The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1904, Page 10

10 : THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1904 s i YOUNG CORBETT IS INSTALLED A 6 TO 10 CHOICE OVER JIMMY BOXERS APPEAR I\ GREAT FORM Britt and (‘orbett Put in a Very Busy Day Train- ing at Their Quarters ARE NEARLY AT WEIGHT | l Both Expect to Be at the Required Figure When They Retire To-Night —— Jimmy Britt and Young Corbett each put in a good day’s work yesterday and pleased their admirers with the man- ner in which they went through their paces It is the consensus of opinion among men well gualified to judge that no o athletes ever approached a ring con- test in better condition than these two boye are in. Britt’s friends do not try to conceal their delight in his condi- tion. He seems to be getting down to the required weight without sacrificing of his strength, but rather build- ing up in hitting power and activity. If nothing goes amiss with him until he appears at Woodward’s Pavilion to- morrow mnight he will have no excuses to offer in case of defeat. He was never in such condition before. He is hover- any ing close to the 130-pound mark, and could | reach it within a few hours if necessary. His spirits are of | the best, and with the battle of his career but forty-eight hours away he is a= confident as ever he was when ready for his past encounters. His work yesterday was practically the ne as the programme he has pursued ing the week—a run on the road in the morning and several hours of light exercise in the gymnasium in the after- noon, followed by a rub down and a chamber Jecture from Spider Jimmy's head trainer. An air hopefulness pervades the Britt camp, and of those who have as- sisted and watched Jimmy in his train- ing course say he will step into the & night prepared to bat- ny man of his weight to a finish CORBETT'S VISITORS. crowd visited Corbett’s quar- the beach yesterday. In rning Corbett went the entire length park and return, a distance of He alternated his pace to-morrow 5 of the about ten miles hetween jogging and sprinting and fin- ished in good shape. From the way he bundled himself up for his gymnasium work the afternoon it was evident he 1o take off some weight. H alsc stove in the gymnasium buting toward the warmth of the oceasion. t looked better yesterday than y time since he first appeared on st. He seemed fairly bursting with health and with good nature. Hi; eyes were sparkling and his flesh had a ruddy glow. He went at his work with a vim, having lost the lackadaisical air with which he was accustomed to per- form his gymnasium work when train- ing for other fights He apparently feels his future is staked on this fight. and he is leaving nothing undone to fit himself for what appears the hardest battle of his career. The utmost gecrecy is still maintained about his weight, but, like Jimmy Britt, he expects to retire to-night at weight This means both boxers will take but gentle exercise to-morrow to keep them at the required figure. rhett expected to meet Harry Pol- Jock, his manager, who was due from New York last night. The train was twenty hours late, thus making him due here this afternoon. After Corbett finiehed his work vesterday he dressed himself warmly and came into town in his automobile BETTING SETTLES DOWN. Tim McGrath, who was a passenger in the ca 2id he was glad he w not the man who had posted Corbett's | $2500 forfeit guaranteeing his appear- ance in the ring. The champion is & daring chauffeur and the way he drove that car was starding. It seems gives him some exciting recreation. The betting seemed to reach its level yesterday when the odds settled at 10 | to 6, with Corbett favorite. This was the prevailing price throughout the | &fternoon and evening and some of the | avthorities on figures will remain is more Corbett money than Brit: money in sight, but the men who want to wager it refuse to accept less than € to 10. perts that the latter is a false prics' and that the legitimate odds should be § to 10. Each boxer is betting on himseif, Britt sending in a larger commission unchanged. There ADVERTISEMENTS, Men E V E NTEEN years of un- qualified