The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1896, Page 10

10 THE FIELD What the Oarsmen, Athletes and Cyclists Are Doing. OF SPORT. The wheelmen are certainly having quite a monopoly oi sport. The race meets at Santa Rosa, Oakland track and Central Park will give athletes interested in cycling an opportunity of judging the progress that is being made by the new riders. | The Olympic Club Cyclers will hold a race meet to-morrow over the San Carlos and San Mateo course, weather permitting. The oarsmen are training hard for the El Campo regatta, which will be held on Decoration day.. Four clubs interested in trap shooting will meet to-morrow at Oakland track. Lovers of rifle-shooting are discussing the peints aria merits of new targets. Anglers have grown weary of the rainy weather and are hoping for better days. Coursing enthusiasts will gather at In- side to-morrow to witness the inaugu- | opening of the new park. i THE WHEELMEN. The National Circuit Race Meet at Santa Rosa a Big Attraction.’ Most of the local wheelnien who can get away will. attend -the National Circuit races at Santa Rosa to-day in conjunction with. the last day of the Rose Carnival. There will be two trans this morning— one at 7:30 and one at 9 o’clock—and they will return from Santa Rosa at 3:35 and 8 p. M. Naturally everybody will wait for many a single rider has discovered after haying *‘tacked on” behind them. ingle pacemakers will be used to a con- siderable extent on the National circuit this.season. There is an idea prevailing among certain successful meet promoters that if a man is taken from a raceand | guaranteed a prize if he will set a stiff pace all the way, whether he wins or not, there will be no difficvlty in having the races fast enough to suit the public. Sey- eral well-known professional riders who will follow the circuit this year will do so with this end 1 view, as they will at least be certain of a nominal prize in every race in which they compete. The Olympic Cyclers are all in readiness for their five-mile handicap road race over the San Carlos course to-morrow. Most of the men will go down on the 8:15 train from Third and Townsend streets, while tbose who do not compete will ride down on their wheels. The race has been called for noontime, sharp. The entrants'names were published exclusively in T CALL Thursday. Y Road-racing is good training for riders who wish to take to the track. It has been. proven on more than one occasion that successful road riders have graduated to the circuits with marked success. Eddie Bald won his first race in a road event at Buffalo. Some of the fastest riders in the ‘West got their first experience in racing by competing in some of the long-distance road events held here annually. One of the chief requisites for track-racing is en- durance, and once a writer gets that he has little difficulty in developing speed. Dave THE SIMS BROTHERS OF THE TRIANGLE WHEELMEN. [From a photograph by the Eiite.] the last train, - which will not get them home until nearly midnight. The principal attraction to-morrow is | the Olympic Cyclers’ road race at San Mateo, besides several :runs of the local | ciubs to Camp Taylor, - Centerville and | other easy and -interesting trips. - The | touring season. is-hardly well on, as the| weather is too unsettied” just at present, | and it will ‘probably be a couple of weeks } before the club ‘captains ‘will commence | to announce regular runs. In the East| the practice is for-a captain to announce | in April or May. all the runs of the season | —date, destination, etc.—and .a member | can then: figure ‘his engagements well | ahead. "This has never obtained here, for | the captains only announce ‘runs from | week to week, and a club. member has no idea whether -he is -going- to Peta- lumg, ‘Walnut.- Creek -or ‘San Jose .a week hence. ' Perhaps this uncertainty is desirable, . but 1 have thought. runs- would'| be better attended if announced further in advance than they now are—a few days or a week. " A-club member often receives a | postal notice of a run on Thursday or Fri- | day morning, the run being called for .the approaching Sunday. It is more than Iikely he bas already planmed his outing for that day, and. the captain is thus short one-man; and.'this happens in a good many instances. Shall the amateur rider be allowed to accept employment from the cycle manu- facturer and still be permitted to enjoy his standing in the league of American ‘Wheelmen? "This is the question Chair- man Gidéon, ‘thie baiance’ of the Racing Board and the Cycie Board of Trade are asking themselves