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TENNIS, BILLIARDS, ROWING
GOOD MEET AT
SEATTLE ASSURED
HORSES AND PURSES ARE OF
SOME WORTH
Annual Summer Racing Season In tho
Northwest Has Grown Into Some.
, thing Approaching Metropoli
tan Form — Notes of Turf
Brilliant In prospects for the most
successful summer meeting ever held
on the coast, the. Seattle season of
racing opened 'at the Meadows yester
day. Thousands of lovers of the sport
attended the Inaugural day's doings and
for their benefit horses of more than
mediocre worth performed. _
Two or three years ago the Seattle
meeting was considered as a Joke and
a place where the horseman whose
stable didn't stand a chance anywhere
else could pick up enough change to
tide him over the summer -and pay the
feed bills. It was the rankest kind of a
I.;" 1 ! meet and none but the poorer
class of owners ever thought of the
ncrthwest as a profitable field.
But now all this Is changed. Last
season the Meadows management con
ducted a meet which would be a'credlt
to any place, and the sport was In
stantly put on a firm footing. Many 01'
the horsemen who had raced at Ascot,
and Oakland, and who failed to stay
on the coast, expressed themselves as
foolish because they had shipped ea3t,
and promised to remedy matters this
And they apparently have, for the
stables occupying stalls at the Seattle
track this summer are not of the poorer
sort by any means. The purses have
inoreased In consequence, and Seattle
race goers yesterday attended the open
ing of what will undoubtedly grow Into
a great summer event.
The money to be given to horsemen
by the Seattle management will be or
what is almost a metropolitan scale.
Several races for purses which will run
ir.to four figures have been scheduled.
and daily purses and selling races will
net at least $325 each to the winning
owner.
After the Denver meeting, which Is
now being run, Is over the Meadows
will get a great many of the thorough
breds now racing at Overland park In
the Colorado city. While not much
class seems to be chasing the coin at
Overland, there are many good platers
amonjj those present and they will be
welcomed in the northwest.
Kenilworth Season On
Kenllworth's season is now on In full
blast, but from the looks of the form
chart It will nob be as successful as
those of other years. The class of
horses now performing at the Buffalo
course is below the average, and the
Jcckeys who sport silk are not exactly
of the first rank.
Many of the boys, who learned the
g-ame at Ascot are grnclnpr the plgsKln
at the New York state course. Carroll,
McDaniel, Hogg, Grand and Brown are
all winning a race once in a while,
while Lycurgus,. who was apprenticed
to Red Walker at Oakland last winter,
Is also on hand. Bullman is showing
up occasionally, but he is not doing
much.
Willie Dugan, after winning the Sub
urban, also put in appearance at Ken
ilworth, and at first was expected to
remain throughout the season. This
will hardly occur, as Dugan has an
offer from New York which he can
hardly refuse, and he may be expected
to return to the metropolitan circuit In
a few days.
Red Walker won the first race of the
Buffalo season with Stanley Pay, a
Canopus colt, which made his debut at
Oakland this year. Lycurgus was in
the saddle and the Walker trick won
handily from eleven other 2-year-olds
over the five-furlong course, the price
being as good as sixes.
Reports of Boots Durnell ,
Boots Durnell is reported as wishing
to take a shot at the game in France
again, and for the purpose has been
buying fancy yearlings by the score.
If Durnell didn't get enough of the
French layout the last time he tried it
he must be a glutton for punishment
and' able to stand any kind of a strain.
Sower- Doing Well
"Major" Sowers is booking at La
tonla, and thus far in the season he has
collected about $500 from the foolish
public. The Whistling Kid, as Sowers
Is now called, makes the prices for ths
entire ring, and is coi.sldered the big
pencllerof the Cincinnati brigade.
Jake in Right
Jake Holtman is getting much better
notices from the Cincinnati papers than
he did on the coast. He 1 is said to be
in top form, and but few kicks over
the way he sends them away are heard.
