The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1902, Page 4

THE FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1902 DIVER GEDDES PERFORMS MARVELOUS FEATS AT DIZZY HEIGHT CORINTHIANS TO HAND OVER COVETED CUP Visiting Yachtsmen Will Be Entertained Informally at the Sausalito Clubhouse To-Morrow San Francisco Tars Will Escort Their Guests to Tiburon Cove CRUISE to McNears Landing set Aam\n on the schedules of the San Francisco and Corinthian yacht lubs for to-day has been aban- done The Corinthians will, instead, sail over to Sausalito for the purpose of for- v handing over the Perpetual Chal- cup to the winners of the race on May 31 last, officers and many of the members an Francisco Yacht Club will be on and to receive the visiting yachtsmen, and an informal jinks, with light refresh- ments, will be given in the main hall. William Mersfelder and others are pre- aring for the entertainment of the visit- The Corinthian yachts will anchor he Bausalito water front for the night to-morrow the San Francisco yachts cruise with the visiting craft and will t them to their moorings at Tiburon. The Caiifornia fleet will cruise to Val- lejo to-Right to meet the yachts returning from the trip up the Sacramento River. The sloop Pactolus, after accompanying the Corinthian fleet in the river cruise last week, has been up the Sacramento again this week with the California Club boats. As July 4 comes on a Friday it is ex- ted the following day will be declared & public holiday. In this case many of yachtsmen will take advantage of the off t o and Corinthian will safl up to Napa on the Fourth, ning to Vallejo on Saturday and to their moorings at Tiburon or Sausalito , J eral 6. a Yacht Club will hold the race for the Wallace trophy on the course being from narrow- geuge mole to and around Presidio shoal 2 he port hand; thence arting line off urse is officlally reck- autical miles. The start gun in each er the man- agement of the regatta committee, con- sisting of August R. F. Brandes, Charles 1 W. H. Williamson. achts Speedwell, Fre- ptune and Amigo returned from the cruise up the Sac- er, coming down as far as whence they returned to nda Commodore E. F. E ears Landing last Sat- rning to Tiburon next day. Speedwell, after returning to second trip up the urday, r he “slooy cr! up’to Napa City during the Independenece day holiday. At a meeting of the subscribers to the d for building the racing yacht The lienger, held at the Merchants’ Ex- change Wednesday evening, it wa showr the total cost of constructing «nd fitting her for the Perpetual cup rac: i that the actual amount re b and kept for was decided ain to result of the boat. It V. G. Morrow, the member of the syndicate at, should re- s bid, €L th J suid C ms against he boat dvanced by id off, and ed pro rata the sum will b will hold ar)l Sessions Ba- races for the sch badge, cruis: Ps, a reception and use and a dance of ——— | RACES IN THE EAST. Record of Winners on Some of the Well-KEnown ' Tracks, EW YORK, June ~Sheepshead Bay re- N It re furlongs _of Futurity course parks Bsher secon: Second ra ne mile—Remorse won, or third. Time, 1:42. | five and a half furlongs—River hol second, Colonel Tyler third. . _one mile—Roxane 4, Yankee third. Time, six and a half furlongs— rood second, Operator and a sixteenth, on turt— ., Roechampton second, Kallf 1:48 45 —Fair Grounds results: longs, selling—Wolfram Ben Lear third. Time, seven furlongs, selling—EBranch second, Tennison third. Time, s, selling— cond, Chanterelle ngs—Fitzkanet won, Frank Bell third six furlongs—Tom Collins won, le second, Sea Rover,third. Time, rac mile and a quarter—Wall won, d, Ignis third. Time, 2:15%. X. Y., Jupe 27.—Fort Erie re- seven and a half furlongs—John- “arthy wor Little Lois second, Curtsey ur and a half furlongs—Annie second, Tommy Kmight third. one mile—Ducassa won, The Lutesfondo third. Time, 1:43. six furlongs—Alea won, Oconee cy third, Time, 1:18. five furiongs—Sir Gallant .wan, e Eclipse second, Springbrook third. furlongs—Baffied won, , All Saints third. Time, CHICAGO, June 27.