The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1902, Page 10

10 ATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1902 TENNIS CRACKS TRAINING FOR TOURNAMENTS| Coast Championship Events| to Be Held Nex: Month| on San Rafael Courts| Golden Gate Park Crowded Daily With Devotees of | the ascinating Sport w ITH the coast champlonship ten- nis tourname but one month | away, the local cracks are get | down to hard practice. The cha: Southern Califor nd and the players State will do all in their pow- er to retain their championship laurels. George Whitney will have three titles to +@efend—the singles, doubles and mixed doubles. { In the doubles the south will send up 8 stronger te a last year. In the last tournament and Braly were beaten in thei match. This year Braly's place man, and a Freeman is ex be taken by Louis Free- ronger team will result, | rampion of the south and | one of the best players that Stanford ever produced. He is beating Bell in| practice right along and will make a strong bid for championship honors. The m from this_part of thel nith and McGavin, who ast year. utton sisters will | ess of the 7 events ‘than anything ‘else, but ai ent it is extremely doubtful if th be on hand. Without the Suttons affair would fall players are sadly lacking in c though very numerous. However, M Dobbins and Miss Schumaker will be on Band and will help out some. The for- mer is said to be almost as clever as the | Suttons. W. B. Collier and Grant Smith of the il the ather fiat, as the local | | tournament committee met Thursday and | settied m: important matters in regard | to the coming events, It was first sug- gested to hold all the events, both for men and women, in the seven days from | the 1st of ber te the Sth. The | impracticabili was soon appar- | ent and it d that this time | n enough for the order of events | doubles and 24 and 3d; | 5th and 6th; st the 4th men’s singles, consolation mornings of the 8th | &nd 9th; chall 3 teh, doubles, on the | afternoon 8th; challenge ~match, | singles, on the afternoon of the 9th. The members of the committee were mnable to agree upon the dates of the | women's tourr ts and it was decided o leave the matter in the hands of Miss Alice Hoffman, chairman of the ladl‘:l" tournament committee. The question Miss | Hoffman will settlé is whether the events | will be held on the last three days of | August or on the days the men's tourna- ments are in DProgress when the courts @re not busy. The*annual tournaments for the cham- plonship of Southern California will com.- | mence at Santa Monica on Monday. Play | will continue during the week. On Sat- | urday the championship singles will be | played. An effort has been made to get ihe Whitney brothers, the coast cham- jons, to journey south and take part n the tournaments. The champions are anxious to go, but it is doubtful if they =l be able to do So. There will be & round robin tournament at Menlo on Sunday. The teams sre as follows: Tom Driscoll and Gus Taylor, Will Taylor and “Bob” Ey: Joe Tobin and Walter Hobart and Harry Btetson and “Little Joe” Tobin. Ten years ago these men were the best play- ers on the coast and many of them have Jost little of their skill. Each team will play every other team, the one with the most wins to receive the prize. Two handsome silver cups valued at $100 apiece bave been donated by E. W. Hopkins for the event. Of these players Tom Driscoll is easily the best and many are of the opinion that he would show up | well against the present champlions. Prob- | ably the strongest team of the four is that composed of Joe Tobin and Hobart. Tobin and Driscoll have been doing their preliminary work on the California courts, while the rest have been practic- ing on the Menlo courts. Professor Joe Daily will referee the matches. The Golden Gate Park Tennis Club will hold a series of doubles tournaments for two silyer challenge ru{ns. The first event of this kind will be held a week from Sun- day. Play will be under handicap con- @itions, the cups to be won three times. doubles Members of the club only will be eligi- ble to play. The park players are also planning a mixed doubles tournament which will be held in the near future. Miss Rose Sheehan and Mrs. Moore, the champions of Bacramento, have been practicing constantly on the California courts with the idea of playing in champlenship tournaments. Miss Sheehan sprzned her ankle badly during the week and will probably not be able to piay for a month or two. Mrs. Moore will play in the singles and mixed doubles. Miss Ruth Underhill, the champion golf layer of the country, is expected to piay n ‘the San Rafacl tournaments