The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 23, 1899, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER £3, 1899 CLATTER QN MARKS TH HOOFS E OPENING OF WINTER RACING ifornta Jockey | tween th beer by Eas sho if it o will need to win purse; her side o n arriving. irked by the Roc The WANT TO BEAT “FEOR FREEDOIME] | Australian Coursing Men Send | Over Their Fleetest Grey- | hounds | mer Mariposa, which arrived | brought six greyhounds rongly mar] coursing flrm owners of ertie. , Dan Ho ly selected 0g that ¢ t ten stood the vova to go to the 2y s entr! ne mecting will I 1 three days. All preg will made for the me 1 1wt fall the dates wi men object to ru dogs on nard ground. [&] priz, i being di arks this we ally strong stake, s being enter 1 should pro- me the first rdown. The rk this mor hose which dogs are rounds will pro- k. Ing not t tional cour; two of oast the most prom One Is by Mas Lady, while the a-BBona, full sister -y will not be | eing allowed to | growtt ing to Buffalo rate king. has_whelped a | sr_Freedom. | Valentine has dam wers steward at hcoming in the m at saddle at & HOMING John Filmer, the well known breeder of homing pigeons, won th of the Cali- fornia Homing Pigeon Club from San Jose last v with one of hy birds. d of his representative i per minutc, the fastest time ever 7 over the course. The race was the flrst of the young bird southern series. The birds were liberated at 9:30 a. m., the weather being clear, b oo wind. The official record of the serformances of the varfous Dbirds fol- John Filmer's AS72 arriv : dis- vards; 1040 s per minute. A192 arrived 10:43%; average speed dis- per amin's A1279 arrived 10:45. Distance sured. Hemelright's A305 arrived 10:41%; dis- | ne miles 150 vards; average speed, 570 77 per minute. | H.'C. Worth's Ad4 arrived 10:44; distance 42 miles; gverage speed, 9358110 yards pecianin- te. | "§i. Van Cortebeek's A223 arrived 10:49; dis- | tance 413 average speed, 918 31-100 yards r minute nes' A1775 arrived 11:07 distance 42‘ miles 1600 yards; average speed, 755 69-100 yards yer mini G. W AI012 arrived 11:17%; distance | 43 miles ards; average speed, 713 1-10 | yards. " James Jarvis' AL4S7 arrived 11:13%: distance 40 miles 1300 yards; average speed, 080 £5-100 Connolly's A63S arrived 11:07%; distance vards; average speed, 651 41-100 - race from Tres Pinos for the Me- Institute trophy will he held to- . Birds will be counter-marked at 632 Market street at noon to-day. They will be liberated at 9 a. m. to-mMOrrow. The birds will be on exhibition at the Mechanios' Falr #ng_x'. weelk. ot | nent are Jc | Olympic | be | to the b; | a length of | have settled on the dimensions of that top dressing having-lately been' put on. Prere will be no searcity of bookmakers, | a dozen or more firms signifying an inten- tion- to cut Among the more promi- Tumphrey, Harlan & Co. Phil Archibald, Cook & Foffman, Henr: Schwartz & and Otis | Burns & Waterhouse will also send a| string to compete at the Los Angeles ot | In all five races are down for decision | ¥, the entries being as {ollows: | ce—Five-eights of a mile, two-year- i race—One mile and a sixteenth, three- 1ds and upward, h race—~One 000, (50)Mt. McGregor.... €7 Hohenzollern (24)Lothian ) Lost Girl.. Rosinante 104 11 108 | SELECTIONS The Echo, Druess, e, Scot, February. A race—Fortis, Libertine, Oraibee. urth race—Hohenzollern, Mt. McGregor, “romwell th race—Good Panamint, Chihua- Hope, TO SCULL FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Adopt | Oarsmen Propose to Longer, Lighter and Faster Skiffs. meeting of the Pacific the Amateur Athletic | Monday night in the | clubrooms elght organizations | nted, six of which were row- Sixteen delegates were pres- f them from boating or- Sixteen amateur clubs now the sgocl; on J Bockman, president of the retiring board of managers, read a report, in which he said that an attempt would be m to revive Rugby and Association 1 and to encourage relay races and water polo. The assoclation now exerc urisdiction over eighteen classes of sport, | among which are billlards, boxing, indoor | d outdoor baseball, football and rowing. ontrol which it exerts over most of | sports is nominal rather than real, It concerns itself almost entirely | with rowing, jurisdiction over which has | n expressly abandoned by its parent | body, the Amateur Athletic Union. It has | found itself unable, after repeated efforts, to collect from the universities of Stan- ford and California the fees for sanctions for football games. A schedule of football games has been arranged between the mpic Club and the two universiti he asoclation officlals