The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1896, Page 8

THE SPORTING WORLD. Doings of Lovers of ‘the Gun, the Rod, the Ring, the Track and the Wheel. A very excellent programme of races bhas been arranged to take place to-day at the Velodrome track. Weather permit- ting, several club runs will be held to- morrow. The Olympic Club is still trying to ar- range a meeting between Corbett and Fitzsimmons to be held in this City under its auspices, but Fitzsimmons will not acree to any proposition until he learns from Dan Stuart the result of his confer- ence with Corbett. Several football games will be played to-day and to-morrow baseball contests will take place at the Central Park and Presidio athletic grounds, A tug-of-war which will continue each evening of next week will be the principal featuro of sport at Sutro’s baths. The annual meeting of the Field Trial Ciub will be held next month near Bakers- field, Kern County. e g THE WHEELMEN. Velodrome Races To-Morrow and Club Runs Sunday. Actual raining is the only thing that will prevent to-day’s meet at the Velo- is pleasant from noontime on the races | Leavitt, A.J. Menne and A. E. Kellom. % ! day night and were very interesting. drome from being held, and if the weather | H 4 & | for_record-breaking purposes this winter iand want to gosouth. The San Bernar- ! dino track was only partly built, and wet | ground was used, so only one meet was ever held on it. - Santa Ana, which wasa splendid track, has gone back to the owners of the land. The railroad’s track | at Santa Monica is blacklisted for allow- | ing Sunday racing. The Riverside track, | which is fair for competition, -thouch kite-shaped, is also washed out at present from last month’s rains. The Realands | track is fair for competition, but there is no club there and only a few wheelmen, |80 no meets have been heid on it this | year. It will probably be kept up, how- | ever. The Pasadena track is almost like | the one at Ei Paso and very fast. The | members of the Crown City Cycling Club | there are preparing for a big meet on it | New Year's day. There area great many | fast riders in the south, among whom | may be noted Hill, Delay, Cote, Rowan, | Woodville, Haver, Campbell, Rodriguez, Lacey, Musxy, Casenave, Leadbetter, Ruess, Cromwell, Dickerson, Bell, Tomp- kins, Cowan, Brotherton, D. Cromweil, [abor, Peach, Rogers, Clark and Nye. The Bay City Wheelmen’s pool tourna- | ment has been decided, the winners of the | first four prizes being J. M. Pike, John 8. The deciding games were plaved Thurs- If the weather is pleasant to-morrow | Captain Lewis and the other road officers will go ahead as if nothing bad happened. | of the San Francisco Club will be the hosts AR FLOYD A. McFARLAND, the Crack Professional Who Will Ride at the Velodrome To-Day. The stands are all covered and sheltered, so that the seats will always be dry, znd the tracks being banked the water runs off directly i falls, and the boards dry guickly. It 1s the intention of the man- agement to go ahead with the roofing of the entire place at once, and then the meets they may hold will not be subject to climatic conditions. The programme to-day is not so good as it has been for the previous meets. are only two competition events with about fifteen entries ineach. Theabsence of the Terrill brothers and Wells in the professional race will be noted, and the Velodrome people will wish they were i The differences between them and **Bob Terrill shoula and probably will be satis- factorily adjusted this week. Max Morris, a professional from Texas, has arrived here and will be seen at the next meet on Christmas day. be a star meet, as the programme will be of exceptional merit, and besides the riders. now in competition at the track, Ziegler and Gardiner will be seen. Jobn F. Staver, the Portland . professional, re- ceiveda message announcing his father’s death Thursday, and lelt for home imme- aiately. R. G. Barton is here, representing the Fresno meet to be held next Saturday, the 19th, in conjunction with the citrus fair now going on there. A new three-lap dirt track has been constructed, and it is raid to be very fast.