The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1896. IN SPORTING FIELDS. News From All Departments of the Sports- man’s Realm. Wheelmen will be well represented to- day at the opening of the new Velodrome track, provided the weather will be favor- able for outdoor sports. Itissaid that the grand stand will accommodate 4000 spectators. Sportsmen are now enjoving first-class shooting in the marshes. With the recent storm arrived large numbers of northern birds, and shooting will be good until the very heavy rains, then ‘‘the quackers” will depart for the grain fields of Southern California. The oarsmen will have a gala day on Thursday next. The regatta which will be held over the Alameda course will at- tract a large gathering from this side of the bay. The course will be surveyed on Monday next and the entries will close on Monday evening. The Ingleside coursing park will be opened on Sunday and a first-class pro- gramme has been arranged. Latest accounts from the Russian River state that the rainstorm has increased the supply of water in the river and good fish- ing will soon be had. s S THE WHEELMEN. The Velodrome Opening and Wells vs. Foster Match Races To-Day. There is little to be added to what has | already been said about the grand open- ing of the new Velodrome bicycle track, jocated on the block bounded by Hayes, Fell, Baker and Lyon streets, which will country to secure special paths for their own exclusive use is nine times out of ten energy expended in the wrong direction. What wheelmen should do, according to a prominent official of the League of Ameri- can Wheelmen, is to work for better roads. With these secured there would be no call for special paths. The wheelmen are be- ginning to realize this and several of the State divisions of the league will work this winter to secure good roads through legislative enactment. - Captain Black of the Golden Gate Cycl- ing Club has called a run for to-morrow to the park and Presidio. F. Derby, V. C. Turrel!, F. Clifford and W. T. Dwyer have recently been elected to membership. There is still some talk of the big World ricord team coming to this State—perhaps to Coronado, perhaps to San Jose or to the new Velodrome here. The team is now at Memphis, and next Mondav will go to Nasnyille. 1t has no dates after December 1, and if the Velodrome people are alive and really want good talent here is the opportunity. Some idea of the fast work the team does can be gleaned from the following, taken from Bearings’ New Orleans correspondent: Yesterday the Phillips triplet took Michael three miles in 6:02, while the Cooks triplet 100k him three more in 6:16. Waller followed Miehsel five miles of the distance. Johnson went out back of the Waller quad. and did his first mile in 1:56, quitting for a time to wait for the Jallu brothers’ triplet team. When the Frenchmen came out Johnny rode several miles at & two-minute clip. After Michael rode his six miles he claimed he was too fat, S0 he ran all the way back to the hotel, a dis- tance of five miles, and then, donning two sweaters, skipped the rope for an hour. This morniug he is riding twenty-five miles on the road, and this atternoon iniends 10 go twenty- five miles behind the pacing macnines at the track. Probably the most wonderful perform- ance yet made by the team was the break- {ing of the world’s five-mile record by Michael on November 8 at New Orleans, he Uringing the mark down to the phe- nomenal figures of 9:12 3-5. A most inter- esting description of the trial 1s given by F. Ed Spooner, who witnessed it: In the morning Michael walked five miles j to the track, then dia seven miles in 15:25, which goes to show what & horse the young. ster is for work. In the aiternoon the weather conditions were far from favorable for record- breaking, a strong wind blowing on the back- streich, making it hard for both pacemakers and man. The heavens had been cloudy all day, aud rein threatened st any moment. However it was determined to make the at- tempt, ana the sextuplet manned by its regu. lar crew was brought out. The start was most favorable, the big mechine, with Michael | tucked under 1ts wing, holding the turns witk ease. The “sex” took him the first mile in 1:45 2-5, fast going for an attempton the five- mile mark. The pick-up at the end of four laps by the Jallus was most prettily made, not a fifth of & second being lost. Michael yelled for faster pace, but Eck cautioned the men to hold it steady, aud steady it was. The second mile was ridden in 1 ing the time for the distance 3:38 2.5, over three seconds outside of the record. The thira 3, mak- Walter B. Fawcett, Manager of the | New Velodrome Track. take place