The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 12, 1898, Page 8

MARCH 12, 1898 8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY. ; P R R R S R g P R R o b o S R e e 1 FAMOUS CYCLER RETURNS + FROM AUSTRALIA. D R R e s Willlam Martin, a famous American long-distance rider, who has earned the name of “Plugger” on account of his gritty, hanging-on qualities, arrived here | Wednesday on the Moana from Australia | via Honolulu, at which latter point he stopped off for a month, racing on the Cyclomere track there. In many ways Martin is a remarkable rider. He belongs to the old school of | long-distance champions, along with Morgan, Howell, Knapp, Ashinger and | others. As far back as ten years ago he was racing in six-day contests on the high wheel, and won a big event of this kind in New York. With the advent of | the safety he adopted that style of wheel and later took to racing shorter distance: from five to twenty-five miles being hi favorites. He traveled in Europe and won his way against some of the best men over there, and two years ago saw him landed in our Antipodes, one lone Ameri- | can against scores of native Australians, Englishmen and riders of every other na- tion on earth almost. It did not take the “Plugger” long to | get accustomed to the grass tracks there and to their style of riding, and after he | had won two or three of their principal hampionships and had annexed several §760 purses they were forced to the con- clusion that the quiet American w ot © after all. Further, Marun ha le of fighting out his finishes to th very tape that won for him merited en- comiums, and he soon became very pop- ular with the aud and a big draw- ing card. He st there two years, consequently, ar etur considerably enriched in purse and thinks he is as fast as ever. On the way up he stopped off ] | + + + + +| +| 44 +4 | t Hono- lulu. He had had but little training, but the track management there offered him liberal ducements to ride and b took the chance. The steamer got in T 5- day and Martin rode Saturda o days later, winning one race from he San Franciscans now there, Harry Terriil | and Allan Jones nd finishing second in the oth Alto ther he starte five | times, and won two firsts, two s onds | )d showing for and one third, a pretty & & man out of training. Martin would like to make a match with 1y profe on_the Pacific Coast, riding undi A. W. rules, for $500 a side and whatever purse any track > to be from two to five miles, un . starting from opposit sides of the track. He is ready to post a forfeit with the cycling editor of The Call to bind such a match, and would particularly like to take on ‘‘Bob™ Ter- rill or Otto Ziegler Jr. If he cannot make a match here he will go to Denver ne Tuesday ht and try to match with Hachenberger. e siring to t 1p Martin's defi can com- | municate with the writer. will offer, di: Martin says all the racing men in Aus lia ride American made wheels, & that the e considered the supel in the wo being nd better made irty thous ting in Melbourne uch an immense ‘‘gate promoters to gi d for hang with v for ses th th he pre ts of an indoor tc at the Me Pavilion thi bout given up by those in the know. Powers and Brady. representing the Americs Cycle Rac ociation, talked about bringing Michael and er attraction gonism against I \afer, the mid- s crooked manager, decided not to | ke the venture. None of the local promoters care to take up the matter on account of the apathy of the lo ers toward a tournament or show. B. W. Bernhard of the Olvmpic Club Wheelmen, familiarly known srock- | et,” one of the best road riders and hill climbers in the club, will leave for the Klondike on the mnext trip of the Hum- boldt, accompanied by his broth | Sol Peiser, one of the organizers of the Outing and San Francisco Road clubs, now of Chico, has been in the city for the past week on a visit. Mr. become a leader in Chico’s as he wa [e538 ¢ City Wheel atched Simhurst ten-mile track on pac April will furnish his own pacers, fifteen men. This i of . tches ever arranged out here hould attract a big crowd. | The Bay City Wheelmen will a run to South San F c0 to-morrow under Captain Larkin, leaving the club- house at 8 a. m. By special permission the members will be permitted to go through _the slaughter and packing- houses of the Western t Company. On March 2) the Bay Citys will hold a five-mile_handicap road r: t San Le- andro. The club members looking forward with considerable joy to the an- nual Blithedale run in April The Olympic Club Wheelmen will pro- mote a five-mile road rz San T. an- dro to-morrow. Tt will I led handi- cap; that s, each man will start two min- utes apart from the others and ride the distance to the best of his ability un- paced, without knowledge of his handi- cap, which will be kept a secret by the captain. The result should be interesting. The games of the Cycle Baseball League to-morrow will be as 8an Francisco Road Club vs | Club Wheelme mpic Cycle Turn Verein C California Club vs. Bay City