The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1897, Page 8

MELANGE How Football Players, Coursers, Spottsmen and Oarsmen Are Faring. The defeat of the Batte City football team “yesterday. was ‘a’ surprise .to the patrons of football. Tha invaders contend that they were not treated properly by the Pacific Coast “Amateur Athletic. Associa- iion, which préfefred professional charges against some of the best players: of ‘the Butte team. Boxing is dead for {hepresent, but it.| may bo revived .when- the right kind" of veople take hold of the game: Stelzner and Van Buskirk bave been matched to box before the Sacramento - Athletic €lub, The rainstorm: has injured the pastime of the sportsman and angler temporarily. Coursing is-daily growing in popularity. THE WHEELMEN. Bright Prospects for the Trade Dur- tng the New Year Are Foretold. There has-been little of moment in cyeling circles during the past week. The varjous committees baving in chargé the proposed meet at the Velodrome ou Satur- day aiternoon, January 16, the proceeds trom 'which'are to be devoted toward send- ing delégates East to the annual assembly of the League of American- Wheelmen, are going ahead energetically with their preparations and _ everything .- points toward & successiul meet on: that day. Certainly the programme will be unsur- passed for variety ‘of attractions and if the weather i3 fair a big crowd should attend. There are no- club runs called nowa- days, and it may havealso been noticed that there'are no road races, which were 5o common last winter, and. invariably had 10.be postponed from week to week, ow- ing 10 rain, until the men cot tired of training .and were generally out of form when thie event was. finally called. Tnere are plenty of days during:the spring, sam- mer and fall months without- trying to run these races in winter also, and per- haps the completion ‘of the Velodrome has_had as much to do with this lack of attenfion- to. road-racing as’.anything. Wheelmen like to race—it is their-natural sporting instinet which makes this so— and furnished ~with a good ‘track the miseries of a contest on the road, ir com- parison, are too apparent ‘to_lure. them. Riding at full speed over a:rongh couitry. road, full of rocks anda ehuckholes, in the blinding dust Jeft by some faster. man ahead ‘of “you, perhaps.to fall and be se- verely bruised, or to finish in about. tenth place and receive as a prize a pair-of elas- | tics to hoid up your golf stockings with,. is not what it is cracked up to be, as the 1nan said of the ice. A mice smooth track; well. protected . irom the Wind, and cozy. dressing-Teoms, shower-baths and thie like jor use after the spin are much more | tempting to the average. racer,. who, in spife of his speedy tendencies, likes com- {fort, all the same, Rbbert C. Lennie returned- from an ex- tended southern ‘trip yesterday. . E. Stoddard will leate for Los Angeles this evening and Wilbur .F. Knapp goes_to Portland to-morrow -evering.. -D. W. Perry, 4 prominent deafer of Taconia, isin the City on a visit. 1f the Leagué of ‘American “Wheelnien, as a whole, will work fof good roads this confing-year - then. cyclists generally will se up and praise the L. A. W. and give thefr. doliars and their materiai aic. Highway improvement is-acknowledged %o be the greatest work the league has be- fore it; and good,or even fair, roads, are #n such small proportion to the bad ones in this country that a.small beginoing in this direction” will give the [eague 2 bi prestige. Chief Consul Potter of the New York division, for instance, who it was nerally hoped would succeed Sterling Gliiott: as president of the league, Las iramed a road-improvement bill, with the approval and co-operation of the State Grange officials, and- with the combined influences of tlie wheelmen and the farm- ers it is confidently believed favorable legisiation will be secured. The work will be pushed vigorously and no doubt will be aided' much by the Good Roads Congress to be held at Albany ‘in Febru- ary in conjudction with the National As- sémbly of the L. A. W: This will be an event of . widespread jmiportance, since gentlemen prominently ‘identified “with highway improyement in_all sections of the United States will be'in attendance, The barometer of the bicyole trade which ‘shows. with upfailing _exact- ness how the business is . progress- ingis the salesbooks of the prominent houses.. If the record is larger at this per- iod than during the corresponding.time a year back, .then look. out for big business when.the rezular season opens. 