The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 26, 1903, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 HANDBALL PLAYERS PRACTICE FOR TOURNAMENT MATCHES 1903, BLUE AND GOLD ELEVEN WILL MEET RELIANCE TEAM First Test of the Strength of the Berkeley Men Will Be Afforded To-Day on Campus---Stanford Team Round- ing Into Condition Under Lanagan’s Careful Coaching i ELEY, Sept. 25.—About all the interest theré is in football B &t the University of California entered this week in the freshman 0. Tge three games the freshmen ed sefved to give the enthusiasts mething to talk and to think about, and the absorption of that subject the reity team and all things else ath- p were forgotten. The theme of | thought and talk will change to-mor- however, for then the varsity will r its first game of the season with for an opponent and the wise- i1l have other conclusions to raw he freshmen have won the three th played, but not satisfac- “In the games against the Oak- High School and’ the Polytechnic b School the most significant thing as the n the second h 1. in the sec game against the Berkeley School this afternoon the freshmen by the narrow margin of 6 to 0, i they might have not got that if the had been with the High School Neither side scored in the first inability of the team to score If. It was easy to score but a struggle to play na e first k R —Y i balf, though tt when they had the Berkeleyans once ¢ e freshmen nearly won the fve-vard line. It was only a and the hardest kind of work t them to resist for five downs. In second half th eshmen had near the Berkeley goal again and Berk the ley tried to kick. but the kick was blocked and the ball was captured for a touchdown by the freshmen. Kern then kicked the goal. making the score 6 The line-up was as follows L L Haffee .1, r R—¥ E o Seli, Hanna Quarier Schailer dver, Peters Y —Halr— Dugan Ke 1—Half. Hackley Gabrie Funl Patton he inabi of the team to score oftener may nge due to the almost com in the make-up of the team < ach second half. It mav e to the brief time the players h: B training. But even a second pght to have done better against n went through the ith out changing The freshman team will lose one of its hést players in Bootbe, the fullback, who has been found to be ineligible through games his being a limited student. Boothe is the best 1 for the position, but the m will have to part with him under g vy As for the other positions, Kern seems to be ab Sanborn it the best there is in backs. present h Is among the wounded. There are others playing for these places, how- | on Goat Island. Nothing is know: r. and Dyer, Crow and Gabriel have a fighting chance to squeeze into the ranks. Sells seems to have the lead for guarter- hack, but Hanna is right up to him. There is a fight on between Haffee and Barton or center, with no choice. Jackson and Allen, both big men, seem to be fixtures for right and left guard. Caminettl is sure of a place at left end. The weakest places in the eleven are the tackies and ends. Clarke, Haley, Eg- «rs and Beabury have been tried out for ackie, and Caminetti, Davis and Bowles ends. With the exception of Caminett] one have proved to be perfectly satis- factory. The most important event in the varsity cirele was the return of Hudson and Heit- muller to the game this week. Hudson has recovered from his recent illness and Heitmuller from his indisposition to play at all, so the team is strengthened in the end and tackle departments. Johnny More is still flirting with the game. Whether he will be seen on the gridiron again this year is a secret mobody but More knows. The most interesting fight going on is that between Heltmuller, Howard and Forse for a place at tackle. Heitmuller end Howard would have the right and ieft positions safe at any other time, but Forse i= playing such a keen game that TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Bept. 2. ~The weather during the week has been ideal for football practice. While the work of the players is far from varsity form, they have shown considerable more ginger in the practice of the last few days than during the pre- vious two weeks. Coach Lanagan is dofng his work In an exceedingly thorough, manner. Never be- fore has Btanford had a coach who paid as much attention to the individual play- ers as does Lanagan. If he sees a man catch a ball wrongly or attempt to pick up a fumbled ball instead of falling on it be takes the player aside and