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THE SAN FR ANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY '15, 1904. 13 SPORTS OF THE TRACK, THE RANGE AND THE POLO FIELD DERBY HORSES WORKING W LlL PR Good Field Will Go to lht‘ Post on Washington's Birth- day for This Turf Classic PROMINENT ELIGIBLES | e { Beareatcher, Rockaway, F. E.‘! Shaw, Formaster and Others | Expected to Face the Barrier | i mme has been ar- at Ingle 1 two handi- | of $1000 h for i upwar One, th, A &C d. will be run 1 another at a mile They should serve to many of the horses the Burns and Palace tarted el handic it event to be de- at a mile ar-olds. It gton’s birthday | is assured. The > a value of more than z the prominent eligibles Rockaway, Toledo, r, Judge, Mendon, . Rowell, Sacredas, «\.x ger, Anan! E. I d T. J. Cox To date the|y | 159 149 | 135 | y course; 4~)ur-om- and | 108 on) Nichols).. & Waterhouse). & Co).. house) . .u.u 109 118 3 116 | ‘108 = .100 -104 | First race—Jean Gravier, Young Morello. Second race—Marie J, Eduardo, Bdith Vice. Third race — Lausdowne, Flyer. Fourth race—Muresca, Illilonon, Flan- eur. Thaddeus, l‘ Whiskers, | Pifth race — Past Master, Doreen, Virgie 4'Or. Sixth race—Constellator, First Chip, Pierce J. . —_——————————— Jonah and the Whale. the case of the story of Jonah but intimate acquaintance questions have been authenticity of the of the first houseboat, | t possible to construct | | | in d his brie! vessel having the reputed capacity of at famous ? What were its di- ensions, anyway These questions ve buzzed in the head of more than subscriber” and “constant The editor of the Syren and hipping has undertaken to answer questions and to lay for all time oubts as to whether the writer of | of the deluge was ignoggnt of | subject of shipbuilding. “Within last ten years,” he says, “the gen- dimensions of the ark have beed y followed by cargo steamship rs for deep sea and the American t lakes According to the cra: service. the ark was 480 feet long, 80 feet wide and 48 feet deep. Her tonnage as 11,413, a she had plenty of room for pairs of all the distinct species J(i is that are classed by Buffon— —and she ¢ould have accommodated ) persons and then have plenty of room for the storage of supplies. In| the seventeenth century Peter Jansen, nder, built a vessei of the exact roportions of the ark’ and she was sccessful, 2s records of the: times , in making money for her owners. Ne ‘the father of naval architecture,’ held in profound respect by naval hitects of to-day, who know how seasurably the Phoenicians, Greeks G Nomans and all othcr shipbuilders sghort of the excellence of the type the ark as a commodious, safe and nomical vessel.”—Baltimore Ameri- show —_——————— Machine for Picking Cotton. another cotton picking machine s been perfected, and it has done 1- good work in the field. Nobody pects ever to see a maciine that can ek eotton Jike a negro, but one can be e xral can pick the bulk of the crop nd Je ly a part for hand pick- 'lh.u will be a r-vat help. If the machine only picks two-thirds of the cotton ft will make it possible to get! the other third out without so much ] cost for labor. The new machine li s-4d 10 work well in Louisiana Birmingham Ledger. | several all sti n leads all of the news- | R | of six goals to four. ‘168 | this period Mackey’s pony fell, » | Tapidly as possible and all will be POLOISTS PLAY IN THE RAT} The Ilwl(-nu-m ‘\('lflll"l‘ Does Not Keep the Enthusiasts From Their Favorite Pastime P 3 REDS ARE VICTORIOUS SnEg Rl Score Six Goals to Opponents Four Chiefly Through Work of R. M. Tobin and L. MeCreery | i The polojsts of the Burlingame Country Club are commencing to feel they are public benefactors as rain- makers. The mere announcement of a polo game causes the clouds to gather and upon the appearance of the ponies rain is sure to descend. These | were the conditions yesterday, but the players were keen for a game and U"“ played through the driving mists. ... The match attracted the largest| ‘gallery” of the season and the fair Spectators braved the elements and saw the game out. This was the match originally sched uled for last Thursday and it proved | one of the best of the season. Five of the visiting players took part. The field was slippery and the players were not able to turn their ponies quickly. The latter showed a noticeable lack of condition, not having been played for ays. The teams lined up: REDS. Gaptain, Chapiin WHITES. Basil Williams. cCreery. « u[\ll\“l Neil Halg. B Charles Garland. Umpire—E. E. Eara Timekeeper—J. O. Tobin. The Reds won ultimately by a score Lawrence Mc- Creery and R. M. Tobin made some brilliant strokes and drew rounds of ap- plause from the spectators. The former | drove the ball early in the first round, | With one stroke, from the side line, near | the middle of the field, to just outside | the goal post, failing