next month. Miss Underhill showed consider. @ble skill when she won the tournament est week at San Mateo, An effort is Yeing made to hold a tour. Bament at Del Monte in connection with the golf championship on the 19th of this | considers YOUNG HOUNDS WILL COMPETE IN BIG STAKE Fashionably Bred 'Pugppies Are Being Prepared for the Coursing Futurity Leashmen Manifest Great Interest in Outcome o: the Rich Annual Event HE California Futurity, e next I event of importance in coursing, will be run at Union Coursing Park dur- ing the first week in September. | More than usual interest is being mani- | fested in the running of this year's stake | and coursing men are awaiting the out- come with no little anxiety. So far as the number of entries is con- cerned, the affair is already a success, sec- ond payment having been made on | a fact that in-| our dog stake. Present indications are favorable for a heavy gurse and at closing time there is no doubt the value of the stake will be o close to $3000. Among the best of the youngsters are Rought’s Sacramento puppies, Belle Free and Mickey Free; Delano's Conroy and Consort, Curtis’ Valid, Viking and Quyto, the Fasha Kennels’ Renegade Apache and Ready Address! Chiarini_Bros. Cosette and Malcolm's Matters Much and May Morning. The fact that a majority of the listed dogs_have not yet started in public adds bly to the feeling of uncertain: whose judgment and opi among th ions are r Of the Belle Free is didate for tke big honor. The talent has seen the young courser in action and to the know- ing cnes her chances are more than good. In her favor it can be said that she has led and beaten the clever Little Sister and that in a course with Vandal gave that campaigner all he could do to take the turn-from her. While Belle Free is erratic, she has proved herself a won- derful killer. Mickey Free is a small dog, though He has not yet shown his form, but has the confidence of his back- ers for a good position cn the money list. Silver Heels, another of this promising litter, has been withheld from the Futurity and for reasons that will cause much dis- cussion among the followers of the sport. The owner of Silver Heels, Mr. Rought, has such confidence in the ability of the youngster to easily outfoot anything in turity and feeling certain of suc- cess with the other representatives of the litter in that stake, has decided to save Silver Heels for the John Grace cup event, which will be run a month later. While there is no doubt that Silver Heels is a promising one, the opinion of coursing men is that the owner's confidence is a bit too strong, as Belle Free, they claim, can lead and beat her kennel mate. Matters Much has won an all age stake as a puppy and has beaten Belle Free in a final, though in the stake the latter had been forced to do the harder work to reach the bottom of the card. Flora Belle and Menlo Prince (Snap- shot-Bart's Belle) have a chance. Both have stakes to their credit. Maid of the Glen has fair speed and much cleverness and is not without backers. The poisoner has been at work in Stock- ton and as a result nearly a dozen young hounds have been destroyed. P. J. Reilly has sold Honesty to George Gilbert. Honesty was once a noted win- ner and on strong hares was dangerous in the fastest company. Honesty will show her class before the fall seagon is concluded. The California hounds now running at Butte, Mont., have not won as many stakes as anticipated. The Eastern dogs, including Bartel Bros.’ strings, have been winning a majority of the events. Coursing at Los Angeles will be con- tinued under the auspices of the Los An- geles Coursing Club. The season, under the management of the Southern Califor- nia Sporting Association, came to an end last Sunday. . g T. J. Cronin has purchased Musket from Pat Horgan of Concord. Musket has the distinction of winning an open stake in his first start and should improve under Cronin’s handling. Probable winners in the_reserve stake are: Renegade Apache, Rienzi, Hondst John, Ready Address, Awdin Laloa, Piker, Major Mason and Daylight. Special stake—Mose, Wedgewood, Silver Cloud, Aeolus, Sacramento Boy, Little Sister, Fenii, Regal Attire, Gambit, Mer- rimac, Tiburon, Sofala, ' Tapioca, Sir Pasha, Santonin’ and Belie Free. Class reserve—Harvey M, Articulate, Golden Garter, Rustic Arbor, Hot Elugs, Belfast, Loyal Lad, Honor Bright, Sir Lawrence, White Hat, Money Musk, Flora McDonald, Shadow, Mickey Free, Flora Belle, Tame Tralee, Whisper, Hesper and Prompto. —_————— The flagship Thetis of the San Fran- clsco Yacht Club, accompanied by A. C. Lee's sloop Surprise and D. Moyes' sloop Halcyon, started last