The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 23, 1905, Page 10

SPORT GOLFERS BUSY ON' CHRISTNIAS Members of San Francisco Country Club Will Play Handicap Against Bogey | o | | SECOND MATCH FOR CUP L Prizes Will Also Be Given| for Best Gross and Net| Scores Turned Im| SRR Medal | on of the men of the San | Crub wil r occupled for the coming | by regularly recurring | The Bogey Handicap | BA JUCKS ENOY BHEF RESPTE Many Gunmen Will Remain at Home to Take Part in the Christmas Festivities CONDITIONS UNCHANGED Recent Rains Are Not Suf- ficiently Heavy to Form Any New Feeding Grounds The spell of the Christmas holidays is upon the duck shooters and the feathered denizens of the marshes will respite to-morrow have a sligi Monday. Cond o S > 2 NN NSRS EN TO THE COURTS, Exciting Game Is Highly Developed in Schools. Big Colleges Pro- vide Healthful Out- door Grounds. Basketball, which is pronounced one of = and | ine most healthful of pastimes, is rapig- will be different ||y gaining favor in this vicinity. The S8an NT IN 1905-1906.” One competitien for trophy has been held already, the winner being Captain J. 8. Oyster, on Thanksgiving day. Five more competi- | tions will be held for the trophy and the name of the winner of each will be | engraved on the cup, the winner to re- ceive & replica The winner of any | competition s barred from winning & | second time. After all six competitions | have taken place the six players whose names appeer o e cup will play off for its possession, the winner of the | trophy itself being barred from receiv- | ing a replica. There will be handicaps for the mem- istmas day on the links of | sco Golf and Country ont Country Club and n Rafael Golf and Country Club. Club, ihe 8 On the links at Ingleside the second competiti r the Bogey handicap cup | wiil be held; the score made over the ret eighteen holes played during the day to be counted. The medal play scores made on the same day -will be | reckoned for the Christmas day handi- cap, one prize being offered for the lowest net and another for the best gross score. On New Year's day, 1906, the annual tournament for the gold and silver | JAverpool medals will be held over eighteen holes, medal play, no cards being accepted after 2 p. m. The Liver- pool gold medal is emblematic of the club championship at medal play and i# now in the possession of 8. L. Abbot Jr., who won it on January 2 of this year on the former course of the San Francisco Golf Club on the Presidio Reservation with the excelient score of 38, 43, total 80. The same cards will be reckoned for the third competition for the Bogey handicap cup, match score. Though no announcement has been made, a Christmas day handicap will be held on the links of the Claremont Country Club. —_———————— William 8. Barry and Bert Patrick leave to-night for Suisun. They ‘will shoot to-morrow over the far-famed Wilson Pond and_expgct a- good shoot at canvasbacks -BALL TEAM OF THE SA) FRON COMPETITION A D R CLEVER FRANCISCO WOMEN'S ATHLETIC THE BASTERN OF THIS BEXHILARATING AND HEALTHFUL PASTIME. ASSOCIATION WHICH 1S RAP- COACH WHO IS PERFECTING on New Year's day, when every man interested In duck shooting will make an effort to be on the marsh to indulge in his favorite sport. The recent rains were not heavy enough to change the prevailing con- | @itions and the birds are still in the bays and In the large bodies of water. The same: rain at the beginning of the season would have been acceptable. It the cold~ snap .continues the birds should work well to-morrow for the guns which will be out. Richerdson’s Bay continues to har- bor countless thousands of canvas- | backs, which are difficult to set in'mo- tion. Some of the birds have finally found their way to San Pablo. Harry Trader and Mr. Burnham shot at Mil- ler's place last Sunday and had good results. They expect limit bags thls week. Down Alvarado way the. spooneys are unusually plentiful and the men on the preserves are getting good results. Arthur Burton had a fine shoot at Firebaugh’s, near Los Banos, recently. He killed 100 mallard and sprig in a two-day shoot. Raymond Jackson and F. Rodolph were with him and shared in the great sport. In addition to the ducks they