The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 29, 1903, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT ATTRAGTS CRACK PLAYERS OF STATE L s OUTSIDE CRUISE | IS PLANNED BY | THE YACHTSMEN ‘ Boats of Corinthian, San Francisco and California) Clubs Combine for a Day3 EVERAL yachts of the Corinth | uise to Sausalito this where they will drop a r for the night. The San “alifornia clubs have noth edules for to-might, but to- morrow the combined fleets of the three cruise to the Heads and will | for some distance. The for an ocean sail event usually not muckh clubs outsjde favorably it is & wiil 8o serves by the owners of small yachts, t trying. the deed of gift of the San Fran- | Perpetual allenge cup requires | at the race for tne trophy take place t later than September 30 in any year nd = than thirty days afte: as been received by ders, it is evident there will be no race In these waters during the pre season. Even if the new challenger bulit by the Corinthian Yacht Club ready to sall to-day the time for 1 g her up and getting her in trim would be all too short. It is probable however, the race will take place abo of next year, when the wind est and truest. To compare small things with great, | p the Corinthians found themselves much the same position as Herresh with regard to t America’s cup race That great designer had expended all his inventiveness and ingenuity on the Co lumbla, which turned out so great a suc- cess that she was twice chosen to defer the international trophy. It was hard possible for him to go furtger in-th direction of designing a boat of the C lumhia type, and it would have been use- less ‘o build a second Columbia. In the | Reliance he struck out in a new direc- tion and with brilliapt results. Similarly the Corinthians did not care to bulld a boat of just the same type as the sloop Challenger, which was designed by Crowninshield of Boston. It was almost 1%cessary for them to construct a boat on a different plan. The Corinthian, as| she will be named, Is of an extreme type being & mere racing machine. She has enormous overhangs fore and aft, a shal- low floor, great beam and no bowsprit Ti% deed of gift of the.Perpetual Chal- lenge cup requires that the vessels con- tending for the trophy shall be *“cabin yachte.” Hefe is likely to arise a ques- tion as to just what a “cabin yacht” is it naturally seems to mean a boat hav- ing adeguate and somewhat comfortable eeping accommodation. The sloop Chal- nger has a low deckhouse, but her cabin, except t it does not afford much head room, actually furnishes accommodations | for four or five men. She has made sev- eral trips up the Sacramento River. All the internal space of the sloop Chal- | lenger is avallable for living purpose: her finkeel is sustained by her hull. The | Corinthian, however, will not have a hull capable of holding up her heavily weight- ed centerboard, which will be supported by a stee! truss. This truss was made in the Eastern States and brought out > Ban Francisco in pleces, to be put to- zether here. The strike among the steel workers of the East caused several weeks' delay in its arrival and really caused the postponement of this vear's race for the . When the truss is in place it will cumber up the interfor of the vacht so there will be no accommodation for her master and crew. J. M. Macdonough, the generous donor of the Macdonough cups for several years, while recently in the city had a long conversation on yachting matters with A. M. Clay. He frankly expressed his disapproval of the construction of such craft as the Cerinthian for use on the San Francisco Bay, and expressed & de- sire that she should not be permitted to contend for his trophy in the 30-foot or any other class. He does not think such a craft is wholesome, being a freak meant merely for racing, and not a real boat. The Corinthians feel the Perpetual cup was won from them by a boat of a type superior for racing purposes to any of the boats in the bay, and that the only way to get the coveted trophy back is 10 build a racing machine. It would have been quite simple for the Corinthians to make almost certain of winning the cup by challenging with the sloop Harpoon, designed by F. R. Cook, and which has proved a fast sailer in many races. The San Francisco Yacht Club has no boat in the 36-foot class that would have any ehance with the Harpoop, and would 3 ! TR10 OF TEN i ———p I NIS PLAYERS WHQ WILL REPRESENT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IN COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS.‘i o the serious expense of having one gned and built. In the 44-foot class ¢ Corinthians have T. Jjennings' sloop Inst which the San Fran- cisco Club could set no worthy competi- tor: cruising yachts, with plenty of room for leeping and living purposes. thians chose the sportsmanlike course of challenging in the class in which the trophy was taken from them. Whatever the standing of the Corinthian with re- rd to the Macdonough cups may be, she will at least furnish the yachtsmen with an interesting race and with mate- rial for much comment and discussion. —_————— Lacrosse Teams in Match Game. An interesting match game of lacrosse will be played to-morrow afternoon on the National baseball grounds, Ninth and Bryant streets. The affair is for the bene- fit of Samuel Shear, an old volunteer fire- | Both these boats are comfortable | The Corin- | | man, and s under the auspices of the | California Lacrosse Aseociation. Play will commence at 2:30 p. m. The team will line up as follow: Tecumseh. Hurons. -T. Lynch W. H. Gossip Wm. Degan C. Minto R. Lyons . E. Judge 3 Williamson ... .. Crilly W. T. Scofield. Darragh C. Renwick ... . C. Bartlett H. G. Beckwith. ...F. Minto H. Coutts .. E. Peterson .F. Burden | Beardmore J. Brennan | McNaughtn soendippr o tiadrnian, New Way to Pay Gas Bill. Robert Bowman, recelving clerk in the office of the San Francisco Gas and Elec- tric Light Company, 415 Post street, se- cured a warrant from Police Judge Mo- | gan yesterday for the arrest on a charge of petty larceny of “Jane Doe” La Sere, who has a candy store at 24 Hayes street. He said Mrs. La Sere called at the office yesterday morning to pay her gas bill. She protested that it was exorbitant, but placed the money on the counter. it and also the money and walked out of the office. She was arrested yesterday afternoon and gave the name of Leneta Trevius. —_———— Chinese Gambler Gains a Point. The demurrer to the petition of Ah Sing for a writ of prohibition restraining Judge Conlan from proceeding with his trial on a charge of violating the gambling ordi- nance was overruled by Judge Sloss yes- terday and the case set for trial next Fri- day. An answer to the petition of Ah Sing was filed by the District Attorney. It contains a general denial of the facts set forth in the petition of the Chinese. —_—— Card Sharpers Convicted. Guy St. Claire and J. O'Brien were con- victed by Police Judge Mogan yesterday on a charge of petty larceny and will be sentenced on Monday. They tricked P. 8. Croops, a visitor from Merced, out of 3650 and a silver watch at the ocean last il g ‘When | Bowman handed her the receipt she took | ‘<. d ent time,” FOOTBALL TEAMS ARE LINING UP FOR PRACTICE| Blue and Gold Adherents Are Jubilant Over Bright Prospects of Their Eieven OW that the college has reopened the football men of the University of California are beginning to think about the team they will send against Stanford University and the other teams. California s, apparently, to have a crackajack eleven this year. Grad- uate Manager Ezra Decoto believes that with all the tried material on hand it will be an easy job to overcome the cardinal eleven. So also belleves Captaln *“‘Ovie” Overall, the hero of last year's game. A big hole was torn in the eléven that went against Stanford last year, but there are enough of the former team left to make it interesting. *Little Mini,” “Ox" Albertson and “Bob” Sherman will be missed, but there will be such familiar faces as Ben Stroud, center; Reno Demer- itt, end; Samuel Stow, guard; Ovorall, guard; Heine Heltmuller, tackle, and Harry Howard, guard, to remind the en- thusiast of battles past and gone. To fill in the gaps caused by the gradu- ation of the great guns of the football fort there will be such players as Cogan, Belknap, Gillis, who played on last year's freshman team, Risley, Muther, Force, More, Clark, Babin, Middleton and Hud- son, who played last year, but did not make the intercollegiate team. “We look forward to having just as good a team this year as last,” said Man- ager Decoto yesterday. “There’s enough material to make two good teams. The men will