The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1897, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1897. THE FIELD OF SPORT. Pugilists in Training—What the Athletes, Wheel- men and Sportsmen Are Doing. The event of greaiest importance to [ sport-lovers is the coming championship | heavy-weight battls between Corbett and Fitzsimmons in Nevada. As Corbett will | be hereina few days those who wager money on contests pugilistic will bave an | opportunity to draw a line on the cham- pion’s present condition. The wheelmen look forward with much interest to a tournament which will be held in the Pavilion in the near future. Several of the fastest riders in the coun- try will take part. Accordine to the present outlook there will be a hotly contested tug-of-war in the Pavilion in the latter part of this month between teams represeniing all nations. Sportsmen arc making the best of the few days that remain of the season for duck and quail shooting. Coursing en- thusiasts will witness some good racing to-morrow at Ingl 2. THE WHEELMEN. A Proposed State Racing Clrcult for the Crack Riders Here. 1s Another stormy week has prevented the laying out of any trips for to-morrow in the country, though if it is ciear there will doubtless be a small army of eyclers headed for the park, and as the roads tnere dry quickly (and the cycle paths in particular) riding should be fairly good. The panhandle will be in poor shape, how- ever, and rigers should iake the street on the north side of it, Fell street, which is bituminized from Baker to Stanyan and affords an excellent riding surface. Not much interest seems to attach to the Velodrome meet scheduled for next | Saturday, and little is heard about it. Manag; r has announced that none of his men will ride, and, as his team is comprised of all the best pro als now on the cosst, he would seem to have the reins in hands. He does not want to do any track work now, but to r time to training. 0 said that the provosed indoor nt scheduled for March 13 10 27 bus fallen through, which ws not unex- pected by those who knew, as it received little or no encouragement from the rivers 's team is now composed of d, Zegler, Wells, the Terrills, McFarland. Bovee, Morris, Becker, and Slater, and he may Jones, Downing, Davis, Whitman ick up a couple oyden or Dow. he” proposes to to commence at Peta- start a c Juma on F u and go to Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Dixon, Wocdland, Chico, Sacramento, Stockion, San Jose rancisco, 1f there 18 an indoor bout the middle of March under tory management. Such a team as this would not fail to be a star n wherever it goes, particularly and to San meet here 2 competition with all the local talent to be met at the various p C.N arranging the circuit be handled by towns. The pro- e four professional Multicycle pacing ma- taken along and used to | make the races fast iying starts in ratch competition_events will be tried, siwilar 1o horse-racing, and under such conditions, on good tracks, fast time will be tno rule. The the r-McFarland match will be the opening day at Peta- much-mooted question (in nds of some) which is the bet- will then be settled, aithough my conviction is too strong in favor ior me to change that opinion. iile the men are in active train- at San Jose, ready for any good meet that comes along after they are thor- oughly conditioned. Shafer 18 in the City, stopping at the Bay City Wheelmen's use, making arrangements for the nd tie coming season. e California Associated Cycling Clubs to-night at the rooms of the Acme Ciub, Oakland. Several amend. | ments to the by-laws will come up for con- wideration and the approaching twenty- five-mile road race of the 22d inst. will be discussed. Itcan be said on good authority that many of the makers ate thinking seriously about putting racing teams on the circuit for the coming son. With State and interstate circuits the expenses will be Teduced to a minimum. Ten teams are now known 10 be forming for another | sea<on. W. A. Terrill, the popular Bay City man, has been allowed the mite brofessio competition record of 2: Velodrome November 21. W. Foster has been allowed the five-mile paced competi- tion record of 11:13 4-5, made on the same track, when he defeated Wells. The three and four mile records of 7:01 and 9:09 4- 5, Tespectively, also 2o to him. Tom Cooper gets the two-mile competition professional record, 4:13, made at Memphis November 3. This race was single-paced. Los A les has more riders under sns- pension than any aistrict in the country for participating in Sunday racing against the L. A. W. rules. All the old-timers here will remember Will M. Meeker, who was prominent in the Bay City Wheelmen ten or a dozen years ago. He was a hardy road rider, and sixty to a hundred miles a day on an old “ordinary”’ was nothing for Meeker, Knpapp, Sheldon and that crowd. He is now in Passaic, N. J., and I received a letter from him recently which is interest- ing. After referring o some personal matters, he says: I see you still keep up vour editorship of the wheel column of THE CALL, for the folks send me the paper regularly and I am thereby able 10 keep in touch with wheeling matters on the coast. 