1 have re- cently made inguiries among some of the larger dealers here, and ‘they foreshadow a heavy trade for ‘1897 This statement of course applies only to the firms dealing in honest wheels at lonest prices, The buy- ing public is learning to discriminate be- tween a good and a-bad wheel, everr if the one i§ as micely ‘enameled as the.other, They want bicycles built by a liouse of rep- atation, one that. will live “up-to every let- ter of its agreement.. E Travelers are-nearly ail out, and there. -are lots of them, and they are taking large orders. The tire men speak of big con- tracts Yor the coming season. "The big fac- tories are all running iull blast, some new ones are béing established,-oid agencies are bfightening up and'new ones starting, and all is.. going mefrily and with a vim that has bardly been expected. ' The sea- son of 1897 in the cycle trade is going to be a brigk ‘one. 2 3 1t-depends considerably upon the bicycle manufacturers whether cvcle.racing will . flourish next season as it has in the past .“1wo vears. Since the discontinuance of the committee of the Cycle Board of Trade there is absolutely no use for manu- facturers to ‘attempt to'secure legislation | from the bands. of -the league, and they have notasked it. Although rumors have been spread broadcast to the effect that the makers will support racing teams-in - .1897, there is little foundation as yet for -+ thereport: Doubtless this matter will be fully discussed at the next session of the Cycle Board of Trade, when the senti- meiits of the manufacturers will be fu!ly submitted. In some parts of the country it is a mat- ter of open comment that enthusiasm over cycle .racing has greatly decressed. For the solution of this problem many ideas have been advanced. The most practical is _probably the theory that now that the masses have takeén to the sport cycling is not the novelty it was five years ago. People are not so enthused over the com- Jetition as characterized their favor for the game a few seasons ago. . Polo on wheels is the latest form of ex- eroise in which the Easterners are indulg- ing. The sport requires great nerve and a thorough command of the wheel. And in ro.case isa 16-pound mount of suffi- cient strength to “stand the rough usage that is given The players ride like mad around thé hall, and mixups are as frequent as in a road race. But if.is excit- ing pastime and much enjoyed by those - who have associated themselves with it. Isaac P. Potter isont withan ultimatum. It is that he will in no case be & candidate Jor the office of president of the League of American \Vhae[l,men. Inasmuch as Mr. Potter carries the New York delegation of over fifty votes in the palm of his hand it is wondered to which candidate he will give his support. Mr. Potter admits that Lie promised not to become a candidate for the offite in case the incumbent, Ster- . ling Elliott, desired re-election, but it is . understood he did_not promise to support . Elliott.. As New York State votes so will the eléction go, and itis presumed that Morrison of Miiwaukee og, Cossum of New Jersey will get-the plum. It will bea OF SPORT. lively session at any rate. -The North California - division has .seven delogates and will probably send four of them and three proxies, those who wili probably go being R. M. Welch, F. H. Kerrigan, Robert A. Smith and J..E. ‘Alexander. EPALDING, Rl GUN AND GAME. Rain Has Scattered the Wild Ducks in All Directions—How Corbstt Lost a Wager. The present heavy rains have scattered in all directions the wild ducks that were o plentiful on the bay a few weeks.ago. The birds have. doubtless traveled south, where they will play havoc with the grain fields. - The widgeon are very destructive to young grain. Some of ‘the: hunters Who shot yesterday on'the Alviso marshes returned with good bags ot game. ~ Spoon- bills and sprigs predominateds Jim Chesley and A. Burlingame bagged fifteen mallard duck by means.of scalling the sloughs near Suisun last Sunday. - Ed Ladd stopped the flight of five canvasback last S8unday while shooting from a *'sink box’ in-Richardson Bay. The Sportsmen’s Protective Association will meet in K. of R. B. Hall ‘pn Tuesday evening. The following brief instractions | relative -to the .Davis slough matter were received a few days ago from Weshington: That the Government will not interfere in the Davis slough matter unless tne slough is obstructed-to navigation; that the Gov- ernment will not take & hand in any quar- rel -among “hunting organizations. . The same dispatch directed the United States Autorney to investigate and ascertaia if Davis slougn.is'a navigable body of water and if it is obstructed.