The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 6, 1896, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURD AY, JUNE 6, 1896. THE FIELD OF SPORT. What the Oarsmen, Athletes and Cyclists Are Doing. The wheelmen have arranged for a num- 1 ber of road runs into the country to-mor- row, as will be seen in the table at the head of the cycling department. r The oarsmen are tak light exercise | so that they will be in good form for a | hard course of training a few weeks preyi- | ous to the Stockton regatta. ) | James J. Corbett will box a member of | the Olympic Ciub at an exhibition which will be given in few days in the club’s gymnasium. Olympic Club athletes are in strict train. ing for the Multnomsh Athletic Club | meeting, which will be held in Portland in | 8 few weeks. The sportsmen, anglers, coursers, rifle- | shooters, etc., are all having excellent | eport. THE WHEELMEN. The Central Park Race Meets a | Fallure—Club Events. Cycle track racing has been abandoned in this City for the present, the Central Park venture not proving a financial suc- cess. This is not to be wondered at, as no audience would care more than once to sit | and watch ten or a dozen preliminary heats of an amateur race, three or four | remi-finals and a final. 1t gets very | monotonous, and the management of the track has itself to blame that the pro- | grammes were not better arranged and | more events and novelties introduced. Take the card for last Saturday night, for instance. It consisted of a short-| distance professional race and a one-mile amateur ‘‘consolation”—that was ail. The | rofessional race was all right in its way, ut there were only four heats, with two or three starters in each, and a final, and it was soon over. Then came the ‘‘con- solation.”’ As may be imagined by the name, such a race is for nien who have never won a prize at the track. Does any | one care to sit-for an hour watching a lot | of men who are too slow to win even ama- | teur races ride off seven heats, two semi- finals and & final. covering the miles at anywhere from 2:30 te 2:50? The public does not care for that kind of “sport,” and | it is-small wonder that the éyening's pro- | gramme only drew a few friends of the | wriders themselves. | Before Wells, Coulter, McFarland, Ter- | rill, Parker and some other crack pro- | fessionals went East, the races weze quite | interesting and well contested; even then, | however, the management made the mis- take of not having enough events on the programme; in seeking to save a few dollars in prizes by leaving out a race, they adoptod a penny wise pouwnd foolish policy, and the result is the failare of the meets from & financial point of view. It 1s desirable that San Francisco should | support a cycle track, that the racers of this City may have a place to train and to compete occasionaily. A race meet con- duct-d here say once a month, would b2y its promoters well, if properly handled. The Cycie Board of Trade is going to look into the matter, and it will also be brought before the California Associated Cycling Clubs at their meeting in Alameda to- night. It is guite evident that weekly | meets will not pay, particularly when there is nothing on the programmes to attract the public. Trick riding, match races, tandem races, long-distance rides against time and other novelties could be introduced, and would draw well. But there is nothing to interest the most ardent admirer of the sport in a “one- mile amateur scratch, consolation’ race, ora ‘‘one-mile novice”’ run-off in a dozen or fifteen heats before the final. | June is a splendid month for touring, the roads being usually at their best all during this month. In July and August they will be very dusty. There will be sev- eral road races the latter part of this | month, and on the second Sunday in July comes the great twenty-mile event of the associated clubs. Captain Pixley of the SBan Francisco Road Club has arranged a series of out- ings for the club members for the next few Sundays to come. To-morrow they will goto the park and Cliff, leaving the clubhouse on Golden Gate avenue at 10 o'clock. Next Saturday evening, the 13th, they will take the steamer Zinfandel at Jackson-screet wharf at 11 o’clock and go to Napa, where they will visited the petri- fied forest, soda springs, insane asylum and other places of Interest, returning Sunday night. On Sunday, June 21, there will be a blind run, leaving the clubhouse at 8 A. M., and the Sunday following the members will have a five-mile handicap road race over the San Leandro-Haywards course. July 4and 5 the club will spend at Petaluma, the occasion being the an- nual meet of the League’of American Wheelmen which all the clubs will attend. Such a programme affords the members a variety of wheeling and enjoyment, and Captam Pixley’s example in announcing his intentions so far ahead could be fl- | lowed to advantage by other club captains, as it