The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1904, Page 10

THE ' SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 190z TARS BUILD NEW | RACING MACHINE Pollywog Isa Shallow Center Board Scow of Type Almost | Unknown in Waters of Bay | —_— | are looking forward with to the first al of the mew | which will be made | her own canvas. The last Sun- | m North | , but the can- il and| Presto. e's sle her over safely the rinthian ded - oppor- other ttle r the ipper a chance to est some changes rinthians have done t out so ea ubs will have ther two will have The Yacht | 1902 of the eedwell nthian M gship ub, and Com- t's sloop Be t season Mo rrow’s be George w the fla ra Creek two weeks of work has been d cabin, the ¢ varnis scraped off and twe plied. N n ers have beer casing has beer erboard so that table wi have been s ewing- ing doors d has ne stove of the | t been put into E the Speedwell | de as smart as any craft on cht has been launched at| va We ter street, Oakland. She is named llywog and will | the flag he California Yacht of wh r owners, G. N. Tyler | A. G. Byx are members. | gh on a much smaller scale, she is of much as the Corin- thian H over & s 24 feet; on the wa 4 feet 6 inches; her| beam is i her draught only | 4% inches overhang is & feet, her g 3 feet 6 incnes, and she will of feet and has and | dagger- | ead at | its point. It can aft in the asing s balanced Her ma of 14 fee of 20 feet 14 feet on | the gaff and 2§ feet the leach. The | 3ib measures 18 feet th ¥, 8 feet | on the fc and 16 feet the leach. | If the new boat proves a fast sailer snd seawortny, & larger one on the | lan will be t and will try| c s with the sloop Challenger, fastest 30-footer on the bay committee has the opening jinks San Francisco Yacht Club in but will really have little to do, € the De Koven Society will furnish arly the whole of the entertainment. few items will be added to the pro- amme | € A. Young has purchased the grey- hounds Helen Hayes and Slievenamon from W. C. Bishop, ing doors | & | cord amounted to in good form. | no | Angeles president wanted PORTLAND TEAM LACKS VIVACITY Its Players Rank With the Best, but The Portland team cannot win many ball games until Manager Fred Ely administers a little elixir of life to his brown-hosed warriors. When the club was origin. 'y announced the dope stu- dents shook their heads and predicted it would be a hard outfit to beat. ing the first two weeks it was a mat- ter of general wonder that the Browns won so few games, but it was not long after the first appearance here that the reason was plain. Individually it is a fine team, but collectively it is about the limit. There is no guiding hand to run things at a critical time. Cap- tain Castro has been the chief offender in the matter of bad mistakes of the ad is taking a pos among the minors, g for a runner on the lines when » are out in the ninth inning, the e ar field. Imagine the same set off his bag on a pop-up fly to the infield. .aptain Castro did both of these things Tues- day and Wednesday and helped Oak- land to a couple of unearned games. In addition to paying a goodly sum for Castro's release, Ely is expending a | big salary to retain him. The Vene-| zuelan must play vastly better ball to Hal Chase of Santa Clara continues | clout the ball, run bases and field his position in grand style, the southerners compare him Dillon they are doing the lad an injus- tice. While he has all the ear marks of a coming star, too much should not be expected of him. Los Angeles mi be in the same fix with Portland b for Dillon’s headwork and manage- ment. When the leader leaves for the East the fans will soon notice the dif- ference, as Dillon is a natural leader and one who commands respect as well | as obedience. Captains in the big o ization receive $600 extra for their |labors and good ones are difficult to find, as they are born, not made. Mor- ley does not deny the fact to himself, payroll another season Rabbit” Miller was the best second baseman in the Eastern League in 1903, although the records award him third place. He is a small chap and a fielder of the Mohler order. His batting re- .260, or about the Schilafly-Mohler gait. In addition, he is good at sacrificing and runs bases Manager Harris made mistake in securing him and his luck in getting such a man was due to im Morley's foresight. When the peace compact was proposed the Los to protect himself and signed Miller, although he | really had no use for him. As the name was on the claim list Miller could not play elsewhere without Morley's con- sent and he ‘finally released him to Harris rather than allow a good man 10 escape from the league. Leahy and Schlafly are .the first | players to sustain injuries and the loss of the former a keen one at this time, but is all for the best, perhaps, as Tommy is in poor condition for ac- tive duty, and the layoff, while his lec- erated finger is healing, will do him good. Lohman has Clancy to help out and the absence of Schlafly is not felt g0 much. “Rube” Waddell will not be asked to join Portland, although he was award- ed to that club by the peace pact. Ely has waived claim and the redoubtable Rube will be allowed to go in peace with the Athletics of