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RECORD HOLDERS
NOT
ALWAYS WONDERS.
The way records have come down with
a crash it looks very much as though the
Emeryville track could hold most of the
American records if the management
saw fit. Nearly all of the best horses this
country has produced h#ve been sent the
Derby distance — one mile and a half— but
the 2:33»4 of Lamplighter withstood the
assaults for a number of years. It re
mained for Buckwa to gallop it off in
2:3214 In a race decided at the track across
the' bay on December 24. 1897. So easily
did the bay gelding accomplish the feat
that it looked as though he could have
traveled the route a second faster. The
grand mare, Fleur de Lis, later covered
one mile and a sixteenth in 1:46% so easily
that the American record looks at her
mercy. Judge Denny next comes out and
shatters the long standing two-mile rec
ord of Ten Broeck and Newton. The feat
of Lucretla Borgia, the game little daugh
ter of Imp. Brutus, when she lowered the
record for four miles over this same track
nearly a year ago, is still too fresh in the
minds of race goers to be recalled.
But record-holders are not always top
notchers. Lucretia Borgia couldn't lind
time to win an ordinary purse event ex
cept at long intervals. Mamie Scott,
which mare figures in turf history as the
holder of the seven and a half furlong
record, is a most infrequent winner. How
ard, the chestnut son of Tyrant, though
by no means a wonder, has to his credit
the mark for five, and a half furlongs—
l:i>o— made at lios Angeles on October 26,
1895. He has been behind the coin on sev
eral different occasions during the present
reason. Old timers will tell you "time
goes for nothing' —and bo it would seem.
When, asked nis opinion as to a prob
able winner of the Brooklyn handicap,
portly Bill Mr.rry. the Sacramento train
er, said that he thought if Ah Stemler's
great mare Fleur de l.is could be landed
in the. far East in bes present condition
she would be a bard one to beat. Bill is a
very keen judge of horseflesh, and his
opinion goes for something. The future
books are laying 30 to 1' against " the
daughter of the dead Maxim. The event
has never been captured by a mare,
which has much to do with the price laid.
Murry thinks the colt Michael 111. which
he sold to Charley Dwyer, is destined to
become the crack three-year-old of the
year. He has finished into a slashing
looking horse and is capable of shoulder
ing all kinds of weight.
wood stock Farm is indeed fortunate.
Charles Boots, one of the proprietors,
said the other day be already had eight
foals at the farm by Imp. " Brutus, of
which numl«er seven were colts.
Ed Purser, whose extensive betting op
erations has made his tall figure a prom
inent one on all of the big race courses
has taken a vacation in the country
Thinking that he had "gone stale," Ed
decided a rest would enable him the bet
ter to unravel the knotty "dope" prob
lems so numerous and bewildering, to be
encountered the present season
After Thursday's tight finish between
Traveler and Trolley, Tod Sloan, who
rode the former colt, said that Conley
on lrolley was altogether too lovable and
affectionate, squeezing him against the
inner rail almost from the' start to the
head of the stretch. If Conley persists
in calling these sort of tactics into re
quisition .to land his mounts in front at
the wire, he will rapidly lose his popu
larity and should be given a long rest on
the ground. The puolic admire an hon
est and persevering rider, but only the
parasites who love gold better than their
own existence applaud a jockey who re
sorts to questionable tactics The D-es-
SSiJ&Sm?*! ™ ci "? has " •' : replete with
t dlrtj riding and the participants have
Indulged in it simply because they im
agined themselves in possession of a
pull." It will be discarded when they
cross the mountains, for they well know
that on the other side "it will not go "
It cannot be said that Ed Gartland
was not backed when he won the hand
icap the other day. Perhaps Owner Dan
Honig did not have the Up, as he ad
mits himself he is not the gambler he
was once. When people on a race track
intend opening a oottle, they hand the
lork to the "dead one 1 ' and drink the
contents themselves unii*. me
»r, Th . old-time smile is gradually return
be? to the countenance of Barney Schr™
oM" t^ After # continued spell of reverses
old Dame Fortune is again a resident
of Barney's domicile, it is said and
everybody is pleased to hear that the
oPh7s al ne^7nTgold S ** Mn * baCk mucl >
cused of boms a "nuliier." After 1
Same finish with Trollej- his hami win
have to be stricken from the Uatof faint
hearted ones. Very fast horses are of ?en
accused of being "quitters" when they
The gamost hundred-yard ninn.r on the
cinder path would quit like a dog if
pitted against a rider the stamp of a
Cummings or a George. Yet the stigma
of being a "quitter' would never be
hurled at him. People would simply say
the distance was too far for him if
many a poor dumb animal could write
SOME NEAR FUTURE
BOXING CONTESTS.