—Washington Park re- sults t half furlongs—Our or second, Gallant e, one mile— er Raine third seven furlong: second, Jack R arque won, Bragg Time, 1:42 3-5. Articulate won, tlin third. Time, ace, mile and a sixteenth, Chief won, Wayward Chance third. Time, . race, five furiongs—Sir Gallant won, ustin second, C. B. Campbell third. Time, selling— Hunte; - ond. Ben ST ace, mile and a sixteenth, selling— el won, 3. ¥. Kirby secong. (obe. ighed th Time, 1:49 1.5, BUTTE. Mont., June 27.—Summary: First race, five and a half furlongs—Winne- bejour won,” Burdock second, Bill Bohmanson third e, 1:00% Second race, six furlongs—Lucia Be: won, Syce se d, Resin third. Time, 1:1615. Th:' r and a half furlongs-—Rubino won, C: ne second, Our Lizzle third. Time, race, Jerid . #ix and a half furiongs—Por fecond, Frank B third. Time Fifth race, four and a half furlongs 5 ma_won, Sabinal second, Phyz mra.“sm:é, race, one mile—Duke of York II won, Eyiva P Lass second, El Mido third. Time, DENVER, June 27.—Results at Overlana. The track was fast but o high wind was blow: ing : First race, trotting—Ed Win: three stralght heats. Time, 2:15%, 2715, 2:16%. George M, Viomets, Athood 2150 arted Becond race, six Moore won, Fellowstone second, G. H. Ketchaom third Time, 1:15%. Fhird rece, four and & half won i ) PONIATOW SKI CUP ATTRACTS LADY GOLFERS Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Scott to Compete for Ownership of the Valuable Trophy San Rafael Golfers Will Play Handicap Contest on Their Links on July g N July 4 on the golf links of the Burlingame County Club the fourth annual contest for the Poniatowski cup for women will be held, play beginning at 10:30 in the morning. All three ladies who have previously won one of the contests for the trophy are living near San Francisco. These are Mrs, George Doubleday,who won the first gontest in 1899, when she was Miss Alice Moffitt; Mrs. Laurance I Scott, who was Miss Caro Crockett when she proved vi¢- torlous, in 190, and Mrs. R. Gilman Brown, the winner last year. It is understood Mrs. Doubleday will not compete. Mrs. R. Gliman Brown and Mrs. Laurance I Scott will be the principal competitors, as they were in last year's contest. If either wins, the trophy will become her permanent property. Each year the con- test has taken place there has been talk of Mrs. J, W. Bowers, Mrs. J. D. Foster and other strong golfers coming up from Southern California to try for the cup, but gone of them has ever appeared. This ear is not likely to bring out any ex- cept the local golfers, members of the San Francisco, Oakland, Burlingame or San Rafael clubs. 5 There will probably be a handicap tour- nament on the links of the San Francisco Golf Club on the Fourth, but no definite announcement has yet been made. On Saturday, July 5, on the links of the San Rafael Golf Club, there will be a competi- tion over eighteen holes beginnifg at 9:30 & m. for women and at 1:30 p. m. for men. “California Golf,” the first issues of which were brougnt out by John Duncan Dunn, is being published by H. M. Grind- lay at Los Angeles. The June issue con- tains an interesting article by Walter Fairbanks, the amateur champion of Southern California, on “Brilliancy in Golt.” In this he contends that an essen- tial point in every first-class golfer's play is his power of recovery when badly bunkered or in long grass off the course. These remarks will be read with the more interest because Walter Fairbanks him- self has often been described as a steady but not a brilliant golfer. The controversy about the merits of the Haskell ball is still going on, especially in Great Britain, where the best golfers were at first almost unanimous against it. Both the winner and the runner-up in the British amateur championship used it throughout the competition. Yt is sald that hard, long drivers gain no advantage from it, but that all golfers can get a longer shot off an iron club with the Has- kell than with the ordinary “guttie.” Just why this is so is not clear, If a still more improved ball should enable golfers to drive thirty or forty yards farther than at present, the golf courses now in exist- ence would have to be laid out afresh. To avert so serious a matter and to put all players on a level as regards the imple- ments of the game, it may become neces- v to adopt a standard ball, as is done in baseball, cricket or billlards. —_——— Handball Matches. The members of Occidental Athletic RANCIS S. GEDDES, of the