TAE FIELD OF SPORT

CYCLING CLUBSTO PLAY BALL

Bay City and San FranciscoNines Will Cross Bats

To-Morrow.

Garden City Wheelmen's Five-Mile Handicap Road Race

at San Jose.

A Straightaway Mile in I:l9—Gearsof Kext Year's Wheels—Club

Events to Come.

The event of to-morrow in local cyclingcircles will be the joint club run of theBay City Wheelmen and the San Fran-cisco Road Club, to end in a match game

of bali between the teams of the twoclubs. Great rivalryhas existed between

these two teams for a long while past andneither was very anxious to talce on the

other in a match until reasonably certainthat sufficient preliminary }>ractice badbeen had to insure a pretty Stiff game, sothat when they come torether on th<:

diamond to-morrow some lung is boundto happen.

The Bay Citys and San Franciscos areneighbors, their clubhouses being situatedwithin a stone's throw of each other onGolden Gate avenue. Captains Larkinand Lewis have arranged, therelore, lor ajoint club run, to leave the corner ofGolden Gate avnue and I'o;k street at 9a. m. After a short ride they will turntheir faces toward the baseball grounds atSixteenth and Folsom streeia, where tnegreat game is scheduled to take place at10 a. m. The Bay Citys willprouabiy playthe two Halls, McGilvray, ilenne, FredDay, Haswell, Kanzee, Raynaud andBoeckmann. The tan Franciscos wili putin the Lewis brothers, Robinson. Barnett,Goodwin, O'Malley, How and Cray ton,with a half dozen others to choose from.After the game a run through the parkWill be inorder.

An immense attendance of rooters fromthe two clubs is expected, t.e^des specta-

tor.-: irom the ot;,er cycling clubs in ser-es ted in baseball, who will want to get aline on the two teams with a view of play-ine the winner before long.

The Bay Citys have their dates welltilled for bal! gamea. To-morrow theypiay the San Franciscos. on November 7tiie Centervillti t'aiu, November 14 theCycling Prc-s representatives of tnir*city,and on tiie L'W probably the Garden CiiyWheelmen of San Jose.

Second in importance in to-morrow'sevents conies the great live-mile road raceof the Garden City Wheelmen, over ti.eEast Sun Jose course. It is a four-cor-nered course, and Hoy Bridgeman holds acompetition record of 13:03 for the fiveinlie-*. At present the road is in poor con-dition. The entries and handicaps forthe race are as follows:

Tony Delmas, Frank Cotter, C. M. Smith.Roy Brid';eman, scratcii ;Julius Smith, TedBeiloli. 25 seconds: George Thorn, Kred 15ur-ee.-s, IrvingRyder, 1minute 10 sec m>ls;1). U.Baker, H. bufflugton, 1 minute 2u secondi;Juck Ci.'iy, K'i Jolm-on, Hay Johnson, V. A.< ur in, 1minute seconds; George Owen,George Use n, 1 minute 4j seconds; Robert J.Butler, "Pop" Taoru, 2 minutes 15 seconds.

The regular monthly meeting of theCalifornia Associated Cycling Clubs willbe held next Saturday evening. Novem-ber 6. at the Imperial Club, fJI4 Van Nessavenue. At this meeting the matter ofholding a coasting contest for the cham-pionship of the Pacific Coast Will be dis-cussed.

R-cent advices from. Australia say that"Piugger Bill"Martin recently rode aBiraigutaway mile on an asphalt cour-e in1:19 3-5, which is way below tne world'srecord. The time baa not yei. been con-lirraed, and we do not know how he wa,paced.

E. \\. Peab'.'dy, the Chicago amateur,who is endeavoring to equal Zimmerman'srecord of 100 lirsts in a seaao.i, as tola inThe Call last Saturday, has won hisninetieth first place, and has four moreweeks in which to win u>n more. He willundoubtedly tqual and probably exctedthe record.

A.G. Batcheider, the New York handi-capper, has been sent to Europe to secureCordang, Botibours, Chase, Linton and<rncr crack racing men to enter the bix-day and other long-distance competitionsto be run in New York this winter. Inave it from excellent authority thatPowers and Brady, who are backing thisproject, intend to bhow with these men inall the prominent cities of the UnitedStates this winter and next spring, andhave already got an option on the Me-chanics' Pavilion, with the idea ol coniii.gto San Francisco. If they do cyclingwould receive a splendid impetus here,lor these men are world renowned riders^and they now use electrical triplet pac-ing, doing away with the necessity* ofsupporting big pacing teams.

