The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1907, Page 45

The Call’s Section of Best Sports SAN FRA:NCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1907. s Cahill’s Crlpplea' Racehorse Proves to Be a Marvel of Consistency By J. R. J Voladay, ens of screws, followed up ago in the Palace Hotel handicap effery the equine cripple, one of whose hoofs is held together his sensational victory of a week by cleverly taking the measure of the pick of the high-class performers racing in California this winter, in the inaugural running of the Family Club handicap at Emeryville yesterday. remarkable horse. a notch company. Burns handicap winner; Nealon, these were the horses that finished be- bhind Voladay, William Cahill’'s cripple. Tbe record of Voladay at Emeryville is winter testifies to Cahill's skill— , elght firsts and one third. the race In which Voladay fin- third was he was almost left at the off and repeatedly cut re- Such has seldom a physically a cripple. What record have been years on the turf had perfect physical ctufe, eived poor handling all around. record for made consistency by sound alone 2day's he condition? and at the his showing of time 2go the horse’s such that they Cahill's pa- condition race, but virtually has the underpt without provided ng on which he that the discomfort doing his best in Voladay is now the noney winner of the meeting, im trom vieus seasons greatest w h $8245 to his credit Jockey Koerner of Los Angeles, who piloted Kercheval to victory in the urne, had the honor of riding Vola- | @ay yesterday. W. H. CAREY RUNS WELL wW. H former. Carey, an Ascot Park per- shared the honors of the race with t Knapp kept him the early stages of the race. after backstretch, and, being the overland route all the way, | fast going and close second at Dr. Leggo landed an easy under indifferent handling” by Nealon showed improvement | finished fourth. Logistilla, Hil- | dreth's clever mare, apparently track- aft long campaign under a end. sore r her conditions that she has little liking for, | refused to extend herself and probably Tartan and J. F. Dono- e, the other Ascot horses that figured in the race, failed to show anything of special moment and finished ruck, with Dusty Miller has tr ed off. been expected. Rubric, nothing but an outside chance, finished last after showing early speed. Rapid Water, Logistilla’s stable com- panjon, set & Stiff pace for a mile, but found the final furlonz his nd, stopping fast in the stretch, fin- ished oytside the money. FAST TIME IS MADE on the the first mile, which then ceded @erner waited ‘with Voladay for wes pegotiated in 1:40 1-5, and t on to win with something eithough the boy urged his mount a bit when W. H. Carey made & bid from the paddock to the wire. The time for the ‘mile and & quarter was 2:05 4-5, which | is only about a second slower than Lhe track record for the distance. The race was run for the art of its duration with Rapid Water | d Voladay several lengths in advance the rest of the field, with W. H. Carey, Logistilla and Clamor trailing in | the early part. Nealon was always able to keep fairly close up, Leggo being the only horses that were able to pass Him. P Hildreth’s pair ruled favorite in the| betting 3t 5 to 2, with Carey, Voladay end Leggo fluctuating around 4 to 1, 2nd the others ranging from 10 to 60, The race had a gross value of $5000 and & net value of $3375 to.the winner, $875 to the second horse and $375 to the third FORM AT A DISCOUNT While the rain that began to fall be- fore noon affected the attendance, a large crowd witnessed the racing. The track was not affected by the gentle downpour and remained fast through- but the day. Formplayers met with as much disaster as in the preceding few éa however, only one favorite finish- 47l within the money. The bookmakers efi?hved another day of large profits. Jockey Miller was in especially poor form, and these who followed him met their Waterloo, as he finished out of the money five times. The running of the Gunst stakes for two-yesr-old fillies, in which College Widow and Love of Gold, the Hijdreth e winner, and might have made | Voladay extend himself more fully had | Jockey in the| and Clamor, | from neither of whom much could have | generally eon- | undoing, | pacemaker | left, | greater | Carey and| Voloday's victory was clear-cut and stamped him as a Logistilla and Rapid Water, stake | < YESTERDAY’S WINNERS Horse. Jockey. Misty’s Pride..Sandy. H Salable ...... McRae. | Abbey Voladay Shady Lad...C.Miller. . Ocean Shore..Sandy. He was carrying virtually as much weight as ¢———w— —— & of the other crack performers whose reputations represent the fruit of hard-earned laurels in top- W. H. Carey, the acknowledged champion of Ascot Park; Dr. Leggo, dual Derby and winners on the metropolitan turf— | a little closer | | Horses That came from almost last position | Resuits to Date ‘ B! Races Woo Percentage Favorites.... 193 40 | 2d Choice.... 112 24 | Outsiders.... 169 36 | Totals..... 474 100 entry, ruled favorite at 2 to 5, being considered a2 “moral,” was marred by a bad start. The Hildreth youngsters, ridden by the crack jockeys Miller and Willlams, post, and Starter Dwyer virtually pre- sented the purse of $2190 to Abbey, one of Harry T. Griffin’s juveniles, by let-| ting Koerner take a running start as the barrier went up. The Grifin filly had such a lead in a twinkling that | none of the others had a chance to| | overtake her, although she was tiring | badly at the end. She won by a length | from Martha Jane, who closed stoutly and took the place from Bravoure al- | most at the wire. College Widow closed a big/gap, but could not get near the money. Charlotte B, the added entry, was never prominent. “OREGON EXPRESS” ARRIVES Misty's Pride, played down from 5 to 13%, made good in the opener, with | Sandy up, but the chances are that it Miller got Van Ness, the favorite, {away from the post. Off poorly, Hil- | dreth’s gelding gamely made up a lot | of ground and finished an easy second, |but was unable to overcome the lead obtained at the start by the winner. E. | M. Brattain stuck it out well for a first out and was a game third, half a length in front of Pal. Romaine showed elight improvement. There was nothing to the second race | but Salable, although Temailign essayed to make a contest of it. boy, McRae, galloped Salable over Ts- mailian at will, after indulging her with the lead for a half-mile, and the further they went the further he left her behind. It was one of the easiest wins of the season, Salable being pulled up at the finish. Ismailian beat Bogum three lengths for place, and Cardinal Sarto lost the show by a head. SHADY LAD AWAKENS Shady Lad bad to be much the best to win the fifth. Virtually left at the post, Chris Miller moved up gradually with him, and finishing with a cyclonic sprint through the stretch just did get up to win by a half length from Titus 11, who showed marked improve- ment on the dry track. Captain Bur- nett took third place from the tiring Silver Sue. Silver Wedding, the “hot thing” favorite from Los Angeles, was never & serious eu‘under. Miller get- 4 were as good as left at the| would have been a different story had | The stable| her. Comilfo quit to nothing after showing abundant early speed. | The final race of the day brought a head finish between the consistent colts Ocean Shore and Blagg. The former received the best ride, Sandy being up, and won in consequence. Eddie Dugan | had Blagg, who was undoubtedly best, |in all sorts of trouble, and the colt did | well to be so close up at the end. Native | Son, probably short, was unable to |outrun the winner and quit in the | stretch, Ingham, one of the favorites, | falling heir to third place. St. Elm- | wood, Miller up, was heavily played. He was in close quarters all the way and continually dropped back. | e “FRAT” MEN IN REBELLION 1 | Ignore the Order Barring Them From i High School Athletics : BERKELEY, Feb. 16.—In defiance of the order of the Board of Education forbidding fraternity members to en- gage in athletics, dramatics or journal- tsm at the high school, athletes of the | school who are fraternity men took part yesterday in a field day at the school. They were looking for trouble today, but it did not arrive. The'action of the athletes is the first overt symptom of rebellion since the board decreed the elimination of fra- ternity pupils from scheol activities. There waé much talk of a legal contest folfowing the board's order, and this may come when the board has taken cognizance of the athletes disregard of its edict. ———— . HAWAIIAN TO AID COACH CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,, Feb. 16.