The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1904, Page 10

10 FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY. JANUA \RY 16, 1904. . OLYMPIC SAUSALITO TARS PICK NOMINATING v COVMITTEE MY Much Enthusiasm Is'Displayed at Meeting of San Francisco Yachtsmen in This City DB, HUNDRED VOTES Uiiaoime: S0 T'he Club May Aecquire Land on A CA Which to Build “Ways" for Hauling Out Pleasure Craft ng of the members of » Yacht Club, held on g in this city ne: present, tho f these went.away luded g was to elect of 1 n three es suggested by one party - An- those of Dr. and F. H Logar Billings, Dr. W. L. empt to cast e numbers of x umber of mem- - 1l was called. £ f dis on it was I again, each ¥ ballot his s s Logar - Hill 49 H. An ngs retired Y »gan, Dr. Andrews were S. White and ved 46 votes embers that, is de- and on d would not the club rs of d might fill off the ways” wa- ways" ters « the ussed more f SAM BERGER HARD TRAINS FOR COMING BOUT Clever Amateur Heavyweight to Meet G Sullivan in Mechanics’ vilion Tuesday Night. x . eeday night the best Club g * bouts and much Olym Club w ge num to see 8 ! George Sullivan. . Stew the road each mc s in the afterno e wall mattry nsented to ref- s are strict- Serger wins he will Louis exposition to con- ar championship of —————— HEAVY TRAFFIC OVER SOUTHERN PACLEUC THE LINES Figures for Through Tickets for 1903 Show a Marked Increase Over Previous Year. ed by the South- department there were ns who came ),000 pers from Eastern points by Ogden and El Paso. 000 traveled on 3 1 the balance on one & The total number westhot tr rs was 20 per cent more thar previous year Altho e v has not yet camy ts fig on the amount of > over its lines during 1903 it to have be heavier than —_——— Donovan Pleads Guilty., Jeremiah Donovan came up for before Judge Lawlor yesterday harge of uit to murder, but allowed to plead guiity to an as- and was n a deadly weapon to serve two vears in the 1 Donovan w an inmate of the Almshouse and on October 16 stabbed John O'Brien, a night watchman. He was an inveterate sker and quarrelsome when in his Accused of Embezziement. Louis Kragen of Kragen's Furni- ture Company, 1017 Market street, se- ATHLETIC CLUB HANDBALL PLAYERS SHOW MARKED ACTIVITY The | v those of | J | | | t gu: | templates | 1 | I 1 | | cured a warrant from Police Judge | Cabaniss yesterday for the arrest of slement. Shapfer was a collector e company and it is alleged that he collected $53 pany to do its worst. Shapfer on a charge of felony cm- | yesterday and re- | street by Policeman Tillman while | fused to turn it over, defying the com- | they were trying to sell. some of the i Thos HANDBALL COURTS ATIRACT PLAYERS e of the Olympie Club Are Use at All Hours and Healthful }th-rci.w; —e— - Handball has taken great strides in | Athletic | always in Provide at past year The the Olympic Club. rts are s, while spectators | The soft ball seems the to have more devote uses his hands in his profe ness can p n or busi- the game without danger of inj At the present nent the club is in progress ng those useful members. time s tour- championship of the Tom Magee and F Bayne are the best pair in the tourna- ment. They have met and defeated Pockwitz and Poheim, Crable and Bo- gen, Powers and Eritz and other clever players. Magee Is in the East, and on his return he and Bayne will play Russ d Bowman a dou na for be s one of the best single ayers in the club. Young also playsgy well. Monroe i ed his arm p ring the as set him ba Max ays a strong game. “Tiv Klondike champion, is fast plays a hard game. Harry Bogen a little overweight and is not playing his game. Otis Crable uses h clenched first in striking 1 1 he Is it able to ball th He contr cleverly is send th up terrific force. Jud, Fritz k L voirdupois down by playing handball, nd he plays a brilliant game. Dr. N. Short, Dr. Morton, Dr. Gibbo: Dr Rumwell, Dr. Converse and other well-known mem- | bers of the medical prof v the soft-ball game with great George James and Jack G ‘ yved the game, but will have to stick to the hard ball as the ceiling is too low in the little courts. Charlie | Knight keeps in shape Bird 1 as does George playing the game. Garnet Fer- n and Bobby