Wheelme The long-de! d book of the fornia A to the printer the first of next wee should be in the hands of the members within a fortnight The attraction at the Elmhurst track to-morrow will be a pursuit team by riders from the Acme and Reli clubs of Oakland. The Acme men be: Galindo. Burke, Schileuter Bolte. Rellance: Deacon, Bacon, Wyman and Gooch. A trophy is offered by the management, to be won twice before a club gets possessory titl 80 the event may take two or three Sun- days to decide. The distance will be five miles. SPALDING. — = | 0ARS TO BE LAID . \ ASIDE FOR BASEBALL | will | Lefevre | Rosenheim, | Training for future club regattas is| diligently going on at the various boat- | houses. During the past month it has | been extremely difficult for a latecomer | to find a boat owing to the great interest that has been manifested in rowing this geason. Baseball has been taken up by the clubs as a means of keeping the boy together during the off season. To-morrow at Recreation Park, Eighth and Harrison streets, will be decided the | final game of the baseball series played by nines from the various boat clubs of | the State. The teams contesting for the | champlonship are the Arlels and South | Ends. As neither team has suffered a | defeat a hot game is looked for. In anticipation of a hard struggle both | clubs have entered their very best men. In Fritz and Nealon the South Ends have | an excellent battery. Fritz In times past | was a clever twirler, and in preparation | for the contest has been pitching ever and is now in_superb form. Nealon has always enjoyed the reputation of be- ing a good backstop and will be a strong support to hi team. The Ariels have “Teddy” Ford for their catcher. He caught for the San Fr: cisco Athletic Club and for Olympics la: season and did remarkably good work. O'Connell, their twirler, has received nu- | merous offers from managers of our lea ing teams, but has proven.proof against | their generous promises. i That the game will not narrow down | to a pitchers’ battle can be seen by the names below. Many. old-time players op- pose each other and some are heavy hit- ters. Many hundreds of tickets have beenI disposed of and a large crowd and lols! of nolse will be there. The game will tart promptly at 2 p. m. Following is | the line-up: | Arfels. Positions. South Ends. D. O’'Connell..... Pitcher Fritz Ford ...... . Catcher . Nealon J. O'Connell ....First Base . )'Dea Sheehan. Second Base . Tiernan Wilson. Third Base .Grennan Coven . Shortsto, Dougherty Ellis Left Field . Mangan | Carroli. I Center Field . Whelan L. Kepple . Right Field . Skelly| The Dolphins will picnic at Mirabel | ' Park on Sunday, April 17. | game protection | 60, 6—1. | diffculties between Miss = 7/ P R R e g % KILLING TROUT 3 b BEFORE : f SEASON OPENS. 3 D R SR R Every angler is well aware of the fact that it will not be in order to catch trout above tide waters until April L The coast streams are very low and clear th :ason, because of the light ains ir and February. Conse- quently find little difficulty in spearing the arge fishes which took advantage of the recent freshet to reach favorite spawning beds. The Call has fr itly stated that a little otection at this ason of the y is of more value than all the stocking (such as It i) the coast streams have re- ceived in past years. From now until the opening of the ang- ling season much good service can be rendered by Deputy Fish Commissioners if they were ordered to patrol such streams as are being depleted of their fishes by those who have no respect for game or fish laws. The Paper Mill, Sonoma, Calaveras, San Gregorio, Purissima and Pescadero creeks are belng fished out by poachers who use spears, cartridges and nets, not to mention the numbers of small fishes that are taken by means of hook and lin Me clsang and Gould of th Fish jon are unquestionably of the opinion that the streams should be protected, but the force of deputies at nd is exceedingly small, con- sequently they find the task of prote tion to all streams most difficult under the present ndition of affairs political. But they of any infringement of the law a deputy is ordered to the place where game or fish is being unlawfully killed. Sports- men and anglers who take an interest in should, therefore, lend and send word to the mmissioners whenever their as- is require A few line from will recéive prompt attention n immediate reply. following letter to The Call xplanatory: SAN FRANCISCO, March 8, rting Editor of The Call; on my return tramp from Liberty: the headwaters of the Lagunita . 