The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1901, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1901. ~ SPORTS"HANDBALL, COURSING, RO HANDBALL ENTHUSIASTS ARE ENJOYING THE GAME Olympic Club Members Rapidly Improving in the Great Irish Pastime—Courts Are Crowded With Players Who Are Very Anxious to Become Expert and Win in Tournaments ANDBALL grows more popular | every day. Thousands of young and old men are deriving pleas- ure and exercise from the old Irish game. At the Olympic Club the regulation court, which is con- ceded to be the handsomest and the best fitted west of Chicago, is crowded daily by devotees of the game. Among the clever pluyers who are playing exciting rubbers «t the club are Charles Sullivan, Fred utz, George James, Jack Gleason, Henry I Rust, Tom Prendergast, Tom Walsh, Tom Powers, Jack Tate, Oatie Crable, Al Hampton, James McElroy, Louis Levy, Jim McEilroy and a score of others. Mc- | Blroy’s return to the game strengthens the Olympic lists materially. He threw | his knee out four months ago and it was feared that he would not be able to play again. On Sunday last he had a try-out and managed to play his usual good game. Al Hampton is the star of the aggrega- ) tion. He is practically in a class by him- self, but he is modest enough to play with the “novices.” At the Occidental court, on Grove street, games are to be seen every day. There is a club of nearly 100 members at this court and daily play is the rule. There are some very clever men in the organization and the game is of high order. The home of the game in this city is at Phil Ryan's court, on Howard street near Fifth. The court is known as the San Frercisco handball alley and it is here that the best players in the State were developed. For the last ten years the leading players of the world have tried ccrclusions here with the best of the local men. The great Casey and his equally great partner, Dunn, have played some exciting rubbers in this court. Jack Bon- net, the virtual champion of the coast, who may never be able to play again owing to the injury to his leg sustained in a hot game at the Olympic Club; Law- less, Riordan; Jones, the Australian cham- pion; Hampton, the Olympic Club expert, and a dozen other sterling players, have repeatedly contested for supremacy in this place. The court is responsible for the develop- ment of a score of young players who al- ready bid fair to become fifture cham- pions. Among the youngsters who are ca~ pable of defeating the foremost players on this coast are Jimmy White, tall and lanky, but possessed of a stroke that sends the ball t5 the front wall with speed and precision; ‘“Midgy” Maguire; Joe Col- lins, who, despite poor eyes, is sald to be the best in the alley; Ray Murphy, Curley and others. Great interest is being taken in the big singles tournament which is to open at the San Francisco handball court to-morrow. The best players in the West are entered and they are divided into three classes. A committee composed of men familiar with the playing of every entry will handicap the players, so that the games will be close and interesting. In the first class are Richard Linihan, the overhand swiper; J. Riordan, Jimmy White, Al Hampton, Joe Collins, Jim Nealon, the aged but re- markable player, and a dozen others. The tcurnament will start at 1 o’clock Sunday. . It will be a strictly amateur affair and prizes will be awarded the victors and sec- ond place men in each class. A player lesing a game will be dropped and the vic- tors will fight it out to the finish. It will be the survival of the fittest and every pizyer will extend himself to win. The tournament will continue thres nights in the week and will be opened by Jimmy White and Richard Liniban. Lin- ihan possesses a powerful overhand swipe, anqd is as strong as a bull. When he lands on the ball it strikes the front wall with speed. He plays a strong game, but the wise ones think that White will take his measure. White is .a youth weighing not more than 130 pounds. He is six feet tall and as fat as a telegraph pole. Despite his meagerness, he.is cap- able of putting up a wonderful game. His left hand is as good as his right, and he can kill from the back wall with either mitt. White also sends out a toss into left court that will keep the overhand swiper