Bowman have de- rted the hard ball game. Guy Ran- some and Leo Starr alternate between the courts on the roof and the hard bail | court. On Sundays with spectatc big court is crowded | who watch the crack players of the club in single and double handed games. Al,Hampon no longer plays in championship form. .He ined the muscles in his right should- | and he cannot hit the ball as he | would like to. *Helney” Corey is the | coming player of the club, Corey has | an awkward toss, but drives the ball with great speed. Every Sunday after- | noon Jack Bonnet, Louis Levy, George | Cunningham afid Corey play exhibition games. These are watched with great interest by the members. J. C. Nealon, the veteran handball | player, has been forced to give up the game until he recovers the use of an injured finger. Jack Bonnet is getting back to his old-time form and controls the ball with great skill. George James is also coming to the front again. He | s a strong and aggressive player and | never qu Hughey Jones and Tom Curley play together in the evening and enjoy some fast games. Leader Jack son plays occasionally, and plays For a heavy man he gets around court in speedy fashion. He con- holding a doubles tourna- ment for hard ball players in the near future. William Greer son,. Kenneth Melrose and Louis Rosenfeld are great “fans” and watch the hard ball players with much interest. Charles Suliivan, Jim McEiroy and Bill Kennedy are back into the game and are gradually rounding into form. —_———— Suspected of Burglary. William Grant and Louis Falls are | in “the tanks” at the City Prison and | probably will be charged with burg- lary. About a week ago Policeman Arey arrested Caznaga Carlos in Campbell's toolhouse, Townsend and ! Jordan streets, but two men that were seen running out of the toolhouse es- caped in. a boat. Grant and Falls were arrested in a junk store on Third the tools stolen from the toolhouse. as the man who | | HENR Y CoOREY REAC WING —OW onNE ToR A + - R ATHLi?.TIC OLYMPIANS WHO HAVE GAINED HONORS IN THE HANDBALL COURT TENNIS EXPERTS ARE CILALLENGED Park Players. Want to Test the Mettle of the Men From the Califorria Club in Doubles AN The handicap doubles tennis tourna- ment which was commenced two weeks ago will be finished to-morrow at Gold- en Gate Par The event should have been finished last Sunday, but the rain prevented. The Golden Gate Tennis Club has issued a challenge to the California Tennis Club for a meeting to be held on the latter’s- coyrts to-morrow. On account of the handicap doubles the date of the challenge has been changed to one week later. The idea is to have each club pick nine doubles teams and have No, 1 meet No, 1 team and No. 2 meet No, 2 team, and so on. The challenge has been accepted by the California Club and the matches will be plaved at Scott and Bush streets on the 24th inst. The idea is a good one and worthy of encouragement, but it is doubtful if the park players can send nine teams that will members extend themselves. Most of the best players of the park club are . in reality California Club members and | | would represent the latter in a meeting bétween the two. Such men as Mac- javin:and Allen would play for the California Club. The vark club has many more play- ers than the California Club, but there is a decided lack of class. The only | way to even up matters would be to have the No. 1 team of. the California Club play the No. 9 team of the Golden Gate Club and No. 2 play No. 8, and 80 on. In this way some of the matches would go to the park players, although the rest would be too one-sided to be interesting. The California Club teams would be picked from the following: J. D. MacGavin, Will Allen, W. B. Col- lier, F. S. Mitchell, Will Taylor, J. S. Tobin, Herbert Schmidt, Harry Roife, Sidney Salisbury, Dr. McChesney, Dr. Hill, C. J. Smith, Frank Stringham, Ray Cornell, Herbert Long, Melville Long, A. E. Beyfuss and Ray Splivalo. The park would have to rely on such men as the Baker brothers, Gardner and Dunlap, Foley ana Griffin, James and Russell, the Hotchkiss brothers, Brabant and Palmer. Code and Am- brose, Mann and French, Finnegan.and Bates, The first four or five matches ‘would be won by the