this afternoon. The entry list, handicaps and complete programme of events was given in THE CALL yesterday. | The exact order in which the races and heats will be riaden was given, and with that articie before one a programme will be unnecessary. Dozens of people have asked me who I thought would win the match races be- tween Wells anda Foster , to-day, and with absolutely no partisan feeling on either side, and with a perfect knowledge of the condition of the two men and their past | performances for years back, I have been unable to say. They are as nearly matched as any two men on the coast could be. I| might venture that Foster will have a Iittle the best of the one-mile run and | Wells of the five-mile, but the advantage either way, if any, is too slight to count. Wells is siower to start a sprint than Foster, being more pulky, but he has the most endurence. He has also had the ad- vantagze of two seasons on the National circuit, but that won't serve him to much good in a match race, and particularly against such an old hand at the game as V§nlwr Foster, A great deal of money has been wagered on the result of the races, the odds being even. Itis6to5 Foster will win the mile and 6 to 5 Wells will win the five mile. And there you are. Between the two clubs the men belong to, the Bay City Wheelmen and Olympic Club Wheelmen, there has always been an intense rivelry and that has naturally extended to the men and all the members. They will all turn out in full force this afternoon to help *‘root’” for their favorite and one side or the other is bound to go broke on the result. [t will be the race | of the year surely, and between two as game, speedy and gentlemanly fellows as ever threw a leg over a saddle. May the best man win. Wilbur F. Knapp of the Bay City ‘Wheelmen, the popular announcer at ail racemeets on the coast, will be home in a few days from his Eastern trip. Knapp has closed a deal to represent the World people on the coast for next year, and will use his endeavors to bring that firm's big racine team here this winter, consist- ing of Johnson, Michael, Waller and sev- eral pacing teams. To-morrow Captain Lewis will lead the members of the San Francisco Road Club on a blind run. Last night they enjoyed a trip to Sutro’s Baths on the cars. The club’s dance, to be held the second Tues- day evening in December, will be auitea social function in the cycling worid. It will be at Union-square Hall, There are 752 league clubs in the United States. The total membership is now 69,640, of which the North California di- vision has 1640. New York has aitained the goal sougnt by passing the 20,000 mark, having to date 20,131 members. Captain Henry L. Day will take the members of the Bay City Wheelmen to Laundry Farm to-morrow, via the 9 A. M. creek-route boat. The hotel there has been samnvled and its table reportea excel- lent. Necessary implements for football and basebail will be taken along, to make the run a picnic. The club’s handicap pool tournament begins next Monday evening and there is a large entry list, in- cluding such crnckdpll_veu as Pike, Lea- vitt, Kellum, Fred Day, Rhys, Menne, George Caldwell, Welch, Plummer, Rob- erts, George Hall, Mervy, Bob Terriu, }\md. Harloe, Howard, Dixon and Spal- ing. | i1, t¢ 7:21 fiat. | was excited by this time, and the chances for mile was faster than the second. the figures for the three miles being 5:30 1-5, two-iifths of a second shy of the record. Then the sextu- | plet came out again and tne fourth mile was | made in 1: 4-5, bringing the four-mile 24 -5, where Tom Linton left Every one save the officials record from getting the mark were excellent. The last mile, including the pick-up, was made in 1:51 3-5, making the total time 9:12 3-5. President Sterling of the San Francisco Road Club 1s making an active fight for A. W. Wehe of his club for chairman of the board of governors of the associated clubs, and wiil probably be successful, as Mr. Wehe is well known and very popular with the wheelmen and would make an efficient officer. The aews that the Markei-street Rail- way Company contemplated putting an attachment on the rear dashboard of all its cars and then carrying bicycles for a fare, as exclusively told in THE CaLL yes- terday, was the subject of a great deal of comment among the wheelmen yester- day. They were all pleased with the idea, and while few of the clubmen expressed the thoueht that they would ever take ad- vantage of the innovation, preferring to ride the basalt blocks, asphaltand cable- siots in the level districts, still for those who live in hilly parts of the town and for laaies and gentlemen who are not ex- pert riders, or do not care to rice