The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1901, Page 9

THE SUNDAY CALL SPORT FOR OLD TIMER AND ATHLETE Game in Court Draws Devotees, Who Play to Reduce Weight or to Gain Honorand Prizes HE inroads that handball has 7 other indoor game old gymnasium de- votees to pull up with a quick stop and ask themselves what the end 1 will be. From all over the coun- cry that gymnasium work 1 Is rapidly declining and that the place of every ic exercise. And so e is no gainsaying the popu- this game, not many years ago ¥ by a few of the old de- votees who knew something of it from eve: sed t taking r ath ber of 2m oung men taking ay there seems © necessity of gymnasium k. It is a game and gymnastum work reason the pop- not only con- will increase as facilities for ng it ar rown open to those who ranks of handball reisco there are sev- s. clubs that exist only have developed a are so far up in s a genuine cham- among seems to when viewed on the young and knew what it .was to nd strength on the cin- were also gymnasts—bar ists. Go up to e what you e athleticism. does gymnasium that is 1 exercise. but brings mething In the way nt—you will find The club's court dball court in the builded strictly ac- and most approved d and so airy is it if they were out fact that in on all the ly attractive. Exer- nd stale, such as swing- dumbbells, chest- he lifeless paraphernalia it may be benefi- fs more or less a st kind of deter- while 3 M . . . i . e : . FRED BUTZ AND AL HAMP- TON, TWO OLYMPIC CLUB HANDBALL PLAYERS, CAUGHT BY TH AMERA DURING A PRACTICE GAME IN THE CLUB COURT. BOTH MEN ARE EX- PERTS AT THE GAME; HAMP- TON BEING JIHE CHAMPION ZAMATEUR - PLAXER™ OF THE COAST. HE 1S NOW PLAYING IN A TOURNAMENT AT. THE OLYMPIC CLUB AND WILL AGAIN DEFEND HIS TITLE, AGAINST SOME OF THE BEST AMATEURS IN THIS CITY. i mination is necessary to fight against the desire and inclination to quit regular gymnasium work, which has its limits in rope pulling and weight lifting. The element of competition in handball will always keep the game alive. Such an intense inlerest is displayed by its devotees that they arrange tournaments for themselves, match games and special contests when club affairs are not down on the programme. The great rivalry is between the Olym- ple Club players and the representatives of the San Francisco Handball Club. It hae been and will be an undecided ques- tion which club is the stronger for some time to come. Both clubs are well repre- sented with the strongest players this city hag ever produced. Such men as Collins of the San Francisco Club and Hampton of the Olympic Club are hard to duplicate anywhere, Hampton recently won a tour- nament at the Olympic, and Collins came out with flying colors at the San Fran- cisco Club. The Olympic Club men stand by Hampton as the best player on the coast. In the 8en Francisco alley Coliins and Jimmie White are the kings. It is a nice question to decide, and no matter how many victories one of these cracks AL SNrPTB Y GYMNASIUM WORK THING OF THE PAST Handball Produces Rev- olution in Indoor Exer- cise and Gains Popu- lar Favor Every Day may secure over the other the followers of the defeated man will not concede su- periprity to the victor for a moment. Handball can t played at night as well as during the d for the courts are lighted by incandesce lights placed in glass niches in the wall: d ceiling. Tn fact, the majority of the men playing handball in this city make a night exer- eise of it. When the work of the day is over and dinner has been eaten and dai- gested that is the time when the courts of the Olympic Club are crowded. The tournaments as a rule are played at night. Handball is used by the great majority of players as an exercise. Besides the big regulation court at the Olympic Club there are two smaller courts, in which the soft ball is used. Here are to be seen the “reducers,” men who have grown estale from lack of work and accumulated more adipose than they can comfortably carry, and the man of nervous temperament who has been advised by his physicfan to in- dulge in some form of exercise which will act as an exhaust to his excess of nervons energy. Harry Ramsdell, Will Thornton, Prince Poniatowski and a score of club- men have taken to the game. The heavy declare they are rounding into shape, and the lightweights that they are putting on flesh. This gaMe seems a generai pana- cea. There is a handball tournament in pra- gress at the Olympic Club at the present time. Those who have entered are M. McGuire, T. Leach ningham, Al Collins, L. Kenay, F. Mulmer, J. Mahone