MADDEN MAY TRY
WITH KING JAMES
Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, June 29.— John E. Mad
den has his eye on the great English
Derby and has hopes of repeating the
American victory of Richard Croker's
colt Orby. Maddens King James, win
ner of the Tremont, Is eligible for the
Epsom classic next year and, barring
accidents, will be sent across the At
lantic to carry the cherry and white
striped silks of the clever Kentucky
horseman.
Madden is very fond of King James
and believes he Is the best of Plau
dit's sons. Several offers have been
made for King James, hut Madden
either Isn't selling the youngster or the
bids are not high enough; $35,000 Is the
price Madden puts on King James.
This seems rather too much for a two
year-old which has just won his first
race, but Madden usually gets his price.
I King James won the Tremont in the
commanding fashion of a colt that will
like the distance In races. He is en
gaged In several valuable stakes and
his performances will be noted with
Interest.
SAN PEDRO TIDE TABLE
High. Low.
A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M.
June 30 12:03 1:68 6:67 7:11
Don't shop Saturday nights— do what
you can to aid early closing
GREAT RACE PROMISED
YACHTS FROM POINT
FIRMIN TO VINCENTE
DETJWIT GETS NEW SAILS AND ENTERS
Centerboarder Which Won Last Year Will Be Ready
Thursday tor Big Event— Nautical Notes
from Puget Sound, Great Lakes
and the Atlantic
SLOOP DETROIT
JACK VIVARTTAS
WITH the ink on the log of the
Catalina Island race scarcely
dry, the South Coast yachts
men are fathoms deep in the prepara
tion for the fifth anntial race for the
Times cup next Thursday, the glorious
Fourth.
Detroit at present holds the cup, hav
ing won against the entire fleet last
year; Venus has won it twice and
Mischief I once.
As the Times cun race is a free for all
event, there will be a long list of start
ers, in comparison to the other races
of the season, all classes sailing for the
trophy. Detroit and Yankee of the A
class will be the scratch boats, allow
ing all other boats handicaps in pro
portion to their size. Interest centers,
of course, about the crack sloops of the
thirty-foot class, Columbine, Monsoon
and Mischief 11, but Detroit and Yankee
are not to be reckoned lightly with,
and Venus, with her proportionately
large time allowance will be a, factor.
No official information as to the num
ber of boats entered, nor the exact time
allowances, has as yet been issued by
the regatta committee, but there will
be no considerable change in the rules
governing club races.
The course will be from the whistling
buoy off Point Firmin to the whistler
off Cape Vincente, thence to a flag near
the end of the San Pedro breakwater,
and back to the Point Flrmln whistler,
distance approximately twelve miles.
On this course, which with prevailing
winds should be a windward and lee
ward leg, followed by a short beat to
windward, the racers have nearly equal
chances and no doubt sharp competi
tion will result.
Mischief II Hoodooed This Year
Barring rough weather, Columbine
should have go6d prospects of finishing
first, the .race not being long enough
for Monsoon's luck to get to working;
and Mischief II seems obsessed by a
hoodoo this season in the matter of
winning, even after acquiring a safe
lead. It is hard luck, but Skipper Fol
som should have invested in a rabbit's
foot instead of pickled pig's feet when
he grubbed nn for the Catalina race.
As the writer has never seen Detroit
under way, it ls impossible to speculate
in this article on her chance of repeat
ing last year's victory, but for Yankee
I think there is too much windward
work in the fore part of the race. In
racing a centerbonrd boat against a
fleet of fin keelers it is to the advan
tage of the former to have a leeward
start, for a stern chase Is always a
long one, and distance lost on a wind
ward leg is harder to regain than in
beating, when so much depends on the
handling of the boat.
From the excellent performance of
Venus In two races this year It isn't
unreasonable to expect her to win on
time allowance. Of Valkyrie or Merlin,
no such felicitous forecast would be
pardonable, and as for the thirty-foot
ers, Mischief I, Skldoo and Marie, no
one really expacts them to win. Of the
last trio Skidoo will probably lead the
second division home. Mischief I not
having been handled this season in a
manner that world Justify her former
good record; nor has Marie been a
very dangerous competitor for Captain
Wedgewood's bridal coach.
