The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 29, 1901, Page 4

FRANCISCO CALL SP KILLING THE GREAT TUNA IN THE CATALINA WATERS Fishermen From All Parts of the Country Are Gathered at Avalon. Tuna, tuna, tuna and tuna again. At Avalon, Catalina Island, all one hears these days I8 so v pounds of tuna canght by this fisherman and =0 many pounds by that one. Occasionally the tale 1§ is vs , when the lone fisherman, with out porsible corroboration, steams into Avalen without the tuna flag flying. Then SATUKDAY, JUNE the big sea fish escaped, but only after a struggle that made inroads upon endur- ance and all hours of the day and night. The tuna fishers are gathering at Ava- lon from all parts of the country. Year after year thesc same men leave distant quarters of America and come together for a season of fishing. Sometimes they go away disappointed, but that is. a re- markable exception, for it is rare that during even a short stay that tuna does not grace the hook of the enthusiast. A few of the tuna fishers are satisfied with one or two kills in a season, but the big majority take 1l they can get, and from 6 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon they fish and fish and fish. Then they come Inte Avalon with or without the flags flying, according to the disposition of the tuna in regard to hook and balit. Tuna fishing has come to be an institu- tion. The Santa Catalina Tuna Club, composed of members who have caught a tuna and who have been duly elected to membership, rules the fishing on the isl- and, if not in fact, certainly in spirit. And it is this club that assembles once a year in annual banquet at Avalon, when the stories of the past are circulated over and over again. At present the following members of the club are killing tuna at the island: Gen- ORTS .. FISHING, COURSING, BOXING, ROWING, TENNIS, eral Barrett and Thomas Manning, Phila- delphia; Colonel R. A. Eddy and F. 8. Schenk, Brookiyn; C. C. Paine, Cleve- land; Captain W. H. Burnham, Orange; F. V. Rider, New York; W. A. Baldwin, Bufialo; N. F. Wiishire and C. F. Holder, Pasadena; Joseph Chambers, Cincinnati; Macomb G. Foster, New York; C. P. Morehouse, Pasadena; E. N. Dickinson, New York; D. C. Pixley, Orange; O. O. Orr, Avalon; J. Francls, Los Angeles; W. J. Landers and M. J. Connell. Another select fishing organization at Avalon jfust at present is composed of four Californians, and they are known as “The Fishermen On the island they go TOURNAMENTS | GALORE FOR | TENNIS MEN| Crack Players Are in Line for | the State Championship at| San Rafael—Future Plans| Tho firet annual open tournament for the gentlemen's singles championship of Cal- iforr vill be held at the Hotel Rafael, San Rafael, July 2. ment is under the a States Lawn Tennis by the Pacific clation. There four for those reaching and two consolation prizes. As usual, a great many of the entries 1 be from the California Tennis Club this city. This organization will be represented by George Whitney, R. N. Whitney, Sumner Hardy, Grant Smith, W. B. Collier, Merle Johnson, J. D. Mac- Gavin, Chet Smith, Dr. Lane, James A. | Code and Charles Kuehn. Other new men who will enter are: Charles Elston, cham- pion of Hawaiian Islands Brown of | Oakland, John Craig of Woodland, Ogden | i Jack Hoffman of San Rafael and Jones, Du_Val Moore and Orville Pratt of Mill Valley. George Whitney is naturally picked for first place, but with Sumner Hardy and Bob Whithey entered, the champion will | have to be at his best to win. Bob Whit« ney has been ; everybody of late | by the game He plays a remarkabl set, but he longer than Hardy is rather poor y pick up before the tourna- com s. Grant Smith and W B. Collier, with good drawings, should be well up near the finals. Drummond Mac- Gavin has been practicing hard of late and at present is playing 2 very strong game. | 3 and 4. The tourna- es of the United sociation, directed States Lawn Tennis Asso- prizes offered, the semi-finals | i The defe of Gecrge Whitney at the hands of Grant Smith last Wednesday | came as a great surprise. The Jlatter played a ver rong game, his volleying | being particularly good. while Whitney | seemed somewhat off in his play. W. B. Collier has arranged an invita- tion singles tournament for the eight best men in the California Tennis Club, next to the Whitneys and Sumner Hardy. The ! men invited to play are Collier. Cornell, | Crowell. Johnson, Haight, MacGavi; ““~hell and Grant Smith. The entranc fee .