also picked up a good bag of snipe. The members of the Empire Gun Club seem to have the laugh on their fellow-sportsmen who have expensive preserves in this district. When the Empire men went to Monterey and lo- cated a preserve they were scoffed at by their brethren of the gun, who said they would never be able to attract the ducks to their ponde. They went ahead and put in a lot of improvements, in- cluding ponds of great area. Their shooting has been improving steadily, until at the present time the sport they are being afforded is sald to be the best in Northern California. Dr. Sylvester and R. W. Mastick shot over the preserve on Wednesday, the former getting the limit and the latter bagging twenty-five birds. Last Sun- day some twenty guns were in blinds, a number of the membe: ing their shooting. with gu bed good sport. : —— Francisco Women’s Athletic Association has a squad of twenty-five players, from which two teams are formed. The play- ers have not had the requisite match practice to steady them down in competi- tion, but they have been well grounded in the rudiments of the game by thelr clever coach, Miss Claire Donovan. The game played here consists of two halves of fifteen minutes each, with ten minutes’ intermission. The members of | the assoclation team often play in prac- tice for an hour without tiring as they undergo a mild form of training. The two regular teams and the remaining members of the squad follow: Members of squad—Miss F. Schwartz, Miss M. Bert, Miss 8. Aronson, Miss J. Hyman, Mies E. Hesen, Mre. J. ‘Murphy, Miss M, Mirskey, Miss T, Sloane, Miss J. Seott. Second team—Forwards: Miss T. McKenna, Miss M. Cellaghan, Miss A, Kempston (cap- tain). Centers—Miss C. Killott, Miss A. Can- Mrs. M. Miles. Guards—Miss N. H L. Johuson, Miss Z. Elgle. ;s First_team—Forwards 3 Miss 3., Johmeon. Mre W o Centérs——Miss M. McKenna, Miss C. Schling uards— % z heimer, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrm G W, B The game is being highly developed at the University of California and at Stan- ford Univershity, as well as at Mills Sem- inary. These institutions have outdoor courts which are an ideal setting for the game, owing to the fresh air in which the competition takes place. of the Women’s Athletic Assoclation are looking forward to the time when they can have an outdoor court on the roof of their wejl-appointed clubhouse on Golden Gate avenue. Basketball is a new pastime in the pub- lic schools, its popularity being of recent origin. Three years ago the girls of one or two high schools had a basketball team, which occasionally attracted notice, | - o i e ZZ, 2020777~ MBS 42 3 AAORNNEENNRY &2 77 2 ‘«\“\\\Q\ \ = A 1%, [T DI, o e Y 2/ N | Sss F LPooL E, WS\ CAPTAINT | COURSERS NEET 0N THE WAL Decision This Week at Ingleside Coursing Park Four stakes for greyhounds are up Four Events Are Up for!|New | | | | i I ' NELS EXPECT ACTIVE SEASON Four-Oared Racing Barge Will Place Crews on . Even Terms in Competition There has been a good deal of ac- for declsion to-day .and. to-morrow at| tivity among the members of the Ariel Ingleside Coursing Park. plon event attracted a number of fly- including Lord Sefton, 'Richard The likely winners: The cham- | i | | Reserve gtake—Loretta, Far Echo, May Tunison, Gallant Boy, Black Coon, Real Amer- ican, Ina_ Clssus, The Mint, In Time, Mald O'Dyne, Golden Buck, Crasy Jane, Vina, Irma Hotfoot, Mary Patton, Blue Bells. Una, Fid- dler, Rock Roller, Miss Viking, Lady Fleld- wick, D R. Fairmount Lass, Rock Ida, Sweetness, Smoky Hill, Miss Brummel, Bright Columbia, Jimmy Allen, Stingaree. Class 'stake—Reckless Acrobat, Winning Friend, Sea Lion, Honest John, Mi Amigo, Davy Crockett, Pom King, Fetterless, Queen's Beaut atched Up, Dolly Bishop, Lady | Atulete, Full Moon, Boutonniere, King V, Lancashire. Lad. Unfinished Reserve stake—Real Pasha, La Rose, Cueen's Mott Champion stake—Carlow Boy, Lady Kelp, Rocked Aslcep, Belmont, Hudson, Agile Spurt, Richard Anton, Lucy Clalr, Lord Sefton, Panoche, Gambit, Bon Ami. g L R AN S s iy say the game has gained a place with the established sports. ‘While the game is played a great deal by boys it is most popular among the girls, It seems the only sport outside of