< a T h ° "M* important event In pugilism
Is the Choynski and Sharkey twenty
- round contest between the National Club
on the evening of March 11,
Sharkey is training at the ocean beach
and wm assuredly be in the pink of con
dition when he enters the ring. Choynski
has been working with George Green at
the Olympic Club. This will be a second
meeting between Joe and Tom t>^ ona
On Monday evening Jim Jeffries will
?e°t?c V Od^ d J V he JjOS An * ele3 Ath
letic Club. There is not very much in
terest taken in tne bout here, although
the sports of Los Angeles expect to see
a warm flstlc engagement.
Pete Everitt, who is better known as
undent Kennedy of the Olympic Club
will match against him Harry Cker or
Jom Lansing for an eight-round contest
preliminary to the Jackson and Jeffries
light Heavy-weights are drawing car JSJ S
Jt *s said Uuu an Australian pugilist
named llcKell arrived here a few weeks
ago and is now training under an la
sumed name. McKell is a very "<■?, r
Impound tighter who will be heard from
At the Manhattan Club entertainment
Hayes of the Olympic Club won a dcci-
Th? over Mulligan of the Manhattans.
i he contest was not as interesting as the
spectators expected. c
The regular monthly exhibition of the
Excelsior Athletic Club will take place
Monday evening at the clubrooms. Eighth
and *olsom streets. The following boxers
will take part in the preliminary three
round bouts: Tom Sharkey and Joe Ken
nedy; Jimmy Lawlor and Jimmy Rile"-
Tom Dev-ine and Jim McDevitt; Pat
Lynch and Joe Riley; Billy Lawlor and
Billy Hogan^ Billy Hoskins and" 7 Ja.'k
Savage; Joe Kane and Al Neal; Jack Sul
livan and Jack McGinnis. There will also
be a four-round go for a silver medal be
tween Willie Otts and Jack Duffy The
main event of the evening will be an
eight-round contest for the lightweight
championship and a valuable trophy be
tween Charles Conway of the Jefferson
Athletic Club and Ruef Towner of "he
Stockton Athletic Club. c
The San Francisco Athletic Club will
give a first-class entertainment on Friday
evening, March 4, at the clubrooms 319
Sixth street. Alexander Greggains 'will
have full charge of the sports of the
evening and that will mean comfort and
pleasure . for the members and the in
vited guests. A special wrestling match
has been arranged between Dave Suilivan
of the club and Mike Tormey of Healds
burg. Frank McConnell, the clever light
weight who boxed Grlffo at the Olympic
Club, will spar with Greggains. The
events of the evening will be boxing con
tests between "xv.d" McFadden and Fred
Maynard; Jack Ennis and "Kid" Mc-
Carthy, and Frank Schuler and W.
Preese , for the lightweight . champion
ship. | 'y-'. : .•■.■.'■•:-.■. ■;■■; ■' ■.'
O'Brien's patent spring; best and easiest
riding buggy made; rubber or steel tires.
O'Brien & Sons, Golden Gate avenue and
poUt street. *
THE FIELD OF SPORT.
PROSPECTUS OF
EASTERN
CYCLE RACING.
Those interested in cycle track racing |
here have been very much at sea during j
the past few months regarding the con
ditions in the East, and whether the sport
was as little cared for as it is on
this coast at present. The reports we ,
nave received have been indefinite and it
is there fore, with a good deal of satisfac- I
tion that I am able to present an extract j
from a letter from an old-time San Fran
cisco racing man, wno has been in the
South and visited tne many Eastern and
foreign crackajacks now in training at j
Bellaire, Fla.
H. Austin Goddard of the Bay City
Wheelmen has been down there, and
writes me from Detroit under date of
February 20 .tne following interesting
epistle:
Have just returned after a pretty close trip
through the South, and the outlook for ISM is
a corner. 1 visited the crackajacks at the j
Bellaire track, and by present indications the
18%) season ol racing will be fierce and the ISSi
champion made ol iron. Kaser, the Swiss,
is a whirlwind, rides something like our "Bob
Terrill and L*hr, the German, will be hard to
beat. 'All the men there are in condition to
race at an hour's notice, but neither Bald nor
Uougoead has started training yet.
It seems to me, however, Ironi talks with the I
men and others Interested that middle-distance j
racing will be more the thing this year than
the old-time sprint race, and to that end men
like Karl Kiser. Nat Butler, Tom Cooper, I- red !
Hoyt and others are training- for that class or
the sport. Organized pacemaking teams will
be used and will be controlled by the National j
Cycle Racing Association, who are going to |
have regularly paid riders lor the work and
have an independent circuit of their own. It
is common talk that Bald has already signed,
but will not ride middle-distance races.