gives the members a knowledge of | what they are going to do and where they | will be sufticiggtly far in advance to keep | | of $5 to this club. them from making other onpgflmantu, and as a result the Road Club’s members turn out in large numbers on all club runs and events. Charles M. Murphy, E. H. Kiser and Harry Wheeler have gone to Europe to race, under the management of Willis B. Troy. The coming of these three riders concerns the foreign cracks and the other Americans now there considerably, for they kmow Troy of old. It washe who handled Zimmerman when he swept every- thiing before him on the Continent for two successive seasons, and they appreciate that Troy would not invade their shores now tunless he was sure he stood a pretty good chance of success. The regular bi-monthly meeting of the Caufornia Associated Cycling Clubs will be held this evening at the rooms of the Alameda Cyclers, and considerable busi- ness of importance is to be transacted. Angley G. Dav:s of Davis Brothers will startin a few days on a tour of Lake and Mendocino counties awheel, accompanied by several friends. They will follow the routes laid down in the League of Ameri- can Wheelmen’s road book. Otto Ziexler Jr., the crack California racer, and his trainer, R. P. Aylward, will join the National racing-circuit at Galves- ton. Ziegler has not been in the best of health, but 1s fast rounding into shapeand condition, and will make a splendid show- ing on the circuit. He is in excellent hands, there being no better trainer in the business than Aylward, and he under- stands Ziegler perfectly. The question that is agitating mhnufac- turers of bicycles this year, and buyers as | well, is whether or not the standard of prices wiil be maintained in 1897. Thisis a bard matter to gauge. Many well-krown critics predict a slump in the market, ar- gue that price-cutting will prevail, and in- sinuate that many manufacturers will go tothe wall. The last assertion is doubt- less true, but the leading makers of high- grade wheels are not apprehensive for the result. Itis maintained by many that the high-grade wh el will be sought for with the eagerness that met the outputs of a dozen big concerns in this country last season. Representative establishments, which make representative wheels, will | not feel the crash. They have been ad- vertising their products, are known for their position in the trade ana will be able to hold their popularity, no matter what comes. Take any industry in this coun- try, for instance—an industry that has a particular “cinch” on some article—the manufacturers have their agents in every city, or possibly branch houses, and those agents or branches are selling none but the goods of the company interested. There are no consignments of wheels to agents by first-class manufacturers, and these people are ir: a position to maintain the prices on their wheels, and $100 will probably be required for a wheel- of good manufacture, as they commanded this price the beginning of the present season. The Imperial Cycling Club will bave a club run to San Jose to-morrow. There | will be two divisions; the first under com- mand of Lieutenants Trotliet and Muller will take the 7:30 A. M. broad-gauge boat; the secona will be paced by tandems and will take the 8:30 A. M. boat. The return will be by steamer from Alviso. Begin- ning July 1 there will be an initiation fee The baard of directors have adopted a membership card, which must be shown at certain times to allow members club privileges. The clud will have a five-mile handicap road race on Sunday, the 21st inst., over the Haywards course. There will be fifieen or twenty place prizes, aiso prizes for fastest time. Entries for the race close Monday even- | ing, June 15. The next regular members’ meating will be held that evening. Captain Plummer of the Bay City Wheel- men will ride to Lake Pilarcitos to-morrow to make arrangements for & run of his ciub there in another week. The Acme Club Wheelmen expect a large entry list in their ten-mile road race from Fruitvale to Haywards on Sunday, June 14. A great many of the club’s speedy -road-riders are now training for the eveut. - To Melvin O. Dennis of Denver, Colo., belongs the honor of having ridden a mile on a bicycle in less time than it was ever ridden before on a bicycle or any other machine propelled by human power. On March 27 last over the Montclair straight- { away course at Denver with- a strong wind at his back he rode a mile in the remark- able time of 1:11 3-5, cutting 13 2-5 seconds oft the previous record. His wheel was geared to 107, and -the wind was blowing at the rate of fifty-eight milesan hour. The wind was so strong that he was forced to ride a quarter of & mile beyond the finish line beiore he could dismount from his wheel, and even then he could not ride back against it, and was forced to walk. His throat was so affected that he was un- able to speak aloud for nearly