tennis at which a girl.can shine, although the recent contests held under the auspices of the Girls' Academic Athletic League proved what could be done in swimming, rowing and handball. The past year has demonstrated the ad- vantage of having the game well estab- lished in the grammar grades, as the girls graduating from these schools are prac- tically well seasoned players. This is the | case with Miss Bessle Fuller of Lick, who went from Pacific Heights School, and Miss Eloise Scoville of Lowell, who en- tered from the same school. Miss Sco- ville’s playing abllity was readily recog- nized, the girls of the Lowell! team promptly electing her captain. It was due to her efforts principally that Lowell won the championship from Berkeley High School recently. Lowell was favored this year by as good a team as the school will ever turn out. The point getters in every contest were Miss Elolse Bcoville and Miss Edith Pence. Miss Scoville threw the fleld goals and Miss Pence was always called upon to throw a goal when the opposing side fouled. Her efforts were invariably suc- cessful. Much credit is due to Lowell's guards, Miss Belle Gluckman, Miss Hazel Hiller and Miss Lulu Rubke, whose clever : playing often saved Lowell's goal. The members | In fact, every position on the team was filled by a competent player. At present the City Sub-League is com- posed of the Commercial, Polytechnic and Lowell schools. The Lick girls have not joined the league. srificipal Merrill ob- Jects, as he claims if they joined the league they would be trylng to beat some one instead of going in for the pleasure and enjoyment of the game. ‘Waile Mr. Merrill objects to tus fair Now the game Is not only played by high | students joining he has done a great deal school girls and boys, but aiso by the 5 i 3! and championship games are held annu- ally. When the board of managers of a school votes block letters to {ts team for ‘winning a champlonship, it is needless to toward advancing the pastime. At one end of Lick’s athletic ground an area has been measured out and inclosed | | merly | the bay. Rowing Club during months. the past few There is a large attendance at . Carlow Boy, Rocked Asleep and | the boathouse on thesa fine winter Sun- days and the club boats are constantly in use. Part of the equipment of the old Pioneer Rowing Club, which for- had its quarters next to those of the Ariel Rowing Club on Long ‘Wharf, has been acquired by the Ariel. Among the boats is the barge “Grizzly,” tne largest pleasure cratt of its kind on It seats eight rowers and ten passengers. A crew has been formed, consisting of Eugene Flanders, Edward 8mith, R. Chrisholm, Al Pollok, James ‘Wilson, H. Kahmbach, N. A. Denvir and Johnson Hardy, who will issue a chal- lenge to the Dolphin Boating Club for a race around Angel Island. A four-oared racing barge is being built by Al Rogers for the Ariel Row- ing Club. When this is ready the Ariel crews will be on equal terms with the crews of other clubs. For a long time past the Ariel crews have been at a great disadvantage in contests with clubs which owned light barfes espe- clally built for racing. Some good rac- ing may be expected at the open re- gattas next year. The captain, Charles ‘Wilson, holder of the senior champion- ship in the single shell, will be seen in next season's open regattas in the sin- gle shell and outrigged skiff races. He has selected two junlor barge crews, one being made up of Edward Murphy, H. Jensen, Henry Kalmbach and Ed- ward Wilson, and the other consisting ‘of Al Pollok, Charles Schaeffer, N. Nus- baum and Lyman Jennings. The Ariel senlor four-oared shell crew consists of E. J. Lynch, Frank Loth, Edward L. Smith and Alex. W. Keegan. It will continue In practice for next year’s events. The Ariel Rowing Club is making preparations for its annual banquet and installation of officers, to be held some time during January. It Is also pro- posed to have an excursion and clam- bake early next year. The members will start from the Ariel boathouse near the Arctic Ol Works and will row to the San Mateo County clam- beds, where the bake will be heid. There will also be a baseball game, some boxing bouts and other sports. At the last