Sigmund Bachniaun. the Austrian cy-clist, who has covered 13,7(32 miles on visjourney round the wond ;hus far. willlecture at Austrian Hall, 507 Sutter street,Sunday evening, November 7. Besidesbis lecture the programme willincludemusic and recitations.

K. C. Johnson, who has represented thePope Company here for tne past twoyears, left last night for SpringfieldMuss., where he is to remain. Mr.John-son made many friends here, all of whomwish him success in his new held. A Mr.Clark of Detroit is his successor inthe SanFrancisco house.Itis now plain that the choice which

riierswill be called upon to make nextyear will be between bicycles wnicb.broadly speaking, may be divided intotwo classes

—the ordinary wheel with ex-

posed chain, now common, and the ma-chines having housed gears of whatevercharacter. Under the second claws willcome the beveled gears, the various"spur" gears, the "pawl and ratchet"movements and the wheels having in-closed chains.

The demand on the part of riders hasbeen for a driving mechanism protectedirom dust and dampness. Thi3 will betuppiied by each of the stveial stylesmentioned, and the supporters of the va-rous covered gears confidently expectthat gradually the type now prevailingwillbecome obsolete.

There is an apparent tendency on tiepart of manuiac'.urers so revert to the use ofsmaller balls in bearings next ye ir.Brake?are also likely to bo more sought for byriders and more freely offered by maker".

Next Saturday night the managers ofthe various baseball teams formed withinDie local cycling clubs will meet at theCycle Board of Trade rooms, 562 Parrottbuilding, at 8 o'clock, lo elect a he act andarrange a schedule ot game.. All cycleclubs having ball teams which they wishto enter this tournament are invited tobend a representative.

The San Francisco Road Club hasnominated the following officers: Presi-dent, O. R. Sterling; vice-presidents, E.Lewis, J. M. Liebert and L. Silverniau;fcecretary-treasnrer, Ed Sand; financialsecretary, L. Adebdorfer; directors, J.O'MalJey. S. Blument'-r.', J. Lewis; ser-geant-at-arm*, A. Gilmcre; captain,Ralph Robinson.

At the regular meeting next Mondaynight tne Imperial Club will elect a cap-iain and treasurer, positions mane vacantby recent resignations. The club willbold a checker tournament next Tuesday

evening and a whist tournament theTuesday following.

The fol owing clubs have taken blocksof seats tor the association'? theater partyon Thursday eveninjf, November 11, atthe Tivoli: Olympic Club Wheelmen 75,Imperial Cyc ing Club 71 CaliforniaCycling Clui> 80, Day City Wheelmen (JO,

Acme Club Whee .men 75, (iolden GateCycling Club !>>J. Individual members of(lie association can secure single seatsfrom Jules F. Hancock, (i'M Market street.

W. C. Banger, ih<3 groat unpaced rider,has again go:ie to Denver, and in corn-par, y with W.W. Hamilton will try forunpaced records, Sanger was willingtogive a return match to O. B. Hachen-ber^er, but the "buttertni;* b>y," it isunderstood, has retired from the game forgood.

Ttie Bay City Wheelmen Incommemo-ration ot the thirteenth anniversary of:th<- club's existence willbold a "hot time"

'Ismoker at the clubhouse, 441 Goiden Gateavenue, Saturday evening, November 13. jIt willbe limited to members and a few !invited guests.

Captain Goetz of the Ariel Road Clubhas called tiie postponed run to Berkeleyand other Alameda points for to-morrow,taking the 9 a. m. broad-gauge boat.

SrALDINQ.

WHY COURSINGIS PATRONIZED

Sportsmen who love to witness cleanspon are more than pleased with themanner in which the Ingleside coursingmeetings are now being conducted underthe auspices of the Incle.-ide CoursingUlnb.

0; course there are some alleged sports-men who prefer to see the came run forthe money that may tie m::de Irom ''job'1

racing, but these gentlemen are nowpolitely informed by the managers of theIngleside park that tlieir presence el-e---where on racing days woulibe most ac-ceptable, not only to the cub, but for ti.ebetter interest ot a pastime that has growndeservedly popular since the interstateCoursing Club look the management ofaffairs in hand.