through the City’s streets, it will be a great con- venience. Such a move, too, would go a great way toward healing the breach be- tween the corporation and the wheeling public, which has existed ever since that memorable bicycle parade on July 25, when the company ran its cars on Market street and disrupted the turnout, regard- less of a request and a promise not to do s0. SeaLDING. e S i VARSITY GRIDIRONS. Prospects for the Thanksgiving Match—Rellance~-Olymplc. Only five days remain before the sturdy knights of the gridiron at the State Uni- versity will meet the brawn and muscle from Stanford in the sixth annual inter- collegiate football championship match of the Pacific Coast. On next Thursday aft- ernoon will be broken the spell of anxiety and suspense that has held the students and partisans of these two educational in- stitutions since the close of the last Thanksgiving game and that has been growing and growing in intensity every day for weeks. No sooner, however, than the umvire has called “time” and the great contest of 1896 has come to a close than thoughts of the next year's battle and_its result will be born and cherished. “*Three tie games and two defeats are enough,’’ say the Berkeley men, ‘“‘and we will win this year or die in the effort.” The Sitanford students say: *“Stanford has never yet been beaten by Berkeley at football, and our Varsity shall hold the championship that has been ours for five successive years."” Considerable betting on the result of the game is said to be going on, with odds in favor of Stanford, all the way from 5 to4 to 2to 1. Other bets are being taken with the same odds in favor of Berkeley. As in the past, the Stanford students are doing little betting themse!ves. They are not a betling class. One enthusiast, however, is known to have over $600 in Stanford money deposited in bank here, awaiting California backersat even money. Nothing but unwise partisanism on either side would offer odds, for the records of past years show these universities to be more evenly matched in football than any other two rival institutions in America, and the chances this year are not strongly either way. The teams which will play on Thurs- day, though they have not been officially announced on either side, are practically selected now. Berkeley has a light but active line. Her center 1s less experienced and skiliful and considerably lighter than Williams of Stanford, but is well supported oy the guards. They, too, are lighter than the Stanford men and are not the equals of either Captain Fickert, who now strips at Frank Foster of the Olympic Club Wheeimen, who was Zeigler's trainer on ine National circuit in 1895 and Couiter's in the early part of 1896, returned Thurs- day from the East. He has been bandiing Ray Macdonald, who was here with the Columbia team in 1895 and whose remark- able showing while in irance this year was the subject of much comment. Mac- donald went across the water asan ordi- nary star in a team of Tom Eck’s, with 193 pounds, or of the agile Carle, who stripped yesterday at the remarkable weight of 214 pounds. Carle was slightly hurt a few days since, but is himself again. ‘What sort of a big man he is may ve in- ferred from the fact that although he is the heaviest man at Stanford he is one of the best gymnasts and can turn air springs with ease. Simpson, one of Berkeley’s tackles, is Johnny Johnson as the pianet. Mac's superior to his Stanford mponcnl. At the other tackle Stanford will probably have orbit was not large enough for him, how- |a slight advantage in experience and ever, and he was soon swingin, Johnny’s circle and finally totally eclfmd him in point of winnings and speed. Foster says be expects to go to Australia | nents. It is safe to saysthat tpez with Ray early next year and tbat Eddie | standoff. Stanford’s ends are their Bald may go with them. 1n | skill, =Both universities think that at ends ey will be weaker than their oppo- are a arsity pitcher and catcher of iast year—McLaine The scramble of cyclists all over the | and Jeffs—unless Strsight should regain the right end position, from which he was only recently displaced by McLaine, a very late arrivai on the gridiron. Stanford’s line as. a whole is undoubt- edly, as far as material goes, far superior to {ierkelay’l. As to the backs, there seems to be no question that Berkeley is decidedly the better off. BStanford men themse!ves con- cede this. The weakness ot the Stanford team lies first in the work of her half- backs, who do not yet actin speedy con- cert with each other in interference and in backing up a line attack. Murphy, the Stanford quarter, will firobnbAy prove a surprise in upsettin