shows him his error, even though he has to go the width of the gridiron to reach his man. This thoroughness has won the con- . Tw i SAN FRANCISCO . SAILORS HOLD ANNUAL RACES All Yachts Except Twenty- Footers Wiil Sail Over a Fourteen-Mile Course California Tars Will Try for Vincent Prizes and Flzgs in Handicap Event e G ‘WO annual regattas will occupy the attention of yachtsmen to- morrow. The California Yacht Club will hold the handicap race for the Vincent Cup. The annual regatta of the San Francisco Yacht Club will also take place. The San Francisco yachts will start from the south side of a line between two stakeboats anchored off Powell street wharf, No. 1, being 200 yards off the northwesterly corner of the wharf and OLYMPIC COURTS THRONGED WITH HANDBALL MEN Two Tournaments Sched- uled for Next Month and| Practice Is 1 World’s Championship Match Is on the Card Between | M. Egan and Fitzgerald INCE Champion James Fitzgerald's advent in this city the good old Pt BT LG S Irish game of handball has taken a great bound into pop: he four courts of the Olympic Club are always engaged by the members, who are playing for exercise and for . pleasure John J. Gleason has announced two tour- naments for next month. They will start on October 11. One will be for the hard ball experts, and the other will be for those who play with the tennis ball. The fidence of the rooters, who eel certain | that if a winning team can be developed from aterial on the gridiron “Jim- * Lapagan will bring it forth e coach has insisted on all players ring well padde: wnd s.in guards E ankle b €8 3 There will be | mo injuries resu possibly be avoided than a sprained ankle curred so far. “Rav e Dole 05, va ty halfback s returned to the football field T fortnight's illness with malaria ed up scrimmage work for minutes Wednesday night. his first line- ap since he came from the hospital, and " | kles Weller and Blood, another good one, put just at | \ srently as fit as ever. The game put up by the ainst the Palo Alto Athletic Club eieven esday was a great ppointment to the rooters. The 5—0 defeat adminris- tered to the voungs! was largely the result of the noor work of line men. Most of the backs ed hard, gritty ball. but the forwards did not seem able to keep their opponents from sifting through the line or to make a hole| thpeugh which their own men might ad- vance the ball. Among the most prom ing men on the freshman squad are Tac- Center Marphind and Backs G. E. Dole, Stott, Stephenson, Minturn and Chalmers. Freshman Stott is putting up a game at quarterback that anks him a close second to Captain Bans- bach. He iIs extremely clever at catching and running in punts and puts up a gritty article of ball. Big “Jim Weller, '07, has the strength, build and speed neces- sary to make one of the best tackles ever seen at Stanford. With him it seems merely a question of learning the game. To-morrow the varsity will meet a team from the United States Training Academy f the cofaparative strength of the two teams. —————— Held on Burglary Charge. William Jones, alias James McGee; Wil- liam Philips, alias Davis, and Leslie Den- nison were held to answer before the Superior Court by Police Judge Fritz yes. terday on a charge of burglary. The bonds of the two first named were fixed in $2000 each and Dennison's in $58). They were accused of breaking into the premises of the Pacific States Type Foundry, 508 Clay street, on September 20. L e e e e R ) he keeps these two old-timers working to hold their jobs. - Unless More gets into the game again the quarterback fight will lie between Belknap and Geary. Belknap is cooler and has had more experience than Geary, but he is considered a little too light for the place. In the game to-morrow against Reliance on the Berkeley campus these men will alternate at quarter. The rest of the line-up will be as follows: Stroud, center; Overall, right guard; Stow, left guard; Howard, right tackle; Heitmuller, left tackle; Hudson, right end; Demeritt, left end; Whipple, right half; Muther, left half; Boynton, fullback; Belknap and Geary, quarterback. freshmen | e ANDBALL EXPERTS WHO WILIL PREOMINENT 1IN MATCHES TO PLAYED THIS WJNTER. ™ N7 FITZGERALD ‘ N7 \&QV rg:f«%}ufifl £ v%g?fifi/fl CHAMPIO™ LAST BUT ONE MATCH OF THE CRICKET YEAR e , | DARK OUTLOOK ° | FOR THE HOME BALL TOSSERS Alameda Eieven Will Meet|Uncle Henry's Aggregation Pacific Team for Finai]| May Not Finish One, Two; Three the Season