The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1901, Page 10

TH 10 E SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 190 SPORTS = SHOOTING, RACING, FIGHTING, BASEBALL, TENNIS, DUCK HUNTERS GO INTO THE DISTANT - COUNTIES FOR THEIR LAST SHOOTS Johnny Coleman Tries to Make a Hero and Big Game Sportsman of Jim Brownell Upon Their Return to This City After a Week’s Hunt Near Wasco, Kern County. ’ H. T. Jacksbn, Andrew Jackson,. Jim with sacks of sprig, mellard, widgeon, | Coleman tells the tale it runs something Brownell, C. Frank Ireland and. John B. | canvasback and teal. Their hunting was | like this: 3 Coleman participated. | done over the irrigated lands. | “On our fifth day ocut, while " moving As far as Wasco, Kern County, thee| But it is not the fact that these keen camp, A. J. Bone, on whose land we had e e taes of tha Iron barrel ifaveled |Sportemen brought back a long string | formerly camped, and myeelf left the that makes the shoot an extraordinary teams and broke off away from the road for their final big shoot of the season. gne Something happened the fifth day to find water and suitable grounds for a After & week of duck and geese shooting out which made a hero of Brownell and | night's rest. When about a quarter of a they returned to the city last Sunday.a romancist of Johnny Coleman. As mile from the party we were attacked by a mountain lion. As we had left our fire- % | arms In the wagon our position was, in- | deed, a precaricus one. It was then that Brownell proved himself the hero. He too was straying away from the wagon, and | our frenzied shouts reahed his ‘ears. Luckily the cries for help were heeded. | P Brownell came to the rescue, and the big mountain lion soon lay breathing its ast.” | That is the story Coleman has been re- | tailing around town, and Brownell was posted as the hero of the tale. But by some accident photographs of the party |in various poses were discovered, Brow- nell killed a fierce beast of the “marshy | desert” sure enough, but the fierce beast was no other than a blil wildcat. The pictures show this, also the relative size of Brownell and that feroclous “‘mountain P EX o= ¢ what remains, persist- ve been banding for far- | he most noteworthy shoot that in which George TENNIS MEN IN SINGLES " TOURNAMENT Handicap Event at Cali- forna Club Reaches the Finals. C. FRANK IRELAND, Well-Known Turfman and Sportsman, 'KOENIGS WIN | S FOR HOUNDS CLOSE GAME ~ OF BASEBALL THIS IS THE SEASON OF BIG STAKE Three Big Days at Union Coursing Park Are Hold- the Attent! f L h T | The nandicap singles tournament was ved ¥ day a ? fa Club ing the Attent'on of Leashmen. Battery Work of Both I mmin,s i s, g T W V. for tennis and the entry list the largest Serien BF 5 r that Fiery Face, our eams as ery ;f:;'!.n'lev:‘:. the tennis produced was very o B R i o Effective. Of the twenty-one players who took pat | W ¢ stant a trifle faster than there are but three left to play for the Farndon Ferry, 2 o two handsome silver steins. The three re, is also | The “play-off” of the recent tie game players who resched the semi-finals and : = Well _Known | petween the Koenigs and Alamedas re- | fing Al Rosenberg, Charles Kuehn | ¢ ‘o sulted in a victory for the first named at | and Grant Smith Kuehn will play the | Recreation Park vesterday. The game | winner of the Rosenberg-Smith match for | 3 : was well contested throughout and was | first piace. Haroid | = . 4 replete with brilliant plays. ‘The only and | In the preliminary round Owing to the fact { the men's ama ; Noks ok - winning run was made in the sixth inning | Crowell, with odds of fifteen, beat R. N. | teur ~champlonship the = women's e w ¢ 1 by Hildebrandt, who reached first base on | Whitney, 7-5 [ C. Smith, with a z};zm&!‘n thr:pxi::{ws“?\[fm:'r‘w\'?:’,ivn"\‘lr;'g;f:;1 A o . 