1 saw tw about one mile aper Mill Creek their comma stance is 1808, above its confluence They had spears and e them spear any fish, but I dare say aid not overlook an opportunity kil ever a chance offered. In chatting with some of the people who live at Camp Taylor, I was Informed that several trout have ght in the Paper Mill during the past As The Call is the champion of the in exposing the nefarfous doings of who take pleasure in destroving the angler some me: goose that lays the golden egg by fishing out | ason, 1 thought I would take this oppor- v of proving to_ brother anglers how are protected by our State Fish Com- s, It certainly about time that nd an example set for < and the way they authorities. rried out ery truly, HENRY B. WOODWARD. be pleaked to learn that famous dresser of trout this city to reside Humboldt Cou Benn is industriously at work tying favorite flies at his old place on Montgomery street, where he will be pleased to see at any time his old friends of the angle. James Watt, who more familiarly known to anglers as ‘“The Doc,” visited Point Re last Sunday and met with good suc ng hooked and landed by proper Anglers will John Benn, the flies, not left two nice fish, one ten pounds and the | other two and a half poun: Messr: agher and Cross had also fair si ce There are large numbers of small am which can be taken asting - GAME YESTERDAY ON TENNIS COURTS trout in the stry by means of fly The subject which is exciting the inter- est of local racket wielders is the fnvita- tion tournament at Penryn, Placer Coun- ty, on March 19. There is a large English colony at Penryn and in the surrounding towns. From time to time tennis tourna- ments have been held in Penryn, which proved great ses, both social sporting. It ntended that this tourna. ment shall eclipse all othe: Both sin- sles and_doubles will be played. By invi- fation, Walter Magee, Bradshaw, Rob and .eorge Whitney will play exhibition doubls s an introduction to the tourna- ment proper. ‘T'he Whitney brothers will | not be paired this time, but will play on opposite sides of the court. Walter Ma- gee and George Whitney will be one team ;m)d Bradshaw and Robert Whitney the other. It has been a brisk week at the Cali- fornia Tennis Club, especially for ~the lady players. un Tuesday and Wednes- day the ladies’ single tournament attract- ed quite a few spectators. While the order of the game was not in any way characterized by phenomenal excellence, the matches were close enough to be in- teresting. + The first match of the tournament was won by Miss Denson, who took the breath away from her vis-a-vis, Miss Farnsworth, who strove to return the_terrific smashes anddrivesof the former. Miss Denson won in two sets: 6—2, 6—1. Then Miss Hep- burn reccived a similar treatment from the hands of Miss Bowman, who won out The most closely contested of all the matches was that between Miss Poorman and Miss Hudson. Each wok a set, 6—3. Alier a rest, the battle jor v began. Game by game the nced, until it was deuce all. Then Miss Poorman, by a burst of speed, succeeded in placing two games to her credit, and wiin them the match. ‘yhree ts were also necessary to settle the unter and Miss The former took the laurels with Clark. | a score: 6—3, 3—6, 6—4. Miss Hoffman dis- posed of Miss Bowman in surprisingly easy fashion: 6—3, 6—2. That left Miss Hunter and Miss Bowman to play off, the | winner to meet Miss Hoffman. and the finals in the ladies' tournament, begun early in the week on the California Tennis Club courts, were finished yesterday afternoon. Miss Hoffman met Miss Hunter and lit- crally annihilated her. In the first set, Miss Hunter was unable to secure a game. Miss Hoffman, assured of victory, took things easy, winning the game by skiiuful placing and aceurate strokes. -In the second game, Miss Hunter started out well, but the unerring precision of her opponent was too strong a force to com- bat, and she succumbed gracefully. Score: 60, 6—2. Miss Denson had somewhat of the same task in her match with Miss Poorman. No more than two sets were needed to settle this match. Miss Poorman got two games in each set. Score: 6—2, 6—2. Then came the finals. There was quite a little knot of spectators when this match was played, and both contestonts, Miss Hoffman and Miss Densoz, received applause whenever it was due. ‘Lhe first game was the closest, and for the first {ime In the tournament Miss Hoffman had to exert herself. She won the set by six games to her opponent’s four. second game was won in easier style with a score of 6—2. With it Miss Hoffman won the match, tournament and prize and the championship of the club In singles, the title to which she will hold until de- feated. E The semi-finals vy that whenever they learn | Last Saturday | men wading in the Lagunitas | king for salmon in the deep pools. I | ur | in | and | The | f [ 44+ 4444444444444+ 'Y TRAP SHOOTING +| 1; IS NOW E + QUITE' A FAD. 4 (444 4444444444444 44 The Empire Gun Club will meet to- morrow at its shooting station, Alameda | Point, and after the smashing of blue-| rocks is finished, the men who are to | meet the Garden City Cyclers team will ted. Doubtles the scores will be | 1arge, as each member of the club will try his utmost to be included in the team | that will face the traps at San Jose on be sele | Sunday, the 20th inst. The Olympic Gun Club will hold its first live bird shoot of the season to- | morrow at Ingleside. Shooting will