All things considered, there is prob
ably a better cl ance for a good race
than /at any time this season, the out
side course insuring the yachts of all
the wind there ls, and the fact that
neither Detroit nor Yankee has raced
before this season being added incen
tive.
The yachts will bn in full view at all
tfmes from the casino at Point Firmin
nil the way to the breakwater, and as
Thursday is a universal holiday a large
crowd is expected.
Fourth of July is a banner day for
yachtsmen in all climes, and inter-
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1907.
UP-TO-THE-MINUTE
mingled with sputtering firecrackers
will be the reports of many starting
guns next Thursday.
On Puget sound a larjre fleet will visit
Seattle to witness the international
Lipton cup race between the pride of
Vancouver, Alexandra, nnd the de
fender, Spirit, built especially for this
race.
Only three of the Canadian fleet, Ma
ple Leaf, Chinook and Minerva, will
make the trip to Seattle under their
own sail; the rest, about twenty in
number, will string out astern of the
tug Linda, arriving at Seattle on the
morning of the 3d.
Alexandra ls already there, having
arrived in tow last Tuesday, and from
what has been seen of her in trying
out spins she is regarded to be as able
a challenger as British Columbia ever
turned out; but with true Yankee grit
the Seattle tars are betting heavily on
Spirit.
At Chicago, Chlorls, the former pride
of the Lakeside Yacht club of Cleve
land, Ohio, has been doing all kinds of
things to the now Lawler sloop, Mil
waukee. Last Saturday she defeated
Thetis two minutes on a ten-mile
course, making the distance in a heavy
gnle In 57 minutes and 21 seconds, and
Thetis In 59 minutes and 50 seconds. It
is not often that such time is made on
fresh water, and It will probably stand
as the best time for ten miles — for this
season nt least.
Next Thursday there will be a regat
ta for all classes for the Howell cup.
Chloris is much larger than anything
seen in these waters, measuring up to
the forty-five foot racing class. She
was built at Cleveland three years ago.
Milwaukee is a new boat this spring,
her designer having intended her to de
feat Chloris and perhaps to defend the
Lipton cup against a Canadian boat.
Great Times on Long Island Sound
Thirty yachts started in the 100-milt 1
race from the New York Athletic club
house on Huckelberry island, near New
Rochelle, N. V., to Block Island. For
two hours before the starting gun was
fired the fleet lay in doldrums, (oh, bit
ter memory of two such hours off Av
alon in the Catalina race), and by
i.ightfiill scarcely a fifth of the distance
h id been covered, the most of that due
to a fair ebb tide.
At Oyster Hay recently J. Rogers
Maxwell In his schooner yachU Queen
defeated Captain Charley Barr in the
time honored Ingomar in a thirty-mile
race, making the distance in 4 hours
and 27 minutes, as against 4 hours and
30 minutes by Ingomur.
The course lay across Long Island
sound to a buoy off Greenwich Point,
Conn., the poor time made being due to
the fact that the wind was very light,
besides which the yachts had to cross a
heavy flood tide on the first round of
the fifteen-mile course, and on the
homeward leg of the second .round a
strong ebb tide necessitated an extra
beat of nearly four miles. In the same
race, but another class, Cornelius Van
derbilt sailed Aurora over the line 1
minute and 34 seconds ahead of Ista
lcna, steered by George M. Pynchon.
There is a growing impression in the
east that professional sailing masters
are not absolutely essential to a suc
cessful race, even in the larger boats,
and the decisive victory of Queen over
Ingomar, the latter commanded by a
veteran skipper of international fame,
la significant from that standpoint. It
i 3 all right to have a brass l'ound skip
per on the floating steam palaces, where
the law requires a licensed man, but
why they should have been so long tol
erated on a sailing ya-_ht Is not easily
understood by yachtsmen who really
understand the game.