success as a specialist in men’s diseases jue- tify every claim I make. 1 promise my patients & complete cure in every in- stance, and in cases where I cannot safeiy make this promise I positively refuse to treat. You take no chances at all. e H: ntract @ers, Stricture, l!ptdne Blood Poison, Piles and )l Reflex Aflmen: g Srite for my Sumphlet. ~Tave All Your ears Mailed free. Consultation free at office or ty mail. DR. 0. C. JOSLEN Cor. Market and Kearny Streets. - Private Entrance 702 Market st. the | betting believe these | It is the opinion of many ex- | LL SEASON OPENS T0-DAY | Seattle Will Engage Uncle l Hank’s Colts in the Ini- “ tial Game This Afternoon iBA | TEAMS WELL BALANCED Many Players of High Class Will Perform in the Pacific Coast League music of thé base hit of the ball against the in order to-day at the bail park, after an ab- months, an absence that has made the heart of the faithful fan grow fonder. San Francisco will line up against Seattle and the game will be called at if the rain does not interfere. There will be no parade, but simply e merry and the zing mitt will be Eighth-street | sence of four 3 o'clock, a ball game, and the management %ays it will be a dream. James Wha- len or Stanley Yerkes are carded to| twist 'em for Uncle, and either Jimmy | Hugh Nick Williams or “Bay Rum” Barber will perform for Park Wilson's colts. Everything looks right for a good and a prosperous ball season. The teams appear evenly matched and the race gives promise of developing into an exciting affair. San Francisco made good against the mighty Chicago Na- tional Leaguers last Monday and if they are able to keep up a stride like that there may be danger of the pen- nant landing here. Seattle is represented by a team of sluggers. Each man on the team, with a couple of exceptions, is noted for his ability to line 'em out, and if the home pitchers do not look wise there is every likelihood of big do- ings to-day. OLD-TIME FAVORITES. There are a few members of the home team who will be well and fa- vorably remembered. For instance, Leahy, who played the best ball of any backstop in the league last vear. Then there are Captain Char- ley Irwin, silent Pat Meaay, the mild mapnered Jimmy Whalen and“ cute Winnie Cutter. These men are looked upon as top liners and much will de- pend on their work during the season. The balance of the team®is fairly well known. Second Baseman Andy Anderson and Shortstop Claude Schmeer performed for Portland last vear and everybody knows them. Hil- debrand learned how to play the game under the watchful eye Hank and has returned unto the fold after straying away. Waldron, Yerkes and Bert Jones are the strangers, but Uncle assures us they will not be | strangers long, for each man is cap- able of deoing what is right in his re- spective line. Manager Morley of the Los Angeles team will not be allowed to play Dil- lon to-day. President him last night that he could not use the big first baseman unless he could | show the latter had been released by Hanlon of Brooklyn. Manager Harris notified President Ferfall of the Na- | tional Association that his claim on Grauchnaur still held and therefore the latter will not be permitted to play ball any place but in San Francisco. WADDELL IN TROUBLE. As usual, the remarkable Rube Waddell is in trouble. He evidently forgets he has signed up with Portland and no one knows his whereabouts. But nevertheless Rube cannot play ball » elsewhere. He will probably make a lively move within the next few davs, for he has been in eclipse for a long time. The Oakland grounds will not be ready for two weeks vet, so the games | next Sunday morning and Tuesday | atternoon will be played on the old s | field at Golden Gate. Umpire Colghn | is i1l and did not report, so Jack Mc- Carthy, has kindly consented to act in his stead. He will judge the initial { game this afternoon. a | line up as follows: safety valve for his surplus energy and | San Fra Positions Seattle. | Leany . Catcher .........Blankenship Whalen or Hughes, Barber | | _ Yerkes.. . Pitchers . ~or Williams | Massey First hase. | Anderscn Second base. Irwin. Schmeer. .. Hildebrand