Philadelphia. The Browns need no better pitching staff than they have now. Theilman, Shields, Butler, Iberg and Druhot have everything that is wanted. —_—— The population of Russia, 120,000,000, is | is increasing 1,500,000 annually They Do Not| Work to Good Advantage| Dur- | an easy bounder is bat- | but when | with | ce his efforts to keep Dillon on the| + * | | | | | B | || | ! | | || | L X3 | QUARTET OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ATHLETES WHO ARE PREPARING CAREFULLY FOR THEIR ANNUAL i || STRUGGLE ON PATH AND FIELD WITH THE STANFORD MEN ON BERKELEY OVAL ONE WEEK FROM TO-DAY. {1 THE COMPETITION 1S EXPECTED TO PROVE EXCEEDINGLY KEEN._ [+ LEASIMEN FORM NEW ASSOCIATION | Owners of Principal Kennels | Join in a Movement ‘for | Betterment of the Sport AL A The Pacific Coast Greyhound Own- ers’ Protective Association was or- | ganized on Wednesday, forty-eight owners of kennels signing the mem- bership roll. The association is ex- | pected to represent the leashmen in | any controversies ‘which may develop between them and the promoters of the sport. James J. Edmonds presided | as temporary chairman. The follow- ing officers were elected to serve for one year: President, Willlam Kelly; vice president, A. G. Hoigh; treasurer, M. J. Pierce; secretary, Joseph Trade; executive committee—M. J. Pierce, Thomas Jolly, B. F. Jackson, Joseph Trade, W. H. Kocher; investigating committee—Patrick Mullarky, James Edmonds, Thomas Jolly. Rector and Pocatelli will meet to- morrow at Union Park in the first, | series of trials of the Grand National Champion stakes. Most of the ex- perts expects Rector to win the first ! two courses. After that Pocatelli’s| advantage in age is expected to prove sufficient to win the next three courses and the match for him. Pocatelli ran within a length of Barge on Monday | and will be fit to-morrow. | The Chicago Coursing Club has an- {nounced May 1 as the date for the opening of its first season. Indica- tions point to a big entry from SL} | { | Louis and the stake promises to be an | intercity affair. Several of Wilson & Allen’s string, which wintered here, will be included among the entries. \ The season at Butte, Mont., will | open on May 15. The northern cours- ers have twice as many dogs as they | had last year and the stakes will con- sequently be larger and not so hard | to fill. The management of Ingleside.Cours- | ing Park has gone back to running but one day a week. A sixty-four-dog | stake will form to-morrow’s card. The | | coursing will commence at 10:30. The | likely winners look to be: McVey, Sea Lion. Northern Alarm, Prome- | theus, Friendiess Boy, Quita, Firm Fellow, Sofala, Orsina, ¥risco Lad, Imperious, Homer Boy, Lily York, Youns Johnny Rex, Crawford Beile, Royal Friend, Fenil, Siiver Cioud, Bella | Lioyd, Outda, Foxhunter. Equator, . Yellows tail, Clover Blossom. Young Klamath, Black Coon, Frisky Boy, Bill Dugan, J E H, Our Minnie, Little Plunger, Regal Attire. The first brace of dogs will start to- morrow at Union Park upon the ar- rival of the 10:15 a. m. train. The first of the match courses will be run just before luncheon. The likely win- ners look to be: H | | | | i jon Wednesday Sales pitched five in- College Ball Nines to Line Up This Afternoon. Berkeley Will Play the Cardinal at Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 8. | The varsity baseball nine has re- doubled its efforts during the week to get into shape to win the intercolle- | glate series. The defeat in the game at Berkeley last Saturday proved a great surprise to most of the Stanford supporters, who had underestimated the strength of the blue and gold nine. | It now seems probable that Sales, ‘06, who played right field last Satur- day, will be in the box for the cardi- nal in the contest with Berkeley on the Stanford diamond to-morrow. Sales has pitched several of the preliminary games during the season and at times has proved wonderfully effective. He is usually, perhaps, a little easler to hit safely than is Tritch, who twirled the first game against Berkeley, but his steadiness and nearly perfect con- trol offset that disadvantage. In the game with the alumni team nings; striking out three men and al- lowing neither a safe hit nor a base on balls. In that game he seemed clegrly the superior of Tritch, who pitched the last four innings. How- ever, Tritch has been suffering from a wrenched hip and is not so effective as he would otherwise be. This injury may in a measure account for the fact that Tritch showed to a disadvantage last Saturday. . If Sales pitches the entire game for Stanford to-morrow, Knight, who has played on previous varsity teams, will occupy right field. Otherwise there will be no' changes in the lineup. James Lanagan, '00, football coach, has been coaching the cardinal nine in the fine points of the game. They have im- proved under the tutelage of Lanagan and a very close and exciting contest is expected. Prospects on the track are encour- | aging. The meet with Pomona brought out several surprises. While it had heretofore been generally conceded that California would win both the high and low hurdles, it now seems proba- ble that Lanagan, '04, and McFarland, '07, will make a close bid for those events. West, '06, and Bill, '04, also showed well in the broad jump in the Pomona meet, tying for first place at nearly 22 feet 3 inches. Dunn, '04, has shown great speed in the 220-yard dash and should prove a winner in that event. f | kG TR X CHAMPIONSHIP IN DOUBT. Racing Auto, McHenry, Sir Winton, Honest John, Frisky Barbara, Fontenoy, Ruby Sankey, Pasha Pleasant, Commercial Traveler, Texas Hoo-Hoo, Conroy, Haphazard, Free n, Richard ‘Anton, General de Wet, Flaunt, Pre. sideo Boy, Mellonwood, Menlo Prince, 'Apple Blossom, ‘Hudson, Colored Lady, Red Rock, Donnybrook, The Referee, Lulu Girl, Vandal, Cloverdale. Raby Aurora, Gambit, Queen’s Alotto. Ralla Welle- Amateur Competition Between Berke- ley and Stanford Will Be Close. BERKELEY, April 8.