It is only very recently that a man ofseemingly great ideas, but of ren;nrkablypoor judgment, attempted to pull thewool over tiie eyes of the gentlemen whootiiciiite at the Ingleside meetings andthereby rake in "an honest" dollar on'"crooked" racing. He was trapped nicelyat tiie game, politely shown the countyroad and admonished by the president ofthe club ionever put his foot again insidethe park grounds. His dogs have Lean alsoruled off for life.

Coursing is bound to gain the confi-dence, respect and support of all truesi>or;smen wLen tho aruul dodgers whopOl to rnin the game by trickery aretaker, care of in this manner.

The result of 1:*; first-class sport ismanifest uy the popularity the game en-joys at present, ami there can be no gain-saying the fact that if ihe club will con-tinue to keep a sharp lookout for trick-ster?, coursing will become as popular ashorseracing on this coa<t.

The Interstate Club has an excellentprogramme slated for to-day. High-class dogs will meet in the slips, and asthe shor:-iai! tlyers from me famousplains o: Merced are n condition to givethe long-tails a trrueling from start toescap?, the sport should certainly be wellworth a j urney to ingleside.

The result of the drawng which tookplace on Thursday evening appeared inyesterday's Call.

Coursing men will be agreeably sur-prised to-day when they 'ake in, at aglance, tne improvement that have beenmuli' in the vicinity of the crand stand.

Immediately under the stand are raisedseats w .ich run from the fence back tothe bar and are so nicely arranged thatevery person, even tbo^e whonre enjoyinga wet at the bar, can see every turn in arace from the time the slipper liberatesthe dogs until the killis made.

The grand stand has also been reno-vated and the ladies who enjoy comfortwill appreciate the improvements whichhave been made looking toward theirpleasure. Next week the stand will re-ceive a new coat of paint.Itis s:i d that a part of the grounds be-

tween the stand and the kennels on thesoutheast side will te fixed up in nicestyle for the accommodation of sportsmenwliodrive out from the city expecting towitness the racing while seated in theirconveyances.

On Tue-day evening the Interstate Clubwillhold nn important meeting at Pyth-ian Hall, 90!) Market street, at which ar-rangements for tiie grand annual inter-national meetine on the famous plains ofMerced, which will commence on Novem-ber 9, will doubtless be made.

DUST FROMTHE DIAMOND.

Jo. Frank Eline, one of the managers o!the Baltimore and All-America baseballteams, on their tour to the coast, is ex-pected in the city this evening. The othermanagers aie Frank O. Selee, the presentmanager of the champion Boston Club,and William Barnie. the present managerof 'he Brooklyn Club.

Bimiewill bo remembered by old-timelovers of the diamond as being the catcher jof big Jim Whitney of the Knicker-bockers in IS7B and 1879. In those day^Barnie caught the swilt delivery of Wdit- jney, who afterward became a notedtwirler with tne Boston Ciub, with noother protection than a rubber plate foruLs teeth. His host of friends on thecoast will be glad to welcome him backand to learn that the genial Billylooks asdapper and younj as when he cavorted or,the green diamcn !. For years after leav-ing the coast he was part owner and the jmanager of the Baltimore Club of the ;American Association, and the uniformlyhighposition of that team in the race wasin a great measure due to Barnie's excel-lent handling and placing of his men and ihis thorough knowledge of the game. Hewas the manager of the Louisvilie Club in1893 and 1894, and in 1895 cast his fortuneswith tne Scranton Club of the EasternLeague. In IS9G he owned and managedthe Hartford Ciub of Itte Atlantic Lsagueand scored a bisi success. This season hedisposed of his Hartford Club and re-entered the league as manager of therepresentative club of his own city ofBrooklyn. Under adverse circumstanceslie did well, bringing his club into sixthposition, and will next season again pilotthe B ooklyn team.

To-morrow afternoon what promises tobe a ereat game will be played at Recre-ation Park oetwecn the Olympics; andReliances. The game will be with a liveball.

At Central Perk this afternoon theFresnos and the California Markets willcross bats, and to-morrow atternoon1-resno playa Santa Cruz on the samegrounds

THE BIG GAMESON THE GRIDIRON

Football Devotees Have TwoChances for Amuse-

ment.

Freshmen Will Contest forSupremacy This After-

noon.

Keliance and Stanford Will ComeTogether at San

Jose.