* The races will be a mile scratch and a two-mile handicap, professional, and two amateur races at the same distances and conditions. There will also be tandem racing and exhibition record trials. A party is being made up to go down from here ‘Thursday night, re- turning Sunday. A!l the professionals now quartered at the Velodrome will- go, and most of the officials, A varied line of entertainment has been arranged for them. More com petitive riding and fewer so- called exhibitions and record trials at the Velodrome weuld suit the public better, 1f Manager Fawcett does not thinx so let him make inquiries among his own offi- cials or sit in the grandstand and hear the remarks about him. A half nour spent thusly will suffice. The amateur riders ar: deserving of more attention than they are receiving, too. A big drawing card would be the matching of, say, Kenna, Squires, Mott and Delmas. Who will pick the winner in that quartet and back him if all are in their best condition? It would be a tossup surely for choice. Onlv one bicycle show wiil be held in New York this winter, the Madison-Square Garden Comvany having abandoned its proposed exhibition in favor of a military bicycle tournament. This decision will leave the field clear for the show of the National Cycle Board ot Trade, which will be held in the Grand Central Palace, New York, from February € to 13. This wiil unguestionabiy be the largest and most important show in the history of the trade in this country or in Europe. One thing warranting this statement is the fact that over 500 spaces will be occupied by exi jtors. After this show there wiil be an exodus of all the professional racing men for California to begin their 1897 training. The most important ones who will come are Baid, Cooper, Johnson and Michael. I have received personal letters from both Bald and Cooper saying they will surely | come, and incidentally asking to he re- membered to their many friends out here. The League of American Wheelmen' has reached a membership of 70,550. Tue an- nual meeting of the North California Division will be held this evening at the rooms of the Bay City Wheelmen, 441 Golden Gate avenue, when the new board of officers will take their seats, and hear the reports of the varions commitiees. Chief Consul Kerrigan will also make his committee appointments for the ensuing ear. Of the many fine three-lap tracks built in Southern Califernia last fall and early this year the one at Pasadena seems to be the only one now available should some of the Eastern riders come to this State There | This will | ] at a luncheon spread for the members at the conclusion of a blind run. Should the weather be disagreeable the function will be postponed one week. The club held its first annual party Thursday evening at Union-square Hall anda it was a distinct social sdccess. | Captain Day bas called the postponed { | | run of the Bay City Wheelmen to Laundry Farm for to-morrow, but at this writing it looks as if the weather might again inter- fere, in which event it will go over a wee “Bob”’ Lennie’s ordinary run is on for to- morrow morning under the same condi- | tion Lennie, Plummer, Smyth, Mohrig, Knapp, Tom Doane, myself and a lot of other old-timers whbo have been training for this recherche event will grow stale it i it is postponed much more. EPALDING. | e THE BOXERS. Clubs That Are Bidding for the Fitz- simmons and Corbett Fight. It can be safeiy said that unless the Olympic Club can compete with Eastern clubs in bidding for the proposed Corbett and Fitzsimmons match the great pugi- listic event of the year will not take place | on this side of the big mountains. | The Olympic Club has missed several good opportunities of enriching its treasury within the past year simply be- cause it was too slow in bidding for star 5 attractions. | It could have had the Sharkey and Fitz- | simmons anc¢ the Corbett and Sharkey | contests if it had manifested the least en- terprise. The club under whose auspices these contests were held made money. Now the Olympic has an opportunity of capturing a snug little pot by securing a ! meeting between two of the most noted fighters of the day, but according to the i penny-wise-and-pound-foolish ideas of Illxose of its members who have been se- | lected to arrange for a ineeting between | the champions of the ring it is extremely { donbtful if Bob and Jim will settie their long-pending dispute on this side of the big mountains. Although $10,000 is unquestionably a very nice sum of money to offer two men for'a ten-round contest, which will doubt- less draw between $30,000 ana $40,000 from the spectators, there can be no gainsaying the fact that Fitzsimmons and Corbett will box wherever they can get the best financial inducements, provided a finish fight, under Dan Stuart’s auspices, cannot be