The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1904, Page 10

SATURDAY, “BRU ARY " 13, 1904 POLOISTS ANTICIPATE EXCITING PLAY IN FORTHCOMING TOURNAMENT * COLLEGE ROWING |TENNIS TOURNEY [BURLINGAME MEN PLACED AT LAST | CUP WINNERS IN | TO DEPART S00: N GOOD PLANE| ~ POSTPONED GAME FOR NONTEREY| Date Is Set for the ] Cleverest Women Players Aref Racing and Polo Ponies Are » the Uni-| o Compete for the Jack-! Trained for Severe ('0m-| versity Men on Pacifie Coast man Trophy on Park ('Olll’(s: petition on Track and l-'ield’, Competition Amoi e s U e | | SESSIONS BASIN CHOSEN | yANDICAPS INCREASED | MANY ARTISTIC crpsl e | ke = i) | BN SCPLE i Stanford, Washington and Cali-| pooyer Players Are Given an|Charles Raoul-Duval - Offers fornia Are-to Be Represented Opportunity to Have Their! a Valuable Challenge Trophy | by Various Barge Crews| Names Engraved on Prize| for a Team Match of Polo| — IPpAREAS I T —— Fe be settled | ¢ weather conditions permit, two| While the storm has interfered with legiate boatl| o, nic tournaments will be played on | the immediate plans of the polo play- | | | CoaSt.| yne courts this week. Both will be | ers, it has dampened neither their ar-| | | | e g on the partofthe|, 14 4t Golden Gate Park. The!dor nor their interest in the big tour- g men of the University of Cali-{ ' 0, vg handicap gles for the|nament which opens next Thursday | for boating has been| y. .y an cup, postponed from last|at Del Monte. d Unive nd 0 gaturday, will be played to-day. The| The games scheduled for yesterday| o— interesting, the | men of the first and fourth clases of |, A s 3 o ton has promised | ¢ne ru:w‘lden Gate Club will meet to- 4 ::di_s;:‘fa;ma;redB:;mf::': x:;’:mf;i ;?;:;g?y and for polo on Friday and | ™ Much interest 1s centered in to-day’s falls and the condition of the fleld per- |- Charles Raoul-Duval has offered a | event, owing to the fact that all three | Wits, a game will be played to-morrow | valuable challenge trophy of artistic de- of the cup winners are entered and |at Burlingame, the best eight players | sign for competition by’the polo teams. e lively games are expected. These | taking part. Dr. W. F. Egan, the|lt is-to be competed for annually at three players—Miss Edwards, ’A}ms veterinarian of the' association, \‘-en":fi;?el:enf\onle(;l‘.m;e:' toe\;rnalr:lelnt and otchkiss and Miss Ethel Ratcliffe— | s £ - | mus con' three times. s open Z}vi.xy\fl)rall\\):n 'ndefln “15* back of scratch, | ° Durinsame on'Thursday to”mess- | ;\any team' offour ‘playersicbut: at but il from “15 3-6" behind it | UT® lh€" ponies. Thr)}se he passed 8s|jeast two of the original team must be No player receiving a handi- being within the required standard are: | on the same team ' each succeeding s her name on the cup and for | F. J. Carolan’s Fusillade, W. - S. Ho- | year. reason the handicaps have been | bart's Silver Dick and Winnabelle, | In addition to this there are four- reased. If the cup again goes to | Lawrence McCreery's Mamie and Ru-|teen other cups offered in ‘addition to son to-day one of the scratch players she will | dolph Spreckels’ Fretful, Joyful, Becky, | the cash prizes. undoubtedly have earned it. Miss Bes- | Peg Home, Althomer, = Lotrix,- Caca-| A meeting of the directors of the polo sie Valleau and Miss Maud Varney, | hante, Pat and Don. The remainder of 'association will be held on ‘Monday, r et . eve: game, certainly | the ponies will be measured “at Del | when the stewards and other.offi¢ials o look an excellent chance of | , 3 2 s > € the best| Wegener and Miss Wat- e also on this mark, and, they are somewhat out of prac- have a good chance. All other| jes will receive *30.” | Rival between the Misses Hotch- | kiss, Ratcliffe and Edwards is keen s Portland the race for the trophy is an in- | g the V e one. Miss Ratcliffe leads | wed | with two victories, each of the others = or Mi; fdwards did not i £ 1€ t rnament, which s this ra liffe won after a hard match |4 ss Hotchkiss in the finals. All ly mat h the | 1 favor of Mis: Il‘)l(h-‘ Gate Club will finish! tournament on Wash- | > RAIN PREVENTS TRAINING. Players and Athlete Stanford The first and four Are Kept Off the Field. be played to-morrow a } > Fe and thiyd « es on the 2 he finals of the classes will be cup has been com- | | - D. MacGavin | MacGavin should win | is playing a better game | ny of the others in his class. | g 1as