The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1898, Page 8

/ 8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1898 ' P e nt s D e s oo o b B S S S e o g YACHTS WILL SAIL FOR PRIZE FLAGS + O R R The Californfa yachtsmen did not do much safling on Sunday last, as they were busy getting their craft ready for to- morrow’s regatta. At about noon the sloops U and I and Hope started down PR R R R R e e the creek, the former fiying the acting commodore’s flag. On board the Hope, sailed by A. Duncombe, were Mrs. Duncombe, Messrs. Martin, Griffiths and Hanlon. U and I reached the Goat Island cove at 3 o'clock and Hope a little later. Secretary G. F. Gaither of the C and I effected a landing on the island, but was soon compelled to return to his boat. Commodore C. J. and Mrs. Lancaster | and Captain H. Spratt visited the C: fornia clubhouse last Sunday, the com- modore hav with him the model of a | new boat intends to build. She wiil be sixty feet over all. Idler is almost ready to comse off the “ways.” Work on the sloop Occident is being pushed for- ward, and she is expected to be in com- | mission in two weeks. If she should out- | sail the sloops Edna and Embla she will | ciallenge for the perpetual trophy. The | sloop Gypsie is launcned and will be 1n commissfon_shortl ‘arl A. Tarnberg of the sloop Mist is trying to get her ready | in time for norrow’s regatta. A. M. Clay and G Gaither fntend to build | some new “ways’ for small yachts. Rattler Jr. has been launched and fitted | with her new mast. = To-morrow the California Yacht Club | or ciass flags. | ed into e divi first consist chts of twen feet or of yachts of a sailing r under; the l!]lru\i feet | Iron W that and t tween the soutt bo The cours: hou y competing | a member of the y not ca professional or boatkeeper on board ng th A meeting to conclude arran; % e L orge I. Gaither, and C. P. sioop Occident and sioop Volante were | of the ciub. The regatta | J. W launch Augusta, \d other lau s wil tranger 1 probably )t class consists of Rover and Gyps nt of Decoration day 1 Club regatta. South Bays have a o the 3 The . H. Hop] Dixey; T J Al The probable start- | In class 1, including | regat committee cor ps, P. Marte: i ler b feet racing length ch T bea he race, and Speedw: for t ways. the One long whistle be blown at 11: as a 1 to th s At 11 foot wh the 3 vachts vachts of st class 1. utes within wh the course must hours or the On Saturd up_to Vallejo, returning on_Sund: i J. Young and wife, with J. H. H | wife, - r in the sloop | Sausalito. F. F. Ames’ Elia went up to | Mare Island _on Sunday, returning the same d: Mignon went to McNear's landing. Several of the Corinthian yachts led in the channel and watched the es of tents at the Presidi dore C. Westerfeld's Aeolus, after sail- ing along the Presidio shore, went round Commo- i | Angel Island and up to McNear's. | Commodore Dr. L. Hill took the flagship Cygnus of the San Franciscos up to McNear’s, where were several Cor- inthian boats, and E. A. Wiltsee's Aggie, until recent flagship of _the Pacific Yacht Club. Car R. L. Eames sailed the yawl Phyllis of Corinthian Yacht Club to Par’annsu having on board n the Mrs. R. L. me: s Charmian Kit- teridge, Lynette Payne, McCrea, Messrs. <. Greene and Cushman. Secretary H. M. Landsberger of the En- cinal Yacht Club sent out to the members a circular. saving that the la- dies’ cruise to San Mateo, set for June 4 been postponed to September ; the manager of the Hotel Ma- teo having given notice that he would be unable to provide adequate accommoda- tions on June 4 and § for the number of guests expected to join in the cruise. To-morrow Dr. T. L. Hill, commodore of the San Francisco Yacht Club, will sail up to Marin Islands, anchor there for the | night and come aown on Monday to view the Corinthian regatta. Arrangements have been made for the moonlight cruise of the San Franciscos on June 4 and 5 to McNear's landing, and for a dance in the pavilion there, The South Bay Yacht Club has a crulse to Dumbarton Point set down on its pro- gramme for to-morrow. On Decoration day one or two boats may cruise up to the city to witness the Corinthian regat- | ta, and to show the South Bay burgee to | the yachtsmen of the northern bay. MARKSMEN WHO ARE DEATH TO SPANIARDS, Among the fellows brave at heart and strong of muscle who left snug positions in this city to enlist in the