agreed upon. Stuart_has offered $15,000 for a finish | fight. Fitzsimmons has consented, and | probably to-day Corbett wiil give his an- swer. 1f it should be in the negative, then the Olympic Club and other clubs that are looking for the mil! wili be afforded an { opportunity to bid, and the slowest in the | race wiil be sure to lose the golden plum. Martin Julian, the manager and backer of Bob Fitzsimmons, has stated that Jim | Corbett was certainly “‘off his base.” | I will ailow that Corbett, for in- stance,” said Julian, “is very anxious to fight Bob, but why does he try to get away from our original proposition? +*Corbett certainlyis aware that we have a forfeit posted for a fight to a finish, and why is it _that he does not say so in his letters and dispatches to the Oiympic Club? ‘It is useless for me to arcue this ques- tion, I have repeatedly stated to the rep- resentatives of the press that in case we cannot arrange for a finish fight arrange- ments will be made with the club that will offer us the most flattering financial inducements. *Now, then, we have had excellent offers from different clubs, and what surprises me most is that Corbett has made no men- tion of them in his letters to his friends in this City. “The Broadway Athletic Club of New York, of which O’Rourkeis president, has offered $26,000, or a percentage, for a twenty-round contest.. The Greater Ath-’l letic Club, of which Warren Lewis is gen- eral director, has offered a purse of $26,000 Now then the Olympic Ciub of this City has a ‘bid’ of $10,000 ior ten rounds. I understand that the latter club will offer $15,000 for fifteen rounds, but with all due respects to the Olympig, it is not in the race with the Eastern clubs already mentioned, consequently I cannot understand why itis that Corbett has shown such marked desire to fight un- der its auspices when he can do better else- where. ‘“‘A fight to a finish is what I want, and vou can say that I will not agree or take notice of any proposition until Dan Stuart informs me that there is no possi- bility of him carrying off the proposed finish fight between Bob and Jim. “As for the referee, there is only one man who must act, and his name is George Siler, who is sporting editor of the Chicago Tribune. “‘Corbett and Fitzsimmons agreed upon him at a recent meeting held in New York, and if it should hapoen that the contest takes place in this City Siler will be the man who must referee the contest. “Now you have the fuil particulars, and that is all I can say in the matter, so faras the prospective fight between Fitzsimmons and Corbett is concerned. “You can add, however, that Bob is just as anxious as Jim to have a final set- | tlement of this mooted question decided, | but we do not propose to get the worst of any future argument, as we have had a pretty good dose so far.” The following extract from a_letter was received recently by Professor Watson of the Olympic Club frem B. John Angle, who is referee of the London National Sporting Club: It is my ambition to see how boxing contests are managed in the country of your adoption, s [ am not so stupidly conservative as to ima- gine that we (the old country) are without blemish. Lavigneand Solly Smith treated our champions in very unceremonious fashion, but in justice to Burge I must claim that he never ought to box at the weight. Willy Smith was stale and in nothing like the form shown by him when meeting good men and conceding & lot of weight. Do notthink that I wish to de- tract in theleast from the victory gained by our visitors. They &re both stiriing boxers, hitting hard with'both hands and thoroughly game. As you have learned through the Sports- man, Corbett will not be permitted to box be- fore the Nationel Sporting Club, his utterances which appeared in American papers concern- ing the management oi the club very naturally causing great indignetion among the mem- bers. [ do not believe him to be responsible for these statements, as he was courtesy itseli when over here, and as a professional boxer would naturally be very careful of his reputa- tion. Ned Donnelly is thriving. His wonderful system of tuftion will unfortunately die with Eim, unless you ultimately elect’ to rewurn ome. FOOTBALL GAMES TO-DAY. Several . College Championshlp Matches to Be Played. The first annual intercollegiste foot- | ball match#/etween the teams represent- ing St. Mary’s College and Santa Clara College will be decided this afternoon at Central Park. Doubtless a large and