—Nobody pre- tends these days to know which will win the intercoilegiate field day next TWO MORE GAMES FOR FOOTBALLERS| Thistles Will Play Combined | Eleven and Also Friendly Contest Against Vampires | SOy B The Independent Association Foot- ball Club, whose team won the Cali-| fornia A. F. Union cup and was sec- ond in the table of results for the championship of the California A. F. League, will hold its annual banquet to-night, at which the cup, specially | lent for the occasion, will be used fnr1 the first time. The members of the Independent | team will receive two sets of medals, | one as winners of the California Asso- | ciation Football Union cup and the other as runmers-up for the champion- ship of the Football League. The cup is a challenge trophy, and, after its formal presentation, which will take place later, will be held by the Inde- pendent Club till it is won next year. On Sunday, the 17th inst., the This- tle and Vampire teams will play an exhibition match on the Presidio Ath- letic Ground, for the benefit of Huffer- dine, the Vampire trainer, who is about to return to England. vn Sunday, the 24th inst.,, the This- tles, winner of the championship of the league, will play an exhibition match on the baseball ground at San Jose against a combined eleven of the other six clubs in the league. Arthur Robinson and Henry Roberts, the well-known referees of the Califor- nia A. F. Union, were entertained on Monday night by the Pirates of East Oakland in their club hcuse. + 0 Saturday—California or Stanford. It is going to be such a close fit that even the wisest ones hesitate to hazard a guess. There is no department where the athletes of one university over- whelm those of the other. It is going to be the swifted lot of trials Califor- nia ever saw and no matter which wins it will be only -~ herculean bat- tle that will bring victory. To begin with, California seems to have the 100-yard dash “cinched.” Aba- die always wins and judging from the Pomona meet will have no great amount of trouble carrying victory from Stanford. He easily defeated Hen- drickson of Pomona in that trial last week. This week Hendrickson beat Hamilton at Stanford in 10 2-5 sec- onds. Abadie has done the distance in 10 seconds flat. In the 220-yard event it does not look so easy for California. Snedigar is California’s best, but he is not looked upon as as good as Dunn of Stanford. The 440-yard dash is more than like- 1y to be won by Dunn. He has won it the last two years and California has not.produced anybody who could press him harq Claude Kern is California’s best and it is just possible he will nose out Crossman for second place. | | ATHLETIC COLLEGIANS TRAINING FOR THEIR BIG MEETING TROUT STREAMS CLEAR RAPIDLY| Anglers Anticipate Good Sport To-Day and To-Mor- row on Paper Mill Creek Contrary to the expectations of the angling fraternity, the coast streams are clearing rapidly and with a con- tinuation of warm weather it is pos- sible there will be fly-fishing next week. It is estimated there are more trout in the Paper Mill at present than at any time during the past five years. R. Terry took sixty-five near the bridge at Point Reves on Tuesday, using an- gle worms and salmon roe. The fish were voracious and struck eagerly at the bait. Whether the fish have gone { up stream or whether they have gone|ond victory. back to the ocean is a question which | cannot be answered until the test of | fishing is applied. The Paper Mill being the most read- ily accessible stream from this city, will attract a big crowd of fishermen to-morrow. The bulk of the anglers, however, are patiently awaiting vaca- tion days, secure in the knowledge that their favorite streams in the moun- tains will vield greater returns this year than for many seasons past. Fishing is reported excellent at Sims, on the Sacramento River. This is un- usual and unexpected, as it was thought the stream would not clear'for some time. It is particularly early this vear. The water is still high, but it does not seem to affect the balit- fishing. On the Truckee last Sunday the ave- rage catch was thirty pounds to the basket. It was chiefly the market fishermen who were on the stream. Down Santa Cruz way the majority of the streams are reported to be run- ning clear. The striped bass fishermen are hav- ing excellent sport, both in Raccoon Straits and on Lake Merritt. R. Sang- ster took ten fish in the straits on Tuesday which ran from three to eight pounds each. - — The 