ansome’s kicking. in every feature o play, except in interference, he is superior to Kennedy of Berkeley. Heis the best general Stanford has ever had, punts with considerable accuracy and runs well with the ball, He is strong on_heeling and catching pants under good protection from big Cotton, the fullback,who does not himself attempt to kick. For a punt the Stanford center snaps him the ball clean back ten yards, where he may kick under cover of all ths other backs. Snould the day be rainy and the ground be slippery Stanford, with her heavv line- bucking quallties, should carry off tle palm, but if it is a clear day and the ground tenable Berkeley, with her swift runners and clever dodgers back of the line, stands a good chance of winning. . Though the heavy smashing and buck- ing work of the training season has al- ready been done, and the men are now putting on their “finishing touches,” something may yet arise which will change the entire situation and complete- ly turn the balance. Never isa football captain or coach certain of who will take a place on the team until he actually sees him on the field. Only within the last three days has Berkeiey’s ieam under- gone a decided transformation. Ou Thursday Avery was removed from center, and Carr put in that place; Castlehun, on account of a lame shoulder, was laid off the team from his position at guard; Ludlow was removed from tackle to the vacant place at guard; and Sted- man was putin at tackle to fill Ludlow’s place. There has been a hard fight for BERKELEY’S THREE MASCOTS. The greatest secrecy has been observed regarding these special plays. They have been carried on almost altogether in the gymoasium entirely screened from the public gaze. Stanford also has some *“good things'’ in atore and still has on stock several teil- ing trick plays, taught by Walter Camp, but never yet nttemptedv in a big game. But on her line’s ability to hold and to break stronely and break up interfer- ences Stanford is relying a great deal, and with reason. The Berkeley men have new blue and gold sweaters, which had been knitted especially for them. These sweaters are made after a new design and resemble, with their broad blue and gold stripes, very much the striking green and gold sweaters of the University of Vermont players. Berkeley will be well supplied with mas- cots at the game this year. Two little California bears, captured in the Sierras, and “Spud” Murphy, an urchin of 10 seasons, who has won much fame for him- self among the players at the U. C., wili | serve as & talisman. They will all be gayly decked with yards of blue and gold ribbons. Yesterday morning over twenty-five of the Stanford football squad, together with Coach Cross and Assistant Coaches Clem- ons and Downing, took up quarters at Congress Spring, near Los Gatos, where the men will rusticate until Thursday been arranged by the Excelstor Club for a boxing entertainment which will be hetd next Friday evening, the proceeds of which will be handed over to old Jack Da- vis, who will make his last appearance in the ring: Four-round bouts—A. Pontages and P. McCabe; Jack Knight and Ben Lewis of Stockton. Tom Cooney of Boston will box Joe Sullivan of this City eight rounds. The windup will be a ten-tound contest between Jack Davis and Dick W heaton of Los Angeles. A decision will be given in every con- ST, The committee of arrangements consists of John Crowley, Dick MecCreadie, J. G ibbs, F. D. Mullin and J. W, Soutner. Chief of Police Crowley, Detective Lees and other prominent officials will visit Fitzsimmons to-morrow at his training quarters. The famous pugilist will give an exhibition of fancy bag-punching, atter which he will spar with his trainers, Hickey and Stelzner. Several members of the Pacific Yacht Club will also be pres- ent to see how Fitz can handle his dukes in play. e GUN AND GAME. First-Class Duck Shooting Can Now Be Had—Up in a Balloon. Now the sportsmen are in the swim. Wild ducks are plentiful everywhere and large numbers of ‘‘green heads,” ‘‘black heads,” “‘balaies” and in fact all colors of heads have been brought to bag since the arrival of the storm. Hunters who have been ‘“drawing beads’ on the quackers of the Alviso marshes during the week report having had exceilent shooting. Saturday W. Thomas, Edwin Jones and Jack Fowler returned from Alviso with a string of 125 birds, all of which were killed on Wednes- day near the bay shore. Among the num- ber were canvasback, sprig and mallard, but teal predominated. Local sportsmen who shoot in the So. noma marshes and who have ‘“‘shanties’s end at Berkeley, and the candidates for the position have narrowed down to Mc- Nautt, Craig and Hopper. The