The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1904, Page 10

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1904 Fandball HAitracts Wlany Athletes to the Yarious Cour ALBION ROVERS PLAY VAMPIRES Great Game of Association | Foothall Is Programmed for Idora Park Sunday HORNETS VS. PICKWICKS A ( Occidental Eleven to Line| Up on Alameda Cricket Ground Against Eagles rree matches will be played to-mor- r the championship of the Cali- on F\ 1904-190: ball League for | one at Idora | d E Alameda. The Occidentals are matched against| e Eagies, the ball to be kicked off at n Alameda, with C. W. Irisk At 2:30 the Albion Rovers | the Vampires at Freeman's amison being the | nds at Idora Park, will line up at ckwicks, Nor- r g k eferee. A Hornets should win easily ) the C den ve supe- closest and most that between the Vamp Oakland Hornets an wided the tie 1 played during the Rove after th the third on the ree will rers and Last Sunday the men whet h imday r Glar- place on th for jependents keep their pl f the championship table of ng scored five yictories whereas the Albion have the same have played seven standing of the pionship is shown in League, LUBE DECEMBER 17, 1904 i supesy 8 10 4 3l 10 5| 10 3] 30 2 18 o ——— Though no regularly scheduled | matches will be played on Christ-| day, practice games against Pirates’ eleven and the team of the titute will be played on | The Occidental eleven | ratch of association foot- game, on Monday, the 2th —_———— | GOLFERS MEET IN MATCH 1 ON HAPPY VALLEY LINKS Representative Teams of Menlo Park | and San Rafael Clubs Play This Afternoon. | An invitation golf match over/| eighteen holes will be played to-day] | between teams of nine men represent- ing the Menlo Park Golf Club and the ! San Rafael Golf Club on the course | of the latter in Happy Valley. The players will go over to San Rafael on the 11 a. m. broad-gauge boat and will lunch at the San Rafael Golf Club hcuse. Play will begin at 1:30 p. m., each match coynting one point for the team by whose representative it is won. | The nine representatives of the Menlo Park Golf Club are Eyre, Gir- vin, Oyster, Spencer. Nichols, Redding, Selby, Moore and Girvin Jr. The San Rafael Golf Club will be represented by Lilley, Davis, Crooks, Heazelton, Hellman, Casey, Sutro, Cur- | tis and Pinckard. i e e—— On Tennis Courts. { There are some promising young players at the California Club at pres- | ent. George Janes, Herbert Long and | Carl Gardner have come to the front | rapidly and will be prominent in fu- ture championship events. Of the younger players Melville Long and Harold Gabriel are the most promis- ing. ' The wet weather has interfered with the continuous tournament and but few matches have been played. George Cutter is at the top of the ird class. He drew fourth place and as beaten the three men who drew bove him. He has challenged Dr. ounger, who is at the foot of the @econd class. | expect to duplicate the he Parnells, champions of | | GUNMEN ENJOY GREAT SPORT Find Ideal Weather Condi-| tions on the Marshes and Return With Big Strings MANY HAVE THE LIMIT Good Shooting Is Expected Again This Week, as Ducks Are Plentiful Everywhere R s Ideal weather conditions for duck) shooting prevailed last Sunday, with the result that the legions of sports- men on the marshes had the best day’s gport of the season. There was a light rain falling and a good wind blowing, which kept the birds on the move, and they worked well for the guns. The same conditions prevailed throughout !the district shot over by the sports- men from this city, with the result that all returned heavily laden with game. As the weather conditions re- main favorable the owners of preserve rings of can- vasbacks, mallard, teal and sprig which fell to their guns last week If the favorable weather continues the gunmen anticipate great sport dur- ing the Christrhas and New Year holi- | days Up at the Miramonte Cluh preserve at Burdells, near Petaluma, limit bags were the rule. Among the members 1n the blinds were J. Homer Fritch, Mr. MacArthur and R. C. Rosenberg. The Alameda Gun Club me¥, includ- ing Harry Haight, Norton, Bolander | and others, all had the limit Down Alvarado way nearly every man on {he marsh had fifty ducks to bring home Four members of the Multnomah Club secured a joint bag of 150 birds, | principally mallard their Collins- ville PTVe Joe of Antioch killed fifty gad well is a big, palatable gray duck., which is not seen here in large num J some at ilson Bannatvne shot at Giant davs since and brought down twenty “cans. Otto Feudner and Edwin Forster shot on oreserve near Suisun last Sunday. former secured fifty ducks, were “cans.”’ Mr. Forster =0 successful, his total bei a The | which thirty was not | seventeen On Tomales Bav the only birds movi 1 friend killed 100 of t the “cans” seemed C. Schmidt and hese, which were the only ones that came their way. E. Gamble killed the lim on Peta- luma Creek string consisting of g and t arence Nauman, Ed Drake. Billy (ROSS-CONTRY RACE PROPOSED Vampire Football Players | Challenge Olympics for a | Four - Mile Competition :C(WET PERPETUAL CUP RO SR [ Their Runners Are Already in Training for the Cqn- Over the Fields ———— A team made up of five'members of the Vampire Association Football Club | has challenged the Olympic Athletic | Club for the perpetual four-mile cross- | country cup won by the Olymplcs two | years ago. ? |'" The Vampire team consists of W. W. | Robertson, D. M. Lees, A. A. Glarner, Knight Pearson and J. Nolan. W. W. | Robertson was cross-country cham- pion of West Scotland. A. A. Glarner | is a Frenchman by birth, but was edu- cated in England, and is well known as a runner there and in France. At a recent meeting of the Gaelic League .at Ingleside he won all the four run- ning races at distances from 100 yards to the half-mile. D. M. Lees is a fast runner and shows excellent form. The Vampire team is aiready prac- ticing for the contest, which, it is ex- pected, will take place on Washing- ton’s birthda —_— e TWO STAKES ARE CARDED AT UNION COURSING PARK | | test Class Event Attracts Eight of the Fleetest Coursers Now in | Training. | Two stakes will be decided to-mor- | row at Union Coursing Park and some exciting competition is expected. The likely winners look to be: Class Stake—Belle Free, Richard Anton, McVey, The Referee Reserve Stake—Miss Lucille, Quicksand, hroughout the Cdy + OLYMPIC CLUB MEMBERS IN TOURNAMENT PLAY. Coast Championship ]l,%;Armngedi CLEVER HANDBALL PROGRESS 1IN STITUTION THE Wattlés and Charles Laing averaged forty birds to the gun on the U. M. C. preserve at Collinsville. Mr. Nauman was also out on Wednesday with Mr. Hull of Seattle, and each had good sport. Mr. Hull was stationed on the best pond and had a great shoot. His string was chiefly made up of “cans.” (E‘. Hoflmu; kltlled éarty-two bluebiils and cans out of a floating blind near San Pablo last Sunday. o i Billy Hynes, Julius Bruns and Jack Karney secured a mixed bag of sixty- five mallard, ‘“cans,” teal and sprig near Sul PLAYERS OF THE OLYMPIC JB W N THE CLUB'S COURT. SHTR MONT! Liberator, Medea, Bob R., Doc_Burne, Bel- fast, Durazzo, General Dewet, Belle Marie, Anna Ryne, McHenry, 1daho Boy, Rush Away. Mount Rose, Runaway Actress, Mickey Free, Jigamaroo, Aeolut Stingaree, Renegade Apache, Racing Auto, Little Mercy, Ione Hill. Frank Dwyer, C. A. Miller and J. Noonan each killed the limit on spoon- ies at Alvarado last Sunday. Fred Es- terbrook was also among the successful ones there, getting the limit, the most of his string being teal. Ed Schultz and Henry Jensen killed thirty “cans’ d eight teal on .Ban { Pablo Bay, HO ARE TAKING PART IN THE ¥ MESSRS. LEVY AND JAMES WILL REPRESENT THE TRE IN- COAST CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING NEXT o e B el —_— TOURNAMEN' oW IN Probably the most popular indoor game at the present time is handball. In every athletic institution in this city and vicinity the Irish game is In full swing and hundreds of players are de- veloping their eyes and their muscles chasing the elusive ball. At the Olym- pic Club fully 1000 members are devotees of the game. There are four handball courts, and these are general- ly crowded. Three of the courts are used exclusively for the soft ball, while ‘the fourth is for the hard ball only. The latter cost $4000 and ELECTION TIME AT BOAT (LUBS Dolphin and Ariel Rowing Men Choose New Officers| to Manage Their Affairs ———— MASQUERADE TO-NIGHT — |Amateurs on Coast to Be Classified by the Pacific Association of Oarsmen ke PR The annual or semi-annual elections | of officers of the various rowing clubs eONs— 1757 A - ] EXPERTS DRAW FOR PARTNERS iTonni* Officials Plag Novel | Conditions