guessing. Linihan has beaten his youth- ful opponent a number of times, and it \ WING, TENNIS, GOLF, EXPERTS ARE MATCHED TO PLAY FOR TROPHIES Foremost Players on the Coast to Meet in Contest at the San Francisco\ Handball Alley—Interesting Games Are Scheduled for To-Morrow—Brilliant Matches Anticipated remains to be seen whether Re can do it again. White plays better in warm ‘weather, and as this is the seascp for it. he ought to be in his element. M. Mc- Clure and T. Serres will meet in the sec- ond class and D. McCarthy and W. H. Sieberst will open the ball in the ‘hird class. Following are the regular four-handed games scheduled for Sunday: G. Hutchinson and E. Maloney vs M. Dillon and P. Kelly; T. Foley and P. Talo vs. D. Regan and E. Barry; A. Me- Vicker and T. Lydon vs. I. Condon and W. F. Stapff; W. Willlams and D. Con- nelly vs. M. Joyce agd T. McManus; M Basch and P. Ryan vs. N. Fisher and G. B. Hayward; D. McDonald and P. Me: Intyre vs. M. McNeil and G. McDonald; J. Riordan and W. Maguire vs. J. Collins and E. Curley; J. C. Nealon and T. Leach vs. M. J. Kilgallon and A. Hampton. e "M106y MAGUIREY Jimeng \WHITE | WELL-KNOWN PLAYERS WHO WILL COTPETE IN TOURNATENT WHICH BEGINS TO-TTORROW AT SAN FRANCISCO HANDBALL ALLEY. ROWING RACES ON WATERS OF LAKE MERRITT Oakland Eager to I'l;ke Regatta the Leading Item of Celebration on Independence Day It is now certain that there will be a regatta on Lake Merritt on In- dependence day, and there is every rea- gon to believe that it will be the most successful one that the oarsmen have had for several years. The execu- tive committee in charge of the Fourth of July celebration met in the rooms of the Merchants' Exchange at Ozkland on Tuesday evening, and listened to the re- port of the committee appointed to look er the entertainment to be given in the afternoon of that day. The report recommended a rowing and swimming regatta and was adopted by vote. The regatta will be in charge of the afternoon entertainment committee, consisting of District Attorney Allen, J. J. Lea and Instructor Carroll of the Re- liance Atkletic Club, but all the details of the various events will be arranged by the regatta committee of the Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic Un- jon. President Cerf of the Boating Asso- ciation of the University of California says that the Berkeley oarsmen are anx- jous to take part in the regatta if they can procure a suitable beat. The finances of the affair are in very satisfactory con- dition, the City Council of Oakland hav- ing appropriated five hundred dollars, and the County Board of Supervisors a like sum, to the celebration fund. A committee has gone over Lake Merritt &nd ascertained that a stralght mile course can be obtained. Over the greater part of the course there will be ten feet of water, and on the day of the regatta the flood-gates at Twelfth street will be closed at high tide, thus securing a min- imum Gepth of five feet at the turn. The races will be one and a half miles, with a turn at the half distance. Spectators will have excellent opportunities for see- ing the races, there being at least three points affording a good view—the willows rear Schilling’s place, the Boulevard and Twelfth street bridge. It has also been ascertained that it will be easy to get the rowboats to the scene of action, as those from the Alameda and University boathouses can be pulled down Oakland creek up to the Twelfth street floodgates | end carried across the roadway to the lake. The barges and outrigged skiffs from San Francisco can be en over on the creek boat and rowed -3 the estuary 10 the same spot. It is probable that ail the city rowing clubs, except the Tritons, will send crews and single scullers in the regatta, the prizes in which will be much better than in the ordinary races on the bay. Last Sunday the Ariel Rowing Club tnok the firer step toward removing from Long Wharf, several of the mem- bers working on the concrete plers for the new boathouse. which it is d to bave ready for ol on when_the old quarters have to be vacated. The Pio- unanimous | | neer Rowing Club seems to be doing lit- tle or nothing just now, either in the | way of preparing for their approaching | departure from Long Wharf, or getting | ready for the coming regatta. |GOLF CONTEST AT SAN RAFAEL | { Robert