The big football games for to-day willbe the intercollegiate freshman match at3 o'clock this afternoon, at the newgrounds, corner of Eighth and Harrisonstreet-, in this city, and the Reliance-Stanford game this afternoon at H:m Jose.

Allthe loral enthusiasts and the t>eoplt?from across the bay willnaturally find thegreatest interest in the battle of the iresh-men here.

For no particularly good reason the pre-vailing opinion term* to be that theBerkeley boys willwin 10-day. This year'sCali:,irnia freshman lean: has not yetbeen d-feated ana itilino is much heavierthan Stanford's, but the snowing ofthetwo teams against common rivals wouldrot indicate a certain advantage ioeithercollege.

Tiie Etan lord freshmen have a lightandfiabbv line, but the backs and ends areexperienced and have so much greaterweight than their Berkeley o: ponenta thatthey bring up the average we ght of theteam to seven pounds to the man heavierthan the California freshmen eleven.

Tactically tho whole Berkeley fresh-men clas* is ext ected to attend life matchits \u25a0 bony. (unber.-ion, the giant rightguard, happens to be president of theclass, and ins followers willbe on hand tochter his efforts. That he personally willhave an easy time with hi> immediatenpi onent i-probable, for su far ibe Stan-ford man who will fire him has displayeda distressing lack of grit.

The subject of the two freshmen teamswaa 'ocompleielv discussed in yesterday'sCall that furiher det»il, at this time a:eminecessary.

Following will bo the probable line-up,the stripped weight of each man beirii:given:Cal. Kresnmen. Position.

'Stan. Freshmen.HornUiu, 130 j.. K. « Morean 15«Hicks,.,,. -~" I-T.X i-'m.rvm; 16U(ju betMO. 230 L a X...X. it WlHtfi, JB>lo»'«. -70 C Rrn,tlev. 1tMJ_

i:r;nsie'ih,° :••••«•o. L, {Saraslolman, 170 It.T.I» inn 170

II'remo. 140 B. K.L, JJeckley. 145Morgan 124 q Krl,,5aSmith. ll!t« l.H. R P. Wilson, 17-»Captain McCabe, 150 K.11. L.Captain.vanley. 14.%Kerfoot, 1.>6 y BurmUter, 169

156 pounds. Average weight 16-' pounds

Of the Stanford freshman fullback ItmU'hi oe remarked thai although a goodand rapid punter his trreat fauil ha* beendropping the ball while going throughthe line.Inlittle E. Smith Berkeley has a gritty

and an ambitious player.As there is nothing on hand to prevent

their attendance itis probable that all theBerkeley varsity and becond eleven menwill be at the game.

As for the fame at San Jose, Reliancehas quietly been planning to retrieve fromstaiuord laurels lost by a close margin Initwo preceding game?.

"Tommy" ode was telegraphed" forand arrived here yesterday afternoonfrom the mine he is superintending inCalaveras County, but be said last nightthat he was in doubt if lie would p., toSan Jose to-day to play quarter for Reli-ance, as he wishes very much to see thefreshman match.

Jack Rice and Fisher of the Stanfordteam are also in town ami nre not sched-uled to play at San Jose. Rice has comeup as "chaperone" to the freshman teaman cilice lie has occupied several season-.He is slightly lame. Fisher, howeverwhen he heard of Code's presence, de-cliired that he willtake a forenoon trainfor San Jose and play if the Reliance istrying to steal another march.

Morse will not play to-day with Reli-ance, and there is a possibility thai I'eteSmith's duties may require his presencehere.

The line-up willprobably be as follows:Reliance. Position. Stanford-I.anyon. 1,. K.i: ParkerKrskine 1.. T. K. ..ThomasSmith La it c"r eWrtta C BlselonIlObbs • K. <;. L. HckertHhrehy U. T.L Busk•tifrmnn It.K. Levitt)V>ccff Q >lur,.tivCareer 1. 11. II iJ.jyFrlck B. H. L..

< Fisherl8eovUl«

Arlett F.... CottonThe most important change at Stan-

ford during tne week is the permanentwithdrawal of Rea Smith as a candidatefor end. He has been physically ailing allseason, and his father requested him tostop playing. Smith was a most mis-in?, almost a certain, man for one of meend positions. Jeffs, tne other Varsity

end of last season, is recovering slowlyfrom a mild case of water on the knee.