at {he present moment, The racing rules of 1895 are very mislead- ing; and more than one-rider has come to grief _turough - their misinterpretation. They specify thatall umateur riders in the employ of manufacturers are eligible to the class B ranks. This, of course, relates to 1895 only. Naturally s great many young men forsook their positionsin cycle factories on, the apprehension that they would'be transferred to class’ B, and stiil these rules did not specify that a racing- man shall.not"be employed by a manu- facturer. .The alternative was with the racing board. Now, from the tenor of certain argu- ments “which have been advanced’ by members of the Cycle Board of Trade, there will be a delicate point to decide. It is the opinion of well-known and in- fluential manufacturers that .the L..A. W. should impose no such rule on amateur riders, they believing that a rile should exist transferring amateurs .t6 profes- sionalismin cdse they are given privileges only, such as time off for training, loan-of racing” wheel, expenses, etc., not allowed other employes of ‘the factory. The rules now are that if an amateur is suspected of violating the rule forbidding his racing as an amateur while in the employ of a man- ufacturer, he will not only be transferred, but will be suspended as well. Raturally it bekooyes this class of riders to pay care- ful attention to the league mandates. 8till, it -would seem that the league had no right to choose a vocation for its ama- teurs any more than it has to forbid them certain employments. It may be stated right here thatthe National Cycle Board of Trade is not over partial to professional racing, and it is doubtful if the public’ will as wiilingly support racing where there is a divisible prize at siake. The ieague had an idea once of giving solid gold bricks as prizes fully up to vaiue, and which could be dis- posed of at par, naturally, by the ama- teurs when they decided to give up racing or go into professionalism. It would be one way of establishing a semi-amateur class and keeping it reasonably pure. To- day will witness the_first biz professional meet since the adoption of the new rules, at Santa Rosa, where any number of crack riders will compete. We will see how the racers and the public will take to the in- .novation. o The California Cycling Club will have a run to Centerville to-morrow under Cap- tain Mayo. The start wit! be made on the 9 o’clock broad-gauge boat and the return will b2 via steamer from Alviso. Next Monday evening the club will hold its semi-annual election. 8. J. and Joseph Sims of the Triangle Wheelmen, formerly the Y. M. C. A. Cycling Club, are a well-known tandem team oiten seen on the park or country road. They are both sturdy riders, and Shafer, the celebrated trainer, once told | ley. can set a hot pace when they care to, as the writer that it was the trainer, and net the rider, who made the racing man. He | said he could take any ordinary road rider | who was strong-and a good ‘“‘plugger” or “igrinder” (terms which are purely cycular, and mean one who can maintain a me- dium, but steady, pace for a long while) | and make a fast track man out of him. | He said that only an experienced and clever trainer could do this. Ilooked at | him admiringly and have bad anadvanced | opinion of Mr. Shafer’s training abilities ever since. The Liberty Cycling Club will have a run to-morrow to Camp Taylor, under Captain Beattie. J. Vanderbose, A. Mul- lerand E. Essting have been elected to membership. R. M. Welch of the National Racing Board has issued his bulletin for the week as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, 1896. Bulletin No. 9. Sanctions granted—May 1, Fresno Jockey | Club, Fresno, Cal., May 2, Pacific College Athletic Associatio: Portland, Or.; May 16, Centerville Athletic Ulub, Centerville, Cal May 23, independence A. A. Club, Indepen ence, Or. E Transferred to professional class—Allan N. Jones, F. M. Byrne, San Francisco; at their own request. J. E. Edwards, San Francisco, under clause 1. Suspensions of Rudolph, Russ and Bon: of Lowell High Schoolp(or competingoinfl\eli: sanctioned races terminated, it being shown thit they rode under the belief that all neces- sary authority had been obtained. R. M. WELCH, Member National Racing Board. There will not be nearly enough tan- dems this season to supply the demand, and those who are contemplating getting a two-seater had hetter place their orders early. So pressed are the manufactories now trying to supply the public with sin- gle wheels that few of them have had op- portunity to turn their attention to