- to be $5, first prize valued at $20, sec- | ond at $1250 and third $750. The event i8 to be completed in one week. four | matches being played every other day and the order of the matches to be deter- mined by drawing lots. An affair of this kind would be a cinch for Grant Smith and ! Collier The tournaments to be held in the early part of September will be the biggest | events in tennis pulled off in many years. | The idea is to play three, and possibly | four, tournaments in one week. The events | will ‘consist of men’s singles and doubles tournament, ladies’ singles, and possibly a mixed doubles. Cracks from all parts | of the coast will be on hand for these events, and the results will be the best | tennis ever played on_ the coast. The cracks from Oregon and Washington and | Southern California have promised to par- | ticipate, and consequently the entry list will be very large. P Grant Smith. Drummond MacGavin and | Roy Cornell will probably go to Southern | California in August to play for the | championship of the south. Automobilism Is Booming. The old board of governors of the Auto- mobile Club of California having held of- | fice for one year, a new board was elected | at the general meeting held Jast Tuesday | in the clubroom in the Parrott building. The following are the new officers: Pre dent, F. A. Hyde: vice president. Dr. J. Tillman: secretary, R e 3 THomme: | dieu: treasurer, Byron Jackson; directors, | W. H. Taylor, A. M. Hunt, Miles T. Baird, | C.'C. Moore, ‘A. E. Brooke-Ridley and §. . Rogers. At the first meeting of the | new board, held in the president’s office on Thursday evening, it was decided to admit women to membership, to fix the dues at $2 50 per month for owners of au- tomebiles and $1 for non-owners. Non- | resicent members -were defined as those | residing more than twenty miles from the city. he entrance fee of 815 is suspended unti] the 1st of October, 1901 The committee on runs will appoint a time and place for the start of each club run, and also for a rendezvous for rest and luncheon, and runs will be called at least as often as once & meonth. [ ot G | boathouse on Lake LAKE MERRITT REGATTA FOR THE OARSMEN Clubs Are Training'Crews for the Rowing Raczs to Be Held on the Fourth of July The entry list for the Fourth of July champlonship regatta on Lake Merritt closes on Monday next at § p. m. at the Olympic Club, where the regatta com- mittee of the Paci Association will meet to complete arrangements. entries in evéry event, though in one or two there may not be the three starters necessary for the award of the second prize. The race for the senior outrigged skiff championship will be between John Lewis the Alameda Boat Club and George Baker of the Dolphin Club, these two clubs being the only ones owning new light racing skiffs. John Lewis in a trial of speed on Sunday on Oakland Creek | beat Fred Ayers by about seven seconds, and so became entitled to represeént his | club. Both the Lewis boys are rowing in the Alameda sentor barge crew, though | it is said that they are not amsteurs, hav- ing built boats to sell, repaired boats for hire and made a set of barge oars for the Alameda Boat Club. One of the broth- ers has also been a boat keeper. It is not likely, however, that the charge of pro- fessionalism will be raised against them. The four of the University of California has had more practice together than any of the crews and, now that they have se- cured the use of the Pioneer barge, hould be able to make a good race over short course on smooth water. W. B. odwin, who has been coaching the Berkeley crew, has had a skiff fitted with ide on a level with the gun- wale and having hinged foot rests which g0 under the seat when the sculler is for- 8. J. Pembroke, the veteran Ala- meda oarsman, s that he is willing to give Goodwin a minute and a half start over a mile and a half, Pembroke to pull | in a new boat that Rogers is building for him and Goodwin to use his patent skiff. S. J. Pembroke also says that he is will- ing to row against W. O. Patch, the Dol- phin man_pulling the new_skiff bullt by Davy of Massachusetts. With regard to the Dolphin skiff, George Baker says that she behaves beautifully in smooth water, but ir_rough water buries her nose and fills, George Baker has great confidence in the skiff over the Lake Merritt