The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1901, Page 4

SPORTS © =] EX FLEETEST FOOTERS WILL MEET AT OPENING OF SHEEPSHEAD BAY ISTORIC and popular Sheeps- head Bay track will open its gates to the public to-day with | the classic Suburban Handicap | as the magnet to attract thou- | sands of Eastern turf goers. It gives | promise of furnishing a far better test of | equine speed and endurance than did the Brooklyn Handicap, which was captured by the three-year-old Conroy from a very m A ain this year the smart ones pin thefr faith to the five-year-old | Ethelbert, and beyond cavil Perry Bel- | mont’s great horse will canter to the post favorite, carrying commissions footing far up in the thousands. The handicap per has asked him to carry 126 pounds, but the bay horse is of the ‘“‘classy” sort, and should be able to handle it. NEW YORK, June 14—The probable THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, odds quoted for the Suburban handicap by | a prominent member of the Metropolitan Turf Association are 6 to 5 on Ethelbert, 6 to 1 on Star Bright, 10 to 1 on Kamara, 10 to 1 on Alcedo, 10 to 1 on Watercure, SATURDAY JUNE 15, 1901. , RACING IN THE EAST AND WEST, BOXING, YACHTING, COURSING, GOLF, 12 to 1 on Beau Gallant, 12 to 1 on Blues, 15 to 1 on Sidney Lucas, 15 to 1 on All Gold, 15 to 1 on Toddy, 20 to 1 on Prince Mc- Clurg, 20 to 1 on Procession, 30 to 1 on Kilogram, 40 to 1 on Alfonzo, and 10 to 1on Alsike. For the second year in succession Ethel- bert is almost sure to start favorite for the Suburban handicap, the feature of to- morrow's good card at Sheepshead Bay. There is just a possibility that if rain sets in Perry Belmont's horse will be de- throned from the high pedestal to which his splendid efforts in standard stakes en- * o5 title him, even if he is allowed to go to the post. This is the only chance against his starting first favorite again and probably closing at the same price as last year, viz.: 6 to 5. Ethelbert was almost as strongly fan- cied last year as this, but the field he will | meet to-morrow has not nearly so much class to it, all of which is in his favor. In 1899 Candle Black and Banastar were considered invincible, closing equal favor- ites at 8 to 5, yet the famous black mare Imp had no trouble in winning at odds of 7 to 1 against. In 1898 Ornament was looked upon as a certainty, yet he finished out- side of the money, and Tillo at 20 to 1 furnished a big surprise. In 1897 good old sturdy Ben Brush was true to the confi- dence reposed in him, and he was the last favorite to win the event. Alcedo, Star Bright, Kamara and Watercure, at their weights, may cause trouble, for they are all in perfect con- 5 e » /‘ LTIHLBERT N SLOOPS THELMA AND OCCIBENT | START UP RIVER. Fleets of All Three Local Clubs Will Make Mare Island and Vallejo Their Rendezvous Next Saturday, e The annval cruise of the California ¢ t Club up the Sacramento River will ¥. Already the sloop Pactolus wl Idler have made trips up nd have returned, the yachts- that the Sacramento is un- mosquitoes arc ome than in 3 that will 0 p. m. from the are Commodore S. S. nelma and George E Occident. On board the commodore, W. Foard, R. Danly, while the crew will be her owner an vachts will make uisun to-morrow. 1 the cut-off into which they permit sta Carl returning Saturday rtinez or Port C and to their moorings in Oakland Creek on_the following d The building of the yacht to challenge for the Perpetual cup ismnot, as some have supposed, to be undertaken by the San Francisco Yacht Club, but merely by a svndicate of members of that club, the suming no responsibility for the expense of construction or fitting out. | The idea is d the hull of the boat d most thorough man- little as possible on h can be added later. ucted on modern lines s the Tramontana and have been ineffective- ‘e given constant trou- e to thelr owners by leaking, which has n a matter of great expense to rem- | The challenger being designed by a | | man thoroughly with boats of modern type will be very strong and sea- worthy and will make an excellent cruis- ing yacht for a private owner. That the San Franciscos are in earnest and wish to see a keen contest for the ribbon_of San Francisco Bay is evident from their intention to challenge in the 30-foot class, in which the cup holders are very strong, the sloops Presto, Aeolus and Truant, which have won between them all the five Macdonough trophies at the annual regattas of the Interclub As-| sociation, being 30-footers. Had the San Franciscos challeneged With the yawl Tramontana or one of the big schooners | the Corinthians must have given up ths | trophy without contest. 