The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1898, Page 9

THE NEWS OF SPORTS AND SPOR FL ESTRO WAS POSSESSED OF GAEAT SPEED Defeated Fast Com- pany at Long Odds. FIRST TIME AT THE BARRIER | ZAMAR WON GALLOPING FROM | HUGH PENNY. First Call Ran Away From San Ven- ado—Aluminum First at Odds of 80 to 1—Opponent a Shifty Sprinter. d for the Baldwin stables to 1 the sensational feature of the rac- Oakl erday afternoon. Santa Anita sent filly by imported Ches- amed El Estro. It arance with the silk id 30 and 40 to 1 against was her first up, and the ring nd catching Magdalenas, the favor- paddock won by two lengths Hooker also headed the the place. nate investors on the manager of the a Anita ranch, who won a small for- t it was tempestuous salling Aluminum from Barney long oice was another onent for the 1t over the I choice in ing won . Prince play on that post Johnny Aluminum an, S San V Rosemaid, the only - third place hoi 1 a heap over the Dbrity face , and was act quarter by G against _which " 1. Zamar, from Dan Hon g out in front, making In | . a five furlong scramble | to | Piggott had the mount on the green | one huge joke of the whole aff; managed in a drive to get the piace F ;:ir‘l‘pp]ed. infirm and heart broken Kam- Again in the concluding number P. Ry: furnished the tavorltegh\ Cyril. NQ:: Turner was the driver and succceeded in Rlelflng a_poor start. Cyril finished a ¢lose third. Captive looked a winner to ¥;:§ggea fev;ls;.‘rides of the wire, where on ohenlohe by a short head. e Jockey Johnny Woods" { contract With Burns & Waterhouse will | expire next week. The boy will not be re-engaged by that firm on account of increasing avoirdupois. However, if Johnny handles all of his l:lotuindts i:l future as well as he did the utsider Aluminum he 1l tl\_‘e_ ground much, Filinoue oo wenty-one bookmakers weighed in Yesterday. Holiday y 2 = oo ciing Yy money is a great at. X two-year-old stakes of the Califor- nia Jockey Club close on Monday, Janu- 1‘.”-‘ 2. They are as_ follows: The Rac- ng stakes, $1000, four furlongs; the Flying stakes, $1000, four furlongs: the “»..terhouse stakes, $1250, four and a half | f‘\" ongs; the General Arthur stakes, [S 0, four and a half furlongs; the Can- delari han..cap, $1500, five furlongs; the Gebhard stakes, $2000, Futurity course. | To-Day’s Entries. First Race—Seven furlongs; four-year-old | and upward; selling. o X 2 | 421 O'Fleta 423 McFarlane . 426 M 425 Shasta Water. ! 428 Eventide 423 Frank Jaubert | 443 Kamsin . 41 mo | Third Race—One and a sixteenth miles; three- vear-olds and upward; selling. b l.friln e fi 435 Hardly ... omwell . (489) Robert Bo 3i4 Bernardillo 435 Our Climate. 102! Fourth Race—Two and a quarter Athenian Club Cup Seliing Stakes; $1500. 420 Sardonic 352 Buckwa. . (420)Daisy F miles; 430 Veloz . 423 Wheel Fort &) 104 851 Fifth Race—Futurity course; three-year-olds and upward. | 359 Rubicon . 17| 389 Montgomery 1 109{ ... Abuse . 9 Novia | ... O'Conneii’ 114|333 Mary: Black....1 Sixth Race—Five furlongs; all ages. 2 Bill Howard:...119, 424 Limewater . Maud Ferguson. % 38 Little T G. (102)Miss Marion.... 9 440 Bessie Lee Selections for To-Day. First Race—Shasta Water, McFarlane, Man- | zanlla. | Second Race—Jinks, Rainier, Dr. Sheppard. Third Race—Bernardillo, Cromwell, Mamis G. | Fourth Race—Buckwa, Whee Daisy F. | Fifth Race—Montgomer: Sixth Race—Miss Marion, Limewater. ——— e | Racing at New Orleans. NEW NS, Dec. 30.—Weather Results: Covington Ky Buffalo third. Maud Ferguson, Seven furlong: Rushfield and a hai. furlongs, Banish won, Boyd second, Kilarma third. 1:28% nd an eighth miles, Musecatine { won, True Light second, Tranby third. Time, 1:54%. Handicap, six and a half furlongs, Vil- e Pride won, Debride second, Dave S rd. Time, 1 ing, Terramis won, Her ion third, Time, Six furlongs | Own second, Minnie Wel | 1:16%. Mary Black, Abuse. | 3 | | | GREAT COURSING 1 AT INGLESIDE PARK. O+4+4+++4+4+4+444440 Three great days’ sport will be wit- nessed at the Ingleside Coursing Park commencing to-day and ending on Mon- day. The drawing, which was held on Thurs- day evening, proved beyond a doubt the great interest that the leashmen are taking in the game, which shows no signs of flagging. At noon to-day the sport will commence with the first round of the Sapling stake. which has thirty entries, comprising many of the fastest and most promising youngsters representing the local ken- nels, Then will follow the Puppy stake of twenty-four entries, and if time will permit, both stakes will be finished to- day, On Sunday, commencing at 10:30 o’clock sharp, the great All-aged stake will be called. Seventy-two high-class grey- hounds, many of which have won laurels on varfous coursing swards in this State, will face the slipper, and as the royal gamekeeper of the park is authority for the statement that the hares are “‘as fine as silk” and anxious to enter.into a test of speed with the dogs, the sporting peo- ple who will select Ingleside Park as the place to see coursing-at its best will cer- tainly not regret having visited that pop- ular pleasure resort. John Grace and his_son James, the ex- pert slipper, are ieeling splendid- after their trip to Los Angeles, at which place they enjoyed themselves immensely. In speaking of his trip to the Angel City, Judge Grace stated that in all his travels he never enjoyed such pleasant hours as those he spent among the. royal sports- men bf Southern California, and that coursing was the sport which the Los Angeles people have taken to with