—Alfred Lowery Castle of Honolulu has been appointed assistant coach under Louis Pieper of the Harvard varsity baseball squad. Castle, who has had consider- able experience in varsity work and is a second year man in the law school, is- looking after the pitching staff. About thirty-one candidates are out for the battery positions of the varsity and freshman teams. Paul Withington of Honolulu, an academic sophomore, is one of the candidates for pitcher on the varsity. PR o e KT WEST OAKLAND BOXING OAKLAND, Feb. 16.—The programme for the West Oakland Club’s boxing show on Tuesday night promises an evening of good sport. Two fights of more than ordinary class will be those between Sailor Gordon and Jack Me- Laughlin and the special event between Eddie Webber and Henry Jones. Four other bouts are on the bill. —_— RACING DATES ANNOUNCED LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 16.—The Kentucky racing commission today an- nounced the dates for race meetings. The Lexington track will be. opened fram April 27 to May 4; Louisville, )h,z 6 to June 8; monh. June 10 to July 13. % % ‘ 5 ting away from the post poorly with | Clubman Presents a Trophy to the Owner of Voladay Finished First and Third in the In pursuance of a custom which had been followed in previous seasons when the Family Club handicap at- tained only the importance of an over- night affair, a beautiful silver cup was presented to the winner of the stake in behalf of the social organization in whose honor the new classic had been named. Louls Sloss made the presenta- |tion in a €peech which complimented ‘William Cghill on the skill he had shown in transforming & crippie into the most consistent handicap horse racing in the West. The following so- clety people and club members were among those who witnessed the pre- sentation of the trophy: Louis Sloss, Harry Dimond, T. Cary Friedlander, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Starr, Edward Bowes, Judge Willlam Lawlor, Harry Cosgriff, John Noyes, James Mil- ler, Frank Maroney, Edgar Mizner, Thomas Jennings, J. L. Crooks, Alex- ander Vogelgesang, R. P. Rithet, Noble Eaton, George Fuller, Joseph Eastland, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paxton, Mr. and Mrs. George Starr, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kauffman, Dr. Alexander Garceau, Jos- eph Tobin, Emil Bruguiere, William Rix, Leon Sloes, Clarence Ward, E. A. Keithley, Seth Mann, W. O. B. Gunn, Dr. Keeney, W. S. Leavitt, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Carman, Mr. afnd Mrs. Frank Mathieu. . . The Missourl Club, over whose desti- nies Bookmaker Preston of New York presides, was victimized by a phony' ticket operator to the tune of $800 yes- terday. Willlam Cahill, the owner of Voladay, entrusted a commission of several hundred dollars to be wagered on his horse in the big race. The com- ‘missioner bought two $100 tickets from the Missourt Club at 6 to 1.- When the tickets were sent around for cashing after Voladays victory it was found that some sharper had realized on a spurious ticket corresponding with one of those held by Cahill, calling for $600. The ticket which Cahill holds will be redeemed, of course, under the track rules. So far as is known this is the first successful attempt to swin- dle the bookmakers by the use of'a counterfeit ticket at Emeryville this season. . Logistilla was so sore after her morning work yplatflay that 8. C. Hil- 'dreth almost decided M to start her in the big m.u: as she seemed to| Bet over the stiffness prior concluded R to post | | Sports TVoladay First in Family Club Handicap + Edited by R. A. Smyth run. She refused to extend herself in the race and as it is evident that she has gone back she will be given a long rest. It is doubtful if she will be again seen in a race in California this season. . C. E. Durnell was moved to substi- tute Nealon for Temaceo to carry his colors in the big race at the last mo- ment, for the reason that his cahdi- date for the Derby was somewhat sore. Nealon, although he finished out of the