1 a grounder to Krug and a muff by | handicap of ha g Eountry Club on.Thursday. none of the A Lr B. Growtage, a local | Schroeder. Hildeb stole second and | champion of Alameda County | Y : e e | r Tudging achin o e, local | B e e Aol 16 B Wi sitewea A roted golfers of that part of (ho State are sance Cit e \ a quartet of fliers re- | field odds of half fifteen, which was too heavy | at Del Monte, and, the'tournament 18 con st o w t o einsions with ur local | . The battery work of J. Bodle and Eagar | & handicap, as Watson won, 6-0, 6—i. | sequently deprived of a good deal of ¥ oungs n the | doss. and has come in person to see how | for the Koenigs and Russell and Shea for | Cornell allowed Erskine half thrity and jIMereste = .. ..o oogicting with the . h nds will perfor The public will | Alameda was very effective. The base | Won, 6 Pau Bave b e nis touEnsmoent: and kedpin 2 c the new- | hits were few and far between, but Gare n and won eas =%, DAL e O e e | . being made off each pitcher’'s dellv A In t round N. Hodgkinson al- | pPlavérs ',‘“g)ll‘rrl::m| ‘h’;l‘ p‘,,."‘.—‘( f'" ;I‘“ ent of this Thers Were iy bails elore. but they in- | lowed S. Salisbury odds of half thirty and | Franglsco Golf Club, Bes resrrangel I8 the mbst fashionably | variably landed safe in the hands of the won sily, 6 6—4. Rosenberg and | SCRECHIC O LimT: cams 'of ladies of the ters éver slipped since | enemy.” In the eighth inning it looked as | Ctowell plaved even up and although the G IV CIE 2hg " Oakland golf clubs, ) the stake. Four years | though Alameda would tie the score, but | latter put up a godd game he was beaten | Fan CERNESIE ST 00t Glclock this r James D. Phelan presented | Van Haitren at the bat, with two out, by his clevercr opponent, 6—4, 2—6, 6-—2. | that was to Rve Bofun fo b © C80s (08 utiful trophy which the owners of | was unequal to the task of bringing Shea | Duval Mcore gave Chet Smith a handicap | ?N’" "n!s‘°g“ed~ Owing to The Dedk Woathe hounds seem anxious to lay claim | home from third. The score: | of half fifteen and after a close struggle | been Posthored, DYWAE IS (08 TR0 Fourth each year the class competing KOENIGS. won, 6 57 64 Grant Smith gave | 8 (0, AOTRRTE (U Gounetr's cup. for proved. A close tab will be R | Fay 'Beal 'thirty and after Beal had Smith | Sompetltion (0% MG isco Golf Club k of the bunch to pick out AB. R.BH. SB. PO. A. E. | almost_beaten_ he finally lost, 5—7, ¢—3, | Women of the San Fragciecs GOt Ciu nplons. | Collins, 2b. 4 0 0 6 4 6 0 G4 Ray Cornell gave A. Watson half | Were not plas?u :st bon 5)' and toe ¥ r ago yestorday Luxor sailed along | Knell 1. €0 4 0 0 0 2 0 o Grcen and won In straight sets, i—5, 6—3. | Whole competition Bas been deferred. Cn a te the final fiag in the Joh Hildebrand, 3 2.1 0 2.3 3 1|phn vlayed: Luel il . Monday, the 25th, at 9:30 a. m.. there will mounts ir ¥ i SR l“dG"“" CUp | Bagar, c s e Tl s L B e ol “5"2 et even terms | | "o handicap over eighteen holes, stroke stake and earned a good-sizéd purse for | Lo4ar : | and beat him, 3—6, 62, 6-—0. A % The hares on that occasion | ;. Basse, & § 0 ¢ 8 % 2 8™ the second round Rosenberg gave Dlay. for women on the Fresidlo links and Luxor, as a great killer, | Morrison, r. f $ 6 1 0 1 0 ofHodgkinson a handicap of one-half fifteen | €ach competitor Pe¥/nE, o paiS 08 fe | was In his element. In the present run. | Kenghan, ib.........3 0 0 0 18 0 | and after a dcsperate struggle won, 8—10, | Sntrance fec. GOm0 o o otirna- et Bt ning of the California plate and the con- | McGee, ¢. .. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0f6-46-1 Grant Smithgave Duval Moore | first mateh i t0e ROl e repre- - B0 Shown five lenath ditions about the | same, Curtls' bread- — — — — = — ~lodads of half thirty and won, 3-8, 75, | Ment fur Weton ot eCr o Cakland Footsteps in private trial. ¥ stands a good chance to repeat Totals ...eoo..28 1 4 8 21 161|108 Moore, after winning the first set, | Senting the San Fral d and | ¥ private trial. F ALAMEDA .had his opponent 51 on the second set, | £0lf clubs will take place on the Point : — = Gy AB. R L SB. PO, A E. | DUC SmIth won the mext six games and | JSOTE TCh "Whi take place one week T T Van Haltren, . £..4 0 1 0 1§ o el [n thelast set Moore plaved a very | [Jt0" 5" the Presidio links at the same PLEASURE CRAFT jen up and laid down in the cove at Ti.