threaten the players and s are not paid. P. J. Franklin, the only representative of the University of California present at the meeting, said that he believed the university would pay s if the matter were properly stated. delegate being in attendance from Stanford, its intentions could not be as- At the annual oclation of Union held 1 Were repre ing clubs. ent, thirtee 1z: belong J. R ms. and disqualif; it the to stop the games certained. Notlce was given by 8. J. Pembroke of the Alameda Boat Club of an amendment whereby the gth of the outrigged skiff should be increased and its beam narrowed, the proposed boat to have or 24 feet, a minimum beam of 16 inches, and a smooth bottom. The boats in use at present are 20 feet 2 feet wide. and weigh about 70 pounds The South End delegate, J. P. Foley that smooth-bottomed boat rough wate of this cl 1s_alre < though it is scarcely ever used, namely. b 2 South End Rowing Club has s its mem- senior barge crew in training. bers are . § M. J. Breen, J. Pallas and J. Lyon unior crew, consistin, of J. P. Foley, A. Hampton, C. Skelly and | C. C. Dennis, 1s in regular training, and will row in the: new barge bullt by Al Rogers. The Ariel Rowing Club will be well rep- nted in the champions ‘ampo on October 15. crew is made up of H, Wi llam Howe, No. 2; Robert on, bow 2; Ellis, and James Wilson, stroke. The rge crew is made up of Charles Wilson, troke; E. C. Peters, No. 2, I. Loth, N 3, and E. J. Lynch, stroke. All these Cept Peters have had practice in barge rowing, and all are six-footers; their av- erage weight Is 170 pounds. The Ariels will hold tryouts to decide who shall carry the club colors in the outrigged skiff race. The candidates are cken, Wilson and Haughton. Sternberg and Kelley may form a junior barge crew, but otherwise will probably enter the jun- jor skiff race. Three new members were elected and flve applications for member- ship were recelved at the last meeting of the club. The order for a new skiff has | been deferred until the association shall No. Junior class of boat. The Alameda Boat Club will hold a re- gatta on Oakland Creek on October 1. Atwell Webb, whose sister died recently, has retired for the rest of the season from the senior ‘barge crew. His place will be taken by Eugene Hadcock. Chet Avers is stroking a junior barge crew, the other members of which are T. Thorn- ing, C. Hague and Mr. Halnan. —_—— Every ticket sold guarantees a seat on the Ukiah excursion Sunday, September 24. Fare, $2. Leave Tiburon ferry at 8:30 a. m. & W0 [STRIVING FOR | aggregation called a halt, and now it de- on’the trail of the leaders, and the local [ Frisco manager by preventing the Friscos | owing to his efforts that the recent show B . SR SRCED S S SO SO S £ & ! - 8 o [3 o ° Q ° ° ° (3 {ul} vored by many bettors for the big race RO OROTRARORO RO RGNV RO ROROL SHAMROCK MEETS WITH QUUORONONONOL2D {=a FIRST PLACE Wi tse mrem | AN ACCIDBNT Sacramento. = Up to Sunday last it appeared the Sac- Spgefal Dispatch to The Call ramento ball tossers were running away from all competitors in the race for the championship trophy. The Santa Cruz NEW YORK, Sept. 22—Good judgment on the part of those In charge of the vacht Shamrock to-day saved her from what might have been a most serious ac- cident. After salling In a strong breeze over about five miles of the course off the New Jersey coast her crew found that the bobstay was stretching and in danger of carrying away, so Designer Fife or- | dered the sail taken off and the vacht | was towed to her moorings in the Horse- | shoe by the newspaper tug Dyckman. There the bobstay and fts fittings were volves on the Oaklands to make the halt | a protracted affair. The Dudes are hot fans, who have not yet lost all confidence | in Uncle Hank's team, are hoping that | Ewing’'s men will shorten the gap be- tween first and second place. Last week the Oaklands saddened the heart of the from gaining on the leaders. They are playing no favorites, entertaining as they do the hope that-they may soon be in the | taken off and put on board the repalr race themselves. | scow Ulster. It was announced by Dr. The Oaklands have beaten all comers | Mac representing the Shamrock’s since their reorganization, and it now | owne: . that the damage was trifing and that the yacht would be all right in the morning. Commodore R. G. Sharman Crawford, Hugh M. McGildewny and Executive Sec- retary Cralg, all of the Royal Ulster | Yacht Club, were guests of Sir Thomas Lipton to-day on board his steam yacht Erin. The Erin came to the city during the afternoon for some more guests and ma- terial for electrically lighting the yvacht during the Dewey naval parade. To-night they are having a sort of dress rehearsal of the work. The word “Erin,” spelled in green incandescent lights ten feet high, will be hung between the masts over the smokestack. Under the fore gaff the Unifon Jack will appear and under the main gaff the Stars and Stripes. | remains to be seen whether they can be | stopped-by Sacramento. On form—If there | any form in baseball—the Dudes should win easily. They won four from Santa Cruz and made the fifth a draw, and then ita Cruz won two straight from Sac- amento. 