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ATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1900. AN FRANCISCO CALL, AT O 1IN D D RACING SHELLS| B R T el i ‘ 1 | < e Wi to| < R o ST AL R e \ ) s four te of the California afternoon between the Friscos and Sac- who was a erack fielder in the old dawg s " gue wi port themselves at . Who have just finished a series. ©of the Haight-street grounds. He ba. w wing k to-morrow the joint | 1or during the n of the teams to been playing fast ball in Eastern minor ¥ o ente celebration | r days will be plenty games it is possible for the leagues. , The Oakland’s hmg»av\d.l‘w{ . fors to as t life and excit Nt 04 close in on the champions. The present Catcher, Pete Lohman, arrived the other i B and excite the fans from standing of the teams is: day, but he will not appear in the games +F s 2 over the rooters from i) 5 week, as he is nursing a broken & . with ne another ) 4 ) orks 5t aeiie g Umpire Donahue has been shelved by | pet aggr 3 pi K de w t game is playe 2 acting President Bert for retiring from . . R 2 ‘ s gz 5 the diamond at Stockton last week. He i~ ha in the standing 5 quit the game because the crowd jeered | s e six buovs at wo contests have t cLuss. % him. The veteran ball player and um- b ~ = outside buoy ftermoons of Sunday, - k pire, Hughey Smith, has been engaged to yws the crew or sculler lay 4 fll'lr;he"\';wam;x 2 = . ¥ ter each contestant e line-up for the game to-day is as | g after each contestan ort will commence at 1:3 o'clock. gaor—— follows: K 1l piay alnst every other san Femneiscs .. Stockton.. _Positions . ..Oakland - is arrangement brings the S Stock N Fager.. ‘Catcher - Mangerina | f ’ 5 | ramentos and Stocktons face to face for Oakland S 24 Whalen ,flrcnp; ;i Borchers P s €. In the junior barge race there are five 4 A ™y & Streib. .First base utchinson ’ T the first time on the local grounds. This The Oakland and Stockton teams are uoure Seamd ba Arrélianes | b : s T Ariels 2, the Alamedas the central | oo *0, L6, OF B2 scheduled for the game this afternoon, Moorer... Third base. A Kane | . s, anior t conitent the | e o e e : which is to begin at ghe regular hour—& Babbiit Shortstop Francks | . ws W »r =kiff race has four entries, Geal of LHtintion. THE b e PRl Since - the cktons last ap- McCarth Left field Bowman | I ewis of the Alamedas 2, E. Kragness | o i a8 B4 ; St peared here they haVe secured a new MecGucken ..Center fleld Drennan " £ the South S the senior shell | be oentered In’the dbntest Sund man in the person ¢f Martin McQuaid, McQuald "Right fleld . .Held | - r Ariels dde McGrill of the |= —— e, = &% s 2 s 1 W. O. Patch of | X paper it looks as if the other clubs were sor S AUTOMOBILERS - AND it RACKET WIELDERS . G. Ay ip against it. 3 g 5 r'fi:k\\;v&f\;\_ of the | The entries for the one-mile handicap outside mar n the inter- | are: p g . &l | nd A. Peckham, 10 vards: Ralph Robin- 2 8 the most important event on the pro- | COMPET[ | £ Hanna, 20 yards; Arthur David- D[I_ MONTE grar een ¥ i réer to insv he boats being uninjured. | 14 | ar H. C. Fowler and . In W. McCausland and A. W. Pape will — | e . bk is quite familiar, whi $0 yeots; Harry Wison and | = ; - F oo hell rowing junior varge race wil | Greal Day for Wheel- |xenncdy i w. Komback, & yards: d. Hotlo, | Rreparmg for Doubles ’ i the favor of the medas, though the Ariel | ' | George Krwui and H. G. Ry: 90 ‘yards; D. = 1. Cochran and F. Westeott, 100 - - s £ « will probably go to John Lewis | 2 Tt i e senjor shell race will probably men on nI?IeSIde T BB \\'n:llr( H D t?ufi' Champloflshlp TOIII' " \ Arie seni skiff race is regarded as a 'I'E.ac 3 offman and E. Stanley, scratch; R. | | H. Backrath and E. Argez, 10 yards; Ben « P "fl“‘r = "S“:fi]}‘)’zfll"z“ Noonan, C. Mershon and T. Turner. 