The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1896, Page 5

TINTAU WS A BIG SURPRISE. Nearly Broke a World’s Record in the Olympic Road Race. FIVE MILES IN 11:24. The Fastest Event.of the Year Over the San Leandro-Hay- wards Course. H, 6. EDWARDS THE WINNER. S. A. Neuman Won the Barker Cycling Club’s Event and L Frank Made Best Time. George W. Tantau of the Olympic Club Wheelmen rode the fastest five miles ever covered in a road-race, in a race promoted by that club over the San Leandro-Hay- rds course yesterday noon, starting from scratch and finishing in fifth place against a score of contestants, his net rid- ing time being 11 minutes and 24 seconds. Wing started from the same mark with Tantaw and finished half a wheel’s length back of him, his time being but a fifth of a second slower. For some time past the members of the Olympic Club Wheelmen have been care- fully training for the race of yesterday, and their efforts were probably the more | conscieatious because of considerable friendly rivalry existing among the mem- bers. When the entry list closed there were twenty-six names down, of whom about twenty started. _ The course over which the race was rid- den seems to get harder and smoother every Sunday, and yesterday, with the ex- ception of a short stretch near the start, it was nearly perfect. This, coupled with the fact that the riders were aided by a strong wind at their backs, helps to ac- count for the phenomenally iast time made by all the men, the slowest of them all riding the five miles under a three- minute gait. Tantau has long been known as one of the fastest amateurs of the Olympic Club, and hence his ride of yesterday was not ha great surprise to his feliow mem- bers, but up to this time the fastest time made by any of the cracks over the course this year has been over 12 minutes, and Tantau bas dropped over a half minute under that. George Fuller started with the scratch men and was on equal terms with them when he fell, about & mile from the finish. He was not badly hurt, but lost all chances in the race, though he pluckily remounted and rode it out. Hansen, Cun- ningbam and one or two others met with accidents to their wheels and were obliged 1o drop out. The winner of the race was H. G. Ed- wurds, who bad a handicap of two minutes. | It was nis first race, and this also applies | 10 E. A. Helmore and H. H. Cosgriff, who started from the same mark and finished close pehind Edwards. The riding of | these three men was particularly credit- able for their first performance. The following table shows the positions at the finish, handicaps and net riding time: i 10} 180 GEORGE THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1896. ‘W. TANTAU. HE CLAIMS. HE WAS PERSECUTED Butler Miller’s Grievances Against the Detec- tives. DRIVEN FROM THE CITY The Hero of the Franklin Resi- dence Tragedy Again Arrested. IN SANTA BARBARA'S PRISON. Captain Lees Declares H m a Bad Man, Even Worse Than Is Oiiver Winfield Winthrop. The arrest of Frank J. Miller in Santa Barbara, as announced in the dispatches yesterday morning, reopens one of the most sensational episodes in the criminal annals of this City. Miller, who was at the time a butler in the employ of J. L. Franklin, a lottery dealer, had for the second time made a bero of himself in repulsing the attacks of burglars upon his master’s silver chest. This time, however, instead of simply 85 -5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | o Coae J. A g 12 J. A. Vaughan. 13|George P. Fuller. 14/C. ¥. Lemmon .. There can be no question about the time | made by fantau and Wing, as the watches | at the start and finish were in the hands | of such experienced timers as W. B. Faw- | cett (starter), George H. Stratton, Arthur'| H.B D. Hadelfeldt and C. A. Myrick. The officials of the race were: Charles | Albert Adams, referee; Douglas White, T. | Meherin, W. P. Humphreys, T. G. Spil- | lane, judges; George H. Stratton, A, H. | Boyden, C. A. Myrick, H. D. Hadenfeldt, | ers;'J.'W. Mullen, F. W. Fuller, . | 1 | H. Haley, H. V. Scott, scorers; W. B, Fawcett, starter; . Hahn, assistant starter; H, Bostwick, K. Boyd, marshals. Tantau, encouraged by the well-de- served praise he has received for his ride of yesterday, will continne in iraining | and will shortly try for the world’s five- mile road record of 11:11 2-5, paced by five | tandem teams, and on his showing of yes- terday he should lower it considerably. | Prior to the Olympic event the members | of the Barker Cycling Club held a similar | | race, the results of which were as follows: ] | Net | Hanai- | riding cap. | time. i 3|S. Honi 4|1. Frank 5(G. Sach: 6/ B. Hawks 7/L. Kochm: 8|J. Bambergi 9|L. Pursch The officials of the race were: B. P. Searight, Alexander Nye, S. Baer and J. Joseph. There were the usual number of tumbles | in this race as well, bat no one was hurt. A large crowd of wheelmen assembled at | the start and finish, and aliogether the sport was the best of its kind seen over the Haywards way this year. The members of the Bay City Wheel- men, aboard the schooner Anna E, en- joyed a cruise around Lhe’b{sy and out to ihe heads yesterday as a "diversion from the usual Sunday country runs. Lunch was provided by the club, and about sev- enty-five members attended and had a | merry time. The California Cycling Club and the Im- periai Cyeling Club had a joint run to Centerville yesterday, and after lunch there were some impromptu races between the riders on the Uenterville track. The Camera Club Oyelists had a picnic run to Lake Merced, the Libertys went to Hay- wards and the San Francisco Road Club nad a run to Lake Pilarcitos. : Match races seem to be the propervflgmg in cycling now. Opinion is about divide: between the two who will contest next| Saturday at Centra! Park, Allan Jones of the Olympics and Bob Terrill of the Bay Citys. But since this match was arranged there is talk of one between Tantau, Olympic, and Kenna, Acme, and another between Peter Metcalf, Imperial, and Arthur Boyden, Reliance. In each case the men are of about equal ability, all are fast riders, and with proper pacing the events should be of more than ordinary interest. Entries for the Central Park meet close 00 | frightening tbe thieves away, he killed one of them, and, being himself wounded, he swooned and the dead robber’s body was found lying across his own. It was a most tragic affair, and the young man’s bravery was extolled no- where so loudly as in the Franklin home. The detectives worked on the case for weeks trying to solve certain details that did not appear very clear. They were con- siderably hampered in their investigation by the Franklins themselves, who would not listen to any suggestion that there were many suspicious circumstances con- nected with the case. Finally, one fine day, Mr. Franklin bundled his butler out of the house and his whereabouts became a perfect mystery so far as the public was concerned. The lottery man acknowledged that Captain Lees had convinced him that Miller was a dangerous man, and that in- stead of having shot and killed a burglar while protecting his master’s house he had simply coaxcd an inoffensive tramp to visit bim at the California-street mansion, where he murdered him in cold blood. At no time during the duration of the sensation, even when the case was brought before the Grand Jury, was Miller per- mitied to make a public statement to the press. At all times he was guarded, and being satisfied to get away unmofested Miller kept his own story locked securely within his breast until this time, when new troubles have come upon him, and he has given the details of the affair, as he regards them, toa representative of THE CarL. Hesaid: On Fevruary 15 my deposition was taken by Captain Lees, a reporter and Detectives Gib- son and Wren. I1old them the story just as it happened as nearly as I could remember. The Coroner’s inquest was sdjourned from time to time until I was able to attend—about Febru- ary 22—when I told the jury all about the af- fair as I recollected it. The corpse of the burg- lar lay in the Morgue eight days awaiting identification. All kinds of rumors were abroad, some im- plicating me in the attempted burglsry and others alleging that I decoyed a tramp to the house with the intention of killing him, with the expectation of gaining & big reward and adding to my reputation for bravery. Au irre- sponsible tramp testified at the inquest that while out on the evening of February 11 I gave him directions in writing how to reach the Franklin residence, and promising to give him some clothes and $5 lfhe would come there the following evening and carry away two bundles that I would give him. He swore that he did not go, as some