to score by inches. He was more successful later in lhe period, running the ball down the field for a goal. The Whites also scored in | this period. Captain Haig scored for the Whites | in the second period after a lot of fast play. R. M. Tobin evened the score in the third period, but Charles Duval | placed the Whites one ahead before the .bel] sounded. R. M. Tobin tied the score again m\ course; 4-year-oids and | the fourth period. F. J. Mackey pre- vented the Reds from scoring on three | :111 | occasions in this period. Each time he sent the ball out of danger as it was about to roll between the posts. . The Reds scored twice in the fifth period, Basil Willlams and L. Mec- Creery being the successful players. In but as damage was the | he did not struggle no done and his rider was soon in thick of the scrimmage. The comedy element of the game supplied by Haig and Williams in the | last period. They indulged in a fierce bumping match, but both came off un- scathed. Each side scored in this pe- riod. The exodus of the poloists to Del Monte commences to-day. The racing and. the polo ponies will be shipped as on the ground by Wednesday. . o Will Play Polo on Bicycles. OAKLAND, Feb. 14.—The Oakland Wheelmen will hold a Pacific Coast championship bicycle polo contest at Foresters’ Hall on Thursday evening, the 25th inst. Their opponents will be | selected at the next meeting of the club, which now holds the champion- ship of the coast. It has been chal- lenged by several cycling clubs of San Francisco. The club recently elected the fol- lowing officers to serve during the en- suing year: President, A. B. Moffatt; vice president, John Warner; record- ing secretary, A. S. Gilbert; financial secretary, Frank Bruzzone; captain, Mel Moffatt; directors—J. O. Dohr- mann, Charles Eggleston, William Martin and R. G. Brown. B — England’s “Ancient Lights.” Englishmen, at least the more pro- gressive among them, are finally awakening to the absurdity 6f the old law which establishes what are known as “ancient lights.” Under this law windows which have been in existence for nineteen years or more cannot be deprived of light by construction of neighboring buildings without due compensation having been made to the owner. In other words, an owner of land cannot erect a building which will shut in any of the windows of neigh- | boring buildings, providing the latter have been in existence for nineteen or more years, without making himself liable to extensive damages. Moreover, the damaged owner can prevent the erection of any such building which will take away his light if he wishes to do s0. The light, by virtue of the time he has enjoyed it, has become a part of his property. Efforts are now being made to have this relic of past ages repealed. It is this more than anything else that has prevented the erection of. high buildings in London.—Exchange. PG . e Senator Aldrich as a Golfer. Senator Aldrich is one of the athletic figures of the national Senate. He is always trained down to fighting weight; his step is as elastic as a boy's, his bearing that of a muscular man. The secret is said to be in his devo- tion to the ancient game of golf. Near his residence in Providence he pos- sesses expansive acres, on which is his own private links. Many a morning during the long summer and autumn months finds him bright and early whacking the elusive ball and chasing it up hill and down dale. 1t is claimed that the Senator is the champion golf player in Congress.— New York Commercial. ——————————— A Light That Flickered. Young man, set up as a jack lawyer, run a peanut stand, becomes a cross- roads school teacher, dress up as an educated clown, like Jimmy Buff of Silverton, and lecture on phrenology, pEeome any kind of a case of arrested development, but don’t become an ed- jtor. It wears out more intellectual axle and uses up more high- J‘:::; matter and brings in Jess mtum than any of those lofty occupa- tions. Run a successful bootblack stand, but don’t run a mewspaper for was | VER TILLIE R Rans in Great Form in Every Course and Easily Beats His Opponent in Deciding Round s MANY EXCITING CHASES | Saeramento Hounds Carry Off the Honors at Union Park by Running One, Two, Three B The highly bred little Sacramento | greyhound, Barge, was the star per- former yesterday at Union Coursing Park. From { in the going every minute of the time. {None of the other dogs seemed to | have a chance when Barge was there | and he carried 1y the honors in the deciding course against Tillie R with- out turning a hair. All day long the dogs were running well. The performers from Sacra- | mento were there exceedingly strong {and landed one, two, three in the final | wind-up. Tillie R was second to Barge |and next in line came Pocatelli, also from the Capital City. | Barge was a 1 to 5 choice over Tillie the first course he was | R when they were slipped