go into training a little earlier this year than usual. They will have more practice, too, for we have games sched- uled with the University of Oregon and the University of Nevada. Warren (“Lo- comotive’”) Smith is coaching the Orego- nians. When they come we will play them on the Berkeley campus. ) “Besides these games we will have the Reliance team, which promises to be un- usually strong this year. “The big game will be played in San Francisco. By an agreement the two uni- versities decided to hold the contests on the respective campuses after 1904, but 1 doubt whether they will ever stick to it, 1t would cost $20,000 to put the Berkeley grounds into shape and that would more than eat up the profits for one year.” James Whipple will coach the California team this year. No one has been selected to assist him in the work up to the 'S 2 HE sixteenth annual tennis tourna- ment for the championship of the coast will commence on Monday at San Rafael. All of the prominent players, as well as most of the lower class men, will compete. The opening event will be the men's doubles, which will begin at 10:30 o’clock { Monday morning. Tuesday the women's singles will commence. Wednesday and Thursday will be devoted to the men's singles and Friday to the women's doubles. N6 date has been fixed for the mixed doubles. It will be played at the convenlence of the committee, the time to be announced on the courts. The challenge match in men's doubles will be played Saturday afternoon, and the women's match Saturday morning. The challenge matches in singles will be played Wednesday, the 9th. The men’s is set for the afternoon and the women's for the morning. The present champions who will be called upon to defend their titles are: Lewis R, Freeman, men's singles; L. R. ¥reeman and A. E. Bell, men’s doubles; Miss May Sutton, women's singles; Misses May and Violet Sutton, women's doubles; Miss Dobbins and A. E. Bell, mixed doubles. The tournament committee which has the events in charge is composed of W. B. Collier Jr., S. C. Gayness, Homer Hotch- kiss, Alexander Beyfuss and Grant Smith. R. N. Whitney will act as referee. The entries will close promptly at 4 p, m. to-day, after which hour no name will be received. Owing to the difficulty en- countered in the last tournament through the careless methods of the committee the rules will be adhered to strictly. The drawings for all the events except the mixed doubles will be held at the Califor- nia Club grounds this afternoon at 5 5 o'clock. Besides the challenge cups two prizes will be offered for each event. It is expected that few teams will enter the men's doubles. MaeGavin and Smith are considered the most likely winners. Probably the best match of the meet will be between this team and Freeman and Bell, the coast champions. Last yvear they played a most exciting five-set match, In singles there will be quite a large en- try, but good players will be rather scarce. As in the doubles, the most likely candidateg, for singles honors are Bell, MacGavin and Smith. MacGavin is some- what off in his game, due to a tck of practice. It is expected he will get enough playing before the singles commence to put him in good shape. Colller, Murdock and Mitchell are also strong candidates and will no doubt work well up into the tournament. Murdock has been practic- ing hard, and if at his best will be a dan- gerous competitor. In the women's events the Suttons will again carry off the honors. The strongest local player is Miss Mirlam Edwards, the State champion, but she can hardly hope to beat even the poorest of the Suttons. Miss Dobbins is the best player outside of the famous sisters, but she has never able to beat any of them, although { hounds are expected to LEASHMEN READY FOR BIG SEASON ON THE SWARD Classical Events Both East and West Will Attract Fleetest Dogs in America WGrace Challenge cup finally deter- mined by the Interstate Coursing Club the Eastern officials can arrange their circuit meetings without further delay. They have been awaiting the action of the Californians to the end that the dates of the big annual fixtures on the coursing calendar would not conflitt. While only a small representation of greyhounds wiil go from here to Waterloo and other meetings, a large number of Eastern come to this coast. P. J. Reilly of this city has