| Krug, s. .. J4 9 1 2 1 4 sensational game. Paul Jomes had a| . .rin the morning. buron. Frank Bartlett is having a great | Britt, 1. f.. 4 0 0 0 2 o ofhandicap of half fifteen on Cornell and On March 2 the qualifying rounds for ork done on the yawl Spray . | Russell, p. 4 0 1 1 5 2 o|won -5 63 In this Jones' smaching | iy, tourth competition for the Council’s ARE OVERHAULED lito, » Y 4T Golasworth 3 0 0 0 4 3 32| was perfect. Kuehn and Sperry played | the fourth competiog tor B oW Gort eV “rramontana is “Hailed out | Schroeder. s 2 0 9 o 7 2 1iloneven terms and the former won, 64 o, il be played on the l;ae idio of the water at Hay & Wright's. yard on | wimen b, . 0| 75 5 ng at 2 p. m. Th The owners of the Corinth : Oakland Creek. Dr. T 1,‘H1|1-i,“'1 1 | Wichman, 3b. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 |Butone match was played in the semi. | SOUTSE: lzvfl’r;nlu:z"w“ L3 mh!emflenlnx oThe owners of the Corinthian Yacht Cygnus is afloat again, bat,the’ oo | Simweon, T. 1. 3 0 0 0 0 0 Olfinals, in which Kuehn, with odus of | 10914 Of T0G oM o round on. March e e ot the Merchants Ex | work and rigging are not qutte finishea e o 4 % 3 om 4| thirty. beat Jones, 63, 6—0. The handicap | Jg*"°" & i chisnat o'clock next Wednesday even- v ex-Commodons: sxpeot 3 otals ok | was too large for an inexperienced player | 1% 3 ing to arrange a sailing programme for | VETY shortly. - pects o be ' salling RUNS AND HITS BY INNINGS like Jones to carry, as the SCOre Shows. e Tty e B o R the coming season. It has been usual (o | The “Ark-Angels” of Larkspur held a | Koenigs .. 0199 8% 1 89 The other semi-final match will be played | hogin the match, over seventy-two holes include in the schedule a crulse to some | C6\CPration yvesterday in honor of Wash Base hits. 01010110 by Grant Smith and Al Rosenberg. Smith | s\ ke play, between the leading profes- nclude in the schedule a cr me | fngton's birthday. Sag om0 df Wash. | {1200 00000000 will probably allow his opponent odds of | Strokts MY e netghborhood David Boil. point in- South Ba . as the yacht |give a clam-chonder sarty o Blorin & Base hits. 10100001 one-half fifteen. Sonfls o Me D e owners have .always shown a disinclina. | ana t arin Isl | e e n¢ will, be completed next | Willle, Smith, James Melville. Robert tion to risk their craft in unknown ani| The Oakland Canoe Club ' recelved it ; Sunday afternoon if the weather permits. s : sl C Sacrifice hits—Wichman, Hildebrandt. First p 3 shoal l::‘r;mirxl i !;;}'nh.c‘hlh that this | friends ; ,"”‘195’5‘"(;,',1{'“3“"}‘,”,"“ Ses- | base on_ errors—Koenige I, Alameda 1. Fhst i rs pi ne will not even mention | S , Ei and. Durin ! by n called s—Koenigs 2, Al L Ky nm ! afternoon there was a canoe race far the | Lot on basce Koenizs 1. Alameaa & siruck | SWIMMING AT SUTRO’S. .- s 3 5 1 cup, the yachts belongin; o | out—By J. Bodle 1, by Russell 6. Double play— rinthian Yacht Club is ] gt play FRCREIEE 1 s — . of ihe club also going over the | Collins to Keoghan. Passed ball—Shea. Time 5 g.and will shortly have 250 mem- | course with parties of guests on board of game—1:15. Umpire—Jack O'Connell, Officiai | At Sutro’'s baths on Sunday, February s on its list. The club has recently The sloop Speedwell, owned by T. Jen- | scorer—J. W. Stapleton. | 24, the following matches will take place purchased 4 scow that ran aground =i Pings and Hugh Johns, will be safled this | At Elghth and Harrison sireets to-mor- | 50-vard dash, juveniles—P. Roller, M. Tiburon. and has sunk it near the wester | jo gy U¥ Ber owners. 'with the aid of ¥, | row afternoon the Koenigs and Nobles | Roach, A. Martinez, J. Janes. C. Buiter. ey gy e 3k s g bio | B Schober and . Howacd. She fs at | will meet. Following will be the line-up: | worth, P. McDonald, J. Patton. R. Her- tween the scow and the shore will in r Larkepur, but will ‘be pepugut ek | Koeniss. Pns- Habia, (WA P Paoe FiMescnD: Shipley, V- filled in and, a crane will be set up on the Larkspur, but will be brought to | gnel Pitcher. 