The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 25, 1896, Page 10

10 THE FIELD OF SPORT. What the Oarsmen, Athletes and Cyclists Azg Doing. The stormy weather of the past few days has placed a heavy damper on many out- door sporting events, which were booked for the near future. The wheelmen have been completely knocked out. The runs slated for to-mor- row —and they were many—have been postponed until the return of favorable | weather. The athletes of Stanford and Berkeley universities will meet this afternoon at the Olympic Club grounds, and if the weather is at all favorable, some splendid perform- ances will be recorded. The much-talked-of baseba!l match be- tween teams representing the University club and University of California will be contested this afternoon at Central Park. The very latest news concerning angling, rifie and trap shooting, coursing, yachting, rowing, handball, cycling, boxing and gen- eral athletics will be found under their re- spective headings. THE WHEELMEN. The Assoclated Clubs’ Decision In Relay Trouble Is Satisfactory. Judging by the vote which was cast, 45 to 2, a more satisfactory or nearly unani- mous decision could hardly be reached than that which was rendered by the | board of governors of the California Asso- ciated Cycling Clubs Thursday night, when they decided that the Bay City ‘Wheelmen haa not violated the rules of the relay race, and therefore overruled the decision of the referee, at the end of the sixth station, I. Percy Milis. The two negative votes were cast- by Joseph A. Desimone and S: G. Tompkins of the Gar- den City Cyclers, and the former when voting arose and apologized for his vote, stating that he only cast it that way be- cause he felt in duty bound to sup- port the referee; only, however, because he was a memb of his club. When it came to deciding the question as to wasether or not the Bay City Wheelmen had violated the rule re- quiring riders to belong to a club sixty days before the race, when it put J. C. Williamson and C. A. Kraft on its team, the vote was loud and nnanimous in favor of the club, and the motion incorporated in it a clause that it was the sense of the meeting that the Bay City Wheelmen had won the relay race of 1896 in a fair, sports- manlike manner, and were entitled to the own | | San Carlos course, bas been postponed one | week, as the road will not be in good con- dition after the recent heavvstorm. The delay will give some of the fiyers a chance | for further training. Among those whose | chances are rosy for a prize in the race might be mentioned Butz, Blake, Coffroth, | Cooney, Conroy, Smith, Stinson, Rodolph, Morel, Coffey, Mulvey and several others, whose names I cannot recall. .~ Most of the Eastern riders will join the | National circuit at St. Louis, training | prior to that time at Louisville. Ziegler, | Cooper, Gardiner and a score of other | cracks are now there, and the Fountain | Ferry track presents an animated appear- | ance ajternoons. - Coulter, the big Olym- pian, will start with the circuit here and | follow it Bast. He is riding in splendid | shape now and will lead the percentage | tables of the circuit from the start. Chris F. Ecklon is rezarded among the wheelmen of Sacramento as one of the | best road riders in the State, and they | hope to be able to say the same of him for | his track riding. He is 22years of age and ‘ weighs 196 pounds. On_the road he rides a wheel geared to 120. He is all bone and | brawn, with good wind and wonderful | staying qualities, and has the making of a crack rider in him. In the matter of speed he has to contest with him in his own county such men as Young, Welsh, Smith, Paine, Hubert, Pope, Leach, Upson | and Readman, and to beat such men as | these he has to be pretty fast. The Alameda Cyclers had a run called | for to-morrow to Centerville, but_Captain | Dodd wisely postponed it one week. - Next Monday evening the club will install its newly elected officers with much ceremony and an impromptu banquet will follow. Watch any half dozen cyclists as they pass and you will see that five of them do | not know how to pedal properly. 1f they had but a slight knowledge of the proper method of foot motion, with the same ex- | penditure of power they could accomplish | far greater results. The art in pedaling is to push the pedal | more than half the circle, taking care to | lift the foot immediately it has done its | effective work, so as not to burden the sing pedal. This necessitates the drop- ping of the heel at the top of the stroke, | which helps the crank over the dead cen- | ter, pushing right down to the bottom of | the stroke and bringing the foot back with | & clawing motion to get over the dead cen- | ter at tge bottom. If a rider, who has | been content with a piston-like up and down pedal motion, will try this slowly at first he will be surprised after a little | practice to find that the machine does not require nearly so much pushing as it used to; especially in hill climbing will he dis- | cover 1ts advantage, while the ankle mo- CHRIS F. ECKLON, A CRACK SACRAMENTO RIDER. Rambler cup, which was handed to Presi- dent Kerrigan, who proudly carried it away. It was just midnight when the meeting