The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1903, Page 10

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10 THE f£AN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1903 PROMISING YOUNG JOCKEYS ARE IN B =5 (7 )!»6 — i MARIN GOLFERS SHOW ACTIVITY THIS SEASON| 1ent Draws Links at 9:39 é isco Golt . tween two te - ttle vo entitlea to Golfers,” by Niblick, has been published for private distribution by the Ealem Press Comy Mass. Salem studie profe a who have t other » explain The book of golf ba The driver, e cleek are he secret goif er 2 treats of driv e to stand from the grip, the oliow through, ball un ver stimies and on f golf bring the book, which 150 pages, to a conclusion, aying the game ly devoted deep-thougnt consideration of the prineiples in- ed in it. He is an enthusiast, but on scientific grounds. He says that “golf probably the most scientific of all out- door games, requiring as much accura of stroke as tennis and far more judg- ment than cricket or baseball. Vo man matter how mech ally v play. unless his personal cteristics are a part of every stroke plays. No other game requires such much to . Do he & variety of physical and mental adjust- ments and no other game gives S0 com- picte a measure of the whole man.” The | to him | | | San FOOTBALL MEN WILL MEET IN MATCH GAMES A Interesting Contest Is|Unive Expected To-Morrow on the Grounds at Alameda P e w A, footbai T es e pla row af- Ing t eleven num! it neisco team i Independent f the players ound at Oakland, the Vampire welfth and Madison s will meet Albion Lodge team. As the Vampir en is the only one in the league which won all the matches it has the Albion Lodge team aten by the Indeper iscos, the outcome hardly admits of a do The eleven, however, contains some nd is constantly improv- A. W. Wilding, the c: the Vampires, will take A rest to-morrow. “‘Danny” Jamie will be back in his old place as goalkeep er e teams will line up in th follow er McFariane Hooke H; Robertson uesne Referee—A The following table show: of matches played, won, ic the alg scored by and peints Caiifornia Assoclation to the present Footbal CLURB. P 3 X Francisco. | 1 Alblon Lodge. pires. Jamies ¥ the number or drawn, against and the the credit of each team in the 1 League up } JE SON < A CITY, Mo., the House to-da; y a bill was Against Sunday Ball Playin A Jan. 2. 2.—1In introduced prohibiting the playing of football and Sunday. baseball on fine of $50. The penalty is a book has attracted much attention among golfers, the first edition of been subscribed for within a 1000 having week after | the sample pages were sent out and the sccond edition being already exhausted. The book is not on sale at the stores, but can be obtained only by application to Niblick, Boston. ———— PORTLAN Or., Jan. .. to-day appointed Charles H. Hunt lice, vice McLauchlin, resigned, yor Williams Chief of Fo- +Holland | THE SADDLE AT OAKLAND' e R e —— T | i LMOST every season on the local tracks some rider springs into prominence who later on creates a furor on the Eastern race- | courses. It seems Connell, a li dy” McNaughton, will turn out this winter’s find. haved little chap and has shown such ready had several alluring offers for the contract he holds. Minder, who is shown on the bac! old from the Burns & Waterhouse stable, is a powerful finisher. favorite with the public. Johnny Daly is undoubtedly the p: horse sense than any of the lightweights. in front with a horse in a race, and then finish with | Johnny has an able tutor in his father, M. J. Daly. The latter considers his son the best all-round rider in the country. \ C. Kelly is a protege of Jake Marklein, one of the shrewdest judges of horseflesh in the country. Kelly is care of his mount. It is unnecessary to enumerate all ] ghtweight under contract to “San- | He is a cool, well be- promise that his employer has al- | k of Cascine, the crack two-year- Heisa o’ssesaor of more good, downright He can either wait or go out the best of them. a clever post rider and takes good the qualifications Dwyer, the starter. Dick is popular with the public and horsemen from