en- thusiastic crowd will witness the game, as it promises to be very hotly contested. The Santa Clara Coilege eleven comes up as a dark horse, though with, 1t is said, some very encouraging criticisms from Captain Fickert of the Stanford team. The men have been coached by ! Skeehy of the Olympics and by other | football players, while St. Mary’s College | has recently had the valuable instruction of Stickney, the Olympic coach, and of Wyckoff, the old Reliance fullback. The line-up of the two teams is as fol- lows: Santa Clara College. Position. St. Mary's Berg i L K. Bride. College. up in a special car decorated in the coilege colors and accompeanied by the colleze band. Game will be called at 1:30 o’clock, rain or shine, Another match of almost as great im- portance will be that for the State aca- demic championship between Oakland High School and St. Matthew’s Hell of San Mateo. The game will be played this afternoon at the Presidio Athletic | Grounds. Oakland High School has been | practicing since ite last game under the ! in truction of the Arlett brothers and eral other members of the Reliance team. *“‘Tommy” Code, the old Stanford and Olympic quarter, and Porter, the Olympic and California player, have been coaching the San Mateo team. What gives promise of being an in- teresting football game will be called this forenoon at 10 o’clock on the Sixteenth and Foldom streets grounds between the elevens of the Alameda Uni- versity Academy and the Lick Poly- technic School. The teams have both won honors on the gridiron and are well matched. The Academy team re- cently defeated that of the Oakland High School, which played a tie with the Lowell team and then ignominiously defeated it. The Lick team is adjudged the strongest | amateur team in the vicinity of the City, and would probably carry off the trophy of the Academic League were it not de- barred tor having joined too late. The undefeated Y. M. C. A. team, that claims the light-weigiht football cham- pionship of the Pacific Coast, will meet the Cogswell Collega eleven in a match game this afternoon at California League grounds, Sixteenth and Folsom streets. Game will be called at 2:30 o'clock. Though the Y.M. C. A. eleven average less than 131 pounds stripped, they are willing to concede nine pounds to the man and play any football team on the coast weighing less than 140 pounds to the man stripped. Following is the line-up of the two teams and the stripped weights of the men, arranged as they oppose each other in the game: Cogswell College. Hoseverry, 125 Giesting, 135. Fisber, 175 165. Tompson, 18 Coggins, 135, L. 'Tompson, -181 pounds Company M, League of the Cross Ca- dets, will play Company H a practice football game to-morrow forenoon at the Presidio Athletic grounds. Company M will probabg' secure games later with Company B, League of the Cross, with Cogswell College and with Company H, League of the Cross. A Stanford University the contest for Varsity football captain has narrowed down to two men, Cotton and Carle, Cap- tain Fickert having yesterday announced his intention of not again, running in spite of the efforts of many of his frienas to advance his name. The election will be held next Tuesday, S Ut THE OARSMEN. The Dolphins Elect New Officers. | The South~Ends’ Ticket. The Dolphin Rowing and Boating Club held a meeting last Friday evening and elected the following officers for the ensu- 1ng year: President, James B. Keenan; vice-president, James Laib Jr.; recording secretary, James S, Eerles; financial secretary, Frank C. Staib; treasurer, Adam L. Schippert: sergeant-at- arms, Peter von Hadeln; captain, Will Patch; Lieutenant, R. J. Blennerhassett; executive committee—T. J. Sullivan, T. J. Kennedy, Will Patch; bonrd of trustees—G. C. Alferitz, Fred W. Woerner, A. C. Ronard; delsgates 1o P. A. . Rathkopf, James J. Cronio The executive committee and board of trustees hold office for one year, the others are elected for six months. On Sunday last Tom Keenan, Joe Sul- for twenty rounds, with the proviso that no side wager can go. “Geinslinger of the Bohemian Club h made an offer of $27,000 for twenty rounds. livan, R. J. Blennerhassett and W. O. Patch. with Joseph Earles as coxswain, were out in the racing barge. It is Captain Paten’s intention to take different mem- bers out every Sunday to select the best material for a crew to enter the Carnival of the Golden Geate regatta. The building committee was given per- mission tb complete the interior of the