Johnstone, the professional of | the San Francisco Gelf Club, is playing |a strong game just now. On Decoration | day, after the play in the handicap against | bogey was over, Johnstone played against | the best ball of J, W. Byrne and B. D. | Adamson, beating it 3 up 2 to play on ‘eighteen holes. In his match Johnstone | made the two rounds in 39-39, equally bogey, which is set at a low figure on the | Presidio course. The tie for second hand- |icap prize between B. D. Adamson and | Charles Page will be played off this after- |noon. B. D. Adamson is in good form, | baving beaten John Lawson more than | once recently in match games. At the annual meeting of the Sausalilo { Golf Club held last Saturday in the guild- room of the Episcopal church at Sausa- |lito the regular ticket was elected with- | out change. During the week the newly | elected directors held their first meeting and chose the following officers: Major T. W. M. Draper, president; Claude Ter- ry Hamilton, vice president: A. Starr Keeler, secretary, and H. Ciay Miller, treasurer, the remaining directors being | C. J. Foster, the Rev. A, C. Wilson and | W.'G. Morrow. | To-day the Sactamento Golf Club will | formally open its clubhouse and links with a tournament and reception. There iwill be competitions for either sex, the | ladies who have entered being Mrs. W. F. | George, Mrs. E. C. uel, Mrs. L. 8. Up- | son. Miss Edith Lynn, Miss Blanche Twit- | chell and Miss O. Stevens. In the men’s contest the entries include W. F. George, | L. 8. Upson, E. C. Deuel, William Mur- |cell, W. E. Lovdal, H. M. Burnside, W. H. Davis, H. A. Fairbank, O. Stevens, C. | K. Lipman and H. A. French. The green | keeper and instructor of the Sacramento | Gelf Club is Will J, Bradley, brother of Mrs. Guthrie, housekeeper of the San | Francisco Gclif Club. He was for some time with Dave Stephenson at the Pre- sidio links. Though cricket is somewhat overshad- owing golf just now in the Santa Cruz Country Club, the directors are anxlous to encourage golf and ho‘pe that the vis- itors to the town will play on the club |links, which overlook the bay and are | distant only ten minutes’ walk from the Sea Beach Hotel. Of the women players Mrs. W. Douglas Haslam is easlly the best, her driving and approaching being | particularly utronE The Misses Adell of n Jose, Miss KEthel Coope and Miss | Deming are also playl well. Of the men Paul R. Jarboe and n von Hiller | are considered the strongest players. JRE— Foresters’ Picnic. The Verein “Deutsche Foerster” of the German Order of Foresters, in conjunc- | tion with the German-American Clicic of the Independent Companions of the For- est, will have its first annual picnic at Plittsville Park, Fruitvale, next Sunday. There will be games and races for old and young, also dancing. e ‘There is no law to prevent a woman from planting herself in front of a mil- liner's show window and wishing she had a bank account of her own. SAPLINGS AND CHATIPIONS IN CLASS STAKES Experienced_flounds and High=Bred Puppies on This Week’s Programme Now that the great California Cours- ing Committee stake has been run and decided, an explanation is due the cours- ing public for the absence of Sisquoc from the grand bunch of champions that!gave the event such importance. That the courser did not appear is not because of his lack of reputation or necessary qual- ifications, for no dog jn thé history of the game has kept befofe the public and won the record that Sisquoc has in so short a space of time. Since Jimmy Dean sold the hound back to D. J. Healey it has been a succession of victorles for the Petaluma kennels, and in the swell event in coursing it was naturally expected that Sisquoc would not only be an entry, but that second money would be the hardest luck that could befall him. When the members of the committee were hustling for the naming of do for the big stake, Dan Delury sought Healey and asked« for the orivilege of placing Sisquoc to run for him. Healey acquiesced, but conditionally: “¥es, Dan, you may nominate him, and if he wins anything you can have back youi ten- doilar entrance fee,” was Healey's offer. When it is considered that the custom in the Waterloo coursing stake, the world’'s greatest event, and in fact every cther kind of sport, is to divide all winnings be- tween the owner and the