the manufacture of tandems. From all over the United. States the demand for the double machines has been universal. It is the spirit of the times; the companionable and easy-running tandem is the wheel of the hour. But,as a well-known manu- facturer puts it, *‘We are head over heels in work getting out the single wheels, and, although our dies and gauges for tan- dem construction are ready, we cannot take our workmen off their present labors to build tandem machines.”” Why? you ask; I imagine it's because it is not as profitable-to sell one tandem as it is two singles. The é)ostponed run of the San Francisco Road Club will be held to-morrow to To- caloma, taking the 9:15 Sausalito boat, un- less rain again forces Captain Pixley to postpone it. At the election of the club last Tuesday the following members were chosen for “the respective offices: Presi- dent. O. R. Sterling; vice-president, Al ‘W. Wehe; financial secretary, Max Mayer; recording secretary, William Macfessel; treasurer, Samuel Hoffman; sergeant-at- arms, L. Schoenfield; captain, W. I. Pix- The, captain will appoint his own lieutenants and wil! probably retain those who now serving him—J, Lewis and A. Giimore. The club has two new tan- dem teams—G. Cotton and H. Zimmerly and Ralph Robinson aud Bob McClunie. A new wheeling paper, to be known as The Cycling World, is about to be launched at San Jose by L. Percy Mills. The Alameda Cyclers wiil have a clup run to Centerville to-morrow under Cap- tain Dodd, and a large crowd is expected to go down and enjoy one of Mr. Gregory’s celebrated wheelmen’s dinners. Captain W. B. Fawcett has called a run of the Olympic Club Wheelmen for to-day to Santa Rosa, and the members will turn out in full uniform, in_ the endeavor to win the cup offered by the Rose Carnival Association for the club making the best appearance in_the floral parade there to- day. They will take the 7:39 A. m. Tibu- ron boat, returning on the train which leaves Santa Rosa at 8 ». M. Their head- quarters will be at Byington’s Hall, which has been secured and tastefully decorated, and here the wheelmen wil{ keep open house all day and receive their friends. President Adams, Lieutenants Berges and Plagemann, and other handsome members of tge club, will assist Captain Fawcett in receiving and entertaining the visitors. Chairman Gideon of the National Racing Board has announced the complete Na- tional racing circuit as follows: - May—Oakland, Cal., 1: Santa Ross,2; San Jose, 9; San Francisco, 16; Santa Monica, 23; Pheenix, Ariz., 30. June—Tucson, Ariz., 1; E{ | to the riflemen of this coast. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1896. 18; Little Rock, Ark., 16; St. Louis, Mo., 20; nsas City, Mo., 23; Peoris, I, 25, 26, 27. July—Galesburg, 11l., 1; Davenport, Iowa, 2; Milwaukee, Wis., 4; Superior, Wis., 6; Appleton, Wis., 9; Chicago, IlL, 11; Bat- tle Creek, Mich., 14; Detroit, Mich., 17, ;g: Toledo, Oh};:,1 21, 22; ima, Ohio, ; Springfleld, Ohio, omo,px;')mhvma, Tenn., 3; Evansville, Ind., 5; Cincinnati, Ohio, 7, 8: Louisville, Ky., 10 to 15; Erie, Pa., 18; Niagara Falls, N, Y., 20; Rochester, N. Y., 22; Little Falls, 25. September—Springfield, Mu; 1, Waltham, Mass., 5; Boston, Mass N. H., 9; Bridgeport, Conn., 12; : New York City, Brooklyn, N. PFlaiufieid, N. J., 26. October—Tren- ., 1; Philadelphia, Ps., 3; Reading, Wilkesbarre, Pa., 10; Washington, D. New members of the Leagzne of Ameri- can Wheelmen should note that road books will be sent to tbem only upon ap- lication to the secretary-treasurer, Stan- |ley G. Scovern, 1590 Fulton street, San Francisco, and that the supply is nearly exhausted. = The North California division of the league continues to grow in membership, and the increase during the few months of Chief Consul Kerrigan’s regime has been remarkable. SPALDING. e THE RIFLE. United States Marksmen Voting for a Standard Amerloan Target. For years the question of adopting a standard American target for rifle and pistol shooting has been agitated. Itisthe sense of the riflemen of America that a standard measurement should be adopted. The question is what target of the three principal targets now before the public shall be selected. These targets are Ger- man 25-% inch ring targets, the Standard American and the new Columbis. A yote was called for by Shooting and Fishing of 239 Broadway, New York, to get the sense of the majority. This vote will be closed on June 1, and the target getting the best in- dorsement as to merits will probably be accepted as the standard. The reason for this vote is apparent when it is understood that the leading