The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1904, Page 10

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TURDAY OVEMBER 5. 1904 WINTER RACING SEASO ATTRACTS OWNERS, HORSES AND JOCKEYS FROM AND SOME SENSATIONAL COMPETITION IS ANTI ALL PARTS OF AMERICA CIPATED BY OFFICIALS HIGH CLASS FIELD FOR THE OPENING HANDICAP FOOTBALL ELEVENS READY ROCE RS PHOTOS & nazry BRINAWORTFES STROLLER rflll}’ | J.CI/VA’WD,ET/I V> WITH m Ax FoL < 'w‘f.!i s SOME CLEVER HORSE COUNTY CRICKET/MANY EXPERTS TEAM LEADS. | T0O ENGAGE IN Has First and Second Men TOURNAMENTS on Bowler’s Roll. Tennis Men Will Com- Captain Heads pete on Park and Club Courts. Its Batsmen Golden Gat Club event half and othe Long is dow to George the Herbert oMuiaay ese odds Kenyor good t this two ¥ has won th is added eleven average ould place hird and wouid a good players. In the Gold- the calcula- en C youngsters had little ecause the match w ecider : The secretary of the California ~_h€‘§’ 1 have an opportunity to set- et Association will make inqui-| D€ the question of supremacy among s to the best usage in such mat- | them. No batsman is inecluded in the The Caziifornia and Los Angeles! who was not at bat at least six mes and scored at least ten runs on | average. four of the Eastern champions to the an oast in the latter part of December. A. C. Way of Los Angeles has written H the California Club in regard to shar- CALIFORNIA CRICKET _ ASSOCIATION— | BOWLING AVERAGES, 1904 » |ing the expense of bringing the East- 3 |erners out and the club will hold a 20710 ANV ¥IIMOH : ,d:recu:rs' meeting Monday night toq{ : ® | discuss the matter. = ————- | Ex-Champion George Whitney has E :u: ;:’, ;_gl' returned from Europe, where he has G 35447 371208 | been in search of health for the last | ¥ joiss| 113227 | two years.. Mr. Whitney is better ;; 1;‘“ 111236 ;h:nb‘l‘: was l:hen he‘leh. but will not | 11147} 11)13.38 al to tennis again. A 22254 1911337 v iperd m ¥ i e | F——m— e ———— ; 22 18135 | matches a the past : - 3 matches during the season. The BN P Pesme 319) 20iz0s; 1911% g | letter is as follows: J_ M. Lannowe, Pldlc TE 18,206 «QBD'E CRICKET GROUNDS. LONDON. W, 10, 1904 —Henry s, San In the M. C. C. book of “If the ball County Club has received a letter from | revounds off the pads or person of the wicket- without having first touched the bat or the secretary of the Marylebone Crldc- keeper olhg’ub of London, settling s _point | band of the sisther. ot the striier du cut o w gave rise to some discussion and mot ‘rum .,..g Yours m“m"fl ®fter one of the California Association 7. B h:uuuvl.c.c.'- Henry Roberts of the San F: Franciico Dear Sir- WHICH WILL RACE HERE. Tennis clubs are arranging to bring | | tered at Oakland, A POPULAR OWNER AND A JOCKEY WHO HAS BEEN THE SENSATION OF Horses and Riders! 0f Marked Class Are Coming. more have ra(apian of ti California Jockey Club ven the gates of Oakland as the circus posters read, promised a bigger and a the bay a complete revelation to the The betting ring has been deled and enlarged, the to the stand have been im- of painters with pot iled incessantly-for top dressing has surface of the smooth and glos: me course acr d poverty row de cottages at andstand might for the palace of mistaken Ciub has in dealing latter h it added money 0 and $400 pur: count; com is good the season, right, is an amend making every selling event s has been a bone g the owners of is expected to prevail. If a d@ horse is beaten mow in an or- dinary selling affair, keep your . eyes on the man with the halter. | Last year Walter Jennings, than whom {po more popular turfman ever raced 'rm.n, headed the list of With a powerful ~ | string of more than thirty horses quar- it looks as if he | might repeat the trick this coming win- | | ter. Dainty is the star of the stable | and, with W. Davis to do the 'piloting, will be a big factor in the game. Gar- net Ferguson, with his strapping big | [ colt Bearcatcher and several other use- | ful ones, will be quite a factor and the stables of Willie Shields, Skinner & Ramsey, M. J. Daly, Burns & Waterhouse, Napa Stock Farm with | the crack filly Arisbe to carry its col- | ors, Louis Ezell, D. Cameron, Tichenor { & Co. and Wally Brinkworth will all do to string with. Wally has a select string of seven, among which are Strol- {ler, a stake winner at Chicage, Gray- skin and Major Mansir, the latter a distance horse of note. Frank Doss, a capable Texas trainer, has charge of | the stable. Eddie Dominick will prob- ably dc the riding when he can do the weight. will | up, even | to the north | to | have struck the pop- | nent | for many seasons, S0 now | THE & WCHTS DO -~ THER CARWS :Pleasure Craft Laid Up in‘ | Corte Madera Creek. bay | present be the rais! the bridge at Tiburon, which is down on the schedule of the Corinthian Yackt Club for Sunday, November 13.