The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1904, Page 10

FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1904. RACING OF PONIES FOOTBALL TEAMS MEET T0-MORROW IN TWO MATCHES | Albion Rovers Play Post-| poned Game Against Inde- pendents of San Francisco HORNETS, l]F(']']TENTALS! Thistle Eleven Still Has Two | Contests for Championship, | but Cannot Fail to Win It Jdora Park, Ozkland, this after- on the Horn 1 play an asso- f against a team sailors re ball will be kicked k, and A. W. Wilding of 1 es be referee. ation football | on the Pre- | The match be- | vers and | the In- | pionship of the cotball League Sunday, account of the nat1p m. Hugh he referee, and the following po- | Independents Forbes ' Sunday between | Thisties the nar- | against the | forward line is to play. It w win t sLuEs s F1§1212(2 I 2 1134 8 15 ATHLETES AT STANFORD. | Indoor Work Replaces That of the | Field in"indement Weather. | FORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 26. | ' the k has inter- | L k with he work of partjcularly on r, Capta issued that will give them o keep up with the when weather will a on the diamond s candid: ' ty assemble er plays ar n f national game ; ) Doyle H pitcher's position on the | will be well filled this | - loss of Parker, the | N r, has been shown by work of Tritch, 04, in the game I’s Independents on last! s v, and of Sales, '06, who pitch- | p he twelve-inning 4 to 4 game | ta Clara the previous| Both of ticular these pitchers, | have improved | present leads hitting more and is o« = t than any other man on the diamo In order to increase the interest in track work and bring out the best the | track athle have in them Trainer D: Moulton of the wvarsity track introduced a series of week- | || | | racing appeals to many | shift B | TO BE SEEN AT TANFORAN; * COLORS OF MANY 'HAS TAKEN A GIANT STRIDE IN POPULAR FAVOR NEW OWNE S The Pacific Coast Polo an Del Monte e . ulus that augurs well for the future of that pastime of sportmen on this coast It was the of experts that there ha a faster lot of ponies gath inclosure than at Del Mon were seen . .As W..S. Ho- | 8 J Silver Dick the sprints and F. J. Carolan’s. F ade in the dis events represented the class of s statement seems reason- men who-look upon a large racing stable as entailing 0o much responsibility. Throughout California on . various ranches where thoroughbreds raised there are ma horses of royal breeding. Owing to their lack of size they were probably turned out on the range and left to for themselves. One gentleman who has done much to advance pony racing asked a breeder if he had any ponies. The latter replied he did not he had, but upon looking. over s stock he found fifteen, which were are | y undersized race | | - Tanforan racecourse on March 12 and 14. The colors of a num- | ber of nmew owners will' be: seen’ for | the first time on this occasion. Pony purchased outright The question of Silver Dick’s limit of speed is still unanswered. He seems just able to” win, no matter at what pace his opponents carry him through the stretch. Walter Hebart speaks af- ctionately of him as “my old plug. til Dick gets in action this seems 2 i title for. him. Hs is as gentle | lamb at the post. If a false start is made his rider has only to let go his hold on the reins and :Dick pulis up.. He cuts all his fihishes close, need- ing considerable shaking up to make him see the tion Mr. years ago in Denver. He was original- owned by the Cabaniss brothers, the outiaws... They took him about the Rocky - Mountain . district, racing him against quarter horses. Dick's next | owner had him as a pet for his chil- | dren. They used to tie their sled to his tail and then drove him about with- out bridle or restraining halter in child- ish glee. - When they wanted to get on his back he obligingly held down his head and they scrambled up by means of hjs neck. The. programme for the Tanforan meet will be prepared on Monday. The weights and distances will be g0 ad- justed as to make many interesting contests. +- ly track meets to be held on the oval every Saturday Last Satur- morning. an inter-departmental field was held, in which the law depart- ment athletes proved the victors. To- i | morrow mornig the meet will be be- or A tween the college independents “barbs” and the fraternity men. close meet is expected ni and non-fraterni men on the track squad are about evenly divided. Considering the heavy condition of the track last Saturds made by the track men was encourag- ing. G '04; Thomas, '04, and Weinmann, 06, ran a close race in the mile, Gay