riflemen of America indorsed the Columbia target as soon as it made its appearance last January. Among its earnest advo- cates are A. C. Gould, the recognized authority on pistol and_rifle shooting and editor of Shooting and Fishing; H. M. Pope, manufacturer of the famous Poge target rifle, and st least a dozen of the larger rifle and pistol clubs of the East. On the Pacific Coast the large majority of the best riflemen favor the Columbia target not so much because it was origin- ntes in San Francisco and is therefore an article of home production, but because of the simplicity of its count, the standard measurement of its values and its adap- tation to the improvements and finer re- quirements of rifle and pistol shooting. Accompanying this are sectional cuts of the three targets the riflemen of the United States are now voting upon. Preparations are being made fora big sweersuke rifle match, open to all, at the Shell Mound range on Sunday, May 31. This promises to be a meeting of the best shots on the coast, for already W. Glinde- mann, F. O. Young, A. Strecker, A. H. Pape, Dr. L. O. Rodgers. D. W. McLaugh- lin and others have promised to parti pate. It is probable that it will be a 50- shot event, with the first prize to go to the one making the best ten shots, and there will probably be two prizes on the best and second best totals. The entrance will be $5, and the match will be shot on the Columbia target. The newspaper men, riflemen and police of the East are much interested in a mys- terious explosion that recently took place at the residence of Major George E. Albee of Westville, a suburb of New Haven. Major Albee is an inspector for the Win- chester Arms Company, and is well known He acted as entertainer to the team that went East to the last big shooting tournament, and he spared neither time nor expense to make their stay pleasant. On the night of the 24th of April some front doorsteps, which shattered every piece of glass in the house and did much damage to the front of the building. For- tunately no one was injured. Major Al- bee is mystitied, as he does not know of such violent methods of revenge. Several 28. August—Dayton, | miscreant placed a dynamite bomb on the | any enemies he has who would resort to | St. Bernard, Grand Master, Property of Thomas H. Browne. visited this City last the St. Bernards were comparatively few, but those grand dogs of the hospice had evidently many friends and admirers among the fanciers of this coast. They have sprung rapidly into prominence, and to-day they vie with pointers and setters — that is of course numerically speaking. < The increase in”the St. Eernlrd family and the magnificent quaiity of dog that is now represented on this coast is entirely due to the untiring and energetic efforts of the St. Bernard Club, the members of which have spared neither time nor ex- by a late winter. The streams that were 1 first-class condition this time a year ago for fly fishing are now running high and muddy and will not be in trim until we have a spell of at least three weeks of fine weather. The trout are gloated, and those of them that have remained in coast streams will not need *‘refreshments” so long as there are occasional freshets and an ample sup- ply of bottom food. The rain of last Wednesday night, which wasgeneral in the northern counties, caused ‘‘a rise” in many favorite streams, i \n?. e A Fox Terrier That Cost $1300 in England and Which Will Be Exhibited Here. pense in procuring the best stock obtain- | able from the kennels cf this country and England. The lovers of the fleet greyhound—ana they are many—have been slow in enter- ing dogs for this show. No doubtJudge Mortimer will be disagreeably surprised at seeing such a small entry of long tails, but then when he will be informed that a majority of the greyhounds here are owned by men of limited means, he may reserve his opinion rezarding the smail display which, traly speaking, does not speak well for the greyhound interests of this City and County. The fox terriers will be very well repre- sented. Those handsome companions of man have many admirers in this City, and local riflemen who were recipients of his | the stock has been vastly improved by the hoszm.lity have sent letters of sympathy to the major. ¢ A. H. Pape is looking for laurels as a pistol-shot. His recent performances with the pistol have led him to believe that he is a8 good as the next. With this idea he has arranged to shoot a 50-shot match for $20 a side with Smith Carr, one of the best pistol-shots on the coa: Ina recent 100- shot match Carr beat C. M. Daiss