The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 16, 1904, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRA NCISCO CALL, SAT: JRDAY, APRIL 16, 1904. 'PARK SPEEDWAY AND ATHLETIC FIELD IS ACCORDED LIBERAL SUPPORT AN ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF WHAT THE PROPOSED NEW SPEEDWAY AND ATHLETIC FIELD IN GOLDEN GATE PARK WILL AFFORD THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY WHEN IT BECOMES A REALITY. CNOE SAILING | PROVES POPULAR! Members of tlmkland and Encinal Clubs Will Hold Combined and Open Races ISP ) com Yacht A H nik McK Smith Pyle on T regatta com- measurer; ¥ and A. A Wr gramme; Louis and H. G enterta Bassett and / = ttee A Sonniksen, H ert nify’s handsome new schoon- er, » the yard Stone & Co., at the ex Baker street, near Harbor View, was launched at 9:30 last Saturday evening M. A, Newell's schooner, Lady Ada ailt in the same yard, was launched 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, in the presence of | several guests invite the owner and by Mrs. News h are large. roomy, comfortable ising craft and should be by no means slow Lady Ada is pearly sixty in length over- all, while J. R. Hanify's boat is a little shorter. W. E. Lingard has sold the sloop Ficetwing, which he owned for two years, to Dan Everett Corinthian Yacht Club. he sale- was made some months ago, but the fact did not become known until lately. An agreement for the sale of the yacht at a certain price was made after the close of last season be- tween W. E. Lingard and a well known jcurnalist, but a higher sum was paid by the present owner. SRR 'xi. yeiatt- Owens Wants 1o Go Free, A petition for a writ of habeas cor- pus in favor of W. H. Owens was filed in the Supreme Court yvesterday. The ‘Wefendant is held on the charge of complicity in burglaries committed by Harry Howard. The defense states that Owens was in Howard's company by chance. about also of the It is said that ALAMEDY FLE WILL BE STRONG, | Blue and White Cricketers) \ttract Some Valuable lecruits to Their Ranks| ———— Ward of the Ala-| ub has handed in the etary -Henry Cricket C of members of that organization, has thirty-nine names A Bird at pres- | E. Ack- B, Bird Benniong John U Braithwe E 5. J. Chivers, | G. Fortmann re Croll S. M. Foster, W. W. Goggin, R. B.{ Hamilton, ¥ n Hood, J. H. Halton, | J. M. Ha B. Kortlang, D. Lees, G. | S K M mes Mason, W. H. | McNaughton, ¥ Price, W. E. R.| | Rooker, W. J. Richter, V. Seebeck, F. | " | A. Stahl, J. H. Saunders, Herbert Ton- | kin, Bdgar Ward, Harold Ward and Henry Ward The oing list contains the names | f the who hz Bird, Croll and Ward fs e been the mainstay of icket for many year It ses A. E. Acklom and F. former members of the ab, and of Bert H. on his return from his intention of 2 - Franciscos Count cte that J. M who played with teams his own country. e addition to the| Ala- ! also Ben anno with staying Club. Australiar the | best ove a valuak ¢ of the Alameda eleven. A. J. Chivers, the best goalkeeper in | the California Association Football wcague, is an excellent cricketer as { well. Edwin Hood was one of the| strongest batsmen of the Alameda | team some years ago, but has playnd. little or no cricket for several sea- sons. G. 1. Baugh is a steady man at | the bat and #-gocd run-getter. The name of George Wiseman, for- merly a weli-known member of the | Pacific Cricket Club, should be added to the | The roll of that organization. schedule of matches as issued |'contains some errors, due to the nesl of the committee appointed to prepare | it to regaxd the strong wishes of the | Santa Cruz Cricket Club, as express- | ed in perscn by its delegate at the an- nual meeting and by its secreta Stephen Stagg, by letter. The commit- | tee's attention was also specially di- | rected to the point in the report of the | secretary of the association. The | matches between the Santa Cruz eleven and the city clubs have been arranged as follows: t Sunday, May 28, Santa Cruz Cricket Club | ve. San Farncisco County Cricket Club, at Ala- meda Lok ! Monday, May 29, Santa Cruz Cricke | vs. Pacific Cricket Club, at Alameda ey | Tuesday, May 30, Decoration Day, Santa | Cruz Cricket Club vs. Alameda Cri Club, | at_Alameda | Saturday, July 2, Pactfic Cricket Club vs. | Santa Cruz Cricket Club, at Santa Cruz, Sunduy, July 3, Alameda Cricket Club vs. Ssnta Cruz Cricket Club, at Santa Cruz. | | "Monday, July 4. Independence Day, San | Francisco County Cricket Club vs. Sant; Cricket Club, at Santa Cruz. According to this arrangement the ! Santa Cruz players will visit Sarn Francisco and play one match against each of the three city clubs during the Pecoration day holidays, while the Cruz | | Coroner's - jury brou VEX [TIM CRONIN BIDS FOR RICH STAKE Will_Start His Fast Gre) hound, Fair Tralee, With Lord Brazem in a Special — T. J. Cronin, a veteran of the leash, will send his fast greyhound Fair Tra- lee against Lord Brazen, from the ken- G Crawford of