an interest which surprised him. President Shannon of Ingleside Park will be the most disappointed man on earth to-morrow if he should detect a spare inch of room in the grand stand or betting ring. % “1 know in my heart,” said’'Mr. Shan- non, ““that we will be pressed for room to-morrow for the simple reason that In- gleside has the greatest New Year's cours- ing card that has ever appeared in ‘public vthing under the sun will of this grand old_sport [ J + + + + + ++ e 4 it is an entry of first class dogs who are evenly matched.” Captain Clarkson of the House of Correc- tion 11 not have the pleasure of seeing wi; Grace mounted on his pet The judge rode day, but Nancy di . rules of coursing, and in- perfect turns—i. e., required her head left, as the case did mot for- and fnsisted on eld Steward T. McHugh laughed until nis sides ached when he saw the judge ng up the fleld in hot pursuit of the Vhy, man certainly thoug the fence, and knowing to be a good old country e rider 1 expected to see him, all go flying over the timber, = but f{ une favored the judge at the final | moment, as Nancy, being a native daugh- | ter, suddenly changed her mind and stopped short. Mr. Grace now says that in future he will haye nothing more to do with fast stock, and that he will turn all speedy racers over to his friend, Signor Halpin.” | i | THE CALL’S RACING CHART.| OAXLAND RACE TRACK, Friday, Dec. 30, 1898.—Twenty-eighth day of the California Jockey Club meeting. Weather fine; track fast. J. A. MURPHY, Presiding Judge. JAM rse (170 feet less than six furl could ha teh turn. ve wo “ariving. ark and Fly were badly interfered with n with & rider up that would have tried. Futurity course; selling; three-year-olds and upward; purse, 440, $300. . Betting. %m. %m. Str. Fin. | Jockeys. |Op. C1. 8h 4% . 1h |J. Woods 2 6h 51 2 1% |Piggott 7 28 33 |Gray 9 ga5 e 42 (Thorpe 1.5 1 1 54 |Powell 30 nh 8% 61 |N. Turner. 72 131 11 T4 8 1% 21 $1 8 TE AT 91 8 % 101 102 15 41 91 11 0 B 711 21 25 McPryor bt 1 1310 (L. Bennett ..| 300 Dolly I 102 1 14 |F. Bennett 200 Tt . inum was fortunate. His last ., 1:02%; short %, 1:12% Won first three driving. race was & bad one. Winner, B. Schreiber's ch. g. by imp. Away better Colonial Dame - Won. The Last was & bit short. Bessie Lee was tried for a “killing.” Cappy was backe: Scratched—Tenrica 105. = e O e s 441 THIRD RACE—Five furlongs; selling: two-year-olds; purse, $350. . 5 -— e 7 & T | Betting. Welght ¥m. %m. %m. Str. Fin. | Jockeys. (Op. CI. 10| 3 2% 31 21 13 |Plgsott . ‘ 12 3 7 €1 5% 41 2% |H Martin...l11-8 195 3| 4 L1 33 1% | | 2 125 2 B% 4% 3% T 8 81 ‘arasseuse 9 9 9 9 arr 2 o 12%: %, 135 %, 1.00%. Winner. E. J. Baldwin's br. f. by imp. Chesterfleld- b 1 e won cloverly. Second and third driving. sfiald La Cle ¢ | Estro is a rare good maiden Ann Page's race. She had plenty ut ortis 98, Malay 106, The Mini One mile; eelling Rey Hooker waited on Magdalenas too long. of speed Throw left. 107, Dy ; three-year-olds and upward; purse, $400. | Betting. Y¥m. %m. %m. Str. Fin lop. &5 1% i 1) gt : X % 26, 110 : 14 80 Angas 4 ¢ I h | V. 49; %, 1:14%; mile, 1:40% Winner. P. Ry Fitari. “Won easily. Second and third eastiy had the race well in San Venado ran well. >—8ix furlongs; selling; three-year-olds and upward; purse, $400. 443 FIFTH RAC . e as RN T Betting. ox Horse. Age. Welght[St. %m. %m. %m. Str. Fin. | Jockeys. [Op. Ol & zamar 11, 4 7 16 16 14 14 [Thorpe -t 58 Hugh Penn ( &h 31% 23 26 |Turner i 13 Kamxin o0 4 6 527 43 26 (Hal Brown..| 80 80 Roadwarmer. 100! 3 11 21 1y 4b Powell 0 12 Geo. H. Ketcham, 4.101] 2 4h 4h 5 1 615 |Roach . e e i $3 ¢4 13 6 |See 2050 2; % s 1a3% Winner, D. A Honlg's b. & by Bt. Carlo-imp. Royal start, Won tiaty. Hernd and third driving, Zamar was in full posse speed. Graoias outran him the first quarter, Scratched—Sport McAllister 110, 98, ¥ig Leaf 102, Malnstay 105, jon of all his faculties. Hugh Penny was at a loss for Defender 102, Free Lady 104, Homestake 444. SIXTH I;AC Seven furlongs; three-year-olds and upward; purse, $400. ] Betting. Indyx Horse. Age. Weight.|St. im. %m. %m. Btr. p. “(431) Hohenlohe, 3 DB AR i 3% ah PR Captive, 12 4 31 1 )‘\‘ 21 1 :2 3 4 Cyril, 3. T B BT L T 1 65 %) Guilder, BT 62 61 6% 51 5 8 ... Tom Cromwell, }5»; ;& x; “‘6 :;/. 103 % 403 Baliverso, 3 104 5 426 Nonc! 112 7 [ § 7 7 log !;lg 350 Brutus-Brown Maria. Good start exoe) A poor send-off downed the favorite. rt. Guilder received a calm looking ride, Scratched—Paul Kruger 107, Libertine 112 L5, 1004, %, Loy Winner, appy. Too plgl'loh use was William Boots & Son’s br, c. by imp. riving. ks e lm.‘ of ‘gw!‘ln the first / / | Caliiornia Tennis Club. The men were | paired their names were drawn, and none: o he teams had ever played to- gether before. A series of Interesting | | ROUND ROBIN LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT Last Monday a doubles tournament on a new plan was held on the courts of the games resulted, and the plan was voted a great success. George Whitney and Nelson Eckart won all the four sets they played; Arthur Chesebrough and Grant mith won three sets and lost one; R. and Lawrence Harris were third with two victories and two defeats. The Eckart beat An- drew Carrigan and B. Upham, 68-4. Whitney and N. Eckart beat Am- brose Buckley and Sydney Salisbury, 6-4. . Whitney and N. Eckart beat Grant Smith and Arthur Chesebrough, 6-1 G. Whitney and N. Eckart beat R. ‘Whitney and L. Harris, 6-4. 