by 35 points, and he is the best revolver-shot in the Police Department. The match will take place to-morrow at the Shell Mound range. Both men belong to the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. —_—— THE KENNEL. Some High-Class Dogs That Wil Be Benched at the Pavilion. Pecple who will have occasion to pass within gun-shot range of the Mechanics’ Pavilion on Wednesday, the 6th inst., will be reminded that something out of the ordinary turn of aftairs is going on within that big structure indicating a howling time for some pecple who do not 6bject to discord. . g It will be the opening day of the Pacific Kennel Club’s bench show and, according to *‘articles of agreement entered into be- tween the owners of dogs and the officers of the club,” the canines that are to be ex- hibited must be in their respective depart- ments at 10 o’clock on the day oi the open- ing of the show. g First-class arrangements have been pro- vided for the comfort of the dogs while on exhibition. The judge, who is to make his second appearance at the pavilion in the interest of dogdom, will arrive on Monday, and it without saying-that he will be surprised on learning of the Paso, Tex., 3: San_Antonio, Tex., 6; Laredo, Tex., 8; Houston, Tex., 10; New Orleans, Lt numbers of St. Bernards now owned by local fanciers. When Mr. Mortimer COLUMBIA. Sections of the Columbis, Standard, American and German Ring Targets Now Being Voted For by Riflemen. introduction of new blood from foreign lands of late years. A few .weeks ago Dr. F. d'Evel{n ur- chased Dudley Stroller, whose winnings in England and America stamp him as being a topnotcher of the class e repre- sents. Stroller has won first at Brighton, Waterford, Westbeach, Leicester, Wrex- ham and St. Helens—all English shows. In this country the “beauty” has cap- tured firsts at New York, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles. The Stroller is three years old, fullof character, of fine head snd limb and magnificent body. He will prove 8 freat adjunct to the breeders of the Among the St. Bernards that will be on exhibition Grand Master, the property of Thomas H. Browne, is truly a magnificent specimen. Tae present owner, who pur- chased him from the Alta kennels of Toledo, Ohio, recently, is very proud of his charge. Grand Master is thirty-three inches in height, weighs 185 pounds, ana in color he is tawny, with white markings and black shading, E d Tedikroe: ing. He sporis. a gran it THE ANGLER. What the President of the Rod and Gun Ciub States Regarding Rods and Reels. The poor angler; he is certainly having a hard time of it. Between heavy storms, turbulent rivers and a scarcity of trout, the disciple of nice clean sport—such as ‘‘summer” angling indisputably is—have unques_uanablv & grievance. But better days will come, and, in the language of the thoroughbred fly-caster, sport is soort only when the fishes have grown fat and wise and know a cood thing when they see it. Yes, the pleasure o angling has been very materially interfered with this year which are now clearing off, and may be in fairly good condition for bait fishers to- MOrrow. Charles Green, Jim Orndorff and a Mr. Brown are making preparations for a trip to Ten-mile River, near Fort Brage. Latest intelligence from there speaks very well of the fishing to be had in thestreams of Mendocino County. Frank Dolliver is authority for the state- ment that on Sunday last, while he was engaged in spooning for steelheads at the mouth of the Paper-mill Creek, he hooked a large striped bass, which broke loose | after a fight that lasted ten minutes. As Mr. Dolliver is a member of the Munchausen family of midwinter fisher- men, his words are generally lccePted | with grains of salt guaranteed “‘to last” on all occasions. . The question now causing much discus- sion among anglers is relative to the posi- tion of the reel on light bamboo rods. Some anglers contend that the reel should be at least two and a half inches from the butt, so as t6 give an angler an oppor- tunity of pressing the butt of the rod against his side when handling a large fish, The reel, as it 1s now placed on the rod, is too near the butt to afford the angler free and open play in’ reeling up line after a fish has made a long run. It certainly places an angler in an awkward position when he has to reel up seversai vards of slack line after a fish has made a ong run and then doubles back in a re- turn run to the place of starting—that is, when the angler bas to hold the rod free from his chest with the left hand and reei up slack with the right. Some.anglers “yank” in