Race s San Francisco County Ciub Has Too Large Share of Highly Skilled Players the ground at Webster street, | A Alameda, to-morrow between the | Alameda and Pacific cricket elevens. Both | i these old rivals have been passed in the | an end, there is but little chance left for struggle for the championship of the, the long ex ted spurt to come. It seems present season by the new club represent- | Uncle Henry will land his team in third | ing San Franeisco County. The following ' place, if not even worse than that. Struggie of ennant REE 7 Thatcher and Puttmann Are Both Making Good Ru:c- ords in the Bg Leagues N interesting match is expécted on HE has jous 3 sco baseball team not commenced to show any of improvement. | Now that the season is fast drawing to | signs | will wear thé scariet and black of the| The home magnate has not experienced | Pacific Club: H. C. Casldy, captain; F.| much luck with the amateur players he Bennion, E. H. Lannowe, H. D. Bowly, | coliected to help him out in his hour of | A. W. Wilding, W. Petherick, E. T. Lang- le, C. C. Y. Williamson, Dr. O. N. Tay- lor, T. W. Tetley and W. G. Fortmann, The Alameda eleven will be chosen from | the following: Haroid Ward, captain; F. | J. Crol, B. Bird, J. Bird, Harry Bird, W. J. Richter, F. A. Stahl, W. H. McNaugh- | ton, J. H. Saunders, J. Cowie, V. Seebeck, C. Banner and R. B. Hamilton. This is the last match to be played by the Ala- meda cricketers during the present sea- | son. | The easy victory won last Sunday by the San Francisco County team from the | representatives of the Alameda Cricket { Club placed the championship of 1903 be- yond doubt in the hands of the new club. While there can be no doubt that the strongest team won, there Is a general feeling among cricketers throughout the State that the S8an Francisco County Club has carried the policy of absorbing all the best players rather too far, the result be- ing that none of the elevens can give it an interesting match. B. Kortlang, H. B. Richardson and E. H. Wilkes are strong- er players than any in the ranks of the other city clubs, while B. G. Sloman, E. Fetersen and P. R. Johns are exceedingly useful members of an eleven. The cricket during the past season would have been more even and interesting had Kortlang remained with the Pacific eleven and Wilkes continued to play with the Ala- meda teamr. As it is, there I8 no team in the “association that has any chance of beating the San Frang County eleven except by one of those flukes that happen occasionally in cricket. —_——— An English Mayor has handed over his official salary to be divided between the poor and the town bands. 3 | | need. Not one of the youngsters could | come anywhere near winning a game, 0 | Uncle decided to get rid of them all with- out going through the formality ot giving them more than one or two chances. Nothing is heard any more of Duke Car- ter, the former Butte slab artist who signed up with the home team when 1t went to Sacramento the last time. Car- ter 'succeeded in breaking his ankle at his first essay and has been languishing in a Capital City hospital ever since. It is unlikely he will get into the game this season. If he does he will be taking a big chance. Dr. Moskiman has shown he is the best ball player on the Oakland team and probably the best in the league. A man who can play any position on the team as Doc does and at the same time hit the ball at a .330 clip is valuable in anybody's league. Old Phil Knell and his marvelous pitch- ing are the talk of the baseball world here at the present time. How the veteran Bels away with revery game he pitches is a mystery, yet he does it and does it well. It is even more strange to figure out how he can win from the San Fran- clsco team when the amateur clubs used to bat his offerings hard when he was playing with Bill Curtin's collection. Puttmann, the former Helena pitcher, has made g0od with the New York Amer- ican League team. He won his first game on Thursday against St. Louls, even though the team supported him disgrace- fully. Puttmann, when he pitchéd ball in this city, looked like a good lefthander. He has been worked so much all season 'm will go back on him' before next vear's campaign i{s well begun. Thatcher, who was considered the | | | i | | | | 2, being 200 yards to the west of No. 1. The vachts will sail to and around a stakeboat anchored three miles from the center of the starting line, 1 ing the stakebos