I suppose you know that "Old Man Pickard
has given up his position with Michael, who
will be trained by McLeish this season. Pick
ard Is doing well, however,, and may handle
Tom I,lnton and Arthur Chase. These two
latter men will give Jlmmie all he can attend
to when they get a well organized pacing team, ,
us you are doubtless aware all the difference
in the world is made by the clock-work pre
cision with which Michaels pacemakers work.
Some say the reason Michael talks about be
coming a Jockey is because he knows L.inton
and Chase can beat him when properly paced.
The Michael-Chase race in New York Christ
mas night was won by superior pacemiiKirn;,
and Chase hair the time had no paeemaKhiß
whatever, owing to lack of proper organisa
tion. I think there must have been !".<•>-> in
Madison Square Garden and as many more who
could not get in at all. My ticket cost Me
three plunks, so you may well imagine there
Is money in middle-distance racing.
We have opened a fine branch here and yours
truly Is the hand to guide the helm, and we
an; looking for a prosperous season, but to
day we are having a blizzard and the snow is
a foot deep, so we yearn for the "glorious
climate," etc.
I have not had a Call for two months and
thought you had forgotten me, but when in tie
Cleveland office I learned that one Ed Lozier
had confiscated them as they came and reveled
in their contents, while 1 was left forlorn.
Please send me the Saturday Call regularly,
a? 1 want to keep up with the news at home.
Kind regards to yourself and all the boys at
the club. -.] ; - *
Four games of the Cycle baseball
League will be played to-morrow, two of
them in this city at the Velodrome
grounds, commencing at VI o'clock. The
most interest attaches to the game be
tween tne Olympic Cyclers and the Bay
City Wheelmen at noon. The Cyclers
lead in percentage in the tournament,
while the Bay Cltys have got to wipe out
their stunning defeat of last Sunday by
the Olympic Wheelmen or be practically
out of the race tor tiie pennant. The
probable line up of this game will be as
follows:
Olympic Cyclers. Positions. B. C. Wheolmen.
Boyle Catcher McGiilvray
Head Pl toher O' Toole
Cordes First base Menne
Fullanabee Second iiase Whaley
Custjrove Third base Commary
Bradley Shortstop Oi bson
Hildebrecht L*-ft neld T. Hull
Butz Center field Kanxee
Durham Right field Boeekman
This is a considerable change from the
usual line up of these teams. For the
Cyclers Follansoee has heretofore always
played behind the bat, and they will miss
the invincible Monahan at short, who was
laid off owing to injuries. The Bay Cltys
will put their ambidextrous pitcher, Mc-
Glllviay, in as backstop in this game, and
their regular catcher. Tommy Hall, Bald
by experts to be the best all-round player
In the league, will go out to left garden,
as his hand is badly swollen from the
last game and he cannot catch behind the
plate. With Menne in form again and
Commary able to play, the same old stone
wall Infield will be there, and this prom
ises to be one of the warmest games of
the season. . •_
The other games scheduled are between
the Acme Club Wheelmen and San Fran
cisco Road Club, which the latter should
win; between the California Cycling Club
and the Reliance C*ub Wheelmen, a gift
to the Californians; and between the Gar
den City Wheelmen and the Olympic
Club Wheelmen, from the result of which
latter game the Olympics will undoubted
ly be returned victors.
"The annual smokVr and jinks of the
Olympic Clnb Wheelmen will be held this
evening at the social hall. Alcazar build
ing, commencing at 8:30 p. m., and last
ing until morning. It is strictly for mem
bers and a few honored guests. The in
vitations are unique, consisting of a small
canvas pouch, presumably for tobacco,
highly decorated with likenesses of various
prominent members. The programme will
consist of a high-class vaudeville enter
tainment, interspersed liberally with re
freshments both solid and liquid.
Harry Monahan, the crack shortstop of
the Olympic Cyclers nine, will not play in
to-morrow's game with the Bay Cltys,
owing to a contused eye. Harry told Fred
Butz that he got it from 'a foul tip while
playing behind the bat in practice. Jimmy
Coffroth, on inquiry, was informed that a
fall from a wheel was the cause Hut 7.
and Coffroth met, compared notes, be
came suspicious at the varied stories and
started an investigation. Something about
Tuesday night, the Chutes, a lady and
two ruffians was the combined result of
their research. But the lady says Harry
is a hero, so there you are.
Frank W. Fuller of the Olympic Wheel
men is back from his Eastern trip. "Bob"
Lennle has gone south to keep "Pinkie"
Stoddard company. C. C Hopkins is off
the road for a while, and Thomas H. B.
Varney is away on a combined business
and pleasure trip to Honolulu.