h Collin: McVickar, Bd Curley o Hampton, J. Hurley, J. ‘White, Joe Condon, W. Staff, T. Clement, Ed Antos, T. J. Lydon and C. Sullivan. These men reoresent both the Olympic and the San Francisco clubs. The rivalry existing between the organizations and the handsome medals which bave been of- fered will produce a lively interest in the tournament games. The tournament will not be finished for some time, as the games are scheduled for Monday, Wednes- day and Firday nights until the finals are reached. The two universities have gone in for the game, and before long there will be intercollegiate contests. During the spring a regular class tournament was played at the University of California and some promising players were developed. A committee has been appointed to arrange for the buflding of a regulation court, and this Is expected to be a feature of athletic equipment at the State Univer- sity. At present the California University students play with the soft ball, the ten- nis variety, but with a new regulation court they will certainly adopt the small hard ball for all games. With university teams in the field, general coast tourna- ments may soon become featural elements in handball competition In this city. el SPORT TOPICS BY WAY OF COMMENT Aspects and Prospects of the Sea- son—Coursing Men Will Un- dertake Big Stake Work e Bundes Fest mark on San erest in rifle ever lagging ong the socleties, will receive an s shooting carnival, now » at Shell Mound Park, n make target shooting one 1 sports. With the German is more than a recreation rt religion. To him a big ny one of the many targets s a record in a hundred- to the college man have aiways displayed some rifie shooting, but it was al- surable quantity. It would find, after the con- shooting fest at Shell ine and deep interest mani- ung men of this city | | | can shooting societies. ve our National Guard Police Guard, but n shooter. This Na- s Fest might be instrumental a new local movement. month the fall semester of of California will begin r will be full of fostball. T s year in regard to the n of a league augurs a success- | season. With the two college teams in the field and the assurance of an Olymplc Club eleven, and the possibility of a fourth team from the Rellance ranks, the football men are a bit enthuslastic about tk ospects. The Olympic Club has not been asleep. Men have been pledged to play and Al Lean has been engaged to handle the team. The season will be an early one, as under the new in- tercollegiate agreement the annual Cali- fornia-Stanford match will be played early in November. iiim e JEFFRIES ON THE SCENE. Jim Jeffries seems to be in the center of the limelight on the local fistic stage. He is now In San Francisco—looking for a fight, his manager says. The next big fight, and there ought to be a big one, has the color of Jeffries on one-half the show bills. Ruhlin is the vis-a-vis the managers and the fight promoters are angling for, but before they make an earnest endeavor the usual superheated atmosphere will be piped out about Fitz- simmons and James J. Corbett. A cham- plonship fight between heavywelghts would draw any old crowd in San Fran- cisco, whether given in the day or night. As a day proposition nothing but a heavy- weight fight for the championship would be a money-winner for the club holding the permit. If the Jeffries fight is ar- ranged it will probably be.fought on Sep~ tember 9 in the open air. o p e BIG COURSING STAKES. The outlook for coursing for the season just inaugurated is indeed a bright one, That the sport of the leash has become popular is evinced by the increased at- tendance, for the crowds that visit Union Park every Sunday and hollday are far and beyond the dreams of the most san- guine leashman of a few years ago. The John Grace Challenge Cup stake, which will be run early in October, is the richest of the annual coursing events. The com- mittee of arrangements for this season’s meeting has spared no effort and the indi- cations are that before the season ends California will have earned the distinction of having run a coursing stake in which the prizes offered exceeded in value those of the famous Waterloo of England, the world’s greatest coursing event. It kas been proposed by the committee that the entrance fee in this stake be fixed at $100, just double that of last sea- son. The plan has been submitted to the coursing men, and that they may have a voice in the making up of the affair their suggestions have been asked for. As a rule the response has been in favor