one end of the country to the other, and, besides his profession of starting horses, is a crack shot, capable of knocking a hunk of feathers of Richard ' from a fat canvasback at 300 yards—at least so he says. ‘ The spectators at Oakland this af- ternoon will be afforded an opportu- nity of seeing a star Eastern jockey in Willie Shaw, who will ride The Fret- ter - in the Lissak handicap. As “Pittsburg Phil’s” rider will hook up with Burns, Bullman and other ar- tists his work will be watched with in- terest. _— Clever Horsemen Who Are Piloting Their Share of Winners at Winter Meeting. (5 T B 52 = {1 e (SR 0 ), Y 'BERKELEY NINE 'SAN FRANCISCO WILL SOON BE | YACHTSMEN BUSY [N THE F[ELD; WITH POLITICS ity of California Ex- | Nominating Have Strong Committee Is pects. to a Able to Select Likely Ball Team This Season| Men for Various Offices baseball S. WHITE, C. M. G A. Story, members of the commit- and G i to an end 4 i g i s tee clected to prepare the regular pastim will sriveted 1I|‘(l‘ the ticket for tb election of office teams enting University of Cali-| ¢, orve the San Franclsco Yacht Club fornia ¢ iford University. The for- | . 158, “Fiave AR Ui coilege s the first to come to kg hiranndiom, nien I already signed the roll and | Brideman « 1k report for practice on the (ol- | modore, A. ( d sport. The stu-| Deuprey: fin ccretary t into the game as A. Robbi re is a football mateh in » Rob Roy surer, F. A, Much- ear’s outlook, however, a it ever wa fore. If place at the a count for anything | nual meeting on the 1ith of February. will have | he annual meeting and election of id and ers of th Yacht Club will ‘orinthlan <k to badk up the | <day evening in and cheer them on 1 Rush street. All the t officers and directors have been the Berkeley inated with one excentio; D. San Francisen | Hawks retires from the bour - st a valua- | nd ex-Commodore J. W v has the giant | been nominated as his suc . n the box and| The annual meeting of the Cé week in Oakland, history of the Club, held last largest in the Yacnt was t club. The following were elected to serve ters who give promise of | 111 {5 undoubtedly ona licge pitchers I the he can hit the ball. | the club during the coming year: Com- ns are included in the | modore. George M. Shaw of the vawl | season and if | Tdler: vice commodore, Charles P. Doe kind of form | of the schoorer Challenger: port captain, rong team in | Julian Altendorf of the yawl Pilgrim; | treasurer, E. N. Walter; secretary. Wil- forty men have entered the | liam MeBain: directors at large—Robert | quad this term. he team has | Vincent of the vawl Alert, Allen M. Clay three men since last season. | ©f the sloop Pactolus. August R. F. re Tyrell Hamlin, center field: | Brapdes and Charles E. Clark of the Braly, s and R. Will- | vawl Gypsie: measurer. John J. Sherr: catcher. men 1of¢ ave Arc | ta committee—August R. F. Bran thur McKeown, m and outfielc Or l . Roscoe L. Ames and Charles W. T. Hendricks, first | Muller. : N Adams, sucrtstop; Louls | The members of the California Yacht thifd base; W. ¥. Heitmuller, | Club are working hard to raise the funds cutfield [ necessary ‘to bulld the new clubhouse on sesides these the followi a ed | the bay. Several plans have been pre- For ,.l,:.,.l.” 5 flowing bave sisned | | red aha submitted and about half the . o £ . | necessary sum has been subscribed. Coiaty, Aalt, Arthur Adame, John Blisx. R. | “'fhe Oakland Capoe Club has lost its R. C. Gunn, . 1. ¥, Hagemann, | tW0 prineipal officers, Commodore Philip TR ] m, W. A. New. | Caduc and Vice Commodore Howard S. man Osgood, W, Byxbee, within a few weeks. Commodore Aehinadg, o U . A | Caduc died at the Lane Hospital Sunday, December 21, 192, at the age of 70. He wag the owner of the fast slcop Annie, and also of the half-rater Zephyr. The sloop Annie was brought out to San Francisco from New York and is famous I . H R. Wardwell, Charl les W A new baseball organization has come into the field this season to play against | as the boat In which Boss Tweed, the the nines of the two universities in the | infamous New York politiclan, escaped preliminary gam