Waldron. ... Center fieid. | Meany.. .0l Right field o 2 on this fight than he has placed on his chances in any previous ring engage- ment. The demand for seats at Harry Cor- bett’s continues brisk. There will be large delegation from Denver, Cor- lbflt's home town, at the ringside and well represented. | ———— RESERVE STAKE ARRANGED FOR UNION COURSING PARK | | Fleetest of Hounds Are Drawn To- gether in the Pirst Round of the Event. A reserve stake, with sixty-four | greyhounds entered, will be the card on Sunday at Union Coursing Park. { In the draw last night New Home Boy, |the Los Angeles flyer, was matched ! with Rector, while Rubber Ankies will meet Lord Brazen. The complete draw follows: Terah vs. John Heenam, McVey vs. Molile | Mc. Racing Auto vs. Shadow, Barefoot Boy ve. Hudson, Colored Lady vs. Loretta, €u- Penols va Rocker Arm, Creswick vs. Tralee v, Idabo Boy vs. Apple Blossom, Aggle W umflgw\bu‘h Real Article ve. Rocklin Bo ranard va. bt Kl Lord Brazen, Tralee g 3 e Bttt Boy, {yanus ve Ruby Sankey. Vandal 've. | Motto, Dubaliow vs. Liberator, i vs. The Referce, Wave of g Foriune v, Pepper e, Born, Tillie R vy lacerated head last night at the Har- tle at him in a saloon on East street. Nommlflmamtb of | Bert notified | The teams will | other parts of the muntry will also be | Alexander Watson was treated for a bor Hospital. Watson alleges that some unknown man threw a beer bot- BRITT HANDICAP TO WARTE NICHT Spencer Is Beaten on Celebrant | . at7tolo0. “Big Bill"” Knapp, seated on the back | of Puerl Wilkerson’s Warte Nicht, cap- | turea the $1000 handicap, over one and a sixteenth miles, decided yesterday at Oakland track. Warte Nicht carried 106 }puundu. and as he was always partial | to heavy golng and the footing was [holdlng enough to pull the plates from the favorite. P. Ryan brought Ben MacDhui out of retirement, and he had the second call. { Horatius and Keynote were also well bet on. Grafter for a third of the route cut out the running. Then Knapp urged the favorite to the front, and, though Ben MacDhui looked dangepous when Martin moved with him in the stretch, the favorite stood a drive, passing” the wire in front by three parts of a length. MacDhui ran second, about the same distance ahead of Grafter. Horatius re- ceived a severe bump at the first turn and never showed to any advantage. FOUR FAVORITES LAND. Four favorites tied up at their moor- ings first, and until the downfall of Celebrant the books were all far be- hind financially. The handicap attract- ed a large attendance. | Foxy Grandpa at 7 to 10 was the first favorite to step over the plate in front. The black colt seemingly outclassed his company, but was well hustled throughout by Travers, finally beating Inspector Munro half a length. Ho- merie, at odds of 30 to 1, ran third. Jack Little ran a poor race under Bon- ner's guiding hand. Following this came the very easy | win of Sol Lichtenstein. The black gelding is a heavy headed individual, and as it was thought that Holbrook might prove too light to manage him the odds went from to 5 to 12 to 5. Sol had the lead before the stretch was reached and won under reefed sails from Educate. Pure Dale again dis- played a lack of staying qualities, los- ing the show to Adirondack. Otis was thrown from the back of My Surprise at the start, escaping without injury. No doubt the presence in the saddle of Jack Martin caused Muresca to be | installed an § to 5 favorite for the third, a six-furlong selling sprint. The mare shines on a sloppy track, but the | gcing vesterday was too heavy and { holding, with a result that C. Smith on | Quiz 11, the second choice, scored an easy first. Florestan finished third, more than three lengths behind the first choice. Wolhurst went to the post for the first time in many moons, look- ing big and high. He could not scare up a gallop. MRE. FARNUM FAIL Charley McCafferty’s Mr. Farnum failed to make it three straight, losing the mile and a furlong event to Byronerdale. The former horse open- ed up favorite, but the play on Byron- erdale was such a steady one that the Crane entry had the call around post time. As usual Mr. Farnum went out in front and