two days, while the sand was blown across the prairie with such force that much of the enamel and nickel was literally ground off bis machine. The course had been ac- curately surveyed by a surveyor; the ride was carefully and accurately timed, and | nothing was left undone in the matter of detail to place the entire performance be- yond question. [t stands to-day as the greatestride against time ever made in the | Mokelumne world. Dennis is of the opinion that he can put the straightaway mile under one minute before another year has passed. The California Cycling Club will hold a tryeut to-morrow over the San Leandro triangle to. select a team for the 20-mile associated clubs race in July. The club will also hold a 5-mile road race on Sun- day, June 28, over a course to be sclected later. Many of the club's members are |- now touring about the State, John Burke, ex-captain, is in the vicinity of ill. He rode from Lodi with Lillie, the transcontinental record- holder. Messrs. Bush and Nason have just returned from atrip to the Clear akes region. Harvey and Egeberg rode a tandem to Stockton last Saturday, re- turning Sunday. T.e initiation fee of the club has been placed at $2 50. There is some complaint among the members be- cause the present road officers have per- mitted" the club’s runs to fall below the standard set by the previous officers. As at present conducted the runs are of in- frequent occurrence and poorly attended. The club intends to give century bars to members riding 100 miles within a pre- scribed time. Z Local wheelmen in touch with racing matters were surprised to read in the ac- counts of the Decoration day races at Los Angeles in last Sunday’s papers that Charley Wells, the popular Bay City rider, was beaten in all the professional events, and by men whom he was known to hold well in'hand. It was a surprise to every one, and a disappointment to his many friends. The explanation comes to hand now, however, in a letter to me from him in which he says: Los ANGELES, June 2, 1896. My Dear Spalding: Well, I suppose you saw that article in Sunday’s papers and wondered how it could be that'everybody beat me out. The report of the races was in error. The fact is,1did not ride at all Saturday, and when the races were goingon I was sick in bed in the Westminster with a high fever. On the train coming down I was feeling pretty badly, and went to a doctor immediately upon my arrival here. He gave me some medicine, but it did me no good, and the next mornin 1 was worse. He said I had a complication o ailments and advised me to go to bed, which I did for a week, and yesterday was my first day out. Iam feeling splendidly now, and as soon as I get so that I can eat something I will be aliright again. I lost fully twenty poun: and only weigh 175 now. Iam going to stay here a couple of days longer and then join the boys at San Antonio. With kind regards to all the boys, yours sincerely, CHARLES 8. WELLS. The two professional events at the meets at Central Park last Saturday afternoon anda evening were won by R. E. Dow of the Garden City Cyclers and A. M. Boyden of the Reliance Club Wheelmen, and thereby bhang two interesting tales. First, it is said of Dow that as an amateur he never won a race. He turned class B last fall and then professional, and trained with one of the record teams at Coronado, being made captain and steersman of the big and that the trout are now rising well to the stone and caddis flies, which are quite numerous, i Messrs. Emmons, Bogart and Mansfeld whipped the Sacramento near Simms last Sunday with rather poor success. The water was enurely too high, but the few fillzh creeled by the anglers were of good size. Messrs. Douglas and Harmon, “the vet- erans of the lgn," had & foad day’s trout- ing last snuguy in one of the tributaries ‘of the Sonoma Creek. Mr. Douglas had twenty fish in his creel, all of which meas- ured over thirteen inches. He states that it has been many years since he enjoyed such a good day’s fishing. ~ Four of the Supervisors of this City, under invitation of the directcrs of the Spring Valley Water Compsny, fished the San Andreas and Crystal Lakes last Sun- day. They founda the fish in the last named lake in splendid condition, but the ones taken from San Andreas were liter- ally swarming with parasites, and made no effort at fighting. Some day the water company will conclude that cleaning the i%ke o l;lts sick denizens will be a move in e right direction. James Watt, F. Parriser and Frank An- sonnet will fish the Los Gatos creek to- ay. “The Lemmer’ fly will be used almost exclusively. John Sammi, secretary of the San Fran- cisco Rod and Gun Club, will join the benedictson Wednesday next. On Thurs- day he wull start for the East on his wed- ding tour. He expects to be away from bome five or six weeks. Mr. Sammi is very posulnr in shooting and fishing cir- cles, and it goes without raying that he will carry with