- * The Petalums Sportsmen’s Club held a meeting & féw days.ago:and. reorganized. A new. constitution and set of by-laws were adopted and mew officers elected, as fol- lows: President, R. S. Browii; vice-pres dent, K. M. Collins; secretary, &, E. Dpee: | treasurer, P:: J. Steiger; difectors, 8. J. | Hopkins, Lyman Green and . D. Hedges. The membership in this new organization is limited to thirty, and there ars now twenty-four namés on the roll. The sea brant which fave waxed fat in Tomales Bay since tueir arrival from the far north will receive a very warm recep- | tion 10-day and to-morrow when the Mal- | lard Club duck-nunters open fire on them. | The party is composed -of: *“Bill Nye,” | captain; Lloyd Eaton, cook; Vic Harrier, | bottle-washer; Al Newman, butcher; E. | J. Zimmaer, chaplain; Bob Boyer, fireman, | and Frank Hoffeling, general utility man. “Bogie' 0'Donneil gave Harry Corbett | quite a surprise a few days ago at Califor- | nia City. A party consisting of O'Dom- | nell, Tommy Nolan, E. Heffernan, L. | Cohen and Captain McNeil steamed over | to the pleasure resort in the launch Nor- | wood. After catching several colds and a | number of fish “'Bogie'! challenged Cor- bett to shoot him a match. In fact, ©'Donneil wagered.- a French din- ner that he ‘"could- put' more shot| into a sheet of paper a certain size at | twenty yards from the shooter thian Cor- bett. “Of course, the iatter accepted the challenge instautly and the party quit fishing until the contest was finished. T'he “bogie” boy “beat Corbett badly and the pooiselier could not uuderstand bow the trick was_accomplished unul yesterday, when a frienid wrote Corbett to sxamine bis_cartridges the-next time he hasa | match on hand. O’Donnell had cartridges | prepared for Corbett, Which were Jozded | with wheat, and as & consequence Corbatt | lost a French dinner and his temper, znd | it is said that.he sold bis newly purchased | gun for ‘& song- to 0'Donnell, whb is still | laughing ‘at the idea of a polished sport- ing man being done. up ‘in such an easy | manner. It is rumored that Corbett wiil iremlime in the ‘near future by inviting “Bogie” to a sack and candle snipo shoot, Possibly the largest moose head that has ever been seen in this City is at present in the possession of Mr. Ladd, the gun merchant. The ammal was killed last year by Mr. Wetherbee, who is fore- the Alaska Packers’ Association, on ssillof River, near Cooks Inlet, Alaska. The head is an enormous thing, | the horns measure. forty-one inches in | length, head thirty-two inches, base of born nine inches'in_ciréumference, widih of horns sixty-five inches from {ip.to tip. Last year a- moose was: killed in. Maine, the horns of which did not compare with the Alaskan animal in length or width, but still some of the Eastern papers made quite a se nsation cutof it. On_his return from the North Mr. Wetherbee received from a Russian hun- ter the head 6f a musk ox, which is- also a beautiful specimen, The horns from base to -tip ‘are twenty-three inches in length and the width of horns at bass is twelve inches. From nose tip to base of born is twenty-five inches. Howard Carr, the celeprated rifle shot, who,_hunted for many years in the Avctic, said that he had never seen a finer specimen. The moose*is the largest oi the deer family, and most ungainly in form. The head is long and narrow, with eyes small and sunken; nose long and flexible and covered with hair with the exception of a spot between the nostrils; ears very long and coarse; antlers large and spreading, broadly palmated with numerous sharp points; neck short and stout and nearly borizontal, higher at Ibe withers than at the hips. The meat of the moose is good at any season of the year, and especially the hump on its nose, which part of the animal is highly prized by epicures. In describing & moose hunting expedition in the Rocky Mountains Newton Hibbs, who was a noted hunter, states that the largest pair of antlers he had ever seen were taken irom the head of a moose that was killed | in the Teton Basin, near the head of Snake River. They measured from tip to tip | eight and a half feet. £ The musk-ox derives its specific name from the peculiar flavor by which the meat is tainted. In size the musk-ox is about twoetnirds that of a bison, and | seems to form & connecting iink petween the ox and the sheep families, havi many of the characteristics of each. U der his heavy coat of hair the musk-ox is | covered with a thick sheeiing of soft wool of the finest'texture and of a light brown color. The horns, which are large and broad, are formed somewhat like snow- shovels, and are used in removing the snow in oraer to reach their scanty food during the winter months. The meat of the animal, although coarse-grained, is generally juicy and tender, and the pe- culiar musky Javor is destroyed to a great extent by dressing the ox as soon as it is killed. The animals’ range is very. extensive. They abound on the northern shores of Greenland, east and west, and on both sides of Smith Sound and in Arctic Amer- ica from latitude 60 deg. to 83 deg. north, lorgitude 67 deg. 30 min. west to near the Pacific Coast. J. 8. Fanning, a well-known trap- shooter, who has won many prizes in live and inanimate target-shooting contests, met his match a few days ago 1n_Bakers- field, as will be seen by the foilowing score in a 21-bird