volunteer service were th® popular marksmen Al- bert Ehrenpfort, president of the Cali- fornia Schuetzen Club, and H. C. Man- gels, late lieutenant of the San Francisco Fusillers, who enlisted as a private in the First Regiment, which left this elty for the Philippine Islands last Thursday | Those two able representatives of the Golden West will certainly not waste much of Uncle Sam’s ammunition if they are called upon to glve an account of themselves before the Dons, as they are h remarkably fine shots. Shrenpfort, who acted as range cap- aln of Company H, California State Militia, made at the last monthly medal | shoot he attended on April 10 the highest score er recorded with a Springfield rifle in Schuetzen Park, namely, 49 out of a possible 50, at 200 yards range. Young Fhrenpfort a son of the well-known | apitalist and founder of the California Schuetzen Club, William Ehrenpfort, who in 1576 was a member of the first Cali- fornia rifle team that captured the Cen- tennial trophy in Philadelphia from teams | of crack marksmen representing all | States in_the Union. When Philo Jacoby, the father of our California champions of the rifle, visited the steamer City of Peking prior to its departure for a foreign country, young Ehrenpfort and his companion Mangels wera first to offer their hands to Philo in a parting good-by, and the last words, of Ehrenpfort, which still ring-in the ears of Philo, were: “Philo, old boy. we are off to fight the battles of our country, and we shall not forget your old teaching of how to pull a steady trigger with two fingers. I hope my aim will be as deadly on the Spanish foe as it has been at the bullseve. Farewell.” . | fore the board of governors o. the C. | pon | dftion for the September 9 race | Ing their services | fael " | Marin _ Warren. L b ot b o b b o b b b D ¥ MAY CHANGE THEE 8 DATE OF 1' + e ETHE 20-MILE RACE ool e L L A motion will probably be brought be- Al arc Tt meeting, June 4, road v In Sept e July date is an | awkward one, as many of the best riders | are in the country or out of training at that time. In September they are in con- | . or pre- | paring for the October 10-mile race, and ited | 2-mile | this time of the vear Is also better s for a long distance grind like the affair. E. A. Bozio, formerly of the Imperial ing Club, now of the Olympic Club men, will try for the world’s five- | e record of 11:112-5, over the San Le- | aywards course to-morrow, paced y tandems. Bozio has the speed, and if the course Is good and the pacing fast | enough he should succeed In creating a | new mark. Chester 8. Myrick, chairman of the C. cing board, is enthusfas- he war, and contemplates or- of wheelmen cycles and offer- T to the Government. touring board of the Associated ng Clubs has arranged a two d. trip to Santa Cruz for clubs and individ- | members of leaving Saturday afternoon. San Jose tha > beautitul the tic over ganizing equipped w Tt the local club: one from nified thelr I 906 Clay street, Rain has twice postponed the Re! Wheelmen's *“Old Men's Run,” uled for the past two Sundays. daunted, President E. B. Jerome h newed the call, and the run w take place to-morrow, weather permitting, leaving the Webster street wharf, Oak- | land, at §:30 a. m. | Secretary Scovern has just received the | waterproof covers for the road book, and they will be delivered free to members of | the C. A. C. C. on application, together | with the book. The new road book is | | eliciting most favorable comment wher- | ever it is seen. It is a work that should | be in the hands of every wheelman California. Nothing so complete has ever been jssued in the State, and the maps and directions are perfect. Applicatio for membership may be had cyeling editor of The Call or ley G. Scovern, ecretary, Gate avenue, ci Captain Harry Larkin has called a run of the Bay City Wheelmen to via au ito and Ross V morrow. Members and their fr take the 9 a. m. Sausalito roads are In splendid cond this season of the year County looks Its pretti club will hold a tandem rac weeks. Herbert D. Clark, the well known oy- | cling_writer and member of the touring board, formerly of the Encinal Cyclers, | has joined the Bay City Wheelmen. | The Olympic Cyclers and the Bay City Wheelmen will play their schedule game o1 the Cycle Baseball League on Sundaj onds will At The | and at | thing in st. The in a few | | June 5, at the