In Fisher the Stanford men now saythey have the best defensive halfback everdeveloped at the university, Juie Frank-ieiihetner not exce;it»d.

The latest news from the outside foot-| bail world is to the effect that all the\ Butte players have b-en reinstated :oiamateur standing, a hurried vote having, been taken by mail among the officers of

the Pacific association of the A. A. U.All'he men except Hall and Laswell,over whom the original contention arose,

i and George McMillan, row in Anaconda,iMont., were reinstated. McMillan's re-j quest was not among the regular list.

At Berkeley the lootbali -quad has beenIobserving a cuuious sy-tem of practice toiho:d the men in the sound and fine condi-( tion in which thoy are at present, with

scarcely an injury to be mentioned asi sue!).

Butte's reinstated men may make a triphere and perhaps have another R^-liance-Butle midwinter battle.

WORLD'S CHAMPIONHIGH DIVER.

The California SwimmingClub willgivea public exhibition on Sunday at 2:30 P. m.at tha Ocean Beach, at time event tiiemost prominent swimmers and divers inthe world willparticipate.

A.J. Baker, a youth of 'JO, swimmer andthe world's champion high headforemostdiver, willmake the most daring dive everattempted by any of the famous divers ofthe r>ast or present.

A plank, twenty feet lone, will be ex-'ended from the top veranda of the CuffHousi- (a distance of 125 feet from bigbwater) over th-» rocks, from which Bakerwillmake this d>v-\

The natator's most famous dive in thepast, and ior v.hch lie gained the PoliceGazette diamond medal an 1 world'srecord, was from the Kids bridge of St.

j Louis. June 20, 1 96, win.n be was but l!;

:years of a^f. lie dares any of tho diversof this coast ;o follow bin on Sunday.Another record he has esiabiished is adive from a height of lUO feet into a basinof waier lo:ir feet deep.

il. B. Cornell, who lowered Cavi'.l'srecord around the Beal Rocks to twenty-seven minute- on Sunday, October 17, willa;:.iin endeavor lo lower in- record, and

Iwill also give an exhibition of life-saving:in the surf. Cornel! la bat 21 year* of age,1 arid in the last two years baa won fourteen

medals h -sides numerous cash prize's, andt ne hulf-mile championship of the PacificCoast, lie lsihe champion rough-waterswimmer of America.

Ilie club willalso bare an amateur raceof 700 yards, the course being from theboach, opposite Golden (i.ite villa, to the<Iympic pier.

The entries aro: l>ahl, D'irand, Yale,Wilmotb, U.inif. Lacostc, Barrett, Me-ClearnoD, lianon, Pbillippa, Meßirney,Hammond, tchtute, Hinkle and Garri-son.

The officials are: A. W. Wehe, starter;George Anderson, M. Vigoureux, judges;E. McCiosKey, Gus Wis.'enpr, timers; Hert-zo.; and Professor P. P. Wehe, referees.

WILL COMPETENEXT SATURDAY.

The annual Pentathlon games of theYoung Men's Cnristian Association Lavebeen postponed to next Saturday.

The games were to have been held lastSaturday, but the threatening weathercomfwlled a po-tponeinent.

Tc-day the bicycle part of the pro-gramme will be run off over the Hay-wards course. The distance is two mile?,ana the winner will receive a gold medaland his association will be given tliobeautiful Shreve-McCoy trophy.

The entries tor the race are Ward andBean of San Francisco iJain Association,and Mul.er and Rhode will represent theOakland association.

—The trophy was won by the Los Angeles

association in WO, and the Oaklandbranch succeeded in winning it In 1996.The trophy- has io be won three times be-fore it Decomes the properly of any asso-ciation.

The proposed interscholastic field daybetween teams of the Lowell and Poiy-technic hisrti sctiooN. which was to havetaken place last Saturday, has b.en indefi-nitely postponed.

To-morrow the members of Union Ath-letic Club will start from Fairfax on across-country run. As a cold medal lasbeen offered Inthe member attending theGreatest number of runs a large attend-ance is exp'Cted. On Saturday next theclub will hold a held .lav at the Olympicgrounds, lot the purpose of developingclub talent.

RAIL SLAUGHTERNEAR BELMONT

Game Birds That AreEapidly Being Ex-

terminated.

Supervisors of Various CountiesAre Passing; Ordinances to

Protect Game.

