The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1902, Page 4

T ANGELS STILL HAVE CHANCE FOR PENNANT Race Has Now Narrowed Down to the First Two Clubs. and selves firmly in first place in the run for \m‘lcm eted penmant. The present serie is Undoubtedly the most important one to date, but it will by no means decide who shall be the goods. Every one who has followed the doings in the league race are ready to admit now that the Ponies are down and out, and the only teams who have a chance for first honors are Oekland and Los An- geles. The Angels are putting up a wonderful article of ball, while the lead- ers have taken a noticeable slump in their work lately. This series comes near being one that will decide whether the Angels will have @ license to come within grabbing dis- tance of the leaders. If they can win a majority of the games they will be in & posttion to make a fight, but if Oakiand comes through with four out of the six contests it is rather a sure indication that anly the vietorious shouting of the leaders will remain as a reminder of the race of -1%2. JRE bustle stir mark the than at any other time during the of the league are The record of the Los Angeles club for | the past two months has been a wonder- ful ome. “The Angels have not lost a single semies since Oakland took three out of five gemes from them in the south nearly ten weeks ago. Since that time they have been winning right along and ccnsequently they have a deal of confi- dence in their ability” to sustain- the vic- torious gait. California is a most disastrous place for baseball stars this season. - 8o far four of the shining Jlights of the Bast have gone the route.so rapidly as to leave them high | and dry and in 2-bad way for a job. Mills is the latest victim. Morley may take him back if he promises to be good, for the southern boss wants pitchers and wants them badly. lose a good man proceedings. Oscar Jones’ box work for the past two months has been spectacular in the ex- treme. During all that.time the. young man from the south has not lost a game, while he has pitched four shut-outs. He now ranks second to none but “Smiling Schmiddy.” He will give the .premier slabster & merry gun before the season is over. Pete Lohman's team now breaks all records with three southpaws on its tching staff. Connie Mack had three for while, but when he gave Wiltse'to Bal- timore it left him but two. During most o last season there was not a single left- winger in the league where now one team three. One season makes a whole lot difference some times. The fans are anxious to see Lohman's atest acquisitions, Cooper and Graham, rk their southern mitts. Cooper is a fellow and seems to have plenty of speed and good curves. He comes from the BEastern League and is said to be one of the best they had back there. Graham is a little fellow, smaller than Cristall, but is rated as a good man. He pitched winning ball for Omaha in the Western League this season. Kleinow, the new utility man, comes from Toledo, 0. He is also left handed and plays any position on the field, the pitchers except- cd, equally well. He was unfortunate in being injured the firf time he played with the leaders, but will soon be seen in action again. It appears strange to the fans to look upop two umpires in the field, as this is the first time the scheme bas been ‘tried in the league. at this stage of the present series in baseball soclety | He can il afford to | |YOUNG HOUNDS | TO START AT 5 UNION PARK Junior Champion . Stake Attracts Pick of the Coursers. | l UT at Union Coursing Park to-day | i the majority of the young grey- hounds which made their debut this { vear in the Belle Brandon cup and in the | Futurity will again try conclusions. Twenty-eight clever youngsters will be | in the running, where last year only four- teen accepted the issue. Rubber Ankles, Renegade Apache and Roving Author will | represent the Pasha Kennels. T. Sullivan | wiil start Pepper Hill and Maid of the | Glen. Sacramento coursing men pin their | faith to Silver Heels, which ran a great trial last Monday. The John Grace Challenge Cup stake, worth $7000, will prove a fitting end to a | remarkable season’s coursing. The stake is limited to sixty-four entries and sixty of these had been reserved some days since. The class of dogg is unusually high, with Palo Alto, Sacramento Boy, Beacon, Rector, Narcissus, Aeolus, Flying | Fox, Harlean Gladys, Homer | other crdcks in the running. and Belle Free, the best two youngsters | of the year, have been kept out of the Junior Champion stake and reserved for the big event. In addition to them the of the Juniors starting to-day will be ‘entered. The officials having in charge the run- | ning” of the American Waterloo at St. Loufs in November, being assured of the nian official. They are bending every | erergy to secure the presence of James | Grace, the most accomplished “slipper” in the world. As