stayed there until the paddock was approached, when Trav- ers, on the favorite, drew up danger- ously close and Smith on the pace- | maker drew his whip. Byronerdale then won out in a reck finish. The Fretter took the show after 'much ill racing luck. Henrw Spencer, the original “Ice- | man,” did the books an unintentional | favor by getting beaten astride the | 7 to 10 favorite, Celebrant, in the clos- | ing Futurity course sprint. Henry plainly displayed a lacK of practice, riding a poor race. He let his mount drop back going the first 100 yards. In the run to the wire he was unable to overhaul the 10 to 1 outsider, Gate- way, ridden by Crosswalte, and, finish- ing down in the trench next the out- side fence, was defeated by more than a length. Eight lengths farther back Atwood dropped into the show. NOTES OF THE TRACK. | Business continues good at Oakland, as twenty-two books again cut in yes- terday. Jim Neil concluded to take a rest after laying prices Since the open- ing of the season. “‘Doc” Kyle sold Lady Atheling to T. McLaughlin yesterday. The pony race set for Saturday, with ‘W. 8. Hobart’s Silver Dick, Rudolph Spreckels’ Becky and Paul Clagstone’s Miss Miller as starters, has been post- poned until April 2, the conditions call - ing for a fast track. Willie See will ride Miss Miller and Jack Martin has been engaged to pilot Silver Dick. 3 Bookmaker Joe Rose, who was a big | loser up to the last. race, took a hard | fall out of Celebrant, cleaning up $4000. Aptos Stock Farm suffered a severe | loss yesterday in the death of the promising yearling colt by Cresceus, | dam Venus IL. Great things were pre- dicted for this son of the champion trotting stallion. It is said his owner refused an offer of $25,000 for him. G. A. Wahlgreen, secretary of the Overland Park Association, Denver, is here on a business trip. The Colorado Derby will be a big event this year and Toledo will he among the starters. ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY. First race—8ix and a half furlongs; three- vear-olds and up leu 6422 Hogarth (Carmody) 6271 *Young Pepper (O'Rourke) 6230 Lou Clieveden (McDowell). 6268 'flle Miller ((McNefl). 6362 *V (A by) . sEsii‘Exa?‘s’s “Mesto (Wilson) l&eou" d race—Four furlongs; two-year-olds; selling” Mfl Hooligan (Fount.ln) Stover) 6292 Eduardo (! (Ste ; the horses’ hoofs the son of Fonso ruled | SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S WITH KNAPP IN THE SADDLE: RACING FORM CHART [FEIRN OAXLAND RACETRACK—WEDNESDAY, March “Track muddy. 6434, FIRST RACE—Six and a half furlonges; selling; 3-vear-olds £ lndnl Horse and Owner. wtiSt. %. 3%. %. su-. Fin. | M!2 Foxy Grand M m‘s (8309 Inspector Munra (1. L) I Next two driving hard. Foxy Grandpa was last Aty yards, Jack Litt Oh grand race—mayb {8435. SECOND RACE—Five and a half furlongs; place, 1-5; Time—:25 :52%, 1:27 At t minute, Off at firudpa. show, | o, Munro, nlm%n 10; .K‘;'- ?4 Homerie, show. . Winner, blk, c. by Loyalist- Lorena Mac, Tratned by J. Coffey. Scratched—County Down. Start good. Won easily. probably best, but was hard ridden until With better handling Inepector Munro might have won. Homerlc tired. ers won't ds selling; -olds and up; to first, $325. -ye two driving hard. Winner best. stead of being rated Educate had a chance. Kone back. Amoruna quit. lndefl Horse and Owner. \Wli!l . Fin. | Jockey. I op. Cl: 6310 [Sol Lichtenstein, 5 (Romigh. 107 : 6362 ‘@ducm. ¢ (Hegarty & Co..|105) 1 8 6350 |Adirondack, 4 (Shannon).... 107 > 6386 |Pure Dale, 4 (Thomas & R.)|105| s 6326 {Amoruna, ‘4 (P. McGuire)...| 96| o 6386 | Tom Mitchell, 4 (GPMr]\eIl)\Hfl‘ s G410 |My Surprice, 4 (Mounce). Mk & Time—:2615, ‘m 1:13%,. At post 1x4 mifutes, Off at 2 391, Sol place, L 1-2. Educate. place, 2; show, 1. Adirondack, show, 7-10, Winner, bik. g. by St. George- Ada, § Trained by’ J. Stewart, Scratched—Pruewood. Start good. Won easiiy. Next It ridden out in front the way she likes to run in- Adirondack ran to form. Pure Dale has might have put up & stiffer argument. ‘Wolhurst not ready. _ Fiorestan ran fair race. *Los Angeles index 6301, 6436. THIRD RACE_ Six furlonge: selling; 4-year-olds and up: value to first, $325. Index| Horse and Owner. mim %. %. %. Str. Fin. y ~ Jockey. c. | (G410)Quiz 11, 6 (C. McCafferty).... 