1 did a little riding yself lastyear, covering some 2000 miles between May, 1896, and January 1, 1897, all of which goes to show that your uncie is stiil in the ring. We have some splendid ronds radiating {rom this sec- tion, and one ride all day long with Bardly an exception on good macadamized roads. I won'tsa , for the State is hardly extensiy . The only trouble is they are not all level or downhill both ways, | and sofor the honor of California 1am forced to climb up and down everything that comes along. I iwisted & crank axle clean Off & couple of months ago going up a little hiil. T hud rather an enjoyable ride about the 1st of January, and oué which would make you | exotics wonder at,for while the roads were ®o0d, we nnumerable banks of snow aiongside the pikes, and passed many ponds, all, covered with skaters, and ali mind you, on a bright, sunny day, almost o one of California’s mucn-advertised er days. 1 confess, though, that the ther- mometer aid not range far from 30 or 32, but s there was no wind, the coolness was re- Since the 1st the climate has been bad, and when it isn’'t blowing a gale the ground is covered with snow, and snow is not the m ter the finest kind of riding, all’ those mamacs in the L. A. W, bulletin to the contrary notwith- standing. Wheeling on snow possibly be all right for the North or West, but here so near the coast it is spoiled by the saliness in the air, and that means continual thaws or {freezes. The Bay City Wheelmen have a curious entertainment scheduled for next Satur- day night, the 13th. It will be & cort of a smoker and each member present will be allotted three minutes, no more no less, in which to entertain the others in s me way such as he pleases. This should prove very funny and will produce some ludicrous effects. The proposed Laundry Farm run isstill in abeyance. The North California division of the league gained twenty-eight new members during Lhe last week. The total member- shipis now 1651 and that of the parent body 71,922, ~ As soon as the riding season opens ihese numbers will be greatly swelled. Chief Consul Kerrigan and K. M. Welch of the racing board are now on | present. their way East to attend the annual meet- ing of the lepgue. From the latest ad- yices from the fast it scems the proposed | Sunday racine amendment will pass with- out trouble and also the one admitting | professionals to membership. Tie Imperial Ciub's whist tournament is now in proeress and is exci‘ing a good deal of interest among the members. The club has a number of road events planned for later in this month and a club run to the Velodrome to-morrow, where some club races will be indulged in to settle some personal questions of individuai supremacy, The iollowing is from Cycling West, the largest cycling paper published west of Chicago, and which bas a4 big circulation in the Pacific Coast States: ent dropped by & member of ment of the Eouthern Pacific imen of Calilornie and Sun tbe uneasy concerning the e bill introdiced iu the Cali- ure. 1is patterned after baggage bill, which hus tecn presented to the Legislatures of New ork and Ohio, and is NOW & law in those es. The railroad compeny hLas entirely ged ;ront in regard to Lhé matter since it ided an_ order collect & charge on bi- last fall, subsequent 1o & very oui- n opposition to the order cs expressed men in THE CALL. A member of the smpany said recently ed not to fight the bill The company may £o even cial accommodations om a sta he legal dep Ratirond the wh Fri co neec bicy cle bag tornia Legisl the *Ar:us in the turiher a: in buggag: cycles. The Olympic Club Whezlmen will have a good time to-night. A neatly worded and printed invitauon requests the mem- bers 1o assemble ata popuiar downtown | rotieserie at 8 o’clock to atiend a banquet tendered the club's racing men. will doubtless be a iarge gathering of the wearers ol the flying 0. Dougias White and Thomas G. Spillane have the affair in charge. John G. Rieger, a well-known wheelman Tuere of Los Angeles, is in the City fora lew | days renewing old acquaintances. Tom Eck, the manager of John 8. John- son, and more recently of Michael, the Weish wonder, will be in California about the end of this month may bring Johnson with him. In an interview with H. A. Goddard of the Bay City Wheelmen, in Chicago, Eck said that his ideas of rac- ing without pucemaking Lad turned out very satisfactorily. It was he whLo origin- ated the idea of every man in a 1ace hav- ing to make his share of pace before the three-quarter poie was reacbed, and the resuit was that at Mempbis in vfie day’s cing there were twenty-one heats ridden 1n 2:21 or better and halves in 1:04, 30 it seems his ideas are all right. SPALDING THE GUN. Sportsmen