1 | | | the rich prizes offered FAST COURSERS ARE READY FOR T Greyhounds of Record Will Run for Rich Prizes in the Ladies’ Day Champion Stake at Union Park Ladieg ool Arrangements for the ladies’ day cham- pion stake have been completed, and it is safe to say that a better aggregation of coursing material could not be found than that which will run to-morrow for in the annual event. With the amount added by the association the total purse is sufficient to | allow all but four of the contestants to at least get back their entrance money. The winner of the final flag will receive $300 as first prize and the runner-up wiil | draw down $200. One hundred dollars each will be given to the next two, and $50 each to the-following four. The special prizes will add interest to the affair. To the dog beaten in the first round by the ultimate winner $40 will be given, and $30 will be balm for the victim in the run- down of the winner of second money, Twenty-five dollars each will pay ex- penses of the losers that are put out by third and fourth dog. Santonin, Homer Boy, Fine Fire and Real Articlef are the only contestants | without a stake to treir credit, though their winnings in various events them among the top-notchers. The stake will be run in its entirety to- place line wiil be had on the qualifica- tions of the once invincible greyhound For Freedom.gWhen the Pasha kennels' great courser went to the slips in the California Coursing Committee stake he was in es falr condition as the lithited time for training would allow, To those who watched him closely For Freedom showed that the speed was still there, though the fire and dash of previous vears was lacking. At that the hound did well against Homer Boy, the wonder- ful yourgster, who 1in his course with Palo Alto showed his worth. This time, however, with plenty of time to round to | form, For Freedcm is in the best possible condition his advanced age will allow. A match between Sacramento Boy, the winner of last season’s John Grace Chal lenge Cup stake, and Frank Jones’ Har- lean Gladys was one of the possibilities of the week. While Walsh & Heenan, owners of the up-country courser, were in this city the relative merits of the two dogs were brought up during a conversa- tion, and a $50 challenge from Trainer HE BIG EVENT| | That the firm had N ; < | += Jones, Frank's brother, was the result. Since’ the issuance of ‘the defi the dog from the Capital City injured his leg while training and in consequence the prospects of a match are dimmed, for a while at least. The absence of the great stake winning courser Beacon from recent events has caused the follpwers of the game to won- der where the rapid blue dog has taken himself. Since the dissolution of the firm of Curtis & Sons the nameé of Beacon has not been offered in any of the stakes, and rumor has it that the glad accept- ance would not be forthcoming if it were. a great kenmel of coursing dogs no one will deny, but ac- cording to the way of thinking of the senior Curtis no dog on the field was capable of getting a flag from any of the lot. More than once when a_decision went against the liking of Mr. Curtis his protestations could be heard in no mild terms. Coupled with his objections would come the insinuation of fraud, whether his dog was beaten in a close score or pointless. For a while the fiery talk of the old gentleman was taken us the nat- ural protest of a loser, until at last his remarks became personal and insulting and ¢laimed the attention of the directors of the Union Park Association. He was asked to desist or make good some of his wild charges, and answered back that the park would never have his dog Beacon on its card again. Since the episode A. R. Curtis has Eurchased Beacon and has him in his kennel. Whether or not the @dog will be allowed to run under the new ownership without the apology .which has been demanded of Curtis senior is a question for the committee to answgr. A free for all stake will be the feature ip the inauguration of coursing at Marys- ville. Tired of his hard luck in trying to reach first money in local stakes, Mike Nealon has sent Aeneas to the new park, hoping that a change of climate will take off the hoodoo. To-day’s programme at Union Coursing Park consists of the rundown of a class stake of ninety-six entries. Likely win- ners are: Shadow, Master Rocket, Roman Athlete, First Foot, Honor Bright, War Eagle, 'Vagran(, Veto, Gramercy, Loyal Lad, Ben Lomond, Tom Hurlick, Mount Ida, Golden Russet, Herschel's Pride, Flora McDonald, Royal Unlon, Daisy Clair, Log Boy, Cash,” Rural Artist, Jin- 1@ Bells, Echo, Royal Archer, For Glory, gamemnon, White Hat, Bad Boy, Spite- ful, Warpath, John Doe, Miss Wilison, Greenhall, Narcissus, Rocker, Chicago Boy, America, Pleasant Girl, Strayaway, The'Grafter, Rosle Clair, St. Helen, Cast- away, King Cotton, Olita, Modest Lad, Lady