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THE FIELD OF SPORT.
What Sportsmen, Athletes and
Oarsmen Are Doing.
The wet weather has greatly interfered
with all kinds of outdoor sports. The
wheelmen cannot enjoy a ride in the coun
try and the sportsmen have given up all
hope of meeting with any good duck
shooting experiences during the remain
ing days of the open season.
Coursing is •in full blast, however, and
some good racing should be witnessed at
Newark and Ocean View to-morrow.
Gaelic football teams will meet to-mor
row in the recreation grounds of Golden
Gate Park, and an intercollegiate game
will be decided to-day at Central Park.
The oarsmen are looking forward to a
very lively season of aquatic sport.
The Olympic Club is figuring upon the
holding of a grand amateur boxing tour
nament in April.
THE WHEELMEN.
Walter C. Sanger Is Considered the
Champion Facer of To-Day.
If there is any possible hope of the roads
being ridable the wheelmen will flock to
the park to-morrow. They will not at
tempt to venture out into the country for
several weeks, but with one or two days'
sun-drying the park roads, and particu
larly the bicycle paths, will be in better
condition than ever, as a good wetting
always improves them. It is a noticeable
thing that the park riders all take to the
paths especially provided for them, as it
makes a far better riding surface than the
main roads. The Commissioners intended
once to require the cyclists to use the
paths set aside for them and not go upon
the main drive at ail, but such an ordi
nance would be entirely unnecessary now
as the wheelmen have taken to the bicycle
paths from choice, and it would take
stringent legislation to keep them off them
now.
Charles S. Wells, behind the great quad
team of Smith, Swanborough, Washburne
and Terrill, covered four miles the other
day at San Diego, the following being the
time taken for each mile: 2:10—2:03—
2:05—2:02. The "boy wonder" is riding
now as never before, surely.
Two young wheelmen, Raul and Felix
Butte of this City, have invented a con
trivance for holding a wheel in position
while cleaning, lubricating or repairing it,
which is so simple and ingenious that
they have applied for a patent on it. It
consists of two clamps fastened nivotally
on an inflexible rod: one is fastened within
an incision, the other to the top of the rod.
The device can be adjusted on any chair
or bench, and the bicycle then fastened to
it, inverted. It is so small that it can be
carried in a tool-bag on long trips, when
cleaning and lubricating become a neces
sity.
R. M. Welch, representative of the
National Racing Board, has issued his
bulletin No. 1, of the season of 1896, dated
January 23, 1896, as follows:
Sanctions granted— January 18, 25, February
1, 8, 15, 29, Orange County wheelmen, Santa
Ana; February 22, Redlands Council No. 7,
Junior Order United American Mechanics,
Redlands; February 22, Southern Pacific Com:
pany, Santa Monica; Steams Bicycle Team,
-sanction to make private record trials at Santa
"Monica extended to March 15, 1890.
Suspended from sanction privileges — For
failure to award prizes at value stipulated,
Pilot Wheelmen, Santa Cruz; Napa Cycling
Club, Napa.
Transferred to class B. under clause I, class A
rule— H. B. Freeman, Haywards; by vote of
racing board, under clause C, section 7, article
IV of by-laws, Floyd A. MeFarland and Hardy
Downing, San Jose. -pTA-A
PACIFIC COAST RECORDS APPROVED.
One-third mile standing start unpaced, W.
W-. Hamilton, Coronado, December 2'), 1895,
■41.
One-third mile standing start paced, W. W.
Hamilton, Coronado, December 27, 1895,
:33 3-5. ..A.-p .-:.".
Half mile flying start paced, tandem. Canby
Hewitt and W. A. Taylor, Coronado, December
27, 1895, -50 1-5.
Two-thirds mile flying start paced, tandem,
Canbv Hewitt and W. A. Taylor, Coronado, De
cember 27, 1895, 1 "-
Two-thirds mile flying start paced, W. W.
Hamilton, Coronado, December 28, 1895,
1 -08 3-5.
Three-quarter mile flying start paced, C. 8.
Wells, Coronado, December 28, 1805, 1:18 3-5.
Three-quarter mile flying start paced, tan
dem, Canby Hewitt and XX. A. Taylor, Coro
nado, December 30, 1395, 1:21 1-5. '
One mile flying start paced, tandem, canbv
Hewitt and W. A. Taylor, Coronauo, January
1, 1896, 1:47 3-5. R.M.Welch. '
Representative National Racing Board.
