The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 5, 1902, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, "1902. f — PLAY BALL" WILL BE TH E CHEERFUL CRY OF T -I- - g, HE UMPIRE TO-DAY AT RECREATION PARK N s A TS T i B S R - PLAYERS WHO WILL REPRESENT SAN FRANCISCO IN THE CALIFORNIA BASEBALL LEAGUGS DURING THE COMING SEASON. MAY CHANGE DATE OF THE ANNUAL WATERLOO CUP The California Coursing Men Want a Time Fixed in Which They Can C.mpete STEPS are being taken to change the important event has confiicted with the John Grace cup stake, run here annually in October and worth $6000. With this valuable stake to be run for, the California coursing men could not be expected to send their dogs to participate in the big Eastern event m ting for greyhounds. In the past L. F. Bartels of Denver has taken up | the agitation for a change of date com- menced by the California coursing me: and the Eastern offi of ng in is desired to have it rur ie mat in De- see the advisability ter It The greyhounds from this State could then take t in the rich Futurity stake in Septem the John G in October and then travel search of fresh fields to conquer. The next quarterly meeting of the Inter- state Coursing Club will be made a fes- tive occasion. After the regular business of the meeting has been disposed of there will be m and other forms of enter- tainment, w! tantial refreshments will be served. The affair will be i charge of Teddy Hood, George Mac. Malcolm and George Van Bergen. There are alrcady fifteen entries for the | sixteen-dog stake to be decided at Union Coursing Park on the 19th and 20th inst. The Pasha Kennels, Eugene Geary, T. J. Cronin, Sims, Chiarini, Walsh, Trade and Zahl will be among the owners repre- sented Champion Palo Alto was given a run after & hare last Monday and showed he would soon be able to start again. Joe Thrift has his favorite dog, Brutus, egain in training after a long let up. The old dog, always a consistent performer, is running in grand form. On the hares, as they are at present running, Rector is considered to have an excellent chance to beat Sacramento Boy when they meet in the first round of the special stake to-morrow. Of the thirty- six entries in the stake ten are from the kennels of A. R. Curtis. Fine Fire has been bred to David Ford's | Bonita, a high class performer on the field when young, and also to Europa, a sister to Dewdrop. Master Rocket has been bred to Bona, the dam of Recording Angel and of Mc- Henry. ¥etier Free has been bred to P. Brophy's Wee Waves. She is by Twister- Sweet Lad has been bred to T. But- She is the dam of Golden i a sister of Wave. ; Diamond has been bred to R. B % Basteis of Denves b . ¥. Bartels of Denver has mat s ner Bright ang Ben Hur. i . Ross will start some of his Cali- | fornia dogs to-morrow at Sherman, Tex. | All arrived there in good condition éxcept Fontenoy. Three stakes will be decided at Union Coursing Park to-day and to-morrow, be- ing divided into special, open and reserve classes. The reserve stake will be run in its emirhny to-d: 'k round of the open stake. The rema of the open stake and the special oroch in its entirety will be run to-morrow. The likely winners look to be: Special stake—Flying Fox, Eagle, Vandal, Liberator, Master Rocket, Tame Memie Pleasant, Lost Chord, Narcissus, Hughie, Floodgate and Forest Queen, Reserve stake—Schilling’s Best, Cotton Bal, Gienbrock, October Lad, Little May, My Selec. tion, New Moon and Della M. Open stake—Sally Brass, fenil, Challenger, Hickory Dick, Miss Brummel, Cosey, Miss Wil- son_ Lady Menlo, Pepita, Brutus, Royal Rogue, Rollicking Alrs, Royal Friend, Jingle Bells, Anchor, War Dewdrop, Rector, Tralee, “Tralee Boy, date of the Am#rican Waterloo cup | are expected to | together with one | TENNIS INTERESTS THE UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES Neither College Hzs Named | thz Complete Team to | Represent it as Y.t i I the University of California are prac- | ticl rard for the annual intercol- legiute championship to ve piayed two weeks trom to-day. | As . et refther coilege has its complete | team picked. Berkeley wili probably be | represented by three men, while Stanford | | | will pin its faith to but two. Of these ¥ Wiehe 1s fully as clever as any of the men of the rival college, but Cleve Laker, his team mate, has had practically 10 tournament experience. He put in the ast week practicing on the local courts, nd on Thursday made a fair showing