The Imperial Cycling Club's tournament
begins next Tuesday night. President
Winslow would like to arrange some In
terclub games, and the Imperials' crack
team is open to a challenge.
H. \V. SPALDING.
PISH AND GAME
REQUIRE PROTECTION.
L,at.pst Intelligence from Point Reyes
and Shellvtlle Is that the creeks are high
and that steelheads have at la9t been af
forded an opportunity to reach their
THE SAX FRAXCISCO CATJL, SATXRDAY, FEBRTTABY 26, 1898.
spawning beds. Doubtless there will be
a rush of anglers to Point Reves fo
morrow—that is. unless the rainstorm
shall continue over Sunday, in which case
lishing of any description would be out
of the question.
Last Sunday four flsh were caught at
Point Reyes, "and the Hon. Dr. Watt was
fortunate enough' to land a twelve
pounder at a place called the big rock
pool.
Messrs. Cooper and Walker angled in
the tide waters of Sonoma Creek. Cooper
I'uught a five-pounder and also a beau
tiful rainbow trout of about one pound In
weight.
The spason for Itilling quail and dtrck
will end with this month, after which
inanimate target shooting will be In
order.
The first game warden ever appointed
for Monterey County has just been
named by ihe County Board of Super
visors and will assume the duties of his
otflce at once. With the appointment goes
a curious provision, and one which makes
the affair unique in county annals. The
new warden takes office with the under
standing that should the board at any
time consider him a superfluous official
and request his resignation he will hand
it in.
The game laws have always been kept
in this county and no trouble was had
over them until recently, but during the
|.;ist year so many complaints have
reached the County Supervisors from per
sons who allege that young fish have
been taken from the streams and game
killed out of season, that the' board
deemed it advisable to appoint a warden
for at least a short period. E. IT. Godat
is the new warden, and he will hereafter
devote his time to keeping Intact in Mon
terey County the California game laws.
It is hoped that Sun Mateo County will
also appoint a warden. It is certainly in
need of one.
FAST HOUNDS TO
COURSE TO-MORROW.
Inasmuch as there waa coursing at In
gleside last Tuesday and Wednesday, the
usual weekly running will be confined to
Sunday. The stake is an all-age open
event for a purse aggregating $330. Many
new dogs are entered and picking winners
is hazardous The knowing ones will
probably play Swlnnerton, Not Much,
Senorita, Myrtle, Fireball, Hercules,
Move On, Nelly B, Tessie Fair, Princess
Marie, Bonita, Widow Broph'y, Dakota,
Forget, Old Glory, Rita.
The prizes at Ingleslde to-morrow are
$1 1 r. . $65, $.'!o each to the next two. $lf> each
to the next four and a return of the en
trance money to all dogs winning their
first course.
Dakota, recently brought out from the
East by Lynch & Mahtr, is being shown
to-morrow for the, first time. His reputa
tion is that of a top-notcher. Lucy, Not
Much. Lorene and Rita are also unknown
quantities.
Dillon & Reilly have purchased Wiaow
Brophy from Tommy Hall of Merced. The
Widow made a good showing last Tues
day- and Wednesday.
M. London has lately bought two Mag
net puppies from Ed Wilson. They will
be ready to run in a few weeks and are
reported to be both fast and clever.
Jimmy Anthony has a Pretender-Lady
Pembroke puppy at his resort opposite
the coursing park. The youngster has
i ii cared for at the Lopez ranch in
Pleasanton for the past few months and
will be entered in the next sapling event.
Several of the courses to-morrow will
tax the discernment of Judge Grace and
possibly fool th.' talent Silkwood and
Senorita should put up a hot contest. So
should Occidental and Tesste Fair, Prin
cess Marie and Mohawk, Widow Brophy
and Bendalong. Dakota and Magnet
Flashlight and Forget, and Belle of Mos
cow and Old Glory. In point of quality
they are drawn with a closeness seldom
seen.
The running to-morrow begins at 11
a. m.
Asthma&Bronchltis cured. No pay till cured. Dr.
Gordins rSanitnriuni,sl4Hine.nr.Kt?arn.v,S.F.,Cal.r Sanitnriuni,sl4Hine.nr.Kt?arn.v,S.F.,Cal.
Receiving Stolen Goods.
Hi Sing, 706 Pacific street, and Yee Kee,
1106 Dupont street, were arrested yester
day on warrants charging th^m witn re
ceiving stolen goods. They purchased a
lot of shoes that Were stolen by John
Cornish, a colored man, from Russell c
shoestore on Market street.
CHAMPION HANDBALL PLAYERS.
Masters of the Great Irish Game Will Arrive in This City Next
Month.