winning in 5:02. Captain Holman, the fastest man in the dis- tance, did not enter the race. Norman Dole, who holds the coast record in the pole. vault, is training day | as the frater- | — for the high jump and broad jump this vear in addition to the pole vault and promises to be a point winner in those | On Saturday he tied for first| events. place with Bell, '05, in the high jump. clearing 5:9%, and won the broad jump by covering 21 feet 1 inch. As he has been training for these events but a short time it is likely he will do considerably better in both before the date of the intercollegiate meet ar- rives. v the showing | Hyde, '04, will undoubtedly be the winner in the shot put again this year, unless Berkeley's weight men make a better showing in.that event than they did last season. Hyde's work is con- sistent and he never fails to put the| sixteen-pound. ball forty.feet or more when he makes a serious ‘attempt. In the fleld meet Saturday-his'best put was 41 feet 9 inches. — || Officers | | [ | H i - seriousness of the situa- | Hobart paid $1000 for him two | —AWRENCE MECREER > FLE! CIATION AT DEL MONTE. HOB ART'S SILvER Dic v LT P + S\WER. DIC) | MWIINNAN G a -~ cEC MoNTE ETEST QUARTER HORSE OF THIS COUNTRY OR OF EUROPE, AND THE TANT RACE HE WON AT THE RECEN MEET OF THE PACIFIC COAST FINISH OF THE MOST IMPOR- POLO AND FONY RACING ASSO- e CRICKETERS AWAKE | Fng;EEIHARGY | Club Meetings Are Held and Elected for the] Ensuing Season of Play! | o i The cricketers of San Francisco and| the neighborhood are beginning to | awaken from their winter sleep. The; | three clubs, having held their annual | ;mepungs and elections, are ready for | the annual meeting and election of the | California Cricket Association, which | [ will be held in this eity on Monday, | March 7. | The annual dinner of the members of | the Pacific Cricket Club was held last | week at a restaurant in this city, Cap- | tain John Metcalfe, president of the | club, being in the chair and Courtenay | W. Bennett, British Consul General, in| the vice chair. The others present were | W. Balnaves, vice president; H. C. Cas- | idy, captain; F. Bennion, vice captain: | | A. W. Wilding, secretary and treas-| | urer: Captain Wilding, Dr. O. N. Tay- lor, D. Jamieson, W. G. Fortmann, E.| H. Lannowe, Norman Logan and F.| | Lewin. Harold B. Richardson, captain of the | San Francisco County Club, is still in England, but it is expected he will{ | reach California before the end of next | month. The annual meeting of the Alameda | Cricket Club was held at Croll's Hotel, | | Alameda, on Tuesday night. In the ab- | sence of Edward Brown, the president, | the chair was taken by Henry Ward.| The principal business was the election | of officers to serve during the coming| year. The following were elected: Ed-| ward Brown, president; Henry Ward, first vice president; W. H. McNaught- on, second vice president; Henry Ward, secretary and treasurer; G. Harold ‘Ward, assistant secretary and treas- urer; G. H. Ward and W. H. Me-| Naughton, delegates to the California Cricket Assoctation; F. J. Croll, F. A.| | Stahl and W. G. Fortmann, members | of the executive committee; W.J. Rich- ter, W. G. Fortmann and G. 1. Baugh, | members of the ground committee. | The Alameda club will be stronger this season than it was last year and the members look forward to a period! of considerable activity. G. L Bflugh.i who was for some years one of the strongest batsmen of the Alameda club, | has returned after an absence in Fres- | | part in the British game. W. G. Fort- | i mann has left the Pacific club and hui | returned to the Alameda club, of which | he was formerly a member. Among the! new members are J. Mason, a new ar- rival from Australia, where he made forty-five runs against the eleven cap- tained by P. F. Warner, which visited | California in November, 1902; Samuel | Braithwaite, who is a good performer with bat and ball; D. M. Lees, one of the forwards of the Vampire association football eleven; J. Brenner and D. ¢ dHayes, The last named recently le | w no to Alameda and will take an active | OARSMEN EXPECT AN ACTIVE SEASON New Boathouse of Ariel Row- ing Club Attracts Lovers of Recreation on the Water SER e It is expected that a large number of oarsmen will be at the new Ariel Rowing Club quarters great interest is being shown by the members. - On a fine Sunday five or six barges, several outrigged skiffs and whiteballs are in use the whole day. The club swimmers take advan- tage of the opportunities for their fa- vorite recreation. It will be necessary for the South End Rowing Club