Class B riders will race for $100 prizes
this season, unless otherwise provided by
the racing boards in special events, and
under the system proposed will realize far
more than when they were competing for
$150 diamonds, worth in reality about 30
per cent of that amount. The system of
gold medals, redeemable at 90 per cent of
their value, is well thought of by the racing
men. /.'■':
Fred J. Titus, who was a team mate of
Cabanne and Sanger last year, has signed
with the Syracuse people. This will be a
surprise to those who knew of his close re
lations with his old concern, but it is
authoritatively stated that the Spaldings
will not put a team on the path in 1830.
Titus is now under suspension, but the
consensus of opinion of the Eastern cycling
press is to the effect that he, Cabanne and
Murphy, will be reinstated by the National
Assembly.
To Bor not to B? Shall class Bbc con
tinued for another year? The question
was widely agitated at the Chicago show.
and the general sentiment had a tendency
to lean toward the good of amateurism,
which can only be properly preserved by a
united effort to sway the National Assem
bly in favor of class B. George D. Gideon,
chairman of the National Racing Board,
realizes that a B class must exist. So does
Robert M. Welch, the representative of
the board in California. This gentleman
has given a great deal of study to the most
intricate points which encompass this
question, and after a careful investigation
is ready to declare himself for a class to be
known as the "class B riders," which in
many respects will resemble tne class of
makers' amateurs which has been nurtured
by the L. A. W. for the past two years.
Of several changes to be made in class
B, one will meet with general approval.
It is appreciated that race-meet promoters
did much to discourage the B riders last
year by supplying prizes far below their
recognized value. It has been suggested
that the L. A. W. furnish prizes in the
form of gold medals with attached certifi
cates controlled and recorded by the rac
ing board. These are redeemable, and
when a rider wins a $100 prize he will Know
that he can eet it, less 10 per cent, which
the league will deduct to guarantee the
organization for its trouble. Class B must
live, if its purer brother would survive *
and class A is absolutely necessary. '
John S. Johnson, Patrick O'Connor and
A. E. Weinig, three well-known profes
sionals, under the management oi Tom
Eck, will race in Europe this year. Eck
has already made a contract for the riders
and they will begin training in America
early in February. The men will return
to America later in the year to compete in
the professional events here. In face of
the fact that many of the "pro" riders are
looking forward to conquest in France it
would be suicidal for L. A. W. interests to
drop the B class. One of the fastest rid
ers on the path said recently: "I want to
ride in class B, if there is to be such a
class, for it has some, semblance to ama
teurism." This but echoes sentiments
of all the class B riders of to-day. They
do not want to become professionals. ;
, Walter B. Fawcett is the young gentle
man who has been recently honored by
election to the captaincy of the Olympic
Club Wheelmen. The position is an: im
portant one in such a large club, and I
have every confidence in Mr. Fawcett's
ability to discharge his duties with credit.
He is well known .in; the .cycle trade on
this coast, being manager 'for"the' March
people, and has made many friends among
the wheelmen here. The runs of the O.
C. W.s should be popular and well at
tended under his direction. • .
- The committee on the Baker & Hamil
ton trophy, appointed by President "White
of the associated clubs, will meet to-mor
row afternoon to decide about the contest
ing for and disposal of the cup. The com
mittee's recommendations will then be
presented to the association next Saturday
night for consideration. It is understood
that the following will be offered: To be
a special twenty-five-mile race, run on the
second Sunday in July, known as the
Baker & Hamilton trophy race. Prize to
be won three times by the same club be
fore becoming its prouerty. It is to be a
scratch team race, held on the San Lean
dro triangle; teams to consist of five men
from each club, who will start in five
groups, one from each club in each group.
The club that finishes five men having
lowest net time will be declared the win
ner for the year. - . . . ■-- ';.;■. /]/' .
The meeting of the California Associated
Cycling Clubs, at which this will be de
cided, will be held next Saturday evening,
WALTER C. SANGER, TIIE UNPACED MILE KING.
February 1, at the rooms of the Imperial
Cycling Club, Gil Van Ness avenue.
The San Jose Road Club has a ten-mile
road race scheduled for to-morrow, but
whether the roads will be sufficiently dry,
if indeed it does not rain, is a question.
The cluo is going to keep its men in con
stant training from now on, and they will
show up in splendid form for the twenty
five-mile road race and the relay.