880-yard run is a stand-off be- tween Clifford of California and Hol- man of Stanford. Holman has been gaining speed lately and may win. Be- sides Clifford California will have Han- na, Mishler and Edwards, all of them fairly good men. The mile run is an uncertainty, too. Hackley, Lyons and Newhall will do the distance for Californla and no one knows what they may do against Gay and Holman of Stanford. Lyons walk- ed away with the prize in the meet with Pomona and he may turn out to be a dangerous man. Hackley was not at his best in the Pomona meet and may come up, The hurdles are likely to go to Cali- fornia. There will be Meany, Hume and Frei to go over the jumps and one of them ought to beat Lanagan of Stanford, though it is sald Lanagan is fast. Chaplin looks safe for the broad jump. Stanford’s man West has been jumping over 22 feet, but the Stanford jump has some advantages that the Berkeley one has not. Trainer Chris- tie thinks Chaplin will be able to go a good deal over 22 feet. Captain Cooley will have a care in the high jump this year. Henley of Stanford is a dangerous man and may beat him out. The pole vault is conceded to Stan- ford on last year's showing by Dole and Beach, though Wilcox and Symmes are going to make them hus- tle. The shot put, though by no means a “cinch,” will go to California. Sperry has been throwing it over 42 feet in practice and is expected to defeat Hyde of Stanford, who put it 41 feet 4 inches at the Pomona meet. WEATHER DELIGHTS THE TENNIS MEN Brings Them Out of Winter Retirement in Numbers and Courts Are Crowded The clear weather of the past week attracted many players to the tennis courts of the California Club and to those at Golden Gate Park. It has been a difficult matter to get a court late in the afternoon. The California and East Oakland clubs have at last finished their February tournaments {and the Golden Gate Club will do so i to-morrow. The fourth class was fin- ished at the park courts last Sunday {and resulted in an easy victory for Guerin. This makes the latter's sec- Melville Long has won | the cup twice and Hall once. In the first class there are only four | matches to be played. In the lower | half Drummond MacGavin has an un- | finished match with George Baker. The score stands a set and 4-3 in fa- |vor of the former. The winner will be called upon to play Clarence Griffin {in the semi-finals. In the upper half | Will Allen and Carl Gardner will meet. |1t is expected that Allen and Maec- Gavin, as usual, will meet in the finals. In the second class only the best players are left and the remaining | matches should all prove close and | interesting. Neil Baker, Foley, Long |and Ambrose are all evenly matched. | Baker is probably the steadiest of the |lot and is expected to win. Of the four Herbert Lopg is easily the most promising and the others may find him a stumbling block to-morrow. Long has an excellent style, his driv- ing both back and fore hand being similar to that of R. N. Whitney. He has also a fine serve. It has a fast, high bounce and enables him to get to the net in plenty of time. Long's weak point is his net work, but he is practicing this every day and when he brings it up to his back-court game he will be a hard man for any of the cracks to beat. Grifiin, Long and | Schmidt are the most promising of {the younger players. As yet Long | does not class with the other two, but should do so easily in a short time. Taking everything into consideration | Long is probably the most promising player that has turned up in this part of the State for years. In the third class Guy Lytton, Har- old Gabriel and Robert Drolla are the most prominent candidates for class honors. The annual intercollegiate tennis matches will be played at Stanford next Saturday morning. Stanford is worse off for players this year than ever before. On the other hand Berke- ley has good players to spare. Drum- mond MacGavin will be California’'s mainstay. He will be first man in singles and will play with Robert Variel in doubles. Stanford's *best player is Hodge. He comes from Southern California, where he is considered a promising man. The other Stanford players will probably be Baker and Lieb. Phe first big championship tourna- ment of the year is less than two months off and the eracks are already commencing to get in trim for it. It will be the annual tournament, for the championship of San Francisco, and as usual it will be held at the Califor- nia Club on May 30. George F. Whit- ney won the first championship, Grant Smith the second and Drummond Maec- Gavin is the present champion. The cup, which was donated by Joseph D. Grant, must be won three times. Mac- Gavin, Allen, Baker and Murdock are the strongest men playing at present and one of them should win. Smith will not compete in the tournament, Since Plaw, California has had no- body phenomenal in the hammer throw, and. Stanford’s man, Crawford, may win out. His only serlous competitor will be Sperry. nor will R. N. Whitney. ——— WOULD CHANGE HIS NAME.—, Wostelnik, a Russian, applied m\::' - Court yesterday for permission to change his name to West. He says he desires to ‘make :Ml chlu:..'t:;:.w he b:. Iways, since his rrival in country, e Lry, D known B the