course. If the new Rogers skiff is ready a few days before the Fourth, S. J. Pembroke will enter the senior outrigged skiff race. It is unlikely that there will be more tran two or three entries in this event, as it is considered useless to enter the old heavy skiffs against the new Dolphin and Alameda craft. In order to induce more contestants to enter it has been suggested that the outrigged skiff races should be rowed in heats. Alex W. Pape is at Tony Kendall's Merritt, practicing daily for the senior shell race. "He will use his Rogers shell and is likely to re- tain his title as senior shell champion. Jack Lewis of the Alameda Boat Club pulls from the Alameda boathouse to the lighthouse and back daily, a distance of about ten miles. In the light Rogers skiff ke will be hard to beat. W. G. Hansen, junior skiff champion of the Alameda Bcat Club, will make a strong bid for the Junior skiff championship of the bay. The Dolphin four is practicing in the everings under the coaching of T. J. en- nedy, but the rough water off North Beach somewhdt interferes with their work. One night they shipped so much water that they expected to have to swim to the shore, but contrived by balling the beat to ke her afloat. The South End boathouvse is the headquarters of the oars- men in that part of the city, both the | Ariel and Ploneer representatives having avziled themselves of the courtesy of the South Ends. The South End junior and senjor barge crews had a race on Sunday over the Long Wharf course, the seniors winning easily. The juniors rowed in the old barge South End and recelved a handicap of thirty seconds, the seniors rowing in the new racing barge. The Pio- neers, who won the senior barge cham- picnship last year, will have no barge crew this year, the only representative from the old club being J. Murphy in the junior skiff race. The Alameda Boat Club has great hopes of cavturing all the barge races and one or both of the skiff races. There was at one time some talk of Alex Pape rowing under Olympie colors, but he will wear the Dolphin dark blue that he has worn There will be | A ¥ CATALINA ISLAND. SPORT IS OF THE BEST. +_ SOME CATCHES OF TUNA AND BLACK SEA BASS MADE DURING THE PRESENT SEASON OFF AVALON, THE BIG LEAPING SEA FISH IS NOW RUNNING IN CATALINA WATERS AND THE WILL FIGHT IN OPEN AIR FOR | CHAMPIONSHIP| Day Exhibition of the San Francisco Athletic Club on the National Holiday On the Fourth of July the San Fran- cisco Athletic Club -will come before the public as a promoter of professional fights and its first dish will be something new to this city. Every arrangement has been made to make the venture successful, and there is no apparent existing reason why this daylight fight at Sixteenth and Fol- som streets should not be all that is hoped for it by the prize fisht management. The card which the San Francisco Club ! has prepared is the kind that appeals to the fight-going public. Jack Moffat and George Gardner are scheduled to appear in a twenty-round mill, the principal event on the programme. Moffat has al- ways been a favorite in this city, and up to the time of his accident when he fought Al Neill, a substitute for erratic Tommy Ryan, he was rated as a top notch middle-weight. From the way Mof- fat has been working during the past few weeks his arm is as good as ever it was, and he is now in ripe condition to con- test with the best of his class for the championship honors. George Gardner of Boston is another crack heavy middle- weight, and he too has accomplished enough in the ring to make his presence felt with the best of them. This fight should prove close and interesting. As a second offering Al Neill and Charles Thurston will be presented. Tt is some time since Neill has been seen in the ring in this city. He is a shifty, clever boxer, with tons and worlds of su- perior cleverness to Thurston. The latter, on the other hand, is stanch and hard, a fighter from his feet up and as greedy for punishment as a parched throat for drink. Much speculation 1is indulged in about this fight. It will be a test of cleverness against foree and strength. © “irieiiriedmieideledieldieldaleleleiei-l @ in 8o many victorious contests. The Olym- pic Boat Club and the Triton Swimming and Boating Club will have no entries in the regatta, and the Pioneers will proba- bly enter only one junfor skiffman. The contestants will come from the