The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1897, Page 8

FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1897. 25, NOTES FROM | | men last year. THE GRIDIRON First Season Tests of Sev- eral Teams This Afternoon. Army and Y. M, C. A., Berkeley | and Reliance, Stanford Fresh- men and Belmont, Comments on Varsity Material and | Candidates .for the Various | ] levens, The first reg season will be pl letic Grou r match game of the ed at the Presilio Ath- is this al inning at 3 c'clock. The con Il be the well-known Y. M. C. A. team, that holds the lightweight championship of the coast, and d army team, mad rt of en- listed men statione i Stickney, the oid coached and plaved on the old O:ympic team last season, is now coaching the Mul- | nomah Club tear match here wit! which hopes to get a one or both of the varsi- | ties during N | No hard work hias yet been given to the players at Berkeley. The first regular line-up to on Thursday afternoon. | The follo made up the varsity | team: Center, Greisberg; guards, MeDer- | mott and Luc ; tackies, Barnes and | Dickson; ends, Wolif and Premo: quar- | ter, Haskell; halfbacks, Spence and New- | hall; tullback, Hall. As vet, the University of California has | no kicker who can fill Ransome’s place. Hall's catching and running are as good | as ever, and much is expected of him with practice. | McDermott at guard isdoing good work, | and many Lelieve that he will make the team. There are candidates galore for tackle. Woiff and Premoare the varsity ends at present. Coliier is also showing up well as end, and been ning seconda e Another San player has anyes he s Ciara College football the Berkeley field. | Jim Bride, who end and fuliback on the Santa Cl eleven, was out for | ractice for the first time last Thursday. | e is a freshmen in the medical college, and will be eligible to play on the U. C. | freshman team. | Coach Nott has been assisted during the week by a n r of old university pl ers. Loren '93 has veen coaching | the tackles, Archic Pierce '92 the center | and guar o Hutchinson '97 the| ends and herman 97 the backs. | The B hmen have been prac- | ticing together for the last few days under the direction of Roy McCabe who has been chosen captain. Among the most promismng candidates for positions on the freshman eleven Sheehy, McCab ngle, Smith, Koster, Kinley, Horftlein, ad Clark. | The varsity team will line up for its | first game to-day at3r m. Three prac- | tice haives will be pliyed with on the Berkeley campus. The players on | the university eleven L be constanily shifted and a Jarge number of candidaies given a chance to try atthe various posi- tions. At Stanford the varsity and the college team lined up fortue first time Tuesda with a great crowd of yelling enthusiasts | cn the new bleachers to give the opening | send-off, Suits have been issued to fifty-three can- | didates for the varsity and freshman tearas. Enough men for four elevens now daily apoear on tne field. | Nat Carle,varsity right guard, is showing | up in excellent form this season. His | work is sharp and aggressive and he is as fast and sure as any of the men in getting down the fielda under punte, and Carle weighs a little over 225 pounds. It is possible that big Burnett, in- stead of trainine jor the center position vacated by *‘Heff” Williams, may be used | to better effect at tackle, exchanging ‘ places with oneof the large candidates for the position. Jack Rice weighs fully twenty-five pounds more now than when he went into the Thanksgiving day eame. Ed James and Jerry Rusk are making a Reliance | for some years. | tile track athlete. | They played last year in the Manzanita | down before Stanford” ! years, | Joyce. | | | | | | | | | | | | strong fight for tackle. James is a heavy, | active man, who bad a good deal of expe- | rience last vear. Rusk was a tackle on the | freshman team that defeated the Berkeley McFadden 00, comparatively little =s & player, has suddenly made | t« a name for himself an end rus. Billy” McIntosn, one of Stanford's . most faithiul, but, unfortunately, qui har: lightest football piayers, is very ill in Palo Alto. Stanford’s freshman_eleven will have on the campus with the Belmoat School team. Am new college players are many ** for backs, but the line materi: eht and it is less | experienced. ay’s game will demon- | strate what the class of 1901 may do jor | footkall at Palo Aito. { >hil Wilson of Los Angeles, temporary | | | | ( their first tryout this afternocn in a game " | | ig th captain, is perbaps as