Sixteenth and Folsom | streets grounds at 2 p. m. | Again is dissension spreading in the | ranks of the League of American Wheel- | He was men. The Harlem Wheelmen of New York State have resigned in a body, and this move will lose to the league over 200 members. The Harlems had been a league club since 1886. The trouble was that the Racing Poard granted a sanc- | tion for a meet to another local track on the same day set for the State meet held under the auspices of the Harlems. Two members of the Bay City Wheel- men have gone to war—Arthur F. Lund- berg, who enlisted voluntarily in the First Regiment_and safled on the City of P king on Wednesday, and Fred L. Da who preferred the navy, and is now at Mare Island. Lieutenant-Colonel Victor D. Duboce of the First also promi- ént in wheeling circles, having been a member of the board of officers of the | California Associated Cycling Clubs. His opinions were highly valued in the coun- cils of the board. Those who keep their fingers on the se of the trade say that the value vertising in the daily newspapers never more clearly demonstrated ng the recent dull period, when o advertised persistently were the only ones who did any Concerning the cause of the the war and the unsettled ve been abundantly blamed; but it is a question whether these twin ons are all-sufficient. It is a fact that was than duri h ¥ iy the 1868 models did not show enough im- provements over the '97 wheels to war- rant changing. Calvin Langton of the Bay City Wheelmen was married In this city last Monday boys to Miss Maud Lowell, and the shing “Dusty” and his fair ts of good luck on the sea mony. sident and a number of & Denver Wheel Club came here as members of the First Colorado Regiment, and are quartered at the tent- ing grounds. Thus far they have beel too busily employed with their military dutfes to visit the local clubs, but wiil find the doors wide open to them when they do. Howard Freeman, the California rider, who recently achieved considerable suc- cess in the East, hails from Haywards. “discovered” by Hon. Franx H. Dunne, now Superior Judge 1 this city, through Dr. Powell and his_brother, prominent Native Sons of Haywards. Judge Dunne proposed Freeman's name in the Bay City Wheelmen, and was so confident of his abllity as a speed mer- d his_interests every rcefvable way. Others in club did not think Freeman amounted to 3id not encourage him. Later t north, and at Long Beach ntaway mile in 1:28 15, On at Ambrose Park, New York, won the mile handicap, professional, he for a purse of $1000, and carrying with it 95 a week besides, defeating Jaap Eden, 31‘.0 Belgian; J. A. Robertson of England: Paul Bourotte, the Irenchman, and a mber of other cracks, mciuding Charley ells of San Francisco and W. Martin, the Australian, who beat ‘“‘Bob"” Terrill at the Elmhurst track a month or more ago. In the mile invitation, professional, | Freeman was also first, Tom Cooper, who lie Bald for the championship in second, and Robertson third. Judge Dunne a prophet & cycle racers. W. SPALDING. HANDBALL SMASHERS WILL PLAY TO-MORROW. The following games will be played to- morrow at the San Francisco Handball Court on Howard street: Dowling and P. Hutchinson vs. M. tied Ed 896, 1896, wa Evidently when it comes to findin shiin and W. Hamilton; M. Ma- and M. McClure vs. E. urle{; and ch; L. Waterman and J. R. Bock- 2. McDonough and D. J. Shee- Barry and R. Housman vs. P. seonard; M. McNeil and G. D. Rodgers and L. Cor- raine; J. Riordan and J. Collins vs. P. Donnelly and J. White; J. C. Nealon and M. J. Kilgallon vs. T. F. Bonnet and A. Hampton. E. Ryan and J. McDonald _vs. han; If+¢¢4?§+¢f¢#0+?¢: * THE GUN MEN : + READY : : FOR THE TRAPS + SUPPP OGP PGPS During the past week the sharp crack of the shotgun (owing, of course, to the smokeless powder) at the Ingleside trap shooting grounds attracted the attention of passersby, who inquired what was up. The Inquisitively inclined on learned, however, that the men who were prac- ticing at clay birds with shotguns were not exactly getting into condition for a | race with the Spaniards, but instead were simply practicing up for the annual tour- nament of the California Inanimate Tar- get Assoclation, which will commence on Sunday and will end on Monday. Apart from the added money, which 1s | strong, the purses will be increased by | entrance fees and the deduction from | pools of 