Lurline Swimming Club, has gained a national reputation owing to his marvelous ability and daring in diving from great heights. His record dive was from Stockton channel, a hundred feet below. the top of a pile-driver into the On . anotlier ~occasion he dived from the bridge which spans the Sacramento River at Red Bluff. The descent here was seventy feet. On two occasions he per- formed at Astoria regatta, diving into the Columbia River from pile- drivers ranging in height from sixty to eighty feet. In addition to his ability as @ high diver Geddes 1s also clever at fancy diving from a trapese or a springboard. These trick dives are covered by the technical terms: back dives, “one and a halfs,” the dive so clearly shown in the illustration; handstand somersaults, gaynors and half- gaynors. Geddes is an amateur, gaining his livelihood from other sources of commercial activity. He has had many offers from circus men and from other amuse- ment promoters. In order to per- fect himself in his various feats of daring and fancy diving, Geddes practices regularly at the Lurline Baths. : Clut will meet in handball matches to- % morrow as follows: G. Cunningham and H. Cory vs. W. Fisher and D. Mahoney; G. B. Hayward and J. P, Duffy vs. Charles Barry and F. P. Haynes; J. Condon and A. Collins vs. Dr. R. Longer- Murphy: W. Collins and W. J. Lydon and Dr. F. Stopff; . B. Wachlorst and Dr. T vs. James and J. Griffen; G. Kelly d J. Ken- . C. Johnson and V. Hayes; T. Cooney Robertson vs. S, O'Neill and E. J. | | | | | | | 1 | = i H KINETOSCOPE PICTURES OF FRANCIS S. GEDDES, SHOWING VA- RIOUS ATTITUDES CLEVER DIVER ASSUMES WHILE PERFORM- ING ONE OF THE FEATS WHICH HAS GIVEN HIM A _REPUTATION. < CITY AND SAN JOSE ATUTOS, TO RENDEZVOUS Chauffeurs From San Francisco and \Oakland to Run to Mission San Jose. The Automobile Club of California has received an invitation to meet the San Jose Automobile Club at Mission San Jose to-morrow. The invitation has been ac- cepted. The grounds of the Palmdale Company, known as the Gallegos place, at Mission San Jose, have been 6ffered as a rendez- vous. The committee in charge of the run from San Francisco will be E. P. Brine- gar, E. Courtney Ford and George F. Whitney, the last named being captain. Automobilists starting from San Francis- co will take the 9 a. m. Creek ferryboat. Those who start from Oakland are re- quested to meet them on the arrival of the boat at the wharf. A start will be made at 10 o’clock. The distance to Mission San Jose is twenty-six miles. Supplies of gas- oline will be provided at the rendezvous. The latest Creek ferryboat leaves Oaklard at 4 p. m., after which there is no other boat Ifilable until the regular ferryboat starting from the end of the Oakland mole at 8:30 p. m. Members of the Auto- mobile Club who expect to attend the out- ing are requested to inform the president by postal eard, though failure to do so need not prevent them from taking the iD. 7 B won, Honest John second, Sandow third. Time, :56%. Fourth race, seven furlongs—The Four dred won, Sol second, Prestonian, third. Hun- Time, 1:32%. Fifth race, six furlongs—Laureata won, No- via second, Yirgle d'Or third. Time, 1:16%. 8t halt longs—Cora. second, Ellis Glenn third, merrow at Glem Y-S — UNION IRON WORKERS f FORM CRICKET ELEVEN Pacific Men Will Try Conclusions With a Potrero Team Captained by Bowler Xortlang. To-morrow being an open day in the schedule of the California Cricket Asso- clation, a match has been arranged be- tween an eleven of the Pacific Cricket, Club, captained by H. C. Casidy, and a team made up by B. Kortlang of employes of the Union Iron Works. representatives will be H. C. Casidy, F. Bennion, H. M. Storrs, E. H. M. Lannowe, D. Jamieson, W. Jamieson, T. J. A. Tiede- man, V. P Sollom, O E. Chandler, T. W. Tetley and Dr. G. W. Birdsall. This is not a strong team, but the men from the Union Iron Works are almost entirely out of practice, except their captain B. Kort lang, who is the best local bowler. On’ the Fourth the Pacific eleven will journey to Santa Cruz, where it will play its second match of the present season against the team of the Santa Cruz Coun- try Club cricket club. —_——— - Tivoli Singers Coming. The grand opera artists engaged by Manager Leahy on his recent