fellow- tramps whom he told about the proposition advised him not to do so, as_there was evi- dently some trick in the offer. The theory sought to be established by this vagabond’s testimony was that failing to induce this tramp to come Iled another one into the trap and kitled him. Bur the verdict of the Coro- ner’s jury was that it was justifiable homicide and I was exonerated. About this time there were published state- ments that I was to be rearresied for the crime. Mr. Franklin, who had all along stood | nobly by me, was much excited over these rumors, but I was calm and cool, as I believed 1 had notning to fear, having done nothing to make me afraid. The threatened arrest was not made apd I had recovered sufficiently to resume my reguiar work, wheu Mr. Franklin informed me one evening that my case was to come up again, but he would stand by me through thick and thin. In the meantime the matter was brought before the Grand Jury, Captain Lees attempting to get me indicted for murder, but District Attorney Barnes dis- mi the case. Mr. Franklin bad assured me of his belief in my innocence all along, but at last, yielding to the pressure brought by Lees, he dismissed me. He urged me lo‘fo to Australia, as be declared the police would give me no rest here. But as I had done nothing to be ashamed ot I declined to go. I‘zhlnk the reason Mr. Franklin got rid of me with Manager Faweett next Tuesday night at 924 Geary street. Borrow on sealskins, siiks and jewels at Uncle Harris, 15 Grant avenue, was because the fouce threatened to make trouble for him if he didn’t: discharge me. Franklin and a man named Metzger conduct the Littie Loulsiana and Little lot- teries in room 48, Wells-Fargo building. The police could close them up if they wanted to, | as I understand the businessis unlawful. I think it was fear of police interference with this business that induced Franklin to let me go. He had trouble with his maii on account of the lottery business during the time I worked for him. y I consider that I have been very grossly maligned and badly treated, and am to-day practically banished from San Francisco on account of unwarranted persecution by the police. Since his disappearance from this City the whereabouts of Miller have been known to very few people. Captain Lees followed his movements to San Jose, where the fellow made capital out of his notoriety, and then he dropped out of sight until arrested the other day in Santa Barbara for abducting Hattie Auber, a 14-year-old girl, from [Eou Angeles. It turns out now that Milier between the date of his disappearance from San Jose and his capture in Santa Barbara was working as a cook in a cheap restau- rant of Los Angeles where he met Miss Auber. In speaking of Miller last evening Cap- tain Lees declared: *I am not astonished in the least that this fellow has again been arrested. He is a man with a bad record, and I don’t ex- fiect anything good to come from him. e is by far a worse man than is Win- throp. ‘‘As to his accusations that the police have been persecuting him they are en- tirely false. I never saw or consulted Franklin about him and in no way did I influence Franklin to discharve him. Franklin upheld the fellow like any man would who believed him to be innocent until he learned for himself he was de- ieudingn bad man. Then discharge fol- lowed.” s g mrgir s s FRANKLIN IS HIS FRIEND. Frank J. Miiler Still Places Utmost Confidence In His Old Employer. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Aug. 16.— Hattie Auber, the little girl brought here by Frank Miller to lead a Iife of shame, left with her -mother for Los Angeles on the morning train. Miller yesterday wrote a note, which he attempted to smuggle to the girl, begging her to swear that they had been married in Los Angeles, and warning her that if she did not he would get five years in San Quentin. The au- thorities here feel sure that they have Kle_n:y of evidence upon whicn to convict fiiler, and state that the girl will be re- called when she1c wanted to testify. To morrow the accused man will plead, and thereafter he will be locked up in a cell, having heretofore been allowed the run of the jail, Miller behaves well in confine- ment, but there is an uneasy suspicion that the man may atany time do some desperate act, as he is plainly impressed with the enormity of his situation. To-day he objected strongly to having a statement already furnished a CALL cor- respondent concerning the Franklin case published, not knowing that the matter was already in type. “When I 'f" out of this fix I'm perfectly willing to tell what I know about it,” he said earnestly. “‘But why should I stir up that matter now, when it can’t do me any good? For that matter, the jury cametoa decision long ago about the killing in San Fran- cisco, and I can't see that it can do any good at this late day to stir it up again. “Mr. Franklin has always been a good friend to me; he has helped me before, and he will help me again if I ask him to.”’ BREAKING BLUEROCKS. Several Gun Clubs Held Their Regular Shoots Across the Bay. The Linco!n Gun Club held its regular bluerock shoot yesterday at its grounds. In the first class Daniels took the first money. Naumann and Webb divided the second money. In the second ciass Murdock took the first prize and Wenzel, Haight and Andrus divided the remainder. Fos- ter of the third class came in for first prize and Allerton and H. Wagner divided second and third. In the fourth class Ostrander and Price divided first and second money. The scores were as fol- Tows: z First class—Daniels 22, Naum: 3 inger 19, Webb 21, E, Foster 20, fi';bzii-fl&cx% 0. Fisher 19, Franzen 16, H. Vernon 20, F Vernon 20. Becond class—Burns 20, Wenzel 21, Golcher 20, Haight 21, Potter 19, Murdock 22, Shaw 18, Andrus21. Third class—Whit- ney 11, Foster 20, Baum 12, Schindel 12, Clark 14, Allerton 19, H. Wagner 19. Fourth class— ?s\trgl:girn}eb'e, 'i.zwcllxl;er llimn‘xuhu 15, Price 3 , Clal 35 oo rough 14, Holmes 11, The Reliance Gun Club of Oakland held its bluerock shoot for the Kellogg medal yesterday and annexed are the results: Coffin 13, Gross 18, Hartley 1 Umphed 15, Olsen 15, Atiett 15" Tupis 14 Ingalls 18 Young 14, Stewart 14, Baker 15, o , Kiembroi 3 ley 12, Young 12, Williams 14, oo 11 Wes- The Golden Gate Gun Club held its regular shoot yesterday at the Pacific tournament grounds. About twenty bluerock-breakers were present and sey- eral interesting matches were shot. This club will hold its regular shoot on the third Sunday in each month at the same place. On the last Bunday in September it will hold a bluerock tournament. Mail-Catchers. “That man is a mail-catcher,” rem a clerk at the city postoffice, ";nd on:rakf.‘z class who are in such a hurry for their let- ters that they cannot wait for them to be delivered in the regular way. They stand in line as every mail is being opened and want their letters inmediately. Asa rule they are a second-rate kind of agents, who have no office, and they are anxious about their letters for the reason that they ex- pect fees or remittances in them. They come as regularly and as frequently as do the mails; never say & word, and depart as soon as the mails are opened and they find that there is not something for them, only to come again at the next mail fln’l."—WnMnmn Evening Star, - L TEN THOUSAND SHOTS FIRED, The Great Shooting Festi- val of the Califor- nia Club. FOR PRIZES AND HONORS An Exciting Race Between Fak- tor and Schuster for Most Centers. MARKSMEN FROM SAN JOSE. They Carry Off Their Share ot the Laurels — Fred Kuhnle Still in the Ranks. Between 8:45 A. M. and 6:30 P. M. yester- day about 10,000 rifle bullets were shot over the Schuetzen Park rifle range. Tlhe occasion of this flight of leaden pellets was the annual shooting festival of the California Schuetzen Club, which was a success in every respect. Twenty targets were in constant use all day, and the sale of shooting tickets amounted to nearly $1500. It mustnot be inferred that this was clear profit, for the club put up many hundred dollars in cash prizes. The big shoot was not ended yesterday, but will be resumed on next Sunday,when on the honorary target about $1000 in merchandise and special prizes will be shot for. Besides this there will be sev- eral other interesting events. As stated, the atiendance was very large, and included many members of the San Francisco Schuetzen Club, Germania Club, Red Men’s shocting section, the Col- umbia Pistol and Rifle Club ana the San Jose Turner Schuetzen section, The representatives from the latter or- ganization were Captain Fred-Schumacher, the president of the club, Dr. Fred Bangs, KnrlpKlein and J. G. McMiilen, the County Surveyor of Santa Clara County. The San