Who vor a Longer Season for Shooting Wild Ducks. Sportsmen have just one more week for the enjoyment of a favorite pastime, and judging from the weather outlook the de- Out to Kill votees of quail shooting may just as well clean their guns and put the irons away for the season. The lovers of duck shooting have en- joved the best sport of the year during the past month, and good shooting may be expected up to the last day of the season, which will be a week from Monday. As previously stated in this department the season should close on March 15, in- stead of February 15, as the law stands at The birds which afford the greater amount ol sport to local hunters who shoot on the Alviso and Sonoma marshes ara spoonbill, binebill, sprig and canvagback, and as these varieties are late arrivals from the north, ially the spoonbill and biuebill ducks, the consen- sus of opinion is that the season in which sportsmen may lawiuily hunt and shoot wild ducks should not close until March 15. The farmers throughout the State are strongly in favor of prolonging the duck- shooting season, as tbe widzeon and other varieties of broad-bill duck are very de- structive to young grain. The Sportsmen’s Protective Association will lend its assistance to have an amend- ment to the present law lengzthening the season for the killing of wild ducks one month. The snipe will also come in for its share of protection during the breeding season. Last Sunday several good bags of ducks were made by hunters who shoton the Alviso and Sonoms marshes, and the outlook for good sport to-morrow is very promising, particularly if the weather is boisterous. Tnousands of people enjoy camp life in this State during the summer months, and it may be of valuable interest to the read«rs of THE CALL to learn what Dr. J. W. Fowier, a prominent sportsman of New York, says in Sporis Afield, relative to cures for injuries frequently received by campers who may be a fong distance from medical assistance. The doctor writes: The satistaction of being able to relieve un- necessary pain, prevent permanent injury and possibly being the means of saving a valusble life, stimuiates me to write a short ariicle on sfimple camp remedies for injuries and accidents to my {riends, the hnnters and campers. It is always besilo nave & hand- kerchief in one of our pockets, if_for nothing | more than its common usagg, But & hand- xerchief will teke the place of & bandage for a short time and can be of uss in many emer- gencies. Besidesa handkerchief and a good hunting-knife in the pocket & hunter's outfit in eampishoutd contain, for emergency cases, the following in their order named: o llutle good whisky, for medicinal purposes y. An 180t bandage, 4 or 5 inches wide, rolied up tightly, and &n old, clean napkin or & riece of table-cloth for surgical pads, 1f necessary, aud for gun-cleaners £ ¥ou run ot of wipers. pi llitie vaseline, couri oc surgeon's adbestve st Landanom. Boda in the campchest. Two or three dozoa thrae-graln capsules. o fow needles of differeat sizes and beavy silk re: 2 common needle will do, but needles used by tailors or shoemakers are he best if one cannot secure medium size surgeon needles. Maleria sometimes will creep about our tent, but quinine will drive that away. One or two capsuies taken in the morning with a hot cup of coffee 15 & preventive when one is camping around a lake or miver. Lsudanum may bhe taken in ten-drop doses and repeated a few times for cramps. Mixed with water or oil in the proportion of oue 10 five it is & good lini- ment. A cut—Wash in water (not necessarily warm water), (0 get_the paris clesn, or it will not heal nicely. Then keep the edges of the cut together with sticking-plaster or small band- age. 1l a severe cut, put & pad of clean cloth over the paris after sewing up, and_bandage tightly o siop the blood flowing. If bandaged 100 tightly loosen = little after a while ro that n0 Injury will be done by the sweling. Burns—Always cut the clothing awey; never Ppull itif sticking to the skiu or if the parts | | handball court, to arrange for a series of | are much burned. Pick off the dirt and clean y and quickly as possible. Athin paste of soda and water Iaid over the burn re- tieves the pain. Vaseline, fresh butter, cream, thin slices of bread moistened occasionall: cioth covered witn sweet oil or vaselin anything to exclude the air and to keep th parts warm. A severe bura should be dressed at least o ereaficr in yaseline. Do ht, bandage and bathe in cold water, or whisky and water. If severe, wring cloths out of boliing water and spply as hot as vossible and cover with a dry cioth to keep the heat in. Change evers twenty minutes or hslf bour for three or four hours. Blezed or broken skin—Vaseline, cresm, fresh butter or oil. then bandage. A clean cloth dipped in laudanum and water, band- aged and kept moist. Al Hall, who formerly acted as manager of the Point Reyes Hotel, was acquitted | in the Justice’s court