trip to Italy for the coming season of opera at the Tivoli, left Naples on the 23d inst. on the steamer Liguria. They comprise some of the most famous people now on the lyrie stage, a ni having world-wide repu- tations. A special car will bear them to San Francisco, where they are expected to arrive about July 15. The Tivoll seaspn | opens on July 28. —_——— Athletes Will Picnic. ‘The members of Brooklyn Athletic Club will hold their sixth annual picnic to- 'wood Park, near Santa e e The Pacifie |~ £ — AMPHITHEATER TO BE BUILT FOR BIG FIGHT Work Commenced on Can- vas Structure on Valencia Street, Near Woodward’s Bay City Athletic Club Is Barred From Promoting Any Amateur Contests . . and Fitzsimmons will meet for their championship battle. A lot on the southeast corner of Four- teenth and Valencia streets has been se- lected as the site. This is a part of the Woodward property and adjoins Wood- ward's Pavilion on the south. At present a stout ten-foot fence sur- rounds the property. A twenty-foot fence will be bullt just inside this. The prin- cipal entrance will be on the Valencia- street side. The ring will be built in the center of a space 160 feet square. A tent will cover the central hundred feet, leav- ing the remaining thirty feet on each side uncovered. This is the iargest canvas that could be secured. The seats will slope up gradually from the ringside. The spec- tators in the last row of seats will be but eighty feet from the ring, giving al! an ex- cellent view of the heavyweight battle. This amphitheater is guarantead to seat 8000 people. On-the night of the Jeffries- Ruhlin fight there were 6500 people in Me- chanics’ Pavilion. Bay City Athletic Club has promoted its- last amateur fight, unless the board of governors of Pacific Assoclation, Amateur ORK has been commenced on the amphitheater in which Jeffries 1 Athletic Union, extends clemency at its annual meting fn November. The club officials went to court to test the question of permits being required. it was decided that fights could be pro- moted without the permit of the Amafeur Athletic Union and the club managers thought they were out of the woods. The athletic officials had. still another card to play.’ They warned all amateurs against’ taking part in any bouts held by a club not in good standing with the Amateur Athletic Union. This had the desired ef- fect, all the amateurs declining to Bot into disfavor with the governing body of the sport. The case of the club cannot be appealed before next November. It is not expected a favorable decislon can be & cured at that time. From present appear- ances the club will never be allowed to promote . amateur bouts. —_———— Denis Kearney Heard From. Denis Kearney sent a communication yesterday to the Board of Supervisors re- questing that the board get at the actual value of the property of the United Rail- roads. Kearney says that he is in receipt of a letter from a man in Baltimore stat- ing that Brown Bros., who financed the purchase of the local street roads, bought out the street railroads in Baltimore for ,000,000, capitalized them at $75,000, and then cut the pay of emlplqyes from §2 to §1 77 per day. Kearney alleges that the local roads have been capitalized for eight times their value and that the savings banks have taken $5,000,000 of the paper and the attention of the Bank Commis- sloners should be called to the matter, ——————l Side Sewer Connection, The Supervisors’ Charter Amendment Committee has decided not to recommend an amendment to the charter permitting property-owners instead of the Board of ‘Works to make their own side sewer con- nections on unaccepted streets. Commis- sion Casey of the Board of Public ‘Works objected to the proposed chan; on the ground that it would do away with ty in sewer work. The committee after Inquiry agreed with Casey and the charter wflém remain as it'is on that par- e - CHAMPION DOGS GEDDEsS STARTS, i | | _ FIRST TURN, ) T4 + BEING TRAINED FOR COURSING Will Compete in Seventh Annual Renewal of the Ladies’ Day Rich Stake Connemara, Palo Alto and For Freedom Winners in 3 ’ s Previous Years’ Running C meeting to be held at Union Cours- ing Park during the Independence day holidays. The seventh annual re- newal of the ladies’ day champion stake will