adjourned, and every one was heartily giad that the question had been s0 thoroughly sifted down and settled, and that the “Lucky Bay City's” have dis- proved the charges against them; which none of their friends believed them guilty o f. The spring racing_season will open the ena of next week with the events at Santa Rosa curing the annual rose festival on Saturday, May 2, and at thc Fabiola floral fete, Oakland, the day previous. As far as the bicycle racing coucerns these two fetes both are National circuit dates and should attract the best riders and be of particular interest. will go to San Jose on May 9 and will be in this City the following Saturday, the 16th. Then it will go south and east, possibly ending here late in the fall as it did last year. It is hard to say who of the coast riders that have lately been or soon will be made professionals will follow the circuit, as few of thenr are under contract to manufac- turers and therefore their plans are unset- tled. More will be known in this connec- tion next week. R. M. Welch, the California member of the National racing board, has issued his bulletin 8, dated April 24, 1896, as follows: Sanctions zranted—April 25, Oakland High Bchool, Oakland, Cal.; 27, Riverside Wheelmen, Riverside, Cal.; May 30, Spokane Amateur Athletic_Club, Spokane, Wash. ; July 4, Bakersfield Cycling Club, Bakersfield, Cal.; July 4, Eureka Road Club, Eureka, Cal. Transferred 1o the professionat class—Clinton R. Coulter, Walter F. Foster, Robert L. Long, San Francisco, at their own request. Herbert E, McCrea, Los Angeles, under ciause A. The present position of the L. A, W. toward road racing is the same that liasbeén main- tained for mine vears past. The resolutions uoted in recent dispatches as forming part of the new rules were adopted in October, 1887, and have appeared in every edition of the racing rules issued since. General and track rules as revised appear in the L. A. W. bulletin of the 17tn inst., and will soon be ready for distribution in pam- phlet f 'he attzntion of race-meet promot- ers is called to the provision as 1o official ref- erees, ntry forms are declared to constitute an agreement between the promoter and the entrant that the former will furnish prizes as stipulated and that the latier wiil ride in the ! events for which he enters. The mutual obli- gatious of promoters and_entrants are further defined ery detail. In competition a 8 still only will be allowed. In trials against time only records from a_fiying start will be considered. The track rules are greatly amplified, and race-meet officials should study them carefully. What consti- tutes unfair riding is riy defined and the acts which will @ mended to the a thelr attendants. on professionals. ELCH, Member National Kacing Board. The professional events to be run at the Fabiola Flower Fete at Oakland on May- day will be a two-mide handicap and a one-mile scratch, and not two bhandicap races, as has been aunounced. The one- mile scratch will bring forth such men as Wells, Coulter, Terriil, Staver, Osen, Foster, McFarland, Jones and other crack riders, and should be well worth witness- ing. The five-mile road race of the Olympic Cyclers, scheduled for to-morrow over the nalify are com- ttention of competitors and Cesh fines may be fmposed R. M. W) Aifter these meets the circuit | tion inyolved will be particularly beneficial. Nothing brings on fatigue so much and so quickly as riding in one position. A change of posture occasionaliy relaxes certain muscles and brings othersinto play, making it possible to accomplish greater results or to return from a journey with- out being all used up. Fatigue at the wrists may be relieved by change of grip so as to catch the handles with the Kalms u‘f, also by raising or lowering the shoulders so as to change the angles at which the wrists are bent. This, as well as changing the grip, will relieve pain on the outer side of the arm, but the practice of leaning on the arms, throwing all the weight on the handles is a poor one at best. The rider’s weight should be distributed between the saddle and the pedals, with just enough thrown onto the handles to keep his balance; and while riding with the hands off the bars is not to be commended, except for the trick and fancy rider, the body should be so poised as to make this possible. Leaning over often brings fatigue to the chest muscles, while pain in the back is often due to the same cause. Sit up straight and it wil disapper. In other words, there is hardly a position which the rider assumes that cannot be changed to some other tempo- rarily, at least, torelieve the strain brought on certain muscles. Entry blanks are out for the National Circuit race meet to be held in this City on Saturday, May 16, on the new six-lap board irack now being constructed in Cen- tral Park by the San Francisco Cycle Rac- ing Association. The track will be finished next week, and the local riders will haye the advantage of two weeks’ training upon it Trior to the meet. The races and prizes will be as follows: One mile, clothes, $35; second, mateur — First, suit U clothes, $23; third, , professional — First, ' ) $50; third, cash, $25. One mile, handicap, amateur — First, suit clothes, #35; second, suit