California Club. The remainder would probably be close, but not more than one or two should go to the park. An event of more importance and one that will prove interesting is the mixed doubles which will start in the Cali- fornia Cilub courts nex: Saturday aft- ernoon. All of the best:players, both be able to make.the club| | | SCOTTISH BOWLERS WITHOUT A GREEN Tournament Matches Are Post- poned Until Nature R(-pairs‘ the Club Rinks in the Park Lo ol The members of the San Francisco Scottish Bowling Club are at present wondering when the two large tourna- ments on their hands will be completed. The drawing and preliminary arrange- ments for both were made several weeks ago, but the club is without a green upon which to play the matches. The new green has been used so con- stantly of late that the grass was found to be dying, and it was thought best to close it for several weeks. New grass has started and with a little care the green will shortly be as good as ever. In the meantime the tourna- ments have been postponed. The more enthusiastic players jour- ney to Recreation Park on Saturday afternoons and in this way keep in form. The green is not good, but does well for practice purposes. Many play- ers will enjoy their favorite pastime on the o!d green this afternocn. ‘ + o women and men, have entered, and with proper handicapping there should be some great matches. The Ratcliffes and Miss Hotchkiss, who played such a fine exhibition at the park last week, will be in the event with the strongest men entered. Miss Ethel Ratcliffe and J. D. MacGavin and Miss Hotchkiss and Will Allen will probably be the scratch teams. Those who are expected to enter are.: Miss E. Ratcliffe and J. D. MacGavin, Miss Hotchkiss and Will Allen, Miss Mary Ratcliffe and Frank Stringham, Miss Alicia Mills and Harry Rolfe, Miss Bessie Valleau and Herbert Schmidt, Miss Fthel Smith ane Chester Smith, Miss Devereaux and N. Blaisdell, Miss Ellen Page and Ray Cornell; Dr. and Mrs. Lovegrove, Miss and Will Collier, Miss Anita Beyfuss and A. Beyfuss. ‘'The event is open to women, but only California Club men are eligible. The tournament will be played on Sa.urday afternoons and it will probably take two or three days to finish it. The teams that will meet at the park to-morrow are Brabant and Palmer, Finch and Mann, Code and Ambrose, Hotchkiss brothers, Mann and Finne- gan and Gabriel and Drolla. All six teams are rated within 3-6 of each other and the handicaps will be small. None of the remaining teams has won the cups and two new names will be en;:raved upon them. — e . There is much anxiety among grain men at the condition of wheat in Kan- sas. It has been found that the Hes- sian fly existsyhere to an alarming ex- tent. Alice Hoffman ! NOTED AMATELR AT THE PRESIDIO 4 - British Golfer of Distinetion Playing on the Reservation Is Beaten by Local Expert Bl e T Early during the week a distinguished British amateur golfer, W. Bruce Goff, | who has been in the semi-final round | for the amateur championship, was in San Francisco on a visit. He visited the Presidio golf course, where J. W. Byrne beat him in an eighteen-hole match. He has left San Francisco for South Ameriga, but -on his return tu; London will write some articles on golf in California for a British publication. J. W. Byrne left San Francisco on | Tuesduy for New. York and will be ab- | sent for several weeks. | A British amateur named F. W. Robb | has recently made a wonderful score on Kilmalcolm | links, about sixteen miles from Glasgow, coverifig eighteen holes in 64, and making the last nine hcles in 27—an average of 3s. F. Mac- kenzie has coveréd the St. Andrew's | courge in 74 and D, Bone made 73 on | the course of the Glasgow Club. Both the Britith golf championship tournaments of this year will be played | on the links dof the Royal St. George's | Club' at 'S8andwich. < The amateur In- ternational magch and the contest for the St. George’'s grand challenge cham- pion cup, geherally known as the St. George’s vase, will be played on the same course. The dates for'these events will have to" be selected carefully to| suit the convenience of the golfers| taking part in them. Special interest s always felt in