inst Grant Smith. He- has an aggres- L yie, but is a trifle wild. n doubles Wiehe and Baker have had { | nc practice together, and while they have {a chance it is not considered by many to 'be a good oné. Wiehe is a tower of strength in doubles, and if his inexperi- encea partner gives him fair support a gcod match will surely result. The match | Getween Baker and the second Berkeley 1 is almost sure to go to the latter. Berkeley the experts are busily en- ed in the singles try-out. Reubea is in great rorm d quite a_surprise last week by ing three of the best men in college in straight sets. Fred Brown was thougat to have a good chance against Hunt, but | the latter beat him easily. Hunt aiso d | pased_of MacGavin in rather easy fa: ion. Trowbridge Hendrick, the academic champion of Southern Calitornia, made by far the best showing against Hunt, and many are of the opinion that he wouid have won had he been in practice. He has not touched a racket for several months, having devoted all his spare time to baseball. This match was also won by Hunt in straight sets, but they were all clese. Hunt and George Baker will be ths doubles team, and the former will be first man on the singles. MacGavin, Browa, Hendrick and Baker will fight it out for the one remaining place on the singles team. The nineteenth tournament for the Da- vie cups will be played to-morrow on the California Club courts. There is more interest in to-morrow’s event than any | one of the kind so far, as the teams arc on the homestretch and the finish s a close one. The Smith brothers lead, with four victories to their credit, while Collier arG Crowell are a close second, with three victories. The brothers won the last three tournaments .straight, but it is Goubtful if they can make it four, as they will probably be handicapped out of it to-morrow. There is some talk of mak- g the Smith brothers play scratch with Collier and Crowell. In case these twu tezums come together it would probably be right for them to play on even terms, but the Smiths should not be asked to give the same handicdp to other teams as de_Collier and Crowell. | “The mest regular attendants on the lccal courts at present are Judges Hunt, Troutt, Kerrigan and Sloss and Dr. Law. ton. These experts are out almost every day and participate in some lively doubles, Hunt and Troutt are improving very rap- idly and will make a strong team with a little more practice. " ‘Another handicap tournament for jive- | niles was commenced on the park courts | during the week and will be completed next week. These events are popular with | the youngsters and should develop some good players. @it e @ Bonrle Hughie, General Dewet, Fearful Ship, Mose, Olita, White Hat, Real Lassie, Sem. pronfus, Vagrant, Santonin, Sir Pasha, King Cotton, Alameda’ Lad, Fly by Night, Fannie Fukhie, Pleasant Girl, Royal Archer and Bel- fast. at { ENNIS players of both Stanford and present and | 3 LL is in readiness at Recreation Park for the opening this afternoon of the California baseball league season. New faces, new umpires, new seating arrangements and a general up-to-date intention on the part of the managers to give’their patrons high class ball all seem to insure the best season in the history of the national game in this city. Sacramento and San Francisco will clash in this city, while Oakland and Los Angeles will start proceedings in the lat- ter city. The teams will line up here as Positions, . Pitcher Vatch First base . Second base. San Francisco, - Ehort stop. eft geid. 4 . Zenter field Right field On Sunday morning at Oakland Hickey | will pitch for the Sacramento aggrega- tion, Kane performing a like service for the home team. In the afternoon in this city Jimmie Whalen will make his. first appearance, being opposed by Dowling of Sacramento. be out with rod and reel on the open- ing day, but who were anticipating gala sport to-morrow at Point Reyes, may be disappointed. The late heavy rain which, fell on “all fools’ day” raised LOVERS of trout fishing who could not |and roiled the creek. The result of the change ‘of water from clear to a slignt milky color was a rush of small trout which were loafing in the deep pools at Point Reyes up stream. The large fish, which were numerous on Tuesday last in the White House pool, also disappeared with the slight rise in water. Doubtless the spent fish which® were recuperating in the brakish water departed for old ocean, where they had an opportunity to