in the firal | | event of the day. As soon as the dogs started in their little ¢hase around the |lot the greenest man inside the gates |of the park could see the odds were [ justifiable. Barge took the first turn !and the next and so he kept on till | he killed the hare and scored in all 24 | points against Tillie R’s 3. i Free From Flaw and Vina ran three undecided courses in the first round. |All of the trials were hot ones | and the spectators kept cheering the game hounds on. Finally Vina won out by a narrow margin. This same | trick was repeated in the same round | by Fenii and Cubanola. Fenii stood the pace in better form and finally |got away with the course after the third trial. Following are the day's results, with Judge P. J. Reilly’s of- | ficial scores: Open etake, first round—Ordinance beat Miss Green, 4-3: Queen’s Motto beat Krishna, B-1; \ Barge beat Amandan, 7-0; | Irvington Tralee, 6-1: Silver Heels Rock, 5-3; Vandal beat Mald o' the Raby, Aurora beat Anua Ryne beat Red beat J E H, 3-1; Liberator beat Rollo | Wells, 4-3." Clarice beat Wedgewood, 3-2; Vina beat Free From Flaw, 2-0; Donnybrook beat Rockefeller, 7-0; Black Boy beat Orsina, 4 Imrmrd Anton beat Laughing Water, | General de Wet beat Barefoot Boy. vertiser beat Haughty Links beat Pepper Jack, 3- | Bl Dugan, 6-b; The Reteree beat Ruby San- Fenil beat Cubanola, 3-0; Pocatelll stock. Texas Betty at Silver | Cloud, 6-1: Duhallow beat Niobe, 6-0: Rag- | time beat Cloverdale, 3.0; Colored Lady beat Balendine, 6-4; Tillle R beat Gifmore Girl, 1';-0 Apple Blossom beat Mi Amigo, 10-7; Fair Tralee beat John Heenan, 6-2; Gambit beat | Hareat - King beat Snapper Garri- | =on, 7 " Medley beat Tralee Boy, 0-5; Sem- \pmnlu beat Haphazard, 4-2. Second round—Queen's Motto beat Ordinance, | 10-0; Barge beat Rocker Arm, 6-2; Silver Heels 15-4; Raby Aurora beat Idaho or beat Clarice, 3-2; Donny- 6-5; Richard ~Anton beat Advertiser beat Grnernl{de 3-0; beat dal, | brook beat Vina, Black Boy, 5-4: | Wet, 5-3; 'Sea Lion beat Goiden Links, The Referee beat Fenii, 6-2; Pocatelil | Texas Betty, 10-5; Duhallow beat Ragtime, Tillle R beat Colored Lady, 7-4: Apple Bl =om beat Fair Tralee, 4-0; Gambit beat Tom King, 5-2; Sempronius beat Medley, 4-3. Third round—Barge beat Queen's Motto, 6-0; Silver Heele, a bye, Raby Aurora withdrawn Liberator, a bye, Donnybrook withdrawn: Ad- vertiser, ‘o bye, Richard Anton withdrawn; The Referee beat Sea Lion, 16-7; Pocatelli beat Duhallow, 0-0; Tillie R beat Gambit, 9-3; Apple Blossom beat Sempronius, 16-0 Fourth round—Barge beat Sliver ]il'flll. 5-0; Pacatelli beat The Referee, Tillie R, a bye: Advertiser beat Liberator, 14-2. Fifth round—Barge beat Advertiser, | miltie R beat Pocatelli, 8-0. Deciding course—Barge beat Tillie R, 24-3. —_———————— Bacteria Made Merry. There was great chuckling and much nudging of each other in_the ribs among the bacteria whose habitat is the Park Row terminal of the Brook- lyn bridge when they read the address to the public by the advisory board to the Health Commissioner having to do with pneumonia and the causes lead- ing up to the same. In this address | the board set forth the following, among other things: “The bacteria germs which are the immediate excitants of pneumonia are usually conveyed in the dust of air. Feather dusters should be abandoned and moist cloths used for dusting. ‘When practicable sweeping should be done in the evening, so that floating dust may completely settle before its removal by moist cloths in the morn- ing.” It was this which brought ear-to-ear grins to the droll visages of the Brook- lyn bridge bacilli yesterday. Bacillus Tuberculosis, roosting under the main stairway, had been reading it to his | bosom pal, Diplococcus Pneumoniae. “Dippy, old man,” he said, jocularly, turning to his chum, “the moist cloth’ll get you if you don’t watch out.” Laying a finger against his nose and winking his port eye expressively, Dip- lococcus Pneumoniae.flew off to join a small group of about 90,000,000 of his | fellows who were starting over to Brooklyn on the back of a motorman’s neck. The amusement of the bacteria over the advisory board’s address to the public was horn of the fact that moist cloths are not used to dust the bridge terminal, albeit the swéeping and the cleaning of it is done in the daytime. And they kfiew that the terminus was one of the most popular hangouts in town, with bacteria of all kinds and varieties.—Exchange. ————— The Only One of the Kind. The woman entered the ticket office. “1 want a ticket to Pittsburg on the Limited,” she said. The clerk looked doubtful. “Don’t you want to know how much it costs?" he asked. “I've seen your advertised rate,” she said. “But of cnum you expect to get a dh(l:gunt of some sort?” 0. “Well, surely ¥ou want to know how mnch"you‘d save by going on another 4-2; rain? “No. The Limited suits me,” “Or perhaps you'd like to have me explain why excursion tickets are not good on that train?" “No." “Don’t you want to know if the rate is likely to go down 50 cenu if you wait over untll to-morrow ?"” “Or why it's hl‘her than it was last summer 2" No.” “Or if you can stop over for two weeks somewhere to visit your A\!Yt The clerk leaped over the counter, - “Pardon me, madam,” he said, “but the dear, suffering, liberty loving pub- | are iv.:“ married?"” 