Alameda, South End and Ariel Rowing clubs and the University of California. | | | GOLF CONTESTS FOR THE FOURTH This afternoon there will be a consola- tion handicap against bogey on the links of the Oakland Golf Club, the event of this kind that took place last Saturday having proved so successful and interest- ing as to suggest its repetition. The bogey score will be between 80 and 90, but the exact figure will be unknown till the conclusion of the game. Last Saturday each contestant chose his or her own handicap, writing it on the bulletin board before play began. Fourteen players, of whom four were ladies, entered the event last Saturday, the best score, made by P. E. Bowles Jr.,, exactly equaling the secret bogey, 93, which was drawn from a box containing slips of paper inscribed with the numbers from 80 to 100. As P. E. Bowles Jr. had given himself a handi- cap of ten, his net score was ten wide of the mark. The first prize was won by Miss M. R. Deane, with a score of 129 less 35, or a net of 9. Miss Anita Whitney, with a score of 138 less 45, or a net of 91, took second prize. On the Fourth of July there will be a putting and driving competition for the members of the Sausalito Golf Club. As long contests usually prove tedlous, the putting event will probably consist of hol- ing out six balls on one greén. The driv- ing competition will be won by the player making the highest number of points, a drive of between 100 and 120 yards count- ing one point, one of between 120 and 140 yards two points; between 140 and 160 yards three points; more than 160 yards four points. ~ Balls falling or rolling be- yond certain limits marked by posts will not score. In the hall of the San Francisco Yacht Club house at Sausalito this afternoon there will be an exhibition of French posters gathered in Paris during the Ex- position by H. Holbrook. The money taken in at the door will be added to the fund for finishing the clubhouse on the Fort Baker links. The, ladies’ room s al- ready furnished and ready for use. To- night there will be a dance in the San Franelsco Yacht Club house for the bene- fit of the building fund. ’ There will be tournaments for the mem- bers of the San Francisco, Oakland and San Rafael golf clubs on July 4th on the links at the Presidio, Point Adams and San Rafael. Secretary R. G. Brown of the San Rafael Golf Club is out of town and will not return for more than a week. At last the long drawn out contest for the ladies’ cup of the San Rafael Golf Club, which began on Decoration Day, has been brought to a finish, Mrs. fi Gilman Brown defeating Mrs. F. 8. John. son 7 uv 6 to vlay over eighteen holes, KEENE'S HORSE OLYMPIAN IS A FAST ONE Proves 2 Winner in Good Company at Ascot Meeting. Horses Again in Training Olympian, who as a two-year-old gave promise of being a world-beater, won the Biennial Handicap of 500 s vereigns at the Ascot meeting. The brown colt proved to be a sprinter of marked ability. He is owned by the Keenes. Milton Hen- ry, a protege of Orville Appleby, a Cali- forria horseman, rode the brown colt in his recert victory. Burns & Waterhouse have a string of siyteen horses at the Emeryville track. Although receiving but slow work, horse- men will find them a formidable lot to beat at the State Fair next September. In the lot are many useful horses. They are in the hands of Ben Timmons, one of the most careful and conscientious train- ers in the business. They include Dan- gercus Maid, Prejudice, Bangor, Vassallo and about, tén others. It is the intention of Burns & Waterhouse to place in train- ing about sixteen yearlings for the two- year-old events of 1902. Gibralter, the sulker, who caused many an anxious moment during the last meet- ing at the local tracks, has passed into the hands of Frank Weir, It looks as though Welr has secured a barga‘n. The price is not reported. Merops, a consistent performer a few years ago, also passed into the hands of the same man. Mr. Weir will be recognized by Califor- nia turfites as the man who handled Ral- ston, Mike Strauss and many other win- ners. The Overland Jockey Club concludes its meeting to-day. According to reports the Denverites have had a season onne racing. Although a mixed meeting, it is sald the association quit enough ahead to ‘warrant a more ambitious meeting in 1902. d Evatt, known to every racing enthu- sfast in Caiifornia, is making a short visit to Lake Tahoe, L