At Kiel, Germany, the French cup
challenger Sarmeh recently defeated
the German yacht Felca 6 minutes and
20 seconds over a twenty-mile course.
Felca, won tho cup at TrouvUle last
year, nnd nnturally the Frenchmen arc
Jubilant over their victory.
Mention of Kiel brings to mind the
Snnder rlasH trial races off Miirblehead,
Mass. The three boats selected to rep
resent this country at the German-
American races at Kiel in August are
Marblehead, Spokane I and Chewlnk
VIII. Of the trio Marblehead and Che
wlnk Vlll»are new boats this year,
while Spnloino I Is one of last year's
ciindldatos which did not make good In
the trial rams. She whs built at City
Island. N. V., after plans by Clinton
1. Crnno, and Ih owned by Vice Com
modore P. Li. Clark of the Kastcrn
Yacht rluh. Chewink VIII was de
signed by Small Bros, and built at
Manchester, Mass., by Fenton. Her
owner, F. O. Macomber, will sail hor
In the Kiel races. Marblehead, of which
irreat things are expected, is of Crown
inshlcld design, and a product of the
Rice Bros.' yard at East Boothbay, JHe.
All of the boats must be mannoa by
amateurs, membprs of the club repre
sented by their bout, and are otherwise
restricted as to measurements, bal
last, etc.
These boats are nearly of tho same
class as Mischief II of the South Coast
Yncht club fleet.
English Cutter Makes Good Time
In one of her racos on tho Thime.i
in England the new /(fatter white
Heather,' is said to have recently made
a distance of twonty-three nautical
miles In 1 hour and 35 minutes, the
fastest time on record In England since
tho emperor of Germany's Meteor made
fifty knots in 4 hours, 25 minutes and
50 seconds in the sound of Klllbrannon
ir> 1896.
Unless some mistake was made In
time or distance, and such mistakes are
very Improbable, White Heather must
have made fourteen knots, at least
part of the way. But aajgreat a speed
ls not unknown in thla country, the cup
defender, Vigilant, having averaged
twelve knots for four consecutive hours
on Long Island sound in the fall of
1893, and the second defender frequent
ly ran away from the excursion fleet 1 ,
making it difficult to report the races.
In thp transatlantic race last year,
which Atlantic finished In 13 days 7
hours, for a moan distance of 3000
miles, she must have averaged at least
nine miles nn hour, and It Is likely that
the distance actually sailed was much
greater, so It is quite probable that ton
or twelve knots, if not moro were made.
SONDER CLASS YACHTS
START FOR GERMANY
By Associated Press.
BOSTON, June 29.— The three Sonder
class yachts, Marblehcad, Chewlnk VIII
nd Spokane I, which have been se
lected to represent the United States
l.i the races with German yachts of the
same class at Kiel in August, were
shipped today upon the steamship Syl
via for Hamburg.
The Sylvia, which sails by way.of
Baltimore, will take sixteen or eighteen
flays for the voyage to Hamburg. The
races are to be sailed August 13.
GOOD SWIPES IN
GREAT DEMAND
Horse Owners Looking for Reliable
Grooms, and Those Who Al.
ready Have Them Are
Happy
Special to The Herald.
CHICAGO, June 29.— G00d grooms or
"swipes," as they are more generally
called, are very scarce around the race
track this spring, and the trainers that
have good men working for them are
shaking hands with themselves. One
of the essential points In conducting a
successful racing stable ls engaging
first class grooms to take care of the
horses — men who can be depended upon
and whom you can lay a good deal of
confidence in.
In placing In the hands of a "swipe"
a horse valued at anywhere from $2000
to $20,000, the owner takes a great deal
of risk — or rather he holds the groom
in esteem and considers him capable
of handling his valuable piece of horse
flesh. Should a| man hold that much
worth of property he would go through
a legal process of sealing it so that there
would be no chance Qf its getting away
from him or be|ng»damaged, but as it
is a horse he confides in the man who
will take care of his valuable equine
and feels Just as safe and probably
safer over it than he would over his
property of the same value or some
thing else of equal value.