be the feature of the card. This is one of the big events on the leashmen's calendar and has always attracted the best dogs In trafning. The list of previous winners makes a veritable roll of honor. The stake was instituted in 1846 at Ingleside Park, when it attracted an entry of eight hounds. It was won by J. H. Rosseter's Wayfarer, with Valley Maid runner-up, The other competitors were Skyball, Flying Buck, Royal Buck, Flashlight, Lisak and San Joaquin. The winner was not scored against and the betting in the deciding course was not as to which dog would win, but whether the runner-up would score. At one stage of the course it seemed Valley Mald would surely score, but Wayfarer came with a rush from behind and picked up the hare. On this day Mr. Rosseter won all three stakes. He took the Ladies’ Derby with Arapahoe and the Park stake with Kitty Scott. In 1897 Grace & Dean’s Moondyne II won, with Bartels & Rosseter's imported Firm Friend second. In 1898 the stake was run for the first time at Union Park. The peerless For Freedom won, defeating E. V. Sullivan's False Flatterer. It was on this occasion For Freedom electrified the spectators by showing a burst of speed unparalleled possibly on any coursing fleld. False Flatterer, himself a great courser, was far ahead of For Freedom, the latter be- ing apparently unsighted. He suddenly caught sight of the hare, and, seeming to fly through the air, dashed past False Flatterer, picking up the hare and kill- ing. These were the only points scored during the course. In 1869 James Dean's popular black dog Connemara and Gladiator from his own kennel, won first and second money. In 1800 the stake attracted sixteen en- tries for the first time. On this occasion Eugene Geary’s champion Palo Alto, then at the zenith of his powers, led and beat A. R. Curtis’ Beacon. ' In 1901 Frank Jones was the lucky win- ner, Wedgewood and Harllan Galdys, from his kennel, winning first and second money. Next week Beacon, Rector, Palo Alto, Sacramento Boy, Homer Boy and other reat greyhounds will struggle for the 1000 purse. All the dogs are being given a special preparation. As the hares are be- coming stronger each succeeding week, the winner must be prepared to go the route. The dog which relies on speed alone will hardly cut much of a figure. A reserve stake of sixteen entries will be run to_a conclusion to-day at Union Coursing Park. In addition a class re- serve stake of forty-eight entries will be run down once. The remainder of this stake, with a special and a consolation stake, will be decided to-morrow. The likely winners look to be: Reserve stake—Highstepper, Creswick, Mel- rose, Rustic Anna, Arbaces, Advance Guard, Eastlake and Rustic Arbor. Special stake—Roman Athlete, Ireland, Roy Hughie, Brutus, Old Ironsides, Flying Fox, Narcissus, Silver Cloud, Golden Garter, San- tonin, Cascade, Fair Oaks, Vandal, Tralee Boy, Full Moon and Fontenoy. Class reserve stake—Miranda, Menlo Prince, Prompto, Shadow, Belfast, Matiers Much, Miss Brummel, Cosette, Motto, Consort, Glaucus, Peerless, Orlando, Tom Hurlick, Gold Hill, Lady Nellle, Flora BeHe, Pure Pearl, Fenii, Nestor, White Hat, Partial Eclipse, Morning Glory and Charming Thought. Second payment on the Futurity stake will be due July 1. First payment was made on 103 young greyhounds. Eddie Neaves is expected to arrive to- day from the Bast with a string of twenty-one greyhounds. As he spent sev- eral years here and knows the competi- tion he must meet it is expected he has OURSING men are making unusual preparations for the three days’ some good ones under his charge. Wil- liam McCaffrey is supposed to be with him. He has the Orthwein dogs from St. Louis. ——— Contract Japaness Laborers. The United States Immigrant Bureau at this port has discovered that Kojiro Takagi -and his alleged wife, Mutsu, are contract laborers from Japan. Document- ary evidence has been secured showing that they contracted with Inosuki Yaman- aki to labor in this State for four years % the joint coppensation of 361 yen, or for the entire period. Out of this sum they were required to repay their sage’ money. In other words, the couple bound themselves to four years of slavery. The couple will be deported. ————— Receipts of Street Roads. The United Rallroads