1ic,—Salem (Or.) Journal. —_—————— The deaths by violence in Chicago during 1903 numbered 1511. of M .':i"w like you in all the 492 were “It's too bad,” he sighed, “but I might have known such a prize would be unclaimed. 1 haven’t seen an- ‘lm« !'v: been nre."—Brook!yn Rocker Arm beat |\ S FLLL MOON Beats Quita iy a Hard-Fought Deciding Trial in Champion Stake at Ingleside Park RN VAN ALBA A WINNER Hounds Are Given Some Hard Running by Merced Hares,' Which Prove a Lively Lot —_— In a hotly contested course Full Moon, one of the fastest greyhounds in the country, beat Quita in the cham- plon stake yesterday at Ingleside cours- ing .park. George Nethercott's Quita held her own pluckily throughout the stake until she met Reddy’s wonderful dog. The course made the spectators forget everything else while it lasted. Relief dogs were called upon frequent- ly during the day. In the open stake Van Alba gained a victory over Golden Rule after a con- test as thrilling as the chariot race in “Ben Hur.” The scores in both stakes were close and there was hardly a lull in the interest of the crowd during the entire afternoon. The results in detail, with Judge Thomas Tierney's official scores, follow: Open_stake, first round—Fairy Belle beat Pure Pearl, 12-4; Meddlesome beat Rose of ('mm 10; Comique beat Tamora, 9-8: Har- n Gladys beat Equator, 8-1; in Nora beat Xellow\ Tnll 15-6; Van Alba beat Dlfll‘uy, 5-0; lone Hill beat Northern Alarm, Mollie Mc beat Rock and Rye, 10-0; Our Min- nie beat Rich Argosy, 4-0; Prometheus beat Texas JUl. 6-3; Loretta beat T 7-5; Haddington beat Una, 9-8; Thought beat Odd Eves, 3-2; Goldén Ruls beat Lord Granard, 3-0; Bob R beat Don ro, Conroy beat Lady Menlo, 12-10;, Viking 5-1; beat Brilllancy, 16-11; Belfast beat Frisco Lad, 4-2; Fancy Free beat Fannie Hughle, 8-4; Lily York beat False Alarm, 5-1. Second round—Meddlesome beat Fairy Belle, 12-9; Comique beat Harlean Gladys, 7-6; Van Nora, a bye; Van Alba beat Moilie Mc, 2-0; Our Minnle beat Prometheus, 6-2; Loretta beat Haddington, ; Golden Rule beat Charming Thought, 5-0; Bob R beat Conroy, 10-5; Bel fast, a bye; Lily York, & bye. Third round—Meddlesome beat Comique, 2-0; Promentheus beat Van Nora, 6-3; Van Alba beat Loretta, 11-10; Golden Rule, a bye; Bob R beat Lily' York, 6-1. Fourth round—Van Alba beat Meddlesome, 3-0; Golden Rule beat Promotheus, 7:5; Bob R a bye. Fitth round—Van Alba beat Bob R, 16-0; Golden Rule a bye. Deciding course—Van Alba beat Golden Rule, 7-6. Champlon stake: First _round—Presidio Boy beat Mount Rose, 7-5; Homer Boy beat Dock Burns, 12-3; Lord Brazen beat Clover Blossom, 5-3:; Reckless Acrobat beat Crawf Belle, 4-1; Troublesome beat Cloudburst, 8-3; Quita_beat Pasha Pleasant, 9-2; Red Pepper beat Ragged Actor, 8-0; Full Moon beat Our Motto, 4-3; Celtic beat Money Musk, 11-5; Honest John beat Young Klamath, 16-1; Charter Member beat Texas Hoo Hoo, 6-0. Second round—Presidio Boy beat Homer y, 5-3: Reckless Acrobat beat Lord Brazen, ;' Quita_beat Troublesome, Glaucus eat Red Pepper. 18-12; Full Moon ‘beat Cel- Charter ‘Member & bye. S0 oo eckioass MaBet: Tkt -ire: sidio Boy, 4-0; Quita a bye; Full Moon beat Charter Member, 5-3. Fourth round—Quita beat Reckless Acrobat, 10-1; Full Moon & bye. Deciding course—Full Moon beat Quita, 5-6. ENGLISH ACTOR S INDIGNANT Sir Henry Irving Criticizes Chicago Officials and Says He Is Vietim of Injustice i, CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—The city authori- ties have prevented the use of “‘spot lights” in Sir Henry Irving’s production of “The Bells,” and have compelled the stage management to use instead in the dream scene a strong incandescent light. This action, in connection with other safeguards which have been placed about Chicago theater audiences since the Iroquois disaster, has caused no little annoyance to the English actor, who expressed his displeasure when called before an audience at the close of his performance in the Illinois Theater. In the course of his remarks Sir Henry said: “I trust that you will not misunder- stand me if I refer to the recent fearful, lamentable disaster which occurred here—the disaster which was the result of panic. Panics are always terrible, and the disasters they produce are al- ways terrible. That which occurred casts no reflections on your city or on the theaters in your city, for it could have occurred in any other city in the world, and in a cathedral, in a church or in a railway station just as easily as in the theater. “But it has produced a panic—a vanic among your officials. And T would like it to be thoroughly understood by you that sometimes much injustice may be done by jacks in office. And I would earnestly beg of you to exert all your influence to allay the feeling of panic which at present exists among officials of your city.” —_— e ———— TWO PROMINENT MINERS WAYLAID AND BEATEN Cowardly Assault Is Made at Trinidad Upon Members of National Board of Mine Wonkers. TRINIDAD, Colo., Feb. 14.