2 cents a bird instead of 3 cents, as in previous tournaments. Three cents will be deducted only in medal and trophy | events, where the entrance money in whole or in part is to go to the winners | of such events in the last tournament. | The extra 1 cent a bird will be applied on account of the purses guaranteed by | the assoclation. In all such events there | will also be a side pool of $1, from which | there will be no deduction on account of | birds. | Under the new arrangement of pools, with” money added, the pool in every event should run from $60 to $100, thus in- | suring a very generous return to the win- | ners. | Purses will be divided under the regu- | lar class shooting system. Three moneys | will be given in fifteen-bird events, and four moneys in twenty-bird events. ~The usual cash’ prizes are given for high av- erages. The grounds, although owned by the Olympic Gun Club, will be under the eX- clusive control of the ociation, which is to make all the profit to be derived from the trapping of birds both In the tournament and in previous practice shooting. The team shooting will be on an_entirely new set of traps. Shooters from the interior, visiting the | tournament, may arrange their trips to participate in the State live bird tourna- ment, to_be given by the Olympic Gun | Club on June 3, 4 and Programmes of this tournament may be obtained from club secretaries, or at any gun store. The two tournaments come within a few days of each other, and combined, promise to make the greatest shooting carnival ever | held In the West. It is hoped that every | member of the association will aim to be present, The first event will be fifteen singles; | second event the same; third event wili doubtless be warmly contested, as it will be for the beautiful E. T. Allen cup; twenty singles, entrance $1, class shoot< | ing and four moneys. This cup must be won _three times before it becomes per- | sonal propert Fourth event, Olympic Gun Club m atch, twenty singles; fifth event, tw singles for diamond medal, which m so be won three times 'to become private property; sixth p event, fifteen singles; seventh event, Roos trophy, three-man team contest. | On the second day of the tournamens there will be seven events contested, the | final being the grand twenty singles per | man team shoot for the assoclation trophy, emblematic of the club cham- | pionship for teams of six men from eacn ciub. This trophy must also be won | three times before it becomes the prop- | erty of any club, and, until so won, will | be shot for at each annual tournament. | As exclusively stated in vesterday's Call | the Empire Gun Club members feel ‘as | happy as clams in blue mud, owing ta the fact that the Olympic Gun Club has | accepted a challenge to a team shoot, | | not much doing. Many of the club mem- which race will be decided soon after the live-bird tournament which will be held at Ingleside on June 3, 4 and 5. The Em- pire boys are very sanguine of defeat- g'lihme crack shots of the Olympic Gun THE JUNE REGATTA AT EL CAMPO. The management of the EI Campo plc- | nic ground has decided to hold a regatta | for amateur oarsmen and scullers, under the auspices of the Pacific Amateur Ath- letic Assoclation, a branch of the Ama- | teur Athletic Union. The regatta will take place on two days, June 26 and July 17. On the first of these the single scullers will race; on the second the barge events will be contested. There Will be senfor and junior outrigger skiff | races and a race in shells for seniors; | also a special match between A. Pape of | the Dolphin Boating Club and William | McCausland of the Ariel Rowing Club. | The management of El Campo, with the | co-operation of the assoclation, will offer | &old medals for the various events and a | Landsome trophy for the winner of the | special mateh. On the second day of the regatta, July 17, the barge races—senior, intermediate and junior—will be held. Crews, are going out every night pre- paring for the Ariel Rowing Club re gatta, which will be held on June 12 in- stead of June 5, as at first Intended, For | t_he senlor outrigged skiff race at the El | Campo regatta the Ariel Club will enter | Frank Wuson, James Wilson and George | Phelan, and H. Wittkopf for the shell | for seniors. There are several en- tries for the junior outrigged skiff race at the Ariel regatta, and from the results of this