regular meeting of the members of the Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club the nominees on the regu- lar ticket were elected for the ensuing term. They will be installed at the.ane nual dinner and reunion of members of the club on Saturday, January §. —————— Sells Pools on the Races. John King, proprietor of a cigar stand in front of a saloon at 412 Mar- ket street, was arrested yesterday by Detectives Hamill and Dow and booked at the City Prison for violating the ordinance against poolselling. He was released on $20 cash bail. The saloon- by a high fence. The place is just suited | keeper’s license may be revoked, as the for tennis and basketball, as the soil was ‘well oiled and rolled. Besides these con- venlerces ample seating capacity was pro- | responsible if pools were sold in clm[ vided by the erection of blea Police Commissioners established a rule | recently that saloon men would be held stands in front of their saloons. JANES BALKS AT MATCH PLAY Tennis Champion Declines to Take Part in Round Robin Invitation Tourney OUT OF PRACTICE IS California Club Offer an Artistic Cup . for the Competition| i The chief toplc of conversation among tennis enthusfasts is the round robin fu- | | vitation scratch ~ singles tournament | which will commence on the California | Club courts one week from to-morrow. The { coming event is attracting unusual at- | tention and will prove the most inter- | esting held on the courts in years. Never | | before have there been so many orack | | players so evenly matched. In the past | ! | one or two players have, as a rule, out- | classed the remainder, but this year thers are about ten between whom there is lt- tie to choose. Much to the surprise of followers of the game Coast Champion Janes has an- nounced his intention of not participating. When a round robin was suggested be- tween the four champlons for the year, namely, Coast Champion Janes, State Champion Adams, Bay Counties Cham-| pion Foley and San Francisco County | Champion Gardner, Janes was the only one of the four who declined the issue., His action at that time was commented | | upon as the opportunity of settling the| | question of supremacy for the year, and | | was missed through the champlon’s re- | fusal to play. Janes thought he would lose his champlonship title, despite the fact that he was assured that under no | circumstances could the honor be taken { from him. | When the coming tournament was ar- ranged it was thought-Janes would be glad to compete, but to the surprise of | lall he comes out openly and declares he will not play. No title goes with the tournament and it is not even confined to champions. Despite this fact Janes con- tends he cannot afford to lose it. He| he is not at his best at present, | owing to lack of practice. This may b.‘; true, but the fact remains he has been | beatea three times since he won the championship -and by three different players. He has a chance now to wipe | of the other ten players. It is evident Janes does not so figure. He undoubtedly lost much of his nerve when Melville Long took him into camp two weeks ago, and as nerve Is a big part of the game the champion rightly figures he is not at his best. Janes' absence from the tournament will detract little interest from it. Few look upon him as the best player in the city, and the winner of the event will be so conmsidered,. with or without the champion. Janes will lose more by re- fusing to play than he would by play- ing and losing. The directors of the California Club, at their monthly meeting lagt Tuesday night decided to offer a handsome silver cup for the event. There will probably be a suitable second prize also. will furnish the balls. Play will com- mence Sunday, the 3lst inst., and will be resumed January 1, 7 and 15. Each player will be called upon to play at least two matches on each of these dates. Allf matches will consist of two sets out of three. The only event scheduled for Christ- mas day is a handicap doubles tourna- ment at the California Club. The draw- ings will be held this afternoon and the opening rounds will be played to-mor- jrow. The semi-finals and finals will be played on Monday. The competition will be for the