race: Reed 21, Fanning 19, T. E. Taggart 17, McLane 18, H. L. Pack- ard 15, Thurlow 6, Ferguson 7, Park 6. . The sportsmen of Truckee have orzan- ized a gun club, and, like prudent men, pui't themselves a clubhouse on the island above the Truckee Lumber Company’s mill. The house is well arranged and ad- mirably adapted for the purposes for which it was buiit. Other improvements are contemplated in the near future. - It is the intention of the club to equip itself as completely as any club in the State. According” to the Woodland Democrat the new woman has taken to hunting. Tne paper says: Clara Scott. who is huntiug and trapping over G. W. Scott’s HEAD OF BULL MOOSE. HEAD OF MUSK OX. range, has killed fourteen coyotes, seven- teen foxes and- eight wildcats- n the last three months. ' A record like that ought ta establish her reputation as a skillful and successful hunter and an expert in the use of firearms: — e THE -RIFLE. Callfornla Schuetzen Club Officers. At the San Rafae! Ranges. Lovers of rifle shooting will- open the new year to-morrow by. holding a' grand. gathering af the - California’ Schuetzen Ciub’s- beautiful. park, near San -Rafsel. The following clubs wilt. be represented: California Schuetzen, Eintracht Schuetzen. and Grutli Schuetzen, St At a meeting of the California Schuetzen Club held recently at Eintracht Hall, the foliowing list” of officers to"serve during tne ensuibg year was presented by the | election committee and accepted without | opposition, with the addition-of the name P Begbold, who was propoasd as ditec: tor: For- president, F. A. Kuhis; vice; vresident, Albert .Khrenpfort; .treasurer, Otto Bremer; ‘first’. secretary, Ottéo -Bur: meister; ‘second secretery, - Charles Sage horn; first shooting master, J. C. Waller; second: shooting master, T. J. Carroli} third -shooting master, Robert Langer. Trustees—H. Gumbel, L. C.’Babin and Dr. Muffe. Finance committee—C. Egine, A. L: Ott. and William Ehrenpfort. Direc- tors—Jahn' - Utschig, P. Jacoby, L. Babin, F. A. Kuhls, Otto Burmeister, D. W. McLaughlin, Otto Bremer and L. Renbold. It was resolved at the meeting to have the samie sules govern the-semi-monthly prize ~shooting. jor members as ‘were in vogue last year, with the exception that the niarksman who .in 1896 won the sec: ond prize in his class can only compete for first prize, and that ‘in tha Iirst cham- pion class the winner of. 1896 is stil{ enti- tled to shoot for the first prize. The following officers of the San Jose Turner Schuetzen were "elected to serve during the ensuing yeai: Hauptmann (captain) and treasurer, Karl Klein; lieu- tenant, R. Scherf; feldwebel (sergeant), M. Schmidt; scheibenwart (shooting: master), G. Vo gt. An invitdtion is extended to all ‘San Francisco marksmen 1o be present at the ball #nd prize distribution of the San Jose Tarner S¢huetzén Section on the evening of January 17. Ca R THE OARSMEN. Interest in Rowing on the Increase: Dolphins to Play Ball. The year of 1897 will be an eventfal one for the oarsmen. The “interest in rowing is.on-the increase. The differentclubs are keeping up with the times and are buyiix | new boais and completing their gymna- | siums. . In' January ‘the Dolphins: will give a ladies’ day that is expeeted to surpass-any of . their former efforts, and the Alameda Rowing Club is makitg preparations for their grand ball next week: - The Dolphins have canght the baseball -| many. friends as ever. quitea number of the hares did - justice to themselves by escaping from.their. pur- suers. 3 2 _The judging of the king of coursing judges, John Grace, gave zeneral satisfac- tion, and the lovers and patrons of . the leash departed from the. field as the sun ‘'was setting in the west thoroughly pleased with the day’s sport, which .proved: a first- class inauguration of the new year. The résult is appended ¢ 3 7k Cotinemara beat Molly Bawn ; Sarcastic bedt Alden W; White Chief beat Defender; Promise Me bent ‘Sam; Blue Rock beat Paderewski; Vida Shaw beat Electric;: West Side beat Straight Tip; Blackette beat Queen B; Skyball Teat Moondyne; ' Magnet beat Sir Walter: Kitty Scott beat Sty Boy; Tipperary.veat Lord Lonsdale: Said Pasha beat B B and B; Fireman béat Borden's Valentine; Valley Maid beat ‘Arapahoe. . P _First ties-Connemara bent Sarcastic; White | Clifef beat Promise Me; Blue Rock ‘beat Vida Shaw; Skyball veat West Side; Blackette beat Tipperary beat Kiuty Feott;’ Fireman id Pasha, dnd Valley Maid a bye. Secong ‘ties—\White Chief beat Connemara ; - Blackette beat Blue Rock: Ekyball beatTip- perary; Fireman beat Valiey Maid: Third ties—White Chief beat Blackette; Fire- miin-beat Skyball. . 