Phil Casey, champion handball player of the world; James Dunne, a player who has defeated several of the
high class athletes of the Eastern States, and James Dunne Jr., champion amateur handball player of America
wili arrive in this city in the very near future.
Phil Casey and his partner, James Dunne Sr., will make their Inaugural bow to the patrons of Ireland's great
game on March 17 at Phil Ryan's court on Howard street. Doubtless the opponents of the famous Eastern ball
smashers will be James C. Nealon and John Riordan, both of whom are very expert players, and should give eood
accounts of themselves, notwithstanding the fact that their opponents are thorough masters of handball as it is played
Possibly "Jack" Bonnet will muster sufficient courage to give young Dunne a race. A series of games betw*»A
"Jim" and "Jack" should prove decid 31y interesting, and it goes without saying that the young Eastern athlet
will meet in Bonnet an opponent who is a capable man In any kind of company. The arrival of the Invaders in
assuredly give handball a great impetus. It is a pastime that should have a laYge following In this city
COCHRAN AND
THE
COLLEGE MEN.
For two years the athletic managers of
California moved heaven and earth to se
cure the services of Garret Cochran as a
baseball and football coach. They now
have him, and he promises to institute a
revolution in matters athletic at the
State University, which will either be re
ceived with immense favor or disgruntled
dissatisfaction— according to the pulse of
the student disposition.
Cochran Is no fence rider. He Is a de
termined young man with fixed ideas
about the fitness of things. He has seen
a system worked successfully year after
year, and is as positively assured of tho
fruitfulness of it as If it were an edict
from heaven. This system , this morale
he will attempt to introduce at Berkeley.
If firm conviction and absolute determin
ation count for anything In this worM,
the University of California, on Its ath
letic side, will certainly be metamor
phosed in a very short time. This means
a great deal. It is the Implanting, in ail
its various phases, of theathleticgeniusof
tne collegiate East. Cochran will be at
Berkeley during an entire year— time for
the consummation of his plans.
It did not take Cochran io.ig to pei
ceive the differences between the Kast
and the West on track and field. Looking
out of the window of his study .'n hij
Berkeley quarters, with the ram descend
ing in torrents, Cochran unloosed the
Kates of speech and spoke right on, tell
ing of his intentions, his hopes, aspira
tions and surprises— all in reference to his
new sphere of action.
"My greatest surnrise on- taking up my
abode in Berkeley and looking out for the
distinguishing characteristic of the Cali
fornia athlete was to find such an ab
normal lack of college spirit. Such a
spirit as exists in the East is unknown
here. Why, we men work and work un
til we fall. The honor of playing on a
Varsity team in the East is paramount to
all other eartniy glories, and for the
laurel we willingly subject ourselves to a
few months' sacrifice of ease and the
pleasure of the senses. I tell you, you
don't know what it is out here. Why,
the other day I went on the field, and.
what do you think, the entire baseball
team didn't show up. If anybody failed
to show up or: the moment out East,
without previously obtaining permission
from the captain, it would be all off with
him. He would be a mile up a tree. But
you can bet things will be different in
Berkeley in a short time."
So spoke the man with an Iron hand,
a man whom the Eastern critics say
is the greatest football general in Amer
ica. Continuing he said: "When T ac
cepted Manager Brown's terms I told him
distinctly that I was to be untrammeled
in my work; that I was to use my judg
ment and to form and use my own plans,
and I intend to do it. I came out here
for two seasons, to see If I could not
develop a winning team and to get away
from Princeton. Burning memories of
the Yule-Princeton game still cling to me
and I want to get as far from the scene
as I can. Now I want first to induce
in the California man a spirit which will
make him do something, which will make
him work.
"Another thing. I never saw Hero-Wor
ship so strong iind unalloyed as in Berke
ley. Solace, condolence for shameful de
feat is taken hi the form of admiration
for the superb efforts of one or two in
dividuals. Wp haven't individuals in the
East, we have teams. To rely upon a
single man is suicidal. We develop
teams, and that is what must be done
here. When we lose in the East we do
not care to be seen about for some time
after it. We slink about as if we had
done something mean."
Cochran Is determined to have his own
way ami he will have it. A new regime
is in store for California. Instead of a
weak, vacillating directorate, there will
be one man with ideas in his head and
a hand to rule. The dictatorship is what
is needed. Though a strong ruler, Coch
ran has already gained the good will of
the student body, the athletes and the
trainers.
Last week was a quiet one at both uni
versities. A wet field Monday, a holi
day on Tuesday and rain on Thursday
interfered with the traintng of the track
teams and baseball nines. Cochran had
the pitchers out, showing them some new
wrinkles. He finds the men very weak
with the stick and will devote much time
to Improvement along this line.