20 yard nament. thas s O A HE vehicle and bioycle committee of | i, Mon i, 1y, Peckham, 40 vards; I S | HE hegira of the tennis players to & ) entered the junior barge event. dne aiai x}= C]Plehr(;!mnl having | yam and F. Marlsh, 70 Varts: G, McKinney, Del Monte for the twelfth annual | A s 2 = n charge the cycle and automobile ergman and F. West, vards; F. fons R Y erest from the absence of races to be held to-morrow at In- | Nagle and G. H. Willlams, % yards: F. Soule | doybles - champlonsip -‘tournament | ess to pull against the new | a ¢ sompleted al ange. | And C. L. Braun, 100 yards; C. Pfelffer and E. | starts to-day. The Hardy brothers | 451\”‘“’}" ”*“ d "'T!“_“W\m'i‘ }h:"{%"f;‘* Adams 110 yards e sum, w | [Cturned from the East vesterday and | B | ments for the s sport, a e & 3 ird heat—Lace Downing, A. C. Muff, W. | wil ¢ > e of by the Dolphins, who turned | ao cneration of the wheelmen and “auto” | A. Keddie and Walter Davidson, scratch; W. | woi be on hand to defend the title of considerably damaged. However, s the | gumers a splendid programme has been | B: LOngwill, Guy C. West and H. Newsom, 2| €085t champlons held by themselves. The arge will be used in to-morrow’s races, there | pronared i b yards; J. Boiger, W. Thompson and Arthur | teams entered at this date are: Colller air her. et e 5 ist of a | DrOWR. 30 vards: . Ulrich and Oliver Harris. | and Crowell, Percy Murdoch and H. H. The automobile races will consist of a vas rank Huggerbone and J. Youns, 5 | Hajght, Harper brothers of Pacific Grove, number of mile heats and a final. There (Yards: A, T. Smith and W. A. Goodrich, E - < vards; Al Barnwell n enderson, s | R. Fatjo and H. L. Warburton of Santa will be about three in a heat and all the |}2Tds: A. Barnwell and R. A. Henderson, 80| T S ar L | v gl i Ko 24 yards; L. Weinand and W. ckson, 90 yards: Clara, 8. Haslett and Percy Kahn, Adams y vs. E. L. Griffith; and C. P. Eels | various makes and motive powers will be | C. Meyerhoff and C. de Guerre, 100 yards: E. 'and Welhe of Stanford, Roth and Hamil- A. Curits', The opening found of | sec competition. erberg and A. Cobn, 110 yards. | ton of Stanford, Alex'Ste The 1 1 8 at 1 ronnd & 03 | committee for the two open cycling | ¢ s ) % . Somers. | A Code and George and Robert Whit- e e rast Ataehos 1o O paeeOaY: | events, a mile handicap and a half-mile | Fidred and W b Merna 3 sarder Georks | N0V~ The strongest teams are the Whit- et roaeat e g Competl- | Ceratch, that it has been decided to run | Annerean and Loils moaitr, 40 yords: € | ney brothers, Adams and Weihe and Mur- proves the winner the trophy be.|the four necessary trial heats in_the | Smith and J. Dale: varas; L. Draper, w. | doch and Haight. comes his property. he having already | forenoon and only the finals in the after- Demara and ther, 60 yards; C. Reuser, | hThree Dfl!;ls hare been %flemd—one for von it twi The winners in the opening | Po0n. There will be twenty-five men and | M. Davis and vell, 70 yards; N. Bores | the coast champlonship, first prize eh constitute E E. Carolan 1 Miss E. Wood Longstreet for the coun- s cup E. J. ) made the best e (44), which i also the amateur rec- ord for the links, and won the prize for best handicap score, R. G. Brown being second with & gross and net score of 101 The eight who qualified are drawn as follows: R. J. Davis ve. R. G. Brown: E. J. McCutchen vs. Maurice Dore; C. P. PEEDY BARGES 'THREE-THOUSAND-DOLLAR STAKE FOR FLEETFOOTED GREYHOUNDS HE great th morrow at all Calitorni Futurity pupple first of its kind In the history of California coursing, will be run to-day and to- stag Club. It is needless to say that the best of magnitude