positions on the Stanford team still open to keen competition are left half, tackle and right end, but the other places are doubtless permanently filled. Dole, Searight, Freeman and Parker are aspi- rants for left half, with chances perhaps in the order named. Parker is the quickest man and is compact and strong. Free- man is large, powerful, a long-distance punter and a good line-bucker, but slow at starting. Searight and Dole are pretty equally matched, both in ability and in failings. For tackle there is some doubt whether big Thomas and Harrington can hold their places against Rice, who 18 much lighter than either but is a far more skillful and experienced tackle. and knows more foot- ball. At right end Straight, so far as work and training go, deserves the place, but may be supplanted by McLaine, who, though he came out at the last moment, has shown up very well. A week ago things looked rather gloomy for Berkeley, because three of the four last vear’s Varsity players who are on this year’s team were disabied. Ransome and Hutchinson were going about on crutches and Sherman was confined to his rcom. Hutchinson, the star end, is out of it altogether this year, his ankle not having recovered sufficiently to permit him to enter even for a short time. But Ran- some and Sherman are both on the field again and boti will enter the big game. Ransome’s inability to practice punting has been a serious setback. Berkeley has no other man for the place, and with no kicker she would lose to Stanford much of an adyantage. At Palo Alto there are several men at the pre:ent time who are outpunting him, and if the two teams played to-day the Palo Alto men would perhaps make steady gains on exchange kicks, Hall, the Berke- ley left half, has been playing steadily through the 'season and appears to be as free from injuries to-day as he was the afternoon he puton his suit for the first time. He has been particularly fortunate in escaping serious bangs and bruises, and, consequently, has had all the advantages of playing steadily throuchout the prac- tice season. Kennedy, at quarter, seems recently 10 have lost his cunning in mak- ing passes with the ball, and as a conse- quence his work for the last two or three weeks has failen off considerably. Avery, who has been playing at center for the past ten days, having succeeded Birdsall, was not near up to Varsity form, and consequently was laid off a day or so ago to give room for Carr, who is much more actiye and a harder player. Ludlow, who has been moved back and forth from tackle to guard and from guard to tackle several times during the season, is finally settled at guard, where he will probably play next Thursday. Greisberg, at left guard, has been hold- ing down his position throughout the sea- son, and has been moved about less than any other on the line, save Simpson. Stedman, who is Berkeley’s rig .t tackle at present, is 8 comparatively new man at the game, and esEecinlly at the position he is playing. Though having done good work on the second eleven, he has not shone out as brilliantiy as some of the other members of the team. He is tall and sinewy and strikes the line hard, but does not use his head well enough. Simpson, the other Berkeley tackle, on whom so much was counted last year, but who was debarred at the eleventh hour from playing because®of the study requirement clause in the inter- collegiate agreement, has been out stead- ily and has made a good name for him- self, but his work has not been up to what it was in 1895, There is much uncertainty as to who will play atends. The two places lie be- tween three men—flofwer. cNutt and Craig —and as they all have shown up equally well the choice will probably be made of the two men who are in the best physical condition. he last days’ practice at Berkeley have been given up almostentirely to defensive play.. The ‘‘college” or second elevep has been given the ball most of the time, and has succeeded many times in making long advances and in scorinz touchdowns. Many of the Berkeley Varsity men fail to keep their eyes on_the bail. ~In almost every fumble the pigskin bag nas been fallen upon by the “‘college” piayers. So far as Berkeley 1s concerned the spec- tators on Thanksgiving day next may ex- gect to see four or five players running in ot haste down the field, closely protect- ing the man with the ball, rather than be- holding a lone player hugging the pigskin bag and sprinting with 117 his might and main, only to be brought down by a cor- don of tacklers from the other side. Several surprises are in store for the Palo Alto team. Butterworth and Nott have recently been teaching their men several plays that have never