the port hand: thence to and idio Shoal buoy leaving Alcatraz Island on the starboar hand and Presidio Shoal buoy on the port hand; thence to and round the Blossom Rock dredger, leaving it on the starboard hand; thence to and round Pres buoy, leaving it on the port hand; thence to and across the starting line to finish The distance is fourteen nautical mi The yachts in the 20-foot class finish after the first run to the eastward sidio Shoal buoy, the length of their course being nine and one-sixteenth nau- tical miles. All classes will start at 11:30 a. m, which to cr the line, the taken from stakeboat No. 1. A gun will be fired from stakeboat No. 1 at 11:30, and two guns at 11:40. Time allowances will be reckoned according to the racing rules of the San Francisco Yacht Club. Prizes will be awarded for first and second piace in each class in whoich three or No. more yac' start, and for first place only when two yachts start. The vachts will be divided into five classes, denoted as A, C, special yawl, D and E This is the second handicap race of the Californfa Yacht -Club for the cup pre- sented by ex-Vice Commodore Vincent. As the winds have much lighter than in the summer, the regatta committee laid out a new course, with the hope of securing a stronger breeze than on the regular club course. The course starts from the south side of the narrow gauge mole at Alameda, thence to and round Alcatraz Island, leaving It on the starboard hand: thence to and round Goat Island Shoal buoy, leaving it on the starboard hand: thence to the finish across an imaginary line drawn between the two lighthouses at the entrance to the Oakland Creek, leaving Goat Island on the starboard hand. The course estimated léngth of elght become and one-half | nautical miles, with a time limit of four hours. ’ Owners must report to the regatta com- mittee on the launch at the south side of the Alameda narrow gauge pier. The committes will assign to each contesting ! vacht an anchorage, on a line bearing south from the plerhead, in the order of the time allowances. The yacht having the largest allowance will occupy the most southerly berth. Yachts must anchored with ordinary “service anchors, kedges not being permitted, All sails ex- cept tread salls may be set while the vachts remain at anchor. The race™is to be salled under working canvas only. The allowances and times of starting of the yachts are as follows: Shamrock 1il and Vixen, 1 hour, start a 12 noon; Mabel A, 50 minutes, art at Mist, Hope and Surf, i1 minutes, m.; Amy, Bachelor and El Reyo, 38 minutes, start at 12:22 p. m.: Dixle and Frances, 35 minutes, start at 12:25 p. m.; Vega, Nereid and U & I, 50 minutes, start at t 0 ‘atherine and Kittle, 26 minutes, R start at 12:34 p. m.; Pilgrim and Occident, 24 minutes, start at 30 p. m.; Challenge, Mascotte and Spray, 22 minutes, start at 12. | p. m.; Idler, 20 minutes, start at 12: p. m.; Hazel 8, 18 minutes, start at 12:42 p. m.; Molile Woggin, Elthe and Secret, 16 minutes, start at 12:44 p. m.; Arcturus, 13 minutes, start at 12:47 p. m.; Pactolus, 11 minutes start at 12:49 p. m.; Ex 9 minutes, start at 12:51 p. m.; Gypsie, § minutes, start at 12:52 p. m.; Rover, 5 minutes, start at 12:55 m.; Jessfe E, Thelma and Iola, scratch, start at 1 p. m. The race will be sailed almost wholly at flood tide, as it is low water at 9:50 a. m., and high water at 3:57 p. m. The yacht finishing first and not suffering dis- qualification will receive the Vincent Cup and a pennant. The yachts finishing sec- ond and third will receive pennants only. The race will be in charge of August R. F. Brandes and Willam McBain. James Alva Watt Sued for Rent. James Alva Watt, lawyver and politician, is the defendant in a suit for rent and for restitution of premises brought yes- terday by the San Francisco Savings Union. it is averred in the complaint that Watt owes the bank $145 rent for his office in the bank building and refuses to pay or move. B e worst dub on Charley Reilly’s Los Ange- les team, has proved to be the fall guy with Brooklyn. So far he has pitched four games and won every one of them, showing wonderful form each time. Even Pittsburg succumbed before the young- ster. He will probably be a real star next year. north | dio Shoal | from Pre- | ten minutes being allowed within | | time being | Robert | is triangular and has an | Progress | | CHALLENGE CUPS ATTRACT MANY | TENNIS EXPERTS a1 | Are Offered by ,the Cali- fornia