three-time cups, which are in the possession of Melville Long and Carl Gardner. The latter will play with his brother Herbert to-morrow, Janes and H. Long having decided to split up. The Longs. with Schmidt and Roife, will probably be the most heavily handicapped teams. Early next month the ladies of the Cal- ifornta Club will start a continuous tour- nament. It is several years since a woman's tournament has been held on the club courts. Interest has revived of late, and as there are many new players, | some interesting competitions will be held in the next few months. The continuous tournament will probably run for three months. It will be in charge of Miss Valleau, Miss Ethel Smith and Miss de Nerveaux, the tournament committee. The Golden Gate Club will hold its first tournament of the new year on January 7. 1t will be & class of single events. The first and third class players will meet on this date and the second and fourth cracks will come together a week later. The next tournament. of the Golden Gate Junior Tennis Clib will be held January 17. ———— Golfer Alded by His Mother. It is not often that a great golfer can thank his mother for having been instrumental in producing his skill and reputation. Alexander Herd, who, with James Braid, represented Scotland in the great International foursome against Harry Vardon and J. H. Taylor, representing England, says that h mother had a great deal to do with his . boyhood golf. Sandy Herd's first clubs ‘were made from trees cut in the wnods near St. Andrews, and the heads had an annoying tendency to come away from the shafts. Mrs. Herd used to come to the rescue and was kept quite busy repairing the clubs of Sandy and his brothers. Some times she did this with glue, but often with the gutta percha obtained from melting down an old ball, and she became skillful in the j work. Sandy remembers his mother's help in the early days of his golf career with gratitude and affection and has j written a letter requesting a well- iknown English writer on golf on no account t0 overlook the fact. ‘Refuses to Prosecute. CI Redmond, the drug clerk who was arrested on Thursday night by Detectives Cottle and Mitchell for steal- ing coin from the Smith Drug Com- pany, 1300 Polk street, where he was employed, was booked at the City Prison yesterday on two charges of petty larceny. Miss Mabel Bradford, the secretary of the company, who made | the complaint against Redmond, called at the Hall of Justice yesterday, but refused to swear to a complaint against him. If she persists in her refusal one of the arresting officers will swear to the complaint. Redmond made a full confession to the police, saying that the total of his peculations was $17. —— OFFERS LAND TO CITY.—Maggie sterday submitted through m:"mwm ney an offer to sell to the city a lot on Fourteenth avenue, forming Officials| The club| SKETBALL IS GAINING IN FAVOR —e— PASTIME DRAWS WOM ALBIONS PLAY THE “INDIES™ !Champions of Last Season | and Rovers Play Match for Benefit of Members PIRATES HORNETS V —_— No League Games on Christ- mas, but Naval Reserves Will Go to Santa Cruz HEC Rl The Saturday eleven of the Oakland Hornets will play a friendly match »’ Association football lzalns:l;he lPlr\u;-. round near the California Cot- g:nlgx.mgs at Twenty-third avenue, Eas Oakland, this auorno;n, the ball being ed off at 3 o'clock. . - k‘%lr‘xe general meeting of the California Association Football Unlon will be held this evening at Foresters’ Hall, O rell street, when the medals won by Independent eleven as champions fo the season of 1904-1905 of the Califor nia Association Football League will be presented by Taliesin Evans, pre dent of the C. A, F. Union, and also of the C. A. F. League. No mateches will be played to-morrow for the 1905-1906 championship of the Californla Association Football League, the Christmas holidays \g been left clear of football engagements by ¢ committee £ The Independe game agalnst the Albion Rovers on tl ground at Freeman's Park, Golden Gata, being kicked off to-morrow, the ball at 2:30 p. m. The proceeds of game will be handed over to Alexande Mathieson, the well-know ver, and Jerry Dwyer, th footballer, both of whom are incapaci- tated from