him the very best wishes of friends innpmerable for his future success and happiness. Frank Marcus and Dan Cronin of the Nat Goodwin company are figurirg on a %rent fishing trip to the Farallones. Mr. ronin is passiopately fond of angling, but he fears that his stomach will rebel when the pork sandwiches will be intro- duced. He is well provided, however, with ‘‘cures” for seasickness. Lewis Butler, a son of the father of Pacific Coast anglers—honest John But- ler—left this City a few days ago for two weeks’ outing on the Eel River in Hum- boldt County. Young Butler will be the guest of Mr. Weymouth of Grizzly Bluff while rusticating in the mountains, and being a chip of the old ‘block, his many , | friends in this City expect to hear of lurge catches of trout being made on the Van Duzen and Price creeks, both of which are noted trout streams. 2 The following communication from =a local angler is self-explanatory: The expert fly-caster, “June-bug” Walker, while fishing on the Paper-mill Creek last Sun- day with a triend, used the fly exclusively. About noon the anglers concluded to eat lunch, and after selecting a nice shady spot, they filled the inner man with ali the delica- ) cies of the on. Then they continued down Champion Robert Fitzsimmons and His Trainer, Jimmy Carroll. sextuplet pacing-machine. When the at- tacks on records were abandoned he came north and rode with poor success at first against the professional cracks, but now is riding as speedily as any of them. To ‘beat such men as Harry Terrill, Campbell, Foster,. Jones and Edwards in a short distance scratch race a man has got to be mighty speedy. His evolution from a slow amateur to a crack professional in considerably less than a year is unprece- dented and remarkable. As for Boyden he never could win asan amateur. Timeand again he started and as often was noted among those who ‘‘also ran.”” Then some one advised him to turn | professional, assuring him that on his poor showing as an amateur he would be given a good handicap, and if he won he would get bright, shining “‘twenties” for his reward instead of a medal, cheap jew- elry or undesirable merchandise. The man who told him all this was a prophet, surely, for Boyden, the first time he started as a professional; which was last Baturday, was given 150 yards handicap in the mile. He had to ride unpaced all the way, but he did it, winning first his heat and then the final, amid the delighted yellsof his much surprised clubmates. And now he jingles those gold pieces IFninut one another as he strolis into the clubhouse of an evening, and the members look upon their only, professional almost with idolatry. It is rumored that Chlrlay Bates will be the next to ‘flop over.” There will bea good many men joining the professional ranks before long. The success of Dow and Boyden will encourage them to doso. Several oughtto be there now. Take Griffiths, Tom Hall, Tantau or Yeoman, for instance, they are far too speedy for the average amateur. The term daes not fit them. Captain Arfiemi is arranging a trip for the Camera Club Cyclists a week from to- morrow to Tocaloma and Taylorville. Forty-two ladies and gentlemen went on the run to Sonoma last Sunday and had a very enjoyable time. The racing board'sbulletin for this week is as follows: BULLETIN NO. 13, JUNE 5, 1896. sferred to professional class—John B. South Tacoma, Wash,, own request; Tri . Boyden, Oakland, Cal, D. E. Whitman and W. A. Burke, Los Angeles, Cal., under clause A, R. M. WELCH, Member National Racing Board. ‘Wilbur J. Edwards, the San Jose racer, has once again announced his retirement from the track. He will probably not | stick to this determination long, as he is thoroughly in love with the sport, and is withal one of the most popular riders on th; conl:.B 5 . oseph B. Carey has resigned as captain of the Garden City Cyclel";s, Dnruul,v) his tenure of office Mr. Carey has conducted many enjoyable and largely attended runs of hisclub. Pressof business is the rea- son of his withdrawal. His probable suc- cessor has not yet been announced. James Frazer left yesterday morning for a wheeling trip Gown the Salinas Valley, his objective point being Templeton. SpaLpING. S ROD 'AND GUN. Supervisors Who Angle In Spring Valley Lakes—Gun Club Shoots. Trout-fishing at the headwaters of the Bacramento River will be first-class in a few weeks. The weather has been very warm in the mountains recently, causing & rush of snow water from the hills which raised the river several feet. Latest reports from Simms state that Melvin 0. Dennis, Who Rode the Fastest Mile Ever Made on a Bieycle—1:11 8.8, | the river is rapidly assuming ‘good shape the stream, reaching Tocolomo in time for the evening train to the City. Another fisherman who followed them came to the spot where Walker and his friend had lunched, and noticing something bright on the bank, he picked it up and it proved to be a leader-box. He put it