com- | mence at 10 a. m. sharp. Mission street cars will take visitors to the grounds. | The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the California Wing Club was held recently in the office of Dr. S. E. Knowl nd | the following members were elected to | office for the ensuing year Dr. 8. E. | Knowles, president; A. Roos, vice-presi- the changes in the classification, a radical | transformation has been operated in the | constitution of the Pacific Advisory Board. Hitherto that body has been formed of delegates elected by the bench | show and specialty clubs of the coast. Henceforward these clubs will each send a delegate to a convention to be held on the second Tuesday in February, and this convention will elect the Pacific Ad- visory Board, the number of whose mem- bers is limited to seven. The bench show clubs are entitled to four members and the specialty clubs to three. The powers and duties of the board have undergone but little change. The meeting of the St. was held on Monday last. to offer for competition at San Jose a gold medal each for the best St. Bernard | dog and bitch, The “holy breed” will| probably be well represented at that Bernard Club It was decided | show. The premium list has been issued and is very attractive. The show is held un- der the rul just formulated by the American Kennel Club, and while no | money prizes are offered; the list of spe-| s a very long one. Among the med- | s offered are the gold and sil- of the Pacific Mastiff Club for mastiffs, Oakside kennel medal for best cocker, De B. Lopez medal for best grevhound, besides innumerable others The March meeting of the Pacific Ma tiff Club was held on Thursday evening last, and there was a hot time in the old | DR R R R P S SR PSR FIELD BOOKS LOSING IN POPULARITY. R R R R R S R 2 It begins to look as though the fleld book has had its day. At least it is losing caste in the Southern States. Eddie Aus- tin, the bookmaker who has secured the betting privilege at the Newport (Ky.) track, does not look with favor on it. There are two strong arguments that can be used against the field book. It pre- vents a larger number of pencilers from doing business in the main betting ring, and there is no valld reason why a dollar bettor shouldn’t get as much for his money as one who bets two dollars. Day after day horses with 3 to 2 chalked op- posite their names quoted at even money in the fleld books, and the unfortunate speculator down to his “last bean” must accept this big cut or change his dollar to another pocket. No field book has been in operation at the New Orleans track for four years, PR P R R Riding to Lose—One Way of Pulling a Horse. dent; C. A. Haight, secretary and treas- urer; directors, L. D. Owens, I R. D. Grubb and H. C. Wagner. The first hoot of the season will be held on Sunda the 20th inst, at the Olympic Gun Club grounds at Ingleside. All sub- sequent trap shooting contests of the sea- Son will be held on the first Sunday of each month. The sportsmen of Woodland and vicin ity are strongly impre: d with the ide: | that their champion wing shot, Henr: | Stelling, can give Otto Feudner a close live bird s | | latter to further t race should they meet a second time, and | this is what the Woodland Democrat says | concerning a_second race between the | respective champions of the traps | “Henry Stelling and his friends are un- able fo account for his fall-down on | Washington’s birthday. His score made in the match with Otto Feudner is so | poor that he is not convinced that Mr. Feudner can beat him. He is seriously -onsidering the advisability of challeng- r. Feudner for another mat ald there is consid ble Davisville vy ready to back him. Be this as it m: Mr. Feudner when approached on the subject expressed his ss_to give Mr. Stelling a return . He states that he is perfectly willing to shoot for any amount only $100, he insists on naming tae ground, and rightly, too; he claims busi- ness dutles are of more importance than | a two or three days’ trip from town for | a_comparatively small stake in the event of his winning, to say nothing of his ex- penses. The South End Gun Club will journey to Colusa on Sunday, where its opening shoot of the season will be held. Al Cumming is preparing for a big goose shooting trip to Modesto in the oar tuture. Tt 1s said_that wild goose shooting is a popular pastime on Main Prairie. Wild pigeons are very plentiful in the Santa Cluz mountains, ‘and several large bags have been made recently by the sportsmen of San Jose. It is about time that the game warden of this city and county should make his presence felt in the community. The sea- son for game shooting ended on the last day of February, but wild ducks and quail can be seen on the bills of fare of the leading restaurants of this city. Doubt- less the warden does not neglect to draw down his salary at the end of each | month. | “The ' following communication from Stockton concerning the proposed San Joaquin Valley Inanimate Target Asso- ciation, and the resignation of the Stock- ton Gun Club from the California Asso- ciation, is self explanatory: STOCKTON, March 8.