To be a "swipe" is just the same in
horse racing as in any mercantile busi
ness for a great business man to start
as office boy. Many of the country's
moneyed men have soared to the top of
the ladder after starting in the cellar,
as the much abused office boy who
sweeps out the store in tho morning
and responds to the calls of his em
ployer whenever his superior officer
wants him. It is just so in the light
harness sport. A number of the best
trainers in America started put by
"swiping" homos, and it is every bit as
essontial that he does start that way
to become acquainted with every detail
of the business, as it is for a successful
man to know every step in any other
business.
"Swipes," as a rule, are wise horse
men, who can often tell more about
pedigree of a horse than Its owner or
trainer. They keep a close tab on all
of tho horsos, and when it comes time
for the races it ls the "swipe" that Is
looked for by the johnnies who have a
bet they want to place on a prospective
winner when they want a tip. If he Is
amind to, it is generally the "swipe"
that can give tho tips that will win,
as he has kept a close record of the
horses and tho way they have Vorked,
and he is generally quite well informed
upon all of tho horses when the bell
taps.
While a "swipe" holds a stepping
stone position, he generally receives
more remuneration than the bank
clerks, the clerks in, the broker's office
and similar positions, although they are
ajl positions that a man must hold if
he expects to succeed in the line of
business he professes ta follow.
GAME AT DEL REV
In today's game at the seaside town
between the Del Roys and the Ham
burgers Hoff and Raleigh will act as
battery for tho former, while Whaling
and Garcia will officiate for the Hams.
This will probably be Whaling's last
appearance on a local diamond for
some time, as he has signed tip to join
a team in Arizona next week.
Don't shop Saturday nights. This hu
mane appeal comes from hard working
clerks.
AMERICANS FARE
WELL IN ENGLAND
MAY SUTTON STILL IN LINE
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Ocean Park Country Club Will Intro.
duce New Features at This
Week's Tourney — Notes
of the Courts
BY J. G. GRIFFIN
Local tennis enthusiasts dropped all
doings during the past week to watch
the results In the big tournament at
Wimbledon, England, and their vigil
has been somewhat rewarded. While
both Wright and Behr, the American
representatives in the men's events,
succumbed to the superior playing of
their foreign opponents, May Button
more than held, her own in the women's
matches, and a return to her position as
champion of tho world is more than
probable.
Wright and Bohr were not entirely
without honors, as they both gave the
beat in the tourney a hard fight all tho
way through. Behr's work on Thurs
day was particularly good, and he was
beaten only after a five set match with
Brooks, the Australian crack.
Thus far May Button has cleaned up
her opponents with pleasing regularity,
and all her old-time skill is to the fore
in the endeavor to wrest the champion
ship from Mrs. Chambers and bring it
back to Los Angeles. Miss Sutton is
unusually popular with the galleries at
WlmblecUan, and even though they are
cheering an outsider to victory the
English racquet enthusiasts hall our
representative with delight.
Tourney This Week
Commencing with junior and women's
Rlngles Wednesday morning and con
tinuing through until the affair Is com
pleted, the Ocean Park Country club
tourney this year will Introduce at least
two features which are new to South
ern California. These are the Junior
slnglos and the rules which will govern
competition In the women's matches.
Hitherto It has been the custom In
the Juvenile events to allow all young
sters to play In the smaller division
until they graduated. That Is, the lads
could play until one. had won the
tourney, when he would move on into
the faster company of the open tour
noy.
This year former winnings will be no
barrier to entry, as age is the only
thing that will count. Nineteen years
has been" set as the maximum age for
an entrant, and all the boys who can
keep their years under that figure will
have a chance.