of San Ralael last | Monday for having tresvassed on the preserve of the Country Ciub. A keeper | discovered Hall with Enelish snipe in bis | possession. Hepourn Wilkins nopeared | for the Country Ciuband James W. Coch- | rane defsnded Hall. The jury agreed up- | on averdict in haf an hour. The case has excited a great deal of inierest. The Couniry Club controls 76 000 acres of land. The Golden Gate Gun C.ub will hold its rezular monthly shoot on the second Sun- | day of each month during the season of 1897, commencing February 14, at the grounds of the Pacific Tournament Asso- ciation. The club will give an open tour- nament on March 14on the same grounds. SRR e THE BOXERS. Jim Corbett Will Arrive on Tuesday and Wil Play Ball on Wednesday. Jim Corbett has written a friend that he will arrive in this City on Tuesday ana ihat on Wednesday he expects to meet Billy Kennedy, the champion handball- player of the Olympic Club, and Jim Nealon, the Adonis of the SBan Francisco | games. Corbett is evidently of the opinion that ne can easily dispose of the two crack | piayers, but he must have made wonder- fal improvement' since he left St. Louis, otherwise be would not attempt to tackle such a hard zame. When Corbett visited St. Louis one of the first places he put foot in was tae local | handball court. The pugilistic champion was warmly received by the bandball fraternity 8nd a maich game was quickly arranged. The following account of the game ap- peared 1n a St. Louis paper: “The champion and Riley, the crack Chas. Feno. local exponent of the game, tackled D. J. Nevilie and Jake Holtman and were beaten by a score of 1910 2l. The game took place at the old West End court on Vandaventer avenue and was enjoyed by a large crowd of enthusasts. Corbett and | Riley “both played in good form, but ville and Hoitman froru the start and won out. *‘Corbett, by the way, 1s one of the most enthusiastic handball players that ever struck the city. He likes the game, and has played it all over the world, meeting some of the best players in Ireland during his last trip across ihe big pond. Of all the cracks he has met Jim thinks Lawler of Chiicago is the best. He has beaten Al- derman Dunune of Brooklyn, Champion Ca-ey’s partner. and also played numer. ous games with the chempion. Cas i recognized as the American champ on, but Corbett thinks Lawler is 1 he best man be ever played with in this country.” Corbett wili remain in this City a few hung with them in a close finish | days_before taking his departure for the Sagebrush State. He will be received in | royau style by the Olympic Club, of which | he is a prominent member. Altiough many offers have been made by sports who fancy placing a little mone; on the result of the proposed big mill, there has been no wager wortuy of men- tion laid on either man yet, but it is tbought that after Corvett's arrival the sports will open their fists and drop some of their “hard-earned coin’’ into the pool- box. The Fiizsimmons men sre looking for long odde, something like 2 to 1, but it is safe to say that the ouds will not vary very much from the, present quotation, whien is 10 to 734, with Corbett on the long end. Among several people who were asked to express an opinion as to the result of the ficht, with few exceptions Corbett was the choice of those who will wager on the outcome. Jimmy Carroll, the light-weight puei- list, who frequently said that Fitzsim- mons can whip any man on earth, has changed his mind now that a baitie be- | tween Jim and Bob looks promising. A few evenings ago Carroll said that he fan- | cied Corbett, as Fitzsimmons did not per- form as well as he expected in bis fisht with Sharkey. *If Corbettis in good condition when bo enters the ring,’ said Oarroll, “I look to see him whip Fitz, because he is justas clever as Bob, and in every other respect he has t.e advantage.” But Carroll’s friends that Jimmy will have a few dollars on Fitz, nevertneless. Jimmg Markland, who is one of the local cracks on matters pugilistic, does not hesitate to say that Fitzsimmons will whip Corbett in short order. *If you will notice how Fitz has fooled E. J. BROWN. T. L. BARNES. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 4.—Track Captain Everett J. Brown was to-day declared the unanimous nominee of the University of California Athletic Asscciation for the position of football manager, to succeed G. F. Reinhardt "97. His nomination means practical election, since there is no other man in the field for the place. The for- mality of castiug the ballot will be carried out next Tuesday, as that is the day which had previously been set for the election. Pposition is unprecedented in the history of Brown’s unanimous nomination for the the university. Atno time hitherto has an election for football manager been carried on without causing the bitterest enmity between the candidates and the two opposing factions. the highest and most responsible positions It being regarded