8o a form prognostication should pronounce the Oaklands the win- ners of the coming serfe The line-up for to-day s as follows: Po cramento. itlor her Pitcher Oakland. Hammond * Borchers Hutchinson “rancks .Lange Schmeer | die and will offer him at a price com- mensurate with his champlon’s title. The Verona Kennels' entry in the fleld trials will be slim, as all the young dogs are going to Mississippi with George Richard, who will train them there. Mr. de Ruyter will retaln Count Gladstone 1V and Iroquols Chief for stud purposes and Steam's Rush and Plain Sam’s Son for his own shooting. THE DOG FANCIERS. The San Francisco Kennel Club is :fl)'lut} to lose the services of as efficient a sec- retary as has ever served a kennel club as an honorary official. Henry H. Carl- | ton has been compelled by {ll health to | retire permanently to his ranch in Napa County and has tendered his resignation. | The Field Trials Association Is awalt- In the history of bench shows in this city |ing a reply from Colonel Merriman to no executive officer has commanded and | thelr invitation to judge the field trials in January next. Should the colonel be unable to accept, the choice of judge will probably be beiween W. S. Pell and Thomas Johnston. H. L. Betten of Alameda is endeavoring to form an association of fleld trial clubs merited more respect and popularity than Mr. Carlton. It was almost entirely W such a brilliant success. The sensation of the day in dogdom is the breaking up of the Verona Collie | on the coast for the purpose of regulating Kennels, probably the largest In the | the trials and harmonizing the confllct. | United States. J. E. de Ruyter intends |ing interests of the different clubs. Ther: to sell all except Old Hall Admiral and | can be but little doubt that the succes: Heather Min The collection includes | of the plan_would largely contribute to | Verona Mint's Admiral, Verona Pale | increasing the number of trials and to Face, Verona Admiral'’s’ Mint (first in |stimulating the interest of dog owners puppy and novice bitches), Verona Ap-|and breeders. probation (second in limit dogs), Heather | _Thomas H. Brown, president of the St. Molly (first in limit bitches), Verona | Bernard Club, has purchased from Dr, Braw Scot (second to Old Hall Admiral in | W. R. Cluness Jr. a black Cocker spaniel open dogs), Verona Bonnfe Brae (first in . by Champion Colorado, out of open bitches, Heather Mint not com- mpion Railette. Cluness has sold hi peting), and numerous young dogs out of | St. Bernard, Reglor Jr., while Browne these. ' Mr. de Ruyter has reconsidered {lost his Champion Grand Master by his determination to keep St. Clare Lad- | death. [ e e e e R O ® 3 § L R e o e . ) TARCOOLA, WINNER OF THE MELBOURNE CUP AND OF $150,000 IN STAKES. SPORTING CELEBRITIES FROM THE ANTIPODES. Tarcoola, one time winner of the Melbourne cup race, a classic event of the turf, arrived here vesterday on the steamer Mariposa from Australia. He will be sent at once to Rulnart Stock Farm, of which R. Porter Ashe is president. Tarcoola {s by Newminster out of Imogene. Newminster {s by Marauis Spa, while Imogene is by King of the Ring Milksop. He won the Melbourne cup when the purse was $50,000, running the two miles over the turf in ., lue last five furlongs in 1:01%, having 124 pounds up. Entering the stretch he was three lengths behind the bunch, which was led by Carnage, supposed to be the greatest horse of the year. Tarcoola made up the distance and ultimately won by a head. The American record over an earthen track is 3:26%. He won the ‘Willilamstown cup, Queen’s birthday handicap and ran third for the Caulfield cup. It was conceded he would have won the latter had not his bridle slipped off. He is eleven years old and is valued at $25,000. A two-year-old colt by him sold recently for $1000. He was bred by James Redfern and is owned by W. H, Dunphy. Alexander Dick is in charge of him. Tuscarora, a noted race mare at the colonfes for short distances, also came on the steamer. She will be seen in competition here. Six greyhounds, one for the