Ireland of Oakland 15 manager of the new team, which is | styled the Independents. “Jimmy” Lana- 7, 1900, former Stanford captain and her, will be in the box, and Charley to Havana when things became too hot for him in the United States. At the annual meeting of the Oakland Canoe Club, held at its clubhouse on Sessions Basin, East Oakland, last week, | Graham of Sacramento will be at the re- | resolutions of respect were passed to the ceiving end of the battery. Goslinsky, | memory of the late Commodore Caduc | former State University captain, will | and the late Vice Commodore H. S. play first base; Weber formerly of the | Byxbee. The following officers were Fireman's Fund second, and Harry Ed-| chosen for 1903: - Commodore, Charles wards, Stanford’s captain in 1901, third. | Stewart of the sloop Beatrice; vice com- Delmas of San Francisco will play short [ modore, H. G. Hinckley: secretary- treasuret, R. B. Bain Jr.; committee on election of members—Dr. S. A. Hackett and Charles L. Taylor Jr. The Canoce Club proposes to increase ' its activity during the coming season. A perpetual and Dunleavy, Streib and Ireland ofsthe Oakland aggregation will. occupy the | field positions. The schedule of preliminary games as | arranged by Treasurer Harry J. Edward S Ahecvareity Ll i e “| challenge cup will be established to be | January 27, freshman-ssphemore; January | F2¢2d for by members of the (‘,Innoe Club 20, senfor-junior; January 31, varsity-Santa | and of the Olympic Boat Club. Vice . bruary 1, interclass | Commodore Hinckley will put his. sloop independent into commission and it is intended to hold races in which the sloops of other February 14, The o te. February "21, varsity-independents; | CIUDS on the bay may compe 28, varsity-Santy Clara; !ldu;rci:n 5 | waters accessible by the Canoe Club varsity-San Jose professionals: March 7. var- | have been much increased by the open- sity-independent; = March 14— varsity-Santa Clara; March 21, varsity-independents; March 27, varsity-S8an Franclsco; March 28--vareity- | Santa Clara ———r—— NEW YORK, Jan. The Sub-Treasury has been authorized to pay out $120,000 for San Francizco account. ing of the tidal canal and will be im- proved by the dredging of San Antonio Istuary, which is to be undertaken by the Federal Government. ——————————— CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 25.—Colonel Philip Deitsch, superintendent ‘of police, died to-day. 'SPORTSMEN FAVOR | GREYHOUNDS IN OLYMPIAN GAMES Believe Coursing as an An- the Official Px'ngmmmo( REDERICK FREEMAN-LLOYD, noted sporting write judge, in Ne stin 1f in the matte coursi the list of Olympi the and bench show v York, is inte »f includ who i F ing | promoted He himse in the mes next at year writes in th ) lcolm inf + that M bver is rather in favor thirty-two stake, and that only the animals from ' the world over wi il En wralians will r veteran course 1 e critics have gone so far as to sa { ‘ cient Sport Should Be on| | | | | OARSMEN SEEK HEALTH ON THE WATERS OF BAY Maintain Their Practice in| Skiff and. in Barge When | the Weather Is Favorablei ANY members of the South End TENNIS PLAYERS IN ACTION WHILE THE RAIN FALLS HE unsettled condition of the wea- Rowing Club are to be seen at the M quarters of the club on Sundays, | ¥ ing handball, punching the bag or en cd in boxing bouts. Others go out for practice in the barges or the out- rigged skitfs. The following oarsmen out in the barges recently . Wolf, Lyons, McArthur, Der es, Bergerman, while J. P.| | Foley, C. Cashman and J. Walsh have | taken spins in the skiffs. R. McArthur | and M. Cashman played handball, the | former winning two zames out of three, | with scores of 21 to 1, 21 to 3, 2 to | | are - | be | first and third Thursda coursing would be out of place in a vival of ancient sports and pastimes. This | has been controverted by writers, who | show tha* greyhounds are mentioned in the Bible and by many ancient writers. 