e e ] Mrs. Brown's medal play scores were 52, b7, total 109: and Mrs. Johnson's were 65, 67, total '13%. Mrs. Brown's driving and her play through the green and on the greens were excellent, and the handsome trophy, having already been won twice by her, is now h€r absolute property. FOLLOWING THE BIG GAME OFF ISLAND OF CATALINA Successful Anglers and Their Catches During the Present by the names of Fisherman Kirkland and {sherman Tarpey of Los Angeles and Fisherman Patton and Fisherman Levison The tuna club is wait= of San Franci 0. Season. embrace this quartet as as soon as the 1ght. This is the very and the four are hopeful aTy tuna i rt of the sca son | COURSERS THAT HAVE WON FAME AND BIG MONEY Som: Remarkable Perform- ances by Local The victory that Palo Alto earned in defeating Vandal in the deciding course of last Sunday's open stake brought more honors to the great sprinter than would appear at first glance. When the final flag in the event was raised in favor of Geary’s fast hound it gave to that flyer a season’s record that placed him at the head of the list of America's best grey- hounds. Being ineligible for events, Palo Alto virtually closed his se son last week, after having placed to his credit nine stakes and beating all former records. Up to this time the honor in the stake-winning line for a season belonged to Royal Flush, who with eight events to his name for a year's work held the strongest of them for some time. During the making of this record Royal Flush captured three stakes in weekly succes- sion, which is in itself a record. ‘Wayfarer is also a record holder. ited to this courser is the great perform- ance of going through three stakes with- | out allowing a dog to score against him. To For Freedom, however, belongs a record which coursing men declare 1s the greatést of all—that of meeting for two seasons the fastest and best hounds in running without having a flag raised against him. For the sake of a well earned reputation it seemed hard to send the old courser to the slips after an en- forced retirement and against the clever youngsters of to-day, though his defeat in these trials was pardonable and ex- pected. In England Fullerton in his great stake won six courses and suffered defeat in the final, losing to Greengage. After that he won twenty-five courses in succession. Fullerton ran in five Waterloo cup events, captured four of them and in the fifth lost to Full Captain in the second round. Herschel has thirty straight courses to his credit. Master McGrath won twenty-seven straight, lost one and won ten more straight. Coomassie won without a slip. Huicholloa, grand sire of Emin Pasha, won sixteen. 2 For Freedom in”the plains meet' and park stakes in which he contested and never knew defeat has at least forty-five courses to his name, a record which com- pares quite favorably with the world's greatest coursers. Palo Alto has taken second money three times dJduring last season. D. J. Healey's Sisquoc performed for a while i1: a manner that bode {ll to records, but did not finish. In five starts Sisquoc reached first place three times, and sec- ond place twice. Two_events comprise the attraction of- fered by the Union Park management for this week's coursing, a 16-dog champlon reserve stake and a reserve stake of 108 entries. Likely winners in the champion BD!:k% are ?ecu&r]. Lnd{xclare. Homer Boy wdrop, For Glory, Hariean Gl - land and Vandal. ' ym e e winners in the reserve stake loo to be Tone Prince, Master workmal: Sweet Emma, Mayflower, Shadow, Bow- ey rllsoy',s Ct‘asl?wag. gmcago Boy, Can- elaria, Santonin, Buck, Vag- rant, Zundin Tinis, T o T ver Cloud, Black Flush, Rocker, %dnfiter l}émkel:. gl'ot Haste, Ripple, Firm ellow, Norah, Strayaway, Lawrence, Vulean, Matts, - Horne o twenty-eight courses Motto, ho, Vi Eagle, ROf!ll Union, Lavande?