7. Sheq | Buttemer, 8. Hand, C. Duke, E. Egan, C. ’ up ey abo € middle of March. She | J2agar. .Catcher. Fora | Crist, F. Magner, M. Rar:ay. ecow for hoisting spars and other gear. | IS In egcellent condition, and will_require | Keoghan First bas V. Carroll Under-water swimmirng, tub race, high This improvement will relieve the clup | litle Dreparation. The 'sloop Ariel, for- | Collins Josh Riley | diving for boys—Open to all. 2 = flcat from the presence of a quantity of [ o3, Fthel 8. hag been charterea: for | J. Bodic 3 Jonnson | 100-yard race, amateurs—L. Grueman, [ ballast, spars and other equipment tha* | James ik\‘xlg»r" She ,:3:‘:-' A~fl?mek and ;”; BIO:_!' | Bodkin, G. Irving, A. Clayton, P. Rose, J. usually eumbered it during the period of South San Franelseo mgxwml%égg\hat' [ McGer. : ‘g:x:l:érg' i T PRI R putting the vachts into commission sail wth the Corinthians.’ The Sloop. Kl | Morrison. Right fleld Haywards, L. Scott O Y oventtar B Since his fallure to secure the nomina- | ¢ has been refitted inside, and wil take | At Oakland the Golden Gates and Aia-| Trick and fancy springboard diying—. . Sar iliEoinn s o L all the club events this year. E. | medas will play at’2 p. m. at Freemzn's | 2 Loud, J. A. Jackson, O. Owens, P. Lous, | ‘ K, ~ . Sager will be somewhat sho) ) vy D r 3 rt-hande] | Park. G. Randall, W. Guild, J. Jorry, M. - \‘mh 1;: last ear, Dr. Ar;l \\."Lm\o{ { on the Edna, if reports are trie, 1t belea N et ter, J. Mclntyre, R. Cordeil, G, Chalmer zle has been wavering in his alleglance | said that Frank W. Thompson' will be no- | _The Chicago Journal says: “When | E. Wells. 5 T that club, and this year will boldly | sent from San, Eranciseo on business, and | Sheridan road is completed it will be tie | T AR T TR thian fleet. = The Sappho’s moorings off | ing. Thus only the- vice ek 4T 5.',;',].1 i :lh‘ahz".’i‘ofle‘:;‘filim‘g‘?:fi}o;s A St e A L g ned fruits to Germany a year, and more the clubhouse at Sausalito have been tak- are wanted. | W, H. Westerteld are left. , bridge.” ————— 'DEL MONTE, | of the San Fraucisco Golf Club are also money as the reward of thelr skill. The | professionals taking part are Willie Smith, ope champion of the United States In 1889; David_Bell. third to-Harry Vardon and J. H. lor in the open championship last year; Horace Rawlins, | open champion in 185; Harry Rawlins, James Melville and bert Johnstone. For about a year past the Del Monte | [ o JAMES BROWNELL, Duck-Shooter and Wildcat-Kiiler. MECCA FOR GOLF CRACKS Igamous Professionals Strive for Glory and Reward. The golf tournament at Del Monte be- gan yesterday and will be continued to- day under the management of Vice Cap- tain P. E. Bowles of the Oakland Golf Club and a committee of members of the golf clubs around the bay. The arrange- ments were left indefinite until the ar- rival of the golfers at Del Monte, except | that the amateur event was set for the mornings of the 22d and 23d and the pro- fessional match for the afternoons. A large party of Oaklanders left on Thurs- day for Del Monte, and several members on hand, including Andrew Carrigan, Lansing O. Kellogg, W. H. La Boyteaux, Hugh Tevis, H. D. Pillsbury, Leonard Chenery and Worthington Ames. There will also be a match for ladies. The prizes for the amateurs will be silver | cups, while the professionals will receive course has been provided with real turfed putting greens, so that all the e playing on the s most_familiar to will be $100, the sec- ond $50 and th Johnstone and the Rawlins brothers. The match will begin at 2 p. m, the prize money of +200 being divided as follows: First, $100; second, $70; third, $30. The qualyfying round for the amateur men’s champlonship of Southern Califor- nia was played on Thursday on the links of the Los Angeles Country Club, nearly all of the well-known golfers of that part of the State entering. C. E. Orr of the Pasadena Country Club is the present holder of the championship. and among those who are trying to wrest his honors are C. E. Maud, Walter Cosby, Winsor Walton, Willlam /Frederickson, E, B. Tufts. B. D. Silent, J* F. Sartori. J. H. Nicoll, J. 8. Cravefs. . P. Wood R. H. Hay-Chapman and N. F. Wilshire. Mrs. Jean W. Bowers of Garvanza is