Jose Club will hold a shooting festival on the last day of this month as a sort ofa house-warming of the new San Jose rifle range, and the representatives yesterday extended a hearty invitation to all local marksmen tu attend their festival. These gentlemen did credit to their club by get- ting in several excellent scores, as shown hereafter. There was one member of the California Club whose presence was missed yester- day. For years past Aibert Enrenpfort has been a constant attendant on every shoot and he has won many prizes. He recently won a the background for the time being. On ‘Wednesday he took to wife Miss Rebecca Cornahrens and he is now in the southern part of the State taking a pleasure tour with his bride. San Quentin Point was well represented by marksmen who made a few good scores. For example, J. Jones made 64 rings on the honorary target and 57 on the point target, F. J. Robinson ran up 69 on the honorary tuwt and 55 on the point tar- get, C."J. aldon shot out 65 on the honorary target and 57 on the point target. There were a number wio were deci- dedly unfortunate. For example, Wil- liam Glindemann, one of the best shots on the coast, broke his trigger before firing a shot, and he had to hold hard to make even a fair score with a strange gun. Philo Jacoby met with a similar acci- dent, and did all of his shooting by press- ing forward the set trigger to make the hammer fall, a decidediy unique manner of target shcoting. Henry R. Brown was el uulf unlucky. Some one knocked his rifle o& the rack and broke the front sight. Those who considered themselves unfor- tunate by their not having made better scores need not be mentioned. There were four, events oa the pro- gramme, which were designated as the wan, king, point and honorary target matches. & There were also special prizes given. These were won as follows: Best first bullseye in the morning, D. W. McLaugh- lin, 25 rings, $5; last best bullseye before noon, F. 1§. Schuster, 24, $250; best first bullseye in the afternoon, Dr. Fred Bangs, 25, $2 50; best last bullseye in the after- noon, J. B, Turner, 24, $250; first center shot on the man target, Philo Jacoby, $250; first 25 ring shot on the honorary target, T. G. Carroll, $250; highest num- ber of pointson tbe point target, D. B. Faktor, 848; second highest, P. F, Schus- ter, 827; third highest, Captain Fred Kuhnle, 550; fourth highest, A. Strecker, 512 Only two men shot tickets forthe honor of Shooting King, although the main prize is a $50 diamond medal, and eight cash prizes will also be presented. Many scores of ten shots each will no doubt be made in this event next Sunday, Dr. L. O. Roagers made 205 rings and Al Gehret 204 rings. Both spoiled their scores by a “flier” that could not be accounted for. On the four honorary targets (German ring) about 300 three-shot tickets were dis- posed of, and every effort was made to reach the coveted possible oi 75 rings. The first move toward high scores was by Carroll, who made 68, which included his 26 center previously mentioned. Dr. Bangs of San Jose puiled up to 70, fol- lowed by Charles Heeth with a like num- ber. They shot off the tie, the San Jose marksman winning. Dr. L. O. Rodgers beat this with 7L The man target represented the upper art of a man, the center line being num- red 20, The other lines were half an inch apart, the last on each side being nambered 1. On this there were forty cash prizes from $30 to $1. Two of these tarze!s w¥ere in use, and about 160 tickets, four shots to a score, were sold. R. Finking set the pace by a score of 16, 19, 20, 20—75 out of a possible 80. Dr. Rodgers followed by 19, 18, 19, 19—75. For awhile these stood high, but later F. Baumgartner dropped in with 18, 20, 19, 20—77, which still stands high. The others who made good scores were: F. Fay 71, P. Brunotte 70, D. W. McLaugh- lin 70, J. Utschig Sr. 73, F. H. Bushnell 66, A. Jungblut 66, O. Bangs 65, J. G. Millen 64, A. Strecker 73, C. Moyer 73, . Altinger 72, Probably tbe greatest interest centered upon the point or center targets, fourteea o?owhich were in use. Fully 900 tickets, eight shots toeach, were sold, which shows that over 7000 bullets were fired to, secure the forty cash prizes and the twenty-five special prizes for most points, ete. The 12-inch black on these targets was divided into three points. The 3-inch center was of card board