nominator, it can be imagined that the offer was not tempting to Delury. To make himself better understood Healey declared that the honor of winning was suflicient rec- ompense for the nominater, and ‘that in this case it must needs be, for those terms were his ultimatum. Somehow the committee Jearned of the affair, and Delury was told to look for some other fiyer. As the time for the drawing came around Healey found him- self with a champion courser trained and on edge, but without the necessary com- mitteeman to name his dog for the rich prize event. More than one member of the committee mentioned the fact that Sisquoc’s coursing privileges for the stake had been offered to him, but afier Learing of Delury's experience, decided that it was due-as a member of the board to resent what was deemed an insuit to the California Coursing Committee, and Healey's later offer to allow the 'd winnings to be equally divided “was nored. That was the reason of Sisquoc’s non- appearance in a stake where on his past performances he might have taken ut least second money. . George M. E. Malcolm has been elected keeper of the stud book for 1901. F. Barfels of Denver, Colo., president of the American Coursing Board, has notified Malcolm of the fact, and ‘also that the printing of volume 7 of the stud book will be given to California. 4 The California Coursing Committee Leld its annual banquet at %mmiw’: on Sat- urday evening last. e usual popping of corks and other amusements were pt up until a late hour. / The election of officers resulted in_ th re-election of H. A. Deckelman as pres! dent and George M. E. Malcolm as Eetary. J. Aklein was elécted vice presi- ent. Charles Gassagne and H. H. Lyon, of Los Angeles, have returned home after a few days' visit. They took with them F. A. McComb's Royal Fashion and Sir Van and the Gold Dust kennels' 3pring- back, having leased the coursing privi- leges of the hounds for the season. Martin Kerrigan will probably preside in the saddle in the Angel City. Before leaving the gentleman from the south- ern city announced that his terms had been agreed to, and all that was neces- sary to secure his services was the sign- ing of papers. Auckland and Master Clair, owned by James Carroll, divided the stake at Los Angeles. At Vallejo Lundin Links, Beni- cia Boy and Risky Attempt (inished in the order named. The card for to-day and to-morrow at Union Park is a good one, and consists of an open stake of 112 entries and a sap- ling event of 14 entries. In the big event some of the best performers on tho local field are in evidence, and the lot of young- sters in the other event are of the best coursing blood. Frank McComb's r‘(el'!l Friend, of the Firm Fellow and 'Real Article blood, and two Royston-Fiery Face puppies will go to the slips. The latter were whelped soon after Fiery Face reached here. The Emin Pasha- Moonlight litter is expected to show in style in this stake. Glancer has been bred to Gallant Foe May 22 and Fortuna Favente to Wave May 24, ‘Winners of to-day’s events 150k to be: Sapling stake—Fiery Friend, Reported Absent, Silver Coin, Real Arisiocrat, Ke- al Attire, Resident Agent and Emin ey. In the open stake—Real Article, Brutus, Bona Fide, Wedgewood, Anchor, The Grafter, Random Aim, Rollicking Airs, Best Bargain, Echo, Round About, Nar- cissus, King Cotton,” Honor Bright,’ i3rfar Root, Hot Haste, First Foot, Mose, Daisy Clair, Vulcan, America, War Eagle, War- th, Back Flush, Little Sister, Charta, aréhip, Luxor, Dewdrop, Buck, Flery Face, Fine Fire, Snapshot, Gold Bug, Royal Union, Greenhall, Sir Pasha, Rec- tor, Bonnie Pasha, Roman’ Athlete, Bow- ery Boy, Sara, Vixen, Rosie Clair, Goiden Russet, Santonin, Bohe, Sweet Emma, St. Helen, 'Rural Artist, Game Boy, Spiteful, Candelaria, Olita, Vandal and Ldberator. Jake Goodfriend of thHe Gold Dust ken- nels has gone to the Klondike. His inter- est in the kennels has been purchased by his partner, F. A. Price. On account of pressure of business H. A. Deckelman has sold his kennel of dogs to J. H. Rosseter. In the transfer were Lawrence Rocker, Master Rocket., Pet i Ben Kirby, Flyaway, Mountain Beauty, Glen Chloe, Snapshot, aad pup- es by’ Emin Pasha out of Fivaway and y Emin Pasha out of Pet Kirby. Kentucky Horse Is Sold. CHICAGO, May 31.