playing. On Wednesday ever at a downtown restaurant, Talle Evans will present the medals w by the Oakland Hornets last season to the members of that team. It was | tended to hold the ceremony with the members of the Independen Football Club, the winners of the league champlonship, and alse of Union cup in 1904-1905, but the Inde pendents, through some misunderstar ing, held a reunion of their mem on Saturday evening. the 18th inst. the 27th On Saturday, the 30th inst. the league eleven of the Oakland Hornets will go to Sacramento, where on ths last day of the old year they will pla | out these defeats and retrieve his lost| @ match for the championship of the | 1aurels. C. A. F. League against the Sacramen By those who know it is figured Janes | team, which, though it has scored or has fully as good a chance to win as any | Ohe point In the table of league results during the present season, manifest undiminished enthusiasm for the gamn and a readiness to play the best knows. Henry Roberts, secretary o the C. A. F. Union. will go to the cap ital to referee the game. The Alblon Rovers won a lucky v tory over the Independemts last Sun- day, the score being equak until almost the end of the second period, Pe- trie, the strong forward of the ers put the ball into the net and won t mateh for his team. The Independen now stand forth in the table of leagu results with two points less than Rovers and three less than the Va pires and Hornets. As the Independent team is composed of almost exactly same men as won the championship and the cup last seasom, and has actually scored more goals this season than any other eleven, it is clear that the ot! clubs must have stronger teams than they had last year. W. E. Owens ! taken charge of the Independent te again and will endeavor to stem t tide of defeat. R. Shand having signed his place as goalkeeper for t Alblon Rovers in order to leave hi self freer for his newspaper work, Todd now guards the net. The new goa keeper did excellent work last Su: day, clearing many dangerous shots the Independent forwards. The Rov: being without the services of Mict Tierney and Mulligan, Lydon went into the halfback line. The OQakland Hornets, though they have played only five games, while all the teams except the San Francisco and Santa Cruz have played six or seven league matches, stand at the head of the table of league results with ten points, not having lost a game and fewer goals having been scored against them than against any other team. The Vampires also have seven thelr credit, but they have pl matches, in two of which 2 beaten. The San Francisco team is working Its way up, having tied t Independents and beaten the Vampi on two successive Sundays. On Sun day, the 31st inst., they play at Sa Cruz against the Santa Cruz eleve The standing of the clubs is shown the table: CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL LEAGUF—STANDING FOR CHAM- PIONSHIP ON DEC. 28, 1906. nued cLuUBS 1 - asuredy Oakland Hornets ..| 8 (50|01 20 |2 Vi 7i5/3/0)1s s 6 al2f1fitas Tis|sf1iim e siz/1f2/107 Tl1)sjifl T/m 0!1\!'0_‘1% slolabril 20 Entries for the contest for the Cali- fornia A. F. Union Cup must be made not later than the 31st inst. It Is probable the eight clubs now contest ing for the championship of the league will enter and that the number will be swelled by the addition of the Olympic Club eleven and possibly of a team rep resenting the Occidental Club. Olympic Club eleven played its fir match against the Vampire Reserves a Alameda last Sunday and though it wus beaten by a score of three goals to o some good playing was done by James Glarner and Lyneh. The Vampire Re serves included Harwood, who was carp tain of last season’'s Vampire elever } Jacques, Campsie, the Holland brothers and Wilding, all of whom have played on the Vampires' first team. e . | FOOTBALL TEAMS TO MEET ON BERRYMAN GRIDIRON First Corps Cadets Wil Play the Eleven Representing the Sioux Club To-Day at Berkeley. A game of football will be playe to-day at 2:30 o'clock om Berryma | field, North Berkeley. The teams will represent the First Corps Cadets and the Sioux Club. The military eleven will leave this city onm the 2 o'clock boat. The elevens will line up: