The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1901, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SATURDAY JANUARY 19, 1901. ' SPORTS--BOXING, COURSING, RACING, SHOOTIN B | | | JGCHS . FIHEFE 25 L | : SPIMIE BRITT 726. | 4, McGOVERN IS THE MAN WANTED Are Reaching Outward for tha| Wonder—Sharkey-McCoy Fight. PSR, Clubs came together - sporting wr uld mos the men are not | resting exhibition, rectors to de- should the itself. ntest present £ VHN ON, ent Century Clib. 3 if McCoy and Sharkey | time to fight in As preliminaries the v Club will look for such | s nd a suitable c urner, ung Peter Jack- o others on the list. r his manager, has been several kinds of Vational Sporting tury Club and g ividual operators have ir pockets denoting some . r romise that binds Terry in * w ague sort of way. Manager Har- s to W certainly have his pick of clubs for wh his little whirlwind. Jim = the professional matc entieth Century Club, ha ern is secured for a late Kenne maker of the dy ¥ The match of all matches = McGovern and Erne at 133 w ry cGovern has grown heavier six months eight to Erne. Ryan and should heard from are found in San Francisco, the shifty . -weight is anxious to try out (hls‘ g He offers to post any old kind of | the time | man ever fought c articularly is a | ch with the winner of the Root-Byers | ch | ke with his string is turning an | e, too, would like to t-h n Fran- -~ Houseman Jack 5 anS will leave fo-morrow for Chicago. T power to insure a con- | If he can secure any matches for h an the most ardent devotee | Root will remain on the coast; otherwise the two will return to the Windy City | morning. FOUR-MILE CITY GOLF RACE FOR | TEAM KEEN | ATHLETES ~ FOR FIGHT Novel Cross-Country/ Home - and - Home'; Event Will Be Run Tournament Opens Next Month. ] at Oakland. h amateur team race, | This afternoon the first match of the will be third annual scries of home-and-home «d by the Olympic Club on Was tournaments between teams of the San birthday and will be open to all amateur | Francisco and the Oakland golf clubs will colleges and schools. It is some- | be played on the Point Adams links. After ng new of its kind, and it is the inten- | the dry weather of the last few days the n of the founders to make this event an | course, except in a few low lying spots, annual race. should be in good condition. The teams he contestants will start in five groups, | this year consist of only six men each, in- three minutes apart, each group to be | stead of eight, as heretofore. Captain L. composed of one representative from each | O. Kellogg of the San Francisco Golf Club b entered. Men composing the groups | and acting Captain P. E. Bowles of the will be selected in the following man Oakland Golf Club exchanged lists of The names of contestants comprising each | LeAln® vesterday. Up to the last moment team shall be placed in separate hats and DO Toer SRS (1Res Of She-Rab A ESou representatives were doubtful, but the e name shall be drawn from each hat | team will be made up from the following: w. r each group prior to the day of the | John Lawson, 8. L. Abbot Jr. . race. Byrne, L. O. Kellogg, H. B. Goodwt The club winning the trophy in cach | H. Gaylord, BCD.GAodammn, oD, Bills: race o old the same for one year, or | bury and . Golcher. Thy Until won by amother club. When the | 9, Qakiand same club has won the trophy three times | shall become the permanent property | f such club. ! representatives will be Ernest R. Folger, w . Johnson, C. P. Hubbard, M. Fitzgerald, F. 8. Stratton and R. Hutchinson. The smaller number of the team is somewhat in favor of the Oak- landers, who have not so many strong layers as the San Francisco élub. Ir , R. x. e time of every man finishing will be teken by the board of timers, and the | club that n‘“xshvs) lx\le menhnn‘\hv lowest | net time wil be deciared the winner. Lawson and Goodwin ar: An entrance fee of 3250 Will be charged, | the Oakland wamfn:fineyl';&l %‘;"u'& p:;:vyri the same to be returned after a team has | course, should be able to give the city competed. Teams of each club shall be | representatives a close rub. The game composed of registered amateurs. All | will be over eighteen holes, mateh play. points not covered by these rules shall be | The second half of the match will Be governed by the regular rules of the Pa- | played on the Presidio links next Satur- cific