1 Fingl—Fireman beat White Chief. The followingis the result of the draw for Ingleside coursing on Sunday: - . Vailey Maid'vs. B B, Promise Me v Valentine; Skyball vs. Vida Shaw, Magnet, vs. Kitty Scott, Siy'Boy vs. Eclipse, ‘Deceiver vs. Queen B, Ben Brush vs, Emsport, Gold King: ve; Flashlight, Tipperary vs. Olden W, Straight Tip vs. Said Pasha, Tullamore ys. Flectric, Tommy Hall vs." Hazel Glen, Defender vs. Paderewski, O1d Glory vs. Lord Lonsdale, Saz- castic vs. St. Cloud. - Prizes—$45, $23, $11, $11. e BASEBALL. Alerts to Play the San Francisco Athletic Club To-Morrow. 1t indications. aré worth anything Cen- tral Park will have the ‘‘warmest” crowd | of the season next Sunday. It has bgen settled that the. Alerts will have another chance to make good therr threat that they “will snow the San Francisco Athletic Club under. if given another game.” . It now remains to be seen if they know what they are talking about. Hammona will be in.condition to catch—that-will give McKee more confidence. They have been the battery in every game during the sea- son except the one against their present rivals. No doubt it weakened them a great deal; anyway, their friends have not.gone back on them and will proye to San Fran- | cisco next Sunday that the boys have as | It is going to be the game of the season, just the same, for ‘the Athletic Club has been out practicing and will go into the game wita more con- fidence than a week ago. Raymond and | Drews make the strongest battery seen at | the park this year, and should they keep | up-to their present standard some Eastern team will have agents making contracts. with them. 5 IHE Banta Clara has not given up, and wants to play the winners the following Sunday, but.they must learn to-be on’hand when a contryct 1s made. Two teams composed of members of the 4 ; Bl 27 b i //’1// JOE MURPHY. fever and two teams have been organized among the members. They will play to- morrow at the Presidio Athletic Grounds, and as the proceeds are to go to charity a large crowd is expected. The teams will line up as follows: Syndicate—C. Roach, pitcher; F. Woerner, catcher; J. Marron, first base; W. Laib, second base; J. Laib, third'base; J. Cronin, shortstup; A. Laib, center field: Judee Keogh, left field; A. Pastene, right field; Con Mshoney, mana- ger. Oarsmap—T. Kennedy, pitcher; C. Mogan, catcher; J. Wissell, first_base; E. Suliivan, sec: ond base; T. Keenan, right field; W. Patch, ouard, center field ; A. Sullivan, Herricks, shortstop; George Alferitz, manager. The South Ends have an abundance of L) baseball material, and doubtless a game | will be arranged between them and the winner of the game to-morrow. e COURSING. Great Racing at Ingleside Park. Drawing for Thursday. Yesterday was a red-letter day at Ingle- side Coursing Park. Two thousand peo- ple witnessed as good racing as the most fastidious sportsman could possibly de- sire. The dogs were in splendid form and Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club will play a game of baseball for charity at the Presidio athletic grounds to-morrow at 2p M. I A THE ANGLER. The Raln Has Put an End to the Sport for Awhite. Although the mountain streams are not by any means in condition for fishing just now it is guite probable that a large gathering of anglers will be at Point Reyes to-morrow in quest of steelheads. The water will not be right, however, until after a week or so u’ fine weather. Jo# Murphy, the well-known . comedian, is preparing his tackie in the hope of enjoy- ing,a few days’ sport when the proper time comes. The Russian River will hard- ly be in shape this year for angling. Some nice fish were caught near Alva- rado last Sunday by an employe of the Postoffice. Professor Gilbert of the Stanford Uni- versity will address the members of the Fly-casters’ Club at their next meeting. It is ssid that some of the residents of Alameda have been enjoying good spori catching smelt off the ebster-street Border’s |- being" shipped from ‘Duncans Mills and Hamlet to fish merchants of this City, yet the railroad company ‘is. desirous that anglers should patronize its line. s DOGS . FOR SACRAMENTO. The Rallroad Company WIIl' Ship Canlnes at a Reduced Rate. Sportsmen of this Oity who hays decided. to exhibit dogs at thie Sacramento Poultry and Kennel show will receive a rebate from the railroad by making the proper application. .. Yesterday George H. Croley of 417 Sacramento street received .a letter of instructions .from T. H. Goodman of the Southern Pacific,.of which the follow- ing is a-copy: = . &~ Fraxcisco, Dec. 30,1896, ‘George H. Croley. 417 . Sacramento- street, San Francisco, Cat.