the slack by pulling the line throuzh the loops, but only amateurs or ‘“blacksmiths” ~will resort to this system, as on a second run of the fish, which frequently happens, the slack line is very liable to tangle in rocks, or any other substance that lEe line may catch after it is drawn through the loops. THE CALL would be pleased to have the views of anglers-on this subject. The following letter is from the presi- dent of the San Francisco Rod and Gun Club. It is an inaividual opinion and speaks for itself. Nodoubt there are many other anglers who have different views. ‘We would be pleased to hear from all those interested. The writer says: SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, 1896. Mr, Editor—DEAR SIR: At the last meeting of the San Francisco Rod and Gun Club, the sub- Some advocated that recl should be directly at the butt, others that it should be from 2 to 3 inches from the butt. and still others that it should be from 6 to 8 incnes from the butt, and that while handling a large fish it was the proper position to rest the butt on the body. My opinion in regard to the real seat 1s that you have more control over the rod and fish when the reel is near the butt, say two or three inches, and that the has better action than when the reelis six oreight inches from the butt, from the fact that the reel bein, near the butt the rod is better balanced, an you have better control over the fish. On the other hand with the reel six or eight inches from the butt you do not have control over the fish as the portion of the rod below the reel is in the way and prevents the angler from a free handling of the rod and atthe same time it necessitates the removal of your elbow from sour body, thus losing the help so greatly needed when handling a large fish; again, having the reel eight inches or so from the putt you play the fish in & great measure from the tip, and if not very carefully handled the tip is liable to be broken and you invari- ably lose the fish, for the reason®that your rod is not correctly balanced. T would like to say & few words in regard to placing the butt of the rod against the body while playing the fish. % 1 bel?eva it 1s not the correct way of handling a fish, although it is very much in vogue by meny'of our expert anzlers. 1 frequently re- sort to it, for the reason that in handling a large fish with a light rod it takes a much longer time to kill the fish, and the wrist gets KEW TO-DAY. Cure tired, therefore when an opportunity occurs, such as a fish sulking, it is quite a rest to place the butt against the body. There are a great many anglers who have the same belief that I bave who do not resort to such methods and lay & fish from the time he is hooked until he I Tandea without ever allowing the rod to touch the body. The strength in their wrist is equal to the occasion. The following is & case in which I beliéve a member of the club saw me place the butt of my rod against my body, and when in the debate I opposed the body rest, he reminded me of the instance which oc- curred on the Russian River while I was hand- | ling an 18}¢-pound steelhead on an 8-ounce rod. As near as I can remember it occurred as follows: After having hooked the fish, I im- mediately transferred the rod to my leit hand, | reel upward, keeping my elbow close to my side, thus relieving in a great measure the strain on my wrist. After heving played the fish for about thirty minutes, he went down to the bottom and sulked. ° To relieve the wrist I took hold of the rod with both hands, never for « moment allowing the rod to lose its original position, and while in this position I laced the butt of the rod against my body. Bhe handiing of the fish had tired meé out: 1 did not want to lose him, and while he sulked Iavailed myself of the opportunity of using the body rest, but on no account would I use the body rest while playing & fish. In fishing for steelheads with such light rods and tackle as_are used nowadays by anglers it would be simply ridiculous to use the pody rest while playing a fish, as_the utmost free- dom of actionis necessary in the manioulation { of the rod wuen you havéa large fish hooked. | JAMES WATT. e THE GUN. Clubs That WIIl Burn Powder To- Morrow Near Shell Mound. The California Wing-shooting Club will meet to-morrow at the Oakland track. The Olympic and Electric gun clubs y\ll meet also at the same place. Live birds and inanimate targets will be shot at. The Reliance Gun* Club will meet at Alameda Point. The Ukiah Sportsman’s Club proposes to stop the killing of game and fish out of season. Several violators of