104 2 1%1n 1n 11 [C. Smith.. 90 |Muresca, & (Mrs. Miller). 105 4 48 21334 23%[J * |Florestan, 4 (F. N. Hayes)..{109/ 5 63 54 42 3n | €316 |Ballroom Belle, 4 (Josephs)..|100 1 3( 832 2h 412 5115 |Montoya, 5 (L. C. Bchrofler). |102{ 8 438 655 54 3925 |Wolhurst, a (Kronnik Co.)..'102! 6 6 6 6 1:20. At post 3% minutes. Off at 8:06%. Quiz, .place. 7.10;_ show. out. place. 3-5; show, out. Florestan, show, 2. Winner, b. g by St Florfan- Quecnstown, - Trained by C. McCafferty. Scratched—Rollick, Col Van, Start good. Won easily. Next two driving. Sticky going just apited Quiz. 1If off in front Muresca Ball room Belle quit. nomg suited winner and was well ridden, he might win, Grafter quit early. going did not suft him. Horatfus was bumped at the Keynote outclassed. 8437. FOURTH RACE—One and a sixteenth miles; hndcp.; 3-yr.-olds & up; to first, $S00. index| Horse and Owner. ek %. %. Str. Fin. | Jocke i 6403 hsme Nicht, 4 (Wilkerson)..108 2 4 % 2n 1% 1 1%1 % (Knapp 5900 |Ben MacDhui, 6 (P. Ryan)..|106| 1 3 1143 1342 f 2 22 % |J. Mart (6257) Gratter, 6 (Blasingame Bros.)/106| 5 1 3%1 3 3 1343 [Crosswaite | (6365) | Horatius, 4 (J. J. McAlester)[113/ 3 8 '8 & . Powell. 6403 [Keynote, 8 (I A. Kyle). 964 22 44 48 5 5 |Bonmer ....| 1:48% 1:50 At post % minute. Off at %, Wi 1-4. MacDhui, place, 6-5; show. 3-5. Grafter, how, 4-5. Winner v Fonso-Lucasta, Trained by P. J. Cooper. Start good, Won in a drive of four Ben MacDhui hung when it looked as if first turn and the Smith bad going. 6439, SIXTH RACE— had not drawn his Whip. Chickadee a gold brick. Futurity course; The Fretter cut off and badly purse; 3.year-olds; 6438. FIFTH RACE—One and an elghth miles; selling; 4-year-olds and up; to first, $325. Index “Horse and Own;r‘ — [wese | Jockey Op. CI. 6285 |Byronerdale, 4 (3. M. Crane) I Travers (8400) MY, Farnum, § (McCafferty) 5 e "Smitn’ 6400 |The Fretter, a (F. O'R: 2o 1 Buxton ....| 6400 [ile 4O, a (G, . K ‘100 3 4\J. T. Shehn| 3 Xadee, 5 (S, Rafour).... /104 6 [Knapp ... Moore, a (T. T. Rector) 104 2 [Mountain”| At post 1% minutes. O at 3:38%. Byronerdale, 3. Farnum, place. 3-5; show, 1-8. Fretter, show. 4-5. Winner, ro-Briganza. Trained by J. Dixon. Start good, Won in a drive of Tode a well-judged race on wWinmer. Mr. Karnum might have won It ridden. Fille d'Or in show_out elebrant, p Seco, Trailned by T. Lottridge. art ping. Spencer on Celebrant laid away, wood can do better on a fast or sloppy tracl outclassed. S SEATTLE NINE WINS. Defeats the Crack Chicago Players Much to Their Survrise. SACRAMENTO, March 23.—The Seat-| tle baseball team defeated the Chicago National League team at Oak Park to day by a score of 8 to 2. It was a bril- liant game. Barber and Willlams pitched for Seattle and did great work in the box. Wicker, Weimer and Briggs officiated for Chicago. The Chicago men were greatly surprised by the showing | made by Seattle. The score: RORIE Chicago 000000011-2 & 0 Seattle 21300x—8 1n o Berkeley Nine Defeats Alumni. " BERKELEY, March 23.—In a game replete with clever fielding and heavy batting the University of California baseball team succeeded in defeating the alumni team to-day by a score of 3 to 1. The varsity showed great im- provement over its performances of last week. West of the dental col- lege was tried out in the box for the first time, pitching four innings. He held the alumni down to five hits. At that point Heitmuller, the regular varsity pitcher, replaced him and fin- ished the game. His work for a while was a little wild, but he soon steadied down ‘and pitched good ball. Bliss’' place behind the bat was taken by Strub, another dental college man. Four former captains of varsity nines played on the alumni team. They were Goslinsky, Elston, Hoag and Hamlin. Parker, a former Stan- ford pitcher, did the twirling for the alumni. —_—— Attel Knocks Out Rausch. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 23.— Abe Attel to-night knocked out Mor- ris Rausch in the sixth round at the ‘Whittington Park Athletic Club, . 27 Crian Croas (Hayes) . 