—His Eminence, the winner of the Kentucky derby, has been sold by F. B. Van Meter to a New York man at the reported price of $18,000. The New York man’'s name has not been made public. ‘Wins a Twenty-Mile Ride. BALTIMORE, May 31.—A twenty-mile motor-paced race was won to-night by Jimmy . Michael from Watson Coleman and O. V. Babcock by 3% laps. Time, 83:15 1.5. Coleman and Babcock rode in five-mile relays. 3 A ANGLERS ARE NOW WHIPPING MNANY STREATIS Fishing in Coast Rivers Furnishes Good Sport Work of Commission Walter Mansfield, John Seibe, Edward Everett and a few others left on Wednes- | day night for the McCloud River. They will stop at Raymond's cabin, twelve miles above Baird. They went in over the new road. The fishing in the McCloud this season has not been up to the averagg. Colonel Kelleher returned a week ago and reported that the seasom has been rather unfavorable and the fish- ing unusually poor. The conditions on the Truckee have not improved. The weather was cold and snow fell during the early part of the week. It will probably be another week before the river is in shape. The snow will rile the water too much for fly fish- ing. > The season will open at Tahoe to-day. ‘While the State law permits all fishing on the 1st of April, the fishing in Lake Tahoe and its tributaries is closed until the 1st of June by an ordinance In effect in Piacer and El Dorado counties. As the fishing has improved In Tahoe every year for some years, it is expected that the coming season will be a good one. During the time the Fish Commis- sion men were using their seine to catch spawn fish for the hatcheries fhere were several large Mackinaw troutdéaptured. One specimen weighed eight pounds. The Fish Commission has been liberating this trout, which is a native of Lake Michi- gan, in Lake Tahoe for some years nd auglers should begin to pick up the speci- mens. Mrs. M. Lawrence of Tallac suc- cecaed in landing an eight-pound Macki- naw from Fallen Leaf Lake last season. The Loch Leven and the German brown trout are getting to be numerous in the smaller lakes in the vicinity of Tallac. The Fish Commissioners began tneir spring distribution of Loch Levin and erran _brown trout during the st week. This distribution is confined to lakes only, so that the 480,000 fry which they have in the Sisson hltcheg will be liberated in Tahoe at Taylor City, Mec- Kinneys and Taliac. They will also be planted in Donner Lake and in the lakes at Cisco. None of these fish will be plunted in any of the streams, as they are not considered to be as good stream fish as the native rainbow. The Fish Commission wiil again take up the black bass work next month. The stock for distribution will be taken frcia the land-locked waters of the Ri River and from the salt Spring Valley reservoir above Milton. Deputy M. L. Ross will be in charge of the work. J. A, Parraisor fished in the estuary iast Saturday and landed four . C'B. Moliywood fished in the same plase on Sunday and Monday evi and landed five bass. The two he landed on a half ‘together on Mcnday night averaged from t four pounds in weight. about | John Butler and J. Lemmon will fish in Lake Lagunitas, which opens to-day. Good fishing is_reported in the vieinity of Sims on the Upper Sacramento. The striped bass season closed to-day. LOCAL CRICKET TEAMS AT PLAY The match, Pacific versus Sacramento Cricket Club, set down for to-morrow at Sacramento, has been posiponed till the next open date, June 16, as the cricket ground of the capital city ‘was under water recently. team will journey down to Santa Cruz to play their first match of the season against the Country Club of that town. The Alameda versus Pacific match set down for last Sunday was not played, as the team of the former club did not put in an appearance on the field. It will, however, be played to-morrow. The Ala- meda represeniatives will _be selected from the following: G. J. Baugh, F. J. Croll, J. J. Moriarity, W. J. Richter, A. E. Chivers, B. Bird, A. F. Stahl, J. H. Saunders, W. G. Fortmann and ‘V. See- beck. 