Sunday on a trip up the Sacramento River. The yachts- men proposed to be abgent for two weeks. Next week the sloop Queen will probably make an up-river tri; ————e————— This evening the Corinthians will cruise to Petaluma Drawbridge, returning to Tiburon to-morrow. On Sunday, August 10, the Corinthians will cruise outside the Heads Fu Belle litter, ATHENIANS CONTINUE TO PLAY NATIONAL GAME IN FAULTLESS SEL STYLE C \ i ELEVENS WILL ' MEET ON THE CRICKET FIELD Alameda and Pacific Teams Are to Contest for the Fifth Time This Season Brilliant Game Is Antici- + pated To-Morrow After- noon. in City of Alameda season on the ground at Webster street, Alameda. The first three con- tests between these old rivals for supre- macy in the local cricket world were won by Ahe Pacific Club, the fourth ending in favor of the Alameda team. The Ala- meda representatives will be chosen from the following: G. Harold Ward, captain; F. J. Croll, V. Seebeck, Bert Bird, W. G. Fortmann, 'A. F. Stahl, W. E. R. Rooker, C. Banner, W. J. Richter, Henry Ward Sr,, A. S. Willis and J. U. Bird. The Pacific team will be made up of H. C. Casidy, captain; John Myers, B. Kort- HE Alameda and Pacific cricket elevens will meet to-morrow for the fifth time during the present lang, A. W. Wilding, J. J. Theobald, F. Bennion, Jamieson, W. Jamieson, T. W. Tetley, T. J. A. Tietemann and E. H. Lannower. Sunday, August 10, and Sunday, August 17, are open days on the schedule of the California Cricket Assoclation, but so much interest is now being taken in the game that matches will probably be ar- ranged to fill the dates. The two matches between the Santa Cruz and Sacramento elevens set down for August 23 and will fall through, as the Sacramento Club some time ago found itself unable to get together an eleven and so withdrew from its engagements. The next match for the pennant of 192 will therefore take place on August 31 between meda and Pacific teams, 1 YACHT CLUBS ‘WILL CRUISE TO McNEAR’S and Cali- to Sail Landing San Francisco fornia Fleets To-Night for Annual Race for Vincent Cup Is Attracting the Attention of Yachtsmen I Nears Landing, where they wiil drop anchor for the night. To-mor- row there will be games on the shore. Commodore R. 8. Bridgman and Vice- Commander A. C. Lee being absent on a trip up the Sacramento River, the com- mand of the 8an Francisco fleet will de- volve on Port Captain F. A. Robbins, but as his craft is a launch, it is probable that the sloop Queen, of which Treasurer . M. Welch and ex-Commodore Dr. T. L. Hill are owners, will lead the fleet. Next Saturday and Sunday are open days on the prggramme of the San Fran- HIS evening the San Francisco and California fleets will cruise to Mc- cisco Yacht Club, but on August 16 it is proposed to hold a ping pong tourna- ment between the members of Las Ami- gas Club and some of the yachtsmen in the club-house at Sausalito. That even- ing the yachts will cruise to Paradise Ccve and on Sunday, August 17, there Wwill be games on the shore. On the even- ing of Saturday, August 23, it is proposed to hold a dance in the club-house, the sum paid for tickets to be expended in in- stalling a gymnasium in the main hall for use by the members during the winter. Next week the California Yacht Club will hold the first annual race for the ‘Vincent Cup over a course estimated at seventeen miles. Each yacht will receive a handicap according to her performances in previous races and the time will be taken in Oakland Creek at a point oppo- site the shipyard. i, g =2 THREE CLEVER MEMBERS OF THE OAKLAND BASEBALL TEAM WHO ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO KEEP THEIR NINE IN THE FRONT RANK AND TO CAPTURE THE PENNANT FOR THE SEASON OF 1%02. o GOLF PLAYERS CROWD LINKS AT SAN RAFAEL Mrs. R. G. Brown Practicing at Del Monte for the Women’s Championship Mrs. Und;hill Continues to Play in Excellent Form--Interesting Notes HE team match of the San Rafael Golf Club, the preliminary medal play round of which was held on Saturday, July 19, was concluded last Saturday, July 26. Those who quali- fied were J. J. Crooks, R. G. Brown, Mrs. R. G. Brown, D. E. Skinner, Cariton Cur- tls, C. A. Belden, R. J. Davis, Douglas Hardy, L. A. Wright, F. H. Beaver, W. J. Casey, Mrs. L. A Wright, Mrs. J. J. Crooks and Mrs. E. J. Hooper. In the match play the teams were captained by J. J. Crooks and R. G. Brown. J. J. Crooks’ team included Mrs. R. G. Brown, Carlton Curtis, Douglas Hardy, L. A. Wright, Mrs. L. A Wright and Mrs. J. J. Crooks. R. G. Brown's congisted of D. E. Skinner, C. A. Belden, R. J. Davis, F. H. Beaver, W.J. Casey and Mrs. BE. J. Hooper. Tho play was over eighteen holes, and