the Union Park officials, | who control Mr. Grace's services, are do- |ing all in their power to aid the Eastern | enthusiasts it is expected they will allow | the accomplished young slipper to act at | St. Louis. The infield of Delmar race track, on | which the American Waterloo will be de- | cided, is 1400 feet long, 1200 feet across the | widest part and 700 feet at the narrowest peint. | ° 2 Strong coursing partnership has been | formed in St. Louis by E. Anheuser, the | wealthy brewer, and Captain W. D. | Turner, editor of the Sportsman and a { tizeless worker in the interests of cours- {ing. Through strong influence in Eng- land.they were able to secure Parton, a | great young - dog by Melior | Thoughtless Beauty, the latter a Water- Lloo winner. They also purchased from | Lowe some imported Northern Surprise | puppies out of Jessamy and Quickstitch. 7T. J. Cronin has a slashing big white and red puppy by Hot Stuff-Elco, of which much is expected. He was given three trials last Monday and showed In good form. His veteran owner belleves in hard work | and plenty of food and always brings out his dogs in good form. William McCaffrey, Ralph Orthwein’s trainer, is sweet on a Fortuna Favente- Wave puppy, which has been named Wave of Fortune. He is being exercised reg- ularly, but will not be tried in competi- tion for some months. J. L. Ross has purchased Royal Friend and Pure Pearl (Firm Friend-Royal Fan) and Money Musk (Fetter Free- | Cash) from J. McLeod. They are promis- ing young dogs and in their new owner's | rands should give a good account of themselves. Stockton Coursing Park will open one | week frem to-morrow for the winter sea- | | son. Walter Trade will act as judge, The mew park at Los Angeles will be cpered to-morrow with appropriate cere- monies. Coursing will commence to-day at Union IPark upon the arrival of the 10:15 a. m. | train. The management has changed the order in which the stakes will be run froms. that announced at the draw. The Junior Champion will be run down once to-day and the reserve stake three times, Boy and | Pocatella | i 5 play. services of John Grace as judge of the | meeting, are in guest of another Califor- | Moor- | 1902, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL CANDIDATES GOING THROUGH THEIR PR GRIDIRON FIELD ELIMINARY WORK FOR THE OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON | STANFORD TEAIl PLAYS RELIANCE ‘WHILE BERKELEY MEETS ALUINI Week’s Practice at the Rival Universities Gives the Students a More Hopeful View. ERKELEY, Sept. 26.—Football work at the University of Cal- ifornia this week has been characterized by some severe work. The men on both var- £ity and second elevens have so rapidly developed into seasoned players that they can apparently give and take hard knocks with all of the stamina of a hardened team. The practice has been snappy and hard to an extent scarcely ever attempted be- fore at this stage of the season. Every night the two elevens undergo a hard hour’s work on the campus and then are given a run up the hill to the gymnasium. Whether or not the varsity has de- veloped good team work will be demon- strated in its first game with the alumnl team on Saturday. At the practice games there has been exhibited a distinct lack of team work on the part of all the men ning the ends, the men have not lcarned their place in every play. Few changes have been made in the line. On Thursday Stroud was exchanged with Phillips, the center on the scrub eleven. At tackle Hartline and Howard are contesting the vacancy. At left end Demeritt, Gage and Clark are still in the race. Hansen looks like the substitute guard should either Stow or Overall be disabled. Graves is contesting left half. back with Mini and Sherman and Whip- ple alternate at full back. By thelr excellent playing several fresh- men seem to be likely men for varsity substitutes. Middleton, formerly of Lowell High School, is an excellent guard and has his place on thé freshman team cinched, Belknap, the stocky little quar- ter, knows how to engineer his team to a nicety and stands a good chance of be- coming varsily sub-quarter, Bosbyshell and Stern put up strong games behind the line. Speaking of the present condition of the team Coach Womble says: “For this pe- riod of the season the work of the team is satisfactory. The men seem to have the right spirit and are working hard. Our weakest point is at the ends. The line is strong enough with the exception of the end positions, which will have to be de- veloped.” George C. Edwards, the expert among the faculty, says concerning the team: “We certainly have an excellent charce this year. At no previous time has our team looked so strong at this period of the season. The chief fault of a veteran team, overconfidence, is the one failing which may assail the varsity. It was L e e e S SR S Tre forty-dog special stake will be run in its entirety to-morrow. The