for Christmas Day Event on the Courts ———— PLAYERS OF PROMISE | California Club Youngsters | Are Coming to the Front With Marked Rapidity —_— There will be no tennis tournaments of importance until Christmas day when a scratch doubles event will be held on the California Club courts. This is the first scratch event sched- uled for the club courts in many | months. It is scratch In name only Partners will be drawn by lot d there is little chance of the best play- ers drawing together. An event of this kind will be novel and interest- ing, as the element of luck cuts a prominent figure. There has been an epidemic of | handicap tournaments in the last year and the better players have not been | shown the consideration due them. It a. great strain to give large handi- | caps and an occasional scratch event | would not be Twenty-three already - | a score of is conceded to be the finest world. At the present time a soft-ball tour- nament is in progress at the Olympic Club. Unfortunately the seating ca city is too small to accommodate the | members who are anxious to see thg| experts in competition. In the first class are such experts as Henry Russ, | in the Louis Levy, Fred Baine, Monroe Green, Tom Powers, Adolph Pockwitz ! and Bogan. These men are able to play fast and control the ball, “killing” | at will. The second class has such good men as G. S. Kroger, a rising young player; Guy Ransome, Clarence Clough, Fred Sherry, Hugo Poheim and others. Lester Hammer- sm’th, Frank Hooper, Walter Young. William McCarthy and at least twenty | others are in the third class. The tour- nament is likely to last at least three weeks. The victor in the first class will be awarded a handsome medal and will also be given an opportunity to play the club's champion, Al Hampton, for a handsome silver cup. Fred Baine is picked to win the first class, with Monroe Green runner-up. Both men play exceptionally strong games and | are rivals for soft-ball honors. P The games played so far in the tour- nament have been highly exciting. The rivalry is keen and the athletes are puttirg forth their best efforts to get inside the momney. The committee in charge is an energetic one and the in- terest. will not be allowed to flag.| Games are scheduled three nights a| week and on Sunday afternoons. Henry Cory, the coming champion hard-ball player, is referee. Al Hampton and Louls Levy alternate as scorers. The men who play hard-ball are looking forward to the tournament to begin in January for the championship of the coast. Four members will be selected by the Olympic, St. Ignatius, Sacramento, Stockton and Occidental handball clubs. The games will be played in the various courts of the city and vicinity. The games will be singles angd the club winning the largest num- | ber of games in the series will be| awarded a handsome silver cup. The | Olympic Club will be represented by | Al Hampton, Henry Cory, George James and Louis Levy. These men are | consider=d the best hard-ball players| in the city. They have been playing the game for many years and will| fittingly represent the winged “O.” The Occidental Club will send Joe | Condon, Judge Haynes, Skelly and John | Mahoney into the court. These men | are experts in their line and will give ! the Olympies a hard tussle for first| honors. All the men mentioned will go ! into training and the devotees of the| Irish game will see some splendid con- | tests. ———— The skeleton alone of an average whale weighs twenty-five tons. | gene on the bay of San Francisco take place at this season. The members of the Ariel Rowing Club held their annual meeting and election of officers early in the week, the former directors being almost without exception re-elected. | There was a large attendance and the resuits of the election caused general satisfaction, as the members feel that the club’s interests have been well served. The officers for the coming year are: John J. von Staden, presi- dent; James M. O'Connell, vice presi- dent; Johnson Hardy, treasurer; Eu Flanders, financial secretar: Charles McAuliffe, recording secretary Charles Wilson, captain; Frank Loth, licuterant captain; N. A. Denvir, Wil- llam Hund, Joseph Lewis, Herman Opeldt cific Association of the Amateur Ath- letic Union, with Eugene Flanders and | James Wilson as alternates. The new boathouse of the club, near the Arctic Oil