the tournament was won by J. J. Crooks’ team. R. G. Brown and Mrs, G. Brown were absent and defaulted. Mrs. R. G. Brown is at Del Monte, where she is practising daily on the links for the approaching contest for the wom- an’s championship of the Pacific Coast Golf Association. She is In excellent form, going round the nine-hole course ?1 39, or bogey, last Monday. The con- est for the woman's championship will be particularly interesting this year, as the entry list will include Mrs. L. I Scott, the holder; Mrs. R. G. Brown, winner of the Poniatowski cup in 1501, | | kind things to their own percentages in | eration will be paid to OAKLAND TEAM PROVES FALSE TO WISE DOPE Star, and Find Mills, the New Angel Impresses Experts Looks Like a Big Talent From Minor Leagues in the East Will Soon Parade Into California ! tingent have fallen by the wayside and the Oakland team continues its | steady, uninterrupted rush toward that alluring goal, the pennant. The other managers and members of the sport- ing fraternity, who claim to have the dope on winning ball teams since the days of the St. Louis Browns and the ancient Chicago White Socks, tipped it off that Oakland would be due for that toboggan excursion by the first of August, if not sooner. Now the first of August is upon us and | the same old tale is ready to be passed | out along the line. Oakland has as big | a lead as ever, with still more in store, | and the Angels and Ponies are doing un- | a LL the prophecies of the wise con- | order to get into the headline class. | oOakland has a tremendous lead, but | there still remains a chance for the Ponles | ana Angels to get into the running. To do | this they certainly must take a brace and beat the leaders a few .times. This they cannot do. Oakland meets them time and | again and always comes through with a | majority of the games. As long as they | are permitted to do this sort of thing they | will finish as they stand now and there | will be nothing to i Jow that the glorious summer is begin- ning to wane, many of the minor league in the East will stop doing business and it is quit® certain that there will be another grand march of ballplayers to California’s golden shores. Ballpla plentiful as charming girls at summer re- d then the strengthening of the 1 begin. nager Harris has his headlighte set upon several good men and especially a | swell third baseman and new blood will be infused into the Pony fold before many weeks elapse. Morley and Fisher have al- ready added to their list and will sign sev- eral more as soon as the Eastern leagues close. i Ewing and Lohman claim that Oakland will finEi:sh the season as it stands at pres- ent, with the exception of one new pitcher and possibly a general utility man. Loh- man attributes his team’s success to the fact that it has remained intact from the start and consequently the men play in union. If new talent were added, the'win- ning combination would probably be ken up. : br\bvuuamp Mills, Jim Morley’s new slab artist, has created a favorable impression in his first game. Mills is a finished artist and should prove a tower of strength to fhe Angels. Last season he won eighteen straight games for Schenectady in the New York State League and was given a try-out by Andrew Freedman of the Giants, He did fine work against St. Louws for a few innings, but then his sup- port failed and he became disheartened. He asked for his release and returned to the miror league arena again. Charley Reilly has taken to batting left- handed and seems to do better than in the old-time way. He knocked out two clean singles in Thursday's game and it is not often that the galiant Charley does that well when away from home. Schmidt has lost only six games this season and every one of them has been by one or two runs. He has pitched in several extra round affairs, including the memorable nineteen-inning fight two months ago- Tos Angeles seems to be a sort of a re- union place for star pitchers from Ari- zona. Hartwell and Jones blew in from the land of the cactus last year and now Southpaw Gray has arrived to swell the list cof pilgrims. @ il e @ and Mrs. Ruth Underhill, once champion of the United States and winner of the Pcniatowski cup on July 4 of this year at_Burlingame. Six ladies entered the second tourna-, ment for the J. P. Whitney challenge cup, which took place on Wednesday last on the Del Monte links. Miss Florence Whittell played an excellent long game, bhut was weak in putting, while Miss Ja- recki, the winner, made some remarkably good puts. Mrs. R. Gllman Brown did not_enter the contest. The scores were as follows: Handi- Competitors— Gross. cap. Net. Miss Jarecki ..... .04 + 90 Miss Frances Carroli.... 