coursing firm of Sterl & Knowles, were also amoug the sporting stock to_come, S AWAIT THE BUGLE CALL TO THE POST. ls of the The inaugural handicap at one mile will Galen Brown's horse Libertine, is also in demand. g HE sheen of silken jackets, the thunder of hoofs and the cheers of a multitude of spectators will usher in the 8 winter racing season of 15%9-1900 at Oakland this afternoon. The offic O- left nothing undone which would insure the succe of the meeting. S be the .d-bit of the programme. Charles Boots' bay hors Hohenzollern, P 2 PO OCOCOACOT0L O0000D0Le0000000L0ReOU00O0CEeOLr 0000 oD, California Jockey Club have by Imp. Brutus-Brown Maria, s fa- 53 ORSUORONGR B BONOROROROTID GUNMEN READY FOR THE DUCKS Await the Openingrof Shooting Season With Pleasurable Anticipation. From the immense amount of powder and shot sold during the past week it would be advisable for ducks and quall to avoid this district for the time being. The shooting season will open one week from to-morrow and a veritavie army of men will shoot over upland and marsh. Brilllant sport is not expected on the opening day of the season, as “weather conditions have not been favorable for some weeks past. Around Alvarado the preserves are dry and offer no attractions for ducks at present. The officers of the Olympic Gun Club have drawn a set of comprehensive rules to cover all conditions of shooting on their Cordella preserves. The only days shooting will be allowed are Sundays and Wednesdays. There will be no shooting before sunrise or after sunset. Shooters will draw for blinds at Cordelia the night before the shoot. No more than twenty may shoot at one time; when more than that number present them- selves lots shall be drawn. No loaded or at headquarters. Each shooter must remove his own decoys from the ponds when he is through for the day. The following special rules of the club may be read with profit by all gun men: Study the comfort and pleasure of your tellow-shooter, and conduct yourself so as not to interfere with his sport. Remember he is after ducks, too. Refrain from loud talk and shouting (to your dog especially). Ducks don’t have any- thing to do with noisy people. Stay in your blind as much as possible, and stay out of slght. Ducks won't decoy to you. Bhoot cripples—don’t chase them. Retrieve only as often as necessary—once an_hour is enough. Shoot only at birds within your reach. Let skyscrapers alone—they ~will come nearer; if not to you to your fellow-shooter, and he is waliting for them patiently; don't forget him. Don't let your gun point at any one at any time—shooters don't enjoy it, even when guns are not loaded. Don’t go into a house or a wagon Wwith your gun loaded. Don’t climb a fence with a load in your gun. It takes but a minute to extract the £hells—it takes three days for a funeral. The members of the Shellville Rod and Gun Club, whose headquarters are in Sonoma County, are preparing for the season. The following members met at dinner recently and planned for the fu- ture: Harry Baum, Al f, Al Herzog, “Bill R. Reynaud, Herman Eisner, , George Hinde and George Bie- Martin, Frank Bay, M. Bur- Otto Fendner has returned from his annual cation. W. F. Quimby, a noted trap shot of the East, 15 expected here shortly. Thomas Vincent and Frank Howlett have returned after two weeks' shooting and fishing in Mendocino County. They secured two bucks and trout in unlimited numbers. — e MAY FORM A NEW CLUB. The announcement in The Call Thurs- day of the probable formation of a new wheeling club, made up of the older members of the Olympic Wheelmen and Bay State Wheelmen, has been the scl. topic of conversation among the cyclers. Many say they will join such an organiza. tlon, though it must not be supposed that they are by any means in the majority. Both clubs still have a large number of warm supporters, who will stay by thefr colors through thick and thin. The idea of a new club, however, ap- peals strongly to those cyclers who take little or no interest in raci As one rider “for health and ple says: “1 am 30 years of age and of some slight standing In the community. T drop down notices my entry or exit. later in comes an I8 has achieved fame a: racer, every attention is shown him. - Special quarters are fitted up for the racers in the Bay City Club occupying the entire basement of the building, while a man who wants to read has to sit in the back parlor and card players are relegated to a table in the front parlor. What Kkind of whist can a man play with a piano, miserably played, thumping in his ears? ‘With the Olympics, the sole cause of de- fection is the proposed increase in