2. Grant Smith and Arthur Chesebrough beat R. Whitney and L. Harris, 8-6. Grant Smith and Arthur Chesebrough rn:u Ambrose Buckley and Sydney Salis- bury, h’fiunl Smith and Arthur Chesebrough t J. McBride and Barclay Henley Jr., R. Whitney and L. Harris George Broemmel and W. Landry, 6-3. R. Whitney and L. Harris beat A. Carri- gan and B. Upham, 6-1. 4. A. Carrigan and B. Upham beat George Broemmel and W. Landry, 6-4. There will be a q:)nd deal of play on the courts during the New Year holidays, and on Monday, January 2, a gentlemen's double tournament will be held, on the round robin plan, commencing at 10:30 a. m. Entries for the tournament close on Sunday, January 1, at 4 p. m. All matches will be decided by the best two out of three sets. After a team has been beaten twice it will be barred from fur- ther participation in the tournament. Prizes will be awarded by the club to the successful team. It is expected that there will be a large attendance of players and beat 3. spectators. The following players will take t in the tournament: George F. Whitney, Robert N. Whitney (the two brothers will not play as partners), Bar- clay Henley Jr., Frank Long, J. D. Mc- Gavin, Henry Weihe, 8. H. Adams, Syd- ney Salisbury, Ambrose Buckley, J. C. McBride, W. Landry, L. Harris, Andrew Carrigan, R. J. Davis, George 8. Brad- shaw, Dr. C. B. Roof, Harvey Walter, Arthur 8. Chesebrough, W. S. McGavin and J. O. Blanchard. The names of several young ladies are posted on the bulletin board of the-club as candidates for membership. ———————— SAN JOSE CYCLE RACES. Entries and Handicaps for the Big Meet on New Year’s Day. The following are the entries and han- dicaps for the two open amateur events to be run at the big meet of the Garden City Wheelmen to be held in San Jose on January 2, as prepared yesterday by Official Handicapper R. A, Smyth: Two-thirds mile handicap—First heat—J. E. wWing, San Jose, scratch; Gail Hardenbrook Garden City Wheelmen, 3 yards; Lace Dow: ing, Garden City Wheélmen, 50; George Dall, unattached, 75; 1. W. Letcher, Garden City Wheelmen, §; Angus Hood, unattached, 110. Second heat—E. Bozis, Olympic Wheel- men, 2 vards; A. T. Smith, Acme Wheelmen, 40; Milton Francis, unattacned, 50; Edward McNess, San Francisco, 65; F. Vollmer, unat- tached, 70; J. Young, unattached, $0; D, T. Arata,’ unattached, 105. Third heat—Waiter J. Davidson, Bay City Wheelmen, 30 yards: D. Francis, Garden City Wheelmen, 40; H1, Robinson, Garden City Wheelmen, 607 Manning, Garden City ‘Wheelmen, 60; Phil H. Rosenheim, Reliance Club, 8; Will' B. Longwill, Bay City Wheel- men, 9. One mile, scratch—J. E. Wing, A. Boglo, Olympic Wheelme: Davidson, Will'B. Longwill and Edward M- Ness, Bay City Wheelmen; Gail Hardenbrook, Lace Downing, I. W. Letcher, D, E. Francls, H. Robinson and D. Mannmg, Garden Cit Wheelmen; A. T. Bmith, Acmé Club: P. I, Rosenheim, Rellance Club: D. T. Arata, J. Young, F. Vollmer, Milton Francts, Angus Hood and George Dal'. unattached. The distance allotments are very fair, and show the exercise of much care an judfiment on the part of the handicapper. The principal event on the long pro- amme does not appear among the han- jcaps. It is to be a match race between Hg;é y Downing of San Jose and Orlando L. Stevens of Towa, men who are classed among the topnotch professional riders of the day. This race is for a purse of §250 and a side bet, the distance being one mile, best two in three heats, tandem paced. i FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 1898. $H+444 4444444444100 +++++t+ 444444440 E LATEST DOINGS 1 + IN YACHTING E + CIRCLES. s O++++++++++ 4444449 Owing to the recent death of Edward B. Lathrop, late secretary of the Corinthian Yacht Club, the annual New Year's dinner at the Tiburon boat house will be a quiet affair. “Eddie” was a universal favorite among the members, and was never ab- sent from any of the club gatherings. Many of the Corinthian yachtsmen at- tended his funeral, and sent flowers as tokens of their regard. His heart was in the sport of yachting, and he was zealous in the performance of his duties as secre- tary, which in a club so large and active as the Corinthian often entall consider- able labor. The nominating committee, consisting of J. Short, ex-Commodores A. J. Young and T. F. Tracy has nominated the fol- lowing to serve as officers o. the Corinth- ian club’ during the year 18%9. For com- modore, Carl Westerfeld, part owner of the successful prize winner Aeolus; for vice commodore, W. H. Toepke (of the firm of Havens & Toepke, architects), part owner of the sloop Harpoon; for port captain, John H. Keefe:; for directors, T. L. Miller, of the yawl Spray; C. L. Bar- rott, E. ¥. Sager, of the sloop Bdna, and A. 1. Lyons of the sloop Freeda. T. L. Milleri will be elected secretary and C. L. Barrett will be treasurer. "These will form a strong board of active, popular vachtsmen, the offices of commodore, ireasurer and port captain being held by the same men as last season fulfilled their duties to the general satisfaction. Frank Stone is working ugon H. Simp- kins’ new boat, which, with an over-all measurement of 65 feet, anu a measure- ment on the water line of about 45 feet, will be the largest ’i'awl on the bay. Stone & Swanson, the Tiburon boat bullders, also have under construction a yacht built on the lines of W. G. Hall, who modeled and constructed the schooner Aggle and the swift sloops Nixie and Aeolus. She is built of white cedar, with a keel of Ore- gon pine having two tons of lead bolted to it. Her bow is of the spoon type, and she Is considerably cut away at the stem. Her dimensions are as follows; Length