—DEAR SI: This will acknowl- edge receipt of yours of 23d inst., accepting on behalf of the California State Poulury Asso- ciatiou the rate of 25 cents each way, hetween San Francisco and Sacramento, Jor dogs to’ be sent for exhibition purposes at the forthcom- ing show. - 5 We wi .atonce instruct that excess checks | be sold at this rate to the persons in charge of these dogs, and ‘that the dogs be taken on bonrd the boat at the presentation thereof. Understand that two checks will have to be purchased ‘at the time of leaving San Fran. cisco, one of them to be presented. to the steamer cierk on returning. - In giving, instructions we'will arrange that the checks be sold at this rate from the 5th to theé 8th inclusive, 1897,and that they be ac- cepted for return from the 12th to the 16th inclusive. . Will you please give this ‘fmformation as far £8 possibie to the parties interested? Respect- fully yours, T. H. GOODMAN. e Sacramento Sporting News. . SACRAMENTO, CaL., -Jan. L.—E. Van Buskirk, the pride of the Olympic Club, and J. E. Stelzner, Fitzsimmons’ sparring partner, have signed articles to meet be- fore the Sacramento Athletic Club on the 27th of this month in a ten-round boxing match, and the local sporting element are jubilantin expectation of seeing the match of the season. Stelzner will take training quarters in the country. The fight is to b> at- catchweights. " The athletic club held oven Louse to-day and provided the spread of. the season for’ its members and their guests. They will masquerade ball during the latter part of February,-and will alsp attémpt to make a match between Muller and Sweeny, for club members only, to take place some time in February. A local organization known as the California Club have ar- rangea for ‘a glove contest, to take place this month, between Charles Turner of Stockton and Billy Lewis of this city, at the Metropolitan Theater.: * 3 But little is being done in the fields and marshes as the ducks have taken to.open water. D. Finch, the jovial foreman of the Natoma vineyard, finds life a burden at the present time as he was caught mak- ing. a careful sneak on Archie Studeraus’. decoy ducks last’ week. Dave fired both barrels, but only bagged ‘one decoy. Ed- ward McCabe, secretary to Governor Budd, and Secretary Le Longof the Horticultural Commission” were caught- in the same plight.a few weeks since and declare it was the most costly duck shoot they ever had, not to mention a long crawl through the mud and consequent damage to raiment. The Capital City Bluerock Club held their opening shoot of the season to-day at the Kimball and Upson grounds and some goods scores were made. The boys claim that E. C.. Yoerke has increased the size of his biat by one and a half since he made the largest score at the kindergarten shoot of the Pelican Club members. The Capital City Wheelmen will open the new year with a smoker and general mu-ical entertainment at their renovated headquarters. The- club has increased rapidly in membership and its future is very bright. RUTHEREORD. HANDBALL. GAMES. Jack Bonnet and J. C. Nealon Defeated P. Donnelly and E. Linchan in a Spirited Contest. Several motable games were played at the San Francisco handball court yester- day, the event ‘of the day beinga game between Jack Bonnet and J. C. Nealon on one side and P. Donnelly and R. Linehan on the other. These expérts put up a rat- tling, spirited game, that Tresulted in the former team winning two out of -three after a close contest. ¢ .The games played were-as follows: First game—E. Barry and .J. Kirby defeated J. Foley and’R. Hausman, 21—13, 16—21, 21-19. - Second game~—E. Curley and 2. McLaughlin . Brown and M. Edwards, 21—13, 17-21,21-20. i Third game—M: McLaughlin and E. Curle: defeated M. Edwards and M. McCiure, 21--14, 16-21, 21—18. g Fourth game—. McGuire and Joe Condol defeated F. Lufkin and G. McGuire, 21—14, 1721, 21—20. & Fifih game—G. McDonald and D. Rodgers g;ltglledo P. élyln and M. McNeil, 21—13, R. Shields and J. Sharkey de- ghan and R. Shea, 21—13, 15—21, 211 Sovenih game—Al Pennoyer and P. Hutchin- son defeated P. Kelly and J. Feeney, 21—12, 1421, 2118 Eighth _game—E. Tov and R. Murphy de- {ented J. White and P. Murphy, 3113, 1521, Ninth game—J. C. Nealon and T.F. Bonnet defeated P. Donnelly and R. Linehan, 2116, 18-21, 21-15. oy Owing to the weather of the past few days the Union Court was not in condi- tion for play, and the experts who assem- bled there knocked the bali abouta bit and then adjourned until Sunday, when a series of games will be played. PRESIDIO BASEBALL The Professional’s Curves Puzzled the Soldier Boys. The Golden Gates, an aggregation of se- lected baseball talent, defeated the First Infantry team at the Presidio grounds yesterday afternoon. The soldier boys pat up a good gawe, but.the twirling Rus- sell, an Oakland professional, was too com- plicated for them. Russell in turn was bandicapped by insufficient support at the receivinz end of the battery and his effectiveness was somewhat linited. As it was the Golden Gates were victorious by a score of 18 to 1l The make-up of the teams was as follows: Golden Gates. Position. "hird base. aogder First Tnfantry. - Woodington Tonia ge. Steelheads caught by net fishermen are ‘Tom Kelley of the Imperial Club acted as umpire, CHESS FIPERTS [N BATTLE ARRAY