promising a fresh- man back as bas matriculated at Stanford | He has nad considerable experience on_the Los Angeles Athletic| Club team. He understands the use of! fie “straight arm” and s a good dodger. | He wil! play fuliback to-day. Phil Wadsworth, the well-known cap- tain of last year's Belmont team, will play | haliback. Grit and speed mark his play- | 1g. He was, by a brilliant_run, ‘hrectly | responsible for the only defeat that the 3 rd freshmen team of last year re cetved. Ned Manley, who is to be Wadsworth’s artner, was the star halfback of last San Mateo team, weighs 165 pounds v built. His home isin Tu-‘ an comn, Wasi. Weaiherwax, Conger and Voss are the candidates for quarter-back. Weather- comes from Aberdeen, Waush., and \des being a football player is a versa- Conger is from Pasa- dena. was captain and quarter- back of the Throon College team. i Not so much is known of the linemen. | It'is the old story of a lot of good backs with few forwards. Emerson, who is to play right tagkle, was captain last year of the Centervilie team, that surprised the Reliance men by defeating them. Burmeister, the other tackle, comes rom Prescoif, Ariz. He is a player of ex- perience. Bradiey, the center, comes from San | Bernaraino. He looks (oo light and small | for t+e position. t Beckley and Plested are the ends. Beck- ley was_end on the undefeated Belmont team. He comes from Honolulu. Not much 1s known of Plested, except that he has had experience as a player in Colo- | rado. Phil and Ed Giiman are the two guards. Hall team. As to varsity prospects and Stanford’s | 1ot of veteransit may be appropriate to say that veteran teams have not always been the victors. California’s veterans went inexperienced first | team. Princeton’s new team of last sea- | son defeated the other big Eastern uni- | versities. Cornell’s great crew, that took | first rank among American colleges t summer, was not a veteran organization. When Stanford was confident of the field day last April her team was defeated. Brooke’s puniing fur surpasses anything of the kind previousiy seen on the coastand aiffers fundamentally from the very suc- cessful style of ex-Captain Ransome, the great U, C. fuliback. Brooke has several interesting records of | his kicking. The longest drop kick made | by him was forty-five yards; place kick, | forty yards; punt, sevanty-two yards. Al these kicks were measured, and there was no wind 1n any case. Durine his last two, vears as fullback on the University of Pennsylvania team he kicked thirteen field goals in regular games. What that means may be inferred when it is stated that but one field goal has been kicked in a game on this coast during the past six y It was by “Joe'' Tobin for the Olympic team several years ago. — - HANDBALL ! IN THE COURTS. Handball games which will be played to-morrow at Phil Ryan’s courtare: G. Hutchinson and P. Kelly vs. W. Kelly and A. Pennoyer. J. Lawless and J. Slattery vs. D. Connelly and J. Harlow. W Coliins and R. Murphy ve. E.Toy aad J. | Vhite. L. Waterman and J. R. Bockman vs. J. Mur- gane and N. Berger. P. Herrin and M. Fogarty vs. P. Foley and M. J. Stokes D. Regun and M. Basch vs. J. Hogan and M. | P. Donnelly and J. C. Nealon vs. T. F. Bon. netand R, Linehar. SMALL BOATS IN A RACE. The Pacific Yacht Club will hoid its half- | rater race a week from to-morrow over the | same course the last half-rater race was| s ed. The boats will start promptly at 2 p. M., and the victorious boat will be awarded a beautiful silk flag, presented by Commodore H. E. Law. The boats will be sailed by L’ Hommedieu, Greenebaum, Dr. ‘Hill, Sutherland, Morell and Connolly. P s CYCLING AT THE CAPITAL Crack Racers Will Com- pete at Sacramento To-Morrow. The Olympic Wheelmen's Com- ing Meet Will Be a Big Attraction, Encinal Oyclers’ Road Race—Reliance Olub Run—Some Phenomenal Records, The Capital City Wheelmen of Sacramen- 0 will hold a meet on their famous three- lapboard track to-morrow afternoon,which promises to eclipse all others they have held in the way of races and racers, and judging from the patronage former meets have received there will be the usual im- mense attendance. The Sacramento club has been fortunate in getting two plums which the California | Associated Cycling Clubs haa to dispose of to some meet promoter, the one-mile Pacific Coast championship, for amateurs and professionals by special dispensation, and the big professional hancicap, for which a purse of $240 has been hung up. lowered it a second, then Pla(l-Betts of England brought it down