in his basket, in tending to ask the fishermen on the train on their re- turn to the City if any one had lost such an articie, but it escaped his memory. Meeting Walker on the street ihe other day and knowing that he had fished the Paver- mill Creek on Sunday, he quite naturally asked him if he had lost A leader-box, describ- ing when and where he had found it. Walker then told him he had Iost his, and irom the de- ;(;rlpuon given of the box, Walker said it was 5. The box contained two felt pads, between which lay a leader with two bait-hooks, one fly and a sinker attached to it. The Reliance Gun Club wiil hold its in- augural shoor on its newly constructed trap-shooting grounds at_the south end of Weoster-street bridge, Oakland, to-mor- row. An excellent programme of events has been arranged, and the contests will be free to all shooters. ¢ The Sportsmen’s Protective Association decided at a recent meeting to hold a blue- rock tournament at Colma in a few weeks. The prizes remaining over from the asso- ciation’s picnic together with several prizes recently received will be competed for. Crack shooters will be hsndlcas;ped. The Reliance Gun Club of Oakland wiil hold club medal match shootson the third Sundays of June, July and August at its shiooting rrounds. The spaniel breeders of Oakland, Stock- ton and this City have organized a club which will be known as the Spaniel Club of Californias The new club will foster the breeding of Cocker, Sussex, Clumber and Irish water spaniels. F. E. Miller of Oak- land is president, John E. Doak of Stock- ton, J. H. Sammi and H. H. Carlton of this City, J. H. Brooks and J. H. Simp- son of Oakland, vice-presidents, and A. H. Blow, secretary-treasurer. ver forty breeders of spaniels have signified their intentions of becoming members. The following appeared recently in an English vaper, the Bristol Times: A gentleman was traveling on the Midland Railway from Stonehouse to Bristol on a first- lass smoker. A lady xnz in at Yate just as the in wes moving off. The gentleman was smoking a_ we:l-colored meerschaum pipe, which the lady threw out of the winaow. The gentleman retaliated by throwing out her dog. t Mangotsfield station the'lady called the fulqd and was about to give thé gentleman ntocustody for cruelty to her dog, when, on 3;}1:‘%;2“3:1. t{.eugund e‘u i:g the dog run- e pla ORI SEhEs ot e Pipe Infnis Owing to the number of accidents which occurred last season on account of the careless handling of guns, an enterpris- ing landlord of a summer resort in Santa Oruz_County, which is located in a game diul::mt, has posted the foliowing set of ShieRs Always keep your gunloaded. Always kse; )y'our g\‘x,n cceked. Ii you are with others, be sure that the muz- zle of the gun points toward one of them, In getiing over a fence climb over first nn" pull your gun after you, muzzle foremost, * When you see a suspicious movement in the bushes fire at once. It may be one of your comrades; but' you may not hit him, and you cannot afford to lose any chances of game. If & shell should miss fire get one of your friends to look down the muzzie of your gun ‘while you t; in. whatis the macigy, - o L) Do DIe fo see In the case of a kicking gun, hold the stock about four inches in front of your face. In than"s? 7ou Yo b EaTOY Sy e Klek lhlun{' dar.: cld the gun tightly your n boating for ducks rest your weapon muz- zle downward. It is expected that y% know how to swim should the gun go off and blow & hole through the boat. . tion that your gun Always go on the sup 1sn’t loaded. In case 0t doubt you can easily street, near Webster, has been secured and Sam P, Hardy has charge of the arrange- ments for the new club. As tbere is but one court at the new location secured the membership of the Bouleyard Ciub will be limited to twenty-five. Work to put the court in condition will be commenced right away. L5 O COURSING. Good Sport Is Promised at Ingleside and Ocean View Parks. Forty hounds from the best of the local stock will compete for the prizes at Cas- serly & Kerrigan’s Ocean View Coursing Park to-morrow and good betting should result from the fact that the drawing is re- markably even. 5 Several dogs that have not made their appearance on a coursing field for months past will ruu. The drawing resulted as follows: . F. C. Randolph’s Happy Jack vs. J. Woods’ Mohawk, Valley Kennel's Gold King vs. P. Kerrigan’s Olive, J. Sexsmith’s Mission Boy vs. Laurelwood kennel's. E.dredge, H. Burns’ Lucky Dog vs. P. Kerrigan’s Miss Brummei, George Dougherty’s Georgie Dixon vs. C. Evans’ Mascott, W. H. McComb's Locomotive vs. T. O'Brien’s Lamplighter, P. Toner’s Annie NEW TO-DAY. The Grand Stand at the New ascertain by pointing it at the nearest man and puiling the trigger. Should the man show perforations aftér the experiment you may conciude that it was loaded, but you can always say you thought it wasn’t. BTy B THE BOXERS. Jimmy Carroll’s Opinlon of the