ac- cepted the invitation to judge throughout the Eastern circuit. Efforts are also be- ing made to secure the services of James @ cinirinivimielieleleieinininiele it @ she has played them some close matches. The plan to bring out some crack East- ern players to participate in the men's tournaments fell through. Had it been thought of sooner the men could have been brought out easily. The second open handicap singles tour- nament for the Jackman cup will be com- peted for by the women players on the park courts to-day. Play will begin promptly at 8:30 o'clock. Seventeen wom- en entered and some clever tennis s ex- pected. Miss Miriam Edwards, the holder, will play. She will be placed “15"* back of scratch. Miss Hazel Hotchkiss, Miss Ethel Ratcliffe and Miss Emma Hunter will also play from this mark. The handicapper has been rather 1ib- eral, and if some of the poorer players do not win it will be their own fault. Miss Anita Beyfuss on thé “15" mark looks dangerous. Miss Hunter and Miss Ed- wards drew together in the first round. This will probably be the best match of the tournament. In their last meeting Miss Hunter came within an ace of win- ning. The drawing is as follows: m‘:-"{l«'::"ilm:&_ (‘S’)" b S First round—Miss Hazel Hotchkiss (owe 15) vs. Miss Dorothy Mills (15 3-6); Miss Lulu Wegener (scratch) vs. Miss 1. Mearns (30); Miss Ethel Ratclifte (owe 15) vs. Miss Maud Varney (scratch); Miss Vera Beyfuss (30) a bye. Fower halt—Miss Emma Hunter (ows 15) ve. Miss Mirlam Edwards (owe 15); Miss y Weed (15 3-6) vs. Miss Anita Beyfuss (15). Miss Alma Lea (15 3-6) vs. Miss A Naylor (15); Miss V., Crocker (15 3-6) vs, Miss Towne i asts S ITH the date of the California Coursing Futurity and of the John -+ Grace as slipper. The latter has no equal in this department of the game. From the interest displayed during the week at the meetings of the Interstate Club and the San Francisco Coursing Club and from reports from the East it is evident coursing is again on the up grade. Greyhounds are In great demand, the supply of running dogs being inade- quate at the present time to satisfy the demands. There was a lull in breeding for a time, the effect of which is now being felt. With so many parks in ope- ration dogs which cAn win are much | sought after. § At the last meeting of the California Coursing Committee the members dis- cussed, informally, the matter of hold- ing a big plains meeting under the joint auspices of the clubs throughout the State. With their co-operation a large purse could be raised and the meeting would be a memorable one. A liberal bid is expected from Fresno, where the meet was held last year. The coursing men believe this the best avallable place, as the ground is gocd, hares are plentiful and excellent hotel accommeodations can be secured. With the two clubs in this city acting in conjunction with the Los Angeles, Stockton, Fresno, San Jose and Bacramento clubs, the former glories of the plains meeting would be revived. The | meeting would be held after the first heavy rainfall of the season, when the ground would be at its best, One of the important matters to be de- cided at the forthcoming meeting of the | American Coursing Board will be the | election of the keeper of the stud book to | succeed George MacE, Malcolm, who hasf filled the position for three years. Peer | Tiffany of this city, who succeeded Mr. Malcolm as secretary of the California Coursing Committe, is the most promi- nent candidate for the place. All the rec- ords from which the book must be com- piled are in his office and he Is thorough- ly familiar with the work. The election will be held at Oklahoma City on the night preceding the running of the Amer- ican Waterloo. E. Preston has taken a string of grey- hounds to Los Angeles, including Miss Brummel, Prompto, Flower of Gold, Golden Garter, Royal Spirit, Bright For- tune and Real Pasha. E. M. Kellogg of Gilmore City, Iowa, has shipped three greyhounds to J. C. Jackson of this city. As he has been rep- resented here by great dogs in the past much is expected of these. | Trainer “Sol” Spencer, who was with | Frank McComb and A. R. Curtls, has gone to Texas to take charge of the ken- | nel of Cecil Lyon. He will make the rounds of the Eastern circuit and will then bring the best of his string to this coast. Frank McComb has sold Otto and Firm