clothes, $25; third, racing suit, $15. One-half mile, scratch, professional—First, cash, $50; second, cash, $25; tnird, cash, $15. One mile, sci olessional—First, casn, $100; second, h, 3 third, cash, $25. The entries close May 11, and as some of the fastest of the circuit followers wiil be here at that time it promises to be one of the best meets ever held in this City. TheOlympic Cyclers are making exten- sive preparations for their miustrel enter- tainment, to be held at Native Sons’ Hall Thursday, May 14. The best amateur tal- ent of the City will appear, and the vari- ous wheeling clubs of the City will turn out in full force. Dancing will conciude the evening’s programme. President FP i Kerxia?n and F. H. Dunne of the Bay City Wheelmen have gone to San Luis Obispo to attend the meeting of the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons. Judge Danne is nd president of the order, and Judge Kerrigan is a dele- gate from Stanford Parlor No. 76, .. The San Francisco Road Club will hold its semi-annual election next Tuesday night. The nominees for the various oifices are as follows: President, O. R. Sterling; vice-president, A. Wiehe; record- ing secretary, Wiiliam Macfessel and J. M. Liebert; financial secretary, Max Meyer; treasurer, 8. Bachman; sergeant-at- cash, $100; second, cas| THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1896 Two Ladies of Oregon Who Have Distinguished Themselves in Angling and Rifle Shooting. arms, L. Schoenfeld; captain, W. 1. Pixley. | As will be seen, the only contest will be for the office of recordin% secretary. Of the two candidates Mr. Macfedsel is the in- cumbent, and has given perfect satisfac- tion. Mr. Liebert is a neww member of the club, who has many friends, and will make & good run for the position, | The directors of the Bay City Wheelmen | are talking of placing a bowling-alley in | the basement of the club building. Cap- | tain Plummer will open the touring sea- son of the club with a run Sunday, May 7, probabiy to Camp Taylor. | L. 8. Leavitt of the San Francisco Road Club exvects to leave for the East shortly and make his home in Boston. Before going he will try for the twenty-five-mile road record around the San Leandro tri- angle, paced by tandem teams of the Bay City Wheelmen. A new aivision of the League of Amer- ican Wheelmen has been organized in Oregon. The officers are: A. L Donnell, chief consul; C. L. Howe, vice-consul; F. M. Wells, secretary-treasurer; Carroll E. Hughes, representative racing board; A. B. McAlpin, official handicapper. All are located in Portiand. From present indi- cations the division will have a large mem- bership. i The San Francisco Road Club will have a run to-morrow to Camp Taylor provi ing Captain Pixley makes up his mind to- day that the roads will be rideable after the late rains. The regular monthly meeting of the North California Division, League of Amer- ican Wheelmen, which was to have heen helc to-night at the Reliance Club,0akland, has been postponed until some time next month, owing to the enforced absence of Chief Consul Kerrigan and Attorney Dunne. Judge Kerrigan's pamphlet, “Ob- jects and Methods of the League of Amer- can Wheelmen,” can be had by addressing the cycling editor of THE CaLL. There are only a few more of them left. SraLpinG. U PR, THE GUN. Oregon Ladles Who Are Experts With Rifle and Fishing Rod. Considerable interest is manifestea by sportsmen who take an interest in inani- mate target shooting in the team race which will take place i0-morrow at the Empire Club’'s shooting grounds. The Lincoln, Olympic and Empire clubs will be represented by their best marksmen, and considerable speculation is indulged in as to which of the teams will win the day. Those who are conversant with the shooting abilities of the contestants pre- dict success for the Olympic Club's team, but then it is aifficult to venture an opinion as the Lincolns and Empires have very excellent material. At any rate the contest will be well worth seeing. The following letter to THE CALL trom the secretary of the Reliance Gun Club is self-explanatory : RELIANCE CLUB, OAKLAND, Cal., April 21. Sporting Editor San Francisco Call—DEAR Sir: Owing to the failure of the Reliance Gun Club to secure the use of the grounds promised them, the first “open to all” shoot of the ciub, scheduled to take place on the last Sunday of April, has been Pouzponed until further notice. Yours respectfully, R. C, ELDER, Secretary Rellance Gun Club, Among the ladies of Oregon who take an interest in rifle-shooting and in out- ings in the mountains where small and large game is plentitul is Mrs. Phaebe Filcher of Warrendale, Multnomah County. The reader will note by refer- ence to the illustration which accompa- nies this department that Mrs. Filcher is joined in one of her pleasure trips in the mountains by Mrs. Felix Gumbinner, who is a most succegsful angler and also a sketch artist of considerable note. During an outing the jadies enjoyed last summer in the woods of Multnomah County, Mrs. Filcher shot four brown bears and one cinnamon. The last one of the “varmints” proved a very ugly cus- tomer. After being wounded by the first shot it turned on its pursuer, and fell at