At Stanford the college nine was de
feated on Tuesday by the Alumni team,
which they will meet to-day at Central
Park. Stanford's baseball aggregation Is
sorely crippled. Loughead is suffering
from a painfully sore hand. Strohn is
disabled from the same cause. Beckett,
twirler of last year's varsity, will prob
ably occupy the box this afternoon. He
has not as yet been given an opportunity
this season. Who will catch for Stan
ford has not been decided as yet. The
team wearing the cardinal will have in
it a number of freshmen, candidates for
the varsity. The Alumni has not changed
its personnel except as to the pitcher.
Who will pitch the game for the gradu
ates is a matter of sore perplexity to the
captain of the Alumni. At a late hour
last night he was stiH hunting. The game
will, however, be played.
OAKLAND WINNERS
OF BASKET BALL.
Two victories have been won this week
by the Oakland basket-ball teams over
the players from San Francisco. The
Athens defeated the Business men by a
score of S to 6 and the Spartans defeated
the Lawyers by a score of 15 to 11.
The game between the Business Men
and the Athens was played on Washing
ton's birthday in the gymnasium of the
Oakland Y. M. C. A., and the result was
Quite a surprise to many of the specta
tors. The game was full of peculiar
events.
The teams lined up aa follows:
Business Men. Position. Athens.
F. M. Goodrich.... Forward F. J. Bock
Louis Titus Forward.. J. Lancaster
\V. Wilson Center W. B. West
C. Bexnhard Guard H. Muller
C. J. Auger Guard.. ..F. J. Edwards
Last Thursday evening's game be
tween the Lawyers and the Spartans
proved to be a close and fair contest.
Both teams entered the gymnasium with
confidence. The local team was very con
fident, and justified the expectations of
its supporters at least during the first
half, when the Bcore stood 7 to 6 in its
favor. A change, however, took place
when play was resumed, and the Oakland
team carried off the game with a final
score of 15 to 11 points in its favor. Zeihn
and Menzies played well and secured 10
points on clever goals, while Deby proved
to be a very useful guard for the Law
yers, and Oliver made 7 out of the 11
points for his team.
The following players took possession
of the floor when the game was started:
Lawyers. Position. Spartans.
D Williams Forward A. Caldwell
H B Ward Forward E. Menzies
F. S. Oliver Center O.
I J. Truman Jr... Guard C. Zeihn
W. Deby Guard W. F. Martin
Oakland has now won eight games of
a possible twelve, but the championship
cup will have to make the trip across the
bay quite a number of times yet until It
shall be awarded to the winning team of
the finals. _
HANDBALL WILL
uRAW ON SUNDAY.
Should the weather conditions on Sun
day prove unfavorable for outdoor sport
the handball players will have the pleas
ure of seeing a large crowd of the lovers
of the game at Phil Ryan's covered court
on Howard street. The players who have
been matched for Sunday's games are:
M. Fngarty and P. Herrin vs. P. Foley and
M. J. Stokes.
L. Waterman and E. MoDonough vs. N. J.
Prendersa^t and D. J. Sheehan.
M. •Maguire and J. Kirby vs. W. Hamilton
and M. Basrli.
P. Steiner and M. McDonald vs. G. McDon
ald and M. McNeil.
G. Hutchinson and M. Dillon vs. W. Kelly
and P. Hutchlnson.
J. Whiti- and E. Toy vs. R. Murphy and J.
Collins.
J. C. Nealon nna R. Ijinehan vs. T. F. Bon
nett and A. Hampton.
Good News For Richmond.
The directors of the L.lng Lun Associa
tion have at last decided to move the'r
cemetery from its present location in the
Richmond District to San Mateo County.
They have purchased for the purpose a
site directly opposite to Holy Cross
(Vmotery consisting of a half mile of
ground.
AFTERMATH OF
TENNIS
TOURNAMENT.
A large crowd and a long entry list
made the single handicap tennis tourna
ment held .at the California courts on
Tuesday last a big success. Of the nine
teen players entered but two defaulted.
Throughout the sunny afternoon brilliant
smashes and long rallies were greeted
with applause by the onlookers.
Joseph Hooper's fine showing was the
surprise of the day. Dr. Root played him
on even terms and succumbed to his
prowess. George Bradshaw, after con
ceding Hooper half fifteen, was also de
feated.
Owing to darkness the final match of |
the tournament between Bliven and Mc-
Gavin was not played; it will be decided
to-day.
J. Parker Whitney, uncle of the clever
players, Bob and George, is a tennis en
thusiast, and has arranged a doubles
tournament to be held on his grounds in
Loomis, Placer County, on the 19th of
March. He has offered a handsome silver
cup as a trophy and has issued invita
tions throughout the State inviting ex- I
perts to compete. George Whitney, Rob- j
crt Whitney, Walter Magee and George \
Bradshaw will represent the Callfornias,
and it is expected that a great -many of i
the athletic Englishmen of the citrus \
colony there will enter.