} The concrete work for the new Belve- dere bridge has confined the current, which now ru out and in with such force as to the task of getting the va. the lagoon a harder one than ir previous yea: It is prob- able that a smaller number of pleas- ure craft wi the ek winter quarters in lagoon ar than usual. The 1 Tramontana of the San Francisco Club is already moored in Corte Creck, as are also the sioops Ariel, Sappho and Minnetonka, with the | | yawl Royai of the same club and Con | modore T. jennings' sloop Speedwell. The Ariel and Royal left Sausalito for | | Larkspur on Sunday, but’r: aground oft San Qu‘ nt they were i pu' ed Th is already n the hea,h n! Old Sausa- vawl Witeh will also ! Punnett’s sloop Cur- to the north the ferry | hooner Vi will go up | s ways and the sloop Nixie ! {will probably be hauled out of the water Morreli of the schooner who has been 'n a trip through the Eastern States and to the| ition, returns on Mon- neighborhood of Su.sun | The schooners Lady Ada and Martha, | the racing sloop Corinthian, May i the sloops | H and Presto are already in Stone’s |3 yard at North Beach. It is likely that | four or five other yachts will be jaid up i for the winter at the same yard. H The Corinthian, California and Squth | Bay Yacht clubs brought the season | to an official end last Saturday and Sunday. The Corinthians enjoyed, the | usual nautical dinner at the clubhouse | | last Saturday evening. the members| jand visitors adjourning . afterward to | ; the main hall for the jinks. The pro- | gramme opened with remarks by Com- | modore T. Jennings, who received a Imusln; welcome. He mentioned the | successful entertainment given by the | Family Club and the pleasan l)usl( paid { to the South Bay Yacht Cludat Alviso | and said that a return visit will be made next season. In the finks uut{ followed the perforfflers were intro- duced to the audience by J. V. O'Brien. ! They were accompanied by the well- j known pianist, Maurice Kramer. The | performers were Ossie Franks, vocalist; { R. Mitchell, vocalist; “Kid” Nelson, | singer and speiler; Superior Judge Troutt. speaker: Charlie Hay, singer of “Oh! for a Sail in a Piping Breeze”; J. Mahone of South Bay Yacht Club, violinist; Ben Tarbox, soloist; F. O’Connell, vocalist; Hooper and Beal, sol:tand dance team; Superior Judge | Frank Thomsson; flm“d‘n‘gm” an &pinner; “Pete” Sloan, sin l 1 with sportsmen. ! extent as P I SRS EXPECT GOOD SPORT Duck Shooters Order Big| Supplies of Shot and Shell. e e presence of large numbers of n the markets without any signs ot marks explained by the sportsmen. The majority of these birds are caught in the nets set by the pro-| fishermen for striped bass. | of fessional The catch consists chiefly bluebills and coots. The ducks invariably fily over the nets, but these curious b dive under the water to investiga and suffocated. The game wardens are alert and are quick to apprehend any one in this unlawful business. That the duckshooters anticipate good sport this week is shown by the unusu- ! ally large orders for shells placed with the ammunition dealers. When there is a rush of orders it is taken as a sign| that the owners of preserves have been by their gamekeepers that re plentiful. As it will be unusualily high water to- morrow the men who go after rail an- shooting. , Walter n rail near Bel- mont last Sunday, twenty birds. The marsh was crowded Ducks were seen in great numbers, but they were just out of range. The sportsmen are already complain- ing of the number ducks they kill i which are tainted with oil to such an to make them unfit for food. | supposed to get this In San; Birds are found at widely | They are Pablo Bavy. separated points so tainted. The Montezuma Gun Club members { had good shooting on their Collinsville | preserve last Sunday. President W. Richards, George H. Newman and W. the yacht up to thedlo Suqin had a joint bag of 100 large | | ducks. Mrs. Richards and Mrs. New-| man contributed their share to this total. The members of the Empire Gun Club had a fair day's sport last Sunday on | their Monterey praserve. Among those iin the blinds were D. R. Oliver, Con Roman, F. S. Judah, Dr. G. G. Gere, C. A. Bénnett, F. L. Houpt, Dr A. J. Sylvester, Guy T. Wayman, J. B. Hauer, Bert Patrick, J. Peltier and Milton Pray. The quail on the preserve have been carefully