'The following wil® be the Pacific representatives: H. C. Casidy, captain; C. P. Coles, A. W. Wilding, F. Bennion, W. Petherick, J. J. Theo- bald, T. J. Tiedemann, A. B. Willis, V. P. Sellom and D. Jamieson. Bicycle Notes. The annual 25-mile road race of the California Associated Cyclists, which w: postponed last Sunday owing to rain, will be held on Sunday, June 5. The entries, prizes and officials will remain the same. It i~ expected that the roads will be in much better condition on_ this date than they were just prior to last Sunday, in which event fast time be made. The Bay City Wheelmen have held a run to Lake Pllarcitos, in Mateo Country, annually for the last seventeen years, and will go there ain to-mor- row, under the leader: of Captain A. E. J. Nye. It will be a picnic run, the commissary department being in charge of Messrs. Day, Sheldon, Watters, Dodge and Stangenberger. The run will start from Golden Gate avenue and Polk street at 8:30 a. m. The Bay City's midsummer jinks and smoker will be held a week from to- night, and will be on a par with other similar gatherings of the club, which are always interesting and well attended. The employes of Leavitt & Bill will hold their annual run to Camp Taylor to-morrow, as guests of the firm. There will be about t“nt{nm the ride, under the leadership of John Leavitt. Rambling Kate a Winner. LONDON, May 31.—At the Manchester Whitsuntide meeting: to-day J. Dawson’s brown filly Rambling Katie, a four-year- old, won the Manchester cup of 250 sov- urelm_. added to a sweep: es of 5 sov- creigns each; distance one and th uar- ter miles. p rris’ uetry was second and W. C. Whitney’'s Kilmarnock II (L. Reiff) was third. Twelve horses Ram] e was a rank ou hs. There was a ween Pa and Kilmarnock IL Whitney’s was a hot favorite and started with betting 2tcl him, but he showed in front. T botun%on t TS Was: Rambling’ Katle, to _Par- quetry, 20 to 1 against. On June 9 the Alameda | TOURNAMENTS ARRANGED FOR NEAR FUTURE Tennis len Are Begin- ning Practice for State IMeet on July Fourth. Whitneys May Go East The scratch singles tournament for the championship of San Francisco, com- menced last Thursday, was productive of many surprises. Bob Whitney, who was thought to be going back in his game and who has heretofore cut but little figure in tournaments, upset ecalculations by beating Harold Crowell and Drummeond McGavin, two very good second class men. Should he play the game Saturday that he played on Thursday Bob Whitney will stand a very good chance of beating his ':;:ther George for the championship hon- Another man who_surprt 'was Ray Cornell. He gu”fn:;:’%fiz considered a very fair doubles player, but in singles he has never accomplished much. His match with Grant Smith on Thursday, in which he won a set, caused his stock to take considerable of a rise. Cornell is a good tournament player and with a little more ice will be able to hold his own with any of the.second class men. Chet Smith, one of the young- est players, also surprised the on-lookers by his all around od work. Grant Smith, wic was in the poorest kind of form, on Trursday almost went down to defeat before Fred Brown, whom he was ex_lpectsd to dispose of easily. he match on Saturday between R. N. Whitney and Grant Smith to determine who will meet George Whitney in_the fin- als should be a very good onme. In prac- tice Whitney would probably beat his op- porent without very much trouble, but in a tournament Smith’s chances of down- ing his opponent are very 3 Last year the Hardy brothers journeyed East to try conclusions with the cham- plons of that section. At the close of the season Sumner ranked twelve, while Sam ranked twenty-two. year the Whitney brothers have received a very £00d offer from J. P. Gardner of the Ken- Wwood Country Club, Chicago. The Whit- neys, who are now champions of the coast, will undoubtedly go East this year and as George is by far the best player on the coast he should do great things on the trip. The Hl-r%s came within an ace of winning the Western champion- ship_at Chicago and the Whitneys beat the Hardys in straight sets shortly after their return. in the near The next big tournament future is the singles for the championship of the State. s event will be played on the Fourth of July at San Rafael At 2 p. m. to-day the two matches > 1 be played on poned from Thursday wil the courts of the California Tennis Club. —_———— Gans Knocks Out Dobbs. BALTIMORE, May 3l—Joe Gans of Baltimore knocked out Bobby Dobbs of Minneapolis, in the seventh round of a bout scheduled for twenty rounds. The fight was all Gans” , and a blow in'the stomach brought It (o an end.