and when punctured was detached, numbered and measured after the shoot. The second ring counted two_points and the outside ring one. It did not take long to see that Schuster and Faktor were in a hot race for the most points. So keen was the competition that each marksman shot with two rifles as fast as he could load. Each had an attendant, who cleaned and cooled the hot barrels and kept the marksmen well supplied with tickets and ammunition. They shot for the $40 prize for all they were worth, and as seen in the foregoing Faktor won by 20 ints. A. Streckerand Fred Kuhnle soon ocked horns for the most points, but not to the extent of the other two. They were sal with one rifle each and they had no attendants. As see: Kuhnle “was third with 550 gqlnu an Btrecker was fourth with 512 The ‘others grizo that putsall others in | . Bremer 67, Dr. F.’ MAN TARCET. RINC TARCET POINT TARCET, The Three Targets Used by the Marksmen at the California Schuetzen Club Festival Yesterday. who competed for the ““most-center’’ prizes will be announced later by the range com- mittee. Last night the three-inch centers were brought to this City and put in a machine that measures to the one thousandth t;““ of an inch. The winners of the best centers are as “:llows: 30: A. Jungbludt, 54 9 points, $20; J. Ut- A. Strecker, ‘;?oints, points, $25; ¥. Kuhnle, schig, 100 points, $17 50; J. G. McMillen, 121 oints, $15; C. Eging, 124 t8, $1250; . B. Faktor, 136 i i‘l’l, . Thier- bach, 148 points, $10; runotte, 153 infs, $9; R. Steetin, 176 points, $8; points, $7 50; F. P. . Burmeister, 186 . Schuster, 212, $7; F. ‘Baumgartner, 212, 50; P. Jacoby, 231, . Robinson, 235, 50; F. A. Kuhls, 265, $5; F. Schumann, 70, $4 50; L. Barrere, 278, $4; R. Finking, 288, $3 50; E. Ladd, 293, $3 50; J. Dawson, 320, $3 50; D, 'W. MecLaughlin, 321, $3; J. E. Klein, 339, $3: T, J. Car- roll, 870, $2 50; Dr. F. Bangs, 371, Dr. L.-0. Rogers, 393, $250; Judge @. Bahrs, 406, $2: F. Schumacher, 444, $2; A. Rahwiler, 486, $1 50; W. Glindemann, 508, $150; U. Ramensberger, 510, $1; H. R. Brown, 535, $1; C. Meyer, 540, $1; H. Haake, 543, $1; J. Straub, 553, $1; Karl Kline, 567, $1; O. Bremer; 571, $1; A. Attinger, 662, $1; P. Bohr, 666, $1; A. Breuss, 669, $1. Next Sunday, the second day of the festi- val, the members and their guests will shoot for cash prizes, medals and mer- chandise prizes on the King, honorary, man and members targets. e AT SHELL MOUND PARK. Some Good and Some Poor Scores at the Range—Foster Cup Shoot Next Sunday. Every condition for good shooting pre- vailed at the Shell Mound range vesterday, but strange to say the scores made by the companies in regular and practice shoot were hardly up to the average. Company L of the First Regiment occu- pied the butts during the morning, the scores being as follows: Cnfitain Eggart 43, E. O'Leary 16, A. H. Breckwaldt 22, H. G, Leffman 33, J. Siatter; 15, C. Lauber 32, H. J. Leffman 15, D. N. Rogers 16. Company A of the Fifth made the best score of the day so far as the National Guard is concerned. Captain Poulter made the best score, 46, C. Poulter being a close second with 45. The score for the company is as follows: A.J. Leech 31, Sergeant McCormick 40, C. Puckett 40, L. Parrott 29, V. Brinck 36, W. J. Peterson 39, A, Jahnigan 37, C. Brien 37, J. Cleveland 40, G. Littlefield 39, F. M. Magill'84, J. Tait 41, Kohler 6, F. Poulter 46, G. Jahni- an 41, C. Poulter 45, J. W. Peck 34, George uckett 41, Dickerson 37, Moeller 10, J. T. Grismore 27, C. Ellis 36, Bodwell 14, Learn 36, Herman 22, Huuh 33. Company F of the Fifth showed some slight improvement over their record for last month, as will be seen from the ap- dended score: A. W. Blakeley 36, E.C. Weyber 20, H. M. Turreli 18, H. F. Bénnett 36, P. Waits 29, A. F. Hanson '34,'V. Petersen 29, C. C. Covalt 42, A.J. Harford 33, G. M. Crew 22, Mekerson 28, Stocking 31, R. S. Mudge 27, W. E. Blakeley 15, Acting Sergeant Frasier 28, H. T. Howland 34, L. Bailister 34, U. G. Cox 32, Baker 32, Harvey 31, Adams 25, Swanson 32, Stutt_30, McGinnis 40, W. J. Wilson 30, Mitchell 37, S. D. Wilson 36, F. B. Wilson 23, H. Parsons 4¢ ‘(:LP. Grifin 32, Lieutenant W. H. Cobbledick Companies I, F, K and M had teams out practicing for the Foster-medal shoot, which occurs at Sktell Mound Park next Sunday. This trophy was presented to the Second Artillery last year by Captain