In the women's events one thing Is a
foregone conclusion, and that Is that a
new champion will come to the front
—for the single tourney, at least. The
managers of the affair have at least
been forced to acknowledge that no
other player of the gentler sex In this
section of the country stands a show
against any of the brilliant performers
who were born to the name of Sutton,
and as a consequence they will not
play.
This has been brought about by nam
ing the women's event as one in
which no former champion of a tourney
in Southern California can compete, and
as Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Doeg and Miss
Florence Sutton have all held that
honor on many different occasions, they
will be left out of the running entirely.
Admirers of clever racquet work will
be keenly disappointed if the cham
pions do not appear on the courts at
some time or other during the progress
of the Ocean Park affair. True, they
will enter in the mixed and women's
doubles, but if an exhibition could be
arranged In which they could appear in
singles the real tennis enthusiast*
would be more than delighted.
While the entries have not been offi
cially closed the list for the tourney Is
a large one, and competition will doubt
less be keen. Alfonso Bell is back in
his old form and will try to annex
all the honors in the men's singles, and
unless something unforseen happens he
will accomplish his purpose. The big
fellow is going to try for his old title
of coast champion again, and his work
on the local courts will all be in the
nature of practice for this important
event.
Plans for Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara is sure to have a tour
ney this summer, but not at the end
of July, as was recently stated. The
Channel City enthusiasts wish to have
their affair dated so as to afford local
players going north to participate in
the championships at San Rafael a
chance to stop over for a few days'
practico on asphalt courts. As the San
Rafael events come during the first
part of September this would bring the
Santa Barbara date down to the end
° If thcHo'urney is held at tha|t time it
will be a great help to the players who
will compete in the big event up north.
The courts at the Hotel Rafael are of
tho asphalt variety, a*id as there are
but few of them in or around Los An
geles it will give local players a chance
to get used to Hie different surface.
Paul Schmidt, secretary of tho Coro
nado Country club, has been most em
phatic In his declarations that a tour
ney would occur on tho hotel courts
near San Diego, and those who know
him say that Schmidt will have his
way. He is going right ahead with
plans, and in all probability will come
out in a few days and announce the
date of tho affair.
It is almost certain that the Coronado
tourney will be held between the Ocean
Park events and the Southern Califor
nia championships, or after the latter
affair and previous to the Santa Bar
bara doings. The Coronado tourneys
have always been favorites with local
players, and if Schmidt finally declares
that the affair will positively occur the
entry list will doubtless be well filled.
Owing to the Illness of Mrs. Bruce
the finals in the mixed doubles at the
San Gabriel Country club were not
played - yesterday, as had been an
nounced In advance notices. The event
was held over from the tourney held
at the country club two weeks ago, and
according to the present schedule will
be played off in another fortnight.
Mrs Bruce and Bundy and Mrs. Far
quahar and Bell, the principals in tho
event, have decided to play off their
entire match and throw out the set to
which each side now is entitled. The
players state that they can hardly be
warmed up in a single set, so will start
in anew and decide the championship
with two best sets out of three. The
final games will be played at the San
Gabriel club.
PART II
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M'GRAW WANTS TO
SIGN FIGHTERS
Giants' Manager Refuses Star College
Twirler a Trial Because He
Didn't Care for Mixing
Game
NEW YORK, June 29.— "1f you can't
fight you can't play on my team."
These were tho words of Manager Mc-
Graw to young Pitcher Debut of the
Notre Dame college nine. Recently
McGraw discovered that Debut was
pitching the best college ball in the
country. McGraw chased after the
young fellow immediately. He liked his
build and speed and asked:
"Are you a good fighter?"
"I care nothing about the fighting
game," said the young athlete. "I want
to play baseball and think I can make
good In the big league."
"You can't make good if you don't
fight," replied Muggsy. "You had bet
ter come and Join our club. If you
cannot fight much now, you will soon
learn, for I have several fellows on tho
team who are excellent mixers and I
guess they can teach you."
"But I don't want to fight," per
sisted the student. "I want to be a
baseball player."