another second, and it is now believed that it will stay where Stocks has placed it for some time | tocome. Stocks are up across the water. | The Terrills are keeping their winning gait in France, judging by the latestad- | vices. Bearings’ correspondent savs: | Morin won the scratch event, but it was no { eaxy matter for him, and his partisans must have felt very uneasy when Harry Terdill challenged him a few feet irom the tape and came near licking him. Nossam must be out of all form, for he was badiy beaten in | his heat by Bourrillon and Bob Terrill. Bob | and Harry Terrill's good showing was one of the features of the race. The two Yankees have been up to the present very unfortunate in their French eampaign and the rounds of applnuse which greeted their really good per- | iormance must haye sounded very sweet to | th 1¢ Terrill brothers have issued a challenge | cornered mateh, by poiuts or any distance the French crack likes toname. Morin has agreed | to race Harry Terrill for “love.” but he will only consent to ride agninst his brother Bob | for a stake of at least 500 francs. | H. G. Gardiner of Phiiadeiphia recently | surprised the cycling world by breaking | the amateur miie record more than three | seconds. The mark has stood for some time at 1:46 3-5, and on September 11 Gar- | diner, paced bv two triplei teams, brought it down to 1:432-5. He made the half | in :50 1-5. : The Encinal Cyclers of Alameda will hold a five-mile handicap over the San Leandro-Haywards course L0-morrow. ‘Western Sports advocates the removal of A. W. Wehe from the road racing com- mittee of the association, & move in which I heartily concur. Since his ap- pointment nine months ago Wehe has | never yet met with bis fellow-commitiee- | men. | Next Tuesday evening, September 28, | the Impenal Cycling Club will banquet at a downtown rotisserie the men who vol- unteered as pacemakers at Bozio’s recent record trial. The San Francisco Road Club will enter Frost, Robineon, Goodwin, Thiel, Francis and Quimby in the ten-mile association race on October 10. The new cycle club at San Jose, as told | of is rapidly growing. It will be known as the Garden City Wheelmen, and most of H. G, GARDINER, Ho'der of the Amateur Milz Record of 1:43 2-5, These and other events have attracted a large field of entries, as given in TuE CALL Thursday. A great many wheelmen from this city will atiend the meet, Captain Hadenfeldt | of the Olympics having made up one varty of twenty-five. These, with the oflicials and the racing men, will leave on the 8 4. M. boat and train to-morrow, arsiving on the return at £:45 p. 3. The round- irip fare is $3 35, a special ¢xcursion rate for tho-e who wish to attend this meet. Ivmust be understood however that only those who make a prior arrangement with Captain Hadenfeldt can take advantage of this special rate by the 8 o’clock train, and tickets must be secured from him to- day, The excursion that the railroad company is promoting leaves by the 7 o'clock train, which, nowever, only ar- rives in Sacramento about fifteen minnies earlier than the 8. It would seem that Boyden, Davis, Metcal’, Byrne and other professional cracks had ovarlooked a good thing in the $240 handicap at Sacramento, which they bave not entered. W. B. Vaughn and E. M. Palmer of Southern California have been added to the entries already pub- lished. The meet of the Olympic Club Wheel- men at the Velodrome a week from to- morrow_will be one of the best ever held here. Not only will there be an immense entry list from all the crack riders of the State, but the attendance of the various jclubsen masse will tend to enliven the grand stands perceptibly. The advance <ale of seats has been very gratifying to the managers. Entries close Monday. After this meet the track will be taken up and the grounds turned intoa baseball vark. E. J. Bangs, Henry C. Johnson, George Bill, Harry Walz, H,T. Henning, W.J. Stange, Harry Fowler and Robert C. Len- | nie haye recently been elected members of the Bay City Wheelmen. The ctub has started on its fourteenth year in a pros- perous condition, and many innovations and entertainments in the wav of club runs and indoor amusementsare promised for the members. There will be a supplemental old men’s run of the Reliance Club Wheelmen to- morrow to Haywsrds. The party will start from the Reliance clubhouse, Oak- land, at 10 A. . sharp. President Jerome has issued a large number of invitations, and a large gathering is expected. The most phenomenal performance of the year thus far is the ride