Foster of the North Pacific Coast Railroad Company. Battery E made the best score at that time, and are temporarily at least proprietors of the cup. When the National Guard was reorganized snme months ago Battery E became Company K of the Kirst nhntfiy. Twelve men from each company will compete for the prize, it finally going to the company winning three times. The monthly medal contest of the Red Men’s shooting section resulted as fol- lows: / Champion medal — John Tiedemann, 383. Class medal—H. Bach, first, 286 H. Wili, second, 295; G. Wagner, third, 808; €. Heuer, fourth, 318. Medal for first bestshot—G. A. Mahr, 23. Medal for last best shot—Ben Kaiser, 23. BASE HITS AND ERRORS. Characteristics of the Ball Game at the Folsom-Street Grounds. The San Francisco ballplayers had on their batting clothes yesterday, and the way they jumped on the delivery of Pitcher Shea of the QOaklands must bave made that young man sick at heart. They sized him up for twenty-two safe hits, with a total of thirty-one bases. Sweeney, Levy and Scott each place a three-bagger to nis credit, and Sweeney, in addition, secured two doubles and a single out of five times at bat. Walters, also, secured a two-bagger. Aside from the heavy hitting of the locals, the feature of the game was the poor work of the Oaklands. Buttwo of the entire team played without an error. Keatin g at second had seven chances, and secured five putouts and two assists, Dalmas at_first scored five putouts, and then retired to right field because of an injury to his hand. Arlett seemed to be particuiraly unfor- tunate yesterday. He unloosed his errors just at the time the San Franciscos gota batting streak. On one occasion, after two were out, he made a bad throw aiter an easy chance and six runs afterward came in. . The game merits little description. The Friscos scored two in the initial inning and the_visitors at once went them one better. In the third inning the locals scored three and frons then until the end of the game the Oaklands were simply not in it. Following is the official score: BAN FRANCISCOS. A.B. R. B.H. 8.B. P.O. A. R Monahan, 2 b. | o B S Ses LI Akt | oup, Seis tvds W e T B35 BUTE il SR 4 2 1 [ 0 0 o 8 858 1 W8 5 S Y Vo O gy | fee W wa SR SR Senl | S eut Bom RN Daad TR} 8. ol 0 6000 50 19 22 8 27 16 o A.B. B. B.H. 8.B. P.O. A. E. S AR R SR WNE Y 4T ¢ &0 T Soad SN G s L o LR P LN S SOk f 3 $oE.1 .0 85 0 VS e Sl ST S Tl Feeney, 8 b.. £50 Q- % 8 -8 Daimas, 1b. i 000 5 00 Shea, p. 4 00 1 2 3 1 Totals. $% 8 1 8 27 1112 SCORE BY INNINGS. 203086422 0-19 Oaklands....... 30000121 1-8 SUMMARY. Earned runs—Oaklands 4, San Franciscos 7. Three-base mu—awnnq‘buw and Scott. Two- base hits—Sweeney (%), Wolters, Ariett. Agnew. Douple —llonqdnnlo Bases on ba ls— Oaklands 3, San nciscos 3. Bases on errors— Oaklands fi San scos 6. Struck mu—s‘: o 4, by 2. Passed balls—Scott o on 1, Oakiands 8. mpire—0'Ni b YOUNG LADIES OF THE SODALITY, Impressive Services at St. Mary's Cathe- dral. NUMEROTUS MEMBERS. Father Prendergast, V. G.,, Con- fers Upon Them the Blue - Scapular. FOR CHARITY AND HUMILITY. The Blessed Virgin—Sermons Yester- day by Father Doherty and Father Wayrich. Twenty-two young ladies were received into the Sodality of the Immacu- late Conception yesterday in St. Mary’s Cathedral. The services began at3 p. m. The blue scapular was conferred vpon the new comers by the Rev. Father Prender- gast, V. G. Appropriate music was sup- plied by the choir. Father E. P. Dempsey, in a brief address, exhorted the young ladies to imitate as clos:ly as possible the holy character of the Blessed Virgin and to practice in their daily lives the virtues of purity, obedience, charity and humility. The benediction was pronounced by Father J. F. Byrne. The sodality now has a membership of some 200, with a fine choir and library. It holds regular monthly meetings, ~Fol- lowing are its officers: Miss K. C. Brown gresident, Miss Annie Curley vice-presi- ent, Miss Curtin secretary, Miss Emma O'Leary treasurer, Miss Mamie O’Neil sacristan, Miss Mamie Quigley organist. At 8t, Mary’s Church yesterday morn- Father F. %V ‘Wayrich of New York preached an instructive sermon from the text: *“‘Blesced are the eyes which see the things that you see.’ *‘God is to be seen,” he said, “in the light of his teachings. A view was given to the patriarchs. “Qur eyes are blessed when we can see clearly the fruits of Christianity. The Sa- maritan in the parable is an exemplifica- tion of true Christian charity, which re- ards all men as the children of God. haritable institutions were unknown to the pagan Romans before the coming of Christianity. Itremained for Christianity to hold forth to the world those heroic examples, seen in the church of God, where so many noble men and women cheerfully give their lives to the care of God’s poor. *‘In these charitable institutions there are no elements of self-interest, no dis- tinctions of race, condition or creed. They are truly catholic. These latter days have witnessed violent assaults upon these holy institutions, but in the life of God’s church persecution is not new. He who promised that the gates of hell should not prevail against his church will not permit- the hosts of evil to trinmph now, but will one day open the eyes of those blinded to the worth of the church and its noble charities. “Then will be blessea other eyes, for they will see the tiiings which you see, but are not yet discernible to them.” In the evening the Rev. Father F. B. Dobherty preached upon the “Assumption of the Blessed Virgin,’ from the text, “Hail full of grace, the Lord is with thee.” THE HANDBALL COURTS. A Number of Interesting and Closely Contested Games Played Yesterday. ‘The handball courts were, as usual, well patronized yesterday and several exciting and interesting games were witnessed. At the San Francisco court the chief at- traction was a game in which John Rior- dan, the coast champion, and P. Hutchin- son played against J. C. Nealon and G. Hutchinson. Nealon had been out of training for some weeks, but he played a great game. He and his partner were de- feated in the final by only one ace. The cempetition among the boys ior the gold and silver medal presented by Phil Ryan, the yroprietor of the court, had to be post- poned till next Sunday. At the Union Court Terry McManus and J. J. Feeney played a great game against James Nelson and T. Lavelle, but were defeated in the final by three aces, after a hard struggle. Much disappoint- ment was felt among the spectators that | the final rub beiween Joe McAuliffe, the Mission boy, and Terry McManus did not come off. Terry was ready and willing, but Joe failed to putin an appearance and it was given cut that he had “funked.” Terry says that Joe may be a great fighter, but as a handball-player he is not in his class, and he is still prepared to uohold the title of heavy-weight champion against all comers. Some interesting games were piayed in the Mission Athletic Ciub Court among the members. Folllowing were the games played in the courts yesterday : San Francisco Court—G. Maguire and James White defented D. Regan and T. Fay, 21— 14, 16—21, 21-20. J. Slattery and P. Kelly defeated W. Kelly and J. Nel son, 21—15, 17-21, 21—-19. D. Rodgers and P. Ryan' defeated W. Manning and G, Mo- Dopald. 2113, 17—21, 21—20. J. Lawless ana J. Vogelsang defeated D. Connoily and J. McEverly, 21—13, 15—21, 21—19. R. Murphy and M. Edwards deieated J. Collins and’' W. Stansbury, 21-13, 15—21, 21—20. R.Shea and R. Shields defeated T. Sullivan and C. Ward, 2113, 14—21, 21—19. C. But- terfleld and J. Brown defeated W. Darins P. Blrr{. 21—12, 10—21, 21—17. J. Riordon, coast champion, and P. Hutchinson defeated %.lc.zfloellon and G. Hutchinson, 21—16, 18—21, TUnion Court—M. Duffy and T. Willey nd defeated M. Tierney and D. Murphy, 2119, 17—21, 21—18. T. Ryen and T. Lyons de- feated’ Jonn Bornell and 21—16, '15-21. 21—17. J. Howard and T. Fay defeated George McGuir: and William Prince, 21—19. 17—21, 21—15. J. Freeman and ' H. McKenney defeated T. Murphy and J. Dooley. 21—16, 13—21, 21—19. F. Dougherty and J. Firnn_ defeated W. Dra- nion and J. Sullivan, 21—17, 1421, 21—12. W. P. Doran and J. Meledy defented James Galvin and T. Murphy, 21—16, 13—21, 21—19. James Nelson and T. Lavelle defeated Terry McManus and J. J. Feeney, 21—17, 16—21, 2119, 19—21, 2118. Mission Athletic Club Court—J. Mack and J. Ebeley defeated J. Martinez and S. Martinez. J. McGoveran and M. Bohen defeated M. Griffin and J. Bohen. M. Sullivan and T. L. Brennick defeated Patrick Cottes and M. Geary. Tom Barry and P. Morris defeated Patrick Joyce and M. Keily. L.T.Brannick defeated J. Rem- fery of the Antioch Athletic Club. J. 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