as one of in the gift of the student body, the con- sequent interest has been almost immeasurabie. P. R. Thayer '93 placed Brown in nomination, and when the echo of applause bad died away and the chairman called for further nominations, not a sound was heard, though two other men had previously announced their candidacy. Brown's name had swept over the meeting like a whirlwind, carrying everything in sight with it. prominent i all coliege movements, as the mile-runner ot the university. first place, making the mile 1n 4 be did not enter that event. Magee, Since his freshman year the coming football manager has been especially athletics. Heis especiaily well known In the intercollegiate meet of 1395 Brown took 3-5, thus winning the championship. Lastyear A year ago he was elected track captain, to succeed Fred and later he was chosen president of his class. Upon his shoulders rested the burden of last Junior day’s celebration, which proved to be so eminently successful. He has been a member of the athletic executive track captaincy, and has taken a prominent come from the Oekland High School, lives i It 1s & peculiar coincidence that Everett’s brother Dave, who is at Stanford, ha: occupied aimost an absclute relative position at Palo Alto s he himself Fach is an athlete; cech has won the intercolleg lev. versity in the mile run onc track captain, and each football manager. T. L. Barnes, Berkeley’s crack sprinter, duaring the iranscontinental tour of the elected track manager to succeed Samuel 10 2:5 for the 100-vard dash and for the 220 ve committee since uis election to the Ttin ail its business transactions. Brown Oakiand, and is in his twenty-first year. at Berke- ate championship for his uni- each has been president of his class; each has been who won much fame on the Eastern tracks California athletes in 1895, was yesterday Wood, resigned. Barnes nhas u record of - a record of 23 4. ley is 1ookll’_|u 10 Win the sprints in the coming intercollegiate from San Diego and is in his twenty-first year. Itis to bim that Berke- games. Barnes comes He is a prominent member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and was recently elected president of the junior class. the public since his arrival in this coun- try,” smd Markland, “you will agree with me that he will al:0 fool them when he meets Corbett. - “In nearly all the baitles that Fitz engaged in he was said to be whipped by his opponent, but tbrough some fluke he bappened to land on his man just abont the time the friends of his opponent thought the Cornishman was on Queer street. He will play the same game with Corbett just as sure ns Nevadn is the premier prize-fighting State of the Union.’* Tom Murray and Billy Jordan fancy | Fitzsimmons. "In fact, Murray is of the | opinion that Corbett will not enter the ring with Bob. Frank Foster, Georze | Green, Billy Kennedy and Professor Wat- | sor: of the Olympic Club are as certain | that Corbett wiil whip Fitzsimmons as that the sun sets in the west. John Morrissy of the Orpheum will be greatly disappointed if Corbett is whipped. Danny Whelan says that there is only one | man in the race and his name is Corbert. | Al Greggains is also a Corbett man. Jack Garrison contends that Corbett i3 a fancy | boxer and that Fitz is a natural fighter, who puts his opponents to sleep. He will have his wonev on Bob. Tommy McDon- aid likes Corbett, but does not hesitate to say that Fitz will whip him ualess Jim is in prime condition. Nat Hanley cannot understand how Corbett can lose, as he has many advantages whicn Fitz does not | possess. Howard Taylor is a Corbett man first, last and all the time. Jack Lommer allows that Corbett is the cleverest man, but he cannot avoid geiting some punches from Fitz_that will take all the fizht out of him. Jack Mallon can’t see how Cor- bett can lose the game if he is in good fix. Harvey Hermon says that no man can prognosticate the result, as the men are clever in their way, and the result wiil de- pend upon *‘who will get there first.” Charles Bergen says that he must see Corbett first before he can venture an { opinion. Tom Flvnn says that the resuit of the fight will degend on Corbett’s con- dition, and that if he is right he will win. T. M. Ferguson is an admirer of Fiiz- simmons. Jobn Conway likes Cor- | bett's chances. Phil Ryan of hand- vall fame says that Corbett will make a monkey out of Fitz. Jim Orndorff says that Corbett must be in good trim and fight very carefully, as his opponent is full of tricks and hard punches. Cor- nelius Lyons is a strong Corbett man, but like others Lyons says that he must have a syuint at Corvett before he ventures an opimion. Donald McRae predicts a victory for Fitzsimmons. Patsy Hogan says that the fight will keep people guessing, but Corbett having many advantages over Fitz he shonld win in'a long race. Eddie | Koli1s.a Corbett man, and so is Professor Barney Farley. Tom Casey, the water- | front authority on game