race the representatives of the | els at the El Campo regatta will be | selected. Work has begun on the new | barge for the Ariel Club, but it will not be ready for use at the club regatta. A crew of the Alameda Boat Club tried the new barge,Jast Sunday, and made fast time. The senior crew, consisting of | Zugene Hadcock (bow), liam Hansen | (No. 2), Atwood Webb (No. 3), Fred Ayres (stroke) and Ed Hansen = (cock- Swain), Is the same as last year, and is going out regularly for practice. The Alameda Club will enter this crew for the barge races at Bl Campo, and will be represented in the sigie events also. Jack Lewis will probably enter in the junior outrigged skiff race, and should Stand a very good chance of winning. Coney Ochs of the Pioneer Rowing Club goes out regularly In his skiff, and will represent the Ploneers In the junfor out- rigged sKIff race at El Campo. The club will aiso enter two or three crews for the barge events. Robert McArthur, Matt Breen, C. Jen- kins, “Do¢” Flynn, J. Pallas, J. E. Scully, and J. Lyons were at the South End Row- ing Club house on Sunday, but there was bers went out to the encampment at the Presidio to visit and bid farewell to their | soldier friends. The weather was so rough at Tiburon on Sunday that only two or three mem- bers of the Olympic Club visited the boat- house, and no boats were taken out. At the last monthly meeting of the Dolphin Boating Club the following amendment to the constitution was of- fered: ‘‘That the number of members be limited to seventy-five; that any gentle- | man of good moral character be eligible to membership, provided he be 21 years of age or over and an American citizen; that no person who has been expelled or suspended from any other boating or athletic club be eligible to membership.” The nominating committee has su mitted the following candidates for offic President, Joseph Laib Jr.; vice-presi- dent, Fred W. Woerner; recording secre- tary, J. S. Barls; financial secretary, F. C. Staib; treasurer, A. L. Schuppert; cap- tain, T. J. Kennedy; lieutenant-captain, A. W. Pape; sergeant-at-arms, Count P. von Hadeln; director, W. O. Patch; ex- ecutive committee—E. H. Coney, C. M. Farrell and T. J. Kennedy. | slde last Sunday teid et tern bt s + GREAT IS THE SPORT OF COURSING N R R R R R Although the weather indications are not favorable for outdoor pastimes, still + + + + + + + + +++++ | it can be taken for granted that an enor- mous crowd will be present this after- noon to witness the run-down of the largest stake that has ever been run at Unfon Coursing Park. The feat s at Ingleside to-day will be an open event for the flyers, a sapling contest and a consolation stake for the cracks unfortunate enough to go down la their initlal trials of the former. At Union Park the interest will center in an open, a puppy and a sapling stake. In the number of contestants Union Park greatly exceeds. At Ingleside there must still be drawn the “‘consolation,” but the quality of the long-tails is unprecedented. The sport will commence at the usual hour at both resorts and continue through Sunday and Monday. The chief stake at Ingleside this week looks to have many chances. The Dean dogs were not at their best last week. Lowe & Thompson's kennels are in much the same condition. At Union Park the Sulllvan or Rosseter dogs seem to have a good chance of win- ning the big event. It's about Curtis’ “turn,” however, and Log Boy may push to the front. The puppy and sapling stakes at both parks are liable to land "813' old place.” Three days is a long period of straight work for youngsters. Death has again_ visited a heavy hand on the leashmen during the week, and this time it was Willlam Murphy who an- swered to the call. The deceased was one of the oldest and most respected leashmen on the coast, and the report of his demise brought a sudden drooping of the eyelids and a hush of stiliness on many thou- ands. St. Patrick should make a hot bid for laurels ana coin among the saplings at Ingleside to-day. Dave Hooper is beginning to cut con- siderable hay on thesward. WithKoolawn he won $500 at Ingleside on Mayday, and with the same annexed the stake at Union | He purchased | Park again last week. Bendalong_ten days ago, and at Ingle- pulled down second money. Yrior to winning the big Shea stake, too, Koolawn had annexed a sec- ond and divers lesser moneys. Leashmen should not