or wet weather. Corbett received a “frost” when he appeared here after hav- ing conquered Sullivan. It now remains to be seen how the sporting fraternity will patronize the ex-king of the prize ring. Alexander Greggains, who is matched to box Tom Sharhey at the Bush-street Theater before the National Club on the evening of March 12, iz now in the pink of condition, and if nothing unforeseen hap- pens will be O. K. wlien the time arrives for fistic exchanges. (reggains is an ex- cellent foot racer, and he has recently found backing to match him against any man in America in a race of from one ro five miles. Strange to say Sharkey, who is now training near the Cliff House, has a record for swimming which any man may feel proud of. The pride of the American navy thinks nothing of jump- ing from the end of the pier which runs from the beach opposite the iife-saving station into the ocean, and swimming around the seal rocks and back to the place of starting. Sharkey has swum a distance of nine miles, and s main in the water for three hours at a time. His trainer states that the coming champion heavy-weight is in magnificent condition, and will surprise his clever op- ponent when they meet within the ropes. At any:.rate toe contest promises to be the most exciting that has been witnessed in this City since the palmy days of the old California Club. The first entertainment of the Mission | Athletic Club will be held this evening at the club room, Twenty-sixth street and San Bruno road. The directors are: Jack Welsh, Jack Mitchell, Jack Kidney, Tom Maher, Joe McAuliffeand V.P.S. M. R. White. Sam Fitzpatrick, trainer and manager for Lavigne, in a letter 1o the sporting edi- tor of THE Carn says that Lavigne will sail for England after his fight with Me- Auliffe on March 11. “The Kid” will meet Dick Burge during Derby week, and if he defeats the Englishman "he will de: part for Australi et Qe e CRICKET. The Associatlon Elects Officers and Appoints Delegates. The California Cricket Association held a large and enthusiastic meeting yester- day at the Occidental Hotel. After the busiress affairs of the old association were finished the election of officers for the en- suing year followed. It was unanimously decided to tender Edward Brown the pres- idency. E. R. Delafield was elected first vice-president; 1). Hearfield, second vice- vresident; R. B. Hogue, third vice-presi- dentr A. E. Goats, fourth vice-president; Ben Clark, secretary-treasurer. Delegates—Alameda Cricket Club, Hogue and Clark; Bohemian ‘Club, Robertson and Cookson; California Club, Townsley and Moran; Pacific Club, G. Theobald and Delafield. The Country Club of Mill Val- ley was not represented, but will be heard from later on. The San Jose Cricket Ciub was admitted to membership. 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The Alameda and Golden Gate cricket grounds will be placed in hrst-class condi- tion, and the lovers of England’s national cricket this year, as therc are a number of first-class players who have recently ar- rived from the lands of cricket among the clubs, and will make their debut in April. | Thursday evening. FOOTBALL. A Game Between the Suisun and Valiejo Teams—Gaelic Players. The Gaelic football clubs are seemingly out of the race this year. In the past seasons Gaelic football was a grund fe; ture of Sunday sportand the games played were well attended, but yery littie has | been heard from the secretaries of the | clubs this year. Possibly a first-class game of Gaelic football will be played on the alternoon of March 17. It has been clubs meet and select two good teams | from the available players and that prac- tice should be commenced immediately, so that a tolerabiy good game can be wit- nessed on Ireland’s great day. The following letter from Vallejo is self- explanatory : There prom! to be an interesting game of football at Suisun on Sunday vetween the Sui- sun Valley eleven and the Farraguts of Vallejo. Both teams have met on the gridiron this season and the Farraguts proved to-be victori- ous after a hard struggle. The Suisuns put up a much better game than the Farraguts, but in some unacconntable manner just as Suisuns would fumble the ball_one of the F Taguts was there to grasp it and score a touch- down. | the game, The Suisun boys are not sat result and want to meet the Vall next Sunday at S when the will try to gain their lost laurels. The Farra- guts have won four games out of five played this sesson by defeating the Americu Ol Subsuus and St M College clevens. = As games of the season. some of the Olympi them. The Suisuns have been greatly since their last game with the will do all in their power to send the colors of the Farraguts, blue and crimson, trailing in the dust. — - BOYS’ BRIGADE FOOTBALL. fied with the jo team again were defeated by the Peerless eleven b ore of 4 to 0 after one of the hardest-play T ed s team had with Pee e 5 football team strengthened Close Their Season. The afternoon of March 7 will see the closing game §f football for this season, and from all appearances it is to be one of great interest. From the weight and size of the players one would have to stretch their imagination considerable to believe they are “boys.” In February of last | vear the teams played a heavy game at ew York, the Second Regiment team ]The Second and Fifth Regiments to | | carrying off the honors. Since that time | there has been more or less rivalry be- | tween the two regiments. 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