'The earliest work on dogs in Englis | a manuscript in the ritish Museum, | ley 1 in par- ticfilar. In the latter part of the same | century the ecarliest printed work ep- entitled the “Book of Field scription 1= given of the greyvhound That coursing is booming in the Middle West is evidenced by the record break- ing. entry list for the Miss ‘alley | Futurity. The nomina | against 154 last year. of sixty-one entries, an increas about 33 per or cent. The number of owners represente office will be re-elected; there will be a |is elghty-three. There were seventy-sev- | lively contest amons the candidates for | | en last year and sixty-one in 11 H. C. directors. only three of whom can gafn | | Lcwe heads the list with an entry of | seats on the board. | | twenty-three. These are cohtributed by | three litters, all by Northern Surprise, the Ex- | sire of the great v, Northern press. Allen & Wilson have eleven en- | tries and J. H. Rosseter of this city and C. A. Lyon ten each. Mr. Rosseter's nominations are Rocker-Little Wonder, Fortune Favente- koolawn, Rocker-Fiery Face, Wajyfarer- Lady Jane and Wayfarer-Pet Kirby. Greyhounds owned in Kansas, Towa, Texas, California, Colorado, South Da- Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, lllinois and Oklahoma are en- tered. As the entries average older than those of the past two vears a larger propor- tion will surely go to the slips. If dis- temper does not ravage thelr ranks it is expected 128 will start this year. North- ern Express won the stake last year and Lord Brazen the stake of 1901 Unless all signs fail Frank McComb has in Queen's Motto one of the greatest young greyhounds in the State. In com- petition recently she led everything she met by from twelve to twenty lengths. She is by Fetter Fr otto and in her present form should easily win the Belle Erandon cup. ‘Whippet racing is looking up in the Kast, a number of wealtny men having | Lecome interested in the sport. James Kernochan will lay out an ideal course for the racing hounds on his estate at The Meadows, Hempstead. It is the in- by the show of the Ladies’ Kennel Associa- tion. James Hedley, who judged the Waterloo cup in England for twenty-five years, dled recently at an advanced age. He of- ficlated at ‘Altcar for the last time in 1567, after which he retired. e often Jjudged four days a week, officiiting in by Juilana Berners. An extended | tention to have a serles of races during | | Tuesa for the ensuing year as follows: Presi- | dent, W. J. Kenny of San Francise vice president, W. L. Loos of Los An- | geles; secretary, H. P. Smith of San Jose; treasurer, I. P. Allen of San Fran- cisco: assistant -secretary, Phil H. Lyons of Los Angeles. It was voted to | F. Wisher, F. Zigher, H. Goetz, J. Sim- { mons, Willlam Sthroeder, A. Brehm, J. | J. Kuhn, William Plagemann and L. Markus. Creighton, Hawkins, Connolly and Wal also regular frequenters of the hand- ball cou The barge Felton has been st:ffened and varnished and will be ready | n Sunday. As R. McArthur goes Alto during t summer, it is | dcubtful if he will be able to stroke the South End Senior barge crew, which wili made up of E. Scully, Tom Lynch, Bates and R. outh End Rowing Club has made | arrangements to hold its meetings on the | in each month in the rooms of the Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic Union in the Emma Spreckels building. The seventh annual dinner of the Dol- phin Swimming and Boating Club was | held at a dGown-town taurant last Sat- | urda night. The recently elected offi- | cers were installed and speeches were made by P. Rothkopf, A. W. Pape, ydney Cavill and others. W. Pape | stated that he will go to the World's Fair at Louis next year to take part in ths aquatic contests. Sydney Cavill spoke of swimming in Australia and the United After the speeches there were | H. S. Bossert of Philadeiphia act- accompanist. | At the meeting of the members of the | Alameda Boating Club to be held next v evening the election of officers for the coming year will take place. Though most of those at present holding | President J. E. Roadhouse of the Boat- | ing Association of the University of Cal. ifornia, accompanied by J. White, . . rindléy, G. G. Anloff, A. D. Smith, E. B. | Harley and A. 8. Bunnell, paid & visis | last Saturday to the quarters of the Olympic Boat Club at Belvedere. e oo B i { Cycle Board of Trade Officers. | LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23.