—William Fairly and James Mooney, members of the National Board of the United Mine ‘Workers of America from Alabama and Misggouri respectively, were gwaylaid this afternoon on the road between Majestic and Bowen, dragged from their buggy and beaten by eight men, with stones and six-shooters, and left lylng on the road. Mooney was seri- ously injured and had to be taken to a hospital. No arrests have yet been made. It is reported that the men were attacked by guards at the conl mines. e VIOLA An.mv UNDERGOES sxvm OPERATION Actress Is Suffering !‘nm Mastolditis and Her Engagement Tem- porarily Ends. NEW YORK, Feb. 14—Viola Allen, whose engagement in “Twelfth Night" at the Knickerbocker Theater ' w; bro temporary last on :u‘::unc of her illness, nlderwt;‘z'rx: operation for mastoiditis at the Eye and Ear tal to-day. The sur geon who performed the operation dis- covered that the actress was lu?erh from mastoiditis in its most uinaoos form. 4 Miss Allen delayed In having this operation twenty-four hours,” he said, after it was over, have lived. The" brain is two places and it will uh to tell what the outcome will be."” |8 1 “she could not muflhflb‘q BARGE SCORES [FAST COURSER |THISTLE TEAM WINS MATCH (AL Their Opponents Not Appear- ing, Referee Logan Awards Game to San Francisco Men RS S VAMPIRES BEAT HORNETS e Eight Disgruntled Oaklanders Are Easy Vietims of Crack Eleven From Alameda County R e e Yesterday proved an unsatisfactory one for the lovers of association foot- ball. So many of the players thought the ground at Idora Park would be too wet for play that they failed to put in an appearnce. The match between the Thistle and Pickwick teams for the championship of the Califarnia league was not played, being forfeited to the Thistles, who had their full team on the ground, while only one member of the Pickwick elev- en was on hand. At 1 p. m., the time set for béginning play, the Thistle team went into the field, in the center of which the ball was placed, kicked it down and into the net, scoring a goal. Norman Logan, the referee, awarded the match to the Thistles, who scored two points. At 3 p. m. Oakland Hornets and the Vampires be- gan. The Vampires had a full team, but the Hornets began with only seven players, one more joining them later. The Hornets seemed much disgruntled and played a rough, quarrelsome game, in which they were encouraged by in- Jjudicious supporters on the side lines. Referee C. W. Irish awarded three or four free kicks within the penalty area to the Vampires and many free kicks in_the field. In the first few minutes of play Kay kicked a goal for the Vampires, and soon afterward Petersen scored a goal from a penalty kick. A second penalty kick awarded to the Vampires was the match between the| taken by Petersen, but went to one side | of the goal. In the second half the Vampires scored two more goals, one being from a penalty kick. During this period Shand, the center forward of the Hornets, was ruled off the field by the referee for refusal to comply with in- structions. The Vampires were represented by a new man as goalkeeper; Petersen, cap- tain and left back; Theberge, right back; Harwood, left halfback; Turner, center hailfback; Glarner, right half- back; Lees, outside left forward; Kay, inside left forward; Wilding, forward; Showell, inside right, Buchly, outside right. The following players wore the black and orange jersey of the Hornets: Pom- eroy, goalkeeper; McKenzie, fullback; Bird and Chambers, halfbacks; Pod- more, Morrison, Shand and Cowell, for- wards. The ground, though soft, was in fair condition at the opening of the game, but a light rain which fell during the play rendered the grass slippery and falls were frequent. In the morning there was to have been a match on the ground at Webster street, Alameda, between the hospital corps and the second eleven of the Vampires, but on account of the ab- sence of the latter it did not take place. The members of the hospital corps and some players picked up on the ggound took part in a practice game. —_—————— Labouchere on Wilhelm I. R. There is an individuality about him that attracts. He seeks to excel in every art, and his lively genius enables him to become, if not a master, at least a creditable proficient in almost all. ‘Whether he really believes in his right divine to rule is perhaps doubtful, but