the contest for the St. George's vase when the amateur cham- pionghip meet is held at Sandwich, as many of the amateurs compete also for | that. prize. Miss Glover, the Scotch golf cham- pion, two or three months ago won a driving contest in England with a drive of 149 yards 2 feet. This is not to be compared with a drive made at the | ladies’ championship meeting at Wesi- ward Ho! in 1900. On that occasion Miss Whigham drove a ball 220 yards from a tee. : Here is an interesting golf problem. A player’'s ball comes to rest on sand with which the greenkeeper has filled up a hole in the turf. Is this “ground under repair,” and may a ball be lifted and dropped without penalty? The rules of the golf-committee in Great Britain decided that the ball must be played where it lay. The ground was ! not ‘“‘under repalr,” the turf not being rolled up and no alterations being in progress. A defect in the course had been supplied and the player’'s ball was in 2 much better position than it woud have been if the bal] had lodged in the| hole made by the divot. On a weil- kept green there may be scores of such marks filled 'up with sand and it seems OARSMEN SELECT NEW PRESIDENT Alameda Boating Clup Chooses Directors to. Serve During Coming Term of Six Months RS TS At the last meeting of the Alameda Boating Club there was a keen con- test among the candidates for election as officers to serve during the coming half year. filled the office of president for more than a dozen terms, having announced his intention not to be a candidate for re-election, W. B. Hinchman, who had fulfilled the duties of secretary ever since the foundation of the club, was selected by the rowing men of the or- ganization as their candidate for presi- dent, but was defeated. The following ‘were elected: A. Kihm, president; F. 8. Cone, vice president; F. E. Brown- ing, secretary: A. G. Bell, treasurer; Z. T. Thorning, captain; B. G. Lyons, lleutenant captain; John Hammond, John Trainor and W. L. Frier, mem- bers of the executive board; Roy Pratt, sergeant at arms. Arrangements are being made for an entertainment to take place at the clubhouse. ‘Work is progressing satisfactorily on the new quarters of the Ariel Rowing Club, the outer part of the structure being finished sufficiently to house the boats. The interior arrangements, such as lockers and decoration, will be com- pleted at an early date. The foundation piles and stringers for the new cuarters of the South End Rowing Club are in position and plans for a commodious clubhouse are under consideration, The handball court owned by the club was sold some time ago and the old clubhouse, which there was some talk of removing to a new | site, w1ll probably be sold for the lums ber in it. e Spanish War Veterans. The following named have been in- stalled as the officers of General Nel- son A. Miles Camp No. 244 of the Spanish War Veterans for the current term: George C. King, captain; E. F. Schulz, first lieutenant; A. B. Christen- sen, second lieutenant; J. T. Costello, chaplain; Joseph Bowden, adjutant; Bernard G. Dingler, quartermaster:\H. G. Leffermann. sergeant of the guard; August Schnepf, corporal of the guard; Joseph Donohoe, sentinel. — - - s unreasonable that a player should have the privilege of lifting and dropping his ball whenever it comes to rest on any one of these spots. There is an inclination to stretch the rules about dropping a ball and even to supplement the general laws of the game by local rules to the same end.' This tenduacy should be discouraged. Charles H. Smith, who had | 'LEASHMEN FAVOR - A REVISION OF ' COURSING RULES the World Lines Which Were in Vogue a Century Ago on OFFENDER IS REIN Governing Committee Believes TATED Charles Matteson Has Now Been Sufficiently Punished | | The question of a revision of the rules governing the scoring of points in coursing 1s being discussed by followers of the sport of the leash. The rules in vogue to-day are those drafted a cen- tury ago, and they are said to be out of date in the present condition of the sport. Few people have mastered them, but spectators are quick to follow the lead of any one questioning a judge's deci- | sion. T. J. McHugh, who has been iden- tified