new boathouse. It is to be finished in first- class style, and when finished will be the finest and roomiest boat and club houseon the coast. Peter Christiansen of Fairhaven, Wash., an old timer, was given a hearty reception at the boathouse last Sunday. He has been absent six years and was very much surprised at the progress made, and said the present quarters surpassed any that were to be seen on the coast. f The first division of the Naval Reserve aré out every Sunday keeping themselves in trim for their next race with the victori- ous second division. They have not given up hope of flying the beantiful pennant on their boat. The South End Rowing Club met in Judge Barry’s courtroom last Tuesday evening and nominsted the following gentlemen to act as officers for the follow- ing year: President, Eaward Scully; vice- president, T. I. ¥itzpatrick; secretary, John D. Mahoney and James Foley; financial secretary, Edward Tobin and Matt Breen; treasurer, Joseph O'Dea; captain, William Thomas; vice-cantain, Frank Duplissea and Thomas Barry; board of trustees—A. Melletz, Herbert Hawkins, George Fox, Robert McArthur, Thomas Lyncnh, John O’Gara, Charles Cutter, George Bates, Joseph Foley, Henry Bode, James Pallas, Dan Connelly, William Humphrey, A. J. Fritz and John A. Lenahan. The election will be held on Tuesday evening, December 22. An exciting meet- ing is expected, as the candidates are making strong fights for election. The Alameda Rowing Club has arranged a siiff race between Dr. Dennis and Eu- gene Hadcock, which will take place on Sunday, December 20, over the Alameda course. The men are the club’s leading oarsmen, and as the club medal isthe prize a close race is expected. 3 S < S THE GUN. More Trouble Expected on the Sulsun Marshes, Judge Buckles of Solano County hes issued injunctions which will be served on hunters who are found trespassing on the Cordelia Gun Club preserve. Thisis a heavy blow to the Mallard Club, the members of which have betn enjoying pretty good sport of late in the Suisun marshes. Late reports from Jersey Landing and Autioch state that duck-shooting on the river has been very good, and are to the effect that the sportsmen who have visited those places have enjoyed first-class shooting. Messrs. Casey and Cleary left for Jersey Landing last evening. They expect to return on Sunday with a large namber of mallard and canvasback. In case the hunters should happen upon a good snipe patch Mr. Casey ordered 500 shells loaded with No. 10 shot prior to his departure. He hopes to be able to bag at least one aozen ‘‘Englisamen’’ with that number of cartridges. Frank Dolliver bagged three jack- rabbits, two cotton - tails and a wood- chuck last Sunday near Point Reyes. John Kerrigan and a friend bagged fifty- six quail last Sunday near Tocaloma. Harry Golcher and a companion did not succeed in bagging a good mess of quail last Sunday on Golcher’s favorite quail grounds, near Point Reyes. Mr. Golcher will try his luck to-day in the hills near Hamlet station. Good quail and cotton-tail rabbit-shoot- ing can be had in the sandhuls west of Tomales. John K. Orr bagged seven quail and two snipe last Sunday on the Country Club preserve. O. Bransdorff shot thirteen robins and eleven larks with a parlor rifle last Sunday near Oiema. Hunters who shcot on the Alyiso marshes report that the bay is literally alive with all kinds of wild ducks, and that they expect good shooting the first good storm from the south. ROD AND REEL. ’Anxlars Who Caught More Water Than Fish Last Sunday. The announcement in last Saturday’s paver that some good catches of steel- heads were made at the mough of the Paper-mill Creek and in the tidewaters of Russian River was a means of inducing several devotees of the rod to visit those favorite resorts. Unfortunately the water in the Paper- mill, which was heavy after the late rain- storm, receded very quickly, leaving the mouth of the stream almost asdry asit was during the summer months. A few small fish were ca ught in the big pool op- posite ‘‘the white house,’”’ but generally speaking the anglers who wet lines in the tidewaters caught more water than fish, Among those who visited the Point and returned with empty baskets were Charles Precht, Frank Dolliver, Louis Rondeaun, Senator Sidney Hall, J. McGregor, George Walker, Al Smith, Judge Evans, Chagiain Terry, G. Cooper, W. Ketly and William Cooney. Messrs. Harmon and Hoffman caught some small fish in the Larkspur lazoon, and as the tide will answer