the hold- er of the women's championship of South- ern California, and is playing so strong a ame that it is doubtful whether any of er competitors can beat her. In a tour- nament at Santa Catalina she won the open handicap with a gross score of 3 the score of her nearest. competitor, Mrs. J. W. Foster, being 93. She also won the ladies’ driving, contest with a drive of 158 vards. Mrs. C. P. Bennett being second with 122 yards. In the recent tournament at Santa Cata- | the Mechanies’ | welgh in at the lightweight lmit and will NOT MUCH LIFE DISPLAYED IN PUGILISTIC MATTERS Dal Hawkins and the Twe McFaddens Occupy the Cente N Thursday evering next D Hawkins of San Francisco and George McFadden of New York will exchange uppercuts and jabs in the arena of thegTwentieth Century Club. Thelr bout wilk be twenty rounds in duration and will be fought in | Pavilion. Both men will fight for a large slice of the gate receipts and a decision. | A great deal of interest has been taken in this fight, as the contestants are gocd men in their class, Hawkins has been fighting for many years and has earned a reputation. In his fistic @reer he has | met and defeated such men as Eddle Con. nolly, Martin Flaherty,~Jack Carrig and | Kid McPartland, and has made splendid | showings against Frank Erne, Spike Su livan and other clever boxers. Hawkins | has not had a ring battle in many months and the prolonged rest has done him good. | He Is training faithfully and should enter | the ring in condition to make a fast fight His opponent is not losing any time. McFadden is working hard at Croll's Gardens and 1s sald to be in splendid hdpe. The Eastern buxer is a powerful uiit fellow and will undoubtedly make things warm for the local man. d"" McF" en has ng contract on to box two of | and willing boxer. | his oppone r of the Local Ring. the cleverest bantams now fighting 1 this city, and to win it will be necessary for him to knock both opponents out. M. Fadden may find he has bl off ton reat a mouthful to chew TomMy Gi ‘eather is a clever lad. He has beaten a number of good boxers before the local clubs. Gilfeather is a pv £ “Bob” Mc Arthur s proved an apt He p« unch and can take a_gru rgie Curran will be M Fadden's other opponent. That he w prove a worthy one enced by I record of victories. L H either hand a out punch has t ity to land it. McFadden and his rivals have gone training and ring-goegs are looking ward to a very torrid preliminary. The McGovern talk has not yet s sided and he is the man for April. Who t will be is a question hard to he abil- answer, Otto Cribb and Dutch Thurston are v much wanted young men these days, bu- Harting, Cribb’s manager. will not match his man agalnst Thurston unless a purse Cribb has a 4 *ipt of a lettes from Young Peter Jackson, in which the fighter says he would like to meet Thu s to match his »ugh not smpail is wi m b lina Wililam and Waiter | below | Cosby W —two _h hogey. Wil lerickson and Winsc Walton tied for score in the men's event with on_the tie being played off over two rounds, stroke play. kson proved the winner with a score of to Winsor Walton's 80. The prizes for the best gross re in_the mixed foursomes were won Mrs. Jean W. Bowers and H. M. Sears. ———————————— KENNEL BARKINGS. The preparations for the San Francisco Kennel Club's show are not proceeding as rapidly as they might, no’ even the judge or judges yet having been appointed. Henry J. Crocker has presented his Eng- lish setter dog, Hen Crocker's Chief, to James Todhunter Sloan. the noted jockey, Who intends to run the dog in the Eastern field trials next seasoa. i James Watson, the editor of the Ameri- can Kennel Gazette, has sold to Clinton E. Worden of this city a collie puppy dog | by the Verona Kennels' champion OV Hall Admira! out of Redhill Nellie. The pup has been registered as Redhill Com- | modore. | The Pacific Mastiff Club held a mesting ’ W. Freder on Wednesday last under the chairman- | ship of Dr. F. W. d'Evelyn, the president, |and voted to offer the following special | prizes for mastiffs at the next San Fran- cisco show: For the best