The Imperial Cycling Club has one of its
popular dances on the cards for next Fri
day night, which is sure to be well at
tended. The Imperials are particularly
successful at this form of entertainment,
and they are all as good dancers as they
are riders. The party is to be held at
Union-square Hall.
The Olympic Club Wheelmen will go
through the coming season under the
direction of the following committees:
Cycling— W. B. Fawcett, J. F. McGlynn,
Walter B. Fawcett, the New Captain of
th© Olympic Club Wheelmen.
C. N. Ravlin, James Mullen, J. Hahn and
L. C. Hunter; auditing— F. W. Fuller, H.
V.Scott, C. J. Leighton ; recruiting— H.
D. Hadenfeldt, H. G. Edwards, H. Cos
griff; house— George Kroetz; entertain
ment—F. W. Fawcett, J. Crump, J. Cun
ningham, A. C. Thornton, W. H. Haley.
It looks rather odd to read in the racing
board's bulletin, published to-day, that
the Southern Pacific Company has been
granted a sanction to run a race meet at
Santa Monica on February 22. The racers
say the company conducts its meets better
than any club could and the prizes are
always up to value. I suppose the various
railroad officials serve at the race meets.
Imagine some general freight agent as a
timer and a traffic manager as a judge.
The company is making considerable
money off tbe Santa Monica track propo
sition, and the hope has always been en
tertained that it could be induced to build
one somewhere in this vicinity.
There has been a great deal of discussion
lately about a new home-trainer, said to
have been invented by two Oakland young
men. One of the machines is set up in the
Acme Club's rooms and the Bay City
Wheelmen have another. The latter club
was not satisfied with the running of
theirs, however, and so one of the mem
bers is building. another which will be
ball-bearing and only two rollers. ' The
idea, however, is by no means new.. John
S. Prince, the long-distance champion,
had something like it, with.a dial attach
ment, and exhibited it at the Orpheum in
this City arfd ■ at the • Auditorium in San
Jose. It is now in the latter city, stowed
away, I am told, in the rooms of the San
Jose Road Club.
Going over an old cycling scrap-book
the other evening, however,* 1 found a clip
ping front Tub Call of Sunday/February
* * . **
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896,
21, 1892, covering identically the same
thing which is now being offered by the
Oaklanders as something new. The article
reads: ' v . ';-;-* ; "7 A--.A--- -y ■' : : •/■pA-'.yz'-
One of the novelties exhibited at the recent
Stanley show of cycles in London was a train
ing machine devised by a Swiss inventor. The
wheels of the machine .rest upon rollers, two
for the rear wheel and one for the front. There
is an adjustment by which the rollers can be
arranged so as to represent loose or muddy
roads or hills. A dial placed before the rider
shows tho distance traveled and the speed.
This invention of four years ago is much
more complete than the one which is
creating so much talk just now. The fault
with the one the Bay. City Wheelmen have
is that it makes too much noise when rid
den upon— -noise equal to about ten large
printing presses running together at one
time. It jars the houses on the block
where the clubhouse is situated, and sev
eral residents have complained. So the
club has stopped the men from training on
it until the new one being made by Arthur
Davies can be completed, which will be
ball-bearing and improved generally. It
will have no dial, though, nor any adjust
ment to give the impression or bad roads
or hills.
The San Jose Road Club will hold a
dance in its clubrooms next Monday even
ing. .
Joseph B. Carey, captain of the Garden
City Cyclers, had his wheel stolen last
Thursday evening in San Jose and is anx
ious to get word of its whereabouts. He
says if he does not he will have to lead the
rest of the club runs on foot. It is de
scribed as being the only model A 1895
Steams in California, is finished in yellow
enamel, with "Model A" plainly stamped
on the head. It lias adjustable handle
bars, New York tires, rat-trap pedals with
toe clips. Serial number not known.
Walter C. Sanger is one of the greatest
riders the world has ever produced, and
has thousands of admirers who say that
to-day lie is the peer of any man, not even
excepting Zimmerman or Johnson. He is
of herculean build, being over six feet tall,
and weighing 210 pounds. He comes from
Milwaukee, where his father is a man of
wealth and position. In 1893 he captured
the English championship, after having
won everything in sight over here. He
won the mile English championship hand
ily at Chicago during the fair, and in the
international events there was mentioned
by the English as their champion. The
Sunday night before that wonderful week
of racing this was mentioned to him.