forget that the moneys taken In at Union Coursing Park on Monday next will be handed over to | the ladies who are connected with the Red Cross Soclety, and as the cause is good and noble it'is to be hoped that the lovers of coursing will turn out en masse on that day. The winners at Union Park to- day look to be as follows: _All- age stake—Vanity Fair, Mystery, Fire- ball, Hettle M, Van Chloe, Log| Boy, Jester, Border's Valentine, Diana, Glenwood, Tessie Falir, Metallic, Minne- apolis, Mira Monte, Commodore, Senorita, Maud' S, Forget, Sylvanus, Sportsma Arapahoe, Jesse Moore, Douglass, Flying Buck, Lissak, Silkwood, Jimmy Hope, McKnile: Magnet, Bonita, Firm Frien Laurelw , Lady Campbell, Mission Bo; White Lily, Lord Byron, Winona, Move On, Rusty Gold, Olga; Olrin, Eclipse. Puppy _stake—Thornhill, 'Daisy Dean, | Killarney Lass, Jersey Lily, Morning | Glory, Royal Oak, Magnesia, Sunbeam, | Liberty Bell, Dempsey Lass, Meta, Quiver, Rest Assured. Sapling stake—Statesman, Roval Flush, Sheridan, Petronius, Lalla Rookh, Heather Dell, Motto, Admiral Dewey, Trinket and Flush. At Ingleside the probable winners of | the run-down are: Flashlight, Prince of Fashion, Moondyne, Van Nida, Koolawn, Firenzl, Occidental, Bendalong, Cross- patch, Pacific Queen, Lass o' Gowrle, Vic- for, Master McGregor, Connemara, Little Dorritt. Lady Jane, Benicia Boy, Sarcas- tic, Mystic Maid. 5 N APTAIN , EMPIRE GUN CLUB V. F. ANBREUS, E GUN CLUB . E.L.SCH OLYMPIC GH&ILZUB H. RIC = EMPI REK LG%JEISELEB EMPIRE GUNCLUB SOME OF THE PROMINENT TRAP SHOOTERS OF THIS CITY. P R R o o S R e LATEST NEWS OF THE NATIONAL GAME O ST R BY JOE CORBETT. ¥ 28 + + + + + + - + + + + + - + The Baltimores arecertainly having their ups and downs. Peculiar game, baseball. Talk about amateur organizations win- ning games, this record of the San Fran- cisco Alerts has never been surpassed. Out ot fifty games played they have never met defeat, and owing to the un- certainty of baseball this record Is re- markable. Manager J. A. McCarren, in speaking of his great team, says that it is composed principally of boys who, owinz to their other business occupations, are unable to practice, and yet put up as strong a game as could be played under the circumstances. “‘We are prepared to cross bats with any of the amateur teams, Ortel, second base; Quinn, short stop; Raymond, third base; Byrnes, left fleld; Kreling, right field; Kreling, center fleld. Center Fielder Pyne’s deplorable actions in Sunday’s game at San Jose, where he, from all accounts, deliberately let a ball go by him, giving Iberg a three-base hit on what should have been but a single, is the cause of much discussion among both managers and players. It is a well- known fact that he has been endeavoring to secure his release from Manager Cof- froth for some time, and failing, has re- scrted to work which is hardly in line with his general make-up, and which will never accomplish the object desired. Manager Coffroth is at a loss regard- ing Pyne's grievances. He says that a short time ago he offered Pyne his re- lease, but after a little arguing the trou- ble was amicably adjusted, as Pyne left bim apparently satisfied with the new arrangements. At San Jose, however, hos- tilities were resumed, on Pyne again ask- ing for his release, Coffroth refusing—and justly so—to give it. Then occurred the little_incident in the field. Pyne would not field the ball, and instead of batting as he always does, turned around left- handed, greatly to the surprise of every- body. Whatever the real trouble is, Mr., Pyne on finding that his release would not be granted, should never have resort- ed to such ungentiemanly methods in his endeavor to secure it anyhow. A con- and our line-up, which folini s, ‘warmest in the land:’ " Bell, pitcher; | Morrison, - catcher; - Bachoff, it base; tract i{s binding. In baseball, whether it be on the Pacitlc Coast or in the National League, a player has but two alterna- tives, when things do not suit him—stop laying altogether, or play conscientious- y. He can gain nothing by antagonizing his managers, and for unfaithful service he can bé made to sit on the bench for a4 month or more without pay. Such an arrangement would hardly be agreeable, and consequently the best and proper thing for Pyne is to remain with the San Franciscos, which is one of the best teams in the league, and by all means be happy. When a