—The members of the Stockton Gun Club say that their resignation from membership in the California State Inani- mate Target Association is final. The leading members deny that there was any friction or that any of the rules of the association discrim- inated against the local organization. None of the members seemed to be inclined to go into training for the State shoot next March, and while the club has a number of members Who could hold g0od scores in the professional class, for some reason no interest was mani- fested outside of local rivalry. The matter then resolved itself into a financial proposition and at & meeting held two weeks ago Secretary Musto was instructed to forward the club's resignation. The leading members say that an injustice was done them and the other club- men in the report that the local men were shut out’ and made unable (o compete under the rules. They aver, however, that everything in the association {s most cordial and that no other | reasons exist than the one named. They have no intention of forming a new assocla- tion_ of seeking in any way to embarrass the C.'L T. A. This club won the first State trophy, but many of the old-timers are not as handy at the traps as a few years ago. NEWS OF KENNEL AND KENNEL MEN Full advices have now arrived as to the action taken by the American Kennel Qub at their annual meeting. Besides . rom $500 | to $1000; but if the match is to be for | club that night. Specches were made de- nouncing the American Kennel Club and | the absence of the club's delegate from the annual meeting was severely com- mented on. The following preamble and resolution were adopted: ‘Whereas, The udiously ignored ast clubs and ha American Kennel Club- has the wisbes of the Pacific thwarted the efforts of the lding of bench shows | e it c Mastiff Club views the action of the ennel Club in regard to the rules nd that the Pacific Mastift 1 anxious to join in a | ish an independent league | on the coast; therefore Resolved, That the with the utmost d | of Pacific Coast clubs. To judge from the expressed intentions of the members of the club, the array of mastiffs at San Jose will be truly formid- . A. Spreckels, the vice-president hibit a noble specimen named Jack, of Cupertino stock; William R. A. Johnson will show a fine youngster, Beau Montez; J. P. Norman's famous Lola wi figure in the ring, as also Mr. Gea Juno. Besides these, Chino Don, property of the secretary, others will compete for honor: | Dr. D'Evelyn, in his hours of relaxa- | tion from scientific investigation, has a | warm corner in his heart for his canine | friends. It is likely that he will take one | of the three mastiffs soon to be brought | over by F. C. Beasle: The doctor is also | importing a fox terrier to succeed Dud- ley Stroder, so unfortunately poisoned in his bath. ‘A word to the wise, doctor, | “Keep an eye on Sam.” | “On dit” that the Verona kennels will | not have such undisputed sway in the | collie world as that genlal sportsman John E. de Ruyter fondly imagines. Two of the finest collles ever bred in Scotland are now on their way here and Heather | Mint and Old Hall Admiral may meet | their Waterloo when they enter the ring | with these later importations. | Old Hall Admiral and Heather Mint | have swept all before them at St. Paul. The following is the record of each at that show: First junior, first free-for- all, and first winners. Henry Betten of Alameda has lost his fine young setter dog by Valiente out of Peach Mark by distemper. Hemorrhage caused the death on Mon- day last of the mastiff bitch Queen, be- longing to F. W. Dinsmore of San Jose. SO THE COMING OF HANDBALL CHAMPIONS James Dunne, one of the greatest hand- ball players of America, Is expected to ar- rive to-day from Los Angeles, and doubt- less he will put in an appearance to-mor- | row at Ryan’s handball court. Casey | arrived last night, and when the two big guns put in an appearance then the old game of handball will boom. The local players who may meet these won- ders in matches are Bonnet, Kilgallon, Riordan, Linehan, Moloney, Hampton, ‘White, Toy, Collins and Murphy. ¥rom among these last named players selec-| tions can be made of ‘“‘smashers’” who will make the game decidedly interesting for the invaders. While the local men do fior expect to beat the .champlons, they ope at least to keep them very busy. The following games will be played at Ryan's court to-morrow: P. Hutching- son and W. Kelly ys. M. Dillon and G. Hutchingson; L. Waterman and J. R. Bockman vs. D. J. Sheehan and N. J. Prendergast; J. White and E. Toy vs. R. Murphy and J. Collins; D. Rodgers and W. Manion vs. G. McDonald and M. Mc- | Neil: R. Housman and E. Barry vs. P. Ryan and M. Basch; M. J. Kilgallon and J. Lawless vs. J. Riordan and E. Ma- loney; J. C. Nealon and R. Linehan vs. T. F. Bonnet and A. Hampton. will e the and several | Every language contains such names