Clare and Tyrone Prince. k3 o SOME OF THE STARTERS IN THE SUBURBAN HANDICAP TO-DAY. TENNIS MATCHES FOR KAHN PRIZE The most important event in tennis cir- cles is the round-robin singles tournament for the Kahn cup. Originally this tourna- ment was limited to second class men, the object being to determine who ranks third in the Californfa Club. Now a cup has been offered by Percy Delafield Kahn and the limit has bcen removed. The tourna- ment is now open to all the players-of the California Club. Up to date the fol- lowing men have entered their names: George Whitney, Sumner Hardy, R. N. Whitney, W. B. Collier, Merle Johnson, Drummond McGavin, Ray_ Cornell, Chet Smith, Dr. Lane, Charles Kuehn, Harold Crowell, Sidney Salisbury and Grant Smith. It has not been decided yet wheth- er there will be any handicaps allowed or not; if not the cup will be a gift for either George Whitney or Sumner Hardy. The idea of holding a tournament of this kind at the present time is a very good one, as it will give the players some needful practice for the bingles tournament scheduled for the early part of July. . Matches played in the round-robif up diticn and besides having shown speed there is no doubt they can all go the dis- tance. Prince McClurg fs the dark horse in the race as he has not started this sea- son, but if fit he must be respected. Prince of Melbourne has been a disap- pointment to many, as he was considered one that classed with Ethelbert, and to) him was left the honor of meeting the son of Eothen on equal terms. The probabil- ity is for a_small fleld, which will be in Ethelbert’s favor. lucky and several times before this have races looked to be at his mercy, and if he does not win to-morrow the public will lose faith in him altogether. If a three-year-old is to follow up Con- o+ Ethelbert has been un- | sidered a contender. Toddy has lished a doubtful reputation, and if he would only run one race as well as he looks Mr. Keane would not regret the ab- sence of Conroy. Toddy's last race was an improvement, so perhaps the horse ha come to the conclusion that the race i worth the winning. lies on Kilogram. The starters, welghts and jockeys are: estab- | SRS roy's good example it will have to)] STARTERS. be Blues, but few like him after | Fipoibert his hard race in the Brooklyn 1 Derby. Beau Gallant, on what he has shown this season, cannot be con-| K s | g August Belmont res | 5 CLASSIC SUBURBAN HANDICAP THE BIG RACING EVENT OF THE HOUR Procession . Kilogram Watercure to date resulted as follows: George Whit- ney beat Merle Johnson 6—1, 6—2; Johnson beat Charles Kuehn 6—1, 6—0, and Harold Crowell beat W. B. Collier 0—§, 6—4, 6—4. This last match occasioned considerable surprise, as Collier usually beats Crowell in_straight sets. 3 The tournament scheduled to come off in the early part of July will be an open scratch singles for the championship of the State. This will be the first State champlonship tournament ever held here, and at present it looks as if the entry list would be very iarge. Sumner Hardy is out practicing con- stantly and fis determined to down the champlon, George Whitney, this year and regain his lost laurels. Those two cracks will undoubtedly meet next month, as both will enter the tournament. They came together for the first time in a year in a practice match on Thursday, and although Hardy was considerably out of practice he gave the champion a very good rub. Bob Whitney Is showing great form of late and may upset calculations by land- 1n’§ the State championship. 'he secretary of the Stockton Tennis Club reports that interest in tennis in that city is constantly on the increase. The best players in_the Slough City are Harry Hammond, Carl Saulback and J. les. Some of the local cracks will t Stockton next week. —_——————— Sid Cavill Goes Abroad. 8id Cavill, swimming instructor of the Olympie Club, and his sister Alice, who is said to be the champlon lady swimmer of Australia, left yesterday for the antl- podes on the steamship Gaelic. A large delegation of clubmen and friends were at the wharf to see the pair off on their journey. Cavill has been given six months’ leave of absence to recover his failing health. While ahroad he will give a number of exhibitions, and intends re- turning here some time next winter. Dur- ing his absence his brother Percy will oc- cupy the instructorship position at the 'mpic Club. Americans Ride Winners. LONDON, June 14—Warren's Sweet Dixie (L. Reiff) won the Wadham plate at the Sandown Park first summer meet- o-day. e Bishop won the Sandringham foal stakes, Volpone (Jenkins) second and Haste third. Seven horses started. J. Ing play ai TWO BIG FIGHT CARDS WITHIN A SINGLE WEEK {Boxers Are in Training for Matches on June 28. San Francisco Club Card for