Fighters of the Present Day. Jimmy Carroll, the clever lightweight pugilist, who is now an instructor of physical culture, has an excellent opinion of Dan Creedon. In speaking of the cel- ebrities of the present day, Carroll said: I think Dan Creedon is the best middle- weight in the world, barring Fitzsimmons, of course, and he should be just the man to put against Tom Sharkey. I recently beard from a prominent New York sporting man, who, speakingof the Siavin and Maher fight, said that barring “a fluke” Slavin should whip Maher. I agree with him, as I cannot see where Maher has lg chance of winning. Many ?eopls thought that Peter had improvea in the last year snd that he would whip Fitz, but they now know better. So, far as the New Zealander is concerned, I am positive he will not agree to a meeting with Corbett while he has a dollar in his EOCRGL Iknow that Fitzsimmons will never et a dollar on himself against Corbett, but he will catch some betting man who will back him under certain conditions, which must be favorable to Bob. - 8 Jim Corbett is the only man, to my knowl- edge, who ever backed himself to the extent of $10,000 in cold cash. Corbett is a great general and finaaccier, and uses extremely good judgment when making matches. He certainly means business, and ff only t00 anxious to meet Fitzsimmons in the rh;’. Whatdo I think of Peter Jackson? Well, in good condition, } think Jackson can whip any heavy-weight. Icannot say how Peter is feeling now. You know that a speedy life wiil tell on the beés: of men, and I think Jackson has enjoyed himself a little more than was ood for him since he left San Francisco. Idid hear from an old triend of mine, who is a resident of London, Eng,, not long ago, and he stated that Jackson looked exceedingly well, and should be able to fit bimself for one or two more battles before he retires permanently from the ring. In case Fitzsimmons. should leave for Eng- 1and with the idea of turning over the cham- ginnlhip to Jackson rather than to fight Cor- ett, [ am of the opinion that Jackson would advise Bob to hold on to the title, as be might need it for advertising purposes. If Slavin whips Maher, 1 know that he will immediately challenge Fitzsimmons, and that would prove & battle royal. Carroll said that Jack McAuliffe would tuke a trip to the Pacific Coast. Nothing would give him greater pleasure than to meet him (McAuliffe) once again in a fin- ish or a limited round contest. pldin i THE OARSMEN. Dolphin Boating Club’s Excursion. The Stockton Regatta. The Dolphin Boating and Swimming Club will hold its annual picnic and ex- cursion .to-morrow in the Santa €ruz Mountains, The.8:45 and the 9:15 A. M. beats leaving the ferry landing at the foot of Market street will connect with special trains on the other side of the bay. A run of three hours will land the pleasure- seekers at Sunset Park—a beautiful picnic resort, surrounded by large pines and red- woods. The committee in charge of the excursion will spare no pains in maintain- ing strict order. In fa:t]tbe rough ele- ment Tvariably steers clear of the Dol- | phins’ picnic. Now that the El Campo regatta is past the rowing fraternity is already looking forward with a good deal of interest to the announced ‘rowinF regatta to be held on Stockton Channel on July 4, under the auspices of the Stockton Athletic Associa- tion, which has received the sanction of the P. AA, V- Recollections of the regatta held at Stockton a year ago last Fourth of July are still fresh in the memory of the rowing fraternity. It was undoubied'y the best- managed and prettiest regatta ever hela on this coast, and the oarsmen are ex- ceedingly anxious to take part in the coming one, and'are already at work con- ditioning themselves for the contests. The Stockton people were fo elated over the success of their'last year's recatta that they have asked the Pacific Coast Ama- teur Athletic Association to set aside the Fourth of July as & regatta day for Stock- ton, and there is talk of holding one at the Slough City on the National holiday of each year, as Fourth of July regattas on the bay here, it is thought, are sporting features of the past. The Stockton Channel is undoubtedly the first boat-racing course in the State, being straight asa rifle barrel, free from winds and always calm. The only draw- baek to Siockton is the terrible summer heat, but as the oarsmen who will take part in the coming regatta intend to stay and train at Stockton for several days before the contests, they should be pretty well acclimated when the eventiul day ar- rives. The Ariels will send up two outrigger- skiff oarsmen, two single-scullers and two barge crews, a senior and junior. This club is making itself known in the rowing world now, and at the El Clmgzo regatta it carried off the lion’s share of the prizes. J. Wilson, w ‘0 _rowed under the club’s colors and won the ou!rigfer skiff race, is going to_row in the singles