dues, which will brizig the dues of the wheeling annex up to §5 25 a month; too much, say the riders, for a cycler to have to pay for club dues. 150 members can be supported for about half that amount monthly. Charles Albert Adams of the Olympics is a hearty supporter of the new move- ment and declares that he knows of at least fifty men who will sign the charter roll of the new cluh. Now that the date of the annual twenty-mile road race has been definitely set at October 8, the riders of the three clubs who will enter teams have agaln gone into active training for the event. The Bay Citys, Olympics and Garden Citys will enter teams. The Acmes may, but have sald they would not. James Joyce Jr., well known to the wheelmen here, is located in New York, associated with Harry Payne Whitney in the automobile business. They control the entire electric cab business of New York. The first meeting of the new board of directors of the Bay City Wheelmen was held Thursday evening and the following officers were elected: President, Archie Reid; vice president, F. C. Boeckman: treasurer, Austin Kanzee; recording sec. retary, S. B. Vincent; cag‘tmn. Frank N. Smith; directors—Judge Frank H. Ker- rigan, Henry L. Dv‘. F. H. Watters, G. B. Stangenberger, W. V. McDonald, E, D, A Mendell. - RORGRCO guns will be permitted in the clubhouse | Bob | to my club of an evening and no one| A few moments | ar-old boy, who | and behold They think a club with about | CHALLENGER GADDER AND THE TRUANT HE fourth race for the San Fran- cisco challenge cup will take place to-day over the Corinthian course 1 of thirteen nautical miles between | the sloop Gadder, representing the San Francisco Yacht Club, and the sloop | Truant, representing the Corinthian | | Yacht Club. The Corinthians are the | | holders of the trophy, and the San Fran- | clscos the challengers. The Gadder will | | be sailed by ex-Commodore W. N. Mec- | Carthy, owner of the schooner Ramon G | The crew will consist of J. R. Savory of | | the Juanita, R. S. Bridgeman of the The- tis, J. S. Cockerill (who has been sailing | this season with Commodore T. L. Hill of | the flagship Cygnus) and Mr. Welch. Ex | Commodore A. J. Young will be the rep- resentative of the Corinthians on the Gadder. The Truant will be safled by her | owner, ex-Commodore J. W. Pew, whose | READY TO RACE vas a weighted fin keel has been added to her. She is said to be very stiff in a strong breeze. When the challenge was first is- sued it was supposed the San Franciscos had in view the fact that at the end of September the wind has lost some of its summer force and that light weather would be most favorable to the challenger. Now, however, the San Franciscos seem to rest their main hope on the chance a strong wind. The Corinthians also believe that a stff breeze will suit their efender best, so a light breeze will sat- E neither. The San Fran -0s, wheth- er they win or lose, will give a hop in the clubhouse at Sa lito to-night and will cruise over the channel course to-mor- row. The Corinthian yachtsmen feel that an injustice has been done to them and to ex-Commodore J. W. Pew by the charges of ‘“‘unsportsmaniike conducy’ which have been made against them. The terms un- der which the challenge cup is beld state that the defending yvacht must not have | crew will be Orlo Eastwood, Charles L. |a racing length more than 10 per_cent Barrett, Commodore Carl Westerfeld, J. | Short and F. E. Schober. The represent- | ative of the San Francisco Club on board | | the Truant will be Secretary E. C. Bart- | | lett. The referee is Commodore J. S. | Hanley of the Encinal Yacht Club. | members of the regatta committees of the | two clubs will act as judges. The timers | are J. H. Hopps and G. D. Campbell. The | officials and invited guests will follow the | race on the steamer Caroline, which will be at Melggs wharf at the foot of Powell | | street at 12:30 p. m. The yachts wiil start | at 1 p. m., and will have ten minutes after | | the signal gun within which to cross the line. The salling rules of the Corinthian as the challenged club will govern the | race. | The Truant was on Frank Stone's wi at Tiburon last Saturday | damage done to her on Admission day re- aired and being put into thorough order. | The Gadder came down from Benicia to Sausalito last Sunday, was taken up on | the club ways on Thursday and came off | again vesterday. She draws less than a foat of water and has a somewhat ugl. boxlike appearance. To give her stabili and enable her to stand up.under her can- s getting the | | greater than that of the challenger. When the San Franciscos named 2.5 feet as tha racing