6390 Lozano (Leach) 6362 St. Rica (Murphy) . olds and up; selling. 6125 Albula (Lamasney Bros.). (6402)Misty’s Pride (Jones). 6355 Venator (Rowell) Fifth race—One mile and fifty yards; four- year-olds and up: selling. 6427 *Flaneur (McCafferty) 6389 Boutonnlere (Jones) . 6413 *Sllurian (Lamasney (6424)Captivate (Bianchi & Co.) éfl‘g Pat Morrissey (Wellman) *Galanthus (Coffey) mxv.h race—Six furlongs; o5 Spusty Miller (Sheridan) . *Orchan Farm| herto | Facoo stmlo) yrohe (Coffey) Mll *Hulford (Stover) . *Letola (Jennings “Apprentice allowance, i S PROBABLE WINNERS. First Race—Young Pepper, Vigoroso, North West. Second Race—Meada, Light of Day, three-year-olds; .101 4 Atwood, show, permitting Crosswalte to steal the ri Index| Horse and Owner. %. %. Str. Fin. 32 11%12 11%|Crosswalte ‘elebrant (Hamilton Stable) 4 % 421321 28 [Spencer . 3- T. Hemingray). . 2822 &7 I Jones 7 ¥. Schorr) in 3 4 234 Reed 7 Hawailan (McCaffe [ 52" |Bonner i Devin) 5h 6" |A. Powel 100 200 At post 1% minutes. Off at 4:2415. Gateway, place, 5-2; show, -5. Winner, br. g. by Del Paso- good. Won in a drive of two. Third stop- ace, At- k. Ananias quit very early. The Hawafian B HANDBALL MEN IN BIG MATCH | Fitzgerald and Egan Are Ready to Contest for Cham- pionship of the World —_—— James Fitzgerald, the world's cham- pfon handball player, and Michael Egan of Jersey City, challenger, will meet in the Olympic Club court on Sunday afternoon in a contest for supremacy. This match has attracted widespread interest among devotees of the old Itish game. The players are the foremost exponents of the pastime, and in order to see them perform the members of the club and many outsiders have will- ingly paid $5 a seat., Egan was brought out from the East for the match and the victor will be the acknowledged world's champion. Egan recently went to Ireland and de- feated Twohill, the greatest player in the Emerald Isle. Since his return he has beaten Keegan of Chicago and other experts and believes he can take Fitzgerald's measure at the game. He is a powerfully built young man and drives the ball with incredible speed. Fitzgerald has been on this coast for the past year and during his stay he has shown his skill by defeating Al Hampton, Collins, Jimmy White, Midgy Maguire, Henry Corey, Jack Bonnet, Louis Levy and J. C. Nealon, two at a time. He is in superb condition for the match and is sanguine he will re- tain his laurels. The men will begin play at 1:30 p. m. Sunday and will play seven games. In order to win the title the victor must capture eight out of fifteen games. They will play two Sundays. Al Hampton will referee the match. Ex-Alderman Dunne of Brooklyn will be the scorer. The games are open to any outsiders who are willing to pay the high price of admission. The preliminary game on Sunday will be between Henry Corey and Jimmy ‘White vs. Joe Collins and Midgy Ma- guire. The second Sunday Corey and Louis Levy will play Joe Condon and cAll ‘l"gnch of the St. Ignatius Athletic ub, \ ———— Baseball at Fresno. FRESNO, March 23.—Portland and Tacoma meet here to-morrow after- noon at 3 o'clock for the opening baseball game of the season. Great in- terest is manifest in the contest here and a big crowd is expected. There will be a street parade, followed by ceremonies at the new ball park, where George W. Cartwright will de- liver an oration on baseball. Mayor L. O. Stephens will toss the first ball over the plate. 2 Suspected of Theft. William Urbank was arrested last night by Patrolman James Cullinane and his name entered on the detinue ‘book at the City Prison. He is sus- pectéd of having stolen ‘a diamond ring from his roommate. RACH FOR STRAGGLER ¢ HONORS |FIELD EVENTS ON SLOW TRACK l*efe.m Bucclemh and Best Bflko]e\ Mhletes Are Hand- Man Handily at Good Odds at Aseot Park Track SRS S el PR T Takes the von B and LOS ANGELES, March 23.—Notwith- | standing a rainfall amounting to two and a half inches last night, the Ascot ! track was in fine shape this afternoon, | | { i | and the time made under the conditions | was remarkably fast. A good pro- gramme furnished a fine day’s sport and the talent was successful in most‘ cases. Favorites were not generally suc- | | cessful; but there was a strong play on the choices. Two-Year-0ld Event Cleverly From De-| Sinicado | liberal priced second and third | | the various events. PEAKER FONTANA WINS | MANY icapped by the Sodden Condition of Their Oval CLOSE FINISHES Tibbitts and Hackley Are Tied for First Place in Exciting Two Mile Raee The college championship fleld day at the University of California track yes- terday afternoon was not a brilliant event by many lengths. The cinder path was slow and mushy and the ath- letes had a hard time in getting over the ground, so there was not a chance of breaking any running records. A fairly good crowd was in attend- ance, and the favorites were cheered when they came home first in any of A large number of Homage, at 3 to 1, won the first race | men were entered, and some of the fin- from Innsbruck, with Little Secret third. The two-year-old event furnished a | surprise, Speaker Fontana winning and 3 ishes were close and exciting. The only notable performance of the day was that of Sperry, who put the shot 43 feet inches, breaking the college rec- easily from Devon B, and Sinicado, the | ord. 7 to 10 favorite, was third. | Bugenie B, favorite for the third race | mile race. The finish of this event was over the Slauson course, led all the way A large fleld was entered in the two- | a hot one, Tibbitts and Hackley running and won by a nose from Barrington, | a dead heat, with Wheeler third by sev- | with Foncasta third. The fourth race was the best of the | day, every horse receiving support from | of the | the talent. Labor was heavily played at 11'to 5 and Best Man at 2 to 1. Many fancied Straggler at 5 to 1, while Dur- | bar and Buccleuth were not without backers at sixes. Straggler went to the front at the start and won all the way Buccleuth, from a poor start, ran a good race) and finished second, ahead‘ of Best Man. Redan stepped the Slauson course in 1:11% in the fifth race, winning handily from Agnes Mack at 50 to 1, with Pri- vateer, the favorite, third. Merwan took the last event, leading all the way and beating Erie and Mr. Robinson in the order named. Merwan was 4 to 1 in the betting. ‘Weather fine, track good. Results: First 1 race, one mile, selling—Homage, ‘108 {Feicht), 3 to 1, won; Innsbruck, 110 (Waldo), 20 to 1, second; Little Secret, 108 (Dugan), 106 to 1, third. Time, 1:45. Honduran, Capitol, Lurdan, Ting-a-Ling, Paddy B, Pleture, Ad- metus, Emir and Major Dixon also ran. Second race, four furlongs, two-year-old maidens, purse—Speaker Fontana, 108 (Booker), 5 o1, ; Devon B, 105 (Phillips); 15 to 1, do, 108 (Boland), 7 to 10, - Dixie, Herthus, Auro and Rubi- Third race, Slauson course, purse—Eugenie B, 95 (J. Booker), 5 to 2, won; Barrington, 100 «Johnson to 1, second: Foncasta, 104 (Feicht), 1. third. Time, 1:12. Mistietide, Pat Bulger and Atlantico also ra Fourth race, mile and sixty vards, selling— Straggler, 101 (Dugan), 5 to 1, won; Buccleuth, 100 (Lawrence), 6 to 1, second; Best Man, 96 (Anderson), 2 to 1, third. Time, 1:46. Durbar, Labor and Blue Miracle also ran. Fifth race, Slauson course, selling—Redan, 112 (Prier). '7 to 2, won Mpck. 105 (Dugan), 50 to 1, second: Ne: 11" (Bo- land). 13 to 16, ‘third. Time, 1:11%. Dollie Weithoff, Nanon and Susie Christian also ran. Sixth race, mile and_a sixteenth, selling— Merwan, 99 (Jackson), 7 to 2, won; Erme, 102 (Felcht to 1, second; Mr. Robimson, 103 to 5, third. Time, 1:5. Dr. m, Plan and Dug Martin also ran. ———— Racing at Little Rock. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., March 28 —Resulta: First race, fou ongs—Tommy O won, Victor B second. Eekatein thisd. ra Time, X‘P\nnd won, February Time, 1:17%. Third race —Lenox_won, third. Time, Fourth race, sfx furlongs, handica; nett wor Martlus second, Joe Time, Fifth race, fl\? and a half furlongs, selling— dweiser won, Dick Ripley second, Countess Clare third. Time, 1:11. Sixth race, one and a sixteenth miles—Wei- come Light won, Caithness second, Henry. of | Franstamar third. Thme, 1 race, six furlongs—Laira Hunter Blue second, Bandello third. Five and a half furlongs, selling ngmon Boy second, Polly Hiil Ira Ben- Goss third. 054 ———— PILLON WILL PLAY. LOS ANGELES, March 23.—The base- ball season will open in this city to- morrow, and the Oakland team will be the first to meet the champions of the! season of 1903. The usual demonstra- tion willyoceur in the form of an auto- mobile parade, and there will be an ex- odus from the City Hall about 2 o’clock. All the city and county officials have been invited to attend as the guests of the management, and most of have accepted. There is much speculation to-night as to what will happen when Captain Dil- fon attempts to play in to-mirow's game. Manager Morley authorizéd the Associated Press to say that Dillon will play to-morrow even in the face of President Bert's ultimatum. —_———— Physician Is Arrested. Dr. J. M. Brown, a specialist, with offices at 6 O'Farrell street, was ar- rested last night by Patrolman Mills and booked at the City Prison on a charge of distributing obscene litera- ture. He was subsequently released on bail. third. | 10% inches: | sn eral lengths. Johnston and Zacharlas also tied for first place in the third heat 220-yard dash, which was flnally won by Snedigar, with Zacharias sec- | ond and Johnston third. Clifford carried off all the glory in the 880-yard run. Mishler pulled up at the post a good second, and Hanna arrived with third honors. In the final of the 0-yard hurdle Frei was winning by a block, but fell down at the last hurdle. Hume and Meany then passed him without any difficulty. Trainer Walter Christie was well sat- isfled with the showing made by the men. They have had little or no prac- tice, as the track has been covered with water most of the time. Some promis- ing youngsters were brought out, and it is expected many of them will perform in good style when the Intercollegiate meet is held. Summary: 100-vard dash rst_heat won by Abadie '04, Time, Lig 5. ewell '06 third n by Snediger ‘04, %6 third. Time, : Third heat wie by Lasater -05 second, Allen “05 third. Time, heat won by Abadie '04, Snedigar 0 2-5. Laeater "06 third. _Tim 3 220-yard dash—First ell '06 second. Johnston ‘04 and Zac! Third heat won *06 second. Tim har! 5 3-5. Premo s "07 second, Johnston Tim 220-yard hurdies Won by Hume "07, Meany *04 second, Frei '06 third. Time, :29. Won hy Hume '07, Frei *06 second, Lynch ‘08 third. Time, is. 440-yard run—Won by Kern '07, Edward '08 second, Clifford ‘04 third. Time, :541-5. vy Clifford m Mlshlir Time, 2: Ly o 6 i dead heat. Wheeler Hammer throw. 137 feet inche third. High jump—Won by Abbott "04, height 5 Cooley second, Boynton third. by Sperry.'08. distanc e record); Gilmore ‘08 sec- et 1 inch; Ligda "08 third, incnes. Broad \ump on by Snedigar ‘04, dista: 21 feet % inch; Neighbor '05 second, 21 1o inch; Boynton third, 20 feet 8 inches. Pole vault—Won by Wilcox ‘04, 11 feet; Symmes '04 second. 10 feet 6 inches; Schults third, 10 fe 4 inches. The following officials meet: 06 third. Won by Sperry '07, distance Zacharfas second, Ellfott toet acted at the Referee. Dyer: judges at finish—W. B, Ma- gee, R. H. Rhodes, Koch: timers—Colonel (. C. Edwards and Al Norton; inspectors—Force. Parker and Curtis; fleld judges—Al Plaw and Roy Wools starter, A. Cadogan; clerk of course, l‘owl‘” announce Lou Kennedy. st Rimmge 2+ S Sy Football Coaching Board Meets, BERKELEY, March 23.—The newly created football coaching board of the University of California held a meeting this morning, which was attended by everal of the old football managers. The mistakes made in the last training season were discussed at length and plans evolved for next fall. It is pro- posed to have as large a corps of as- sistant coaches as possible. Among the older football men who attended were them[ Dr. George F. Reinhart and L J. Muma. —_— Daly Loses a Race Horse. OMAHA, Neb. March 23.—Five fast horses belonging to M. J. Daly's string, en route from San Francisco to Memphis, were unloaded here to- day, suffering from shipping fever. ‘Weather Gauge, a stallion, died, and Gold Edge, a valuable horse, is not expected to live. The other three are not seriously affected. —— e First cl -bman—They say Blurcky makes money playing poker. 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