San Francisco Contends With Victoria for Honors. Championship of the Pacific Coast Was at Stake Last Night. The Tie Gams by Telegraph Was Still in Bager‘ Progress Early This Morning. The Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club and the Victoria (B. C.) Chess Club began last _evening to play off a tie for the ehéss championship oi the Pacific Coast. They played.all night and until late this morn- ing with tbe intensity of interest charac- ‘teristic of the devotees of the hrain-excit- ing'and noble game, The San Francisco players were a picturesqie group as they syt, hour after hour, devoting their best thinking to the upholding of the honor of the “home club. They occupied a space set off within. the railiag at one end of the room on the top. floor of the building and worked with great deliberation and care. Upon the tables were clocks set 1o ind1- cate the time respectively at San Fran- cisco and at Victoria. Near these was, also, an old-fashioned hour gless through which the sana slowly trickled.. Hour after hour the players sat in deep study. Nesr them was Mr. Martin, an expert ive their annual |'g chess-player; who bhandled a telegraph key and sent the San Francisco moves to Victoria‘and receivea the Victoria move: which Secretary S. Epstein of the Sai Francisco ‘club promptly .isplayed with the San Francisco moves for the study of a large mumber.of chess-players who were present. One of the conditions of the match was that there should be tén moves per hour. The San Francisco players were: Captain R..Hendricks, W. 8. Franklin, Oscar Sam- uels ana H., Epsiein. The players in Vi torig, B. C., for the Victoria Club, wer T. W. Piper, W. C. Chapman, Ben Wil- liams and_ Dr. Hands. The timekeepers were: Dr. Marshall for Victoria and Mr. Lombard for San Francisco. These gen- tlemen watched the clocks in addition to tbe plays. 5 San Francisco.won ‘the tess and began: the play-at7:30. The opening was the Ruy Lopez. The antagonists measured each other with the following moves: - SAN FRANCISCO. VICTORIA. ve concluded "before 5 or 6 o'clock this ‘mofning. Asthe game progressed the in- terest rapialy increased. . Among the prominent chess-plavers at the Mechanics' Institute wers Dr. Adelberg, Mr. Palnrer, Mr. Waldstein, Mr. Sulliyan, A. J. Kuh of New Y Reed of New Orleans and Senor Quiraga. - _ This was the second telegraphic match between the clubs. Last year each club won a game and one was a‘draw. The San.| Francisco players had been well tried be- ‘fore and’ were worthy to represent the club. Mr. Franklin won the .champion- ship medal of thé club in 1895 and Mr. Samuels was the medal-winnér in 1896, ‘A"GREAT HEALING POWER. ‘What Has Been Discovered With the Use of Oxygen in the British Army. During the Zylu war Dr. George Stoker, who served during the campaign as army surgeon, had an opportunity of observing the method in which the natives treated their wounded comrades. Hé noticed that they carried them to the highest’| point attainable, and there exposed the wounds to the purest air ind the action of pure water. This simple remedy was swift and sure, the worst cases yielding rapidly under its infiuence, doubtless the' healthy state of the blood and the ab- stemious lives led by the natives: having a zood deal-to do with the matter. Dr. Stoker was led to believe that the.oxygen cure might be applied to ulcers, burns and, avounds of a similar na‘ure, and on his re- turn to this country he made several ex- periménts on such casés, and the more he saw.of it the firmer was. his beiief in his discovery. Bacteria consist of. two kinds, the harmful micro-ozganisms and those neces- sary to the system,in order th mechanism of the body may be carried satisfactorily.: Beiore thé discovery of aritispptic surgery the risk which was run wherever a raw surface was exposed to the air was enormous, but with the introduce tion of antiseptics into the treatment the danger was reduced to a minimum. “Todo- form has always been the special medium for use in the case of u'cers, and it is not a pleasant ome, but jt tended to bold. the bacteria at bay: Now, however, 4t has been noticed that in ‘eases where gxygen has been applied and where the wound is bealing the progress was marked by the presence of common organisms, and that, 1f a relapse occurred, thebacteria disap- peared ; so that one s led to the conclu- clusion..that a ‘certain number of these living efzanismis are fecessary in the for- mation ot new and healthy flash. . In the spring of thisyear it was decided to enter upoa a wider field of operations, and test lhis experimént further, for it must be borne in mind _tbat as’ vet itis only an experiment, and - accordingly a committee of ladies and gentlemen, under !the presidency of - Baroness. Burdett- | Coutts, undertogk to establish a° hospitai | at 35-8t. George’s square, 8. W. The hos- pital is