of outclassing in value the premier stake of our cousins across the pond, for in seek- ing the approval of the leashmen the com- mittee has promised enough added money to beat the ten thousand dollar Waterloo by a goodly sum. If the plan is carried out the schedule of prizes will be so ar- ranged that but a very few of the nom- inators will lose their entrance fee. The Futurity stake, too, is one of im- portance and will distribute among the owners of the successful young competi- tors a good bit in the way of prize money. The fimals of this stake will be run on Ad- misgton day, which fells on Monday, and as the programme calls for an event for Saturday and Sunday preceding, the ad- herents of the game will be given a three- day carnival of coursing. DAVIS CUP TANGLE. A question that is perplexing local en- thuslasts of the racket is what disposi- tion will- be made of the Davis cups. A sad mistake was made when these cups— of practically no value—were put up to be won five times. They have been up for nearly two years already and have been won only twice by three teams. At this rate it would take from five to ten years to dispose of the cups. Local men would be glad to see an end to these cups, and any disposition of them would be satis- factory—even to drawing lots. —— PLANNING FOR THE PERPETUAL CUP At & meeting recently held by the five members of the San Franclsco Yacht Club who- collected the funds for building the challenger for the Perpetual Cup it was decided to pay the money into a bank, to be drawn against by check signed by the five members, who will form a syndicate. The builaing of the boat will be entrusted to the Twigg Brothers, and the work will be superin- tended by Mathew Turner of Benicla. The construction of the boat will be begun at an early date. It has been decided that it is much better to have the boat built by a syndicate of club members than by the club, as the board of directors next year may be considerably changed, and may not approve of the policy of its predeces- sors, The necessary amount of money has been promised, and nearly all of it has been collected. The California Yacht Club will call off its scheduled events for the next few ‘weeks, owing to the death of the commo- dore's brother. The flagship Thelma went on the ways last week, to have the dam- age to her house done by the steamer Transit repaired. Carl A. Tornberg of the California Yacht Club, owner of the sloop Vega (formerly the yawl Verona), recent- ly purchased the yawl Arcturus from W. 8. Grover of the Corinthian Yacht Club. The regatta committee of the Corin- thian Yacht Club has suggested August 10, 2 p. m., as the starting time for the race for the Perpetual Cup, which will be adopted if the Vallejo Club expresses no objection. The Corinthian committee will make the arrangements for the race, such as hiring tugboats, setting out stake- boats, etc., either alone or with the aid of the Vallejo committee, as may be agreed between them. The Corinthians also stated that they had heard unoffi- clally that the sail plan of the challenger 18 to be increased, and that they desire to know just what her racing length will be, 0 that they may have time to make any necessary changes in the defender. The Vallejo boat will come down to Tiburon one day before the race, so that it may be measured by the measurers of the two clubs jointly. To-day there will be a race between Vice Commodore E. F. Sagar’s sloop Edna and the Short Brothers' sloop Em- ma, the course being from Powell-street wharf to Presidio Shoal buoy, thence to Blossom Rock buoy, out again to the shoal buoy and back to Powell-street wharf. In the Corinthian cruising rig regatta on last Sunday the Short Broth- ers’ craft made the fastest time, and the sloop Edna has won the Wallace Trophy of the California Yacht Club several times, though she was beaten in this year's race by the sloop Alert. F. E. Schober, on the sloop Speedwell, will act as judge. SRR GOLF PROGRAMME IS FULL OF DATES Though no regular tournaments are heduled on the links of the San Fran- cisco Golf Club during the summer, sev- eral players go out there regularly, among them being President J. W. Byrne, Captain Lansing O. Kellogg, B. D. Adam- son, Andrew Carrigan, S. L. Abbot Jr., H. B. Goodwin, Warren Gregory, J. H. Mee, Leonard Chene Worthington Ames, H. C. Golcher, H. C. Breeden and T. Binney. At this time of year the fair green of the Presidio course is more springy and pleasanter to play on than any of the local links. Play on the Fort Baker links is pretty nearly at a standstill, as the barracks for the artillerymen are being built, and the golfers haye lost several of the holes. Affer the Government buildings are fin- ished, however, the Sausalito golfers will proceed with the contemplated improve- ment of their course, which Is expected to be more satisfactory than the former ore. The next competition on any of the lo- cal links is the contest for the Benedlct cup, presented to the San Rafael Golf Club by J. J. and Mrs. Crooks. This will be played for next Saturday, July 27, over eighteen holes. The teams must consist of Husband and wife, and the highest medal play score takes the trophy. The event will be a handicap one. The trophy is a handsome tankard of dark oak, with a buckhorn handle and silver mountings, and is on view at the San Rafael Golf Club house. The assoclation will also hold a compe- tition for amateurs and professionals, open to all amateurs who are members of assoclate or allled golf clubs, and to any professional now employed on the Pacific Coast. Among the professionals Who are expected to take part are Harry Rawlins of the Oakland Golf Club, F. J. Riley of the Burlingame Country Club, Robert Johnstone of the San Francisco Golf Club, A. Bell of the San Rafael Goit Club and W. J. Bradley of the Sacramento ACTIVITY ON WAVE, FIELD AND TRACK News Gathered From the Rowers, Yachtsmen a gramme for Golf Club. Of the above, Harry Rawlins is an Englishman from the Isle of Wight, F. J. Riley is an American from Chicago, while A. Bell and Robert Johnstone are frem North Berwick, Scotland. LOCAL OARSMEN TO FAVORgASTORlA The new event of interest to the oars- men of San Francisco Bay is the eighth annual regatta at Astoria, which takes place on August 29 and 0. John C. Mc- Cue, secretary of the executive commit- tee and chairman of the committee on shells and barges, was recently in this city for several days, during which he visited the houses of the various clubs. The Astoria carnival will last three da but only the first two of these will be given up to aquatic events, the mornings being devoted to rowing and swimming races and the afternoons to sailing con- tests. There will be contests in four- oared barges and shells and in single shells, outrigged skiffs and pleasure boats. As the oarsmen of Astoria, Portland, Van- couver and Victoria, all of whom will be represented at the regatta, use four-oared shells and have no barges or outrigged skiffs, the Astorla committee would like to get as many shell rowers and single scullers as possible from San Francisco Bay. The committee also desires that the men who pull in barge crews should, i possible, be able to take part also in sin- gle sculling and swimming races. The committee promises to provide free trans- portation on the steamers to Astoria and nd Golfers—Pro- Events in Future PAARRECSIE back to San Francisco for the oarsmen and their boats and board for the oars- men on the journey. As regards accom- modations and board in Astoria, the vis- itors must provide these for themselves, though the committee will secure reduced rates for them. The pleasure boats used in the races will be furnished by the com- mittee. So far as can be seen at present more oarsmen and crews are desirous of visit« ing Astoria and taking part in the regatta than can be accepted by the committee. The Alameda senior barge crew is ready’ to go, and the oarsmen In it will take part in the single shell and outrigged skiff races and also in the double pleasure boat contest. From the Dolphin Boating and Swimming Club will go Alex W. Pape, who will pull in the single shell and swim, and Leo Wienand, who will take part in the ovtrigged skiff race. As Wienand de- sires to use the new Dolphin skiff, the club has required him to deposit a sum sufficient to guarantee iz against loss or damage. The South Ends have three men at least who are willing to go. These are Maurice Cashman, J. P. Foley and T. I Fitzpatrick. But it is not yet decided whether a barge crew will be made up or not. The Olympic Boat Club's junior barge crew is training at the clubhouse of the South Ends, and includes Charles Melrose, Lester Hammersmith and R. B. Cornell, who are all good swimmers, and T. J. Sherry, who was second in the junior skiff race on Lake Merritt. The Ariel Rowing Club is ready to send a barge crew and two single scullers, and the Lur- line Swimming Club has offered as many swimmers as are wanted. ‘As the Univer- sity of California has received its four- oared shell from John Hoyle of Ithaca, it will probably send a four- shell crew and a skiffman, -