St. Louis, to-morrow at Union Coursing Park. The, contest will be the second of the for the Grand National Cham- pion stakes. Contrary to his usual at- titude, Mr. Cronim announces himself as being satisfied with the way his dog has trained on. Tramer Jackson is equally confident as to the showing his gog will make, so a’spirited con- test Js in prospect The reserve stake at Union Park ‘to- morrow has taken on the appearance of an interstate affair. Among the greyhounds which will start are: Mas- Rocket and Rich Array from Fres- nel of Lacy series ter ne, Lost Chord from Los Angeles, Fa- vor Free, Faraway and Mr. Zignego i from Stockton; Belle Free, Mickey Free and Friendless Boy from Sacramento; | Terah from Santa Clara, John Heenan and Aggie W from WVallejo and Con- cord Tralee from Concord. likely winners look to be: I E H, Free Born, Master Rockel, y. Roy Hugl Haphazard, Money empronius, Mellinwood, Vandal, Agkie Duhallow, Creswick, Cubanola, ce, Colored Lady, Pepper Hill, . The Referee, Belle Frée, Piker, Anton, Wedgewood, Conroy,” Rocker John Heenan, Lost Chord, Real seen’s Mctto, An excellent 64-dog stake .will be the card to-morrow at Ingleside Park. The running will commence as usual at 10:30 a. m. The ‘'management has in- stalled new scales in the paddock. All greyhounds will be weighed before going to the slips and the figures will be posted in a conspicuous place. The likely winners look to be: Frisky Barbara The Tralee Lass, Pasha Pleas- Black_Coon, Qu fly York. Ad Rose of d, Relia W Raby Aurora, Don Pedro, . Crawford Belle, Young Johnny Sofala, Toronto, Lucky Sham- rock, Maid of the Glen, Roval Friend, Reck- less ‘Acrobat, /Belfast, Bob R, Vina. ,At the last meeting of the California Coursing Club A. C. Bradbury, the vet- eran traiper, was restored to good standing. Bradbury was ruled off by the Ingleside Coursing Club about four years ago. The Chicago Coursing Club will hold its initial meeting on April 30 and May 1. The entrance fee for the first stake will be $10, with $300 added. Meetings will be continued weekly until hot weather puts a stop to them. They will be resumed in the fall. - nl city teams will play the return matches at the seaside town during the Inde- penderife day vacation. A practice game was played last Sun- day on the grounds at Webster street, Alameda, between sides of twelve men each. Boy Aprie Northern La tor, S Rex, Highbo —_——————— MOTHER SEEKS JUSTICE.—Mrs. Sarah McAuliffe, 518 Moultrie street complaint yesterday charging William Casey, saloonkeeper, Cortland avenue, With murder. She is the mother of William J. McNamee, Who was shot and killed by Casey during a fight at Casey's saloon on Saturday night. Casey was arrested at the time on the charge of murder, but the case was continued on Monday till after the Coroner's inquest. The ght in a verdict of jus- sifiable homicide, | | i swore to ai | more clearly the Valuable Addition to the Park Is Assured. San Francisco’s proposed athletic field in Golden Gate Park, with its { mest of tracks for light harness horses, j cyclists and foot racers and its inner oval for the use of all amateur sports requiring a large level area of turf, is pictured herewith for the first time. It is a mind’s eye view of the big pro- ject drawn with faithfulness to detail by an artist who looked over the site and studied the plans in Superintend- ent McLaren's hands. The picture is more eloquent than mere words and explains the enthusiasm of the work- ers who have done such great service in . collecting funds for the building of it. In order to bring out the perspective ectators pictured in the lower corner are banked up a trifle higher than they will be in reality. On this edge of the speed track a space is provided 100 feet in width and run- ning the length of the field. ‘A gentle | raise of*twenty feet of this grass cov- ered surfade will provide seating ca- pacity for many thousands of specta- tors. The home stretch of all the tracks will be located. on this side and just as excellent a view of the field will be afforded as though an unsightly grand stand marred the landscape. The absence of all buildings and fences in the amphitheater is a hobby of Mr. McLaren’s and will make the place much more beautiful to the eye. A tunnel fcr the admission of ath- letes to the oval will run from a point near the buildings depicted in the upper corner. Polo-ponies may be brought through in this manner and cyclists may reach their speed track without crossing the horse track. On the op- posite side of the field an entrance will be provided for light vehicles. On this side will be located the sheds and dressing rooms for the reinsmen, the buildings being situated a short dis- tance from the oval and fitted with all modern improvements. The ath- letes will be quite as well provided for in the manner of showers and rooms, while a plunge is a possibility if the meney subscribed be sufficient. In dimensions the speed track