99 4 95 Miss Florence Whittell.. 96 22 96 Mrs, Mann . 00 4 96 Miss Dolheer ‘100 b 100 Mrs. Whitney .No returns. Next Saturday a best ball handicap for men and women will begin on the links of the San Rafael Golf Club, the contest continuing throughout the week and end- ing August 16. Contestants may play as many rounds of nine holes as they may be able or willing to do, and the lowest score for each hole will be taken to make up thelr best ball score. The lowest nat ARIEL CLUB PREPARES FOR ITS REGATTA Rowing Organization Is to Hold One at El Campo a Week From To-Morrow South Ends and Dolphins Taking Active Interest in Aquatics This Season SUALLY interest in local rowing matters wanes considerably after the annual championship regatta, but this year is proving am ex- ception to the rule. A committee of the Ariel Rowing Club is working hard on the regatta which the club intends to hold at El Campo on Sunday, August 17. The open barge race will be almost equivalent to a championship junior event, for crews have been promised by the South End, Dolphin, Alameda and Olympic clubs, which, with the Arfel crew, will make a field of five. Efforts haye been made to get the Stockton Athletic Association, which won second place in the junior barge race at the regatta on Lake Mer- ritt, to send down a crew, but it does not seem likely that the crew will come. It is also hoped that a second mee! will be brought about between F. W. ers of the Alameda Boat Club and George Baker of the Dolphin Club in the seniur outrigged skiff race. The result of*ths race between these two on July 4 was ir- conclusive, as the key of one of George Baker's oarlocks parted and the oarlock spread so that he could put no stremgth into his strokes. In addition to the four or five boat races there will also be swim- ming races, a water polo match and va- rious aquatic sports, such as chasing the duck, etc. There will also be four or five field and track events. The members of the South End Rowing Club are taking a good deal of interest in club matters and aquatic sports, as many as five barge crews going out last Surnday for practice on the bay. The junior barge crew, which won the race from five competitors in the Fourth of July champlonship event on Lake Mer- ritt, is going out regularly and will be ready to defend its title over the Kl Campo course on August 17. Charles Jenkins, the popular member of the South End Rowing Club who recently went on a vacation to England, has returned and has been heartily welcomed by his fellow oarsmen. The South End Rowing Club will hold its regular annual high jinks on the Sunday before election day, and wiil glve the candicates for the various municipal offices an opportunity to, ad- dress the rowing men and their friends. The committees to arrange the jinks will be appointed at the next regular meeting. J. Sullivan Jr., son of the well-known oarsman, John T. Sullivan, who was for many years & member of the Ploneer Rowing Club, is rowing regulariy in a shell owned by his father. The members of the South End Rowing Club, knowing that their days at the fool, of Third street are numbered, are dis- cussing various plans for securing a new location, where they may enjoy clear Water and free access to the bay, without being liable, as at present, to be cut off from their boat-house by schooners and other craft anchored in the creek. A fund is being created from which to de- fray the expenses of removing from their present location and building and equip- ping a new boat-house. W. B. Hinchnran, president of the cific Association ' ‘and secretary the Alameda Boating Club, is-at presert on a vacation, during which h 1l vist the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and g;he]r) ;;lahcles Bof gxtere‘t_ . O. Patch of e Dolphin Boatin, ‘leoud;y% =g gNClub is also enjoying ast Sunday the Navigation Compan; crew of Stockton rowed!: one—u{.lr; blry[; race against the Stockton Athletic Ass- clation four on the channel. At the tuin the Stockton Athletic Assoc led by five lengths, but the Company four turned short of &nd compelled the Association crew .o row round them. Near the finishing-line the seat of John Tons of the Association crew came off the guides and he was un- able to continue rowin, Company’s barge faished " one Frtion finished one th head Of Jheir opponents and “their reet y of steam whistles. . > * 084 choris —_—— The project of s ground Which a pavillon may be erected is -t:: under discussion, but n - has been arrived at. ot T BAB’S! HAVE YOU BEEN OUT THERE? JAMES H. 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