to decide upon plans for their new boathouse at an early ay, for the club has been served with notice that its old quarters at the foot of Third street must be removed with- out delay, that work may be begun upon-a bridge which the Santa Fe Rail- vay -Company desires construct across the channel. When the rowing club was notified to move it obtained an extension of time until July 1 of last r, and so has had ample notice. When the South End Rowing Club gets comfortably set- tled on the site next to the Ariel Row- ing Club it is expected a period of great activity will set in among the oarsmen on the south side of the city. At the last regular meeting of the Alameda Boating Club a handsome gold locket was presented to Charles H. Smith, who held the presidency of the club for more than a dozen terms and always manifested the greatest in- terest in its welfare. On one side of the lccket there is a pair of raised gold oars and on the other an inscription. At the same meeting a gold club pin enameled in colors was presented to W. B. Hinchman, who fulfilled the du- ties of secretary in a most energetic manner from the foundation of the club to the end of last year. to-morrow, as also to +* California for New York, but will re- turn to this State. The third test match played by the English team captained by P. F. War- ner took place on the Adelaide oval, South Australia, on January 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20. The wicket was fast and the Australians had the good fortune ta go in first. On the first day they scored runs for the loss of six wickets, and the first inning closed for 388 runs. The Englishmen made 245 in the first inning, Hirst's 58 being a fine effort and War- ner’s 58 an example of excellent judg»' ment and patience. In their ‘second inning the Australians compiled 351, the chief contributors being Gregory 112 Noble 65'and Trumper &. The Engnsh-) men went to the bat for the second time with 495 runs to make to win. ‘Warner scored 79, Haywood 67 and Hirst 44, but the total was only -278 runs, so that the English visitors lost by a margin of 216 runs. 5 | BLUE AND GOLD | | NIE}_!E_IBAINING Berkeley Oval Is the Scene of | Marked Aectivity When the | Weather Is Propitious| BERKELEY, Feb. 26.—There will be | ion of field days at the Uni-| of California to test the mettle | and the strength of the college athletes | which will set the campus in a roar. | First of all willl come the trials on | March 5 between the athletes of the | freshman and sophomore classes. This | will be followed by the interclass meet | on March 19, the meet with Pomona | College on March 30, the meet with Stanford on April 16 and lastly with the Universify of Washington on the last day of April. In anticipation of# these sprinters and jumpers and throwers practice every day on the! oval. On good days there are some- times as many as fifty men working out on the cinder path. They are all under the supervision of Trainer Walter Christie, who is devoting his whole time thi ar to the preparation of the men. While there is a lack of great mate- rial for the athletic events this year, California still hopes for victory in the clash with Stanford. The trouble is that California has lost most of the | best of last year’s material and has not | received any ‘“phenoms” through lhei | tests the | weight infusion of freshman blood. In the place where California is weak- | est she has not been recruited at all This is the 440-yard dash, where there is only “Greek” Howard to defend. Howard ran fourth in last year’s inter- | collegiate meet. Dunn and Crossly, who | ran first and second, respectively, in | | that trial, have been retained by Stan- | ford. California hias been more fortunate in | the sprints. ¥n this department she has | recruited four promising youngsters, | Best of these perhaps is Hughes, who | | did such valiant work for the Oakland | | High School last year. Then there are Davis of Marysville and Bingham and | Lippman of San Francisco, all of them | freshmen who performed well in their academic days. Besides this material | there Will be Abadie, who has always | been devended upon for the 100-yard | and 220-yard dashes. The half-mile is reasonably safe for California unless Stanford succeeds in developing some fast new man. There will be three of last year's men to de- fend in this event—Edwards, Newhail and Clifford—all of them stayers and | fast for the distance. Then they will get assistance from two freshmen, Head and Wilcox, formerly of the Oak- land High School. { For the mile there will be Newhall, | Hackley