birds, says that Fitzsimmons will win if Cor- bett can’t hit him. Eddie Ladd fancies Fitzsimmons’ chances. Mike Lynch is an out-and-out Corbett man. He contends that Fitzsimmons will be boxing holes in | the air in his attempts to land on Corbett’s head. Jim Dunn is a great admirer of Corbett and so is John Farley, but the latter savs that Corbett must be in fine form, as Fitzsimmons is a dangerous man. Doulitless many of the opinions now formed by sporting men as to the result of the mull will change when the prognosti- cators will have a chance to *‘size up” Professor Jim. Jeffries, the Los Angeles champion heavy-weight, arrived yesterday and will g0 into training immediately at the Six- mile House. The Health and Police Committee of Board of Supervisors wet yesterday morn- ing and granted a permit to the Olympic Club to hold a public Imxinf exhivition | at any time within the next four months. No limit was placed on the number of rounds, the discretion of the club mem- bers being relied upon. The Manhattan Athletic Club is making | extensive arrangements for its grand box- ing carnival, which is to come off at; Woodward's Gardens on next Friday night. The very best amateurs from the different clubs of the coast will partici- e and some rare sport is certain to be given. Bouts have been arranged, as here- tofore published, for all classes, from fea- ther to heavy waights. As the receipts of the entertainment are to be exnended in the purchase of appara- tus and other necessities, it is to be hoped thst the attendance will be large. e ROD AND CREEL. Anglers Expact Certaln Amend- ments to Fish Laws to Be Lost. The rainstorm has come in very oppor- tune for the anglers, as breeding fishes will now have an opportunity of reaching the hesd waters of coast streams, where they will reproduce their species. Last year the heavy rains arrived late, and 8s a result thetrout of good size, which always make a respectable’ appear- ance in an angler's basket, were swept down to salt water, leaving only the finger- lings of the tributaries of the main streams to be caught by the anglers who can law- fully angle in April. The present storm came with the new moon, and in all probability there will be heavy rains during. this month. Shouid fine weather result in March it can be safely said that the fishing in April will be good; that is, of course, provided the proposed amendment to the present law, which adds another month to the tail of the close season, will be deieated in the Senate. Should the anglers be compelled by law to refrain from putting in an ap- pearance on favorite streams until May the poachers who,.fear neither law nor man will have an excellent opportunity of laughing at the citizens who must reiuct- antly keep their linesdry until the month of May, by which time the streams will be fished out. Representatives of the Sportsmen’s Pro- tective Association and anglers who are opposed 1o the opening of the trout-fishing season in May, have signed a petition which will be forwarded to-day to the Sen- ate Committee on Fish and Game. Several letters have been addressed by anglers to Senators, asking them to use their influ- ence to defeat the amendment to the As- sembly bill,which lengthens the ciose sea- son for trout-fishing one month boyond the limit according to the law at present. Anglers of the City or country who have any interest in the sport of trout-catching should not deler writing to any friends they may Lave who are represented in the Senate, with the object in view of defeat- Ine the schemae of closing the trout-fishing son until May 1. g % harley Precht lost a valuable fishing basket last Sunday on his return from Point Reyes. Within the basket were some valuable reeis which the owner highly prized. Any person who has the creel in his possession will be handsomely rewarded by leaving it at 626 Clay street. Cracknell, alias Longfellow, recently remarked to a friend that there were only three men on this coast who understood how to handle a game fish. He men- tioned bimeelf as_being one of the num- ber, but judging from an exhibition be gave recently on the Russian River of playing a ten-pound steelhead, he can very well afford to take a few lessons from Butler or Bransdoff, neither of whom would be guilty of such an nnvn_rdonflble breach of tie art of handling a fish as to hold the rod with the reel underncath, thereby placing the whole strain on the loops, when it should be on the rod. Cracknell relies on the strength of his tackle in playing a fish; yet he has been koown to smash a double leader when trying to stop the first run of a steelhead. Poor old Crack, he has yet much to learn of the art of angling, even though it be bait-fishing, Of fy-casting he knows naught. John Benn, the well-known fly-tier and fisherman, has left his North Beach place of business and has opened a new labora- tory on Montgomery street. In his busi- ness he is ably assisted by his daughter, who ties about as