as cuckoo, pewlit, whippoorwill and others, in which the sound emitted py the animal is imitated as the name. notwiths most prolific source of income to the as- sociation, usually clearing about $20,000 during the winter meeting. If a horse is 15 to 1 in the ring, why should a dollar bettor be compelled to take from 8 to 10 ) for his money? Some day the assocla- tions out this way will get good to the people—when it is too late. The Saratoga Racing Association has in contemplation a trophy to be contested for by Tod Sloan and Tommy Burns, the two best lightweignts in this country. Tod will ride for Fleischmann and Burns for the Schorrs. Both stables will send out a powerful string o cers, and in view Of the keen rivalry existing between the two riders it is thought the idea ought to prove a very fetching attraction. Ornament is bemng heavily backed by Southern horsemen to win the Brooklyn handicap. Charley Patterson, his owner, waxed enthusiastic over the son of Order in an interview recently printed, saying that his colt would win both the Brook- lyn and Suburban unless he has a severe setback in the interim. Judge Joseph J. Burke, who formerly presided in the stand at Oakland, ap- pears to be getting the “go by” from all sides of recent years. His friends all pre- sumed that he would again be in the stand at the coming Newport (Ky.) meet- ing, but now it appears that L. J. Tar- ton will preside over the destinies of the Queen City Jockey Club's season of sport. “Jockey T BilI” Martin was in recelpt of a letter from Pat Dunne a few days ago, and will leave for Memphis to join his employer’s string on the 24th of the pres- ent month. The shrewd Western turfman | states in his letter that his horses are all doing finely and thinks he has a better | stable than ever before. Tod Sloan is apparently sore on Call- fornia, and it is just probable the feeling {s mutual, at least, on the part of quite a number of our local turf followers.: Tod also thinks that at different times the judges have handed him a little red apple. One finish that particularly rankles in toe breast of the “Kokomo wonder” was the Ostler Joe-Napamax flnish over at Ingle- side, when Tod, on the black horse, was placed second. T-e diminutive rider was about the only one that thought he earned the decision, for to those standing over the wire it looked as though he was beaten a good head. To make matters still worse, Tod was fined $100 by the Oak- land officials for refusing to ride E. Come in Thursday's two-year-old race. He will probably depart for home, forgetting to take along with him a bunch of fragrant California forget-me-nots. It seems that Ben Brush will not go to England, notwithstanding the warnings of several Eastern turf writers. It was also reported that he was in none too good fix. This is apparently all bosh, for a turfman now sojourning in this State received a letter from the far East the other day, in_which the writer said the great son of Bramble was more forward in his work this spring than ever before. This will make him the “big thing” in the future book betting on the Brooklyn. The same letter also said Hamburg was Foh’lg great guns and had to be held down n his gallops. This does away with the “bad leg’ story. By his win on Thursday, Lobos did not l;i’ any means demonstrate that he is a amburg. To be sure, he won in very fast time, but it was over a marvelously fast track, and he carried but 98 pounds on his back. The fiying filly Magdalenes won in much handier fashion with 120 pounds up, and on his only public ap- earance Johnny Campbell's colt, 11 Jido, showed a phenomenal burst of speed. Lobos finished “all out,” and it is | just likely that with weight up he may fall by the wayside. F. E. MULHOLLAND. —_———— A foreign physiclan asserts that the pain of neuralgia, if superficial, can be relfeved by throwing a beam from & bright arc light upon the affected part. in the big ring are | nding the fact that it was a | | | | | | ; 1 | | | | P RS R g GOOD COURSING EXPECTED IN TWO PARKS. P R s There’ll be some warm coursing at the Ingleside and Union coursing parks to- day and to-morrow. The stakes at both parks are rich and well worth winning. Of course there are no strong armed + + < + + + + + 44444444 jockeys to guide the hounds, but there‘ are many niceties of training and hand- ling which make perfect. The running to-day at Ingleside begins at 1 p. m. and the run-off of the ties to- morrow at 11 a. m. Dr. Van Hummel has in his Eastern string an ‘“ocean greyhound.” Fact! While out for their morning run one day last week one the “fliers” espied a rustling of something strange among the tule grass in Lake Merced. Followed by the rest of the pack he dashed into the water and a moment later tossed a black | > | read to them a curtain lecture, exhorting object above his head, as he would toss a hare. He refused to bring it ashore, but the doctor secured it and found it to be a canvasback duck. Had it been a fish this story might be doubted. But the doctor