card will be completed with the remaining rounds of the other two stakes. The likely win- ners look to be: L Junior champion stake—Spencer, Reta §, Sil- ver Heels, Rubber Ankles, Belfast, Consort, Maid o' the Glen, Butte City, Musket, Niobe, Matters Much, Otto, Mickey Free and Major Mason. v Special stake—Jingle Bells, Elista, Full Moon, Roman Athlete, Golden Garter, Red Rock, Tapioca, Aeolus, Silver Cloud, Rustic Arbor, Fannie Hughie, Sacramento Boy, Loyal Lad, Liherator, Regal Attire, Mose, Harlean Gladys, Hickory Dick, Bonnie Pasha and Gen- eral Dewet. Reserve_stake—Honest John, Farawa: ticulate, Lord Goff, Gold Hiil, Little Lucy, Lady Menlo, Lily "Wright, Clarice, Melrose, White Hat, Prometheus, Rienzi, Sir Lawrence, Miss- Brummel, Cecil M, Kittleman, Aeneas, Dorothy M, Tame Tralee and Cosette. The card at Union Park October 4 and 5 will be made up of classified stakes. On the 1ith and 12th there will be classified stakes, with a puppy stake. 3 L y, Ar- In bucking the line and run- | yet | that which lost the game to Stanford last year.” | The line-up of the team for the game with the alummi on Saturday will be as follows: Left end, Gage and Demeritt; left tackle, Albertson; left guard, Stow; cen- ter, Stroud; right guard, Overall; right tackle, Hartline; right end, Hudson; quarter, Moore; left half, Mini; full back, ‘Whipple; right half, Smith. The alumni team will consist of Powers, center; Athearn, right guard; Bentley, left guard; De Forrest and Hall, tackles; Nourse and Barnard, ends; Kerfoot, quar- | ter; Rodolph, fullback; James and Smith, backs. ————— CRICKETERS WILL PLAY RETURN GAME AT ALAMEDA Teams Will Be Made Up on Ground To-Morrow, From Players Rep- resenting Bay Counties. The match set down on the schedule of the California Cricket Association for to-morrow is Santa Cruz versus Alameda at Santa Cruz. The Alameda Club, how- ever, has found itself unable to get to- gether a team to go to the seaside town and, though the cricketers there express- ed a willingness to meet a combined team of Alameda and Pacific clubs, the eleven has not been made up. A return match between teams representing Alameda and San Francisco counties will be played to- morrow on the Alameda ground. The Alameda County representatives will be chosen from the following: H. C. Casidy, A. W. Wilding, W. Jamieson, D. Jamie- son, F. J. Croll, F. Stahl, Henry Ward 8r., G. Harold Ward Jr., G. S. McCallum, E. H. M. Lannowe, T. J. A. Tiedemann and W. J. Richter. The team represent- ing San Francisco County will be se- lected from the following: Harold B. Richardson, E. J. Stratton, E. G. Sloman, F. Bennion, T. W. Tetley, W. H. Mec- Naughton, R. Rooker, R. Williamson, J. J. Theobald, J. Hopkinson, C. BE. Bull and J. Peterson. Now that all the scheduled matches that will take place during the present season have been played, the batting and bowling averages will shortly be pre- pared by the secretaries of the Alameda, Pacific and Santa Cruz clubs. It is cer- tain that B. Kortlang, the !Australian member who has been of such signal ser- vice to the Pacific Club during the sea- son, will stand at the head of the bat- ting and bowling averages, as he has played many good innings and bowled re- markably well. ————————— MRS. BROWN WILL PLAY GOLF IN THE EAST Women’s Amateur Champion- ship of United States. The last scheduled 2vent of the San Rafael Golf Club for the present season takes place this afternoon. It is a per- centage competition, the prizes going to those players whose scores show the highest percentage of improvement over their regular play. R. Gilman Brown, secretary of the San Rafael Goif Club, and Mrs. Brown started a few days ago for the Eastern States, where Mrs. Brown will take part in the annual competition for the women's amateur golf ehampionship of the United States. Mrs. Brown won so decisive a victory over Miss Ruth Underhill, a former champion of the United States, at Del Monte this year and is so steady and consistent a golfer that sghe will certain- ly secure a high place in the champion- ship contest, TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 26.—A week's hard practice has | wrought a noticeable improve- ment in form in the varsity foctball eleven. The men are playing Wwith more ginger and getting the plays off with greater rapidity than they showed seven days ago. Coach SlaKer is working with the idea of perfecting team work, and his careful coaching is producing the desired effect. Stanford’s line will not be composed of heavy men this fall, but it is thought the lack of weight will be offset by the quickness and apparent. energy of men. There is a close fight for line posi- tions, which will tend to bring forth the best football the various cangidates can put up. At present only three of the line positions are filled by veterans of last vear's game. Lee 'and Hauverman have been alternating at center; McFadden is a fixture at right