of the prizes and the quality of dogs Park, under the auspices of the Interstate Cou from the A be seen in this event. promise of taking a first place in American coursing annals. i stributed among the lucky dogs. The winner's share will be §1140, the runner-up will rtunate dogs prizes varying according to thelr staying performances, success in two courses in- will Bath as the breeders and owners have been looking forward to this signal stake for many horseracing game, have lost themselves In speculation over its probable winner. A Fu- highly conjectural affair. To pick the winner of a Futurity dog event is infinitely whelped since Januai 1, 1899, possess the necessary qualifications for entr; Other thing! being whelped in the ear! t of the year 1899, stand the best chance for honors, on account the en- i hat comes with age. bettors have m irtis & Son’s King Cotton, by Hughie out of Rockette, the favorite, but T. J. Cronin's public as well rcot Brothers' Floodgate and Frede C, Curtls & Son's Psyche, Russell, Allen & Wilson's Strayaway and M. Clarkson's Colden Garter, F. Jones' Harlean Gladys and Lavina, W. D. Murphy's Crawford Lass, R. Lopez & Son’s Crawford Rex, George Parkinson’s Ben Lomond and a number of other fleet puppies entered ar some and will stand a fair show for big money, Ninety-six dogs ars entered in all, which means two days’ acing. Besides the Futurity there will be a_champion stake of twenty-four dogs. This will be run on Sunda betting in the long-odds book for the Futurity, begun out two weeks ago, has been continuous ever tlon of the money has been placed on the dogs mentloned as fancied by the habitual bettors. The * a busy day of it Sunday, when the largest crowd of the season Is expected at Union Park. Saturday and Sunday. | ALL OF THE LEAGUE TEAMS WILL PLAY IN A WHITE WINGS WILL DOT THE BAY WATERS Combined Yachting Fleet to Cruise Under Signal From Flagship Ramona. th n of the generous nittee of the Native Sor order to slgnify semi-centen apprecia n com rat gatta on the l1it nst. the Pac Interclub Yacht Association hold its annual cruise to-morrow. A s been issued to the yacht owners 1o rendezvous at Sausalito at 10:X ! k Francisco Yacht Club house. The commander of combined fleet of all the clubs will ‘a‘ W. N. McCarthy, commodore of the n Francisco Yacht Club. The fleet will cruise under signal from the flagship from Sausalito to ths city front and will then sail so as to afford a marine spectacle to the citizens and visitors gathered on the wharves. A very large turnout is expected,as comparatively few of the yacht owners will and F. Weisman, 80 yards; over in each preliminary heat, the largest d will probably be R. G. Brown, E prize to the runners-up. | | to | Ing generally that they are now betwixt W. Hofen, C. 8. | winner of the all-comers and a second |and between two seasons. take any extended trip covering the three holidays. The California Y | bas a cruise to $uisun Creek on its programme for to-day and to-morrow and | the Encinal Yaéht Ciub has a cruise to Baden, but both of these fixtures w The South Bay vachtsmen will cruise up to this city a probably be dropped. 1 it is expected that some of their bog's will be seen in the annual regatta on Tuesday. The annual regatta of the Pacific Interclub Yacht Assoct x take place on Tuesday, will be the most notable one of its kind. s the usual pennants and certificates offered to the winning vachts A but also the Macdonough cup, the Law cup and a dozen silver cups A | the semi-centennial celebration committee. The entries closed last night and are so numer as to ‘nsure tntereat- ing races. The keenest contest is lookad for in the 30-foot class, w! he Mac- donough trophy, valued at $250, is the first