Fellow to George S. Perry. The coursing at Union Park to-mor- row will commence upon the arrival of the 10:15 a. m. train. A 64-dog reserve stake makes up the card. The likely win- ners look to be: Bonale Pashg, Cluster, mm-.nul | out of his berth on the SOUTHERN TEAM IS INCREASING ITS LEAD DAILY Uncle's Crippled Pitching Staff Will Be Easy for Batters »qf_Hofistile Clubs 8 the days go by the Angels are steadlly climbing higher in the pen- nant chase, until at the present time they have a lead of 100 points A more or less over ilieir nearest rivals, the San Franciscos. To be s thera are three months to run yet before the season draws to a close, but something must happen quickly or the Southerners | will have the little piece of cloth core raled. By the way the home team has been playing in the past few games it will not bother the Orange Growers to any de- gree. Uncle's team has not been hitting at all and without the aid of good base hits no ball team ever won a pennant or even figured seriously in a pennant race. Then again the team Is crippled at present—badly crippled. Only thres twirlers are left to do the entire team's pitching. Just now the club needs every pitcher it can secure. Jimmy Whalen was winr 75 per cent of Uncle's games. in the hospital class, and according dope the home team will not be so high up In the percentage column in ten days or more. Los Angeles has plenty of men to spare and if any member of the team gets disabled there is generally another one left to take his place. Consequently Mor- ley’s followers go right ahead and win games. They are always In condition to give battle to any team they happen to g0 up against. Oakland will not be so easy in the fu- ture. With Devereaux back in the game again the Cripples have a fast and com- petent Infield, just as high grade as any other In the league. Then the outfleld is away above the average, and now, with the new battery, Johnson and Hillebrand, Peter Lohman has succeeded In getting together a combination of talent that will make them all hustle some. Messerly has improved wonderfully in his hitting during the past two weeks. He ranks with any player on the Oakland team and is getting his two hits a > right along. If he keeps this up for about a month longer no one will miss Brashear, for the new man is certalnly outfielding his predecessor at first base, Spec Hurlburt is still on th® lookout for a job, but so far his efforts to land have been of no avail. Spec was hustled Portland team suddenly and may have to rest for the balance of the season. There are a nun ber of ball players around town ready to play ball any place and for almost any old salary that is offered him. —_——— Academic League Committees. President Gould, the newly elected head of the Academic Athletic League, has announced the appointment of the fol- lowing committees: Fleld day—Al Koch, P Mage: Basket ball—P. Reezes of Alameda High, to Norton (chairman), Fred t Magerstadt (chairman), Clifford of San Ra- fael Records—Tharsing of _Healdsburg (chair- man), N. Titus, Baker of Ukial Membership—F. Koch _(chairman). Pale- thorpe of St. Matthews Young of Berkeley L o o e Pedro, Reckless Acrobat, Ragwed Actor, Tralco Boy, Liberator, Cloverdale, Fair ks, Algy McDonald. Irvington Tralee, Goiden Lizhi, Ruby Sankey. Fontemoy, Adonis, Rurai Artist. Lord Goff, Mald of the Glen, Red Rock, Belle Free, Royal Archer, Reta S, Fiaunt, Flying Pasha, Theima, Master Rocket, Old Ivcnsides and Pi The coursing at Ingleside Park to-day will commence at 11 o'clock, when the first brace of dogs in the open stake will £0 to the slips. The losers will meet this afternoon in a consolation number. The total prize money is $93250. The likely winners look to be: Homer Boy. Sylvan, perious, Little Merc Mount Rose. Harlean Bob R. Full Moon tleman, Young F Pleasant. Moonbeam, J. Little Bonnie Hughie, Roval Friend, Im- Belfast, P Terah, Black Coon. Plunger, Pepper Jack, Pure Pearl, Shadow, Medley. Mollie Me. Ragtime, Thetis, Roy Hughie. Meirose, Pre- sidio Boy, Yellowtail, Flying Fox. Rock and Rye, Eastlake, Donneybrook, Sofala, o Minnie Sankey and San Juan. —_——— WHEATLAND, Aug 2. ot e 1903 is light. but of an llen '.l" crop is light. but of an excelient a the cutlook is promising for §uod prices n’h',".. sales have already been made. The the Yuba County hops is nearly