Works, is nearly com- plete inside, the locker rooms and sola- rium being improvements that are ap- preciated highly. The club is in a sound financial condition and has ac- quireda several new boats recently. The new cficers will be installed at a di ner to be held next month. A “ladies’ day” will take place early next year at the boathouse. The semi-annual meeting and elec- | tion of officers of the Dolphin Swim- ming and Boating Club was held dur- ing the present week and resulted in the selection of the following to serve during the coming half year: T. J. { Kenncdy, president; J. J. Cronin, vice president; August Bertrand, recording secretary: Frank Staib, financial secre- tary; Adam Schuppert, treasurer; Charles Barthold, sergeant at arms; Val Kehrlein, captain; C. M. Farrell, lieutenant captain; Willlam Remens- | perger, Henry Pernau and C. C. Ken- niff, members of the board of directors; William Harris and S. Vicini, members of the executive committee; A. P. Rothkopf, A. W. Pape and W. O. Patch, delegates to the Pacific Assoclation of | the Amateur Athletic Union; H. Me- Kevitt, T. R. Dixon and W. Harris, deiegates to the Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen. A meeting of the Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen was held during the week at the Columbia Bowling Al- leys. “The constitution and by-laws as drafted by the committee appointed for that purpose were read, section by sec- tion, and adopted. They follow the con- stitution and by-laws of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, with some changes to adapt them to the con- ditions present here. Committees are at work on the classification of oarsmen and the preparation of rules to govern regattas, The next meeting of the as- sociation will be held on Tuesday even- ing, January 3, 1905. and Edward Stack, directors; | Edward J. Lynch, delegate to the Pa- | 1 affixed their names to the entry list, which should total forty players be- fore the drawing takes place. The | following have entered: ] €I 8 ert Kenyon, Ray Spitval | Sherwood Adams Grant Smith, w ! pwiton, Paul Jonmes, H. Spring, | Hopleins ~ Harry Roife, Herbert Ames, P. Robbins, R. B. Nourse, Alden Ames. Bradiey L ve. Herbert Long. Ael 'uss, Augustus Taylor and Spencer On New Year’s day the annual class singles tournament will be played. | This is one of the club’s most import- ant events during the year and one the players are looking forward to with great interest. Class tourna- ments have always been popular and it would be a good plan to hold one every three or four months. Just who is the best man in each cla: is a question that each and every player would like to have decided. It will be a difficult task for the committee to classify the players. In the continuous tournament the play- ers have been put into classes, but it is not intended for a correct classifi- cation. It is doubtful if there are more than two really first class men | in the club, but the chances are many | who belong properly in the second { class will play in the first. Many of | the players are evenly matched and it would be a difficult matter to pick the club’s best man. Dr. Chesney is con- sidered by many to be the cleverest player, but he would have no easy time beating men like Allen, Janes, Collier, Hill, Gardner and Long. Merle Johnson leaves for New York to-day. Will Allen will remove to the | same city early in January. This will |take two good men from the first | class and will send those below them | up_a number or two. l Bush and Cornell, the two players | who head the list. will not meet to- | morrow, as both will be out of town. | Wit Collier has challenged George Janes, and they will play to-morrow. Janes is number three and Collier | number four. Mitchell, Adams and | Gardner, who are at the bottom of | the first class, should soon be near the | top. The standing of the players fol- | lows: First class—No. 1. R. B. Cornell; 2. D | Bush:* 3. George Janes: 4, W. B. Coitier. 5. | B. F. Nourse: 6, Ray Splivalo: 7. Harry Rolfe; 8 G. H. Busch: 9, Hé Long; 10, H\"lllxlh.ulx g 1L, Merle Johnson. 12, C. J T e B o5 Mitchell; 14, Carl Gardner; ,Second class—No. 1, A. E. Beyfuss: 2. D. v H. Gabriel; 4, Paul Jones: 5, e —No. 1. George Cutter: 2, Moul Albert Kenyon; 4, Dr. Love . Svencer Grant 3 ;10 G L Ty’ MeAfee: 12, 13, R. B. Daggett; 14, B. Wal