before been tried on this coast in an intercollegiate game. These plays have been used with telling effect lately. First the Varsity eleven would try them and would make long advances :‘mnzh the college team at every pass of the ball. When things were reversed the college eleven would go through the Varsity linein like manner. morning. They will have their last bara practice to-day, and after that, signals and quick movements in going through the viays will be the chief practice while the men freshen up for the supreme struggle. Central Park will have seats for 16,000 persons for the great game. This afternoon Reliance and Olympic meet again on the Central Park gridiron to settle the question of this season’s ath- letic club football championship, left un- decided by the 4 to 4 tie game of last Sat- urday. The management, profiting by the experience of last Saturday, has wisely done away with the dollar admission and gone back to the old and more popular price, Carl Clemans, Stanford’sold star half- back, who is now helping to coach the Stanford Varsity at Congress Springs, is to be married at Woodland next Wednes- day, the day before the great Thanks- giving game. The bride to be is Miss Alberta Merritt, a graduate of Stanford of the class of '95. The match had its origin in college in the days when Clemans was the hero of the hou A e THE BOXERS. Olympic Club Will Give a Profes- sional Entertainment In January. In another department of THE CALL will be found a description of last evening’s fistic entertainment at Woodwards Pa- vilion. The Olympic Club, although a little Dick Wheaton of Los Angeles, Who Will Box Jack Davis. slow in arranging for a professional fistic exhibition, has finally decided to hold a first-class entertainment at the pavilion some time in January. Leader Howard Taylor and Superintendent William Ken- nedy have been authorized by the direc- tors to go ahead and secure the best talent obiainable at a small figure, The club should not make any mistake in matching fighters, because if it engages any other than first-class men of prominence it need not hope for favorable results. The contest of last evening between two famous professionals and the contest looked for December 2 between two noted heavy-weights will very materially lessen the ardor of those who have a fancy for fisticuffs, therefore it behooves the match- makers of the club to use good judgment in selecting talent. George Lavigne is certainly the next best dnwin‘g card to Fitzsimmons and those in his class. Ifa first- class man were selected 10 meet lavigne in a ten-round contesta good crowd would certainly witness the mill; or if Sharkey should make a good stand against Fitzsimmons a contest between bim and Peter Maher would attract a large gathering ‘of sport-lovers. But if the Olympic Club is of the nslnion that because of its popularity and renown a crowd will flock to witness any entertain- ment held under its auspices :here may be many surprised Olympians when the ;:;:dl of the entertainment are made pub- The sporting people of to-day do mnot take much stock in the clubs under whose auspices pugilistic contests are held. They look at the game announced. and if they conclude that it will prove worth seeing they will patronize the sport. The following excellent programme has | the Supreme Court decides that the air in the vicinity of Sears Point state that the market hunters have destroyed the shooting of the sportsmen of this City, as they kee{w up a fusillade on the ducks all | days of the week excepting Sundays, and as a consequence the birds are wild and will not decoy. A delegation of hunters | who patronize the San Francisco and North Pacific Ruailroad will visit the president of the company next week for the purpose of devising some plan of checking the slaughter of ducks by hunters whoshoot solely for the market. The local bunters contend that if the company will object to ship game over its line unless the owners of such game accompany it, the market hunters' vocation will very soon cease. Certainly unless some restric- tions are placed on those who hunt for the market, local sportsmen will be forced to seek other and better quarters within easy distance of the City. Those who make duck shooting a| business ‘should go south, where wild game is very plentiful and where -sports- men who shoot for pleasure are compara- tively few. Members of the Ibis, Cordelia and Teal shooting clubs have been enjoying grand sport in the Suisun marshes during the past week. Wild ducks of all kinds are now very plentiful in the up river country, and sportsmen have no just cause for complaint. William J. Ahern, president of the Sportsmen’s