neat a fly as can be im- agined. e BASEBALL. The Plutes WIll Play the Alerts To-Morrow. Weather permitting, the Piute baseball team will play the Alerts to-morrow at Central Park. The line-up has already been published. W. F. Long, who managed the Imperial basebull team of last year, the winners of the pennant in the California League, has made a deal in which he not only se- cures the name of the San Francisco ball team, but three of the best players also. Mr. Long has also signed the full team of last year’s champions, making one of the strongest teams in the State. The men signed so far and who will likely compose the San Francisco ball team for 1897 are Bill Scott, catcher; Joe Russell, Tom The Latest Style in Twitlers. Kelly and H. Iberg, pitchers: M. Murphy, tirst base; D. Creamer. second base; H. Krue, third base; Ed Smith, shortstop; King Miller, left field; Tom Magee, cen- ter field, and Dick Bliss, right field. The team will play exhibition games with some of the leading country teams after March L. The undersigned mambers of the South End Basebull Club will play any nine in tie City under 19 years of age, the George H. Tays, Oakland Noveltys or Daily R ports preferred. They line up as follow. F. Kerlin, catcher; W. Waley, pitche T. Waley, first base; T. Jones, second base; T. Doxey, third base; C. Parker, shoristop; W. Malone, lefi field; V Evans, center field; W. Scanlon, right fieid. Send all challenges to C. Parker, 108 Morris avenue, City el e THE OARSMEN. Great Activity Among the South Ends—University Regatta. Rowing is booming at the foot of Thira streer. With two regattas in view, one on the 27th of February and the Golden Gate Carnival race in April, the members of the South End Rowing Club are kept busy | in their endeavor to make the season of 1897 a successful one for aquatic sports. During this season the South Ends will hold monthly races both for barges and skiffs and in this way select material to represent the club in the regattas. The first of these races will take place on the third or fourth Sunday in February. At the present time about twenty-five mem- bers nave signified their intention of participating. If possible the midgets will be induced to enter and strive to regain their lost laurels by defeating the new senior crew. This would be a race weil worth seeing, and the club members should do all in their power to bring the two crews to- gether. . The intermediate class will be repre- sented V two crews. Tom Barry will captain No. 1, and the crew which entered 1n the Thanksgiving regatts and lost its heart and reputation at the stakeboat will be looked after by Walter Duplissea. In the junior ciass a* the present time the club bas material for three or perhaps four crews. On last Tuesaay evening fiftean appl! tions were received by Secretary M; honey. This now makes a toiai of twenty-two applications received within the last montb, since the reduction of the initiation fee 10 $250. The membership now numbers over a hundred, and the initiation fee will not be reduced again for some time. Among the applications referred to three junior crews will be selected and will consist of the following gentlemen : No. 1—Frank J. Burke, James N Macauly and Daniel Ryan. o T No. 2—Archie Campbell, Jogeph, Wisland and W i Mead. No. 3—Frank Reichlin William Fox and M. Tiergan. o+ Hawkios, Frank Duplissea, Wiiliam M. Causland and Dr. Dennis will compete in the senior skiff race. The following men are train- Maurice Pope, | from her kennel. ing for the junior skiff race: Ed Shortall, Al Fritz, James Foley, T. J. Fitzpatrick, Matt Breen, Georze Fox and Tom Lynch. Frank Tobin wis out in a skiff a week ago Sunday for the first time, and did re- markably weil. With a littie more prac- tice he will make & first-class oarsman, as he possesses both strength and endurance, The rainy weather kept the oar~men in- doors last Sunday, and the day was passed in exciting games of hanaball. Itis the club’s ntention to build an annex wherein th* popular game can be played. 2 The Dolphins intend to euter a crew in the Carnival regatta. The following men are being coached by Adam Schupert, and from their number a crew will be take William Fauser, Alec Pape, Ed Sullivan, T. J. Kennedy, Charles Roach, Fred War- ner, J. Hopkins and Joseph Laib. George Roach will act as cockswain. Captain Patch and Alec Pape will enter the junior skiff race, and F. R. Kier- nan wiil enter the senior snell. Kiernan is ditigently training, and may enter the outrigger skiff event in the uni- versity regatta. Captain Patch has just recovered from a serious iliness and will not begin train- ing for about two weeks. He will assist Adam Schupert 1n coaching the new crews. The baseball game between the Dolphins and the South Ends will be continued a week from to-morrow, when a great game is expected. et : The University of California Boating Club will hold a regatia on February 27, and the Alameda Club will follow the ex- ample in the early part of April. 