money, ran a better race than he has heretofore. . . . Tommy Sandy and Charlie Koerner divided the saddle honors yesterday, each landing two winners. Koerner had the distinction of piloting the “win- nerg in' both stakes. Jockey Knapp was second In both of these events. Koerner has been the whole show in the local stakes in which he has rid- den. It was he who piloted Kercheval to victory in the Burns handicap. Jockey Miller’s foltowers had a very disastrous day, as out of the six fa- vorites that he rode only one landed inside the money. Jockey Brown continued his poor work in the saddle. After running out of the money with his first three mounts he could do na, better than land Ingham, one of the favorites in the closing race, third. . . - C. E. Durnell claimed §. C. Hildreth's Van Ness out of the first race for $1325 and Hildreth retaliated by claim- ing Durnell's Laura F M for the same amount. Salable was boosted frdom $500 to $1200 by H. R. Schaffer, but was pro- tected and retained by J. Ryan. . . . The following thirty-one bookmakers cut in yesterday: Emeryville, Harlan, Lyon, Central, Falstaff, Western, San Francisco, Oakland, Golden Gate, Schreiber, Boston, Schley, Engstrom, Missouri, Martin, Ingleside, Colonial, Arizona, Pellicum, Butte Hotel, Ne- vada, Goldfield, Jackman, Rose, Eckert, ‘Walter, Shaepsh‘ud. Alamo, Bnhon!l.n. Broadway, stuyvsunt. . Skinner, y Frank St. D. the. official fortnight ,ylth severs agtack caller for the form chart, put in an appearance at the track yesterday after having been confined to his home Family Club Handicap MAY SUTTON DIPLAYS HER OLD-TIME SKILL | Defeats, Her Sister Florence Without the Loss of a Game By Arthur Inkersley CORONADO, Feb. 16.—Rail fell last night, but the tennis courts dried suf- ficlently to permit of some of the final games in the tournament being played today. The final round of the men's doubles provided some excellent play, Bell and Bundy being matched against Sinsabaugh and Browne. The latt pair took the. first and third sets.. The second, fourth and fifth went to Bell and Bundy, who won the silver medals offered by the Coronado Country Club. The score in favor of Bell and . Bundy was: 2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. long rallies that occurred forth much applause. The finals in the ladtes’ singles were between Miss May Sutton and Miss Florence Sutton. This match attracted more attention than any other one of the tournament. Although Miss Flor- ence Sutton failed to win a game, she made some splendid returns and the contest was not so one-sided as the score would indicate. Miss May Sut- ton won in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. In the final round of the men's sin- gles, which was decided in three sets instead of five, Bundy won from Bell— 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. In the semifinal round of the men's consolation event, Keeney defeated Galusha, 6-0, 6-4. Keeney will meet the winner of the Morgan-Keyes match in the final. Miss May Sutton and Bell defeated Miss Florence Sutton and Sinsabaugh in the final round of the mixed doubles by a score of 6-1, 6-0. In the ladies’ consolation event Mrs. Ely beat Miss Balch, 6-4, 6-3. She will meet Miss Beckwith in the final round. A dinner was given tonight to twenty-five ‘of the tennts plavers in the breakfast room of Hotel del Coronado. The tables were handsomely decorated with smilax and white carnations. In the center was a tennis court, on which were flgures representing Miss May Sutton and Mrs. Ely playing against Miss Florence Sutton and Miss Fenton. Those present were Mrs. Ely, Miss May Sutton, Miss Florence Sutton, C. S. Garrett .and Mrs. Garrett, Miss Beck- with, Mrs. Paul H. Scnmidt, Miss Fen- ton, Miss Balch, E. A. Beéll and Mrs. Bell, Miss Sinsabaugh, Miss Pauly, Mrs. Keeney, Charles Sutton, Lieutenant T. Saveral brought —_—b — BNTT OFFERED MATCH WITH CORBETT AT REND | Californian May Take the Place of Kid Herman | With Denverite By R. A. Smyth | Harry Pollok. the manager of Youns | CorBett, reached here yesterday, ac- companied by Promoter Charles W. Kohl of Reno. As the proposed match between Corbett and Kid Herman was | set aside, it has become necessary to find another opponent for the chubby This is