The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1901, Page 9

THE SUNDAY CALL. SPEEDY COURSERS |DOLPHIN OARSMEN IN TRAINING FOR | READY TO RECEIVE THE GREAT STAKE GUESTS OF HONOR Rich Prizes of the John Grace | Members WIII Row in Outrigged Challenge Cup Event Attract| sSkiifs,Shells and Barges, Swim Greyhounds of ChampionClass | and Dive to Please Fair Sex in LL class performers EMBERS of the Dolphin Swim- A being oy M ming and Boating Club hold their the next big al entertainment to-day for nge cup | 1,4 nittee in charge, consist- . $ will be declded mext|; . ¢ captain W. O. Patch, J. 8. Earl F. Seibel, Henry Pernau and Leo Wie- arranged excellent _pro- Tt - S prettily and banners, and diverston have race betwe the “lightw Siebel, Woods and Hammersmith “*junior: Wienand. Woer: contend in a gig rac Coney, and Dr. F. R. Axton again t in a shell race. Leo Wi r-oared barge crews— consisting of Curry. and the Dixon, Adderley, Reimers n ner and ooked upon ers with nand is = sions in the outrigged skiff expe t J. Sherry, who rowed second to 1 s Hansen in the Lake Merritt re- E gatta. The event which is looked forward r s t n his try- | to with most interest and which will ‘pro- s oped such | voke the keenest struggle is the barge 4 that he s @ heavy | Tace between the “Irish” and “German’ crews, the Hibernians having won the | first race in 1888 and the Teutons having | been victors in 1899 and 1900. | There will be a quarter-mile handicap | swimming race, and for the entertain- ment of the fair visitors several comic ts have been provided, such as kyack walking the greasy pole and an e running t wear coat, vest, trousers, hat and hoes, and must return to the slide with everything on, the distance being fifty | yards out and back. The Olympic Club is desirous to securc long lease of suitable ground in East | Oakland near Bessions Basin or in Ala- meda near the Alameda Boat Club quar- . | ters, but so far has not been able to get s ""f:m:"n’:; what 1t It is sald that some of . . the members of the Olympic Boat Club . is the worthy sen of | o;513 ratner retain the Belvedere house, ex ey but the advantages of that location are | small as compared with those of quarters | on Oakland Creek. Oakland or Alameda can be reached every half-hour during the | day, and a large number of associate | members could be obtained from those towns who do not care to incur the ex- s was offered. | T hdrawn its ulti- s been made has » Rector an entry hy slice of last time out ke of Flush. and self a good one. 1 worker that Fine Fire ing and is ex e Charta. o . ennel showed | ,onge of joining the Post-street club, (he > ® it o P‘f‘“p:“‘; dues of which are high for many young el | men. It is certain an accessible boathouse : courser and | 513 smooth water to row upon would . | greatly increase the Interest in boating among the Olympics, who have plenty of excellent material for oarsmen. It i= almost equall that rowing will never acquire much hold of the Olympic members as long as the inadequate, in- accessible quarters at Belvedere are re- tained. It is hardly possible to train a sure racing crew in Tiburon Cove, cumbered as it i with arks and yachts, and the upper. ble for rowing on and South End oarsmen were out last SBunday. The South Ends had a race between a crew consisting of Charles Jenkins, Ed Pallas, J. Pallas and M. Cashman in the racing barge, ani a four made up of C. C. Dennis, Matt Har- te. Sacra- inner, will be | g 3. P. Foley and J. McGeorge in the « The Boy's re- barge Felton, the latter recelving thirty k will add to his seconds start. The race to the Union Iron Works and back to the clubhouss | was a close one, the Felton crew winning | by one length, though on the previous Sunday the McGeorge erew in the racing barge, conceding one minute, had been Dbeaten. It is likely that some South End or | ogrsmen will attend the Dolphin entor- andal and | tainment to-day. 1f the South Ends can Charles | get the loan of the Arlel racing barge ¥ ing \ they may send two crews over to the A'a. Giasson has the | meda Club regatta on Lake Merritt, the | date of which 1s not yet settled, Charles vedgewood | Melrose, the well known Olympic swim- the purse, J, A, | mer and water polo. player, Is rowing Ive and ankl from the Bouth End house and may join strong cholce. Otto oodgate George name Tralee Boy. will are Wedgewood. the ciuo, | /‘ TrrEe INCIDENTS OF A GAME BETWEEN RELIANCE AND CALIFORNIA