will measure exactly half a mile in circum- ference, It will be about sixty feet in width. Twenty feet distant will be the cinder path, which is to run three laps to the mile, leaving an inner oval of 900x480 feet. A gradual slope from the outer rim of green sward, contin- uing throligh the several tracks, will bring the surface of the infield consid- erably lower than any other portion of tie grounds. This scheme will bring every part of the amphitheater in plain view of the spectators. In case of a driving matinee the outer.rim will hold the throng, although the infield will be available. For cycle races the same space will be utilized, while an event 6n the cinder path or the inner field will call the cycle track into play as a van- tage point for the spectators. As the place is planned it will be the finest public athletic field in the world and will set a pace for other cities to follow. Members of the Ama- teur Driving and Athletic Association are working unceasingly for the suc- cess of the plan, notably Frank O'Kane, ‘W. J. Simpson, James Coffin, E. H, Aigeltinger and 1. L. Borden of the executive committee, who have given up much of theif time to the raising LACROSSE MATCH 0N CLARK’S FIELD Twelve of the Olympians Will Play Against Talagoo! | | Team at San Mateo Sunday | R TS On C. W. Clark's polo field at San | Mateo, beginning at 2:30 p. m. to-mor- row, there will be a lacrosse match | between the Talagoos of San Mateo and an Olympic Club twelve. The Olympic Club team will be com- | posed of much the same men as on| last Sunday, though a few new ones | will be tried. The Talagoos will take | the opportunity of trying out some of | their junior players and their team will be scmewhat weaker than the one j which played last Sunday at the Pre- sidio Athletic Grounds. The match is one of a series of exhibition games | which are intended to give men desir-} ous of learning the game a chance to practice and tq educate a body of spec- tators .in the points of the Canadian national sport. The players appreciate highly the permission to use C. W. Clark’s field, which is a much pleas- | anter ground than the one near Harbor View. The Olympic team will consist of the following: . Gossip, goal; Burden, point; Lynch, cover point; Gayfey, first.de- fense; Minto, second defense; Petersen, third defense; McCarthy, center; Wim- perly, third home; Henneker, second home; Crilly, first home; Mountz, out- side home; Barclay, inside home; T. McLaughlin, field captain; Hughes, spare man. In last Sunday’s game the Olympic team lacked combigation work and fell easy victims to the Talagoos. Peter- sen, the well known fullback of the Vampire association football eleven, will add to the strength of the Olym- pics, having been a member of the English international lacrosse team. Last Sunday there were some good runs down the field for the Olympics, but the shooting for goal was weak. Some of the players, too, seemed in- clined to turn the struggle for posses- sion of the ball into a wrestling match. - g of the, necessary $25,000. One-half of the sum is at hand through generous subscriptions. The class of men who have donated speaks well for the af- fair. Among the many who have given liberally are A. B. Spreckels, Joseph D. Grant, 1. W. Hellman, Lecpold Klow, A. P. Welch, Eugene Casserly, the Brewers' Association, J. C. Kirk- patrick, Baker & Hamilton, Gustave H. Umbsen, Thomas Magee, Frank | Burke, James B. Coleman, Al Josephs, Sidney Smith, James L. Flood, R. R. Compton, J. O'Kane, John Nolan, Kelly & Sons, A. Stern, Frank Dickey, E. Clayberg, Fishbeck & Bacon, L. Car- penter and members of the association. This is but .a partial list of the sub- scribers already interested, a full re- port of which is promised in another week. ——————~ Referee Coulter Resigns. W. A. Coulter, United States Referee in Bankruptcy for Santa Clara Coun- ty, has tendered his resignation. Ap- plicants for the vacancy are requested to apply_ to United States District Judge de Haven. » i RACKET WIELDERS IN COLLEGE MATCH Tennis Experts of the Uni- versities Will Meet To-Day | on the Stanford Court s The annual intercollegiate tennis tournaments between Stanford Univer-, sity and the University of California will be played this morning at Stan- ford. A month or so ago Stanford was thought to have absolutely no chance to'win. Her prospects are much bright- er now, and although a cardinal v tory is hardly anticipated, the Palo Alto players are expected to make a | good showing. The fact that the tour- nament is to be played at Stanford will give the players of that college quite an advantage. The California players have played but once on the Stanford courts, while their rivals have been practicing there for weeks. California will be represented by J. Drummond MacGavin as first man in gingles, Neil Baker as second man in singles and MacGavin and Robert Va- riel in doubles. For Stanford George Hodge will be first man in