go to sea. ; J Although the outlook at present is pooc for Point Reyes, the fishing all along the creck from Tocaloma up to the Laguni- tas should be grand. Several fine baskets of fish were taken on Wednesday. between tlie point where the Nicasio Creek empties into the Paper Mill ahd Camp Taylor. John Pape and Henry Woodward, who were fishing below Tccaloma, were sur- prised to find such a large run of eight and ten inch silver trout fresh from the In this afternoon’s game Nordyke will be the only familiar face seen in Uncie Henry's team. The others come with good records from Eastern teams and are ex- pected to prove pennant winners in any company they will be called upon to meet during "the "eight months’ season that stretches out before them. For several weeks Captain Shugart has had his men out practicing at Recreation Park, and he is favorably impressed with the form they are showing. Several of the Eastern men complain about the cli- mate, and it can hardly be expected they will show their true form for a month or six weeks at least. A great many of the “‘fans” last season were wont to remark that the league was “‘shy” on left-handed pitching talent. Not so0 the coming year. - The several man- agers, as if to atone for last year’s griev- ance, have signed seven box artists who hurl ‘with their “south wings.” San Fran- cisco has Meredith and Kane, Sacramen- to Dowling and Hickey, Oakland Jansen and Crystall and Los Ahgeles the mighty Rube Waddell. - A singular fact is they are all big men, and no doubt the league will witness the greatest slab work since the days when Charley Sweeney was at the height of his career. The umpire department, which was woe- fully weak last year, has been strength- ened. Two of the best known judges of ocean going up stream. They made a splendid catch on worms and spoon. These fish were evidently the large school that was loitering in the White .House paol at Point Reyes on Tuesday, as on Wednesday there were few small fish caught at the Point by the most expert anglers. Not a _single large steelhead was sesn in the White House pool, from which five or six were taken on the opening day of the season. Frank Maskey and Attorney John Bour- dette returned from Salmon Creek on ‘Wednesday. The anglers were expecting some fine sport when the heavy rain came on Tuesday and made the creek look like pea soup. This put a damper on the as- pirations of the two noted Waltonians, who will,. however, try their luck again in a few days. Jeff Wells and his part- mer, “‘Shorty” Briggs, returned from Point Reyes Wednesday with many other ang- icra, who were disagreeably disappointed with the sport of the second day of the geason. Mr. Wells will meet John Gal- }:fl\er. ttheT mhnlmplon nl:agler tof Oakl%x‘ld. to-day a ocaloma, where stream wl P Ding will be in order. . R. L. White and B, P. Upham fished the Llagas two days this week, taking 11 tront on spoon and bait. Bartley and C. Ducker fished La CALIFORNIA BASEBALL LEAGUE SEASON WILL OPEN UNDER PLEASANT AUSPICES 'Sacramento Will Meet the Home Team in This City---New | Men Will Be Seen in the Majority of Positions on Each Team---Capitol City Will Send a Large Delegation efefofefofofofooiontofoodrofeufmfefutninbeinieiuiniaininfeiinieieiei-t @ RAIN MAY SPOIL THE ANGLING NEAR POINT REYES UNTIL DISTUR3ED WATERS HAVE THOROUGHLY CLEARED Lffects of Downpour on Opening Day Become Apparent Twenty-Four Hours Later, the Trout Disappearing. / | the game will wield the indicators in the { coming race for the flag. Jack Q'Connell and Jim McDonald need no introduction to the admirers of the game. Both are old players and men of great presence of ind, and It goes without saying this de- | partment of the game will receive the at- tention it demands. All of the reserved section of the stand | at Recreation Park has been fitted up with chairs, and this will be good news | to those who enjoy solid comfort. The | diamond has been planted with grass, and | in a few weeks the grounds at Eighth anl Harrison streets will “look good” to the eye of the most critic A delegation of “fans” several hundred stropg will ac company Mike Fisher's colts to this city to witness the opening games. A section of the stand has been reserved for them, and, of course, they will do some rooting. The opening day has at last arrived. The “fans’” are eager, the players are willing and the managers are anxious, and when the old, familiar cry of “play ball” floats through