A great deal of credit is due Joe Daily
for his impartial handicapping in Tues
day's tournament. Only in one instance
was he at fault, and that was due to not
seeing the entry play in two years.
Miss Alice Hoffman, who has been
elected a member of the club, is a val- j
uable acquisition to the lady players. Be- I
sides being a clever golf exponent. Miss j
Hoffman is also a tennis expert.
A tennis tournament for ladies is con- '
templated for the middle of March.
The Pacific States Lawn Tennis Asso- .
ciation intends holding a tournament in ;
the month of June at San Rafael as a
preparatory step to the annual champion
ship match on July 4.
Sherwood Adams was defeated by Percy
Murdoch in their meeting last Saturday.
Adams bases his defeat on the poor light
at the Alameda court. As each player :
now has a victory, a final match would !
be an attraction.
Adams and Harry Weihe, known as the
Calif ornias' pony team, will meet Robert ;
Holmes and Percy Murdoch, Alameda's
champions, at the local courts to-day.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
AT CENTRAL PARK.
Weather permitting, what gives promise
of being a very interesting game of base
ball will be played to-day at Central Park
between the Alumni and Stanford. This \
will be the fourth game of the intercolle- |
giate series, and the line-up Is as follows: i
Alumni. Stanford.
Elston...-. Catcher Strohn
Halladay or
LichtenberK Pitcher Lanni?an
Allen First base Young
Sheehan Second base Harris
McKee Third base Edwards
Lewis Shortstop Lougheed
Harrelson Left field Klauber
Oalhoun Center field WiKht
Sid Allen Rißht field Sevindells
Ireland Extra... (L'mpire) Bill Lange
Score to date — Won. Lost. Played.
Alumni 12 3
Stanford 1 1 2
California 1 0 1
ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE.
The Work of Demolishing the Old
Woodward Stables Bapidly
Progressing.
The work of demolishing the old "Wood
ward Stables at Fourteenth and Mission
streets preparatory to the erection of a
hospital by the Market-street Railway
system for the employes of the road is
rapidly progressing and now but a small
portion of the old landmark remains to
tell the life tale of thirty years ago when
its present site and for miles around was
nothing but a wilderness. With the tear
ing down of this building will fade the
last recollection of Woodward's Gardens,
and the old balloon cars which people In
those days thought it a treat to ride
in, coming from miles around to rattle
over the dusty Mission road in the bobtail.
Just what shape and what proportions
the new building will assume when com
pleted is not as yet definitely known, as
the final contract for its construction has
not been awarded.
The hospital when completed will be op
erated on the same system as that
adopted by lodges in caring for their sick
members. An employe of the road when
taken sick will be sent to the hospital
and there doctored and nursed, receiving
every attention, in fact, that a modern in
stitution of this character affords to its
members for the small sum of fifty cents
a month.
REJECTED HIS LOVE.
Charles Hinkle Arrested for Threat- !
ening to Kill Mrs. Mitchel.
Mrs. 1,. Mitchel,- a buxom widow who I
keeps a lodging house at 759 Howard |
street, swore to a complaint in Judge ■
Conlan's court yesterday morning for the
arrest of Charles : Hinkle. a cook, •on the '
charge of threats against life. 1 Unknown
to Mrs. Mitchel IHinkle . was confined in !
the City Prison at" the time on a charge ' i
of " drunkenness ; and the r. warrant was j
served upon him in the prison "
Mrs Mitchel . said that Hinkle had been |
rooming in her house for the past eigh- I
teen months and; he had not been long
there when he proposed. marriage to her.
She . refused j him, and since then he has !
been pestering her with his attentions and ;
threatening. to kill her. Two weeks ago i
she ' could . bear him mo longer, and -. made
him leave. He begged to be allowed to
ylslt:her and Thursday. night he called at
the house in an intoxicated condition,
™rL\^TS?. and threatened to
The Deanery of Durham Is worth
more than any other in England. The
dean receives a stipend of £3000 a year
Customs Cases Decided.
thT« >, ,K era /l appralßers °* .. goods passing
through the .Custom-house have ' made several
decisions lately which.- until passed upon by
the Secretary of the Treasury, will > hold good.
But ■ while there ;Is ' stability .' In •; that * quarter,
no system i falling •' In ( strength can 'be properly
sustained without the aid .of Hostetter' s . Stom
ach ; Bitters, a i genial tonic ; and • remedy for
malaria, ] rheumatism, dyspepsia,- constipation
ana .biliousness. 1 - • • .