‘. »'}’;.1: Grafter, Talk to Me, Tea Rose, Herschel's Pride, Narcissus, Dalsy Clair, Rosie Clair, Spiteful, Greenhall, Bonnle Pasha, Freeze Out, Lilac, Honor Bright, Ever Sure, Lord Beaconsfield, Flower of Gold, Theima, Swedish, Round About, Tapioca and King Cotton. ———— Handball Contests. At the San Francisco handball courts the following matches will be played: Closing tournament games: 3% First class—J. Collins vs. W. Maguire. Second class—R. Murphy vs. T. Leach. Regular four-hand games—M. McLaughlin and M. McDonald vs. M. Basch and M. Joyce; E. Barry and M. Kirby vs. D. Regan and P. Talo; G. McDonald and J don ve. M. Me- Neil 'and D. McDonald: W. Walsh and E. J. Murphy vs. J. J. Kavanaugh and H. H. Liss ner; G. Hutchinson and C. Cognias vs. M. Dil- lon and J. Feeney; M. Levy and J. Lawlsss vs. P. Ryan and D. Connelly; J. Harlow and A. Hamoton vs. J. Riordan and J. White. Hounds | From a Comparative View | Cred- | Banner Bright, Loyal | 'THE TROTTERS | AND PACERSWILL | HAVE A CHANCE | Preparing for the Circyit in Towns From One End of the State to the Other The Pacific Ccast Trotting Horse Breed- s’ Association has hung up six guaran- ed stakes of $1000 each, three of which for trotters and three for pacers. These stakes wiil close on Monday, July 1. For the trotters a 2:14, 2:20 and 2:40 class are provided, while the sidewheelers get races for the 2:13, 2:17 and 2:25 classes. These are only the preliminary purses for the breeders’ meeting, which takes place at Sacramento from July 30 to August 3. inclusive. Other purses for other classes will be offered, to close about July 15, but they will be for small amounts. Entries for the Los Angeles meeting will also close on July 1, and their meeting, which opens September will be continued for thirteen days. In audition to these meet- ings the circuit will include Woodland, Stockton, the State Fair, Santa Rosa, Sa- linas, Santa Ana and probably San Jose. At all of these places harness races will be given, as well as at all the smaller county fairs. Although the harness racing circuit in California will not be an extended one this year, some very good meetings will be held, and as there are a large number of trotters and pacers in training, especially for the green classes, the entry lists should be larger than for years past. Cal- ifornia is well represented throughout the Eastern grand circuit. One or more Cal- ifornia horses are entered in nearly ev ery stake. The strings of Millard Sanders, John Blue, Willlam Cecil, Grant Lapham, Dr. Boucher, Det Bigelow, C. E. Clark, W. G. Durfee, James Thompson and oth- ers will keep California’s reputation as a | horse-breeding locality well to the front throughout the Eastern country this year It must no¢ be inferred, however, that there is not plenty of good trotting and | pacing material left at home. When the | circuit opens at the breeders’ meeting at ‘Sacramento the stalls will be filled, and | among the reinsmen that will be seen in the sulky will be Ed Lafferty, Vet Tryon, | S. H. Hoy, W. Hogoboom, H. Hogoboom, | Billy Donathan, J. M. Alviso, C. F. Bunch, | John Gordan, Henry Heiman, E. B. | Smith. P. W. Hodges, H. 8. Brown, Clar- | ence Day, 8. E. Kent, James Dawin, C. | A. Durfee. I. Mulholland, Willlam Mur- ray, W. Mastin, P. Robinson, P. J. Wil- | lams, C. Rodriguez, John Quinn, Clarence | Hill, H. M. Ward, Elias Willlams, J. M. | Nelson, 8. K. Trefry, Joe Corey, C. H Corey, John Brooks, Joe Smith, Walter Maben, Barney Simpson, F. Miller, J. Sha- ner, Joe Cuicelio, George Parker, Willlam Brown, S. Edd Frank Trainor, D. F. Oglesby, F. Menchaca., W. 8. Lierly George Kneirr. C. A. Spencer, C. White- ead, Dan Misner, J. Willis, Gib Judd, | Fred Ward, D. Lieginger, H. H. Dunlap | T. C. Cabney, Henry Haas, C. W. Far: | R. Garnsey, John Woods, Jack Groom, { A. Hooper, S. Mativia, Tom Holmes, } W. Barstow, Chris Jorgensen, J. R. Al- ‘hertsnn. Ben Chaboya, Al McDonald, F D. McGregor, George Rabage, Fred Chadbourne, Thomas Cook, Will Weich, | Charles Jeffries, Sam Norris and several | others. | All of these trainers are preparing horses for the races this year, some of them having as many as fifteen and sev- enteen in their strings. From the present prospect among the green ones that are going fast there will be more 2:15 trotters and 2:10 pacers to come to the front than there has ever been before in the history of racing in this State. Postal Men Will Plav. The Postoffice clerks and the letter car- riers are to battle once again on the dia- mond, and that a hard-fought game will be played is assured, as their last meeting two weeks ago resulted in a tie of eleven innings. The gaue will take place on July |7 at lxteenthflx!an'd Folsom streets. Charles Geggus will officlate as umpire and Martin J. g’Donnell will keep tab of all plays | made. The line-up: Postoflice Clerks _Position. Letter Carriers. .. Catcher Ahrens - Pitcher = Marx - First base 1 | McLeod. Murphy . Osmussen. Center fleld Right fleld Extra