The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-05
SPORTING MATTERS.
Tunstead's Charges Will BE In.
vestigated To-Day.
California Club Directors Meet = 4 Cricket
Match-Cross Country Run-Sawdust
in Fishing Streams.

A large gathering of sportsmen is expect
ed at the meeting of the Game and Fish
Commissioners, which takes place this
afternoon, at 300 Suffer street.
The charges which Thomas Tunstead
preferred against one of the Deputy Com
missioners will be thoroughly ventilated.
1t was currently reported last evening
that Mr.. Tunstead will have some difficulty
to fasten the guilt of his charges to the sat
isfaction of the Commissioners on the
chief of the fish patrol Fred Callundan.
There has been, however, sufficient evil
dence obtained by Mr.. Tunstead to prove
that some one connected with the Fish
COMMISSION had been receiving moneys
from Chinese merchants, who have had
boats employed in the illegal capture of
bay fishes
STATUS OF THE EVIDENCE.
If the Chief of the Patrol should escape
the charges brought against him by the ex-
deputy, the evidence in the case, it is
thought, should be enough TO satisfy the
Commissioners that their chief officer has
been negligent in his duty and inc0mpe-
tent to fill the position he occupies. The
trial promises to be quite interesting.
The matter of stocking streams and the
distribution of the thousands of eggs and
young fish which have been shipped this
year from the State fish hatcheries will, it
is thought, be also referred to by the Com
missoners. Many anglers are anxious to
know of the public streams which have
been stocked at the States expense.
The Chinese who were arrested lew
weeks ago for illegal fishing, and who pre-
sented pass cards to the officers at the time
of arrest, we're convicted Yesterday at San
Rafael 1t is said that they will appeal the
case and show cause which, they think.
will be sufficient to eXonerate them from
all blame.
sAwDUsT IN STREAMS.
A sportsman. in letter to the American
Field, from Carson, New, says: Com
plant is being made that the saw-mils
along the Truckee River, in California, are
dumping sawdust in the river again. COM
missioner Mills attention has been called
to the infraction of the law, and he will do
his duty, but not SO with the California Fish
Commission. Our State Fish Commission
er, G. L. Mills, informs me that he
has written four letters to the California
board, all addressed to its President. and
no reply yet. This is surely poor way to
treat communications from other States
Commissioners relative to the destruction
OF the fish in our waters 1t is pity the
rise in California, otherwise there
would be several stubborn mill
men hunting bondsmen; but know
ing the apathy as well as iucapacty of the
Board of California Fish Commissioners,
they go right along pollutlng the waters OF
the State. But they may depend upon Ne
vada doing all she can to stop the great in
jury being done her,"
Mr.. Max Wenzel has accepted the ap-
pointment of delegate of the California
Kennel Club to the American Kennel Club.
CALIFORNIA CLUB.
The California Club Directors met last
night, but nothing of Importance was tram
sacted to interest public curiosity. They
will meet again next Friday evening to set
date for the clubs monthly exhibit on,
which will take place in the latter part of
this month.
a well-known sporting man who is a
patron of all kinds of athletic pastimes.
said yesterday "that of the two kinds of
sport he thought wrestling was much more
cruel than prize-fighting. In genuine
matches il seldom happens that the parti-
cpantS Of the former sport escape serious
injury, while the prize-fighter has seldom
any bones broken, except when his face
comes in contact with hard floor"
1t is quite probable that boxing match
will be made between Lafferty OF the
Olympic Club and Jimmy Farley, to decide
question OF superiority, which seems to
be in doubt. Lafferty brides in having
bested Farley at the Olympi Club, but
good judges, who witnessed the bout, stated
that Latferty was mot in it" although the
judges awarded the match to the 0ymDian.
the Inflated Jack Seymour, is now manager
of an athletic club in Sydney, Australia,
which is known as the California Club"
1t is said that Mathews is doing very WELL
A CRICKET MATCH.
a cricket match was played at Alameda
last Sunday between picked teams from
the different clubs. The match was more
in the form of a practice game than OF a
genuine contest. Next Sunday the Pacilies
will play the Invincibles. The Alamedas
held their monthly meeting last night.
Tomorrow evening Cole and Haverley
will have their long talked Of contest to de-
eide who is really the middle weight champ
ion wrestler of the Olympic Club. Both
athletes have been training assiduously for
some time, and their friends look forward
| 10 q stubborn contest The rules which
will govern the match are the same as those
under which the unfinished wrestling
tournament was wrested. I. f. Seaman
| will act as referee.
Next Sunday the Olympic Club athletes
will have a cross-country run from San
Mateo to an adjoining town. 1t will be a
time handicap race and the distance will
probably be eight miles. Among the start
ers will be Scott, Skillman and Cooley.