the best chance of beat- Francisco champion. | . v beaten by the Cali- | fornia Club man the last time they b Next to Allen, George Baker is g considered the mos likely candidate or « s honors. Although Baker is - not so player as Allen, he s usually MacGavin closer than | Allen does, ( iffin, Charles | Dunlap and Carl are all play- ing w but can hardly hope to win | W Cin i It would be well to hgve a shake-up. | ral of the men who have always ed in the first clasg at the park | d not win the ond cla The | ywing men should compri the first class: MacGavin, Allen, G. Baker, | ! n, Dunlap, Gardner Baker, | 3, Whitney and Russell. | 3 > | of the best men in the second cl i This the c st | just about as clever as the poor. s , '04, who the first class. g 1 the varsity be- In the second class the best s nd ght, | ers are George Janes, Horace Mann, | s play e Hotchkiss brothers and C. Fol f promising | A, Brabant, who won the third s | | < who played | jn the last tournament, will play in | s the second class in future. Brabant| | g won the third by a narrow margin, | | | | but has improved since then and has a | good chance of winning the second.| | Palmer, his partner in doubles, will| | probably go in the third. ‘ i With Brabant out of the third class the honors should go to either Herbert | Long, Robert Drolla or Harold Ga- | briel. Long is undoubtedly the best, | e nine | but is a poor tournament player. In | E | practice he would be among the best'| | the S « team the |in the second class, but falls down | | series with the | miserably in a tournament. | . ford won the first of th2| mpe fourth class honors have been | series w was plaved at Santa Clara | carrieg off by M. Long, C. S. Skages, | | Guerin and Hall. It is expected one | gres | of these four will prove the winner in | SOOTTISH BOWLERS PLAN the coming tourney. THEIR TOURNAMENT GAMES | There will be no tournament on the | - | California Club courts on the 22d. The | Expert to Start Two Affairs on the | committee will probably decide to hold | Park Green on Washington's |a handicap doubles on the 21st and Birthday. 22d. The cup holders are Schmidt | it for the lass two |and Rolfe. 1 . : ttish bowlers will formally | The return match between Clarence e season on Washington's birth- | Grifiin of the Golden Gate Club and ew green, which has nct | Herbert Schmidt of the California ng this time, has re- | Club will be held on the 28th at the| | of attention nd park. jon. Whe# the | There is some talk of a return match . grass was found | Petween teams of the two clubs, but| | 1 the sod was much dug | "othing definite has been arranged. h was put down and grass | The California Club men will not play | | he green is better than on the park courts. The club courts | | e are much better than those at the| | No tournament maiches have been | P& are the accommodations, and two months and | if the match is ever played it will be | er 1ot the fray the Scott and Bush street courts. t the players have not 2 o t 1 in the meantime and will find | - t it of practice on the 22d. 'made an excellent showing in the last re faithful have bowled | tournament and are figured to have a | | ms on the old green | good chance to win. irate as ever. Ninety-four players—the full club the last event was | membership—were drawn in the sin- —— % -+ ¥ X i expected to be even | gles. With this large entry list it will | | 1 y coming event. The |take a long time to run off the event. | | presence of Y. ( wson, winner of | It is expected that less than half this, | ' rnament will greatly | number will enter the doubles. The | | et erest in this event. M. |event is open to all club members, but | | L. Crowe n the first club cham- | many of the poorer players will not | | pior s back in his old form and |be in the list. Partners as well as; | ! 