of w. 8.ocks of England, who on September 15 at the Crystal Palace, London, paced by a motor-car, lowered the mile world’s record t01:352-5, a trifle betier than the fastest time ever made by a running horse. This mile record ‘was heid at 9 2-5 by W. W. Hamiiton of Denver for eighteen months, he having made it on the mile horse track at Coronado, Cal. A month or so ago McDuffie of Busion the members belonged to the old Garden City Cyclers. J. S. Conwell, president of the Cycle Board of Trade, is to leave this city and locate in Indianapolis. The last meeting of the board before his departure will be next Wednesday ni-ht, and the following night he will be tendered _a banquet. R. C. Lennie has the latter affair in charge. Tue following are the entries and handi- caps for the five-mi'e race of the Encinal Cyclers of Alameds, which will pe beid over the San L-andro-Haywards course at 2 p. M. to-morrow: M. G. Curtis, scratch; A. E. Cum! W. Thompson, :15 . E. G Carpenter, :30 Mesrole, :45; 1:00; W George Morss, 1:30; Thorn, 2:00: C. T. Fortner, 2:00. bers, :15; :30; SrALDING. THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD DAY. The Lowell High School will hold its semi-annual interclass fieid day at the Olympic Club grounds at 2 r. . tc-day. Among the entries for the events some very promising runners and athletes are to e found who will no doubt make the contests of a high class, while the rivalry between the classes of '98, ’99 and '00 will keep the enthusiasm at a high point. In addition to the regular events there has been added the discus-throw and a 220- yvard dash for eighth and ninth grades, grammar-school pupils. The Yentathlon contest for 1897 is to be heid in Oakland on October 23. Thisis the annual State all-around contest, ana comprses the following events: 100-vard dasbh, twelve-pound hammer-throw with- out a turn, high juiap, pole vault ana one-mile run. The associations most likely to send teams to competle in these games will vrobably be the Oakland, Sacramento, Stockton, Santa Cruzand the Mission and Main Association of this city. Alresdy the men are rounding into form and hope to give a good nccount of themselves. San Francisco wants to win back laurels lost last fall, and Oakland is striving to retain the prestige gained. The Mission team— composed of Shaw, Smith, Lamont, Heuer and Taylor—fzel confident of taking first honors. The outlook isa very favorable one, and no doubt this year's Pentathlon will surpuss any vet held. Froight on Horses. The carrying of horses from his city to Los Angeles for the coming races will be done by Wells, Fargo & Co., instead of the Southern Pecific Company. heretofore, but the rate will remain the 'same, $100 per carload, eight horses to the ca =2 g | | to race Morin either separately or in a three- | exclusively in Tne CALL a mouth ago, | SHALL BANE WILL SOTER | The Season for Quail and Duck Shooting Near at Hand. | Farmers Will Not Permit Hunt- ing During the Dry Weather, | i o Olympic Gun Olub Will Celebrate To-Morrow on the Sonoma Preserve. The season when it shall be lawful to shoot and have in possession quail and that means very extensive preparation among the lovers of the chase for a hot time on the old grounds, October 1. Sportsmen were in hopes that the recent change in the weather would result in a | damper for the country at large, but old | Jupiter Pluvius cannot always be relied upon, and once again he fooled the people, especially those who expecied to bave the tifully on the inaugural day of the season over sprinkled hillsides. Butwhile there is lile there is hope, and who can say with any degree of certainty that the gentleman in charge of the big | flood gate on high may not alter his {mind and give usa wet when least ex- pected ? Itis hoped by all true lovers of quail shooting that the parched lands over which quail hunters will tramp in quest of the fast-flying game that is indigenous of the soil will receive a washing by Octo- ber 1, as under the present conditions | very little good work can be expected from eithes pointer or setter. This has been a remarkably good breed- ing season, and from all accounts birds | are plentiful in many parts of the country | where local sportsmen visit during the game shooting season. In case the wet weather holds off for any length of time, | sportsmen should not forget that a cigar- ette or a cigar which is cast away careless- Iy while it is in an inflammatory state may cause serious damage to farmers’ in- tereste. Jtis the aread of conflagration that has caused