the Fourth of July —_—— The action of the Supervisors in grant- ing permission to the San Francisco Ath- letic Club to hold their forthcoming box- ing exhibition on July 4 is looked upon with favor by the sporting element of this city and vicinity. When the members of the board Were informed that the local club had gone to great expense in prepar- ing the arena for seating spectators and ordering hundreds of dollars’ worth of printing they refused to accept the report of the committee, which had decided jority report of the board. The bouts arranged for the national hol- iday are exceptionally good. That there will be fireworks at Sixteenth and Fol- som streets during the afternoon’s enter- | tainment is beyond doubt. There will be a championship battle and a bout that | will settle the championship of the coast. Jack Moffatt, the premier middle-weight of the West, Is scheduled to box George Gardner, the broad shouldered boxer from Boston, and Al Neill is matched with Charles Thurston, who is known to the ring-goers of this city as the “Fighting Dutchman.” Neill and Thurston are both local box- ers and have been seen in the ring time and again. On Friday evening, June 28, the Twen- tieth Century Club will bring off two twenty-round bouts that are certain to orowd the Mechanics’ Pavilion. Manager Gleason will be in charge of the evening's entertainment. Jack Root, the premier light heavy- welght pugilist, is scheduled to go twenty rounds with “Kid”’ Carter, a 18-year-old boxer, who is rapidly forging to the front rapks of pugilism. Root is training at Croll’'s Gardens, Alameda, and reports from his quarters say that he is round- ing in good shape. “Kid" Carter and Tim Callaban are due here to-day. As soon as they reach town they will go into active training. As both men are always in shape it will not take them long to pre- pare for a hard battle. Tim Hegarty, the Australian champion, is training at the Terminal for his twenty- round go with Callahan. Australian Billy Smith is working with him. Hegarty is a boxer of the McGovern type. He loves in-fighting and will take a punch to get to close quarters. He blocks nicely and smotkers many wicked blows that are showered on him by Smith. | against the fight promoters, as the ma- | SCHOONER RIDE AND CLAM JUICE FOR DOLPHINS Three of City Rowing Clubs Are Training Four-Oared Crews and Skiff Men for Regatta on Lake Merritt ——— To-morrow there will be a sall round the bay for the Dolphins, the schooner start- ing from the boathouse at the foot of Van Ness avenue at 9 a. m. punctually. The schooner will land the members at Straw- berry Point about noon, where there will be a clambake and an entertainment. The | hour of return is not yet fixed. The com- mittee in charge of the entertainment con- gists of Fred Siebel, J. 8. Earls, T. J. Kennedy, W. O. Patch ana C. M. Farrell. They have prepared an excellent pro- gramme, and a general good time is as- sured. It seems probable that the Ploneers will Eave no crews in the coming regatta at Lake Merritt, though they” may send in an outrigged skiff man, J. Murphy. The Ariels, despite the loss of their boathouse, will be represented in all three barge races and in the senior and junior shell events. The Ariel barge crews are train- ing at the South End boathouse, but for the last two weeks before the Fourth will g0 over to Alameda and will row from the Alameda Boat Club's house, the use of which has been freely offered. The racing barge of the Ariels is at Rogers’ shop at Alameda Point. The junior barge crew of the Ariels, consisting of J. Noakes, bow; E. Smith, No. 2; H. Foley, No. 3, and J. No. Keegan, stroke, will also enter the inter- mediate race. The senior barge crew is made ua of Charles Wilson, bow; W. Howe, No. 2; Robert Ellis,” No. 3, and Henry Wilson, stroke. The cockswains are Roy West and Eddie Hanlon. Charles Wilson and E. Stenberg will pull in the senior shell race, and Henry Wilson in the junior shell event. The regatta committee of the Pacific Association, of which J. A. Geddes of the Ariel Rowing Club is chairman, has fis- sued the entry blank for the Lake Merritt aquatic carnival. It comprises nine events —senior, junior and intermediate barge races, senlor and junior outrigged skiff and senior and junior shell events—also swimming races, straightaway and with ten relays. All contestants must be reg- istered amateurs. Entries close on Mon- day, July 1, at 8 p. m., and must be made through the secretaties of the clubs, an entrance fee of $2 being paid for each man, to be repaid to all starters. There will be no prize unless there are at least two starters in an event, and contestants not ready to start within five minutes of the time prescribed by the marshal of th course will be disqualified. J 4