"No/ he said, decidedly, "I will not ride
for England. I am an American, first,
last and always, and shall never ride under
any colors except those of the stars and
stripes." The next day he fell, thrown by
the carelessness of a novice, and when
they picked him up, nearly done to death,
his chances for the week and probably the
year gone in an instant, he whispered to
his trainer: "I had rather lose my chance
as an American than win for the English."
Upon his return from England, says the
Nickell Magazine, he was met at the rail
road station in Milwaukee by an immense
crowd that blocked traffic until the train
came in. The Mayor of the city received
him, and made a speech in which he said
that Milwaukee was proud of her son. A
procession was then formed and he was
driven through the city, the streets of
which were lined with people. Seldom
has it been granted to an athlete to have
i his home-coming celebrated in a manner
j that would approach ;so nearly the splen
dors of a Roman triumph.
The season of '95 saw Sanger doing very
little work. Until September at Springf
ield he had done virtually.nothing. There
he started in three events, competing
against Johnson, Tyler and every pro
fessional of note in the country, and won
them all, finishing in two of them 100 feet
ahead of the bunch. Ever since then the
knowing ones have said there was no one
living could beat Sanger. He holds the
world's record for an unpaced mile at
2:00 1-5, considered remarkable, as riding
for unpaced records is the hardest work
imaginable and seldom can a man make
good time under such conditions.
Sanger lived, in California early in his
life, and I may suggest that perhaps that
has had a great deal to do with his re
markable speed. The filling of his young
lungs with California ozone gave him
stamina and wind power that will never
fail, even when put to the. severest test.
He lived with his parents in the
vicinity of San Leandro, and has a
brother who is now living at Napa. But
he was born and reared in Milwaukee, and
we can .only claim to have had a small
share in aiding him to success.. Recently
he married a very beautiful and wealthy
young lady of his native city, but will not
give up riding just at present, as he real
izes he has only just reached his best.
The visiting committee of the League of
American Wheelmen called upon the Cali
fornia and Alpha cycling clubs and the
Olympic , Cyclers during the past week.
The future dates of the committee are:
Olympic Club Wheelmen, Tuesday, Janu
ary 28; Liberty Cycling Club, Tuesday,
February- 4; Alameda - Cyclers, Friday,
February. 7; Imperial. Cycling Club, Mon
day, 1 February 17. .The committee is meet
ing with great success, and - is very much
flattered at the , interest created and the
attention it has received at the various
places already called upon.
The race-meeting at the Mechanics' Pa
vilion in Marcn, as mentioned in The Call
Thursday, is sure to take place, and the
riders should commence training at once.
The prizes. are Deing purchased, and will
soon be upon exhibition. Entry blanks
are . being printed and f will be forwarded
to the various clubs next week. The rac
ing board, California, Bay City and Olym
pic clubs, having looked into the manace
ment of the affair, and being satisfied with
their investigations, have agreed to sup
port the venture and help make it a suc
cess.
- H.B. Gleezen, the well-known trainer,
has devised, a plan whereby the speed of
races may be increased and the use of pac
ing machines done away. with. He sug
gests that a prize be given to the man fin
ishing first in every lap except the last,
which shall decide the race. Then, if the
time is below a certain limit, say 2:20, a
prize of $25 be given to the first man fin
ishing, If the time 'be below 2:15 let the
prize be valued atsso; 2:10 would draw out
a $75 prize and 2:05 entitle the winner to
one of . $100. By this system Mr.
Gleezen claims ; "the time made in
competition will be as , fast as
is now done with pacemakers, as the
men will do pacing for each other.
The increase in the value of the prize in a
corresponding ratio with the increase in
speed will act as an inducement to the
men to fight for the race from start to fin
ish, while the prizes for intermediate dis
tances will act as a further incentive for
them to ride their best. Of course, fast
tracks will be a help to this system, and
slow ones will work against it, but as a
whole it seems to be a clever and original
thought. ; >; ; A/.y/. Spalding.
Wheels In Petaluma.
The following communication from M.
W. Edwards of Petaluma has been re
ceived:
In October, 1895, there were 130 members
belonging to the Petaluma Wheelmen, whose
crest is the three wings around a circle in
closing the initial "P."