1 excellent chance to win, { opponents will be drawn by lot. Both | = — ——le C. Moffatt, the present champlon, | tournaments will probably be started | | ¢ " { 4 as well as ever and the|on the 22d. | REMARKABLY INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPH'OF THOMAS A. DRISCOLL, A CRACK POLO PLAYER OF crac have a hard time wresting | There will be a meeting of the San | BURLINGAME - COUNTRY CLUB, IN ACTIQN, CAUGHT DURING THE. PROGRESS OF A RECENT < S Senms hins | Francisco Scottish Bowling Club next MATCH GAME'ON THE CLUB FIELD. PHOTO BY E. A. ROGERS. Th ght and John Mec- Thursday night at Scottish Hall, Lar- ; 8 aren were thought to outclass the | Kin street. At this meeting the draw- | ¥ % o ther plavers but both were en in the fourth | the last tournament, | ing for the doubles tournament will | Monte.. They will:be taken down there | will be appointed for the ' Manterey | will be in attendance during the meet- ! be held. Ancther object of the meet- | in the palace stock cars, which will' be meeting. = Sec¢retary -Robert ' Leighton !ing and will provide enlivening music e These twe players will do their | ing is to fix the time limit of the dif- | attached'to the passenger trains. hds all the details of the affair well in ;thruughnut the affair. utmost to redeem themselves in the | ferent rounds of the singles tourna-| The programme of the Del Monte | hand. 31 TR T S PSRN next tournament. The Gray brothers | ment. meeting calls-for racing-on Tuesday and' “The band of the-Fifteenth’Infantry '~ Lack of money is ane root of evil, FOOTBALL CAMES |GOLFERS RESUNE FOR CHALLENGE | COMPETITION ON (UP SCHEDULE| ~ PRESIDIO'S LINKS Pirates Meet Oakland Hornets Handicap Over P:.l_llflttt‘lf Hui'»-i in Friendly Competition on| Is Set Down for This Aft- ear Cotton Mills ernoon on the New Schedule THISTLES V PICKWICKS| BOGIE CONTEST ARRA! Ground ——— \GED i g . Three Postponed Matehes for Qualifying Round for a Mateh (fliffl»rnia League Champion- Play Event to Be ll'jlnl on ship to Be Played Sunday| the Birthday of Washington o oes —— Weather permitting, there will be a ssociation footballers will be busy r . e handicap over eighteen holes, medal 1 to-day and to-morrow if the \\v‘nrhe.—f | permits. This afternoon, beginning at this aftermoon on the course of 3:45 o'clock, the Oakland Hornets w San Francisco Golf Club - play a friendly game against the Pi- prizes, ome for the best gross sc rates, A. W. Wilding being the referee. and’ the" dtiier: for the Tewest Banicap score, e offered. This is the fi levent set down on the schedule re- " | cently prepared by the newly appointed tournament committee of the San Francisco Golf Club, On next ay afternoon there will i be a handicap over eighteen holes” against “bogey,” the players making the lowest two net scores receiving prizes. On Washington's birthday the quali- ying rou over eighteen holes, medal | play. with handicap, for a match play contest will be held, the lowest sixteen scores to qualify. Each matches must be completed within f days, and the handicaps t oughout the competitio On Saturday, March 5. han« foursomes, m al play, eighteen holes, 1 cond prizes being off s will be drawn On Saturday, March 19, cor ons will be in drivir ap- | proach-putting, prizes being offered for “‘a\ h nt. | on urday, March 26, the ing round over eighteen holes, | play, of a competition for the ¢ s | est eight scores to q he match enience of the competitor 1 scheduled place is is the hat will tak the length of the is being much ———% | land just now | Morrison.. | two views with regard to the matt Youns..... one being that of the average pla Chambers. . | iverage play | McKay s a handicap of six to twelve Holland » and the othe m the Three games are scheduled for to-| _ morrow, one on the ground at Web- | ster street, Alameda, and two on the | ground at Idora Park, Oakland. At/ 11 o’clock in the morning the eleve of the hospital corps of Alameda wi play a friendly match against the sec- ond team of the Vampires. At Idor: Park, beginning at 1 p. m., the match | between the Thistle and Pickwick teams, postponed from last Sunday will be played, Norman Logan of-| ficiating as referee. Beginning at 3 | p. m. the match between the Oakland Hornets and Vampires, postponed | from last Sunday, will be played, C. W. Irish being the referee. On Sunday, the 21st inst., the match vill get an ec if he has a fai hole which s may not suit the d the q erests of the s or of th The co al that the holes should be » suit the performances of high- | class piayers and that the unskillful s must do the best they can with difficulties, hoping ultimately to reach first-class form. What, then, is the right length of a goif hole for a first-class play The pleasure of playing a hole is derived from the possibility of getting one, two t inst., ¢ or three long shots, from negotiating or between the Albion Rovers ,\n<l' .l?de_- evading hazards, deciding fn the :nrt pendents, postponed from Januaty 17. [ o0 opprogeh. 