filed a statement with the Board of Supervisors yesterday showing that the sum of $11,%7 45 is due the city as percentage of the gross re- celpts, amounting to $9L763 26, of the vari- ous electric lines for the year ending De- cember 81, 1901. The gross receipts of the San Mateo road amounted to ,728 85, of which 2 per cent, or $#414 54, is due the city. The statements will be referred to the Finance Committee, which will ascer- tain the correctness of the figures, IMANY CREWS Unusual Activity Is Prevalent About Al the Boathouses in and Near,San Francisco Six Clubs Will Sand Well- Trained Teams to Start in the Junior Barge Event LTHOUGH at one time fears were Aexpressgd that the semior barge race, the most important event at the annual rowing regatta of the Pacific Association, might fall through owing to a paucity of entries, it uow seems certain there will be three or four crews to face the starter. The Alameda ‘“Spiders”’ will strain every nerve to retain the championship which they have held so long. The South End Rowing Club has made up a senior crew, consisting of James Pallas, bow; E. M. Cashman, No. 2; Joseph Lyons, No. 3, and J. E. Scully, stroke. Albert Son- nenberg will probably be the cockswain. Though the crew has not had a long period of practice, it is going out every night and expects to be in good trim. The Portland Rowing Club four will take part in thé senior barge race and the Arlel intermediate crew will aiso enter in the senior class. The Ariel intermediate crew has been practicing regularly under the coaching of Leander Stevenson, the use of the South End Club's quarters having been kindly accorded to the wearers of the royal blue and white. The intermediate four is made up ,of Alexander Keegan, bow; Edwin Smith, No. 2; E. J. Lynch, No. Charles Wilson, stroke, and E. Flanders, cockswain. Flanders will also steer the junior crew, consisting of Ed- ward Murphy, bow; Matt Brady, No. W. McKee, No. 3, and H. Thompson, atroke. The Dolphin Boating Club will nave junior and intermediate crews in the Lake Merritt regatta. The intermediate crew is made up of F. W. Woerner, .ow; C. M. Farrell, No. 2; W. O. Patch, No. T. J. Kennedy, stroke, and W. Carroll, cockswain. The junior four has the same cockswain, and is manned by J. Relmers, bow; W. Harris, No. 2; T. Harris, No. 3, and T. R. Dixon, stroke. Alexander W. Pape will pull in the senlor shell race and George Baker and ¥. J. Sherry in the senior oulrlgged skift event. The Alameda Boat Club will have sen- ior, intermediate and junior barge crews. as well as representatives in the senior and - junior outrigged skiff races. The crews have been training regularly and are in good condition. F. W. Ayers rows stroke of the senfor four, setting the short, rapid stroke for which the Al- ameda crews have become known. As the course is oniy a mile distant of the mile-and-a-half, which the championship course has been supposed to be in pre- vious regattas, the short stroke is Itkely to be even more effective than usual. The intermediate crew has been coached by Sidney Pollard. The junior crew is light, but strong. In the senior outrigged skiff race the Alameda entries will be E. B. Thaning and John Lewis. In the junior skiff event Harry Dumont and James Lewis will be the representatives from the creek. The Olympic Club men ar: tralning un- der unusually advantageous circum- stances, as they are living at Belveders and going out every night for practice, besides taking a quick run on the road in the morning. W. B. Goodwin, who in previous seasons has devoted much pains to coaching the crews of the University oi California, is taking the Olympie four in hand. If the crew can profit by his coaching it will make a uangerous -om- petitor in the junior barge race. The South End Rowing Club, in addi- tion to its senlor barge crew, has junior and intermediate fours in training. The junior ecrew is made up of Dr. C. . Den- nis, bow; E. Wolf, No. 2; James P. Foley, No. 3, and Frank Baker, stroke. The intermediate four consists of Frank Pal- las, bow; Matt Harris, No. 2: Sam Ber- ger, No. 3, and Edward Pallas, stroke. John T. Sullivan, formerly a well known member of the Ploneer Rowing Club and an adept in the outrigged skiff, elected a member of the South Ends. The South End Rowing Club will short- ly hold its semi-annual election of offi- cers. The following nominations have been made: For president, W. H. ifead; vice president, T. Grannan; treasurer. Josegh O'Dea; financial secrétary, James P. TFoley, recording secretary, 'Joseph Foley; captain, J. E. Scully; vice cap- tain, Matt Harris and James Pallas. The nominees will be voted on at the next meeting of the club, which wiil be heid on Wednesday evening, July 2. The Stockton Athletic Assoclation wiil send a barge crew and a singla sculler for the regatta on Lake Merritt. The barge crew is made up of S. Breeze, bow, E. Higuera, No. 2; J.