s Football Men of Each University Continue Their Steady Improvement, Which Augurs Well for the Annual Intercollegiate Game in November ERKELEY, Oct. 12—The Im- provement during the past week of the individual and team play- ing on the University of California eleven has been decidedly marked. The men have increased in ability in a satisfactory way, although there is of course still much to accomplish before the big game, less than a month away. In the Olympic game of last Saturday the Californians several times falled to concentrate their efforts at critical mo- ments. After playing in splendid style until the goal line was within their reach. they would go to pleces and fail to score. This lagk of united effort was noticeable throughout the game, Recent practice is eliminating this. Gendotti now has Freshman Morehead as an opposing candidate for center, Tho new man is heav than Gendotti but is less certain in passing the ball. He is, however, developing into a promising rival for the older man. Overall, at right guard, is playing a steady, reliable game, When opposed to Cadwalader in the Olympic struggle he was able to play even with that veteran in spite of the club man’s superior weight. Hls punting ls strong and reliable. More and Hudson are trylng out for quarter and are making an even race for it. Hudson is playing remarkably well, Womble is back at his old position af, right end and plays with his” usual sure- ness and dash. Mini, at left half, is doing remarkable work and is one of the sur- est men for gains on the team. He is suffering from a badly bruised thigh which is hindering his practice con- siderably. The freshman eleven is an erratic body and has been playing some bad ball. Can- didates for positions are numerous and among them are some good men. The executive committee of the student body has reported favorably on an East- ern trip for the track team. Graduate Manager Decoto has been instructed to look carefully into the. financial side of the matter and if necessary funds can be secured the team will go. An early de- cision is wanted, as the men wish to make dates as soon as possible for meets next spring with Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell and sibly Chicago, The men would like also to take part in the Mott Haven and Ravenswood games, AL i Stanford Freshmen Improve, Lately the youngsters have taken a brace, end if the improvement continues will put up a hard fight for the intercol- leglate chemplonship, In the practice Tuesday afternoon the freshmen opposed the big cleven, making consistent gains and finally carrying the ball over the ling for a touchdown, The freshman backs— Bartell, Dole and Tarpey—are playing in fine form, Befton and Wilbur, the ends, are also phowing up well, TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 12.—Improvement in the football teams, particularly the fresh- man, has been quite marked this week. While the weather has been decidedly warm for hard work, the men seem to get into the game with much more snap than they did last week. Undoubtedly the im- proved condition and spirit of the men is due in a large measure to the strict train- ing rules enforced since Monday and to the fact that they have been eating at the training table under the supervision of Trainer “Dad”: Moulton during the week. | After the game with’ Reliance Sat- urday the coaches decided that something must be done to put more life into the players. As a result an order ‘was issued Monday that candidates for the football teams must refrain from attending dances and other soclal functions during the foot- ball season, The freshman team is gradually round- ing into form, and the cardinal’s hopes for a victory over the California youngsters on the 19th inst. are rising corresponding- ly. The freshmen in the earlier part of the season showed so little class spirit and interest in the game that the coaches became discouraged at the outlook, On the big eleven “Fluffy” Traeger fs the particular star, his place-kicking be- ing a feature of the practice, The coaches have been trying him at end, and the big fellow may play that position instead of tackle. L R e e b e e HWWW%-}-PHH—FH—PMWHM. TENNIS REGAINS ALL ITS OLD-TIME POPULARITY HE winter season on the tennis ' courts is well under way and promises to be the most interesi- ing one in many years, The revival in tennis {8 not confined to this part of the Btate, but i3 noticeable throughout the length of the coast, In fact, the game throughout the entire country has never been go popular ms it is at the present time, Tennis has been played for centus ries, end although other gports may take its place for & time invarlably revives, As evidence of this one has but to go to Golden Gate Park and note the crowded condition of the elght courts from morn- ing till night, Heretofore the only play- ing in the city has been done at the Call~ fornia Tennis Club, but with the park courts available it is. possible for anybody to become expert at the game, The oll~ packed courts have not proved success- ful o far, for the simple reason that It {akes months to get them in proper con- dition, By next -spring these courts will be the finest clay courts on the coast, They will be almost as true as bitumen courts, There will be an exhibition doubles match on the park courts this morning hetween a quartet of tha best players in the California Club, The contestants will be W. B. Colller and Harold Crowell and R. N, Whitney and Grant Smith, These men are not ‘accustomed to playing on clay courts, and for this reason will not appear at thelr best, but the match should be a good one, as the contestants are all clever and evenly matched, The tournament committee of the Cali- fornla Tennis Club is arranging a sched- | FLIGHT OF BIRDS ! BEAGERLY AWAITED | BY DUCK SHOOTERS! Winter Storms Will Soon Drive | Them Down From Their 8reed~ ! ing Grounds in Northsrn Wilds Y ences. EAR after year the sportsmen who enjoy a day on the marsh after ducks go through the same experi- Th bait their fresh water ponds and refurnish their shooting lodges in an- ticipation of the opening day of the se son, when they can lawfully go in quest | of birds. Their hopes are always high and their promises of a brace of teal or mallard made to friends are many. The result is always the same, and this vear is no exception to the rule. The weather is too warm; the flight of the | northern birds has ot set in; results are disappointingl; mall. Your true sports- man readily adapts himself to the condi- tlons which surround him and settles down to await the arrival of the hirvls‘ from the north, which means royal sport | and a full game bag. | On the lower bay about Alviso there are | large numbers of home bred ducks. As | there s almost continuous shogting there | the birds are timid. A dog moving about, | a bunch of decoys or a clumsily arranged shooting stand at once attracts their at- tention &nd sends them far beyond the | range of a shotgun. They spend the days | on the bay, where they are inaccessible, t night. ) B - wol 4 fu e S5 at sght | not reach Sausalito until after 9 p. m, J. Conditions are different about Cordelia. | Here the marsh is preserved for some | seven miles by the clubs whose members shoot over it. They allow shooting only on Wednesday and Sunday of each week. | As there is no continual bombardment the birds are not +hy and feed about the preserves, apparently oblivious of the danger to them which lurks there two | days each weelc. The gun men are all waiting patiently for the winter storms, which will send down the birds from the north. It is the consegsus of opinion that when the sea- son shall have ended the sportsmen will be able to say it was the most satisfac- tory in years. R e e e i Y ) ule for the next six months. There will be a Davis cup tournament one Sunday in each month until the cups are disposed of, and on one other Sunday in the month there will be a tournament for spectal | prizes. On the 20th inst. there will be a | class singles tournament. There will be five classes, the winner of each receiving a prize, with a special prize for the win- ner of the final. The men will probably be classified as follows: First class—G, | F. and R. N. Whitney; second class—W. B. Collier, Merle Johnsen, H. W. Crowell, | Fred Brown, J. D, McGavin, Grant Smith | and F, Mitchell; third cla F. D. String- | ham, C. J. Smith, Sidney Salisbury, Ray Cornell, J. A. Code, Harry Haight, Orville Pratt and Allyn Miller; fourth class—Carl | Gardner, W, Gorham, C. Kuehn, R, Ers- kine, Percy Willlams, H. Schmidt, J. Gib- son. F. Schleef, Dr, Lane and K. C. Ham- | fiton; fifth class—Dr. Noble, A, Worthing- | ton, Judges Hunt, Troutt and Kerrigan, | George Lane, B. Wallace and B, G, Wood. This will undoubtedly be the biggest tournament held at the club in years, Outside of the first class, which is