the air the ball grounds “‘down on the flat” will present a gala day appearance, and the national game will be ushered in with more pomp and splendor than it has known since the halcyon days of the old Haight street grounds. The game this afternoon will be called at 3:15 o'clock, and to-morrow at 2:30 p. m. licnda Creek, a branch of the San Gre- goria, on opening day. The former se- cured, sevnty-five trout ranging in size from seven inches to two pounds. The fishing is reported the best in years. Walter D. Mansfield, G. H. Powers Jr., . R. Powers and Dr. G. H. Powers leave to-night for Shasta Springs on the Upper Sacramento. Lawrence and_some friends will ‘Willitts on Eel River. . B. and C. R. Kennift will again try their luck in the Paper Mill Creek. John Butler took a seven-pound steel- head out of the White House pool Tues- day evening. He lost two others owing to the lightness of his tackle. The ark Cuckoo, now the floating home of the Anglers’ Club, will be taken to Petaluma Creek to-morrow. The ten members- of the club are expected to be present, which will explain any exhibi- tion of day fireworks which may be seen in-the general direction of Petaluma Creek. One thousand dollars has been exrended on the ark recently. The Cuckdo will be anchored near Petaluma and will be used as a headquarters for striped bass fishing. —_——— California Optical Co. will formally open their new store at 205 Kearny st. Saturday evening, April 5. You are cordially invited.* Joh: 8o _to I TIME OF CONTEST FOR PERPETUAL CUP IS EXTENDED San Francisco Yacht Amends Chaiienge so as to includ: While of May HE yachting season of 1902 will be formally ushered in to-day by the opening festivities of the California Yacht Club on Oakland estuary. The fleet will dress ship this morning and the bunting will remain flying until the sunset gun is fired. Boats for the trans- portation of members across the creek will run from the city float, between Webster and Franklin streets, Oakland, to the clubhouse at intervals from 7:30 p. m. The jinks will begin promptly at 3 p. m., with an overture by the California Yacht Club band, Jack Holland will fol- low with “The Dago Embassador,” and ‘W. H. Brown of the Jose quintet with a bass solo. The Edna quartet, consisting of E. F. Sagar, F. W. Thompson, W. C. Howe and E. J. Angelo, will render selec- tions, and the intermission will be filled by the California Yacht Club band. Part two will open with ragtime ditties by Elton Lambert, who will be followed by Charles Seagreen in a monologue. The Manhattan quartet will sing, and Frank W. Thompson will render a bass solo, after which will come an_ intermission, filled by the California Yacht Club band. Lloyd Spencer will open part three of the entertainment with “The Last Three Seats for Smokers,” the McBain brothers will give a’ trombone and cornet duo, Thomas Mahoney will render something in ragtime and the band will play the re- cessional. Maurice Cramer will act as ac- companist. ‘The coming race for the Perpetual chal- lenge cup is a frequent topic of discussion among yachtsmen. At the special meet- ing of the directors of the Corinthian | Yacht Club held last week to consider the challenge sent in by the San Franciscos | it was decided to acknowledge its receipt, | and a committee was appointed to con: with the committce of the San Franciscos, Thé Corinthians pointed out that the deed of gift evidently intended to give the de- fending club thirty days within which to hold the race, as it requires that the race Dbe sailed not less than thirty nor more than sixty days after the date of the chauenge. As there is the further limita- tion that the race must be sailed not earlier than May 1 nor later than Septem- ber 30, if the cha!len?mg club dated its challenge March 1 only one day, May 1, would be open for the race. As the San Francisco challenge was dated March 18 the race must have taken place not later than May 18, nor eariler than May 1, thus aliowing a period of only eighteen ‘days. The Corinthians did not wish to establish the precedent of accepting a challenge which thus limited the period of thirty days to which the defending club is en- titled. The sceretary of the San Francisco Yacht Club has ce amended-the date >f the challenge to Bpril 1, thus giving the ‘whole mon! o ay for the s O Challenger wijl be i5 oy ) allenger salled Morrow. 