protected for three years and are found in great numbers. The English snipe are there also, and good svort is enjoyed with them when the tide is high. Clarence Nauman secured the limit on ducks at Collinsville last Sunday. Otto Feudner shot at Suisun, and being in his usual form brought down fifty ducks: Charles Shaw secured the limit on sprig at Alvarado. The teal were more numerous, but he picked !m( the sprig by preference. Edgar Forster and Darty were on Petaluma Creek lust Sunday and did not get a shot. They could see thou- sands of “cans” and bluebills a short distance away in the bay, but there was nothing to set them in motion. The conditions all seemed favorable for shooting, but the h!flh dia- no( work right. . “cans,” | and are caught in the nets| rd and George | ng the limit of | FOR FINAL PRACTICE. Last Games Are Scheduled —_— Cardinal Players . in Condition for Match. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov. 4— This week brings to an end the pre- liminary public practice of Stanford's football squad. next week will see the first secret prac- tice, which will be continued until the day before the intercollegiate game, when a final open practice will be made the occasion of a celebration by the Stanford rooters. At this stage in the season the prin- cipal varsity candidates are in excellent physical condition. Extreme carewiil be ; taken in the few remaining days to pre- vent any unforeseen accidents or over- training. The men who have been play- ing on the first team most of the season have been allowed to-participate in re- short time each evenins. and third elevens are bearing the brunt of the work. More than enough candi- | dates for three teams still remain on at no troubje to pick a list of strong substitutes from this namber. | teresting contest is under way. G. W Smith, '06, who played in that place last year, was out of the game for two | weeks recently, giving several other as- pirants a chance for favor. R. West, J. Stanford and E. A. Preston are the men who are making a hard fight for the position. Since resuming practice S: d to retain mith has been hard pre his place. w . A ~;\-rm and H. be the Car ; have both shown y and are in better form than last season. As substitutes for their pc ns H. Sprague, S. B. Thompson, Tomasini and H. Horton are vm—kmg | hard to make the second efe { At guard R. A. Thompson anfl W. K | Roosevelt, both veteran varsity | are almost sure to be in the first line up | | | al tackles. lliant work at the big game. They ing a heavy, agsgressive game trio. Present indications point to a back field unchanged from that the Cardini sent against California last year. Quar- ence gained in three | games, is playing a superior class of ball this season. Should he ed out of th me by injury E. P. tott will be a substitute of almost Monday afternoon of | cent scrimmage practices only for a| The second | the field and Coach Lanagan will be| For the position of right end an in- | Shields will be- | men, | Hyde will probably complete the center ter Back Bausback, by virtue of experi- | intercollegiate | be | Blueand Gold Men Try to Avoid Staleness. e | BERKELEY, Nov. 4—The support- ers of the University of California foot- | ball team have been sadly disappointed this week in learning that most of the best players were going stale. The apparently got into condition too early in the season, and for ten days or mere they have been listless in their work. The coaches have decided to let up on wearying practice and give their charges some recreation and en | tainment. To-morrow right the | San Francisco for an | they will take a good m will go to Sunday to practice signals and | new plays, Thursday and Friday th: | tire from hard work to get ready for the struggle on Saturday afternoomn. | At least two full sets of backs w! | in shape to go into the big game. Las- pater, Boynton, Xern, Graves, Mead Snedigar, White and Sperry can all | be depended upon to take care of the | interests of the blue and gold on the offensive. The team a lttle shy on | quart backs or Booth may pos: ‘chip form in time to set the minds the coaches at rest before t The ends are y he 5 punt farther than the y be picked cardinal A great deal of i in to-day’s game coaches, an an as rdinal two weeks ag The h !l‘a cal twenty-five minute halve: sa i f equal W. Dole and A. Chalmer are fighting hard for their wver J. A. Brennan but the formé&r will doubtléss M.J W jand A. L. Trowbridge experience on the varsity win them their piaces. | is assured of position at fullback | 2 rday with the Utah | ge team will | ason. practice, h is t next w will be but as fast as the coaches | and players can make Th: games will be playzd to-mor- row for the championship of the Cali- the season of 1904-1995. The Independ- ents of San Francisco will meet the | Oakland Hornets at Freeman's Park, Golden Gate, at 2:30 p. m., J. D. Rob- ertson being the referee. The Hornets’ | team will be considerably changed from !maz which played last Sunday. The Disher brothers, Taylor, Duncan and McDermid will be added to the eleven. | Gilchrest and Pierson, who played on the ha/‘k line on October 30, will not be i | |in € somewhat badly hurt. Pomeroy and McKenzie will play left and right back | unless the officers of the California As- | sociation Football League should sus | pend McKenzie for his foul play in the | opening match against the Albion Ro' ers. If McKenzie i lor will captain the team. The Independent team last Sunday | included several new men who had not | been tied in a practice match. It was ‘heaxen easily by the Occidentals. The poorer players have been weeded out and the team will include more of the old guard than before. Of last year's eleven F. Lynch has retired, though he may take part in the contests for the Union cup; G. Watt is at his home in Canada, H. Russell is on a trip to his home in Scotland and W. Mechels, last yeag's captain, is living at Sacramento. up to-merrow tions: Oakland H in the following posi- Positions. . .Goalkeeper Right back Left back. Independents F | Duncar Taylor . R. Disher. Cognell T. Disher. .. Outside right...........El _Inside right..T. Fay (capt). ‘enter forward ..P. Fay Smith. ... neide left..... MeDermi Jutside left -Higgins The Independent club has twenty- eight players and more than a dozen social membeérs on the roll. The officials will try out some of the new men when it can be done without risk of the club's defeat. Among the playing members are J. Soeder and W. Soeder, who played association football in Cleveland, ! Onio; T. Kransdorf of Canada, J. Ball- main from South Africa and G. Hig- gins from New Zealand. Ballmain will fornia Association Football League for | team to-morsow, as both were | suspended R. Tay- | The Hornets and Independents will line | | VAMPIRES OPEN FOOTBALL SEASON E AND INDEPENDENTS PLAY HORNETS play to-morrow. matches. The Occidentals will the Mechels will take part meet the Albion round at th and Norman Logan bei , These teams won the | matches on the ovening day of the sea- son and should play a | esting game | following > Rush M | Allen thicscn On the ground at Webster stre: meda, the Vampires, who drew last Sunday, will meet the Pickwicks to-morrow. The game will be called at | 2:30 p. m., with J. Frew as . The teams will line up in the Center forward | Robertson Wilding 3 | The following are the officers of the California Association Football League for the coming year: Taliesin Evans, president and chairman of executivg committee; Harry J. Irwin, secretary; Arthur Robinson, treasurer. Harry J. Irwin was secretary of the Independent association football club last season |and proved highly efficient. Arthur Robipson is chairman of the Football Referees’ Union and a referee of the | first class in England. The officers of the California Associa- tion Football Union for the season of 1904-1905 are: Taliesin Evans, presi- {dent; J. A. Barlow, Frank Jones and |J. P. Booth., vice presidents: Henry Roberts, honorary secretary: L. R. Gil- chrest, honorary treasurer; J. D. Rob- ertson, chairman of the executive com- mittee and delegate to the Pacific Asso- ciation of the Amateur Athletic Union. The executive committee conmsists of J. D. Robertson, W. R. Stewart, Dr. Lum, J. Fay, J. J. Condon and Edgar Pome- roy. S —— ) Wage Scale Will Remain Unchanged. WASHINGTON. Nov. 4.—At a con- ference at the Navy Department to- day between Secretary Morton and a local committee of the Machinists® Union it was arranged that the ex- isting schedule of wages at the Wash- ington navy yard shall continue with- out change for the present and that the question of a revision of the wage scale shall be considered by the labor board at the navy yard at its regular meeting in January. Union Adopts New Raules. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 4.—Al of the propositions voted on by the In- ternational Typographical Union have carried with the exception of ome that provided for an increase in the lsahrhs of the international president and secretary-treasurer. ———— ‘We are selling agents for “Waterman's I“ Fountain JPen” and sole agents for “The Marshall™ the best “ “ mhh pen in the world. & Co. *