“ Tons, No. 3; R. Chipman, captain and stroke, and J. Reil- ly, cockswain. They are a heavy cre: the men averaging 171 pounds. Th:’;‘ have been coach: by J. Foley. Each evening the crew rows five or on the Stockton slough. They ::: fi’;‘l‘:: the boat in which the Stockton “Giants” covered a mile-and-a-half course in 8:57 on Admission day, 1887. They pull a long stroke, thirty to ‘the minute. Though & comparatively slow stroke, well pulled through, with good catch ‘at the begin- ning and a clean finish, is certainly far superior over a long course, a crew that is thoroughly well together, as the Al- ameda senior crew has beén for some years past, can make great speed with a short, quick, bucketing stroke that no crew could keep up over a four-mile course without going to pleces. Ag tha Lake Merritt course will probably be & scant mile, it is extremely doubtfi) whether a crew, rowing 30 strokes to thy minute, can catch the Alameda men, wh will jump off with the lead, pullin; from 40 to 45 strokes to the minute and keep- ing time. —_—— Petty Thefts Are rted. Ming Tuck, a tailof"at 421 Dupont street, reported to the police vesterday that three men entered his shop Thursday night, and while two kept him in conversation, the third stole a plece of cloth valued at 'Suo B. F. Wellingten of 425 Washington street reported that the window in his store nay been broken Thursday night and several small articles were stolen. Mrs. Ida Por- ter, 3460 Twentieth street, reported that while she was in a store ont and M I"S:;-L 'fihu"di. n two young men s er.satcl The satche contained $5 some papers. 5 HENRY SCHMIDT LEADS LEAGUE AS A PITCHER Oakland Twirler Has Lost But Four Games Out or Twenty He Has Played Cristall and Meredith Are Now the Only Southpaws Who Have Been Faithful HE race for the much wanted flag in the California Baseball League goes merrily on without any _changs in the material standing of " the clubs. Oakland is still a head liner and will remain so for-at least a month or six weeks to come. When the expected new blged is infused into the San Francisco. and the Los Angeles team there is likely to be a new leader in the race. The most interesting fight Is the. one San Francisco and Los Angeles are mak- ing for second honors, The Ponies head- ed off the Angels last week, but are back in third place again. Still a game won or Ist by either team makes a big differ- ence, Neither side has much advantage at present. Schmidt is the leading pitcher of the league as far as games won count. He has won sixteen and lost but four. Hod- scn, Moskiman, Glendon and Cristall are ail tied for second honors. Thomas has pitcted good ball, but the hard luck he has encountered kept him from imereas- ing his average. Poor old Pete Dowling had the star record for the number of games lost considering the number he pitched. The following table shows the standing of all the league’s pitchers who have figured in at least five battles: 214|513 g1le | & 518 (%)% - o oy W P Schmidt, J20] 16| 4|80 Hodson, Oakland 2 8] 41 Glendon, San F 12 8 ) Mcskiman, O 9f 6| 3 Whalen, Blgl i) Waddell, o 9/ P T McPartlin, Los Angeles....|15 | 9| 6| Meredith, San Francisco.... }z | "I’ t ; A - = Kane, San Francis i i st 6 2 - 6! 2 4 17| 4 ] 13 9| 4|15 Doyle, Sacramento. 