offers to vouch for its truthfulness with four witnesses and a eulogistic dis- sertation on the epicurean delights sub- sequently enjoyed. J. Farley’s Snowbird has been bred to the game old Skyball. To this was due the poor work of Snowbird last week, but Swlul(im-’ue outcome will make up for ail hat. B. Dougherty Is coming to the front again with his puppies Palmer Hill and Lady Thorndyke, and of late he has been landing well within the money. This is as it should be. It is not true that Dough- erty raised the dogs that killed the dogs that worried Lazarus, but Dougherty has certainly raised some of the cleverest greyhounds that ever ran in America, and he certainly deserves all the luck that the sport can afford him. The work of Lynch & Maher’s new Eastern dog Dakota at Ingleside last week showed him to be the same grand dog that he was of old. He was not a winner, but it was not expected that he would be. He has scarcely been run for a year, and has not yet been on the coast long_enough to recover from the fatigue of the trip. In two months he will be heard from. It is hinted that a match race is possi- ble between J. Dean’'s Mialmo and W. E. Thompson’s Patria. Such a contest would | draw the leashmen of the coast to the city. Walter Hobart is reported to be about to embark In coursing. Unable, it is said, to find stock suited to his taste in this country, he has sent to England and Australia for flag-ralsers. An extensive String_from both countries will be pur- chased. Governor Budd is another sportsman who begins to show an awakening inter- est in coursing. The rundown at Ingleside to-day should show a flag for the following: Van Nida, Glenro: tor, Johnny_ R, Gilt Edge, Princess Maria, Log Boy, Rapid, Right Bower, Benalong, Just Eclipse, Swinnerton, Patria, Van Weeda, . Black Prince, Magnet, Decoto, White Lily, Senorita. The probable winners in_the rundown at Union coursing park to-day are: Chit Chat, Coralie, Rosette, Santa Alicia, Mo- notony, Commodore, Moors Prescription, Koo'Lawn, Amorita, Mercy May, Arapa- hoe, Kingstone, Tod Sloan, Benicia Boy, Diana, Cavalier, Susie, Gallagher, White Chief, Terona, Firm Friend, Theron, Mountain Beauty, Magic, Rusty Gold, Joy Bells, Waratah, Eclipse. The Union coursing park has now an inviting appearance, and with good run- ning hares there is no reason why the two coursing parks should not do well in this county. BASKET BALL BETWEEN INCOGS AND MISSIONS The preliminary games of the basket- ball tournament have now been played. The Incognitos of Oakland and the Mis- sions of San Francisco faced each other last Thursday evening at the gymnasium of the Y. M. C. A. of this city when the Missions won by a final score of 14 to 12 in their favor. It proved to be a very exciting contest from beginning to end and the victory was In no wise an assured thing for either team until the referee gave his final decision. Both teams worked quite well together. The passing of the Oak- landers was superior to that of the Mis- sions, but the latter were better at goal- throwing, and with few changes they scored the higher number of points. The plas’erfl that too.- part in the game were as ollows: Incognitos. _ Position. Missions, H. Lausten....Forward....G. T. Shaw Jr. 0. Hunter.... Forward .W. Lamont B. Sisson..... Center. D. "Grant K. A. Kerr....Guard G.'A.'R. Heuer E. C. Brown.. Cuard. .G. McClead This victory brings the Missions into the semi-finals with the Business Men and the Rushers, every one of these teams having won two games out of three in the preliminaries. By a decision of the league committee, the game played on March 3 between the Athens and the Rushers has been given to the latter team on a protest, with a score of 15 to 14 points in its favor, instead of the an- nounced score of 13 to 14 against them. The score of the teams now reads as follows: Team. |Won|Lost |P. C. Athens (Oakland). e 1 Business Men (S. Fl).....| 2 1 [ o Missions (S._F.) 1oz 1 866 Rushers (S. F.) |2 1 666 Spartans (Oakland) 131 2| ew Incogs (Oakland) . g 3 400 Lawyers (S. F.) 0| 3| o000 Unions (8. F.). | o] 3| o0 Captain Morse, Vic- | cidental, Moondyne, | | startling performances were se: | Guiberson, Woolsey. ON THE TRACK AND THE DIAMOND. R R This is the day of field meets and base- ball games. The programme at Palo Alto is a handicap college field day; at Berke- ley, both a contest on field and track and a crossing of bats on the college diamond. Even this city will see something of col- lege sport, for at Central Park this after- noon the Alumni baseball team will try conclusions with the Stanford nine for" the third time. Baseball at Palo Alto has received a vivitying influence under the supervisory power of John Sheehan. Sheehan is now the Stanford coach-in-chief and for the next five weeks he will be with the base- ball men, training and instructing. Al- ready an improvement in play has been attained by the persistent grilling which he has Instituted as a process. Sheehan's system Is something of the same nature as that