many well-meaning ranch- ers to put up notices warning hunters from their lands, and they cannot be blamed for keeping a close eye upon sportsmen in general. Of course, those who mean well must suffer from the wrong-doings of others. Generally speaking, 8 larmer will not re- fuse any man permission to shoot over | his property if he (the farmer) is politely usked the privilece. But, generally speaking, the riffraff of the hunters walk | rightinio the rancher’sdemesne and shoot regardless of what damage they may do. The O!ympic Gun Club will enfertain its | members and friends to-morrow at its | preserve in the Sonoma marsh. A 4plen- | did time 15 promised all who will attend. | Live biras will be on hand for those who may lancy a little trap sbooting during the afternoon. A special boat will leave this city to- morrow morning for the accommodation of the sportsmen. The following amusing article appeared recently in an Eastern exchange relative to decoy cows fos goose-shooting. It says: Years ago the first man—as we hav informed by an old resident of St. Loui use an imitation of a cow as a movable blind was said 10 have operated his scheme in the fields and lowlands on the Iilinois side of the Mississippi River, where geese and brant were prone to rest and feed invariably in the oven, far from fence, tush or other cover. Now, however, it is expected & decoy cow will e pluced on the market, at least one has been devised by a Western man, who wants a patent for it. The imitation cow is described 28 being made of flexible mat with col- 1apsible frame werk that it may be folded into asmall space when transported. When two men are in position within the device and it is desired to fire at gnme the man who occu- ies the torward legs folds the head down by re- easing a sping, while the rear man mustshoot from beneath curtains or flaps. No doubtdi- rections for entering and getting out of the finished decoy will be furnished with it if it is ever fold; or it may be necessary to display warning signals or placards when the occl pants’ safety may be endangered. In this re gara itis easy fo imagine the anger of some farmer on seeing a strange cow feeding in his wheat field. A< & matter of course his first impulse would be to drive it away and the methods he would probably iollow to accom- plish this end are painful to contemplate, to say nothing of enduring them. Suppose he { would set his dogs en the sirange auimal, or | pursue it witn a beavy whip, or even tne old- jashioned cruel but effeciive charge of salt. We {ancy the patent-applied-for decoy’s move- ments would resemole not the graceful stride of the bovine, but rather that of two men ia a painful situation and great haste. To-morrow the Reliance Gun Club will hold its final biuerock shoot at the Webster-street grounds, and the Empire at Alameda Point. GOOD VOLLEY- BALL GAMES. Two very lively games of volley-ball were played last Tuesday evening at the gymnasium of the Y. M. C. A, One game was between the Mission team and the Midgets, the former defeating the latter by a score of 44 to 39 points. The second | game was between the Peerless and the German teams. The German team won by a score of 58 {0 It was a fine exhibition of this new game and was witnessed by a most enthu- siastic aucience. The good plays were warmly applauded. J. C. Hennings acted as umpire dnring both games. ‘“he scorers were E. Ziska for the first game and 8. McDougall fo- the second. The teams were composed of the follow- ing players: Mission team—W. Lamont, captain, scoring 11 poinis; G. T. Shaw Jr, 12 points: W. Smish, 10 points: D. J. Grant, 11 points: total, 44 points. Midgets—s. Hoffmun, captain, scoring 6 points; H. Grav, 12 point 2 points; Frank Kelly, 9 points: tot: Peerless—Ed Ziska, captain, scoring 11 polnt H. ~ Morton, 2 poinis: S. Holfman, 7 points; L Chaponot, 15'points: total, 35 points. German team—Henry Tovjes, captain, scorin 12 points; J. F. Noviiz<y. 9 points; J. .Tuojes, 25 points; K. Horter, 14 points: total, 58 points. TO-MORROW’S COURSING To-morrow’s conrsing brings about an incoming of the new and an outgoing of many of the old. Two events will be run off, a stake for puppies and a sapling wild duck 1s near at hand, and, of course, | pleasure of sesing their dogs ranging beau- | sprint for a bank roll. Amongthe pup- pies there are many ‘‘new one also, there are many who will make their last run as puppies. Santa Clara County is bidding for the stake to-morrow with four performers. Port Costa brings down two and Sacra- mento one. : From Merced comes word that Klondike, a flyer owned by Glas & Merino, proprie- tors of the Mercad Mercury, is dead. Had the poor bound only been named ‘‘Tales of Kiondike” he mrighthave lived forever. “Senator’’ Crane, accompanied by sev- eral members of his company, took in the coursing last week. The cogs are finding much favor of late with the theatrical profession. 