over all, 33 feet 4 inches; length on the water line, 25 feet; beam, 1 feet 4 inches. E. Stone of Hunters Point is building a vacht which is said to be for one of the members of the South Bflfi' Yacht Club. The South Bays will elect their new board of officers later than the clubs around San Francisco, Thursday, March 2, being the day set. One of the best known vachtsmen of v days recently passed away ohn L, kley. He came to this State in 1850 and Mills and other He lived at Em- ake Tahoe, for some time, nd ther He was an enthu- htsman, and often took part in races before there w any organized clubs or regular regattas here. 1In 1868 he buiit the yacht Emerald, v matches and races in He was one of the founders of o Yacht Club, which was B ) was the agent of D. O. rich men at Sacramento. and owned la regattas. the San Francis organized in 1873, and was its first vice commodore; later he became its commo- dore. When the Pacific Yacht Club was founded in 1878 at Old Sausalito he became its first commodore and a life memoer. He owned the schooner Pearl, which was built from the designs of M. Turner, and the schooner Harvest Queen. Though he had retired from active business several years ago he owned a half interest in the &hipyards at Benicia and was interested in other enterprise: ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS RESULTING FROM FOOTBALL The thousands of peopls who look upon boxing as a brutal sport will doubtless feel an interest in reading something con- cerning their favorite game of intercolle- glate football, which even the ladles say is such a nice amusement, void of brutal- ity. The following is a list of the accl- dents and deaths resulting from the grid- iron campalgn of 1508: DEATHS. October 1—Poston College game; R. Coveny, paralysis of the spine. October 2—Practice game at Omaha, Neb.; ‘W. Howell, i{njured spine. October 1—Game at Camden, ; J. B Shoemaker, crushed fingers, from which Jock- jaw resulted. October 22—Wyoming vs. M. P. internally. e at Chicago; J. Morrison, Dickinson; Anderson, Injur November i—( injured internally. SERIOUS INJURIES. September 24—Yale Trinity; nose broken. September 21—Dartmouth practice; Emerson, wrist_broken. September _29—University of Pennsylvania practice; McMahon, ligaments of leg torn. October 1—University of Pennsylvania vs. State College; Schoffstall, collar-bone broken. October —Practice game at Brown Colle Captain Murphy, dislocated collar-bone. October §—Princeton vs. Franklin and Mar- shall; Hutchinson, ankle dislocated. October §—Game at Philadelphia; E. Raul- ston, leg dislocated. Townsend, October 15—Princeton practice; Hutchinson, torn ligaments of the leg. October 15—Butte vs. Deadwood; Mahoney, concussion of the brain. October 15—Miami vs. University of Cincin- nati; Captain of Miam! team, shoulder broken. October 17—Yale practice; Coach Sanfor, el- bow socket broken. October 22—Minnesota vs. Ames; Cole, skull tractured. October U—Wesleyan practice; Baldwin, leg broken. "October 26—Naval Academy practice; C. Simmers, collar-bone broken. October 27—Harvard practice game; Whitney, dislocated knee. 'October 25— Cheltenham vs. Penn Charter; R. Zane, ankle broken. eoper -—tGame at Beranton, Pa.; J. Gib- "Kidneys ruptured. > b‘;‘)’:{wher 29—Cornell vs. Oberlin; Whiting, Tibs nsylvania State Normal vs. Scranton Athletic Cannon, rib broken. November 1—Germantown practice: N. Chapman, thumb_broken. November 2—Practice at Yale: Sergeant, leg broken November 4—Harvard practice: Kendall, rib broken. November 4—Penn Charter vs. De Lancey: Rhoades, collar-bone broken. November 4—Germantown vs. Cheltenham: W, Newhall, llgaments torn in leg. November 5—Baltimore Medical College vs. Baltimore A. C.: G. Dulane, skull fractured. ‘November t—Game at Philadelphia: F. Bell, legbroken. November 9—Game at Stroudsburg, ar-bone broken. N. Rhodes, c November, De Lancey vs. Pa.: Germantown Academy: Miller, collar-bone broken. November 17—Practice at Phoenixville, Pa.: H, Eddinger, leg broken. November ‘18—Harvard vs. Yale: Ely, rib broken and shoulder blade fractured. November 19—Practice at Camden, N. J.: F. Van Hart, leg broken. Noyember i9—P. R. Y. M. C. A v i Riverton A. A.: Hiliebrand, rib broken. November 19—High School ve. Berkeley, Chicago: A. Moorhouse, skull fractured. Collar-bones broken, b. Lege broken, 4. Skulls fractured, 8. Torn ligaments of leg, 3. Shoulder blades broken, 2. Nose_broken, concussion of the brain, rup tured Kidney, ' wrist broken, collar-bone dis. located, ankle sprained, leg ‘dislocated, elbow socket broken, dislocated knee, cartilage of ribs torn, ankle broken, thumb broken and dislocated knee make up ‘the other accidents. STEELHEADS ARE NOW IN RUSSIAN RIVER Yesterday the North Pacific Coast Ralil- road Company received a dispatch from Duncans Mills that the Russian River bar is open and that the steelheads are making good time up the river. If the company will retain a sufficient force of men near the mouth of the river in order to keep the channel clear of drifting sands anglers can certainly hope for gala sport during the next week, as the large fishes will certainly not wait on the order of going but on the contrary they will work their passage as high up the river as it is possible for them to get. It is cer- tain, however, that unless a force of men remain at the river's mouth the channel that has just been completed will close on the first heavy swell and keep filling up until the blockade will be as bad as ever. John Butler McFarland, John Gal- lagher