A Cold Snap in the North WillImprove Duck ShootiDg Near

This City.

T^e heavy rain that visited a great por-tion of the State recer-.tly brought withitlarge numbers of wildduck and geese.Itwas noticed, however, that the home

birds which were fairly plentiful in thevicinities of Suisun and Antioch left theirlouhng grounds for unknown parts, butthey are returning again and good shoot-ing should be enjoyed between now andthe next big storm.

Of course, when the heavy rains come,then it willbe farewell to tho birds athome, as the Southern California wetlands off r such tempting inducementsthat the whistlers and quackers willleavein flocks for their winter's retreat, wherethe market hunter willenjoy lull sway.

All that is now required to ni^ke duck-shooiinga pleasure is a cold snap upnorth. Then the birds will t:;ke wing forthe maraSies and swamps contiguous to

the big rivers, where they will receive adecidedly warm reception from the armyof banters wrho are just waiting a chanceto see feathers fly.

Qoail-sbooting has vastly improved.Some Vi.'ry nice bags were made iast Sun-d.iv by iocal sportsmen near Point Reyes.The great i>umter dot: Gienbeigb did greatcredit to himself in locating, pointing andretrievi fi_' bird- tiiat were grassed uv How-ard V'Tnon and a fr.ena last Sunday.

Judge Carroll and some companions en-joyed a first-class dnck shoot a. few daysago near Los Uanos, Fresno <"ounty.

The Supervisors of San >!ateo Comitywill t>e asked to pass a iocal law limitingthe number of rail to eacli sportsmen totwenty birds. Tiio slaughter of raii sincethe season opened on tho Behuontmarshes nas been sh:itnefu!.

Speaking on the necessity of protectinggame from slaughter by market hunters,v ho shout just for destruction and the fewdollars made by bird slaughter, the Oro-ville Register says:

From all our northern counties each yeari the ttsu, ducks, geese and d er arc killed and: shipped 10 San .Francisco. Or at least this has;been the ca«o for many ye^if. If the Super-j visors in toe various counties would protect'the Rtiine of their county then local sports-

;men could nave some chance to now and then\u25a0 get a bird. If we must have pot-hunters or|market-hunters in this and other counties:whokill the same for shipment 10 San Fran-

\u25a0 cisco, make them pay a handsome sum for tne;privilege. If the game were protected, and

Ionly those who hunted forsport permitted toIkillsuch game, then each season mere would] be many persona come Into our counties »ndJ remain several weeks, thus benefiting farm--1 ers, hotel-keepers and others. Now it is themarket-banter who gets :ho cream, and thelocal men only get the skiru-mUk ol hunting.

The Fish and Game Commissioners havebeen anxiously expecting a number ofChinese pnea^ants from Oregon for stock-ing purposes. Last Tuesday Commission-er Vogelsang received word from the StateGame Warden of Oregon that owing to

i the stringent laws of the State it will be:impossible for him to ship any birds thisyear.

A party of gentlemen has leased theyacht Frolic from E. D. Bartlett for the

Iduck season, and are indulging in manyIpleasant anticipations of

-rare sport with

j the canvasbacks, -Mallards and the rest of! the duck family, which are lobe found on:the marshes within a few hours' ride of

the city. The gentlemen are George D.Campbell of the Corinthian Yacht Club,Dr. T. L. Hill,M. H. ilernan. Dr. F. Corn-

! wall and C. Henderson. The yacht willj be fitted out with a Supply of provisionsIand the hunters willsail her to the Peta-

luni.H marshes next Saturday. T;;e great-er number of the gentlemen- are profes-sional men and will do most of theirburning on Saturdays and Sundays, re-turning to the city in time to begin thebusiness of the week. Tne sportsmen willalso hunt on the Novato and Suisunmarshes and expect to create great havocamong the ducks.

The Petaluma Argus says that deer areso plentiful in some parts of MendocinoCounty as to be a nuisance. At PotterValley the deer come in the night and eatout of vegetable gardens. A friend whorecently passed through that country tellsus that he saw two boys in camp who badkilled twenty-six deer and hail "jerked"the meat to take home with them.