at Stockton against McCausland, Duplissea and Brown of Stockton. He is a very clever oarsman 'and a great many think he can defeat any of the above rowers. i The South End Club will send quite a batch of oarsmen, as it ts two out- rigger skiffs to be completed by that time. 1. Caughlin, in the single scull, and a couple of outrigger skiff oarsmen, will be the only representatives from the Dol- phins, as they have no crews organized fit to represent the club. % Itis confidently expected that the Pio- neers will enter this regatta with their crack senior crew, and if they do the other clubs will have to look to their laurels, as the crew has improved wonder-fully of late and intends to train faithfully for future contests. g 2 The Oiympic Club crew will undoubt- edly line up again, as the boys are anxious to show what they can do when given a fair show in a race. They certainly got the worst of the deal in the last regatta, being busy straightening up tbeir boat for the start when' the pistol cracked and get- ::n_a off a bad last, succeeded in coming in hira. ¥ The Alameda Boatin, Club intend to be we! and Swimming represented at .Stockton this year. They intend to hold a regatta shortly, the winners of which will be the club’s representatives at Stockton. The Stockton Athletic Association will Athletic Grounds Near the Presidio, Where a Game of Ball Will Be Played for the First Time on Sunday. | soon have their new boat from the East, and with it they expect to wipe the earth up with the South Ends’ senior crew. They are also confident that A. G Brown, their single sculler, can make a much better showing on his own waters than he did at El Campo. . At the Triton Boat Club’s annn~' meet- ing the following were elected off ¢os for the ensning term: Charles H Jr., resident; John Peat, financial secretary; M. Tromboni, recording secretary; A. Bering, treasurer; Joseph L. Kehrlein, captain; W. E, Hess, lientenant captain; trustees—D. J. O'Keefe, L. Adderley, J. Citron. The Native Sons are eager to have a regatta at Stockton as part of the celebra- tion on September 9, and to further this end they have already raised $300 toward carrying the affair through. The following committee of the P. A. A. bas charge of the affair: S.J. Pembroke of the Alameda Boating and Swimming Club, chairman; J. Lenahan of the South Ends, A. F. Rothkopt of the Dolphins, J. Nolan of the Ariels and W. Espy of the Pioneers. e CRICKET CHIRPS. The Australlans In England With the Summer Showers. Rain has been interfering with cricket everywhere apparentiy, except in th's fay- ored State. What the Australians th nk of the English climate we shall dou..iess hear when they arrive here in October. In the second day of their match with “an eleven of the South,” played at East- bourne, the raia did not permit of a start till 5 r. M., and they played thirty minutes in slosh before thousands of spectators who had waited all day, having paid their entrance fees. A striking instance of Britisi bulldogism! At tkLe close of that day the visitors had 328 runs to their credit, to which total Darling and Giffen had contributed 115 apiece. sl‘hi! for the loss of seven wickets. « The Middlesex vs. Yorkshire match, commenced at Lords on the 22d ult., was, by latest reports received, in_favor of the Northerners. Three centurics were made in this event in the first inning, Brown (Yorknhirfl making 192, not out, and Stod- dart and Hayman (Middlesex) contribut- ing 100 ana 152 respectively. n the Surryv-Gloucestershire match Chlmgien W. G. Grace was unfortunate enough to open an old wound in his hand, which may prevent his appearance on the field for the rest of the season. Oxford University beat Somerset by an inning and 107 runs. I notice that W. N. Roe, the star bat of the latter team, is not playing this season. George ‘Lohmaun, the famous Surry cricketer, has returned from Capetown and will rejoin his old team. In the correspondence department -of to-day’s CALL appears an interesting para- grnflh relating to cricket in Lake County. The cup matches for to-morrow are: Alamedas vs. Californias, at Alameda, and Pacifics vs. Bohemians, at Golden Gate. The position of the four clubs is not likely to be altered by the results, but thereis always “‘the glorious uncertainty" to baffle prediction. UxpIRE. 2R B BASEBALL. The Opening of the New Presidio Athletic Grounds To~-Morrow. Baseball ovens to-morrow.at the New Presidio Athletic Park on Baker and Francisco streets. It will be the first game | of the City League championship. The grounds are in first-class condition. The City Lea- ue consists of three strong teams that will try to make it interesting for the cranks. The players have been practicing for weeks to get in good condition for this opening. Charles “Buck” Gagus has been engaged as umpire, which will be a guarantee that the game will go through with a rush. 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