5 ‘The University of California regatta will be held near Sessions basin, and the pro- gramme will contain some open events, to encourage outsider to participate in thes sport. The Berkeley boys will have a barge race and a number of skiff races. The plans of the Alamedas contemplate a race between two burge crews and senior, intermediate and junior skiff races. In the junior skiff race there will probably be six entries. Sl TUG-OF-WAR. Strong Men Who Are In Training for the Great Struggle. Much satisfaction is evinced at the lib- eral cash prizes offered for the great inter- national tug-of-war, also the system of ap- portioning the same, so that each team will receive a prize in conformity with its standing in the tournament. The American team of Los Angeles has | applied for entrance as representing the United States, but it was reluctantly re- fused, as thelocal American team is fully organized and embraces splendid ma- terial. Five other nationalities have sought the privilege of entering teams, but were refused. as it would require too long a time to decide the contestif any more than ten teams participated. T..e individual pulls will be a new and exciting feature of this tournament, as the management offers separate cash prizes therefor, besides the ten hignest will make up the team which will tour this country and Europe. e Coursing. To-morrow at Ingleside Park a twenty- four dog stake wiil be run, and as some noted Eastern dogs are entered first-class sport may be expected. Among the dogs that will run and whose names did not appear in vesterday’s revort of the en- wrants are Mazzini's Will o’ the Wisp and Merniwa KennI's Mimosa. T. Cronin re- ports the loss of nis favorite greyhound Best Trump, which was stolen yesterday He wiil prosecute any verson found with the hound in posses- sion. 5 S BT A Football Game. The Cogswell Polytechnic College will play the Pacific Heights Athletic Cluba match game of football ac Central Park this afternoon. Game will be called at 3 o'clock. *Pete’’ Smith will probably act as referec. gl Sacramento Sporting News. SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. 4.—The Capital City Bluercck Club will hold its first shoot of the season on the 22d of February. The gun- stores report. business as being absolutely dead for the time being. The Helvetia Rifle Club will hold & shoot next Sundsy. A young man who has been recuperating on a ranch in the vicinity of Newport, on the Sacramento River, Teports that the Portuguese in that vieinity are making night hideous by shooting at ducks, and he claims that they stay ia the tules all night and pang away at every sound of wings that pass over. It is the beliefof many that & law &hould be formulated against night shooting. Last week a Portuguese liv- ing in that vicinity took about fifty ducks to the steamboat landinz and endeavored to ship them to the San Francisco markets, but as the officer of the boat refused to accept them he was obliged to give them away, Nr. Williamson, an_enthusiastic sportsman of Penryn, wss in this City this week, and states that quail shooting in his locality is a thing of the past. In former years this was one of the best quail grounds of the State and was & favorite resort for sportsmen from this City, but now that the chaparral thickets bave been cleared away and their places filled with orchards and vineyards the birds have almost disappeared. The scrap between Muller and McQueeny of San Francisco, which took place before the Sacramento Athletic Club on the 2d inst., was was decidedly & hot one and resulted in Me- Queeny being knocked out in the fourth round. Neither of the men was in any kind of con- dition. There is talk of a great chicken main in the near future in this city, butas yet no particu. las can be learned. Several of the leading State members of the League of American Wheelmen are in the city engrossed in iegislative matters and are doing. good work in the interests of that organizas tion. RUTHERFORD. LYNAS GETS DAMAGES. Owners of the Schooner Pioneer Must Pay for the Injuries He Received. United States District Judge Morrow rendered a decision in the case of Robert Lynas against A. M. Simpson & Co., own- ers of the schooner Pioneer, yesterday, awarding the plaintiff §5000 damages. The vessel was unloading her cargo at Fourth and Channel streets on August 25, 1894, when a barrel of lime fell on Lynas, injuring him so severely that he has ever sinco been incapacitated for hard work. He sued for $50,000, with the result men- tioned. e Measles Cases by Hundreds. The extent of measles is somewhat surpris- ing. Since the first day of the year 419 cases have been Teported at the Health Office, of which all but 202 have been reported during the past five days, which makes the average over 40 cases per diem at the present rate. The deaths are very few, but the disease is well spread. 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