to-morrow some good sport should be had near the bath-hoyse. John Butler, Charley Green, C. More- house, A. Wilson and Chief of the Fish Patrol Babeock trolled ior steelheads in the Russian River, near Duncans Mills, last Sunday. Only a few small fish were caught, but Butler succeeded in catching an excellent ducking, having taken a perfect header into the river. It is presumed that “Honest”” John was feeling a bit warm anxious to see what he le of accomplishing in ice-cold water with bis rubbers on. John Galla- gher, the champion angler of Oakland, fished him out with his favorite ‘‘roll” hook in a most scientific manner. It is safe to say that there will not be any fish- ing woriby of note until after the next | storm. e TUG-OF-WAR. The Great Tournament Will Com- mence To~-Morrow at Sutro’s. The great tug-of-war tournament be- tween the teams representing in their make-up the great nationsof the earth will commence to-morrow at Sutro’'s Baths. In the afternoon there will be fiye pulls between the teams, the names of which will be made known to-morrow afternoon immediately aiter the drawing for posi- tions. Manager Frees states that the reason why the drawing will not take place this evening is to prevent as far as possible gambling on the results. Mr, Frees is de- sirous that this contest be kept as free as possible from any stain of hippodreme, that may result if gambling on the re- sults were tolerated. He says that $1500 in cash prizes will be given, and that the first team detected in the act of “throw- ing’’ a contest will be summarily ejected from the building and debarred from fu- ture contests held in the baths under his management, The referee has not as'yet been selected, but in all probability Billy Jordan, the fa- mous master of ceremonies, will be se- lected for the office. On Sunday evening the five teams that are not called upon to contest in the after- noon will try conclusions on the cleated vlatform. Every evering of next week there will be five pulls. The rinal con- tests will be held on Sunday, December29. As a preliminary to the great tourna- ment Manager Frees has arranged for a jour-round boxing bout between Tom Sharkey and -Danny Needham, his sparring partner. Doubtless there will be an immense gathering of the lovers of good sport at Sutro’s, to-morrow. Sl .. Coursing. The following dogs will enter the slips HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1896. at Ingleside Park to-morrow: All aged— Cronin & McDonald’s Lissak vs. H. Spring’s Blus Rock; Gibson & Moore’s Monitor vs. J. Segerson’s White Chief; Valley kennel’s Skylark vs. P. Ryan’s Royal Stag; P. Riley’s Wee Nell vs. Dil- lon & Riley’s Queen B; M. O’Connor’s Lady Cliiton ve. C. Gallagher’s Hazel; P. Curtis’ Lady Campbell vs. E. Wilson’s Sunnyside Maid; Diilon & Riley’s Gran- naile vs. Richmond kennel’s Uncle Sam; Alameda kennel’s Kitty Scott vs. Gibson & Mocre’s Molloy Bawn; L. Graham's Cash Day vs. P. Riley’s Sam; P. Curtis’ Wild Flower vs. Portal & Heg- gertv’s Laurel Leaf; M. Traynor's Valley Maid vs. M. Loftus’ Gripman; M. Loftus’ Kangaroo vs. J. Mazzini’s Typewriter; P. Riley’s Queen of the Forest vs. M. Tray- nor's Whip Jr.; Portal & Heggerty’s Eld- ridge vs. J. Rock’s Restless; J. Hannan’s Foxhall vs. Bassett & Burns’ Ormonde; E. Geary’s Electric vs. D. Roche’s Golu Dust. Prizes, $35, $20. $10 and $10. The Saplings—Alameda kennel’s Doug- las vs. H. Spring’s Brimbo; J. M. Bryan’s Articus vs, McComb & Wyman’s Experi- ment; Alameda kennel’s Gallant Joe vs. H. Spring’s Blue Blazes; Alameda ken- nel’s Charming Widow vs. M. Lamens- dorff’s Star Ruby. Judge Grace will pe in the saddle, and J. F. Grace will handle the slips. The Sacramento Coursing Club will hold & meeting to-morrow at 1ts park. Sy il BASEBALL. Games That Will Be Piayed To- Morrow Afternoon. The cllampion Alameda Alerts will play a crack team from Sacramento to-morrow at Central Park, and a great game isex- pected. The teams will line up as fol- lows: Position. Sacramentos. Newbert Croil... J. Hammond. Cougnlin.... Two games will be played to-morrow at the Presidio Athletic grounds. The Calls will play the Oak and Recoxds at 12 i, :nd the Bulletins will play the Reports at 2P M. 2 gl The Flela Trlals. The entries for the all-age stake of the Pacific Coast Field Trial Club have closed at last with only eight dogs represented, among which are six English setters, one Irish setter and one pointer. Theentrants are: C. N. Post’s English setter dog Merry Monsrch. by