length of their boat the Corinth- ians were entitled to select a defender not exceeding 25.05 feet racing length. On looking around among the thirty-footers (the strongest class in the club) the Tru- ant seemed the best boat and she was accordingly chosen. There was nothing in the slightest degree ‘“unsportsman- like” in this. The Corinthians merely selected the best defender the rules per- mitted them to choose. It is said that the San Franciscos wished to challenge in | the 25-foot class and had no intention of racing against one of the Corinthian 30- | footers. If they wished to make sure of | this the extreme racing length of the | challenger should have been 2273 feet. | Corinthians say that as a matter of fact they have to defend the cup with a cruis- | Ing boat against a racing machine, which | has had a house put on in order to con- | form to_the rules and make it a cabin vacht. So long as the rules are complied | with this is permissible. The yachts of the California Club under orders of Commodore Allen M. Clay will rendezvous at Sand Cove, Angel Tstand, this evening. To-morrow the members wili enjoy a clambake on the beach. FOOTBALL MEN ROUNDING OUT Stanford, California and Olym- pic Working for the Season’s Games. ‘Whirr goes the pigskin through the air, and loud is the shouting of the coaches as they yell football wisdom into the ears of the college colts. at Berkeley the afternoon is given over to the pigskin game, and the work has begun in earnest. On this side of the bay the Olympie Club is struggling with a team that will make itself felt in tha series of games with the college elevens, | as the men are not neglecting a moment | of their daily practice. = The preliminary work has not yet been‘ completed at either of the colleges, but | Californa will begin active training before | Stanford for two reasons—they were ear- | lier on the field and the team is in a better | state of formation than that at Palo Alto. | { The Olympic Club eleven began work some two weeks ago and ignored what is usually known as preliminary work. As the winged 0" gridiron athletes are men of seasoned-brawn and ripened experi- | ence they do not need preliminary work | other than that which acts as a condition- | ing element. | The Olymplc team of this year is per- | haps the best as far as material goes | which that club ever presented. There not a man on the line who is not a heav trained football athlete and who he played the ‘positlon which he will o less than three years. Signal practi the rapid order, execution of pla tackling make u; athletes. 'They h agalnst, and so they are trying to perfe team work by exercise in signal practice. As all the men are old players, and able | | ones at that, this not such a serious situation as at first seems. Later on in the season, when the college men have | reached the stage of training where they can stand any Kind of a battie, the Olym- | pics may find themselves in a bad way, | | unless they engage in just such kind of | practice work. The Saturday games will | | tend to round out the Olympics. Last | season the clubmen were battered into | condition after two months of play, but | | the season was over and they could not | | redeem themselv The Olymplc team is practically chosen, During the -early part of this week the | already strong aggregation of players was fortified by the addition of Cadwallader, | the Yale center of 1897. Big “Cad.” for he welghs pounds and is as active as a smail n in no mean fashion. center, however. that position, “Pete” Smith | guard and Cadwallader right tackles the Olympics will play heehy on the right side of the line “Lavender” Erskin on the left side. ends are as yet uncertain. The selection will be bet Dinsmore, abllity. 2 and | the practice of the club | ave no team to line up u, strengthens the Olymplc line play is chosen for playing left guard. For ene’ He will not Hobbs three good men of about equal Code at quarter and Thierkauf full will make a team which, if properly trained, ought to carry everything be- | fore it. For substitutes the Olympics | have Clum, roe, the latter being a powerful linesman. | He will possibly alternate with one of the | suards or tackles in the Saturday games. It is almost })osslble to judge of the welghts of the teams this season by the material which is offered the coaches for gelection. The Olympics will have the heaviest eleven by big odds. Then will come Stanford, whose eleven will far out- welgh that of Berkeley. Stanford will play Burnett as guard and one of the Gil- mans at.center. At least it looks as if that selection would be made. Another guard, Christie, who