small, but if funds are forthcem- ing a larger house could be secured. The oxygen used is said to be the first gener- aied in an iron funttel, and thence it.is pumped into diarubber bags, sccording to the'strength required ; the part affected is then inclosed in. a wooden box, with & glass lid, and cased . ound sith.oifsilk; a tube communicites with tbe box and the bag, and in this way the oxygen isintro- duced info the box. . Other apparatusaré contrived for the. back, head and other parts cf the body. i 2 The first effect is the cessation of pain, and the healing prop-rties are Qquickly discerned. One case of an ulcer of forty years standing had yielded to the treat- ment in three weeks, another of eightcen gears’ 1n an equally short time, and many others had a similar tale to tell. Not one of the least of the virtues of the oxygen is its deodorizing power. - It has also been tried on cases of baldnéss. with the result that the hair grew rapidly, and in a short time was in a normal condition. To what length the curative properties of oxygen may be carried remains to. be proved, but it has at least one advantage, that- of ex- treme economy, for, beyond the cost of the oxygen, which, it is said, comes to about 24d for twenty-tour hours, there is no expense for dressings or medicines.— Bntish Sanitary Record. MERKLE'S PETRIFIED FOOT. Uses the Sole for « Whetstone and Gave a Toe to the Tellers of This Story. EL PABO, Tex, Nov. 13.~A hunting party from this place, but recently ‘re- turned from an expedition northwest of here, tell of the marvelous discovery up in the mountain regions of what seems to be oue of the greatést living wonders. The find i§ nothing more nor lessthan a man, living and apparently in good health, yet baving one foot completely petritied. The tale is & pretty stiff one, and wonld not be credited were it not vouched for by gen- tlercen of well-known veracity and honor, who furthermore have and are ready to exhibit the little toe from the -petrified foot, which was broken off shortly before their visit, and which the owner was kind enongh to give them as a souvenir. The man with the petrified foot is an ex-cowboy, Bill Merkle by name, who has lived ib the mountains mearly twenty.five years. Up to-twenty years ago Merkle lived the most active of out<oor lives, but about that-time, in trying to get but of the way of a stampeding drove, he was thrown from his horse right.in the track of the cattle; the herd sweeping on resistlessly over his prostrate body. When picked up by. his comrades a few. moments later not a bruise was discoyered anywhere on hi body, but both bones of the left leg ay peared to be-broken jusi below theknee. No' physician was:called in, Merkle's friends merely using tke the simple means in their power to set, spint and .bandage the broken limb. According to Merkle’s account, in an incredibly short time.the bones seemed to he knitting together, but preity soon ‘it becaime evident that the texture and ¢olor of the flesh below the fracture were under- going a change. In the course of & month - it was deemed advisable to.remove the bandage, when it was discovered that while ‘the fracture had indeed réunited, the leg below had already begun to siiow unmis- takable evidence of hardening. Siacethen slowly the process has continyéd, till now the entire limb below the break is a coni- plete petrifaction. * Strange to relate, Merkle declares there |ispo_ pain ‘anywhere in zhe region of the old fracture, and while the weight of the petrified limb necessarily retards his prog- ress, he can stand upon it, and even take a few steps, and his geperal health is‘ex- cellént. (FER2A . Of course there is no sensation jn the -petrified member. It may be struck, scratched or pricked with impuaity, an. lifting the foot across the right knei Merklé uses it as a whetstone! sharpeni: knives against the -Hardened sole. How- ever, if the foot be placed. in the nrea sensation of heat 13 transmitted through- out the entire body, becoming painful in tne immediate neighborhood of“the old fracture. ~ | 2 v The gentlemen 'say that Merkle is as jolly as the average mortat and hoots at the’idea of placing himself on exhibition in & museum.- - e . “But you conld miake your fortune,’ they remonstrated: with him. - _-“Shucks,” was his . characteristic re- joinder,.“what 'nd life be wuth .10 a feller ef he jess had to.set upan’ have hiz ol rock foot. stared at by a gang er tendet- foot gawks fum mornin’ tifl night?’— Philadelphia Times. , - The Victoria Cross carries with it a pens sion of £50.a year for life. 5 TO-DAY- S SN L P S, 'FOR WEAK MEN. Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt .Makés'"Athh'er - Remarkable Cure. i &7 5 aged or old men. Do y be cured. when Dr. hours each ERVOUS DEBILITY IS 4 tad common -among men of the present day. 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