Mercury-Johanna; Joseph Singer’s English getter biich Lady Stam- boul, by Stamboul-Lady Ciare; Robert Gardiner’s English setter bitch Peach Mark, by Mercury-Betsy Mark; J. E. Terry's English setter dog Orion, by Harold-8unlit; J. W. Keene's English setter dog San Carlos, by Saber-Blade Loda; J. H. Schumacher’s English setter bitch Rowena, by Harold-Enid; G. B. M. Gray’s red Irish setier dog Lad of Glen- more, by Bacrymore-Belle C; W. C. Ken- nedy’s pointer bitch Patti K, by Up ton of Blith-Cricket Croxteth. The trials will be held near Bakersfield next month. e e Handball. The games arranged by Phil Ryan of the San Francisco handball court for to- morrow are: G. Hutchinson and D. Connelly vs. J. Law- less and P. Hutchinson; J. McEvely and P. Kelly vs. J. Slattery and 'W. Kelly; M. McNeil and G. McDonald vs. P. Ryan and D. Rogers; R. Murphy and E. Toy vs. J. Collins and J. White; T. F. Bonnet and J. C. Nealon vs. P. Donnelly and J. Riordon. e Sacramento Sporting News. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Dec. 10.—Hunters report ducks more than plentiful, but bard to approach, as they affect the open ceuntry and only come within range dar- ing the days on which. the north wind blows heavily. Geese are scarce this year and but few have been brought into mar- ket, while snipe are fat and plenty. A large number of gray squirrels are Jeing brought in, and it is reported that down in the foothill country the deer are more numerous than ever before known. Russ Flint and 8. Upson, who have just re- turned from a quail hunt near Pilot Hill, El Dorado Courty, report having seen eight deer in one band during their out- ing. They had very good success at the quail, killing seventy in one day’s hunt. John Brown bagged fiity-nine ducks in a day’s outing this week, mostly mallard; but Frank Coons and John Beckley, who were out two days, only got five ducks be- tween them. Russ Fiint and Heunry Ger- ber, who were the guests of J. Burnham and Chris Ecklon this week, the old-lime lovers of the dog and gun, of Folsom, state that they enjoyed great sport afield. Ecklon is noted throughout the Stete as always possessing the best strain of dogs, and has a National reputation as a trainer and handler. Independently wealthy he finds bis chief enjoyment in the fie!ds' and mountains, and an invitation to join him in a bunt is always sought after by ai! lovers of sport. The inhabitants ofsWashington, in Yolo County, have started an athletic club, to be known as the West KEnd Club, and are fitting up their rooms in great shape. They claim to Lave material which with but a little training will make a good showing among the boxers and athietes of older clubs. The Sacramento and Woodland High School football teams will line up for contest on Saturday at Agricultural Park and a hot game is ex- pected. ‘The boys are all light weights, but are well trained, having had the ad- vice and trainiug of that old football vete- ran, Chick Harrison. The personnel of the Sacramento team is: Center, B. Smith, 163 pounds; right guard, W. Quinton, 158 pounds; left guard, W. Angus, 163 pounds; right tackle, F. Cannon, 150 pounds; left tackle, S. Dickson (captain), 150 pounds; right end, —— Cowder, 156 pounds; left end, Ed Dickson, 126 pounds; right hali, H. Thirle, 150 pounds; left half, A. Har- ney, 140 pounds; fullback, Ira May, 155 pounds; quarterback, J. Scott, 150 pounds; substitutes — Willi, Sherburn, Butler, Smith and Rowen. There will be great sport at the Coursing Park next Sunday for those interested in coursing, as the association has hung up two purses, one ior puppies and the other for dogs of all ages, with a special purse for the winner of the first in each event, H. H. Devine, secretary of the Park Asso- ciation, will act as judge, and A. 8. Cum- mings as slipper. The Money Still Missing. David Markowitz, who peddles tinware in exchange for old clothes, was arrested yester- day on McAllister street by Officer E. J. Rooker and charged with petit Iarceny on complaint of Mrs. M. E. Ellis of 35 Golden Gate avenue. She accused Markowitz of steal- ing $10 off a table while she was out of the room. He was searched at the City Prison, put the money was not discovered. ————— Had No decount There. On complaint of G.Bouchan, proprietor of the Calitornia House, 626 California street, & warrant was issued yesterday in Police Court 2 for Fred 8. Adams on the charge of obtain- ing money under false pretenses. 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