There are now 250 riders, fifty of whom sport
the bloomers, and sixty of the number belong
to the L. A. Vf. --. ■■■•-■-' z-4
Malcolm Byce, the little son of Mr. Byce,
agent for the "Erie" wheel, is between five and
six years of age and is our youngest rider, his
father having had a wheel made especially for
him.
Just now the bycicle is "not in it," so far as
the rain and mud are concerned, but we ex
pect grea* exploits irom the '90 wheel. ,
Newton Ackerman, our champion cyclist,
whose reported intention to race under the
colors of the San Francisco Road Club occa
sioned great regret here, has returned heie
with the explanation that he is only anon*
resident honorary member to the Road Club,
as he desires to enter in the great 100-mile
relay race.
Mr. Byce, the agent of the "Erie," now keeps
"air on tap," so that inflation of the rubber
tires is a very easy matter.
The already fine bicycle track is being further
improved by being raised three feet on the
banks and we hope to have many good races
in the coming season.
TWO WHEELS.
She sings by her wheel at the low cottage door.
Which the long evening shadows are stretching
be :...,:,.- ... -'.i: ■-.- ■•:,- V:..-;;. .. — ■ '. y,: -..
With a music as sweet as the music which seems
Breathed softly and faintly in the ear of our dreams.
;•/"-■ -JOUS Q. WIIITTKB.
If the good Quaker poet could only come back,
And cast his mild eye over progress' hot track,
From the maldeds;that were to the maidens that be,
lib, weeping Jerusalem, what would he see?
The maiden who sat by her wheel at the door,
Isn't running that kind of a wheel any more;
She spinneth not flax by the cottage door peat: .
She straddles the wheel and goes forth on the street.
The girl with the wheel In the good Quaker's day,
Calm, quiet and modest, was spinning away
Where the cool waters flowed and the light zephyrs
fair ' ----.-.■
.Blew the truant locks loose that had strayed from
her hair.
And her manner was tranquil, her skin lily white,
And her sown it was clean and her speech was
polite.
In short, this fair maiden, the wheel who possessed,
Was a pattern of modesty, coolness and rest.
The girl with the wheel at the present goes out
Without any weak hesitation or doubt,
And in dirt and in dust, perspiration and heat,
She pushes her way 'mong the teams on the street.
She has large baggy trousers, no bothersome skirt'
A manly cravat, and a coat and a shirt.
And her face becomes red as she onward doth plow.
And the hot 1 erspiration stands forth on her brow.
Oh. shades of our grandmothers, look o'er the tide
Think of your spinning, the cottage beside.
Then look at these bloomers, this shirt and cravat,
shades of our ancestors, '-Where are we at?"
THE GUN.
The Wind-Up of a Good Season.
English Snipe Near Concord.
The sportsmen who read The Call last
Saturday and remained at home did not
regret having missed one Sunday during
the hunting season from their favorite
duckshooting grounds. y'.yTp
The heavy rains drove all the birds that
had been "camped" on the bay for several
weeks during the dry weather to the south,
where they will remain during the few
weeks that are left for hunters to enjoy a
favorite pastime. '-4-lAApii
The canvasback and bluebill will afford
some sport to those who will try their luck
to-morrow near Sausalito and Hunters
Point. Possibly the best location for a
good shoot, now is off the old bridge lead
ing into South San Francisco. Last
Wednesday evening the boys who were
stationed on the bridge about dusk had
grand sport bagging bluebills and butter
balls that were ilyine in from the bay to
the marsh. One of the hunters bagged
nineteen bluebills in less than thirty
minutes. Occasionally birds are dropped
on the bridge, but in most instances they
fall on either side of the structure and are
picked up by the hunters' assistants, who
are in boats under the shelter of the
bridge.
If a strong wind should be blowing to
morrow some good shooting may be had
from the old Alameda bridge. It is doubt
ful if the sport on the marshes will be
worth going after, as latest advices from
the Sonoma and Alameda marshes is not
by any means encouraging. English snipe
are said to be very plentiful in the vicinity
of Concord, Centra Costa County. After
one of the big rain storms of last year two
prominent sportsmen of. this City bagged
119 snipe in one day's shooting in the
lowland between Martinez and Concord.