singles, Cleve Baker will be second man and Baker and Hodge will play the doubles. Hodge is a young player from South- ern California, who has never played on the courts here. He is considered clever by some of the old Stanford players, and as he has been practicing regularly of late he should be at his best. He wiil be opposed to Drummond MacGavin. The latter is easily the best player of the five-and is figured to win handily from Hodge. MacGavin, how- ever, is erratic, and if he has an off day his opponent will have an excel- lent chance to lower his colors. The Baker-Baker match will probably prove the closest of the three. Cieve Baker last year played George Baker of California in the second singles ‘match. Neil Baker is a brother of’ George and hardly classes with the latter. year Cleve Baker won a set from George Baker and made the latter work to beat him. From this the Stan- fcrd players figure that Cleve Baker has at least an even chance to beat his opponent. Neil Baker is wonderfully steady, and if Cleve Baker beats him ; it will not be on the former’s errors. The doubles, like the MacGavin- Hodge match, should on forfm go to California rathér easil but Variel, like MacGavin, is erratic and both are hard men to figure on. ’ The entries for the Academic Ath- letic League tournaments must be in to-day. These events will be held in the early part of May. As usual, the greatest interest centers in the singles. Herbert Schmidt of Boone's University Academy and Herbert Long of Lowell High School are easily the best play- ers, and one of them is expected to carry off the championship. The Golden Gate Temnis Club has sent out announcements for a handicap doubles tournament, to be played on the park courts on the 24th inst. En- tries close on the 2ist. The three-time cups will be played for. The California Tennis Club will hold a similar tournament on the same date. The members will play in a handicap doubles tournament for the Directors’ cups. \ ———— In Japanese the word “Mikasa” in- dicates a warship of commerce. .t Last | and “Maru” a ship |- LABSENCE OF WIND | SPOLS SHILING Model Yachtsmen on Spreck- els Lake Postpone Their Trials From Week to Week —_— E The model yachtsmen have had more to contend with recently as regards weather than the participants in any other pastime. For several weeks no | races could be held on account of the weather. Last Sunday the heat was beneficial to every other sport ex- cept model yachting. The sailors of the small craft were all on hand to pe r boats against one another, but an e of wind made this impossible. to date official races have been | held but once. The prospects this year are better than ever, and so numerous have the boats become that it has been | found necessary restrict the active { membership of the club to fifty. The | club officials feel that it will be im- | possibie to handle more boats than this i in the races. Another reason for holding back the regattas is that M. C. Henschen, the ficial measurer, has had to resign, | owing to the pressure of business. The Spreckels lake course is satisfac- tory, except in one place. This is the big ba to the drive. This spot is so eltered by trees as to make it | almost impossible for the yachts to | pass through the calm. The first regular regatta will be held | on the 3d or 4th of July. In the mean- | time trial races for the club pennant | will be held each Sunday. | The winning yacht each week re- | ceives a pennant. At the end of the season the boat with the most pen- nants gets the club pennant, emblem- atic of the championshi: — e WHEELM WILL COMPETE OVER THE HAYWARDS ROAD Thirty Entries Are Received for the Annual Ten-Mile Handicap to Be Decided To-Morrow. The annual ten-mile handicap road race of the California Associated Cyc- lers will be held to-morrow over the High street to Haywards coyrse. The race will be started at 11:30 a. m. The wet } {lhh‘ty entries, with their respective { handicaps, follow: Scratch—W. O. Waibel, 6. C. W F. G. West W. de Mara, B. H. McLaughiin, C. W.; A. T. Smith, iliamson, Oakland W.; W. 1 minute 30 seconds—J. Haurat, Oakland W.; H. Hancock. Oakland W.; W. M. Spellman, C. C. C.; D. Mainland, N. €. W.: A. Trout, N, C. W 2 minutes-S. L. Hancock, Oakland W.: A. Lambrecht, C. C. C.: E Hearther. Oak- tand W.; M. Ringrose, C. C. ¢ minutes 30 seconds—W. Hampshire, B. C. W, P. Mourour, Oakland W G. Booth, B.'C. 'W.; G. W. Gustavson, c W o Grosman, B. C. W 3 minutes—A. Finlayson. €. €. W.: G. O. } McGrath, C. C. W.: C. E. Nelson, Oakland W. Joe Fertade, Oakland W.; C. Valente, C, C. C. George Fry, V. B.C. W The race will be in charge of the following officials: Racing and records committee—C. Enerney, chairman; B. D. Balart, H. janey. C. € Wuth, F L. gmith . Bers. —w. A, Terrill. B. M. Newmark, L. Me- L. De- Starter—A. Referee—George W. Payton. Judges C. Wt o A€ C."Wath. Clerk of course—George Dix —————— Five hundred earthquakes shock the Japanese avery vear. P