and A. Wilson will leave for Dun- cans Mills to-morrow if reports continue favorable. ———— How they catch hares for the coursing parks, in next Sunday’sCall. at TING MATTERS O ttitttibtt it tiad + GOLD MEDAL FOR CHAMPION : OF CITY GOLFERS. } O+++++++++4++4+44440 The men’s championship match play of the San Francisco Golf Club, which is played for annually, reached the final round on the day after Christmas day, Lieutenant T. G. Roberts and H. Babcock being the last pair left. These two will play this afternoon, eighteen holes, and the winner will be the San Francisco Club’s champion at match play. On Monday the links will be the scene of great activity. At 10 o'clock in the forenoon the struggle for the men’s cham- plonship medal play will begin on the Presidio course. The winner will receive the gold medal and the honor of being the club’'s champion at medal play; the second player will receive a silver medal. At 2 o'clock In the afternoon the contest will begin for the Liverpool silver medal, which is offered each month for men, medal play, each competitor recelving a handicap based upon his recent play. On Monday last, after the match be- tween the first and second teams of the Oakland Golf Club had been played, an informal tea was given at the clubhouse, which had been prettily decorated in a manner appropriate to the season. Next ° + + + + + A gas day _thirty-five of the caddies employed ) by the club were entertained at a feast of turkey, plum pudding, mince ples and other good things. After dinner was over each caddie received a present from the Christmas trees and an all-round good time was enjoyed. Though no special event has been ar- ranged by the Oakland club for Monday, many players will take advantage of the holiday to practice. 3 Golf will be going on from 9 a. m. until dark to-day on the course of the Los An- geles Country Club. The events open to club members Include a handicap for men, 36 holes, medal play; a handicap for women, 18 holes medal play; a driv- ing competition for men, and a driving competition for women. On the second day of the new year the open competitions, which may be entered by any amateur golfer, will be held. There will be an open competition for men, 36 holes medal lay; an open competition for women, 1§ goles medal play; an open driving compe- tition for men, and also for women. The last d of 1898 is an appropriate one for reviewing the golf of the past vear. The Rev. Price Collier, who is an enthusiastic golfer, says that on the whole the golf of 1898 in the United States has been %Hflner than the golf of previous sea- sons—not so much because there has been any marked improvement in the quality of the play, but because more people have become golfers, and because the game seems to be played with less wrang- ling and friction than formerly. He s that at one time it looked a \lu’!‘e an ional though the _semi-prof trickster might get in and spoil this good | s have spoiled other good game, sports, ing and boxing, but that fortunately this has not happened. There are more and better links than ever before, more good players, and better influences at work to make and keep golf an honest sport. DOLPHINS WILL ROW OVER TO SAUSALITO The boat clubs round the bay have late- Iy been expending most of their enersy upon the nomination and election of offi- cers to serve during the coming season. The Dolphins elected their new board on December 14, the Ariels held their elec- tion on December 19 and the election of officers for the next half year of the South End Rowing Club took place on Tuesday evening, December 2T e South End board is as follows: President, ; vice president, T. I. TFitapatrick; corresponding secretary, W. H. Mead; financial secretary, James Fee- han; treasurer, Joseph O'Dea; sergeant at arm; captain, William Thomas; Joseph Lyons; board of trustees—Herbert Hawkins (chairman), James P. Foley, A. Mellitz, V. Martinez and John Bogan. The dele- gates to the Pacific Athletic’ Association are R. McArthur, James P. Foley and J E. Scully, who sicceed Dr. C. annis J. D. Mahoney and M. Breen. Of th eight officers seven served the club in the same capacity (1unnfi the last half yea The South Ends will purchase the necessary lumber to complete their hand- ball court, work upon which will recom- mence at once. The following have been nominated as officers of the Alameda Boat Club for the coming year: For president, C. A. Smith; for vice president, W. G. Hansen and C. Pesoli; for secretary, W. B. Hinchman; for treasurer, George H. Miller; for cap- tain, Atwell Webb; for lieutenant cap- tain, Warner Lubbock and D. Greenleaf; for sergeant at arms, Jules Hartman; for members of executive board—Dr. C. W, Knowles, G. A. Rosenberg and F. A. Hammersmith. The election will take place on Tuesday, January 10. The intermediate crew of the Dolphin Boat Club will be got together again, Victor Caglieri having Europe. F. Schwarting’s place will be taken by J. Caughlan. A. W. Pape and W. O. Patch make up the crew. A junior crew has been made up, with Lester Hammersmith as bow, A. Sbarboro at No. 2, A. Brennan at No. 3 and George Baker on the stroke thwart. In January of the new year the Dolphins will hold a re- union, taking all the club boats out for a row to Sausalito and back. The day cho- sen will be one on which the tide serves well for the return trip. ——————— ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. Keen Game Between Oaklanders and Vampires Next Monday at Golden Gate. The Vampire Association foothall play- ers have lately been contenting themselves with practice games, but on Monday, January 2, they will play a match on the Golden Gate ground, near Berkeley, against the Oakland eleven. The Vam- pires and Oaklanders have met twice be- fore—on January 1, 1898, and on February 22, 1898. On the first occasion the Vam- pires were victorious by three goals to one; on the second meeting the Oaklanders won by three goals to none. The coming game will, therefore, be the deciding one, and both teams will do their utmost to win. Judging by the play of both teams against the Presidio eleven the game should be an even and well fought con- test. The Vampires, after a very even game, were beaten by the soldiers by one goal to none, while the Oaklanders, with a considerably weaker team than their present one, were beaten by three goals to_none, The Vampires will put their best avail- able eleven into the field and the Oakland team, including as it does such veterans as Percy Morse and Douglas Erskine of the Olympic Club and Percy Chambers of the Acme Club, is decidedly strong. The game will begin at 2:30 p. m., and the line-up is as follows: Vampires. Position. Oakland. J. M. Punnett..Goalkeeper B._Pomeroy Back. Von Helm . Laing Warren Chambers For the San Jose Coursing. SAN JOSE, Dec. 30.—The New Year’s day meet of the San Jose Coursing Club has attracted many fast dogs, and excel- lent sport is promised. There will be a thirty-two-dog stake and $300 in prizes. Monday there will be a consolation stake. The drawing to-night resulted as follows: At Last vs. Belle, Madge Wildfire vs. Giit Edge, Brimboo vs. Rush o' Hill, San- dow vs. Small Hop, Gallagher vs. 'Clare B, Thisbe vs. Game Leg, Laurelwood vs. Mountain B%y. Lady Islington vs. Straight Tip, Faultless Beauty vs. Flush, Kentuck vs. Bluerock, Bill Nye vs. Maud S, Dexter P vs. Dyramus, One Spot vs. Johnny Payne, Pastime vs. Belle of %‘&e‘t‘t‘o' ‘Walcott vs. Sharkey, Peppin vs. of 0. The winner will g)et $60, the runner-up $40, the next two $20 each, the next four $1250 each and the next eight $5 each. ko baseball, racing, pigeon-shoot- | returned from | fi CREEDON WAS ~SLOW T HIT AND PUNISH Green Won in Twenty Rounds. A DECISION ON POINTS CLEVER AND SCIENTIFIC BOX- ING FROM THE START. Neither Pugilist Appeared Anxious for a Knock-Out, Although Both Did Some Pretty Foot Work. George Green won a decision from Dan Creedon of Australia in a twenty-round contest which took place in Woodward's Pavilion last evening. Jack Kitchen of the Rellance Club of Oakland acted as | referee, and under the rules of Queens- | berry he considered that Green had the better of the fistic argument. Still there were several good judges of boxing pres- ent who thought that Kitchen would have won a great feather in his cap it he had ordered both of the men out of the ring long before the twentieth round was reached, as neither pugilist tried very hard for a_knockout. As an exhibition of clean boxing, side- stepping, ducking, etc., the contest was assuredly a sucl but when the affair is looked at in a serious light it smacked very much of the hippodrome, as Green cannot, apparently, disguise his style of ghting, Time and again he swung his left around the neck of his opponent when he could have planted the glove on Creedon’s ear or jaw. Then there were times during the game when George per- | mitted excellent openings for right-hand | body punches to pass him unnoticed. | Then there were those motherly embraces | and little smiling chats between the fistic acts which did not impress the spectators | serlously as to the genuineness of the contest. Creedon acted like a man who had grown muscle-bound from sack-lifting. Still there is not an; mention in his record of athletic e: s where at any time he assisted to load a tramp steamer with California grain. Be that as it may, Creedo; arms were very much tied and slow | e . It may have been t they were not out to win. At any rate, Australian Dan i; rated pugilist or else he held back his fire on Green, as he certainly had many excellent chances of planting his auc- tioneer where good returns would follow. But if Creedon had had an undertsanding with some one who was on friendly terms with his opponent prior to the game, then it is not to be supposed that Dan's };llfl-«ll'htrs were intended to do bodily harm. very much over- planted some good swift right-hand | bunches in Green’s ribs, which were an | evidence that the muscle-bound tactics he employ were simply to deceive the spectators, His manner of guarding and warding-off blows is very pretty and his footwork is faultless, but his style of hit- ting, as shown last night, would cause a. San' Francisco Athletic’ Club amateur boxer to blush for . Green certalnly | landed the most clean blows, and the de- cision in his favor was fair, surmising that the referee really thought that the fighters had done their utmost to please the audienc Green was the first to enter the ring —exactly at 9:30—accompanied by his sec- l"ra(qk oster, *‘Bob” McArthur and orrigan Creedon followed di- Al behind him, with his_seconds, Tom Tracey, Frank McConnell “Jimmy" Riley. Green was introduced by Announcer Billy Jordan as hailing from San Francisc Australia. Both and Creedon from | were greeted with an | equal amount of applause, | rents of the men throughout the fight | were about equally divided. Jack Kitchen, the popular boxer of the Acme Club of ‘Oakland, was chosen ret- eree. Announcer Jordan also stated that Jack | Bonner of Philadelphia had telegraphed | & challenge to the winner of the Green- Creedon bout. The men agreed to breakaway without hitting in the clinches, and with one or two accldental exceptions both kept this agreement to the letter throughout ght. ‘When the men stood together in the | center of the ring arrangine the details, a comparison of their physiques was pos- sible, and it w?s apparent that Creedon was slightly taller and somewhat heavier than Green. But the fight afterward de- veloped the fact that Green had a much more free use of his arms, and conse- quently a longer reach. Throughout the fight Creedon's aim seemed to be to corner his man and then rush in with a left swing and right body punch. Green showed much cleverness in getting out of these tight places, some- times by ducking and again by rushing at his antagonist. The fight began and ended this way. In the opening round Creedon had Green dancing in the four corners of the ring at different times, but the wily Californian, by fiddling and duck- ing, managed to get away, only to be forced into another corner. Both men fought with extreme care and seldom left an opening, due as much as anything to their cleverness. It would be fiddle, duck, counter and clinch, repeated time and again. Ocasionally each would essay a rush, which was generally blocked by the other. Green made many a wild left swing and vicious uppercut, but none of these blows ever landed. His most effective punches were at close quar- ters, when he would plant his left or right hard into Creedon’s body, and these often made the Australian wince, but he was game and ready for more. It was anybody’s fight up to the elev- enth round, with not much damage done, but in that round Creedon scored a dis- tinct lead over Green, batting him about at will. At close range the Australian was at his best, and he swung his short arms and chopped and planted straight leads into Green until the Californian was obliged to clinch. Of course, in such a mix-up Creedon did not get off unscathed, but another round like the eleventh woul have finished Green. At no time did the fight border on the sensational. Toward the end both the fighters and the spectators were warmed up, and the men took more chances with each other, spurred on by the cheers of the crowd. But even the last two rounds did not amount to much, although Cree- don had the best of what there was to them. He opened the nineteenth with a well-intended rush, but not land. Later he landed a light straight left on the mouth, and then folowed it with an- other. Green rushed, and Creedon met him with a right swing on the head. Green rushed again, this time getting in a stiff left on the body and his right on the head. Creedon ended the round by planting his left hard in the stomach. Green commenced the last round by rushing at his antagonist, swinging his left around Creedon’s head. Creedon was right there and rushed Green into sev- eral corners, from which he escaped by clinching. Green then rushed into a straight left flush on the mouth. Cree- don rushed, swinging his left low into the stomach. Green rushed Creedon across the ring, landing his left in the body and receiving a stiff right counter on the face. Green missed a left ""“5 for the head, and tried an uppercut and missed. Cree- doan landed a stiff left on the face at the end. Creedon nearly lost the fight on a fo in the seventeenth. He trleds a left nmtzelrli below Green's cut, and it landed way belt, the IalterFyelllng “Oh!” in pain. The crowd cried “Foul!" but the referee did not allow it, and Green was soon fighting as fast as ever, mixing it with Creedon lfle lively as could be wished for. The only time either man went down | Dr. A Occasionally during the contest Creedon | and the adhe- | the | was in the eighteenth, when Creedon slipped in jumping away from one of Green's rushes, and fell on his back. Green did not land and it was not a knock-down. The Australian was up in a second. Green Was Jubilant. Green entered his dressing-room at the conclusion of his fistic argument with Creedon with delight written all over his countenance. Not a blemish could be seen on him, and he looked as fresh as a daisy. He declined the attentions of his trainers and, while receiving the congrat- ulations of his numerous following, donned his street attire and left the building. While dressing he said: “Creedon is one of the strongest and most dangerous men I have ever met. took no chances with him. I was there to get the decision and not to_show how much punishment I could stand. Creedon is not muscle-bound, and can hit good and hard. His blows did not bother me at any time, excepting the one he landed low near the end of the fight. “I would like to fight Tommy Ryan for the middle-weight championship of the world. Jack Quan of Vancouver is willing to back me against him. He was backer when I fought Smith in York a few months ago. If McCoy could get down to my weight 1 would be willing to meet him. I will fight Bonner or any other middie-weight. = As to meeting Creedon again, I need time to consider the proposition. He is one of the hardest men I have ever gone against, but hav- ing gained a decision over him'I want to take on some one else.” uifl s Creedon Not Complaining. The dressing-room occupied by Cree- don seemed an unlucky one last night. Mose La Fontise and his trainers threw 2 glamor of mourning over it with their lamentations over the “unjust” declsion of Referee Murphy. Creedon seemed undisturbed by their grief and prepared for his encounter with Green as if vic- tory was already within his grasp. Even after the twenty-round bout he seemed undisturbed by the decision. He stated that he was not complaining, although friends had informed him that like his half brother, Tommy Tracey, he had been “handed” one. He said that he would like to get enother show at his rival and believed he could beat him. “Green was a better man than I thought he was. He is a strong and lively fellow and put up a good fight. I would have done much better if I had more time to train. Reducing my weight from 175 to 156 in so short a time weakened me. T am sure If Green would meet me again, and I had four weeks to train, I would defeat him in short order. My manager is willing to deposit $1000 with your paper to-morrow_to bind a match “with him. 1 have nothing to say about the referee's decison. Some of my friends think I was handed one by him. Referee Kitchen Satisfled. Jack Kitchen, the boxing instructor of the Rellance Athletic Club, who refereed the fight, was well satisfied with the de- cision he rendéred in Green's favor. He stated he had kept a close tab on the fighters and thought his judgment pleased right-minded persons. = “I gave Green a decision,” he sald, “be- cause I thought he had a shade !h? bet- ter of the fight. It was any one's victory up to the g(wemieth round, but after weighing the work done by the contest- ants during the fight I thought Green was emh\eg to it, he haying delivered the most clean blows. I seldom pay attention to a fighter who swings wildly and does the most rushing. The man who lands the cleanest and greatest number of blows is the one 1 favor. h men put up a good and clean T believe that Creedon, if he had longer to train, would 'have dons much better. He is a strong and willing fighter and a hard one to land on. In one og the earlier rounds Green tried an up- ercut for his body and he blocked with g!s right forearm. I thought George had broken his arm, the impact was so hard. It must have hurt him, for he did not try the same trick agaln. I did not grant Green the fight on a foul in the n- teenth round because I thought Creedon's blow was accidental. Green deserved the decision and I gave it to him. Betting on the Game. Slathers of *“‘wise money” went up in smoke when Referee Kitchen sald “Green All day long the ‘“men on the kno hovered about Harry Corbett’s poolroom and gave the ‘“low down' to each other. All sorts of stories were set afloat regarding the probable outcome of the contest. Everybody was willing to belleve that there was a ‘“‘nigger in the woodpile,” but just where nobody seemed to know. The local boxer remained a favorite in the betting throughout the | day, but along toward evening a wad of ° ise coin’’ with a mythical string to it was dropped into the box and Green's ad- mirers got as good as even money. Just before ring time Creedon went favorite. Ten to eight were the prevailing odds, Green on the short end. The sudden switch in the betting was the result of a “gold brick” in the shape of a strong tip on Creedon that was passed out by bettors who are supposed to know just | when, where and how a pugilistic en- counter is to be ended. Every ‘‘doubting Thomas” who frequents the poolrooms handled the gold brick, passed it to his friends, and soon Creedon was being played heavily by every ‘‘sure thing” man in town. Enough *‘wise money” went on Creedon’s chances to weight a balloon. e Tye’s Plucky Battle. Charley Tye was awarded a decision over Mose La Fontise after ten rounds of lunges, plunges and wild swings. Mose was far cleverer and faster than his oppo- nent, but his propensity to hit in clinches and habit of waiting for Tye to lead lost him a battle that he should have won, La Fontise had every advantage over Tye. They were scheduled to fight at 135 pounds, but La Fontise forgot to come to weight and went into the ring welghing in the neighborhood of 144 pounds. Tye conceded this advantage and went in and put up & plucky battle. He met the Mon- fana man's onslaught with straight lefts, bt was buffeted around the ring through: out the bout. Referee Jimmy Murphy cautioned La Fontise at various stages of the fight not to hit his man in the clinches and the crowd also warned him of his bad break by hissing him. La Fontise proved him- sZu' a clé‘\'er two-handed flggner. but a poor judge of distance. In thé early rounds he landed hard and often on Tye, but without inflicting much damage. In the last few rounds e began to show signs_of punishment. The cheers of his lrfends led him to exert himself and he ‘began to set the pace. La Fontise met him with wild swings that wound around his neck, doing_ little harm. The last round was of the hurricane order. Mose rushed and landed repeatedly on the Oakland scrapper and had him somewhat tired, but he lasted the round. The Enormous Gold Product of 1898, This will be the greatest gold year in his- tory. From South Africa, the Klondike and Australla the precious metal s being shipped in large quantities. It is believed that this year's output will be nearly double that of any previous twelve months. The sales of Hostet- fer's Stomach Bitters are also increasing very fast, and this year that famous remedy wiil cure more people of dyspepsia, indigestion, con- stipation, nervousness and weakness then’ ever Detor INGLESIDE COURSING PARK BATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, JANUARY 1 AND 3. THREE GREAT EVENTS! SAPLING, PUPPY AND OPEN STAKES. $750 ADDED. 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