player afiixes his sig- nature to a baseball contract, the rest of the world sheuld appear as a blank, so far as his getting into it is concerned.q My own case should be a warning to all young players aspiring to become Na- tional Leaguers. ' I signed a Baltimore contract in 1897, and as far as baseball is concerned I signed my life away. The compensation offered this season was just 3900 below tho estimate which I placed upon my services. But what 1 and nther.g think of my ability “cuts no Span- iards" with the Baltimore Club. I signed a contract with them. I can play with no other team of the National Leagne without my release, and I have not asked for it, simply because I know they would not give it. The reason they will not come to my terms is because they real- ize my Inability to play with another club so long as they hold' my signature, not-because I am not worth the money I ask. Way down deep they figure that L. like the number of other players who hold out every year, will see the hope- lessness of fighting the major league and will eventually come around, but it is al- ways best to know the kind of a fellow you are dealing with before jumping at such silly conclusions. Mr. Pyne's case is similar to mine. He cannot get away from the Frisco team without the con- sent of Manager Coffroth, and.I would advise him to continue playing where he is. The Frisco Club is not so strong that it can afford to part with its good play- ers, and as every attempt of Mr. Pyne to secure his release has failed he must either finish the season with the San Fraunciscos or join the volunteers, which would not be a bad idea. On arriving at Manila he could familiarize the na- tives with our great national pastime, cultivate his hitting optics by batting cannon balls, and then be appolnted um- pire of the Philippines by President Mec- Kinley through petition signed by all handlers of the mystic sphere. Pitcher Thomas is still the *“real thing" in_Fresno. Pitcher Harvey's feat of striking out three men in succession with the bases full, which he did in Sunday’s game against Santa Cruz, is the best piece of box work that has been witnessed in Sac- ramento for some time past. This game the “Beachcombers” lost by one run and should practice up in batting. If they cannot do better than this in a pinch it is time that the “‘ancient order of ham- mer throwers” did break a few records. “‘Pitcher Hughes of the Baltimores, who shut us out without a hit once and let us down with three hits in another game, is a good pitcher—there is doubt of that—notwithstanding all eports to the contrary,” said Manager Selee of Bostor “But I doubt very much whether he is a man who can stand lots of work. I think that if he is pitched about one game a week he will do good work, but he must not be pitched more than that. That, of course, is only my opinion.”™ There are other people who agree with me regarding the amount of work Hughes is compelled to do, and as I said on other occasions, if he does not go slow for a while something is liable to happen. To-day’s game promises to be the “warmest that ever happened.” The rivalry that has s?rung up between these two teams over last Sunday’s foarteen inning game of nip and tuck may, it is hinted, lead to all sorts of trouble. Both clubs are confident of winning, yet an- ticipate strong opposition, and in view of this fact will put forth their very best. The line-up is as follows: Positions. Fresno. + { A SERIES OF : TENNIS 34 f TOURNAMENTS < I O The event of the day in tennis circles is the interclub tournament which will be held on the Alameda Tennis Club courts on Monday, May 30. Three teams will be entered by each of the bay clubs respec- tively, and a general tournament for handsome prizes will inaugurate the sum- mer season of tennis. Much rivalry has existed between the clubs, and as this is the first time in some months that the flower of the racket wielders has been brought together on the same court much speculation has been indulged in by the players who will participate. The Cali- fornia Tennis Club will be represented by the following teams: Code and Brad- shaw, Adams and Weihe and probably the Whitney brothers; Oakiand Club by Nicholson and Stone, Hardy and Hardy, Pratt and Spencer; the Alameda Club by Bowen and Holmes, Jones and Murdock and Wheaton and Hellman. Owing to the inciement weather the in- terclub