"You may find some club that will
give you a trial, but you cannot play
on my team until you are a fighter."
The discussion ended there and young
Debut went back to the college team to
finish the season. -
ANTI-BETTING LAW IS
UPHELD BY JUSTICES
JACKSON, Term . June 29.— The state
supreme court today declared the anti
race gambling law passed by the last
legislature to be constitutional.
This will prevent the proposed race
meetings at Memphis and Nashville.
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GOOD FISHING
IN PAST WEEK
MANY CATCHES REPORTED
FROM CATALINA ISLAND
Sport Was Also Enjoyed at Local
Beach Resorts — Many Fisher
men Leaving for Summer
Camping Trips
Last week was a record breaker for
fishermen at many of the beach resorts,
and several of the best catches of the
season were reported.
From Catalina come stories of catches
of black sea bass, yellowtail and barra
cuda which cause local rod and reel
sportsmen to pull out their tackle and
examine the date book. The water in
usually quiet at this resort and during
the week numerous fishermen have
been seen before the wind came up
each morning plying their art and en-
Joying themselves to the utmost. Troll
ers for yellowtail also played In good
luck, and a number of good Bized
beauties have been brought to Los An
geles as a result.
Redondo has been another point of
interest during the week. From mack
erel fishermen and hand-liners catches
of as high as a hundred "cornfeds"
have been reported. Many of these
fish have been as much as a foot In
length. Several local fishermen have
paid night trips to this beach, returning
on the last car with a fine mess for
breakfast. The best bait for the mack
erel is the mackerel steak, cut from
the side of the first ones caught. There
have been a good many catches during
the week with the Jftp fly bait, the
fish rising to it If It is sunk and Jerked
about a bit.
As is usual when the mackerel are
running there have been some yellow
tall and a few halibut taken by hand
liners. Surf fishing has been unusually
good at Redondo, and the wharves at
the beach town have been lined with
fishermen seeking the little fish each
day.
At Port Los Angeles there has also
boen good fishing, especially during
the last four days. A number of yel
lowtail ha\fe been caught and It is
probable quite a few will be landed
today, as the sardines are still run
ning near the long wharf.
A number of fishing and camping
parties have been organized to visit
lakes and camps near Los Angeles for
a few days' visit. Several local men,
among them Frank Meadows antl
George Holmes, left for Cold Brook
camp last night, and will remain there
for a week.
During the week a number of local
residents have arranged to go to Lak
Tahoe to pass their vacation. This
resort is a favorite one for residents
of Los Angeles and each year scores
visit there. The fishing is always good,
with the additional charm of boa'tiriir
to compensate for the long trip.
Another resort which ls proving pop
ular Is Del Monte, and probably more
persons will visit there this summer
from Los Angeles than ever before in
the history of the resort. Salmon, bar
racuda and yellowtail are caught In
grpat numbers in Monterey bay, and the
average fisherman has wondrous tales
to tell of his successes on his return
from this place. In addition to the
fishing there is boating and swimming,
as well as golf grounds, tennis courts
and baseball grounds.
ANOTHER INELIGIBLE IS
MADE CAPTAIN AT PENNSY
PHILADELPHIA, June 29.—Pennsyl
vania has again elected to office an In
oligible man. Fennel, who has already
played four years of college ball, has
been elected captain of next year's
baseball team, and it is now up to the
university athletic committee to refuse
to ratify the election. Fennel entered
Cornell In the fall of 1902. After Ill
ness during the winter he went ■to
Pennsylvania. In 1903 he made the
scrub eleven and the following spring
played baseball and figured on the
track team. He also played regularly
in 1905, 1906 and this year.
It is peculiar that ineligible captains
have been elected for several years at
Pennsylvania. "Blondy" Wallace In
1901, Marshall Reynolds In 1905, Vincent
Stevenson In 1906 and Ralph Zane In
1905 were elected captains of various
teams or the crews and were later oust
ed by the faculty on various causes of
ineliglbility.