the fish and game laws have been apprehended and convicted since the club organized, prov- ing that the sportsmen of Ukiah are made of the right timber. At a recent meeting a committee was appointed to ascertain and report for prosecution the names of all persons who had killed deer since the close of the season. £ The secretary was authorized to publish in the papers of the county a notice offer- ing a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person offering for sale any trout less than six inches in length. Such clubs as this soon become a power for good in the locality in which they are situated, and a terror to the violators of the game laws. Our game laws in the main are good enough. We only need active, resolute men, like the members of this club, to enforce them. It is said that the pheasants that were liberated last season on several of the ranches in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties by Game Warden McKenzie are doing well, and it is hoped that the resi- dents will do all in their power to protect the birds. Several canvasback and blue bill ducks are still “holding down’” the marshes. The presence of these bi at this late season is an evidence the winter weather has not yet pass: Yo Sodaian L THE REGATTA. Oarsmen Tralning Hard for the El Campo Aquatic Championship. The rowing scason of 1896 will have an auspicious opening at El Campo on May 30 (Decoration day), when the South End Rowing Club holds its annual champion- ship races under the sanction of the Pa- cific Athtetic Association of the A. A. U. | of America. i Already the different rowing clubs on is the outrigger ski! training on Oakland Creek Monday next. The Alamedas will enter a crew in the senior race, but their greatest strong point races. They will have two first-class men in both races— junior and senior—and also an entry in the senior singls scull. The University of California will also be represented in the skiff races. It is hopad that they will also row in the senior race against. the South Ends’ crew who won from them on Lake Merritt February 22, Another race between these crews would pe most exciting. The South Ends have offered to loan the Berkeley boys the four- oared barge Blister to row on the day of the race. Ariel Rowing Club will enter both a —_— e NEW TO-DAY. Bicycles. Bicycles. Bicycles. We have on hand a large quantity of New and Second- hand Safeties For Sale at mar- velously low prices for®spot cash. Also Sundries very cheap. Specially low prices to Coun- try Agents and others taking quantities. Come and see them or write for particulars. WM. NORMAN, ROVER CYCLE DEPOT 326 and 328 McAllister Streat, SAN FRANCISCO. Bargains —IN— Bicycles. both sides of the bay and at Stockton are organizing and training their crews and single-scullers in the hopes of capturing the championship. The greatest activity is being displayed by the Stockton Athletic Association and the Olympic Club of San Francisco. The Stocktons will enter a crew in the junior four-oared barge race and a representative in the single-scull. The Olympic Club junior crew has alreadv been in training for the past two weeks at the boathouse of the South Ends, under the tutelage of Robert McArthur, capiain of the South Ends’ senior crew. They are a much heavier crew than the representa- tives of the winged “‘O’’ last year. Jim McElroy rows stroke and is doing remarkably well. Heis not an altogether new man with the oars, and will take but little practice to develop into a perfect stroke oar, The waist men are Sturdivant and Morse. Percy Morse is the star half- back of last year’s football team, and Stur- divant is an all-round strong man. “Mike” Collins, the bow man, is a shot-putter and hammer-thrower and also a long-distance runner. Taken all in all the crew is per- haps the strongest that the Olympic Club could possibly mustertogether. The South Ends’ senior crew, present champions, will rapresent the club as usual. They row better than ever, and will need but little training to put them into condition. i The junior crew of the Stocktons is somewhat of a ‘‘dark horse.”” The crew is made up entirely of new men, but reports brought down by recent visitors to Stock- ton say that they row better than the senior crew of last year. A. G. Brown will undoubtedly represent Stockton in the junior shell race. In a practice race a week ago he easily defeated Giovanessi, last year’s junior champion. St. !\{ury'u College will be represented in the junior race by the boys who covered themselves with glory last year. 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