5 Of the fourteen saplings running to- morrow no less than fen are maging their first public sprint. The betting will be of the sensational order. The following is the result of the draw: J. s Nelly B vs. y's Zoe: M., Tier- 3 yrne’s Oriental; idental vs. P. O iv | D. Flyun’s Tom Belle vs. J. Warren Boy; Pasha kennei’s Douclas, bye. Sapling siake—Woods Bros.! Wildwood vs. D. ’s Benicia Shaunon’s Soprauno; D. Shannon’s Sweet Musfe vs. J. Keenan’s Royal Oak; J. H. Perigo’ 1le Sueir vs. A. Banderberg’s Bogne ; McComb & Brya r Marmion vs. D. Ford’s . 1. Connell’s Toy Boy vs. H. Connelly’s { M. Wy Ruse O'Hills vs. Woods Lady Wheeler; G. Dougherty’s May Mc- Kinley vs. J.H. Perigo's Lady Woodford. | | - i WILL PLAY BASEBALL. The aggregation of ball-tossers from Santa Cruz will have a chance of testing their abilities against *Napoleon” Fagin's California Markets at Central Park to-day. Asboth teams have been sirengthened, the fans should be treated to gilt-edge playing. They will line up as follows: Cal. Markets. anta Craz. Pete Daubenoiss Tverg Vaubenbiss Murph Devereaux K. Kri; - Arellanes | M. Krug.. 3 Williams | “Beachcombers’’ will have the Will & Fincks for their oppo- nents. The players will line up as fol- low: Wiil & Fincks. Position. Santa Croz. Boate o sl .C. Daubenbics Knell or Fitzpatrick.. Daubenbiss B : Devereaux Areilanes Mutler......] Hiidebrandt . en Pyne .. . . Right fiel At Sixteenth and Folsom streets, at the California League grounds, the following gumes are scheauled for to-morrow: | ~ 8 a. M., Kohlberg, Strauss & Frohmans Jr. vs. Hale Bros. Jr.; 10 A. ., Arnold Bros. vs. Grana Republics. San Francisco Dry Goods Commercial Lesgue, | Hale Bros. vs. Kohlberg, Strauss & Froh- mans, Football practice from 9 A. M. to 12 3. The Hoitts School nine is scheduled to play the Sacramento High School nine on October 2. the Lick School of this city on land on October 23. George Stevenson of 311 Franklin street is anxious to be the guardian of the initial | bag tor the Alerts. The Alameda Klondikers claim that | they are the champions of that county, | ara are anxious to add to their laurels by | playing the Youngz Spanldings of this | city. The Klondiscers are under 13 years | of age. Address all challenges to Albert | Foster, 1118 Moand street, Alameda. | The Young San Francisco Athletic Club | will play any team under 13 years. Ad- | Harriet street. The Florida Stars will play the San Francisco Alerts at the recreation grounds to-morrow. The Stars would like to meet team whose members are under 13. Ad | dress all challenges to A. Amiot, 2429 Bryant street. g WILL ROW IN A WEEK. The coming skiff race between Dr. { Cecil Dennis and William McCausland is agltating rowing circles at the present | time. McCausland challenged Dennis at | the conclusion of last Sunday’s race, | claiming that as he had already partici- | pated in the shell race he was too exhaust- ed to do himself justice in the skiff event. Dennis accepted McCausland’s challenge, and both men are keeping up their train- ing with the expectation of meeting a| week from next Sunday. The El Campo season closed last Sunday, but the rail- road company will take advantage of the big race and run buats on the day of the contest. Messrs. Patch and Pape of the Dolphins areto row on the same day for their club championship and for a dia- mond medal. The Pioneers’ intermediate crew is also out with a challenge for a return race with the victorious South Ends’ interme- diate crew. The Pioneers claim that they lost through having a broken seat, and feel | contident they can rezain their laurels in | a return race. 1t is likely that a race can | be arranged beiween these crews to take | place at the same time. | There will be a meeting of the regatta comrmittee on Monday evening at Roth- kopf’s office, to complete the arrange- ments for the above races. BT T, |{OLD ENGLAND’S NATIONAL GAME. Another six weeks of cricket is figured on here. Several of the coming fixtures are with country clubs and interest in the Hunter Harrison cup series is extinct. Alameda is the champion of the year. Speaxing of champions the question of settling champions, either among clubs or