71 1}'® Raymer continues to play sensational ball at second for Los Angeles. He has had an unusual amount of hard chances in the past few games, and has taken them all in great style. If he can set a good example by hitting the ball hardor he will make an ideal captain for the southern band. 2 Many fans will regret Holly’s departure from the local team. He was a conscien- ticus ball-player and always tried hard to win. He acted improperly In trying to get more salary than he signed to pl: for. " Harris can easily Al Holly's p and in a few weeks the cranks for get the lamented one. Cristall, the erratic little Oakland south- paw, has ali the pitching records to him- self.” He has pitched a no-hit game, a one-hit game and also a two and t hit game, I some team can bat him for about twenty-five safe swats he will hold all the records. General Andrew Burt, U. 8. A., retired, is one of the greatest ball fans' in the army to-day. The general arrived from the Philippines a few days ago, and at- tends all the games. He has many In- teresti tales to tell of the nine he managed in Manila. It held the cham pionship in army circles, having defe: ed every team that ever wore a blue uniform. It is a singular fact, but the Oakland team has not released nor signed a sin- gle player since the season opened, nor has one of its number been unkind enough to jump a contract. Perhaps this con- tributes to the success the leaders have met with in their efforts to win the flag. No other team in the league can make the same boast. The vast army of southpaws that in- vaded the league at the beginning of tho season is rapidly beginning to thin out. At the opening of the race there were seven south-mitters doing stunts. Of this number only two remain—Cristail and Meredith—the rest having either jumped or been released. Strangely enough, the two remaining lads are the only ones who seemed to possess good serse, as the rest of the bunch wero wrong in some way or other. Jim Morley’s movements in the Eastern citles will be watched with interest by local admirers of the national game. Mor- ley was determined when he left to have revenge on Connie Mack for enticing the only Rube from the balmy climes of Las Angeles. Mack is likely to be shy a few stars when Morley begins to hand out his flattering offers. ———————— SCOTTISH THISTLE CLUB TO HOLD A BIG OUTING Programme of Games Includes Events of Every Description in Athletics. The San Francisco Scottish Thistla Club has arranged its programme for i:s annual picnic to be held Friday, July 4, at Shellmound Park. As in the past, it is their aim to make it the event of the season, no pains or expense leing spared to accompiish that end. The programme of games will com- prise forty-two events, embdracing many new features. Three thousand dollars in cash prizes, as well as handsome gold and silver medais, will be distributed for amateur events under the auspiccs uf the Pacific Amateur Athletic Association. Among the most interesting features will be a tug-of-war contest between the glants of San Francisco and O: : a two-mile bicycle race for men; ex- hibitions of Highland fling and Irish jig and reel dancing, and bagpipe! playing. In the evening there will be a grand, fatriotic display of fireworks that wili " Fhe commitice It cherge is e com! ee in charge composed of John H. McInnes, Alexander Strang, George Fullerton, John Ross, John Swan, D. Donald, A. Ross, W. A. Dawson, D. Young and William Murray. . —_——— American Polo-Players Win. PARIS, June 27.—The American poio team turned the tables on the Paris club this afternoon, defeating the latter by seven goals to two. A large gathering of fashionable people witnessed the match, which was played on the Bagatells grounds, The American team was com- osed of W. A. Hazard, Robert Collier, J. . Waterbury and L. Waterbury. The French team consisted of Baron E. deo Rothschild, the Duke of Santona, M. Kennedy and Maurice Raoul Duval. —_—— Japanese Will Be Kojiro Takagli and his wife, Matsu Takagi, who were arrested on a charge of felony embezzlement on complaint of I. Yamanaka of $36% Sacramento street, ap- fesred in Judsa Conlan’s court yesterday. . H. Schell, an inspector of the United States immigration service, was Pl A ——t —————— Improvement Club’s Officers. At the vegular weekly meeti: f the Market Street and Eureka V:l‘le; Im- provement Club the following officers were elected: .President, W: L. Coles; vice president, J. Me- i . W. E. Dubois; treasurer i sergeant at €. Crowle; lott, R. C. Jacksc > Ryan; R. Coles. J. The growth of girls is greatest in their fifteenth year, TR ) o{.;oyl in their sevens