most undoubtedly he Is an able ruler, though he is sometimes a little indis- creet in his language and lays down the law before he has fully thought the subject out. Generally speaking, how- ever, he takes a broad, statesmanlike view of things, and he has done much to galvanize the dormant energies of his countrymen in trade and manufac- ture and to make his empire a great ‘workshop. ‘We blame him for insisting upon a strong navy. But were we Germans I do not think that we should ques- tion that this is almost a necessity if Germany is to become what she aims to be. So, too, in regard to the army. Germany has no natural frontiers. She is surrounded by powers that, were they to combine, would probably crush her. She knows that sne holds Alface and Lorraine by the sword, and that, however peaceful a French ruler may be, France would strike for her lost territory were Germany engaged in a sericus contest with any of her other neighbors. The mistaken policy of an- nexing these provinces, for which the present Emperor was not responsible, imposes on him the necessity of a strong and effective army. The difficulties of Germany are great, and the Emperor has always seémed to me to have shown considerable abil- ity in meeting them.—London Truth. e et . and Dead Letter Offic. Sale. In London a short time ago a sale ‘was held of a’quantity of miscellaneous property from the returned letter office. It formed eighty-eight lots, of a va- riety sufficient to stock a universal provider in a large way of business, Literature, music, clothing, millinery, imitation jewelry, cigars and tobacco, wines, spirits and mineral waters, gro- ceries, confectionery, boots, umbrellas, table cutlery comprised the main classes of goods for sale. Other items defied classification, such as four boxes containing & quantity of patent foods, ete.,” which realized 8 shillings. In these boxes were samples of every medical food and every patent medlclng known to man. 3 Most of the clothing went ‘at an average of Jess than 1 shilling a gar- ment, for much of it was second-hand. Some prices were startling. Enough confectionery to start a small shop went for a few shillings; 147 hats, caps and bonnets realized 13 shillings; 40 ‘men’s white and colored shirts made £1. A curious lot, consisting of a hunt- as | ing coat, a tunic, a cape, a pair of breeches, two naval jerseys, six white drill jackets and three pairs of white arill trousers fetched 11 shillings. There was one pathetic lot, a bottle of Irish whisky, u..ubylat which wished “A Happy Christmas” to the man it never reached.—Dublin News. - ._._._—.-—-— "~ All Austrian uurd'uto .-u'vht. FAKTOR LOSE T0 SCHUSTER Is Beaten by One Point in the Champion Class Event of Germania Schuetzen Club e S GEHRET IN GREAT FORM o Finishes Far Ahead of All Competitors in the Fifty-Shot Mateh of the Golden Gates el PR Although the day was dark and gloomy, it did not prevent a large number of riflemen agsembling at Sheu1 Mound Park yesterday to participate in the several shooting events sched- uled. F. P. Schuster madé 438 rings in his medal record of the San Francisco Schuetzen Verein and 229 rings in his ten-shot string in the Germania Schuetzen Club. In this event he beat D. B. Faktor by just one point and won the honors of the champion class. In the 50-shot match of the Golden Gate Club Al Gehret was far ahead of all competitors with 1117 rings to his credit, Max Kolander with 1027. In the pis- tol competition of the same club Wil-| liam F. Blasse on two different trials made the excellent score of 93 out of a possible 100 rings. Several enthusiastic marksmen in this city have organized an indoor rifle and pistol club for the purpose of pra icing evenings during the week. They have engaged quarters in the central part of the city, where they have put up ten targets—five for rifle practice and five for pistol. The organization is known as the Pacific Indoor Rifle and Pistol Club. The officers are. President, F. V. Kingston; vice presi-| dent, G. E. Frahm; secretary, H Gruppe; treasurer, Max Kolander; shooting masters, J. Kullmann, G.| Prichard, H. Hoadley; range commit- tee, M. F. Blasse, H. Frahm and the shooting masters. Rifle shooting will be conducted on the 25-yard range atl the reduced target and will be held at the standard Ameri- target. The first will be held Thurs- 25-ring pistol practice 20 yards at can reduced prize contest day evening next at the new range, 953 | Mission street. As the club has more than fifty members, a close competi- tion is expected. At the high jinks of the Shell Mound center:Plsto] and Rifle Club held at Shell Mound Park the members of the or- ganization presented Captain L. Siebe with a diamond locket in honor of his twenty-fifth anniversary as proprietor of the park. Considerable enthusiasm is manifest | among the University of California cadets in regard to rifle