mastiff, a silver cup: for the best mastiff dog. a gold medal; for the best mastiff bitch, a goid | medal; for the second best dog, a silver | medal; for the second best bitch, a silver | medal: for the best dog puppy, a sliver | medal} for the best bitch puppy, a silver medal. | Philip C. Meyer has bought from Mrs. Lee of Toledo two St. Bernard bitches, imp. Belline and Miss Barry, the latter of which took first nrize in Vew Vork last year. Mr. Meyer expects his new acquisi- tions to arrive abouc the end of Marcn. FOXHOUNDS FI! NEAR FAIR OAKS ISH ‘ The San Mateo County Hunt met yes- terday at Byrne's store, on the Spanish Town road, at-11.0'ciock a. m.. The finish was at Fair Oaks, "vhere the members of | the hunt lunched at the invitation of J. | J. Moowe, The coacn left the Burlingame | Country Club house at noon to convey in- ited guests to Fair Oaks at 12:3 p. m. | bringing l}!‘g)l‘n back to Burlingame after luncheon. ere is no meet of the hounds | to-day. Next Wednesday the meet will | be at Spanish Town, the Crystal Springs Cross Roads, at 9:30 a. m. Franois J. Carolan, master of the hunt, who recently broke his rigit ankle in con- | sequence of a fall {rom his horse near the Burlingame Country Club house, has | been unable to attena the meats for some time and _as a result of his absence and | of the rain-soaked condition of the coun- try, hunting has rather languished. Last Sunday, however, he attended the polo game and hopes Soon to be able to fol. low the hounds. With his return to the field and pleasanter weather the meets of the San Mateo Hunt will be better at- | tended. | Nauman VERSITY BOYS RECOGNIZE ROWING Rowing ha UNI at last been establishe: iz 1 as the U 1 sports the e hav As: ard finan soclated § the boa to it assume o equipme: s Basin Oakland nts are being mad | against the crew Washington, which 8. J. Pembroke, wh in connection with rowing bay ef S: S living a be necessary for (i fornia oarsmen to cockswainless shell, which wil' be done cs soon as funds are avallable. It i ex- pected that the meeting between the versities of California and Washington will take place at tre annual regatta of the Northern Pacific Assoclation of Am: teur Oarsmen, which will be held at V! toria, B. C. At the annual re- gatta_at o representatives of the University of California will have an opportunity of meeting thé crews of the Portland and other northern rowing club: The Alameda Boatwng Club deferred it gmmm opening day from yesterday to t. Patrick’s day, when there will be sev- eral short-races in skiffs and barges, with music and refreshments for the ladies and visitors. Probably one of the rowing clubs 'ln 'K}I:l!f;‘i(k)i Wllll be invited to come over o e Oakland C and -t Sy a2t reek and take part in a e intermediate barge crew of the A meda Boating Club has already begun [:;ac(lov. it is mads up of Ray Pollard. ow: Julius Stamer. No. 2: Bert Lyons No. 3: Sydney Pollard, stroke, and Carson cockswain.” The cockswain is ng and extremely light, but al- ready shows an aptitude for the work of steering a barge. Last Sunday all the barges and the two skiffs belonging to the club were in constan: use FIRST TRAPSHOOTING. The first bluerock. sioot of the season was held on the grounds of the San Fran- cisco Trap Club at Ingleside vesterday afternoon. A number of spectators were resent and some good scoring was made. here were several events, one of them under what is known as the Jack Rabbit system and another under the Jack Ra'- bit system revised. The mext shoot will be heid at the same place om the first Sunday in March., It will be a live-biri contest and will bé given by the Califor- nia Wing Association. Following 4 o some of the scores of yesterday's events: Ten-bird race (Jack Rabbit system re- sed)—O. Feudner 8, E. Feudner 6, C. Nauman 10, Leech 4, Iverson 4. " Fifteen-bird_rac Feudner 15, Webb 14, Nauman Walsh 12, Englehart 7, Suppe 3. Lewis 8, Kerrison 14 . en-bird_race (Jack Rabbit s 10, Webb $, O, Feudnor s Feudner §, Slade 6, [verson 7. G Fifteen-bird race—O. Fevdner 10, Nau- University | man 14, E. Feudner 9, Webb 13, Foster ;2.