Protective Association, has thrown a light on the mysterious bailoon or aerial flying ship that was seen passing over the city of Sacramento oné night recently. While conversing with some members of the association last evening, Mr. Ahern incidentally remarked that it would not be many moons when local sportsmen will have an opportunity of shooting wild game without committing a trespass or passing under huge signs notifying hunters to keep off the mud. “Now this balloon business is all right,”” remarked the eagle-eyed president, “‘ana what a surprise we will rive the Cordelia Club boys when we will anchor our flying- ship over a favorite canvasback pond and commence pumping lead on the backs of those delicious birds, “Ican assure vou, gentiemen, that we will get around the law all right unless immediately oyer the lands of the pre- serve clubs is private property. Of course in that event we might just as well give up all idea of shooting, but we will wait and see how matters go. This airship is all rignt, but Iam not at liberty to state anything concerning the flying puzzle un- til the machine is adjudged periect by the inventor.” A grand turkey shoot open to ali comers will be held to-morrow at the San Bruno House. An abundance of splendid birds ance and tumbled a somersault into the water. He was fished out with consider- able difficulty and did not recover his spirits for the rest of that day. On Satur- day Danger got stuck in the mud. He tried repeatedly to extricate himself, and then he yelled for hetp. He was so firmly imbedded in the mud that a rope had to be tied between his legs and under his armpits, and it took the strength of the other eight to pull him out. —_— WITH THE OARSMEN. Preparations for the Big Thanks- glving Regatta. The rowing clubs of this City and the interior are making great preparationsin anticipation of the Thanksgiving day re- gatta, The entry list up to the present time is unusually large. The leading oarsmen of the State have signified their intention of participating, and there is no doubt that the regatta will be the best that the State has ever had. Valuable prizes have been- offered for the different events by James G. Phelan, William Alvord, William D. English, Irving M. Scott, William A. Deane, Au- ditor Broderick and the Southern Pacific Company, 3 The Alameda Rowing Club will enter a splendia crew for, the intermediate race. The South Ends have kindly loaned them the boat ‘‘Blister.” The crew is as follows: (1) Eugene Hadcock, (2) Wilham Hansen, (3) A. Webb, Fred Ayres stroke, and E. V. Hansen cockswain. Under the skiliful coaching of Mr. Pem- broke, they are developing a good strong stroke. * Dr. Dennis will enter the senior skiff race, and Eugene Hadcock and J. A. Lewis the junior skiff race. It is also expected that the club will furnish a polive boat to patrol the course. The Stockton Rowing Club has entered its giants in the senior four-oared barge race. They are: (1) C. Spencer, (2) George W. Chapman, (3) Carl (Trilby) Davis, W. E. Dolen cockswain and J. Par- Tott substitute. Captain A. G. Brown, who defeated Mc- Causland on the 9th of September, has en- tered the senior shell race. He has Mc- Causland to row against, and an exciting struggle is lookea for. J. Foley has entered the junior shell race, and will give a good acccunt of him- self. The men will come down to the City a day before the race so as to become familiar with the course. There is a rumor that the Stockton people have put $5000 in the hands of a representative to back the giants and Brown. Through the kindness of J. H. Budd of Stockton, the Univerzity Club will enter, as he has promised to h.ve a boat for them, their boat being too heavy for rac- ing purposes. The crew is as follows: (1) R. Tryer, (2) W. Gibbons, (131 W. 0. Biasingame, (4) W. E. Cole; E. Hammer, cockswain. Captain Cole has worked hard to bring the crew to the Iront, and they expect to be close up at the finish. ! Arthur Smith is entered for the junior | skiff. The old-timers’ race will prove one of the most interesting races of the day. It | will be a race in skiffs for a mile siraight away. The entries are Leander Stevenson of the Ariels, William Thomas of the| South Ends, and John F. Sullivan of the | Pioneers. There is a great deal of rivalry existing between Mr. Stevenson ana Mr. Thomas. Both gentlemen are now coach- ing rival clubs. The Dolphins have entered T.J. Ken- | nedy and W. O. Patch for the junior skiff and T. R. Keenan for the junior scull. Jack Caughlin, the club’s ctack swim- mer, will give a good account of himself in the senior skiff race, as he is in perfect | condition. i Captain Patch will try an experiment | by