Club for a Handi- cap Doubles Tournament —_— |Six Teams Will Compete To-Morrow on the -Public | Courts, Golden Gate Park DRRRR SR B ORE interest Is shown in tennis the coming winter will be the the courts. The-Cal- will open the a ) orrow with a handicap doubles tc » club has donated two hand to be three wo Th. a jisposed o 2 tournament since Ma ers are all anxious to get A large entry is ex andicaps will be dealt ayers will have cks. 1 and Grant Smith to d will have odds de. W am a Miteh 1 MacG mith ar t Smit 1 be two promis! nother team tha | young w <~ three courts on the roof, where the soft ball players hold forth, are alw: ed. It is hard to get a court in the after. | noon, as there are scores of players wait- ing for a game. vs crowd- nd Richardson, the well- As a team May unequaled. Henry are Tom Magee known cricket pi and Richardson Russ and Oti measure, but iled. Magee is a heady player and kilis with unerring accuracy. Richardson is powerfully buflt and s the soft ball with terrific force. Al Hamp- ton has taken up the soft ball and has played with the best, up well. Hampton is carrying a | cessive weight, but gets around in clever style. The soft ball tournament will bring out Russ, Crable, Dr. Frankenheimer, the Cole brothers, Magee, Richardson, Tom Powers, Monroe Green, Charley Knight, George Birdsall, Garnet Ferguson, Hewson, Bill Kennedy, Fred Butz and a dozen other clever pl: TS, The hard ball tournament will be in doubles. Among the experts who will ! take part are Starr, Cunningham, Cor Levy, Gleason, McElroy, Sullivan, Po are Crable tried to take their witz, James, Curle: Johns, Bowman, Minihan and others. | A match game of handball will be played to-morrow afternoon ag, the club by George James and Louis Levy. This will be their second meeting. The players are evenly matched. James is the winner of many tournaments. Levy is a new player, who has developed considerable skill. The handball enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to the match for the world's amateur championship between James Fitzgerald and Michael Egan. The latter is expected here during the winter. The match will be played in the Olympic Club's courts. As a preliminary to this Al Hampton and Joe Coliins, the best two players on this coast, will meet for a spe- cial trophy. —_————— Theobald Indicted. The United States Grand Jury reported an indictment yesterday against George W. Theobald for stealing mall matter from mail boxes in this city on September 117. The indictment contains four counts. I The crack soft ball players of the club | nd usually shows | | ‘-!u'fl\\l ; \\ ¢!) | « - s with any kind of a ries will close to-mor- clock, when the draw- | election of officers of the | ennis Club will be heid to- day. Th committee, com- | posed of Lovegrove and | Grant the following | tick W. B, Collie Frank Mitch- d Grant Smith. The Noble and Lovegrove. »m the club a short as expressed his un- | rgain be president It is 1 the ticket will go through with- opposition. The polls willybe open ntil 5:30 p. m. A meeting | by the new board this after- | ection of offic | ap doubles tournament com- | menced on the park courts last Sunday wiil be compl to-morrow. The handi- caps last Sun were not as good as | usual, but the six teams left in the run- | ning are| weil handicapped and the matches should all be ele The two ; scratch teams entered are oue in | the upper half and one in ower. In the upper half Harry Routh and Charles | Dunlap (scratch) are in the semi-finals | and will g r of the mateh be- | and R. N. As Janes and Grif Brady 1-6, they she | difficulty winning. Many the finals against O The latter have to play in their half both. They piay Teller and Otis (5-6) first. If they win they will meet Mann and Finnegan (+-6) in the semi-finals. The latter caused quite a surprise last Sunday by their good work and a repe- tition to-morrow will make them danger- ous opponents. The finals will be played and the onlookers will undoubt- ated to an interesting match. —————————— Fire Chiefs Close Their Session. OLYMPIA. Wash., Sept. 2.—Vancouver, B. C., was to-day selected as the meeting place for the next annual convention of the Pacific Coast Fire Chiefs’ Association, which closed a successful session in this city to-night. Chief James Smart of Cal- gary, N. W. T., was elected president of the association for the ensuing year. have much pick this team the Baker two matches but should win them w in