the second discharge of the Winchester ‘when not more than benpyards from where the lady stood. Mrs. Filcher and Mrs. Gumbinner are now making preparations for an extended outing with rod and rifle in the wilds of Northern Oregon. The following colloquy occurred recently at a bluerock shoot which was held at the Oakland track: “How are you all, to-day?” asked the trigger of his associates. “*Oh, I'm broke,” replied the gun. “I'm sort of busted, t00,” replied the shell. ‘‘And I've blown in all I hed,” chirruped in the cap. “I'm often hard pushed,” said the wad. “I'm all battered up,” stuck in the shot. A little twisted, to-day,” sang out the bar- rel. “I get pulled so often I'm getting used to it.” pived in the hammer. A little strained at times,” quoted the miain spring. p“l :et gripped so often 1 feel like a cable- car,” retorted the fore-arm. Then they all got together and started outon & hunt for the man wno said he intended to wipe 'em all off. Everybody is aware of the fact that President Grover Cleveland has been a remarkably successful duck-hunter, but judging from the present outlook itisa anes(ion whether he will ever get a Presi- ential canvas-back. S e THE KENNEL. Some High-Class Dogs That Wlll Be Seen at the Pavilion Next Month. The entries for the Pacific Kennel Club’s bench show will close on Tuesday, the 28th inst. According to the secretary the entry will be very large and a most suc- cessful show is promised. Among the several high-classdogs which will help to swell the grand canine chorus during the days of the exhibicion are two | magnificent bloodhounds owned by A. E. Culver of Mott, Siskiyou County. Buckshot I is by Buccancer, dam Vigi- lant, and Orchard Irilby is by King Wii- liam, dam Ionica. The trailersof manand men will certainly attract much attention. Mr. Campbeil of Berkeley wili enter a kennel of beautiful Irish setters which will also attract much attention. A large entry of greyhounds has been received, and the same can be said of pugs, spaniels, pointers and setters. In fact, neariy every breed of dog will be well represented. Milier and Prather of Alameda received in good condition irom the East afew days ago the celebrated cocker spaniel Viscount, a successful competitor at th New York and Chicago shows held this | year. Viscount is about 2 yvears old and morning paper that a coursing stake will be held at Newark to-day under the au- | spices of the Interstate Club is declared by the organization to be erroneous. The date of the next meecting of the club has not yet been decided upon. The sale of sn{)lings on March 21 in Lon- aon at the Barbican, famed for the thou- sands of dollars’ worth of greyhounds that have come under the hammer there, afforded strong evidence that cmxrsinfi | continues to gain popularity in the Unites | Kingdom. Not far short of a hundred saplings were sold, and in most cases at | good prices. Proceedings were commenced | by the sale of a white and red dog by Coffee Hot, Rebus, for 5, and the climax was reached when was paid for a red dog | by Herschel, en. Two well-known | breeders in Captain Percy Hope-Johnstone and Thomas Graham did well, the former ealizing $2000 for his lot of seven young- sters and the latter $1540 for a lik® number. { Another capital average was made by | John Hedley’s litter of five by Tankerville 11, Harpstring, which brought $1325, or | $265 apiece, a fawn dog making $400. | _ Without giving any particular reason | for its actiop, the management of the new | Inzleside Coursing Park announced yes- terday that its opening. which was to have taken place to-morrow, will be postponed | until May 3. | Inview of the circumstances, the man- | agement of the Ocean View Park has de- 1ded to keep open house to-morrow, and will run a twenty-four-dog stake, which | will include some of the best dogs in the English Bloodhounds Buckshot (No. 87,777) and Phylis (No. 87,779), Property of A. E. Culver of Mott, Siskiyou County, Cal. it is hardly necessary to add that he will prove a valuable addition to the cocker spaniel interests of this State. This is one of Chauncey Depew’s humor- ous dog stories: ‘“When I was about 14 years old,” said theraconteur, “my father lived on the old farm up at Poughkeepsie. One day after I had finished a five-acre field of corn my father let me go to town to see the circus. When in town I saw for the first time a spotted coach dog. [t took my fancy and I bought it and took it home. When father saw it his good old Puritan_face fell. ‘Why, Chauncey,’ he said, sadly, ‘we don’t want any spotted dog on the farm. It would drive’ the cat- tle crazy.” ‘No, he won't, father,’ I said, ‘he’s a blooded dog.” The next day it was raining ana I took the dog outin the Woods to try him on a coon, but the rain was too much for him. It washed the spots off. That night I took the dog back to the dealer with a long face. Said I: ‘Look at that dog, sir. The spots have all washed off.” ‘Great guns, boy ! exclaimed the dog-dealer, ‘there was an umbrella went with that dog. Didn’t you get an umbrella?”’ The American Field recently published the following item: It may amuse Mr. Mortimer to know that our English con- temporary, The Field, speaks of the recent New York show and refers to ‘‘the lady superintendent of the show (an innovation that has not reached us yvet).” Evidently Rawdon B. Lee has got the Toledo and New York shows mixed; but if he does not know of the most successful show suverin- tendent in America one may as well ask “‘what is fame?"’ Mr. Mortimer will judge all classes of dogs at the Pacific Club's kennel show. Sear g Coursing. The ennouncement that appeared ina City. Many of the hounds that were in training for Ingleside will goto Ocean View, and as the grounds are in fine con- dition after the rain, a fine day's sport is anticipated. Over 200 choice hares are now in the paddocks, and with a high class lot of dogs the sport should be first class. The drawing will take place on the grounds at 11 o’clock sharp. 2y bl 3 THE ANGLER. Banquet and Electlon of Officers of the Rod and Gun Club. The anglers’ fondest anticipations of ex- cellent trout fishing 1n” the early part of May have been dispelled by the heavy rainstorm. The creeks are running hich and the small fishes will take 1mmediate advan- tage of a quick passage to old ocean. Some stragglers will remain over to be caught when the weather moderates, but it can'be taken as granted that thousands of little fishes wilt depart with the freshets, and their exit from fresh to salt water will materially lessen the weight of the baskets of “fingerling"’ anglers on their return from stream tramping. 1t is better for the sPon in general that the small fishes will journey seaward. Those of the family of steelheads that will remain over will have an opportunity of growing to nice-sized pan fish, and al- though fewer trout may be taken when the streams will be in order for angling the pleasure of the pastime will be greatly enhanced by the quality and size of the trout brought to creel. Itrcnn !;filnfaly said that the sport of angling will not amount to much until about gne middle of May. = s The San Francisco Rod and Gun Club held its quarterly banquet last Tuesday evening, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, James Watt; first vice-president, Albert Smith; second vice-president, A. B. Finch; secretary, John H. Sammi (re-elected); treasurer, John Lemmer. After enjoying the many good things of the season which made happy the inner man James Mark- land read a very interesting article on angling from the pen of Professor Agassiz. enrg Skinner of E. T. Alien & Co., who is the champion long-distance fiycaster of the coast, gave a very interesting discourse on the proper method of holding the rod when casting. W. A. Cooper spoke of the Fish Commissioners and the good service they have nccorr:;lishad in the past few years. He favo; taxing guns and rods at a nominal fiure. James Watt related an_experience he had had recently in a deep hole in Paper-mill Creek, near To- caloma, from which he landed a 314-pound steelhead. o The question of having the reel placed two inches from the butt of the rod was argued at length by members. The con- sensus of opinion was that the reel as it rests now when in position is too close to the butt and must necessarily interfere with the angler when he is handling a large fish. To prevent a possible accident the angler must hold the rod with the left hand well out from the body when playinin fish and_reel up slack line with the right hand. By this awkward method very little commard of the rod can be had, and especially if the fish is a large and game fighter. If on the other hand the rod was constructed in such a manner that the reel could rest a few inches from the butt, the angler then would have full command of the rod and easily bandle the reel without the least incon- venience or fear of accident. The following committee was appointed to confer with the Fish Commissionars: | A. B. Finch, J. H. s>ammi and W.A. | Cooper. The gentlemen will interview the Commissioners and see what provi- sions have been made, if any, with the object in view of stocking coast. streams with trout fry. The club is of the opinion that the streams which are whipped most require stocking at least once a year. '}‘he Multnomah Rod and Gun Club of Portland, Or., 1s making extensive prepar- ations for a flv-casting tournament, which will be held in the near future. It has been suggested thai the San Francisco Rod and Gun Club enter a team of six men to compete against a like number of men in a casting tournament for accuracy and delicacy some time during the summer months, The contests may be held at either place, as the expense of travel to or from Portland is very nominal now. In- terstate competition will assuredly give fly-casting a great boom. Nothing like giving it a trial. Tt is reported on pretty good authority that Lake Pilarcitos will not be opened to the angling fraternity this season. The directors of the Spring Valley Water Com- pany are thinking of opening the San An- dreas Lake on April 1. g ) THE OARSMEN. Very Latest News About Sculllng and Near-Future Regattas. Signal indications of a highly successful rowing season this year are now plainly | visible. Three big regattas will follow one | another in rapid succession—one on May 30, at E1 Campo, another at Stockton on e NEW TO-DAY. 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