practiced by Cochran at Berke- ley. First he works the Cardinal ath- letes of the diamond in general, e fielding and batting. Then a practical game of five innings follows. A second team has been organized and a captain appointed. After the game between tha first and second nines the most likely candidates for position on the team that will represent the 'varsity in the inter- collegiate engagements are distributed in their places on the diamond and then a sharp, quick practice in throwing, which continues for a half-hour, completes the day's training. When Sheehan took the men in hand there was a decided slump in the playing. Baseball interest was on the wane, but owing to the sharp meth- ods in use the latent enthu: m has been excavated from the breasts of the pl ers and the student body and now there is enough effusion scattered around the +++ 444+ sy diamond and the side lines to start a large-sized conflagration. On the other side of the bay Cochran has been working sedulously with what he calls a poor aggregation of baseball talent. There are four men wearing the blue and gold colors who, according to Cochran, are baseball players. Two of them, Hoag and McLaren, he thinks might earn positions on an Eastern col- lege nine. The others have not won a place in Cochran’s heart. Many things he finds wanting. There still sts that lack of spirit and poignant d to wear the college colors in big matche: Coch- ran took the men out the other day and them to greater efforts and deprecating the inexplicable indifference which the college student at Berkeley shows for the national game. At present Cochran is devoting his time in_an endeavor to strengthen the left side of the diamond. There is a noticeable weakness in all the. aspirants for third, short and left field., Hoag was tried at third the other day| and he may be found there before ‘tha' Season advances much further. Thera, has been no crystallization of positions on the California nine as vet. The work So far has been elementary and experi- mental. - Since Brunton left college for his home a pall has hung over track ath- letics at Stanford. Walker, the present track captain, is doing his best to dispel the gloom but has not met with complete success as yet. The field and track meet this afternoon, though a handicap affair, will show what material there is for the Intercollegiate and its value. Every man with the minutest sprinting ability has entered. The handicaps have all been fixed with a view to making the races even and interesting. At this annual andicap field day in former years some n, notably that of John Brunton last vear in the 100 yards, which distance he covered in 945 seconds—at least so the Stanford watches read. The sophomore-freshman field day at Berkeley will draw a large crowd. Both teams are evenly matched, but the soph- omores are considered the favorites. he 4 chances in each event were considered in full two weeks ago. The entries are as follows: 100 yard dash—'00: McNab, Broughton, Sif monds, Drum. '01: Hinz, Haskins, Knight, Grieve, Bakewell. 220 yard . dash—'00: Broughton, =Simonds; Drum. °0l: Hinz, Haskins, Knight, Gritw Mealy, Bakewell 440 yard dash—00: Broughton, Drum. '013 Hinz, Woolse: eal 880-yard run—00: Squires, Wise, Bayer, Ras- mussen, Smith, Dorety, Aitken, Humphrey, Kidd, Mendenhall. Scott, Mosier, Tolman, | McConaughy, Harley, Dozier, Clark. ) Rasmussen, ' Dorety, Squires, , Bayer. '01: Carpenter. Mo Tolman, Dozier, McCon~ '00: Hoffman, Crockery' *01: Bretherick. 220 yard hurdles—' Dawson, McNab. '01% Bretherick. Parker, Bias, Wo ) Mile 'walk—'00: terfeld, Aitken, Skaifel ‘0l Allen, Walsh. Shot put—'00: Goodale, O'Toole, Peck. '01% McNab, O'Toole, Pecky Hammer throw— *01: Guiberson, Pole vault—0: Hoffman, Simonds. '01% Bakewell, Woolsey. High jump—'00: Hoffman. '01: Cooley, Huny ter, Woolsey. \ Hroad jump—00: ~Broughton, Hoffman, Si% monds, Drum. '01: Dickson, Hunter. P Just as soon as the field day is coms, leted the California nine will play the anta Claras. This will be their second game. The first game was early in thel season and was won by Santa Clara afte a hard fight. Since then California has. much improved under the instructions of / Cochran. The game will really be a test{ of what the strength of the blue and gold baseball team is. { The intercollegiate games will be played: on April 9, 16 and 30. The field day will} take place on April 23. § This afternon at Central Park the} Alumni will play their sixth game. Should, they defeat Stanford, each team in th triangular league will be tied, with a per: centage of 50. The teams will line up ag follows: Alumni. Positions. Stanford. Elston .. +-Cateher.....C...... Strohmy Krug or Lannigan, Hill o, Wheeler .. Becket§, Allen... .Youngg Krug or Wheeler. Second base. ..Harri: McKee .Third base . .Edwara: Lewis. Short sto; Loughee Ireland. Left fleld. Iilauber Calhoun. Center field .Chandler; or Wright' Sheehan. Right field. Swindells ADVERTISEMENTS. 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