The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-22
ALL-ROUND SPORT.
Officers Who Will Rule Olympic
Club Affairs.
The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein Cslebra-
tion-H. N. Johnson in Critical
Condition-Cricket.


Director Ferguson of the California
Athletic Club visited the training quarters
of the pugiists who will contest at the
exhibition next Monday evening and found
the men to be physically in a condition to
give a good performance. Mr.. Ferguson
will report to the Directors, who meet this
evening, the results of his investigation.
The following notice was placed on the
blackboard of the Olympic Club yesterday:
To the Board of Directors Of the Olympic
CIu6-GENTLEMEN: AT general meeting of
The club, held on The 11th INST, the undersigned
were elected TO nominate candidates Tor the
Board of Directors on the regular ticket 10 be
voted al the annual election on the LIST prOx.
Pursuant thereto We proceeded TO the selection
Of a ticket, aud as a result Of our labOrs We now
beg to submit the following nominations:
For President, William Greer Harrison; Vice.
President, Edward A. RM; Secretary, William
L. Holloway; Treasurer, Henry Il. Russ;
Leader, Edward A. kolb; Captain. Walter A.
Scott; Directofs-A. Forsyth. Nj. II. Weed, j.
ii. Gilnuly, j. Elliott, A. j. Treat.
The above-named candidates have formally
accepted the nominations and have subscribed
declared themselves and upon which they were
elected 10 serve as nominating committee.
Signed: q. j. Schusler, John T. Jackson, 5. v.
Casady, L. A. Van Court, Z. I'll. Stanyan Jr.
ASTONISHING FEATs.
Some of the friends of the wrestler, Evan
Lewis, are wroth at the persistent efforts of
a certain local heavyweight pencil-pusher
who docs all-round sports to lower the
standing of the champion wrestler by
placing him on a par with local athlete
named Mcleod. Although the latter may
astonish the members of the Olympic Club
by standing ON his neck" three hours
day so that he may strengthen the muscles
against 1.-The Strangers" famous holds, he
is, nevertheless, baby athlete in the
champions arms; in fact mere bagatelle.
Lewis has not yet mastered the Won
derful feat of standing on his neck" but
when the wrestlers meet on the carpet it is
possible that Mcleod, who is a good man
in his class, Will please the children by ex-
hibiting that other wonderful trick known
as walking oil on his cal"
Jack CaTkeek of Milwaukee, Wis. and
Ernest Roeher will wrestle match, Greco
Roman, best three in five falls, for $500
side, at New OK, ABOUT The middle OF
next month.
Joe Acton writes from Seattle that he
and Young Mitchell are doing fairly good
business In the Northwest.
A UNION FIELD DAY.
1t has been suggested that the Reliance and
Acme clubs of Oakland and the Alameda
Olympic unite in giving field day some
ting Park or at the Olympic Club grounds,
this city, if they can be secured. The idea
is q good one and merits the consideration
of the Directors Of the clubs mentioned.
There is Il clause in the con ,titution of the
A. A. U. which requires each club men,
Der of the union to give at least one open
field day each year. If the Z. g. A. A. A.
should adopt this rule it would tend to
direct more attention toward athletics in
the smaller clubs.
Ii. Nj. johnson, the professional sprinter,
who returned from Grass Valley few days
ago, is again laid up with sickness, and his
friends are afraid that if he remains in this
city any length OF time he will join the
great majority.
CRICKET.
The gatherings at the cricket meetings
which ale held at Alameda on Saturday and
Sunday afternoons are becoming quite
large, and the sport is rapidly becoming
popular. 1t was stated in some Of the En-
glish sporting papers recently that the Aus
tralian crcketers would return to theif
homes by way OF San Francisco. If the re-
port be true the clubs of this city and Ala
media will have an opportunity OF trying
their batting. bowling and fielding qualities
alongside the expert players.
Ladies' matches, says English Cricket,
seem to have found new and, may add,
unexpected supporter In Lord Harris, IL
the following extract from the letter of
paper is to be taken as a fact. Still it re-
-.luires something of an effort, If 1t be true,
to picture the Governor OF Bombay actively
associated with cricket OF such light and
frivolous character:
We are ali feeling quite exhausted with
laughing. Lady Harris had team of thir-
Teen ladies against her husbands eleven,
the latter playing left-handed and with
stick. The excitement was intense. The
ladies were most dreadfuliy in earnest, but
L Gn ms They fnr RIM in
the first inning to- "a for their opponents,
but warmed up afterward and got GA to
eight wlckets down, when it grew dark.
Every run, every ball led to comical stu
atlOn-their nervousness at running, the
way they met in the middle from each
wicket and consulted as to whether it was
safe to go on, and finally each would run
back to her own wicket-the way they
threw themselves on the ball in fielding
and had to make search in their petit
coats for it. They are all mad about cricket
now, and In the rains POona and Bonn
bay ladies match is TO come off.
SHOOTING FESTIVAL.
The thirty-frSt anniversary of 1.-THE San
Francisco ScbuetZen Verein will be cele-
brated at Shell Monnd Park, Berkeley, on
Sunday. September 9TH. Prize shooting for
cash prizes will be held and the winners
will receive their awards at social to be
given at Germania Hall On the evening of
September 18th.
The New York Clipper says: Little Joe
Priestly, the weight carrying phenomenon,
who only weighs 132 pounds, and was 80
years of age on May LIST, was backed to
walk fair heel and toe, carrying 56-pound
weight on his head, on July 18th, from Joe
Chadwick's, the Neville Arms, Tyers Ter
race, Vauxhall, to the Obelsk Blackfrigrs
road. and back, London, England, dis
lance of three miles in thirty-tiye minutes,
without touching the weight with his
hands, which feat he accomplished with
two minutes to spare, dancing a break
down with the weight sill on his head after
his arrival at the above house.
1t is said that the London authorities
have issued an injunction restraining the
Pelican Club from allowing glove contests
in its rooms until a case, which is low be-
fore the courts, is decided. This order NAV
possibly prevent the fight between Nc
Auliffe and Slavin taking place.
RIVAL CANOES.
There is considerable rivalry between
Commodore Blow, owner Of the Mystic, and
George III. Warder, owner of the Gnat as
to which canoe is the best racing boat.
Commodore Blow has great faith in his
little canoe, and does not believe that the
Eastern boat can lower his colors. On the
other hand. Mr.. Warder maintains that
with a good wind he can easily defeat the
Mystic. Last Sunday an impromptu race
was had on the creek between these
two Canoes The Gnat led for long dis
lance, sailing with the wind. but when the
return trip was made the Mystic, which
was sailed by al Blow. outsailed her and
easily won the race. Commodore Blow is
happy. Mr.. Warder, however. still thinks
that the Gnat is the speedieSt canoe on the
creek.
The Directors of the Sportsmen's Pro-
tective Association will meet in few days
TO devise some means by which an inyesti-
cation of the recent Fish Commission scan
dial may be had.