individuals, by the average system, has recentiy been very vigorously attacked. It is contended that a champinnship is obviously less a question of uniis and de- cimals than of merit, and that the status of teams and players should be adjudged solely according to consistent form and skill and not in respect to runs and wickets, Blind mathematles, claim the coming cricketers, should not take pre- cedence of quality of play. As an in- stance of the stupidiiy of the present sys- tem they point ont that Ranjitsinhji is sixth in the list of batting averaces this season, though ne has played three times as many innings as the leading man. I invite views on the subject. To-morrow’s match will be novel and interesting. It is an inter-Pucific one, the sides being Banks and Insurance Men vs. All Comers, The former ieam are strong in batsmen and the latter have the best bowling talent. UMPIRE. T — XEW TC-DATY. October 16 and the Central School of Oak- | dress all challenges to John Moor, 246} | FEATHER-WEIGHTS | ARE T0 BATTLE Smith and Dixon Are Now in Condition for Milling. A Battle That Promises to Be the Event of the Season, An Effort Is Being Made to Get Jackson and Corbett in the Ring. The sports of this city who delight to witness a first-class boxing contest are taking considerable interestin the com- ing fight Letween the hard-hitting Solly Smith and the colored lad Gecrge Dixon. It is safe to say that the lovers of the game of hit and miss will not be disap- pointed in their expectations of witness- ing a great mill, as Smith and Dixon are natural born fighters and leaders of the class they represent. They have signed to fight at 120 pounds and at this weight they expect to enter the ring strong and able to give a first-class account of themselves. The contest will be held on Monday, October 4, at Woodward’s Pavilion, under the auspices of the Knickerbocker Ath- letic Club, of whicn Zeke Abram is presi- dent. Tom O Rourke, the Napoleon of managers, is looking aftar the interest of on, and Smith 1s cared for by his brother. eorge Green will referee the contest, and there is no doubt that he will give general satisfection. Pool-selling on the match will open on Mornday, and as the great little fighters have numerous admirers the betting is expected to be heavy. Owing to the very good battle Smith put up when he cooked Johnny Griffin of Braintree at Woodward’s Pavilion it is expected that he will start a favorite in the betting, but be that as it may, Dixon will be backed heavily, as he sil! retains his old-time cleverness and can easily avoid a rusher. At close range Dixon is a dangerous customer. He has a pet blow— a snort right-hand cross—which has brought down many a game fellow, and unless Solly is careful he may run into one of those dreamlanders. The fight promises to be a hummer,and it is safe to predict that the thousands of people who will witness it will go away thoroughly satistied that they got a good run for their money. Peter Jackson is enjoying the sights and receiving a m walcome from hosts of friends. Peter is not by any means given to braggadocio. His words are: *‘I have never 1ssued a challenge in my life and 1 have never flinched from a meeting.”” Jackson speaks the truth. He nas met the greate-t fighters ot the day and whipped some great men. He is still open for engagement, and his motto is firsr come fir-t served. Of course he prefers 10 meet Corbett to unv other man, as the ex- champion 1s owing him a return match. But will Corbett consent to a second meeting with the colored gladiator? Itis thought that he will not. Corbett is deeply anxious for another tryout with Fiiz,immons, and if private information can be relied upon the clever James is getting into splendid condition owing to the excellent care he has taken of himself since his defeat in Carson. He bas his miud firmiy fixed upon another meeting with Fitzsimmons, and unless some extraordinary inducements are offered the Californian will not consent to a meeting with Jackson nor any other heavy-weight while there is a possible chance for another try for the champion= ship. It was whispered around last evening in sporting quarters that arrangements have been made between Corbett and Jackson for some time, with the object of+holdiig a great 20-round contest in this ciiy when the racing season opens. How- ever, Jackson is not here for his bealih altogether, and the near future may fur~ nish some valuable news 1o the sporting fraternity of this city. 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