prize. The chief coms s ar | Frank Stone’s sloop Presto, Carl Westerfeld and R. H. Morrow's s A J. M. Mattoon’s sloop Amigo (which will be sailed by Commodore Hawis of the Corinthian Yacht Club) and J. W. Pew's sloop Truant. Of the ab sloop Aeolus has already won three out of the four Macdo 8 ea awarded, the sloop Truant has carried off one, while the Ami w | or three minutes behind the Aeolys last year. The Presto the Aeolus, but was disqualified for heaving some of her ballas ard before she had been remeasured. | The start will be by the fire of a single gun. In order to lessen of colliding off Melggs wharf the stakeboat will be put out much fa shore than has hitherto been the custom and the starting line will be far the westward. The following enirfes have heen recelved: Tn the T0-foot class the schooners Lurline, Ramona and Chispa; in the 4 foot class the Neptune, Speedwell, Rover, trell ar g sloops Edna. Queen, Harpoon Embla; in the 30-foot class are loops Mignon, Ae Secret, Amigo and Gadder; in the 25-fnot class the entri N Merope, Nereus, Cupid, Phoenicia an : frr the 2-fo yawl Kittiwake and the sloo class for yawls are the ing entries have not bee: known: The vawl ing boats of the South Bay Wanderer, Papoose, Feu, Stella, . Nereid, assigned to any Tramontana of the Yacht Club Follet and AR class, their_mea an Francisco Yach Comfort, Bebe, Petrel and & ROD AND GUN NOTES. OFFATT FIGHT. I RYAN-M Sportsmen whose chief delight and| Ay the local interest In “pugdom™ te pleasure in life is to bring down a buck or | centered in the fisht between Tommy land the many-pound trout are complain- | Ryan and Jack Moffatt, which will be rounded out at Mechanles’ Pavilion next jay ev g. That a crowd will The novelty of T, MeCute oy i s : fleld ever started in a cycle race in ihis | Christensen and L. W. Stoddard, 90 vards: V. i i s pas iy e two men wor o g e T B DL - T ess Reats willhe rum at a1 o'clack | Grey and A. Hofen, 100 yards: A. R. Philiips, | - The ladies’ single tournament for the "“'" ot o |h“ Dossed away: the w n'ulnpk their fistie con- Cutohen together In the semi-final roued | In the forenoon and the finals at 2 in the | C- F. Pamferin and L. S. Leary, 110, yards. | champlonship of the Alameda Club com- | $'T63™s, XCept In 2 few Instances, refuse | tentions to a finish, a declsion or a draw, ! : 0 and | afternoon. | The men as entered above will ride in | mences to-day with a large entry list, | t0 8ive up their life, and the lawful sea- | presaged b: Iready largeadvance sale he winner will have to play either or Pomeroy. the half-mile seratch with the exception | The winner will receive a silver cup, pre- Another cycling event of interest at this —————— meet will be the 25-mile relay race be- | of Stanley Andrews, A. F. Koch, E. E. | Sented by Henry Gutte. v ms from the Olympic, California, | Egeberg. C. Pfeiffer, Fred Westcott, W. | Samuel P. Hardy has this to say about | trout stream that is GAMES FOR CRICKETERS. ty, Los Ang Reno and Sac- | Rombach, E. E. Bergmann and H. Barn® | hig Eastern trip: ramento_ciubs. The make-up of these | well. teams will be as follows: California_Cycling Club—T. H. White, 3arnwell, A. Barnwell, E. E. Berg- Seigfried. Los Angeles Wheei- —————— DOUBLE COUNTY FAIR. The team of city cricketers which has been selected to visit Lake County during the holidays will leave San Francisco this ered us considerably. In 'the ‘‘The change of water was a great han- | slastic angler during the next two weeks glca‘p t%m(e‘. fi?t Ch|§a§o the l}i]a)‘ we were | Frank Maskey Aty eaten by Collins an ‘aret the wind was | country place near Fort Tuna e blowing a terrific hurricane, which both. | the flching there very good . Tourine i extreme | early part of