Judge Carroll, W. S. Valencia, George
Racine and Dr. Heldreth enjoyed a few
days of excellent duck shooting near De
lano last week. Their combined string
numbered 319 birds, which included mal
lard, teal, sprig and spoonbill. The Judge
states that the sportsmen of Delano treated
them most hospitably, and he guarantees
any lover of the gun, who is desirous of a
good duck shoot before the season expires,
a first-class outing by . visiting Delano,
which he contends is at present a paradise
for sportsmen.
The Alameda Sportsman's Club has re
newed its lease of several acres of marsh
lands, situated in Sonoma County in the
vicinity of McGills. The club has about
given up the idea of meeting with any
good success during the remaining days of
the season.
.Al Cumming states that during the late
storm he bagged 110 mallard ducks in the
tules near Byron. He caught the birds on
their return from the grainrields, and
states, that during his hunting trips to
Byron he has never had such grand shoot
ing. *
Richard Brooks and a friend killed 125
gray ducks on Sunday, the 12th inst., near
Antioch. There is a peculiar grass grow
ing on the margin of the ponds about An
tioch which is much sought after by this
variety of duck.
The sportsmen who visited Hamlet sta
tion, Tom ales Bay, last Sunday, met with
good success in sea-brant shooting. They
returned to this City with twenty-five
birds.
The Pall Mall Gazette of recent date has
the- following to say regarding the game
birds of England, Wales and Scotland:
Throughout England and Wales generally
the sport on the moors was altogether quite
enjoyable this year, but bags, owing to scarcity
ot birds, due to the severity of the preceding
winter and , the unfavorable weather subse
quently, were not up to the usual standard.
The sport in Scotland, particularly in the
Highlands— the home par excellence of the red
grouse and the black game— bas been . but
meager on the whole this year. The rainfalls
in the far north were much heavier than in
England at the opening of the season, which
marred the sport, and- the birds themselves
ere scarcer than they have been for years.
This was due, of course, to the unprecedented
storms of last January and February, when so
many birds perished in the snow blizzards and
intense frosts. Consequently, not a few sports
men spared their moors— praiseworthy pro
ceeding under the circumstances.
None of the Scotch moors show such big fig
ures us those given above for England,' the
bulk of the shooting in the north country he
ing done In the old-fashioned way, over dogs,
but • few of the larger • Scottish moors are
adapted for ■'driving." Taking Scotland as a
whole, the average daily bag during the sea
son, even reckoning the results from driving
along with those over the dogs,, would not
have amounted '* to. much - more than
thirty brace or so, whereas, : reckoning the
over-dog shooting alone, the ' average , would
barely reach fifteen brace or so. Black j game
have been nowhere in Scotland this- year,
while very few ptarmigan or capercailzie have
been killed. : . '
The black game are decreasing yearly from
their haunts in the heathlands, perhaps owing
to modern encroachments on these grounds, as
they are more accessible to civilization than
the more distant and wilder moorlands of the
red grouse. Sportsmen will certainly regret
the decadence of the handsome black cock, for
a really handsomer bird and no nobler game
exists within these Islands.
More discreet and intelligent shooting on the
part of many men with guns (who, unfortun
ately, do not know a black cock or a gray hen
from the more common grouse) and an exten
sion of the close time, till two or three weeks
later might do something to preserve birds
from a too hasty extinction.
THE ANGLER.
A Comparison Between the Mldwln-
ter and Midsummer Anglers.
The class of anglers who are seldom
seen on the streams after the opening day of
the trout-fishing season in April are now
anticipating some grand sport angling for
steelheads in the tide waters of coast
streams.
The so-called midwinter fishermen take
very little interest in whipping a moun
tain stream for small trout when the creeks
are clear and low. They contend that the
sport of angling is in hooking and playing
large fish, such as the steelhead when it is
on a journey to spawning grounds. After
April 1 the parent fishes of the small trout
that afford* so much pleasure to anglers
who use a fly only, have departed for the
sea and * are not seen again until the fol
lowing winter. ' v - -"
The winter angler finds no pleasure in
catching small fish, and as a matter of
course he looks upon the summer angler
as a strange kind of being who does not
know what real sport is when he sees it.
The man who wades the streams in the
angling season proper takes- much pleas
ure in the exercise he derives from an out
ing in the country at a time of the year
when the trees are in bloom and the
fragrance of divers kinds of wild flowers
permeate the atmosphere. He is a lover
of nature and is perfectly contented if he
succeeds in catching a nice mess of trout.
The winter angler has only one object in
view and that is the capture of a larye fish.