the mission of { the visitors, and they are soaring after high game. They to meet Man- ager Jim Coffroth today and discuss the possibility of Britt agreeing to meet Corbett again in the ring. It probably will require some thought | on the part of Britt before he makes a Denver boxer. are decision. If the money inducements | are sufficiently large, it is believed he | will accept. He and Corbétt fought twenty rounds in Woodward's Pavilion, and, although the decision went to him, there were many who favored Corbett. For a long time after that Manager Coftroth tried to bring the men fo- gether again, as he thought it was one of the best m: owing to the popula of ‘the Denmverite. A match w ranged, but Corbett be- lieved he would pick up a little easy money by fighting Battling Nelson. \Ha lost to the latter, and the winner was given the match with Britt. Britt 'has said that he would fight only Nelson and Gans. Some time ago he said he would fight only Nelson, and then he proceeded to talk business with the colored champlon. If he thinks the engagement at Reno will be profitable he undoubtedly will agree to meet Cor- tches in sight, s a bett. The weight question may be & delicate one to handle, as Corbett nas gone slightly above lightweight Iimit. He signed to fight Herman at 136 pounds. - Britt has always wanted 133 pounds, and may balk at allowing Corbett the additional three pounds. . . . Nothing has been heard from Mike Riley and it is generally conceded now that the Tonopah man has “run out.” He probably thought that the represen- tatives of Britt and Gans would make matters unpleasant for him. Instead of fiying into a rage about it they tried to show him a way out of his difficul- ties and offered to help him in any manner in their power. He seems con- tent to let matters rest and it is mot expected he will ever be heard from again lin the guise of a fight promoter. The failure of Riley was what was expected by the men who visited Tono- pah when Gans and Herman met thers and saw the sordid, unhealthy setting in which it was presented. When a world's championship boxing contest is uséd as a lure to draw men to a dance hall and a gambling house it is time |tor the men who look upon it as a | healthy, manly sport to call a halt The Marquis of Queensberry never thought the game he placed on a high plane would sink to such depths. Riley did not have the support of the Tonopah men when he promoted the Gans-Herman match and the with. drawal of Marks, his partner, left him without the backing necessary to carry out the programme he had arranged for March. His failure shows on what a slender foundation the hopes of the boxers rested in the matter of rich purses. - Tom McCarey is ttylog mateh Tommy Ryan and Joe Thomas forsthe middle-weight championship. The Leos Angeles promoter has the acceptance of the Californian and i{s now working on Ryan. Thomas has agreed to make the weight 154 pounds, although at that figure he is conceding several pounds to his clever opponent. Honey Mellody, who was defeated by Thomas, does not want a return match with him, but he also is after Ryan Tommy West, who is in the East with Thomas. will enter tha ring soon. Harry Foley, who is handling him, wants him to become acclimated before he puts his skill to the test. The underpinning seems to have been knocked from the Young Corbett-Kid Herman match, as nothing has been heard from the Reno affair for several days. The marriage of Herman, which is set for the 24th inst, was the first obstacle encountered in closing the de- tails of the match. The promoters wanted the young Chicagn boxer on the ground by the middle of this month, but he demurred to fhis arrangement, as it would interfers with all his plans for the wedding. On top of this came the trouble at Tonopah over Mike Riley’s fight, which had a depressing effect on the other affair. One seemed to impinge upon the other, as Joe Gans had taken Young Corbett under his wing and had prom- ised to train him for the encounter. It will be many days, apparently, be- fore Gans settles down to training In the Sagebrush State, so that Corbatt cannot count on m-. urv:.ca- as trainer. . to The determination of Battling Nelson | P o S R et " Continued on Page 47, Columa 4 ¥ ' 4