the week there was a run t that is what the maan- I Athletle Club say. ave been and are earnest Moffatt seems to gain of ticke seems be the onl tisfying to the fis! erman, and here will be found the enthu- sth f their training. in has returned from his Admirers every day, and the betting. judg ing from present in 1 will show ne ®00d. During the | very great discrepa when ti B ter the ring. Moffatt's pe afternoon for Calistoga. . Muff, Ralph Hamlin, F. Flor- East Sumner was a little off his top game | of trout averaging half a pound and later against Neill obtained for him The team of city cricketers willconsist | Pearrie, F. Hoffman. Garden| The big fair to be held at Tanforan |in doubles and did not regain his form |on some very big fish were eaught. many porters and most favorably of the following: H. C. Casidy, . John J._E. Wing, A. McDon- | Park, beginning on the 24th inst., is at-| Until the Niagara international tourna- |of them reaching the four-pound mark. ions. Ivers. C. P, Coles and A. W. Wil 4 . Burton Downing, Lace | yracting th £ad) the prormi ment. The turf courts compelled us to al- | Among them were a few steelheads. Moffatt looks big and nd h e icific Cricker Club: R. B, tading of | Downing. .Olympic Club Wheelmen—E, | (raCling the attention of all the prominent | ter all of our strokes, as the ball does | Sam Heller will leave on Monday for | condition seems to be i B R Croll V. Seebeck and W. G. Fortusue. F. | ¥, Russ, P. N. Hanna, W. Peddler, J, E. | business men and manufacturers of the | not bounce very high on grass. It was |Eel River. niche. In bulk ke is a SR 0 o gy B g g LA GE, O(ymdrm of | Bolger, W. Demara. Capital City Wheel- | ¢ity. Entries for the exhibits are coming | necessary also to wear spiked shoes, to | Striped bass are giving plenty of sport on | Ryam but whether he ia steanen a8 e R e e o, Backrath, H. Noves, G. Eldred, | in Very rapidly and the inaugural show is | which we Were not accustomed. The ma- | the estuary and in the sloushs. The run | in actual Hng work (s anotmme b, o 10t N e Califor- . L. Turner. Reno Wheelmen— | bound to be a big success. The breeders | jority of the players East play a safe | off the Alameda side of the estuary has | Tommy Ryan does not shirk work Pue A. Keddie, A. Peckham, E. Stanley, | of cattle, horses, swine, etc., are contrib- | | W game and do not try to kill the ball with | been henomenal, and crowds of boats are | ing the past week he has received man ih Srtcripe.. < Mershan, W. Thompson, | uting. very liberally, making the stock ex- | severe strokes.” ; after da; - 1 ki :.’;:m r‘a ?L‘i‘l&?;l‘xi‘n cvlr‘fal: tv;;‘xllt t’;.senvi'g};"‘ The Reno "'he(“lmflr}dgre t’m champions | hibit one of the best ever seen in the | St ity 'ggéen:er G, W. Em?rlaLnfls“rndnd:&t?h:arfi;r ’"':;f\fx'i‘.‘al“'w?ii;'?f‘"&“fi- ;LIT{ 'Ti\ 3 Yy 2 combined tsam. But the local cricketers | Lo Angeies Wheelmen have never com. | these animals, besides & pavillon for the| 3 Story of court life at Peking, + Po¥hirr hunting back of Cazad D o e e e e e Yyes rEether o Elen HAuE NCTEY I EeTUNg | peted at the relay game as a team, but | dogs, poultry and hares, are nearing com- | + begins in next Sunday’s Call, + | place called Devils Ribs, Hemry Nord: | effect i hasupoi iy hortgn and the lttle e e 1ok hat It 1s much feared | the five men above mamed are the' five | pletion and are very ' convenlently ar-| 4 1 D e e oarty Of friends baenil s yord- | eftect it has upor him. He. too. 1s in goo the match will fall through tastest riders in Southern California. On !ransed for the benefit of visitors. + September 9. 5 b e " Tought down | fettle. ready for anything. Both fighter: a buek of @and size. | will taver off in their work from now om.