Amateur Association. | day, the scores made on both days being ———— | :fknmt‘-d mxe!lhher. "‘ll'hz'club lw‘:cine team ne the matcl wi entit! to th Football Game. possession of the silver trophy till the The Columbia Park Boys' Club and em- | gsecond tournament, which will be played ployes will play 8 matcdgame of football | on April 6 and 12. at the Sixteenth anl Folsom strects | This afterncon on the Bunday ali 1 links of the Sau- grounds & ternoon, January M, | salito Gelf Club, near Mokt » therg ¢ AMATEUR BOXERS READY FOR THE ANNUAL EVENT T the en@ of this month the Pa- cific Athletic Assoclation will hold one of its old-time championship boxing tournaments for all classes. In former days these glove contests drew out bunches of young aspirants and the sport furnished was surprisingly gocd. For several years‘am- ateur boxing has retrograded, but it seems now to be in a fair way to return to its former Hourishing state, The great feeding ground of boxers, the Olympic Club, is alive with the men of mits. Day and night De Witt Van Court, who is handling the Olympians, and Al Lean, who is training them, are kept busy with a score of these young ring perform- | ers, who work not for a monetary con- sideration, but for fistic glory and a medal. The Olympic Club will be repre- sented in the tournament by the greater number of boxers, although the Reliance, Alameda and outside clubs will have quite a few of their own men in the lists to con- o+ Lar DANZIGER 254y i | - THE CARE OF PROFESSOR VA L test against the local clubmen. The entry list of boxers will be so long this year that three days will be consumed in the work- ing of the tournament. Of all the Olympic entries W. J. Leon- ard is rated as the cleverest and fastest. He is essentially a boxer, as his perform- ances in the tournament of 189, when he won the Oelrichs belt, demonstrated. Weighing 125 pcunds, he was in the same class as J. L. Scholes, the- American champion. and they met last year in the Olympic tournament, Scholes took first and Leonard second prize in this class. H. W. Finke, 145 pounds, came out of the tournament of 19% with more than glowing honors. He defeated Dukelow, the American champion, and by doing so won the distinction of being the only Cali- fornian who outdistanced any of the visit- ors. Then there will be Jimmie Britt, more of a fighter than a boxer, but a clever man at that. He will be in the 135-pound class, Frank McConnell, the 115-pound cham- pion, will be there with his fists, and Dan Danziger, a bantam a year ago, will be in the 12-pound class for this tourna- ment. Denny Carroll has lost no time in training, and every ounce of his 135 pounds will be felt. Joe Doyle is the representa- tive in the 145-pound class. Seventy-three applications have been re- ceived for entering privileges, two of which have been rejected on account of professionalism and one on account of weak physical condition. All contestants must report at the club the night before the tournament begins. January 30, and submit to an examination by Dr. Dean, the club physician. Leader John Ham- mersmith announces that the contests will commence at 8 p. m. sharp, and that from fourteen to sixteen fights will be run off each night of the tournament. After this tournament the Olympic Club will arrange for another, with the East- ern champlons as the feature. A A ! AR L W5 tbs OLYMPJC CLUB BOXERS IN ACTIVE TRAINING FOR THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE CLUB GYMNASIUM ON JANUARY 30, 31 AND FEBRUARY 1 N COURT'AND TRAINER AL LEAN. % THEY ARE UNDER will be a competition in putting and ap- grolrhlns, which was deferred from last aturday on account of the rain-soaked condition of the course. The final match for the Council's cu for women of the 8an Francisco Golf Clu was won easily by Mrs. Brown, whose opponent, Miss Hager, did not make so good a contest as was expected. It was t o\l%ht that Miss ager, who drives a long ball and plays quite strongly at times, would press Mrs. Brown pretty closely, but the match was practically | won on the first round, and ended at the thirteenth hole with seven up for the win- ner. Mrs. Brown was in great form, Miss Hager taking cnly two holes out of the thirteen. The competition was less inter- esting than it would have been had not some of the strongest players been ab- sent, notably Miss Maud Mullins, Miss M. | B. Houghton