com- | posed of the Whitney brothers only, each class should put in at least elght entrles, At this rate there would be an entry list of over thirty, while heretofors twenty has been considered a heavy list, Pre- vious to this time there have been but four classes in the club, but the presence of so many beginners has made it neces- sary to form a new class, Schmidt and Gibson, who played against the Smith brothers in the finals of the tournament Jast Sunday, surprised every- body by the clever game they put up, Gibson has been playing only three months, but throughout the tournament he drove and lobbed like a veteran, These | uled event for to-d | the Sausalito.clubhouse. | sloops Thetis, | aay youngsters will undoubtedly be heard from in the future, ——— driving business, | thousand The successful coachman always does a | | with these curious reptiles, YACHTS WILL RACE FOR PRIZES OFF SAUSALITO SHORE San Franciscos to Hold Regatta for Mosquito Fleet — Tiburon Tars to Play a Baseball Gams efl to Corinthian Cove yester- where it lay at anchor for the night. This morning Port Captain John H. Keefe will go to the rendezvous in a launch, conveying the refreshments and the outfit for the baseball teams. The an- nual baseball match will be played be- tween th * and the “Keegans,™ the former captained by Jack Short and the latter by F. E. Schober. The California Yacht Club has no sched- y. The San Francis- cos will hold a regatta at Sausalito for small yachts having a racing length not exceeding twenty-five feet. The event is open to boats enrolled in any of the bay clubs and is under the management of the regatta committee, consisting of Dr. T. L. Hill, W. G. Morrow and J. R. Savory. The course, to be selected by the committee, will begin and end at the clubhouse at Sausalito and will probably be triangular. On Saturday, the G5th inst., the San Francisco Yacht Club received some vis- iting members cf the California Club, who sailed over from Oakland Creek. Owing to the lightness of the wind the California yachts Thelma, Catherine and Secret did CHRI\'THI.\.\' YACHT CLUB flest day, orts’ T. Carrier's sloop Jessie E started from her moorings, but after coming out of the creck collided with a schooner, snapping her bowsprit. In clearing .away the wreckage two of her crew fell into the ater, but wers rescued without suffering any harm. During the evening there was an ine formal entertainment in the big reom of Last Sunday the vachts of the San Francisco Club and of e visitors cruised out to the channel, where there was a moderate sailing breeze. Among the Sausalito craft were the yawls Royal and Phyllis and the Mischief, Nixie, Cygnus, Juanita, Dewey and Anita. Secretary W. M. Edgell's yawl Dulce has been sold and will be moored at Tiburon. Commodore W. N. McCarthy’s schooner Ramona cruised to Vallejo on Saturday, the 5th inst., and the schooner Aggie also went out for a spin. George E. Billings’ sloop Nixie has taken up an anchorage to the north of the Sausalito ferry slip. Many Corinthian yachts joined the San Franciscos and Californians in their ¢han- nel cruise last Sunday, but few went be- ond Lime Point. A heavy fog came in, riving them toward the upper bay. In Raccoon Straits the wind dropped and the yachts did not reach their destination, Paradise Cove, but dropped anchor in the between the point and California The jinks committee of the Corinthian Yacht Club held a meeting on Wednes- night, at which the details of the closing entertainment, to take place in the Tiburon clubhouse on Saturday evening, the 19th inst., were arranged. The California Yacht Club holds its closing entertainment on the same night and the last eruise of the season takes place on the Sunday. The Corinthians and San Franclscos will cruise in com- pany next Sunday, The San Francise hava their closing entertainment at the clubhouse on Saturday, October 26, and their closing cruise on the Sunday follow- ing, on which day the bridge at Tiburon will'be raised tp let yachts pass into the lagoon for the winter seasom, The challenger designed by Crownin- shield for the San Francisco Yacht Club should be ready on or before the 26th, her ails having arrived from Boston. Ths yacht will be tried by a crew and skipper cf the San Franciscos and will then be laid up for the winte Snakes, it is said, appear to delight in being shocked by electricity. Several volts passing through their bodies merely induces a pleasant sleep