1o whose, anerey’ s hara otk her existence is almost wholly due. The idea of getting plans from an Eastern de- signer originated with Dr. T. L. Hill, but the collecting of the necessary funds and the superintendence of the building were the work of W. G, Morrow. He is an ex. cellent sailor and possesses good and quick judgment. As an adviser he will have ex-Commodore W. N. MeCarthy:, who sailed the Gadder to victory in 1399, Morrow lives in Sausalito, and will be able to get the crew together for prac- tice more readily than ex-Commodore Me- Carthy, who lives in San Francisco. The crew of the Challenger will be selected from the following: ~ Commodore R. 8, Bridgman, Vice Commodore A. C. R. Savory, C. F. Austin, G. T. S. Whi A. W. Follansbee, A. Westwater, A. Haskins, H. H. Jenness and J. Lee. J. te, C. Cocke- Club\ [ JUNIOR OARSMEN | BEGIN PRACTICE ! EARLY IN SEASON Many New Members of City | Clubs Promisz= Well in % the Sin;lis‘ and Four-Oars [ HE only two rowing clubs on this side of the bay whose members are able to {/ | indulge in barge and skiff pulling at | the present time are the South Ends | _and the Dolphins. The Ariels are without quarters and are | devoting all their energies to building up the fund for the construction and equip- ment _of their propesed new boathouse. | The Pioneers have a temporary boathouse but no direct_communication with tho | water. The Dolphins and South Ends, | however, are displaying a good deal of | activity." A Delphin junior barge crew | has already been made up and goes out | for practice on Sundays. Nearly twenty | men have already signed their names on the list of entries for the barge races, the prizes in which will be the medals offered by Albert P. Rothkopf. On Sunday the large pleasure-boat of the Dolphins was rowed around to the Union Iron Works | by Keenan, Leo Weinand, J. S Earls, 0. Donovan, . M. Farrell and | Joseph Gallagher. F. J. Sherry, George | Baker and Alex W. Pape were out for practice in outrigged skiffs. | _The entertainment committee of the Dolphin Boating Club has arranged to hold a schooner trip and clambake next month, a dance in the boathouse on a moonlight night in July and a ladies’ day | in November. In August the club wiil celebrate its silver anniversary, it have ing been founded in 1878, its charter mem- ters being John, Herman and Adolpa Wieland; Emil, Val, J. and B. Kehrlein. E. Kalpen, Fred Deucher, E. Bornemann, J. Higgins, G. Baratz, Thomas Fraser and A. P. Rothkopf. The twenty-fifth anui- versary will be celebrated by a ball, at which silver oars will be given as souve. nirs. The club already having on its roil as many members as its quarters can ac- commodate, the initiation fee has been raised to $ls. Several members of the Olympic Boat Club were at Tiburon on Sunday, ameng them being C. W. Dobie, Leo Starr, Wil- liam Fulton, E. Rous, W. Claussen, W. Longwell, Guy Ransom, Charles Brandenstein, Percy Hammond, S. dJ. Pembroke, J. Owen, J. R. Bockman and George James. Some of these went out in barges and others in outrigged skiffs. To-morrow the clubhouse will be open to ladies. Many members of the South End Row- ing Club are to be seen every Sunday around the clubhouse, all the barges and outrigged skiffs being in demand through- out the day. There are several candidates for places in the junior barge crews, and these present themselves at an early hour at the boathouse. One of the most prom- ising crews is made up of A. Hennesse: bow; J. O'Brien, No. 2; P. J. Connoll No. 3, and Alexander McKerron, stroke. Charles Jenkins was out with a crew made up of A. McKerron, bow; C. E. A. Crelighton, No. 2; A. Korn, No. 3; Charles Jenkins, stroke and H. Low, cockswain. Another barge crew consisted of Ma: Cashman, bow; E. Pallas, No. '1'.“{":!g las, No. 3; Edward Woifr, ke, and Albert Sonnenberg, cockswain. E. Cash- man and Alexander McKerron are prac- | ticing in the outrigged skiff and are show. ing considerable speed. Judge A. L..Frits is a regular visitor at the boathouse. | "The South Ends have been sufferin | trom a lack of oars, but three sets o | barge cars and two rs of sculls have been ordered in the Hast and are expect. ed to reach the city shortly. All the barges have been overhauled and are in ood condition, including the Felton, the outh End, the Captain Thomas and the old Fiyblister. A special committee, con- '"""{.xf‘ Charles Jenkins, Thomas Bar- ry, John Humphreys and C. E. A, Creigh- ton, has been appointed to coach the members who have recently joined the club. The club has more than a hundred members.