and Miss McBean, who stand | second, third and fourth in 'the ladies’ challenge class, and Miss Alice C. Hoff- man, who is captain of the ladies’ team and has won two competitions for the cup, Little 18 being done at present on the links of the San Rafael Golf Club, and no | events will be arranged until next month. | Two of the most important of Southern | California golf competitions are near at hand—the team championship and the women's open amateur championship, both of which will be played on the links of the Pasadena Country Club on Janu- ary 25 and 26. In the team championship each of the clubs in the Southern Califor- nia Golf Association is represented by four men, and each team plays a match over eighteen lioles against eye: other team. Individual matches are decided by points, 1 or 2 up counting one, 3 or 4 u munun‘g1 two and 5 or more up counting 3. The eighteen holes are played out, and the Pasadena cup, presented by John B. Mil- ler, goes to the team scoring the highest number of pointg, and is held by it until the next team championship tournament. —_——— ‘Wants Better Fire Protection. The North Central Improvement Asso- ciation petitioned the Board of Supervisors yesterday to require the Spring Valley Water Company to make such changes in its water mains as will secure to the dis- trict located in the tdmfi, Kearny, Market and the shore fire protection of the highest class. The peti- tion avers that the water malins are of insufficient size as fire protection for a | district where _merchandise valued at | many million doilars is constantly stored ‘u_ business houses and factoriesy i OARSMEN LOOK FOR NEW SITE The Ariel and Ploneer Rowing Club houses both suffered injuries during the recent southeasterly storm, a 'Wdez house being blown off Long wharf into th bay and driven by the wind and waves egainst the piles supporting the boat- houses. The underpinning of the Pioneer boathouse has long been defective, and small sums are frequently needed for re- pairs. The South End Rowing Club lost the apron from which boats are launched. The tenure of their boathouse by the Squth Ends is insecure, and all three clubs are desirous to secure a locdtion where they may be certain of freedom from dis- turbance. The rowing men will use their influence with the Legislature to get a site suitable for the erection of boat- houses and hope that they may be success- ful. As it is, the Pioneer and Ariel boat- houses are old and inadequate to the re- Qquirements of the clubs, and the South Ends are in constant danger of having their house and handball court cut in two by the extension of Third street, for which many of the property holders in that quar- ter are clamoring. The Ariel Rowing Club recently appoint. ed Willlam T. Howe and F. J. M. Kelly a committee to confer with committees of the South End and Pioneer Rowing clubs with regard to the possibility of securing new and suitable locations. The annual dinner of the Dolphin Swim- ming and Boating Club, which took place last Saturday at a downtown restaurant, was a pleasant affair. About sixty mem- bers and guests were present. The chief business of the evening was the installa- tion of the newly elcted officers. NOMINATE NEW MEN FOR OFFICE The nominating committee, consisting of Dr. F. L. Platt, J. M. Punnett and A. W. ‘Waters, have prepared the following Iist of candidates for the various offices of the San Francisco Yacht Club for the coming twelve months: For -ommodore, W. N. lm. owner of the b T Ramona; for vice commodore, Robert S. Bridgeman, owner of the sloop . Thetis; for port captain, George D. Campbell, charterer of the outter Follis: for corre- sponding secretary, W. M. Edgell, owner of the yawl Dulcie; for financial secre- tary, Dr. F. Platt; for treasurer, R. M. ‘Welch; for measurer, Harold Burnett. None of the above named except W. N. McCarthy, the present commodore, has held any ‘office in the club before. The above list has been forwarded by mali to all members in good standing and consti- {utes the regular ticket. The club g los- ing very efficient and zealous officials in the retiring financial secretary, W. G. Morrow, the retiring ct-rre?ondlnx secre- C. an tary, E. Bartlett, the retiring treasurer, B. Hogue; but the nominees are good men for these posts. So far as is yet known there will be no opposition to the abovo nominees, who will in all probability be elected at the annual meeting to_be held at the Merchants' Exchange on Wednes- d‘fi’ evening, February 13. 0 meeting has yet been held of the committees of the California and Encinal Yacht clubs appointed to confer regard- thg the proposed consuiidation of the two clubs and the formation of an anchorage on the south side of the narrow gauge mole at Alameda. Indeed, the premature publication of the plan has thrown great difficulties in the way of those who ars most strongly in favor of the amalgn- mation o e vachting interests of Ala- meda and Oakland. There will shortly be launched at the foot of Alice street, Oakland, a new sloop yacht that has been built for T. N. Ken- dall, Robert Vincent and Frank V. Green at the Twelfth-street dam on Lak - ritt. She is 45 feet over all, has a 25 14 feet, a draft of 3 feet 8 inches and of 3 feet 8 inches when her center] d 1s dropped. Her mast is 58 feet, bompn 45 feet, oot feet outboard. She will have yards of canvas in mainsail and%bqua —_————— Medals for Kansans. TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 18.—The Shawnes County members of the Twentieth Kansas were presented with medals here to-night which were made from a Spanish cannon captured at Manila. The medals were :ude ‘“;d:;l u; dln;elm og the Grand rmy o e_Rej lic. Address Avered by Maibe Willlen oemarr®LS Kansas City, Commander-in. - sicur of the Grand Aty of the Hepubii and Colonel &, C, NEW LAWS FOR DOG TRAINERS California Coursing force Radical Ccmmittee Will En- Changes. Y far the most important meet- ing held by the California cours- ing committee in some months was that of Thursday evening. It was one of the stormy kind and resulted in the transaction of a great deal of business. The trainers came in for a big portion of the committee’s time and some sweep- ing changes will be forced upon this clas The committee has been making a m thorough investigation, and what it di covered was no less than appalling. They found that by the use of certain rub- downs and stimulants dogs have been practically doped. This accounts for the many upsets and surprising defeats of fa- vorites, To prevent all has been passed. Hereafter the use of all stimulants will be barred, except beef tea. witchhazel will be the only medicinal ar- ticle allowed. If any other rub or stimu- lant other than beef tea and witchhazel | is found in the kennel or on the person of any licensed trainer he will be immedi- ately ruled off for life. This is a drastic measure, but it was deemed necessary by the California coursing committee to keep | the sport clean. The case of Stevens against Edmonds | came up before the committee, and the evidence was of a conflicting nature, Ed- monds making several contradictory state- ments. Resolutions were passed that the bitch under dispute was not registered at the time of whelping; second, that from the evidence produced the committee was this a new law As a rub| | unable to determine the breeding of the biteh; third, that no contract was filed in regard to the sale, and consequently the committee could not act. In the case of John Kerrigan vs. P. C. Blick for the non-payvment of the stud services of St. Lawrence registrations will be refused until payment is made. All clubs must now have the following appear at the top of their scorecards: “This club is under the jurisdiction of the ornia coursing committee.” The following kennel designations were passed: Gold Dust Kennels—F. 8. Price, J. A. Goodfriend being_the members: Homestead Kennels—Dr. F. P. Clark; Yo- semite Kennels—R. L. Taylor, J. Maher, T. Reid. All licensed trainers are requested to be present at the drawing held at Pythian Castle next Wednesday evening. J. Jones has been not d to appear be- fore the California coursing committee | reference to the ownership of Wedge- wood. A sapling has been put upon the field that is a wonder. It is no other than Game Boy, out of May Flower by For | Freedom. lipped to a hare for the first time last Wednesday, its performance in the midweek reserve stake has been the talk among coursing men ever since. This sapling is pronounced the best ever since the puppy days of Recording Angel and Sisquoe. Within two weeks the first sapling stake will be held at Union Park. This will be one of the precursors to the Belle Bran- | don of February 22. The card to-day at Union Coursing Park *is an open stake, 128 entries, and contains | the usual number of high class hounds. L R R o i e e e e e el BASEBALL PLANS FOR THIS YEAR Entrance of Los An- geles Means Four Games a Week. The California Baseball League held several meetings during the past two weeks, organizing for the coming season, which will begin a few days before the April showers and end when the winter rains set in. The most radical of all the changes over last season is in the number of games scheduled. Instead of baseball twice a week we will have four days of it—Thurs- day, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Never before has this been tried by thje base- ball magnates of California. Three days were tried at Haight street in the ecstatic times of the national game, and the crowd of shouters did not slight the grand stand or bleachers at the midweek match. But four days is an experiment the success or non-success of which is to be seen after the new plan is put in o on. San Francisco was baseball mad for a short time last season, and the present grounds were then found inadequate to | accommodate the crowd. Some changes will be made in the arrangements for spectators before the season opens. The last heavy windstorm lifted a portion of the rcof and took it to parts unknown. This at least insures a new roof, one which will not sing with every gust of wind that strikes the ounds. e shingles of the grand stand roof last sea- son rattled in terrifying fashion whenever fretted by the western zephyrs. Los Angeles’ entrance into the league and the departure of Stockton was the reason for a four days' schedule. and from the southern city consume so much time that the visiting team will be held four days in each place. Games will bedpll:z:d 4 on liacnmendto. San Francisco an s Angeles grounds. A return match will be played between the Sansome-street and Washington-street commission merchants to-morrow morning at Recreation inds. On_the Teague grounds to-morrow the Alamedas and the Koenigs will meet for the fourth time, and a close contest is expected. They will line up as follows: : ———— Electricity is to ce used to convey pas- sengers to thg top th Romumeng, A% %18 Washiegion The trips to | 'CONDITIONS GOOD FOR SHOOTERS |Sportsmen Will Make | the Best of the Cold, _Clear Weather. | Duck shooters are reaping their re- wards on the marshes, though to hear them tell their shooting tales nothing but 11l luck waits upon them. The reason of | this is found In the meeting of the Legis- lature, which is a bogey in the eye of every sportsman who goes out for wild game mors than a half-dozen times a se son. Before the Legisiature met it was thought that the California Game Pro- tective Association had taken on new life, but there seems little reason to fear that the legislators now assembled will further tinker with the game laws as they stand. Some changes may be Instituted, but it is not likely that they will prove of a radical nature. Canvasback ducks were pis along the Suisun marshes last Sunday and dur- | ing the middle of the week. J my Cole- man on the Fleld and Tule preserves | brought home a string of seventy-eight | “cans.” Coleman, Fred Bushnell a few others will try Burdeils to-morrow, There is a bet on that Coleman will not kill twenty-five birds in two days. | LAl Cummings was out on Wednesday, killing forty-odd birds. He will try hi luck again to-day and to-morrow. Will Johnson worked the Alvarado mh“ last Sunday for a bag of fifteen s, The birds have left the Alameda Club | )ndld_on the Sonoma marshes. near Tubbs slan The floods of last week have subsided and the marshes are now in condition for 8004 shooting. HUNT CLUB AT TANFORAN PARK Franeis Carolan, master of the San Ma- teo County Hunt, returned to the city a few days ago. There will be a large num- ber of visitors at Tanforan Park to-day to-see the throw-off, which will take place at 2:30 p. m. There will be a table d'ho luncheon at 12:30 . m. As the dry days after the rain should have put the coun- try into excellent condition and this the first day that the master of the hunt has been out with the hounds in Cali- fornia his season, the meet will be well attended both by riders and spectators. A {ood run of fifteen or more miles is O Weanesdhy. the 24, th next mee nesday, the , the will be at Severn Lodge, San Mateo, .{ 9:30 a. m., and next Saturday at Havard Woods, Crystal Spring read, at the same i