tuckle, and Clark has Leen playing his old position at end. Paul Tarpey, who took Cooper’s place at right | end during the game on November § last, has been shifted to right half, the place at which he is most effective. The cardinal team next November will be found strongest behind the line. It is thought by maéany that this season's quartet of backs will be the fastest ever seen on a Stanford eleven. But one of them, “Pie” Smith, played in the varsity back-field last year. it seems probable he will be tried at end this year. Smith, who won the quarter-mile run in the intercollegiate track meet, is the fast- est man on the field at running down on kicks. Al McGilvray and Freshman Ma- gee are showing fine form in punting. This feature of the game can be well taken care of by either of these two backs or by Right Tackle McFadden. In marked contrast to the frequency of accidents on the field last year is the paucity of injuries incurred so far this season. The sawdust covering on the gridiron is undoubtedly respomsible in a large degree for the decrease. The var- sity line-up in practice has usually been composed of the following men: Center, Lee '03, Hauverman '03; guards, Mori- zingo '05, Jacobs '03, Crawford '05; tackles, McFadden 04, Stillman '05, Kennedy '04; ends, Clark '04, Tucker ’05, Wilbur '05, Smith 03; quarter, Bausbach '04; halves, W. Dole '05, Tarpey '05, Tucker '05, Smith '03; full back, McGilvray '04. The freshman team shows little im- provement. The '06 backs are unusually strong for a freshman team, but there are several points at which the line is hopelessly weak. If comparison of seores can be taken as a criterion, the blue and gold infant eleven must be considerably stronger than the cardinal, for 8t. Mat- thew's School played the Stanford fresh- men a nothing to nothing tie game. The “prep” school boys met an 11 to 0 defeat by the California freshmen. The varsity will meet the Reliance eleven to-morrow at 4 p. m. in the first public game of the year. Manager “‘Pete” Smith has a strong, fast team and the college men will undoubtedly find it dif- fieult to hold them. Reliance will send the following men into action: Weirs, center; Koster, left guard; Collins, right guard; Atkinson, left tackle; Sheehy, right tackle; Ahearn and McNevin, left end; Zan, right end; Evans or Dinsmore, quarterback; Dinsmore, left halfback; Volz or Hooper, fullback; Wilson, right halfback. ———— Excursion to Pacific Grove. On Sunday, October 5, the Southern Pa- will Tun an excursion to P; Grove, Train leaves Third and Town: street depot at T:15 a. m.; leaves Pacific Grove at 4:15 p. m. Fare for the round trip $2.00. Full particulars at Information Bureau, 613 Market street, the | DUCKS HERALD | APPROACH OF | “THE SEASON Opening ‘Day Will Find| Mz ‘2es Filled With Birds. tl N | this State ducks and quail killed, except in such count EX1T Wednesday under the laws of v be have special ordinanc protecting their game. Ducks are reported unu ually plentiful around Newark, Alva and Alviso and also on the Suisun and SBonoma marshes. These are the birds which did not migrate at the close of last season. | The northern birds will not begin to ar- 1ive until winter sets in in earnest an the ponds in the north become frozen. Many well-known sportsmen are prepar- ing to enjoy the shooting on cpening day, while their less favored brethren must possess their souls in patience and wait | until next Saturday In the leading gun stores the men who lead shells by hand have been working cvertime for some weeks. The well-to-d. spurtsman se a factory-loaded shell. | Never before has there been such a de- mand for ammunition of this character. | The various preserves have heen care- fully baited with grain and corn for time and alluring fresh water ponds have | been made to entice the ducks. ‘The members of the Empire Gun Club have secured one of the finest dshing and skooting preserves on the coast. The property embraces 600 aeres on Elkhorn | Slough, Monterey County. This provides deer, quail, duck and snipe shooting, to- | gether with bass and salmon fishing. The club bought some of the land and has a ten-year lease on the remainder, with a | privilege of renewal for another ten years. By arrangement with the South- ern Pacific Company all trains, except the limited, will stop in fromt of the elub- house upon signal. The time from this city is three hours and a haif. Work has been commenced upon a clubhouse which will be at once artistic and comfortable. Forty members can be accommodated at one time. In order to cnjoy the shooting on the opening of the season tents and other temporary habi- tations will house the . members. The preserve committee consists of President J. P. 8weeney, Secretary J. B. Hauer and H. 8. Farnsworth. The shooting privi that there are many applications for membership. The limit is sixty and there are more applications than vacancies. The members of the