with coursing for many years as an official at Ingleside Park, offers the following timely suggestion: I bave seen all the judges of coursing In California for the last quarter of a century and I have noted that whether a greyhound speed and o - another six or eight e hare believe he should be credited with one point for each I The speed shall be estimated as ome, rule says " o fwo or theee points according to the degree of superiority shown.” This is the rule apart from the clause rel to for the vogue for the last be brou up to a number of com- onfer with the Thev could yhounds. in need work ted a hard-working dles. Charles Matteson, who was ruled off | by the California Coursing Committee a | year and a half ago, has been rein- stated. He was implicated in the Hes- | per-Whisper case, and the committee thought he had been sufficiently pun- | ished. | The Belle Brandon cup, for grey- | hounds whe! ' | February for greyhou | at the same t | Palo Alto Pocat champions, will make a sevent | ance in | morrow at Union C have been given some tion in view of the strength hares which are being coursing will commence rival of the 10:15 o'clock train will also be a train at 1 o'clock. likely winners look to be: ord Hurs! pe Bonnie Pasha, C gade Apache, Emin F Jack Short F Tralee, Com Apple Blossom ber. Orsina, Co Woodland _ Belle Gambit, Palo Thelma, Texa Va N Mount R Ninety-six evenly matched grey- hounds will compete at Ingleside Park to-day and to-morrow. The first brace will go into the hands of Slipper Shors- tag this miorning at 11:30 o'clock. The likely winners look to be The Reteree, Frisky Barb ., Master | Clair, Doc Burn: oudburst, Young Johnny Rex, Crawford Golden Rule, Wedge- wood, Medley ‘roublesome, Ploughma: Real Duchess, Royal Friend, Boy, ‘Maid of Bonnie King. Pacing Billy Roy Hushie, oung Fearless, Clover Blossom, Glaucus, Homer Red Rock, Laughing Water, Topsy Haddingten, Cloverdale. Maid of the Tone Hill, Boots, Little Mercy, Viking. Our Minnie, Prometheus, Texas Betty, Flower of Kerry, Monbells, Fan- Mercy, Turvy, Glen, Una, Jessie Dear, nie Hughie, Celtic, Toronto, N hern Alarm, 0Odd Gold Lily, Ragged Actor, Menlo Prine | SAYS “STOCK EXCHANGE” WAS A GAMBLING PLACE Supreme Court Declines to Interfere | in the Case of W. D. Valentine | and Assistants. | W. D. Valentine and those who as- | sisted him in the conduct of a “stock exchange” on Ellis street a few years ago must either pay the fines imposed by Judge Cabaniss or satisfy the judg- ment by spending several weeks in jail according to a decision rendered by the Supreme Court yesterday. The defendants were running = gambling game, which they chose te call a brokerage business. They were raided by a squad in the time of Chief of Poli Sullivan and Valentine and three assistants were arrested. They were convicted and sentenced by Judge Cabaniss to pay a fine of $100 each for conducting a gambling game. An appeal was taken to the Superior Court and Judge Lawlor sus- tained the inferior tribunal. The case was then taken to the Supreme Court, which refused to,reverse the judg- | ment. Attorney Joseph Coffey has handled the case for the prosecution. The de- fendants have made a bitter fight of it, but théy must at Jast suffer punishe ment. —_—— SCORES OF ILLEGAL VOTES IN DENVER Proof Is Unearthed That Registration Lists Were Extensively Padded. DENVER, Jan. 15.—Praof of the padding of the registration lists of Denver County previous to the late charter convention election was n- earthed tc-day at a joint meeting of the Supervisors and Aldermen. [t was discovered that sheets containing 4014 fraudulent names had been inserted in the lists of 1586 voters whose ex- cuses for their failure to vote at the November election had been accepted by the Couancil. A committee was ap- | pointed to probe the matter to the bottom. —_——— Sues Sheriff for Damages. Sheriff Peter = Curtis was sued for $10,000 damages by the Indspendent Fruit Company yesterday. The plain- tiff claims that he levied an attach- ment upon iis place of busines at 207 Washington street yesterday moening and then refused to release the at- tachment upon deémand. The Inde- pendent Fruit Company was incor- porated Wednesday last.