Saturday matches have received a serious setback. The matches between the Oakland and Alameda and the San Francisco and Alameda clubs have been put down to the end of the schedule. This afternoon the second meeting of ths series between the teams of the Califor- nia and Oakland clubs will take place on the California Club courts. From morping until night at the Call fornia Tennis Club to-day match games will be strictly in order. The first numy ber on the programme will be the ladies” singles tournament. The entries are nu- merous, and it is very likely that the tournament will run over several days to complete the matches. Then will come the tournament games of the interclub series. The final event on the card will be a_ special match between Joe Daily and George Whitney and Robert N. Whit- ney and George Bradshaw. Much inter- est is centered on the outcome of this contest. In practice games the honors have been pretty equally divided, and each team is vociferative in claiming prospective victory. a dinner and copi- ous beakers of wine have been wagered on the result. Daily and Whitney are selling slight favorites. The junior girls plaved a singles tour- nament at the California courts during the latter part of the week. Miss Ruth Foster and Miss Edith Chesebrough met in the flrst game of the tournament, former winning by a score of 6—3. Mi. Middleton succumbed to Miss Eleanor Eckart with a score of 3. The third match was between Miss Foster and Miss Eckart, which remains unfin- ished, each having a set. Letters have been written to George ‘Wright, an Eastern tennis enthusiast, in regard to bringing out crack p the caun(rxy for the Fourth of Ju nament. If arrangements can b factorily determined Wrenn, Sheldon and Ware will he seén o Rafael courts during the summer. During the week the following matches of interest were played: Root beat Bra shaw, 10—8, 6—4, 6—4, but the compliment was returned by Bradshaw a few days later, when he defeated Root, 6—2, 6—2, 7—5. George Whitney defeated Bradshaw, 63, 62, ; Walter Magee and George Whitney defeated Robert N. Whitney and Bradshaw, , T—5. CRICKETERS ARE OFF TO PLACER COUNTY. On the schedule of the California Cricket Association May 29 is set down as an open date. The 6 o'clock train from San Francisco this evening will take an eleven of cricketers up to Loomis, Placer County, to fulfill an engagement with the Citrus Colony cricketers. The team will be representative of the Ala meda Cricket Club, though it will al comprise two or three men who are not members of that club. The team will be made up as follows: R. B. Hogue, J. J. Moriarity, G. 1. Ball, J. B. Croll, C. Banner, 1. H. Spiro, A. Dickinson, H. Casidy, J. H. Sanders, H. Ward and J. J. R. Peel, or G. Hellman. A. Dickinson and H. C. Casidy are members of the Pacific Club. The eleven are certain to meet with a hearty reception from the Placer County men, and to have a good time, whatever the result of the match may be. The Citrus Colony has a strong team and has rarely, if ev been beaten on its own ground. The visitors will re- turn to San Francisco on Monday night, being due in the city at 8:45. On June 5 the second match of the Ala- meda Cricket Club vs. the Pacific Cricket Club should be played. It is to be hoped that nothing will prevent the latter club from getting together a full team on that day. Though it would have been more generous for the Alameda team to have resumed on May 22 the match left un- finished on account of rain on May 15, the Alameda captain was undoubtedly acte ing within his rights in claiming it as a draw game. All that was left for tha Pacific men to do was to bear witk such equanimity as they were able to stand the loss of an almost certain victory. I the Pacific Club does not cheerfully fule fill its future engagements cricket for 1898 will be at an end, and a serious, almost an irreparable, injury will be done to the game in California ADVERTISEMENTS. GET THE BEST. The ’98 Cleveland BICYCLES! BETTER THAN EVER_AND THE PRICE ON. 50, $55 and S5 Honest Cycles at Honest Prices. LIBERAL ALLOWANCE FOR YOUR OLD WHEEL. LEAVITT & BILL, RETAIL AS(i.EN;s‘ Liarkin . k. ggsSa.n x‘Ps.b].o a’.ve., Oakland. ALE—H. A. LOZIER & CO. B 304 and 306 McAllister st. STERLING BIGYGLES nd You Can Get Them Prices. A. C. NICHOLS & CO., 404 Battery St., Western Agents. 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