Mature has no charms for him. He will
sit on a damp clay bank for hours at a
time waiting and watching heron-like for
that signal which means great joy and
pleasure for him. Perhaps, after hours of
waiting, he hooks and has ten minutes'
sport with a steelhead, which, as a table
fish, is not much fancied by epicures.
Occasionally the winter anglers meet
with good success, but in the nearby coast
streams the exception is generally the
rule. If the weather remains fine steel
head fishing at Point Reyes, Embarcadero.
San I Gregorio and Purissima should be
tolerably fair from now until March.
The German carp is creating no end of
annoyance in the streams of the north.
T. G. Tarrell of Portland, Or., writes that
the carp are not only a nuisance to anglers
but that they have destroyed the favorite
food of the duck. A gentleman recently
informed him that he knew of a State that
was at one time badly infested with carp,
and that by the introduction of wall-eyed
pike and pickerel the German food fish
disappeared in the space of four years after
the introduction of the Dike family. It
would be hard to estimate the number of
pike that would be required to rid the
waters of this State of Mr. Carp. They
are more numerous in the Sacramento and
San Joaquin rivers than mosquitos are in
the tules in the summer season.
The Country Club expects to have some
grand sport next summer catching land
locked salmon, which are thriving in the
lanes of the club.
THE OARSMEN.
Winners of the Ariel Boat Club Re-
gatta— News From Stockton.
The rowing regatta held by the Ariel
Boat Club over the Long Bridge course,
last Sunday, practically ushered in the
rowing season.
The course was one -fourth of a mile
with a turn, and the first race on the
programme was a single-scull race be
tween J. O. Wilson and H. Pless, in which
the former was the victor. Time, 5 min
utes.
J. Hardy defeated J. McAuliff, after an
exciting race in the singles, in the fast time
of 4% minutes. «,
Bob Ellis, in an outrigger skiff, defeated
G. O. McGinniss and N. J. Prendergast in
a pair-oared shell. Time, s}i minutes.
The star event of the day was the four
oared barge race between two selected
crews as follows:
Crew No. I— H. A. Pless, bow and cap
tain; J. R. BocKman, forwardwaist; J.
McAuliff, afterwaist; N. J. Prendergast
stroke, and P. Enright, coxswain.
Crew No. 2— A. Wilson, bow and cap
tain; Robert Ellis, forwardwaist; J. No
lan, afterwaist; J. Larkey, stroke, and A.
Carroll, coxswain.
The race was won by the former crew
after an exciting finish. Time, 3J4 minutes.
It is the intention of the I. riel Club to
hold monthly regattas and to organize a
ladies' annex.
William Humphreys, president of the
P. A. A. of the A. A. U. of America, is
the recipient of a letter from John E.
Budd, president of the Stockton Athletic
Association, in which he states that the
Stockton club intends to construct for the
coming year the same kind of a racing
boat as is used by the University and
Olympic clubs.
He suggests that in the arranging of a
regatta by the association this season that
one day be set aside for Stockton, and
preferably the Fourth of July.
Mr. Budd favors the idea of the associa
tion arranging a programme of regattas
to take in the holidays during the year,
including Admission Day, in order that
all the clubs may conform thereto.
He further states that the Stockton Ath
letic Association is heartily in accord with
everything that the P. A. A. has done in
regard to purifying the various clubs of
professionalism.
Last year, it will be remembered, was
the first time since the advent of boat
rowing on this coast that the Fourth of
July celebration committee refused to
include a regatta.
The Stocktomans have some clever oars
men enrolled in their club, notable among
whom are Frank Butler and R. Giovanni,
who will try to wrest the championship
from F. Duplissea and William McCaus
land this year.
On February 4, the Alameda Boat*
ing and Swimming Club will hold a
high jinks and installation of officers. The
club has a strong crew already organized,
as follows: A. Weber, Fred Avers, W.
Stiemitz and Al Bullion. Samuel J. Pem
broke, the champion outrigger skiff rower
of the coast, will row this season under the
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club's colors in the single scull and out
rigger skiff.
The Dolphin Boating and .7 Swimming
Club will give a picnic in May. Its new
house is now entirely completed and was
open for inspection last Sunday. It is un
doubtedly the best equipped boatbouse on
the coast.
Ferris Hartman and Thomas Leary, the
comedians, are becoming enthusiastic
oarsmen and go out often from the
Dolphin Club. 7, :,r
The Pioneers have organized two crews,
a senior and junior.