using a shorter oar with more inboard. i The oars weigh but 7}4 pounds, which is two or three pounds less than those gen- | erally used. | The South Ends have two crews in train- | ing—the senior and the intermediate. | The senior crew won the intermediate championship at Stockton ana will give | the giants a hard race. They consist of the following: (1) Ed Scully, (2) James | Pallas, (3) Mat Beeen, (4) George Bates; | George McGill,cockswain,and James Foley | sub. The crew has been under the care of Captain William Thomas and has been training faithfully for the last two weeks. As for the intermediate crew, although all good oarsmen, they have not been training faitbfully, and unless they show up more regularly at the boathouse the boys from the university will stand an excellent chance for first place. In the senior skiff race the club will enter Frank Dupiissea, who can be seen training every evening. He is reported to be in good condition. In the junior skiff the club will be repre- sented by Robert McArthur ana Mat Breen. In thisevent a lively race 1s ex- pected, as the men are evenly matched. Captain Thomas will represent the club in the old-timers’ race. He has been training for the past three weeks and is in excellent condition. On next Monday Mr. Pembroke and Colonel Menton and a surveyor will go over the course and measure it so as to have a record-course. The officers of the day are as follows: | President of the day, Mayor-elect James G. Phelan; referee, Charles G. Yale; starter, Admiral von Schmidt; timer, John Elliott. At start Walter Blake and Artie Mellitz and at finish Leander Ste- venson and George Collopy. Furtner entries will be made on Monday next. —_—— Handball. The rainy weather will not deter the lovers of handball from attending the games that will be played to-morrow in will be on hand and good sport is - ised those who will altegml. & s The following letter from Salem, Or., is self-explanatory: About November 1 the statement was pub- lished in the Oregon press that eleven profes- sional hunters had this season killed fully 1000 deer in the Elk Creek and Rogue River country, lying across the line of Douglas and Jackson counties, this State. According to thisstatement the men kilied these numbers re- spectively : 200, 150, 125, 125,150, 125, 30, 12, and 100 to three other men. Theése numbers were only casually mentioned to impress one with the belief that deer were numerous, but it was said fully twice that number had been killed by hunters. These deer were killed solely for market. ‘Words fail one to comment on a state of af- fairs like this. Too much cannot be said on the subject, and yet what can be done to stop such slaughter ? What a comparison could be drawn between the States of the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts. In the former, with a puny handful of deer, every effort is made to protect them. Here, with almost countless numbers—as yet— it m'.::.u the history of the buffalo will be re- peated. A New York sportsman sends the fol- lowing plan to measure length of gun- stocks, He says: Hold the forearm at right angles to_the up- rr arm and measure from 1nside of elbow to rst joint of trigger finger, and the distance in 1nches will be the length of stock required. Another plan is to hold the arm in the same position, place the butt of the gun in the bend Fleht pince F preseing e itipnes the Stone 8! Wil be the pmpper length. e A party of well.known sportsmen re- turned last Sunday night from Belmont after enjoving three days’ rare sport Et duck huntinz, The party consisted of M. Mcneil, P. Hansen, F. Knobloch, P. H. E. Steiner, H. Danger,-L. Corraine, J. Bank, k ;)'x:i-n c‘;l Bacher. ey schooner and sailed awa; from the wharf at Fourth and Berr{ streets on Thursday night. The vessel was well stocked with provisions and drinkables and they expected a good time. They were not disappointed. The birds were noi very plentiful, but they managed to bring home ut twelve dozen. That was usive of the number they consumed during the three days, ;‘vlllncn ;i“ u{yoznrx:. o‘!‘v‘l‘i to the skill- cooking of Corraine, with the able d;‘t;::l [3 Knoblochl. i - was not without its inciden and accidents. The first day they ht: lure-lz rowed away from the schooner ey sighted a flock of ducks. In his anxiety Bacher leaned back, followin the flock with his gun, till he lost Nlblfi Ryan’s covered court, 858 Howard street. The programme is as follows: P. Kelley and J. McEvely vs. J. Slattery and C. Sullivan; Doc Molloy ana T. Sullivan vs. J. O’Donnell and J. Snarkey: D. Rodgers and P. Ryan ys. M. McNeill and G. McDonald; J. Feeney and P. 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