The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1900, Page 4

4 THE ' SPORTS # RACING, COURSING, BA SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1900. SEBALL, GOLF, SHOOTING,« JOCKEYS RIDING HERE INFERIOR TO THOSE SEEN IN PAST SEASONS—WINNIE O'CONNOR’'S RAGTIME TACTICS UNPOPULAR 17 HILE it might be said the lo- cal racing season is only in its infancy, ome ‘point has en vividly illustrated, and at 1s, the riders are an In- rior lot compared to former years. At rs! woked as if erratic Winnfe was going to be a whole >w In himself, but. his saddle rk seems to be of the streaky and in- istent sort. Winnie is under contract e wealthy firn Bromley & Co., re ceiving a yearly ary, so ‘tis said, of Dal & school, whence came Garrison, Mc. ighlin, Fitzpatrick, the Lamleys and other crack riders. O'Connor has in his make-up a pronounced sporting strair and were 1t not for good advisers wouid probably “blow” the money he makes. His love of public adoration and applause as well as decided penchants for drawing “‘grand stand” finishes, costs the Eastern boy many a race and his followers much loss of sleep. Trainers could excuse these youthful indiscretions if Winnie would pay more attention to instructions. | barber, who listens to.a list of instruc- tlons three stories high from his cus- tomer and then proceeds to chop the ha'r off according to his own noticn of how it should be done. Quite frequently in former seasors “Skeets” Martin, Clem Jenkins, Tod Sloan and Harry Spencer would pilot four and five winners during an after- noon, but not so with the present set of riders. Beyond cavil had Bullman better control of his temper, and been let down ficials for striking Coburn, that | would have headed the winning list. | Never a ghowy horseman, Buliman plods | steadily along. and when it comes muddy going, has no superior in the country. | It cannot be said in his favor that hc saves all the ground possible during the this, Bullman says: “You never know what those crazy kids are going to do | next, and I'd rather go around than get | mixed up with them.” There is more truth than fiction about this statement, too, for it receives full verification in al- | most ever, rider | size. progress of a race, but in explanation of | Little boys possess | and if one sees an opening he is going I3 the - | captain who has acquired a competenc And for this choosing of the ‘over- |try to get through, heedless of thought that a severe accident may re sult. | land route” as it is termed on the track, time. and is on the “firing line” which his critics are not, carries much force with it. Of the older brigade, all the time,. rnu'easlng weight. Then, too, | Bullman has been criticized time after As he brings home many a winner . | better than he was a his argument ash Turner seems to be going back. due perhaps to Nash, a small minds, | earned, and keen observers are inclined | listen Wa f. ct often detracts The se to the belief that th: from a rider's dash and courage. in many instances no longer cares to faca the dangers of the sailor’s life, and Jock: eys are but human. Johnny Woods pegs along in the same groove, no worse, no couple of vears back. Coburn uses very good judgment as a rule, and in another year ought to be a first class rider. Mounce made rapld strides to, the front as soon as he began getting good mounts, the real secret of for whom he ‘s a Y uable point riding, can g h 1 ers. J. Miller, the Schorr jockey. 1S a new or out this way. He formerly rode "rexa \» the turfms led oft though, has the Dominick. Cool ting, a would be “way race decided at Oakland and | very quiet and reserved young man, may | every rider's success. The Idaho boy h_as i He is a graduate from “Pa”|But in this respect he is like many a|with a miider sentence by the Oakland nr-lTan{oran ark where the fields are of any | have saved most of the money he has |still considerable to learn, but if he will e 5 | i | RIDING UP TO THE JUDGES' STAND AFTER THE RACE IS OVER. THIS IS THE SHOW FEATURE AND SPECTACLE OF THE MANY-COLORED LIFE ABOUT THE "I‘R;\CK, AND IT IS HERE THE WINNING JOCKEY FIRST RECEIVES FOR HIS PERFORMANCE THE DELIBERATE APPLAUSE OF THE MULTITUDE GATHERED IN THE STANDS. | > LITTER CANDIDATES FOR FUTURE HONORS Some Registered Puppies That Will Have a Chance at the Belle Brandon. stake for the J Grace chs months ahead on the calendar and t of which are given b Twenty-one litier regist -Metallic, Rochester-Wasted —Twelve registrations, cns, the best of which are: Ivanus-High Born Lady, Hughie-Winning Style, For Freedom-Bona, best of which aid of Honor, Connemara-Belle time Is smooth and unruffled—not < the run of regular mid-week and F ary, when the big Belle Bran- k in conjuncticn with the substitute which was shoved several ber. consideration f the general advance interest in the big sapling stake of ¢ it might be well 10 look over the field of pupples and see what is of- rities. Among the many registraticns are a number of promising Iit- St. Lawrence- Time, Rochester-Wattle Bloom. are; For Freedom-Amarosa, of Anderson, For Freedom-Daisy March—Twenty-seven registrations; several new sires, especially imported English dogs. Most promising litters: Crawford Lad-Grasshopper, Sylvanus-Systematic, Friend-Annie Laurie, Raven Glass-Real Lassie, Swedish, Hurricane-Sapho, Rochester- Pasha-Sinaloa, Firm Freedom-Golden Russet, Emin For Rochester-8anta Rita, Northern Surprise-Quickstitch, Temple-Lady Falconer. April—Eighteen registrations, Hughie- most promising stic Maid, Hughte-Bennie Lass, Shylock-Santa Inez, Fear Not-Golden litters: Hughle-Bart's Bell, Gate, Pretender-Trinket, Royal Buck-Black Lock, Northern Surprise-Patria, Northern Surprise-Liberty. May—Twenty-five registrations, most foot, Cavalier-Vanity Fair, St. Lawrence-Mountain Maid, Wild Tralee-Just Eclipsed, Firm Friend-Gladys Pasha, esty, Roisten-Flery Face. June—Seventeen registrations, best of Emin Pasha-Bico, Emin Pasha-Armagh ‘Woodcock-Magic Circle. To-day and to-morrow the fine 128-dog Park. This stake is no exception to the promising litters: St. Lawrence-Light- Belle, Pretender-Benicia Ploughboy-Hon- which are: Pretender-Miss Skyrocket, Lass, Pretender-Terronette, October stake will be run at Union Coursing general order of the latter day open stakes run at the same park. The best dogs are entered. RIFLFMEN ARE PREPARING FOR THEIR BIG EVENT The regular monthly meeting of the Na- tional Schuetzen Bund of the United | States of America was neld on Thursday evening, December 13, at California Hall. Captain F. Attinger, president of the Na- tional Bund, presided. Tne meeting was fully attended by the delegates from af- fillated societies from San Francisco, Sac- ramento, Ban Jose, San Rafael and other cities near the bay. The reports submitted by various com- mittees and from the secretaries gave as- surance that the interest in the approach- | ing festival which is to be held next July is growing in the East as well as in Cali- fornia. e report of the prize commit- | tee was most encouraging, and it is safe to predict that the prizes’ which will be offered by California will exceed those of any previous bundes fest in numbers and | in value. ' ling Club Officers. The California Cycling Club has elected | the following officers: President, Charles Du Fosse; vice president, Marshall Grif- fith; secretary, Frea Moller; treasurer, Frank Bush; sergeant-at-arms, George | Ohnimus; captain, Walker Gibson; lieu- | tenants, Gus Seyfried and Charles Phifler. | The clubbouse at Folsom and Twenty- | nished and the club is in a flourishing con- dition. second streets has recently been 1'!!“!‘-l FOX HOUNDS CUT A LIVELY PACE IN SAN MATEO The San Mateo Hunt Club will meet at 2 o'clock this afterncon at Homestead Common, San Mateo. On Wednes: the hounds will be laid on at the dairy, Mill- brae, at 9 a. m., and next Satu the meet will be at Wellesley Park, Redwood City, at 9:30 in the morning. The run last Saturday was one ~f the pleasantest that has been enjoved this searcn. ‘lhe meet was at Uncle Tom's Cabin at 2 p. m., and after a delay of a guarter of an hour to allow those who had been lunching with Prince Poniatow- ski at Tanforan to put in an appearance, | the riders drogped into the fleld opposite Uncle Tom’s Cabin and kept to the left of the road for about a mile. Then the fleld crossed the road and retraced its steps to Uncle Tom's Cabin, proceeding in a westerly direction, and jumping a par- Ucularly tall piece of timber on the way. The first check occurred after about three miles. The hounds were then laid the log of the hill and led the wayogv:: some beautiful alloping ground, the Crystal Bplfntl road, where :ll;:-l'el:!‘- ond check occurred. The pack was laid | on for the third time above D. 0. Mills' E—l“e' and finished a good run in front of . J. Carolan's house. * The hounds ran better than on any pre- vious occasion Guring the presnt n. season, huntsman Jerry Keating keeping well be- hind them and none of the feid overriding them. Last Wednesday @ good gallop was enjoyed by a small field of , all of whom were at cne time down, RING REFORMATION FOR THE COMING NEW YEAR What Is Necessary to Raise the Local Pugilistic Standard and Improve a Degenerated Sport, HAT will the New Year bring for the pugilistic game? Something good — different | from what we are having- or an intensified form of tha| present rubbish? These are questions that | are being asked on every hand and the answers will not be known until the New Year is fairly under way. | Pugilism—high-ciass fighting and box- | ing—has never been at so low an ebb in San Francisco as at the present time. | During the past year not a single fight of consequence had San Francisco for its ring setting. Mediocre ability, to be charitable, has been brought to the front and phenix-like attempts have been made with incinerated materiel. That 18 a year's local history In the professional 8% the amateur staxs the conditions are totally different. Boxing clubs with one ostensible and real purpose have sprung up like mushrooms. bouts, with blood anl thunder accom- sion. There was a time when these clubs | served a purpose in the line of develop- ment. each month between young aspirants who were fairly well trained. Now these ax- hibitions come so thick and fast that, no matter how cyclonie in character they are the public appetite Is glutted. The surfeit will soon destroy it. There is a club, already incorporated, the Twentieth Century Club, that claims for itself the title of a reformer in a much-polluted ring community. Matches, if its members remember their original protestations, will be arranged between only men of national reputation. Mc- Govern 1s needed to resuscitate legitimate fighting on this coast, and the Twentleth Then there was a single contest | Four-round | Century Club announces that the lght- | A paniments, to the ultimate sacrifice of | proached. The fleld of legitimate fightrs | | skill and sclence, seem to be their mis- | ning fighter will be one of the first ap- | of big reputations is small and more than | ordinary diligence will be required | bring about well-arranged matches. On Thursday next the Columbla Ath- letic Club will give an exhibition, | principal event of which will be a 20- round fight between Otto Cribb the Aus- tralian welterwelight, lately imported, and | Frank McConnell. Cribb is training st | the Six-Mile House with Soldier Green, and McConnell {s at the Seal Rock House with “Spider” Kelly. The “Spider’ is matched with Doc Flynn. Cribb has made quite a reputation in his own country as a whirlwind affair with not too much re- spect for the rules and laws of the game. to His defeated opponents have many harsh things to say about fouling pre sities This will be his initial and rough tactics. San appearance in Francisco. GOLF CRACKS BOTHERED BY CLAY GREENS Final Round of Council’s Cup and Approaching Contest at the Presidio. A somewhat lengthy document contain- ing the conditions under which the home and home matches between teams of the San Francisco and Oakland Golf clubs is to be played has been drawn up, but has not yet received the signature of Vice Captain P. E. Bowles of the Oakland Golf Club. The conditions are precisely similar to those under which the two previous an- nual contests have been held. The captain of the San Francisco Golf Club has received a communication from the capital announcing the formation of the Bacramento Golf Club, and request- ing his assistance in procuring a suitable man to act as instructor to the would-be golfers of Sacramento City. If the weather is fine this afternoon H. B. Goodwin and 8. L. Abbot Jr. will play off the final round for the Council's cup, which has been postponed from time to time. There will be an approaching con- test this afternoon on the Presidio links. On Christmas day there will be men's foursomes over eighteen holes, medal gll.?‘;' with handicap. Miss Alice Colden offman, captain of the ladies’ team of the San Francisco Golf Club, will shortly issue a list of events. In the ladies’ put- ting contest, four balls on nine on the Presidio links on . Mrs. R. Gilman lcuhnfirum t! to 11, and took first prize. greens, ‘Wednesday | RY, \nd uhuy L The annual meet of the Fran- cisco Golf Club wut{‘gc held onsa:uu'w, BT, by e the reuler ekt - om| sisting of H. D, Pillsbury. W. H. La oyteaux, witl u The San cisco Golf Club recently Teceived a letter stating that the Santa Fe Rallway Company, in conjunction with the Southern Pacific Company, has made arrangements for a tour throughout Cali- fornia of the celebrated golfers “Willie” Smith and David Bell, and asking wheth- er the San Francisco Golf Club could re- celve them on March 5 and 6, 1901. A re- m{ has been forwarded offering the hos- itality of the Presidio Club on those lays. The exact nature, hewever, of the tournament to be held has not been de- cided, though the general desire seems to for an event open to amateurs and pro- fessionals alike, with money prizes for the professionals and trophies for the am- ateurs. Such a contest would bring in the Rawlins brothers, Robert.Johnstone, James Melville, George .aith of San Ra- ael, as well as the strongest of the am: teurs, who on a course with which the: are thoroughly familiar ought to be able to push the visitors pretty closely. The San Francisco Golf Club is so pros- Tous and its members so numerous that ?:ll necessary to extend the space avalla- ble for lockers. ttee, con- , T. Binney and The only event now remaining unfin- ished in z‘. tournament of th.ngln.l.llto Golf Club is the mixed foursomes, in which Miss Grace Martin and W. F. Horn tied last Sunday with Miss Mabel Mason and J. M. Kilgarif. The Rawlins broth- ers played a most interestin, elghteen holes on the Sau match over to links last ‘Sunday, Harry Rawlins bea.ing his broth- :rnbw yellhv. strokes. The scores were as ollows: BASEBALL IS GIVEN OVER TO AMATEURS Scheduled Games of the Amateur League and League of Cross Cadets. row afternoon Company C and Company N of the League of the Cross Cadets' Baseball League will play a match game. The cadets’ tournament is now drawing to a close, with these two teams fighting for second place. A hard game is expect- Following is the line-up of the teams: ed. At _Ei and Harrison-s nds on Bun next at 2 p. m the eni; will meet the Alamedas. This wiil be the the | |[SOUTH WIND BLOWS 5 AND BIRDS SCATTER @Conditions for Duck Shooting Good Before | LL the tender leaves of hope the duck shoo ) the Last Storm Arrived. ters put forth were nipped In the bud ¥ rday when the heavens of and gel fleld and marsh with unremittent rain ath ¥ ugh last Sunday. Then came the improvement and other happy ac- companying elemental states. If off great shooting would have been expected, and undoubte t would have been realized | Reports declare the ducks to have scattered, leaving the ponds hare of feath- | ered life. This mweans a dull Sat nd Sli]m]l‘.‘ to the spprtsmen whose es- s a string of “ca or mallards 1 peflgrx\ ?:ngg;nl P’t o m‘:’lrflne\s last Sunday the shooting was poor. No wind and plenty of feg that was thick and low were the res Agents. Spoonbills | predominated in the bags, all of which were small ow and then an isolated canvasback was seen among them. On the Sulsun marshes sprig was first. At ; Tomales Bay the black sea brant is beginning to to put in an appearance. When teen, canvasbacks and teal. daition. grounds, the Petaluma marshes. by law, this bird once starts to fly in the bay soon becomes black with them. R. A. Eddy did not duplicate his record performance of a week Sunday's work on the Cordelia ponds brovght him little success. J. Wirtner, L. Titus, L. Harpham, H. Miller and H. Hosmer killed 100 birds, were widgeon and sprig with a sparse scattering of canvasba. The Mira Monte Gun Club is using live deco: 8. C. Marsh shot a few sprig and widgeon at Bolinas last Sunday. On his way back to Sausalito he bagged a few quail. F. M. Burr shot on the San Leandro marshes last Saturday night, killing nine- ago. Last most cks. ith great success. ot which W. Murdock, at Sears Point, brought in nineteen “spoonies,” all in good con- Pete Walsh reports that canvasbacks are drifting In to their old stamping Quail are plentiful enough, but they are hard to get at. The birds are wild. General Cook shot back of Tocoloma and got a small bag. C. H. Precht tried the same locality with the same luck. At the Country Club no difficulty is experienced in securing the lmit allowed The California Coyote Club was out last Bunday on the Refugio rangs. coyote was'killed. The fog was so thick that no heavy work was attempted. PARK DRIVERS BANQUET AT THE CASINO RESORT Gathered around a long banquet table at the Casino, the park road resort, ark Driving Association passed away several happy hours last Saturday ever- ing. The banquet was set for a 9 o’clock beginning, but it was a full hour later when the drivers of fast horses sat down to a repast that lasted till the small hours grew Into long ones. Speeches and the popping wine were the joy provokers. After a Jolly time the party broke up and the ribbon-hand- lers took to their teams and drove city- ward. The annual meeting of 19%0 around the board will long be remembered by the members of the association for mare rea- sons than onme. “It must have been a late session,” sald the non-attendant who was out on the park roads Sunday. Nonze of the banqueters could be found. —_—— Fishing Notes. Bass fishing has not been satisfactory to the a the past week. W. R. M T, W. Turner, Charles Kewell, O. W. J. , H. Terry, F. A r., C.' B. Holly- wood and L. Rondo tried Bchultz Slough last Sunday, McFarland and Chu’;& Kewell being the only strikers of the party. O. W. Jackson and E. Painter have re- from ceived word Monterey that the sal- mon are N‘I:“nlu to run in Montere; waters and good sport {s expecte: very ;bu\u fifty members of the Golden Gate | _—_— TOURNAMENTS FOR WIELDERS OF THE RACKET The ladies’ open single tournament at the California Club was postponed until Wednesday afternoon, December 19, on account of the stormy weather last Wed- nesday. Miss Hall, the coast champion, will play, which will add greater interest to_the tournament. The eighth tournament in_doubles for the Davis cups will be played to-morrow Bunday, and it is expected that twelvs teams will be entered. The make-up of the teams will be decided to-day. To-morrow the Round Robin tourna- ment between the five players, Croweil, Collier, Johnson. Smith and Code will be arran, ged. George Whitney and Werner Stauf vis- ited Haywards last Sundn{ as the guests of Mr. Cooper. George Whitney played several of the crack players of the town and beat them easily. The executive committee of the Paciflc States Tennis Association have decided t) accept Spaulding & Co.'s offer to donats a cup for the single championship of the coast, to be won three times to have complete ownership. The cup will be made in Chicago and sent here some time next June. The withdrawal from the an- nual single contest of George Whitdey Sumner and Samuel Hardy, will give the and young players all an even chance. —_———— A “drink cure” established at Akro: Ohio, has quit business for want of sams clent custom.