is a tremendously large man, will help to form a center of ultra heavyweights that will give Cali- fornia cause for worry. At Palo Alto the work of sifting is still going on. Reid, the famous Harvard back, was out coach- ing the Cardinal backs last week, while Chamberlin was devoting his time to the linesmen. Cochran is finding no easy job with his colts at California. The material is ;about the same as last year and there is still the lack of heavy men for the Blue and Gold team. The first game of the season will be played a week from to-day, on the Barke- ley campus, between the Ol!mplcs and California. Cochran says he does not ex- Both at Palo Alto and | een McLaine, Gaylord and | and Wilson playing halves and Carter at | Hamilton, Atkinson and Mqn- | |FOURSOMES ON | OAKLAND LINKS An Approacn-Futting Contest to Be Held on the Course | in Happy Valley. The tournament for the Captain’s cup, ‘fnr which fourteen players have quali- | fied, will begin to-day on the links of | the Oakland Golf Club. There will also | be men's foursomes, match play, with | handicap, the winners to recelve cups. | Next Saturday there will be a tourna- ment for the Tibbets cup, presented by Mrs. Le Grand Cannon Tibbets. Several of the caddies on the Oakland links are manifesting great interest in golf and are developing considerable skill. With the unconsciousness of youth, they imitate the style of J. Melvilie, formerly professional of the Oakland Club, and o of the best golfers in the United State: will be mixed foursomes, There holes, with handicap, on the links o San Rafael Golf Club to-day, and arf '”;: proach putting contest for men and men. In the handicap twenty entries had been recelved on Thursday, and thirty for the approach putting contest. In the latter contest each competitor plays five lls into the cup from a d nce of five yards, the Erize being won b person holing the balls in the fewest strokes To-day’s contest is one of a series of fortnightly competitions which has been arranged. Instructor T. W. Tetley has also prepared a winter schedule of events, which includes big tournaments for_election, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's days, when valuable trophies will be offered for com- p(}l[lnn. ; or some time past Instructor T. W. Tetley has had under his tuition a team of six ladies, who practice twice a week —on Tuesday and Friday morning: are making good progress. Mrs. F Johnson and Mrs. F. H. Green in particu- lar show marked improvement in their play. The other ladies composing the team are Mrs. R. Gilman Brown, Mrs. J. Burke, Miss Eleanor Morrow and Mrs. J. J. Crooks. —_—— AN AUSTRALIAN BOXER. nine Charles McKell, who claims the light- weight boxing championship of Australia, arrived on the Mariposa yesterday, ac. companied by his wife and child. He is on a holiday trip with New York as his destination. He will remain here some time and will be open to an engagement. He was a school teacher by profession and looks anything but a pugilist. His only mark is ‘a caulifiower ear. His last fight was with “Jim" Holliwa, champion of South Africa. Holliway is a Boer and his people bet everything they possess when he enters the ring. McKell boxed | him to a draw. In New York he will join | Tom O’Rourke’s string of champions. The boxing game, which has been dor- | mant for some time past, will be revived | next Thursday by the San Francisco | Athletic Club. Alex. Greggains, the matchmaker of the club, has brought to gether Eddie Toy and Charles Vickes | Kid Johnson and ‘“Mike” Gasman { “Jack” McMahan and M. Molliss, and M. | McClure and William ennedy. Each | brace will box eight rounds. Alex. Greg- gains will referee, which insures good sport. The National Athletic Club has matched heavyweights Van Buskirk and Russell for a twenty-round bout early in October. Russell is a young giant of whom great things are expected. —_—— ON THE CRICKET FIELD. On the Alameda ground to-morrow the Pacific eleven will meet the Alameda team for the sixth and last time dquring the present season. The Alameda repre- sentatives will be J. J. Moriarty, captain; J. J. R. Peel, V. Scebeck, F. J. Croll, Gegrge Hellmann, H. Ward Jr., H. Saunders, P. E. McLean, F. Stahl, W. G. Fortmann and H. Bird, with G. J. Baugh as twelfth man. The following will wear the black and red of the Pacific Club: George Theobald, captain; J. J. Theobald, W. McDonald, H. P. G. Gordon, C. P: Coles, H. C. Casidy, J. Myers, C. Sim- gect to win the game, but the Olympics, e asserts, will know that they have been »laying football pefore the &ame jg oven | monds, E. P. Musson, A. W. Wilding aad_ J. H. Harkouy.