10 make, - choosing . the will be played on the Presidio ath-| g ciuh and regulating.the strength letic ground, the ball being Kicked off | TS €U0 And resy h at 1 p. m., Hugh Williamson being the | A T S S A P he same | JidSment. A strong wind, especially referece. At 3 p. m. on t a head one, seriously alters the charac- FTOunG: this anateh. asiginslly: Set fox [iror 3 Note, It 5 1 40 Se uncmtein the 14th inst. between the Vampire | ., 4 . i hie element in the question, and Thistle teams will begin, C. W. |y 10y pe gisregarded. Whatever the Irish being the referee. - Bt * 5 : length of a hole may be. it is thought On Washington’s birthday on the | . cught 2ot te be Besslite S soarh EPresid(o athletic .ghrorl’md: beginning at | 1, ‘one tull shot, or in fwo, wiless the |8 p. m., the matc etween the 1S° | stroke or strokes be of quite surprising | { I3 ® Hes and O e D e % | and remarkable force. It should not from January 17, will be played, A.|p, ;oenthie for the first-ciass goifer to W. Wilding being the referee. ot o e N S %o The matches for the California As- | ["iC L ™ TI00 O DA€ ETERE stroke, | sociation Football Challenge cup, for | St % o, Judg- | which each of the seven glubs in the league has entered a team, have been | pacrFIC CRICKETERS arranged. One match has already g s - been played in the opening round, the | WILL MEET AT BANQUEP Thistles beating the Pickwicks. On vill Di . Sunday, the 28th inst., on the Pre- Members Will Discuss the Forthcome sidio, athletic ground, beginning at 3 iig Season and the Outlook for p. m., the Oakland Hornets will play | = the Pastime. the Occidental eleven. On Sunda The annual dinner of the Pacific March 6, on the Presidio athletie | Cricket Club will be held at a down- | groun(:, begint_\lllfls at 3 (r;‘- m\»; the In- | {own restaurant on Friday evening, the demts_will me e Vampires. | - A :}‘er:‘e‘:\!;‘on Pt e r“_fl“‘fi the | 19th inst, Captain John Metcalfe, the | bye, enter the semi-final round with- | President of the club, occupying the | out playing a match. chair. The annual meeting of members | The semi-final round for the chal-|of the club will take place on Wednes- | lenge cup will be begun at Idora Park, | day evening, the 24th inst., for the elec- | Oakland, on March 13, the Albion | tion of officers to serve during the com- | Rovers meeting the Thistles. Oh March | ing year. 20 the winners of the Occidental-Hornet | G. Harold Ward, captain of the Ala- tie will meet the winners of the Vam- | meda Cricket Club, has received the pire-Independent match, the ball being | Rendle merit medal won by him last ke o At e - 01 .the Presidio | sea50n for a century made against the On March 27 the final tie for the | Pacific team. The medal, which was challenge cup will be played. | presented by Arthur E. Rendle, presi- The match between the Vampire and | dent of the Metropolitan District Crick- "1'1h|tst_le ‘ele\';?:s. 1;1:- b;lDlflj\‘_Pd A”r;ll ilh et League, and engraved at the cost of 21st inst. o 2 residio Athletic faligawns . 2 Grounds, will be for the benefit of the ;hp b i o i“.rk”v f\fism s California Assoclation Football League, | P¢arS on the reverse the words. “Rendle Tickets for this match between the two | Merit medal, presented to Harold leading teams are already on sale. ! Ward, season 193" On the smooth, The standing of the teams for tha|broad edge are engraved the words, championship of the ('{illrom[a ."\“ “Alameda C. C. vs. Pacific C. C., July ;lfiabt]fleon Football League is shown in the | 15 ¢ Alameda. Century. CALIFORNIA AssociaTioN Foorsary | F1arold B. Richardson, captain of the At San Francisco Cricket Club, which won Dosrizss . the championship of the California Cri et Association last season, has | been visiting England, but has now re- turned to the United States. While in England the captaincy of the Surrey County eleven for the coming season was offered to him, but he was unable to accept the honorable post, as his CLUBS. - al business requires his presence here. A 2 28} . Alblon Rovers. 5 12 - A > o Occidentals 66|12 5 Oakland Hornets |8 9 ! 16 Referees’ Union,» whe has lately been Pickwicks 16 | 12 a1} sick with typhoid fever. has returned 3. 'D. Robertson of the Vampire Club| sare sog e A joronte. e . D. . Vam Club | bara and Los Angele and the California Assoclation Football | health, ~ R, S b4