—The State Cycle Board 6f Trade has elected officers | | hold the next convention at Oakland in January, 1904. — e Delegates to Turners’ Convention. At a meeting of San Francisco Turn | Verein on Wednesday night twelve dele- 3ates were elected to represent the verein at the turners’ conventicn in Sacramento, February & and 9. The delegates are: Oscar Hocks, Louis Hinz, F. Attinger Sr., @ il @ Scotland, the Midlands and in Ireland during the same week. He was consid- ered the best judge of his day in Eng- land. Any decision he gave was accept- ed without a murmur by the spectators, no matter how the course was viewed by them. In his time he judged 72,000 courses, being in the saddle nearly 2000 days. During the season of 1532-83 he was In the saddle 100 days. | odds the latter tea | every afterncon. Inclement Weather Does Not Dampen the Ardor of the Youthful Devotees ther during t week has interfered with play on the tennis courts, a though e enthusiasts have been abl to met some practice between show- Twenty-six young players from the technic High 0ol were determined hold for the Academic League t wee ain or shine. Tw rounds of the nament were played Thursday after n in the rain. Despite the fact that the rain was coming down te hard right_on played rnament u resulted as follows til The an won from G Smith won from Goerl feld First round— 6-1: W. Callopy. | T There is more inter v the different pr ar than ever t matches, which will be played in M will be hotly contested affairs. The inter- scholastic matches played during the 1. t being display tory schools this and the academ! | tvc months have developed some good players. Polytechnic only that has not played in these matches, bu that school will meet Lowell to-day o the California Club cour The latte hool will be represented by A. Beyf: d John Cas while Poly c be represented by Horace Mann either W. Rumbaugh, W. Smith or A McFarland. Mann will choose one of the latter to play with him in ¢ Low ell is a trifle stro: hnic and should win ] matches. The California ool of Arts will hold its doubles | morning. This school will by the loss of H Gorham, the cham- pion of the sche In the absence of Gorham M. Hotchkiss and L. Cutler will prebably repres Lick in both o3 and doubles. Ten teams will compete in the tournament to-day. The open doubles tournamen scheduled to ayed on the ¢ Gate Park courts to-day poned two weeks on account of weather. Most of the best players on hoth sides of the bay have entered and the affair, which is the first of its kind to be held on the public courts, will un- Goubtedly be a success. Tne handicap doubles tournament com- menced on the park courts last Sunday will be completed to-morrow. The strong- est teams left in the tournament are the Hotchkiss brothers and Griffin and Janes. Should these teams meet in the final, as they probably will, a good match will re- su The, Hotchl s would give Griffin and Janes With these win. It has been post- the wet m would make a better mateh if they met should cn even terms. The following matches will be played: Gayness and Lytton (15 nd 3-6) va. the winner of the mateh be- tween Foley and Twiggs (15 and 2-6) and Griffin and Janes (4-6 of 15); Code and Finch (% of 15) vs. the winner of the match between Black and Brady (15 and 2-6) and the Hotchkiss brothers (2.6 of 15). Tennis becoming popular with the army officers at the Presidio. The cement court used by the players is occupled The ciub has some fifty members. Captain Rumbough, the crack solfer, is president of the club and Cap- ' Farnsworth secretary. A clay court being built by the club. The officers of the Nineteenth Infantry have built a ten- nis court adjacent to their new quarters «3 the hill and many players are out duily. ————— BELLAIRE, Ohio. Jan ~At Somertom, west of here, robbers forced an entrance into the City Bank last night 'and blew the safe. They got away with $6000.

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