Owing to the large extent of country inFresno and Tulare counties that has beenrecently reclaimed and irrigated, the wildducks and geese which were so plentifulsome years ago in Colusa and Tenumacounties now "camp" down south. TheWillows Review says: "As an evidencethat wild geese are thinning outeach yearwe are told that twenty yeais ago Hugh

J. Glenn paid out for the wages of goose-herders—forty in number

—ior one season

and to supply them with ammunition thesnug sum of$13,000. Now it Ukes but tengoose-herders on me Glenn ranch and nota thirty-second part of the damage is doneby geese to the growine crops."

False flatterer is a white and brindle dog on ,he right of the handler J. R. Rossitcr, of the Interstate CoursingClub. The dog on the gentleman's left is the taraoua flier Fabulous Fortune, a three-times winner of the English Water, oocup. False Flatterer will be seen in the slips at the great interstate annual meeting which will be held near Merced nextmonth.

RECENT BASKET-BALL GAMES.

Four teams have measured their strengthand physical judgment at basket-ball dur-ing the past weet. First came the Law-yers of ban Francisco, who played theIncognitos of Oakland at the Y. M. C. A.gymnasium of this city, it was a finegame, with a score of 11 to 11 at the endot the second half, and then the victorywent to the Incognitos on a ciever passand tine throw by Hunter of tlic Oaklandteam. Tlie team lined up as follows:

Incognitos of Oakland—

Hunter, Kerr,Lnckey, Brown, Uluuz and Diiisinore (substi-tute).

Lawyers of San Francisco—

Oliver, TrumanJr., Wnlinms, Dehy and Henderson.

The officers were: Referee, F.I* Shaw; um-pire, C. J. Anger; timekeeper, F. J. Batzer;scorer, R. Homer.

The second big game was played lastThursday evening at the Oakland eym-nasiuru, when the Rushers of San Fran-cisco plaj-ed the Athens of the city acrossthe buy. The :ine-up was as follows:

Rustiers— Shaw, Johnson, Fleischer, (iuitt-ard and Haurahau. Athens

—Bock. Rnotle,

Mueller, West, Chuck and I'nelan, substitute!.'.The Oakland team outplayed its op-

ponents during the entire game, althoughthe Rushers improved grea-iy in the sec-ond half. West is, nodoubi, Oakland'sstar player. He ran up and scored no jessthan seven goals from fie fieM. thus eiv-inghis team iouneen points. Bock is thesame lively player lie was in the springtournament. Fleiscner and Gutttarii didthe work for the San Francisco team.Fleischer made all the points of his side,but it was not sufficient to tie nor lo win.The linal score was 21 to 7 in favor of theAthens of Oakland. Keleree, A.T.Brock;umpires

—E. C. I3rown and George Klar-

ruan.

YACHTINGAND ROWING.

To-morrow the fleet of the CorinthianYacht Club willgo into winter quartersatliburon. The bridge willbe raised andfullyfifteen yachts willpass to anchor.

The Dolphins, Pioneers and Ariels arepreparing for the Thanksgiving day re-gatta. The special race between J. Bock-man and 11. Pless of the Ar.els for amedal is attracting a good deal of talkamong the oarsmen.

The race for the Dolphins' diamondmedal will take place in the latter part ofJanuary. Captain Kennedy is coachingT. J. Hopkins and W. Schumacher for theevent. The other participants will beJack Coughlin, \V. O. .Patch, J. 3artmanand Alex Pape.

The South Enders are busily at work ontheir handball court. la the lirst weekin November they contemplate givir.c an

1 entertainment to assist the project.j \Yheu the court is completed a handball

tournament willl be given, in which the{ cracuajacc players of the city willpartici-

pate.i.'. Watkins. a noted Seattle oarsman,

willshortly join the club, as be has.be-j come a resident of tnis city.

HANDBALLIN THE COURTS.

Handball has shown mariced improve-ment since the Occidental court openedud again. The Sin Francisco and Occi-dental courts are now well patronized bythe athletes who are fond of heavy exer-ci c. The San Francisco court has booKedthe followinggames for to-morrow:

G. McDonald and M. McNeil vs. P. Rrdgersand P. Kyan: J. Lawleai und E. Curley vs. J.McGuiuess and D. Connelly; E. Toy and J.Collins vs. J. White and R. Murphy; P.sterner and F. Knobloch vs. H. Danger i.nd L.Corrame; L. Waterman end J. R. Boukman vs.N. Berger anrt ,T. Murrane; J. HogAn and I>.Kegan \>. T. Foley and M.Kasch; J. Riordonand M. J. KUguhon vs. T. F. Bonnet and J. C.Nealon.