STANFORD BOYS
ARE IN
ACTIVE TRAINING.
The following communication from the
Stanford University will interest amateur
athletes:
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. U.
There is plenty of activity on the track, but
as yet little systematic work is being done.
Things need direction and it Is here that tha
lark of a coach is felt. Most of the older
trackmen and a goodly number of new ones
are out and working along slowly.
In the 100 yard sprints Brunton and Rirrh
are easily the best men. Cantwell, Stewart and
Limons, all freshmen, are likely colts for this
event. Digfflefl, Karstod. Stout and Weather
wax are showing up well lor the 220 and 440
yard events. In Paul Walker. '9S, Stanford
has a trusty man for the quarter mile.
The distance s«iuad is particularly large. It
Is led by Ererett Smith. Williams, Steele.
Dave CooMdge and H. Rote are doing good
work. Under the advice of Luther f'ary. the
Princeton crack* rjack, these men have been
doing less severe training. Work In the other
events have hardly begun, with the exception
of the hurdles, in which Pole. Morgan and
Culver have been doing a little something.
In baseball the team is experiencing a slump.
Fewer men are coming out for practice and the
right kind of spirit is not being put into the
play. A number of good men who donned suits
the first of the season, having despaired of
making places on the tenm so well decided
does the make-up seem, have ceased to ap
pear on the diamond. Practice under these
conditions is slow and unsystematic and the
work in consequence still crude.
The weakness of the 'Varsity was shown
Tuesday when the Alumni nine defeated it on
its own grounds by a score of 11 to 3. The
collegians could not run bases and were al
most sure to be caught out befftre they had
reached the third bag. In batting, little that
is encouraging was done. Krug, of the Cali
fornia Markets, practically had the Stanford
men at his mercy. A liability to make error*
at critical times was another characteristic of
the game put up by the 'Varsity. Strohn.
however, was not behind the bat nor was Cap
tain Loughead out. The loss of these two men
while it weakened the team, does not account
for the long string of errors made.
Ex-Captain Jeffs has announced his Intention
of coming out. His knee is much better and If
properly handled will allow him to play- In
the event of his tryine for catcher, his old
place, Strohn will probably go to third and
the Infield will be pretty well settled. Pitcher
is the doubtful place. The fight is clearly be
tween Lanagan. Hill and Beckett, with th«
former in the lead. Hatting will be the chief
requirement for the outfield. Wright is per
haps surer of htn position in the garden than
any of the others.
The infield this year should be particularly
strong. With such men as Young. Harris and
Htrohn, if Jeffs catches, on bases, and Loug
heed at short, every inch of ground ought to
be covered.
STAND FOR PURE FOOD.
James W. Kerr Addresses the Com
ing Convention at Wash
ington.
On March 2 the National Pure Food
and Drug Congress •will meet in the city
of Washington and an invitation was sent
to James W. Kcrr, president of the Man
ufacturers' and Producers' Association, to
attend. The local board was very de
sirous of having its chief officer represent
it at the congresssj but hig business and
the shortness of the notice made this Im
possible, so he prepared a letter which
he has sent to be read before the national
gathering. In it he says:
The State of California takes a more promi
nent position as a fond producing State than
the number of its population would indicate. It
takes first place in the production of beet
sugar, wool, barley, wine and fruit, while its
olives and olive oils, its honey and its various
dairy products are ever increasing resources of
wealth and occupation. It is only natural,
therefore, that the subject which brings you
together should be considered of paramount im
portance by our p« pie.
After briefly ri ewing the aims of the
■ association and what it has accomplished
, and a detailed account of the recent
j troubles growing out of the shipment to
I Europe of a lot of Nebraska corn juice,
\ under the name of "pure California
1 brandy," and the protection to the stuff
I by the Federal authorities at Washing
ton, Mr. Kerr says:
It must be apparent to all that laws which
are so powerful to protect fraudulent manu
facturers from State authorities, and yet so
feeble in che.kinß the consummation of a
; crime, or protecting- honest people, must be
i in themselves defective, and I would a.«k thi3
j Congress to endeavor to secure for State offi
cers some control over manufacturers In
I United States bonded warehouses; so that
when such frauds and Irregularities occur, if
they do not have the power to confiscate and
! condemn, as with outside manufacturers, they
can at least secure the detention of the goods
in warehouse or In transit until such time as
their true character can be investigated. I re
gret very much that we should meet with the
most effective opposition to our work at the
hands of the Federal authorities, and trust.
1 that you will he abli- to impress upon them the
i fact that the honor of our nation is not en
tirely bound up in the character of money wa
-hall pay to our bondholders.
Lobsters have a great dread of thun
der, and when peals are very loud will
swim to deeper water.
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