practice. They have already issued three challenges to companies interested in target matters and intend to spend considerable time at the range to perfect themselves for the contests. The scores recently made by the cadets would be an honor to older and more experienced marksmen. The scores made by the various or- ganizations follow: San Francteco Schuetzen ' Verein, monthly medal competition—Champion highest score, F. Schuster 438: champion est cla: not filled: first class, George H. Bahrs 405 second class, not filled; third class, John de Wit 851; fourth class, A. Schaefer 355: best first shot, H. Stelling 25: best last shot, R. Stettin 25. Combetitive shoot—First class, F. P. Schuster 205; second class, John Gefken 214; third class, H. Bornholdt 193; fourth class, A. Schaefer 180. Germania_Schuetzen Club, Jeathly madek shooting—First champion class, F. Schus- ter 320" second chamblon ciass: W. F. Piasse 211; first class, H. Stelling 200; sccond class, Max Kolander 204; third class, H. Meyer 195; best first ehot, F. P. Schuster 23; best last shot, Al. Gehret 25. Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club, monthly competition—Fifty-shot _match—Al - Gehret 1117, Max Kolander 1027, match— g M. F. M. Kolan- n, 200. . Bremer Silver medal—H. P. Nelson 208. Bronze medals—George Tammeyer, 217, 210, 206, 204, 204; A. M. Poulsen, 207, 175: E. Englander, 179, 144: W. Greaves, 173, 168. Medal bar— G. Tammeyer 209. Piatol lcompemlun—nmnu medal—G. E. Frah ; Kullmann, 84; £ W ; J. Kullm G. E. Frah 79, 78; Ch-rlu Beclnr. 84, 84, 78, H. .~ Military revoiver, ol : A Nelson, .. bronze medal—J. ullman, Sl. Re-emry mn!:h—“fllllm Pfoll 91, 90, 87, 87, 85, 86, 84, $2: Charles Clevi elu:d Tfl. &) o7 E. Somervillé, 75. Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club, rmmuy Rullseye shooting-G. Schuls 200 points Gerkin 302 H. Huber 065, D. Ste H. Mayer 908, ‘D. Salfleld fim“n . C, Rust m’u Clplnin be 'nmdemn William F. Garms 1 mdepem:em Rifles, monthly medal shooting— Sergeant C. Iverson 38. J. Donovan 42, Cap- tain H. Schlichtmann 57 W. M H. Kuhlke 41, C. Frederickson 38, W, E'lll 34, etjen 9, H. Gaetjen 27, C. Herring 31. T. Lorenzen , Sergeant C. Andrews 63, Bellmer 30, Sergeant C. Schneider 39, E. Ruhlana 23. Shell Mound Pistol Ind Rifiée Club, monthly builseye shooting—H. Holm uist 21_points, 0. A, Poulsen nyg“.r. ¥ 2, L. R. Mur. phy 28, C. Otten W. Guild 46, H.' McKenley 54, Windmuller 58, Vogel 58, A Poulsén 61, A" pRAmm 6L, 621, 'A. Thompson 65, P. Ramm 66! W Grenves s, o Bicbe 00t T Siebe W. Paulson 'rh Saptain G, Larson Liebscher 77, 8. Wixson 77, l-‘ Teria S8 Gy Kieinenbroten o H 93. Practice shooting—W. Guild’ 143 108, total 253; Dr. L. V. Frates 153, 151, mul 3047 J. A, Logue 168, 160, total 823: L.' A, Frates Yoo 195 5okl S0a: H. ‘Shinner 121, 164, otat 275; P. A. Paulson 141172, total 213; R. S. Wixson 184, 181, total 305, University Cadets, trial team Whitman 45, R. I Turn 2 AR Wnitman 40, . OF Sperry 39, W. N. Gabrlel §8, J. Fry 6. H. Adler 37, J. M. Nightingale 38, J. Maddox 37, W. L. Rebertson 36, J. L. Dobbins 36, Cap- tain T. Willlamson 43, Manager S. E. Mont- gomery 42, J. A. Plerce 44 p ol R SIS BASKETBALL LEAGUE ARRANGES SCHEDULE The College Women Admit the San Jose Normal School to the Fold. v BERKELEY, Feb. 14.—Delegates from the four clubs of the Women's Basket-ball League, meeting yesterday in Hearst Hall, arranged the schedule of games for the coming season. Ac- cording to this schedule the University of Nevada will meet the San Jose Nor- mal School; the University of Califor- nia will meet Stanford University; Lh. winners of the two prel to meet and decide which is to these games was left for the teams to decide by mutual agreement. The delegates admitted the San Jose Normal School team to the league up- on appiication, making flve teams in the league. It was also decided that ovnly wmn should officiate in league 1 expensese are to be met by m ln;ue. The delegates were Miss Potter- Gardner of Mills, Miss Downie of Stan- ford, Miss Cameron of Nevada, Miss Talcott of California. San Jose was not represented. — e————— At least this may be said of the man who committed suicide: He had his mmmu-n'thohmhm for it his nearest contestant being| RAIN SPOILS. - TENNIS PLAY Experts Fmd Opportunities Be- | tween Showers for Inter- esting Tournament Mateches —— MACGAVIN IN THE LEAD Is Outpointing George Baker on the Park Courts When (‘ompetition_ Is Stopped —_— The wet weather yesterday interfered | seriously with the plans of the tennis | players. The Golden Gate Park en- thusiasts enjoyed a few matches be- tween showers, but the tournament was not nearly completed. In the | first class only two matches were | finished, a third being stopped in the | second set. The contestants in the latter were | Drummond MacGavin and George | Baker, two of the best men in the class. | The first set was a