and Clifford. and Tieciert, a | |freshman. Hackley has developed a | good deal of speed lately. Tibbets won the two-mile last year with ease, but there is some talk of his | being in bad form just now. Tibbets s not sure how fit he wil be, but is taking ( lagging interest of the peopl | the first round is ¢or | The novel match w | stiff competi LEASHMEN PLAN A NOVEL STAKE FOR COURSERS { Endeavor to Bring Together the Fleetest Eight Grey- hounds Now in Training REGISTRATIONS —_— HEAVY { Marked Revival of Interest Is Shown by the Breeders Throughout the Country ity St The promoters of coursing in this dis- trict are devising stakes with conditions in order to bring the fleet greyhounds together and to revive the e by whom the sport has been so liberally main- tained. The latest of these events Is Grand National Champion stake, to be competed for by the best eight dogs in the best the California, which also means eight in Ame There will be no en trance fee and the hounds will be paired off by a committe coursing men in order to match them as closely as possible. The first trial will be run on Marc the two dogs drawn running the three in five trials. The winner w Two more dogs will be run and so on pleted. The ch for a hun receive $100. the following Sunday unt winners will then ru dred dollar prize. This will bring he last pair. The ult stake down to the mate winner will have received in all $400, the runner-up $200 and the other two $100 each The greyhounds which are considered Fuil Palo Alto, Rubber Lord Silver Poc Rose, eligible are elli, Moon, Mount Rector, Fair Tralee, Barge, Charter Member, Tillie R, Quita, Sacramento Boy, Pasha Pleasant and Sea 1 The prob contronts the coursing ¢ deter- mine which are t and how to pro Blake and Smith ing men, have de their string of greyhounds. s year and they y for season opens ea want to get thei paigning. During proved the do, ng rea r visit here thes ou ortsmen. Th on and his kennels owing to his leaving State. Among his hounds are Boot Ploughman, Dear Gaston, Pacing B and some puppies listed Futurity. W. J. Leonard has sold Tom Hur! this yea ck year. The total is y, wh sents about 300 pupp: This is an heavy megi ion and shows a revival of inter coursing and greyhound b throughout country. The season opens unusually ear this year in the Middle West. Okla homa City starts matters moving nex week with a big meet Sacramento has produced so man great greyhounds in recent years that the enthusiasts of the -capital want to match eight of their represen tatives against a like number represen ing the entire State dogs would be: Pocat Sacramen Boy, Barge, Tillie R Silver Heels Charter Member, Quita and Red Rock 11 proba’ be ma s will bring out sor The Sacram and liberal pr on The coursing at Union Park to-m row will commence upon the arriva the 10:15 a. m. train. While the nam of champions are not conspicu among the greyhounds entered, there an even quality represented which should result in close contests. Th likely winners look to be k, Helen Hayes, Roc Sixty-four well-matched hounds wi compete to-morrow at Ingleside Park. first brace wil go to the slips at 0 o'clock. - The likely winfers the first round look to be Gold Una, Presid Boy. Meddlesome. Grace Greenwood, Van Alba, Tesas Hems o ing. J E H, Pepper Jack. Sofala Hoo, Red Pepper., Pasha Pleasant, P e. Haddington, Heredine. Clov Eob R, Homer Boy, Game Me, Master (Mair agged Actor, Bea « 1 Meddlesome, Luly Gir Pasha - e ot - %00d care of himself and may go in. Lowell, a freshman, the only new man training for the place. Hackley will probably go into this race, too. The university has been supplied with two good n men for the hurdles. They are Sperry of Modesto and Hume of Berkeley, b h of whom carried off prizes while they were defending their respective schools in academic meets. The veterans are Frei, Chaplin and Meany, the last named being about the is best. For the high jump there will be Cap- tain Cooley and Hickey, both veterans, with good chances of winning. Wilcox and Symmes will negotiate the vault, but as they were defeated hand- ily by Dole of Stanford in the last meet they are not expected to win, as they will' have the same competitor again. Claude Kern, captain of the freshman football team, is going in for the broad jump, as also Chaplin, Neighbor and Snedigar, last year's men. Zacharias, a freshman [from the Mo- desto High School, is billed for the shot-put, and so are Sperry, Hosmer, Boynton, Hartline and Gilmore. These men will all try for the hammer-throw, too, Sperry and Zacharias being the best of them.