The games to be pl&yed at the Occiden-tal 'lamlball court Sunday are as follows:

J. V.Hassellnnd \V.Stewart vs. C. Collins andB. Ciements, A. ilclneriiey and C. CoLins v«.J. McCarthy and W. Hnssell. M. Muilany andJ. O'Leary vs. 11. Mcftitt »u<l P. Barr«tt, J.MeDernjott and J. Carioll vs \V.O'Brien andJ. Grady, P. Hu'.chinson and J. Slattery vs. P.Kelly and J. Pendergast. J. O'Donnelland J.Penaergast vs. \V. Mulloy and J. Slattery, J.Condon and M. Diilon vs. AlPonnoyer aiid O.Hutcninson. M. J. Ki.galion and P."Kelly vs.J. Condon and \V. Kelly.

FRED PLEADS SOBRIETY.Young Bell tayj He Wag Arrested

Through Mammy Pleasaut'aMao hinat ions.

Fred Bell and bis companions, whowere arrested in the Western Additionwhile making merry and, as the officeralleged, creating a drunken disturbanceThursday nii;ht, pleaded not guilty inJudge Conlan's court yesterday morning,and the mater was continued until Tue—day morning.

Bell says he was not drunk, and thathis arrest was due to a conspiracy, ofwhich Mammy Pleasant was the chic! in-stigator, to Ui>grace him.

Jury (iniinii««iniiprAppointed.

United States District Judge de Haven yes-terday appointed Frank Dalton a Jury Com-missioner to act la conjunction with ClerkMorse to select names to be placed in the jury-box for the cominjf term.

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LAWN TENNISSTILL POPULAR

Close and Exciting Matchesat the California

Courts.

Whitney, Adams and UphainWinners in Their Kespec-

tive Classes.

The Victor in the Third Class WillBe Decided To-Day— Other

Games.

The popularity of lawn tennis has innoway abated, judging by the large attend-ance daily at the various courts.

At the California courts during the pastweek an interesting and exciting tourna-menthas been in progress. The tournament,which was divided into four classes, wascommenced last Sunday, and after hardstruggles, which were witnessed by alarge gathering, the first-class prize waswon by George Whitney. SherwoodlAdams succeeded in taking the second- Jclas3 prize after a short but decisive batt'ofwith Ralpli Uiiven. "Who will be vic-torious in the third class is causing quitea lot of speculation.

It lies between Drummond, McGavinand Nelson Eckart, with the chances inf.ivor of Eckart, he having won two setsand needing but one more co give him avictory. His opponents have each takenone. This morning's piay willdecide th'jwinner. Benjamin Upham w;>s the victorin the fourth class.

The winner of each class will be pre«sented with a handsome silver pocket-knife.

beginnine to-morrow afternoon thewinners of the respective classes willmeetand decide who is champion over all.Each class willgive the one below it ahandicap of rilteen.

To-day the Amateur Academic Leaguewillhold it*lii!at games at the Californiacourt. Nicholdon and Spencer of the Oak-land Higli School will oppose SherwoodAdams and H. S. Morton of the Poly-technic. It is expected that the contestbetween Niciiolson and Adams willprovethe best of the d.iy, as Nicholson isranked as one of the ioremost players onthe coa^t, while Adams has shown greatform, having won in Dis class last week.

R. N. Whitney and Georgo Bradshaw,popularly known as the "Invinctbles,"defeated George Whitnty and SherwoodAdams twee during the week, but suf-fered defeat at the hands of George "Whit-nev and Ralph Biiven.

The young lady members of the club araout every day, and are showing greatproficiency. Miss Elsie C;ark, iiisa LauraDenson and Miss Bessie Bowiuan areplaying strong games.

One of tho best doubles during the weekwas between Dr. CL B. Moot and 11. X.Walter asainst Nelson Eckart and Ralph.Bnve;i, resulting in a victory to the latierlearn.

Kobht-d a lwonjjshureman.John Donovan, ayouug man with whom the

police have done business heretofore, is wantedon a warrant for grand larcony. Joe Mucan,a longshoreman living at 34 Stanford street,says mat he pot pa:d off Jast Tuesany andstarted on a saturation. During the course ofhissprte Do.ovan look a purse containing $13from the celebrant's pocket.

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