The senior is composed of Fred Orr, bow
and captain; Coney Ochs, forwardwaist;
George Collopy, afterwaist; John Clifford,
stroke; and George Fitzsimmons, cox
swain.
Junior crew— J. St. John, bow and cap
tain; D. Collopy, forwardwaist; W.
Espy, afterwaist; Dan Fitzsimmons,
stroke; and George Fitzsimmons, cox
swain. Pr A// :.>.,-. :
Several ladies have applied for member
ship in the ladies' annex, and soon "an
other ladies' crew will be seen on the bay.
The Olympic Club will soon give orders
for the building of its boats. -It is the
intention of the club to have boats of the
latest Eastern models.
James Lawless and W. Scanlon are
anxious to meet any juvenile oarsmen in
double-scull Whitehalls for a trophy.
George , Bates, a crack boxer of the San
Francisco Athletic Club, has been en
rolled in the South End Club.
The San Francisco Athletic Club has as
pirations to have a boating annex. The
boys will be given every assistance by the
South Ends. The San Franciscos have
excellent material to pick from, its mem
bers being largely composed of men who
have rowed in many of the regattas.
Daniel G. Coleman, the secretary of the
club, is an excellent oarsman, and a race
between him and James Powers of the
Pioneers would prove interesting.
There is talk of a race between the fol
lowing crews of the South Ends: Crew 1—
George Bates, stroke ; Dave Cambell, after
waist; Ea Smith, forwardwaist; Tom
Barry, bow.
Crew Jim Fickett, stroke; Ed Pallas,
afterwaist; Charles Cutter, forwardwaist;
Dan Connoly, bow.
FOOTBALL.
Two Local Teams to Meet at Cen-
tral Park This Afternoon.
At Central Park this afternoon at 2
o'clock the Crocker and the Comos elevens
will play a match game of football. It
promises to be a sharp contest, as the two
local teams are considered a stand off.
Following are the players as they will face
each other:
Crocker. Position. Comos.
Sheehan L. end R Choynski
Koster L. tackle R Thompson
Londgroff L. guard R Wilson
C. Scott Center Lowe
lburc R. guard L Fisher
Crockbon R. tackle L Tillman
Kuhl R. end L Thompson
F. Scott Quarter ..Lamont
Evans L. half R Varney
Westover R. half L Bohr
Straeker Full Heller
Mills f -i Long
Hannah ) Billings
Morse 1 Substitutes {• Rice
Hugg I I Clough
I. J Collings
The Emmet and San Francisco Gaelic
football teams will meet to-morrow after
noon on the recreation grounds, Golden
Gate Park. Both of these teams have had
considerable practice for the past few
weeks and to-morrow's game should prove
quite interesting.
The game will be called at 3 o'clock
sharp and the following is the make-up of
the teams:
Emmets. San Franciscos.
Lynch Goal A hern
Ryan Halfback..... . . S. Welsh
Kelly Halfback Hannlgan
O'Dowd Quarter-back M ell ott«
Sugrue Quarter-back McCarthy
Palmer...... Captain .....Mclnerny
Daly Center Hughes
Ryan Center Daly
Leonard Center. Haniey
Creede. Right wing O'Keefe
Powers Right wing White
O'Dowd Left wing .McCarthy
Sugrue Left wing..... Farrell
Mescoll... Forward .Lynch
Lynch Forward... Welsh
Referee— R. C. O'Connor.
ATHLETIC.
What the Pacific Association Is
Doing— Handball and Boxing.
The committee on investigation ap
pointed by the Pacific Amateur Athletic
Association will meet again on Monday
evening to hear what the athletes who
have been accused of transgressing the
laws of the Amateur Athletic Union will
say in reply to several questions which
will be put to them.
As previously stated in The Call the
amateurs of the clubs composing the Pa
cific Athletic Association have paid very
little attention to amateur rules recently,
and the association thought that it was
about time to start in weeding out the bad
from the good.
One of "the commitee on investigation
said yesterday that the athletes who have
been notified to appear beforo the board
will certainly be expelled from the ama
teur ranks if they fail to be present at the
next meeting.
The handball players were delighted
when they read in yesterday's Call that a
new handball court may be one of the pro
posed additions to the new building. The
directors have concluded to give the hand
ball enthusiasts their valuable considera
tion, as the growth of the sport has been
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