Spooney Gun Club have already commenced rebuilding their ghooting lodge near Mount Eden, which was destroyed by fire last Sunday. A careless keeper heated some tar on the kitchen stove. The inflammable material pofled over. Not a vestige of the house was left. The members lost their shoot- ing clothes and their supply of cartridges. The work of rebuliding is already under way. The Millwood Gun Club will hold the final shoot for the John K. Orr eup to- morrow at Manzanita Station. Six mem- bers of the club have a claim on the tro- phy and to-merrow’s shoot will detérmine who is to own it. The programme will be filled out with an open merchandise shoot. Herman Oelriehs’ edition de iuxe of a shooting lodge on the Suisun marsh nesr Olita is expected to provide exceilent sport during the season for that gentie- man and the guests he honors with in- vitations. The law governing the number of ducks which may be killed remains unehanged. No man may have in his possession more than fifty at one time. Shooting is -pro- hibited between half an hour after sun- | the senior race. leges of the club are so highly valued | set and half an hour before sunrise. Tha number of quail is limited to twenty-five, and the sale is prohibited. ————— You Shouldn’t, But if yvou do play poker we have the cards and chips at lowest prices. - born, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. 5 ¥ | SKIFF RACES GIVE i ROTISE OF GOOD WORK Dolphin and Alameda len Ready for Hard Competition. OWING men are looking forward rigged skiffs to be beld to-morrow on the estuary off the Alameda Boat b house, over a course of one mile and if, with a turn the half distance. George Baker of t will pull against P. hin Boat Club W, | meda Beat Club, and the Alameda Beat Club against J Sherry of the Delphin Beat Club. By agreement between the two clubs none of the officials of the day have been frem the members of the two clubs mo: concerred. T. I Fitzpatrick of the Sou End Rowing Clud wiil officiate as referee and James Wilson of the Ariel Rowing Club as statter. The judges will be Charles Jenkins and James P. Foley of the South End Rowing Club, with two others to be selected to-morrow. The races will begin at 10 o'clock In the morn- ing, and rt and finish off the float I Boat Ciub. The matches It of dissatisfaction expresse | ¥ hosen | at the outcome af the senior and junior outrigged skiff races held on Lake Mer- ritt on July 4. George Baker strained an earlock early in the contest and could not de his best against F. W. Ayers F. J. Sherry was inter- fered with in the junior event. Since winning the four-oared barge racs at the regatta of the Ariel Rowing Club at El Campo, the Oiympic Boat Club men have been much mere enthusiastic abo rowing than they were before. New members have joined the club and tie directors of the Olympic Athletic Club are disposed to help the boating annex as much as possible. Willlam Mackie, the recently elected captain of the Post street club, pald a visit to the boathouse at Belvedere to see what the rowing men need and to report to the board of di- rectors. He has also presented a chal- lenge cup, whieh wjll be competed for at the open regatta to be given om October 19 in Tiburon Cove by the Olympic Boat Club. The trophy will not become the permanent property of any club for some time, as it. must be won by the same club three times in succession. Entries are to be handed in to George James before Oc- tober 13. The cup is for four-oared barge crews, senior, intermediate and jumior, the Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic Union having given a sanction, whereby crews of any status may row in the races for the trophy without affecting their standing. The contests will be un- der the management of the Olympic Boat Club. In the fegatta to be given on Sun- day, October 19, first and second prizes will be offered in the intermediate and junior barge races and in the junior out- rigged skiff race. There will also be paddling and sailing races for canoes. On the same day as the Olympic regat- ta there will be a regatta of the Dolphin Boating Club at North Beach, in which all the events will be outrigged skiff races. There will be a raee for novices, one for juniors and a handicap open to any club member. Alexander W. Pape will not enter in the open event. He may pull in the skiff races of the Olympic Boat Club on that day. Onm October 1 the Dolphins will have an evering at home at their boathouse for members only. A series of barge races, to fake place on the last Sunday in October, will be ar- ranged. Ladies’ day will take placa on the first Sunday after election. George James, the receatly retired cap- tain of the Olympic Club, was. presented with a watch chain and charm, the lat- ter the winged O with a pair of crossed sculls, George Dinsmor¢ made the pres- entation on behalf of th¢ members of the Olympic Boat Club, as ¢ token of “their " and 0