close and a prettily played one. MacGavin played a reck- less game and took chances, while Baker got the balls “back. The Cali- fornia Club man took the set and led at 4-3 in the second, when the rain in- | terfered. In the other matches Carl Gardner beat James Code and Clarence Griffin disposed of George Bates. Code made a much better showing than was ex- pected against Gardner. The veteran took the second set and made his | younger opponent extend himself to win. Bates was no match for Griffin. | The latter won two straight sets. In the fourth class ten of the thirty- two players entered were weeded out. Of the ten matches played only one re- quired three sets. The cnly match that was at all close was that between Dr. Lovegrove and D. Darns. The doctor’s daily practice put him in good shape and enatled him to pull through. The first two sets were close, but Lovegrove wen the third easily. | The following matches were played in the fourth class: J. K. Turner beat E. G. G. H4ll beat A. Joseph. beat C. Quhk 62, 6-1; Bigelow, 6-2. 6-2; 6-0; M. Martin T. Allan_beat . E. Price, 6-1, Dr. Lovegrove beat D. Darns, -4, ‘' G. Guerin_beat M. Edware | 62, 62} Hall beat W. Teiler, 61, M. Long beat W, beat M. Little, &1, Miller, 7-5, On nccount of the big tournaments to be played at Oakland on the 2lst and 22d inst. the Golden Gate Club has post- poned play in the first, second and third classes to the 28th. The fourth class, however, will be completed next Sunday. Most of the cracks from the park will compete at Oakland, and are aiso desirous of playing in the first class. The suggestion from across the bay to hold a bay counties championship in singles and doubles is a good ome, but could not be accomplished until all the ciubs on both sides of the bay join the Pacifle States Lawn Tennis Association. The California and Golden Gate clubs on this side of the bay are members, but several of the Alameda County clubs are not. When all are in the as- sociation it will be an easy matter for them to arrange for eups emblematic of the champlonships. An annual event of this kind would meet with the ap- proval of the tennis enthusiasts on beth sides of the bay. On the California Club courts yester- day many of the exverts were out, but most of the matches were either short or unfinished. The showery weather made it impossible to play for any length of time. In singles Frank Stringham won a close set from Frank Mitchell. A. W. Worthington played a fine game when he won the first set from Stringham. The latter won the next three. Pro- fessor Crawford beat Ray Cornell eas- ily. In doubles Grant Smith and Harry Rolfe won the first set from Frank Mitchell and Chet Smith. The’ score in the second set was also in their favor, being 2—0. Gus Lisser showed great' improve- ment in his matches with Charles Kuehn and Cornell. He almost won a set from the latter. Scores: E. Robbins tied G, Lisser, Stringham_beat F. S. Mitchell. ham beat A. W. Worthington, 16, 6-4 6.3, ¢-2: G. Smith and H. Rolfe beat C. Smith Mitchell, 6-4, 2-0: L. Wood beat ool &4 T8 R Cornel 6-3; M. Howell beat H. i 00' 1in heat Lisser, 6-1; Drolla E Lagenxo‘\lr'e"tlwo “gets o one: Cornell b'li Lisser, 8-6, 6-0; Drolla beat Lisser, 8-6, 6-2. The California Club will hold a hand- icap doubles tournament for the Di- rectors’ cup on the 22d. — e —— ) INDEPENDENTS WIN FROM ROVER FOOTBALL TEAM Eddie Fay of Victorious Club Makes Two Spectacular Scores Toward Close of Game. At the Presidio Athletic grounds the Independents defeated the Albion Rov= ers yesterday afternoon, after an ex~ citing game of association football, by the score of 6 to 0. Owing to the rain there were but few enthusiasts in the grand stand, but the few who did venture out did their ut- most toward making the affair a suc- cess from a rooter’s standpoint.. When in the beginning of the second half of the game the score stood 5 to 0 in favor of the Independents, a mighty ery went up from the side lines to “make it awf a dozen” and ‘it 'im good old chap” until at the close of the game the In- dependents were six in the lead. The game throughout was poorly played and the winning team won out in a very sli] manner. Eddie Fay, who made two of the points, was the feature of the game. The Independent team will play for the Coast medal on the Oakland grounds next Saturday. —_—————— Copper Production in 1903. CCO] -uunnlln on_the production ot eomr- year 1m the output both this ooum mflg'h“f:lr‘. ll'lfil ‘Show the e P for 1901, 1902 and 1903: Coul 3 1903. 1902. 1901. Unluln an(el 318,381 303.4 272,609 Port: 51.000 co 000 Chile 0.000 Japan . ,000 German; ;g.m Canada X Austral; . 29,000 Miscellaneous 5 Total .......589.361 551,316 515992 The foll table gives the annual production of tl Un!ud States and of the world since llfl in long tons: United l!*.('el. World.

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