The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-03
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LA BLANCHE gong EAST.
George la Blanche will go East next
Tuesday on visit to his friends. He will
be gone five or six weeks and may give
few exhibitions before his return to this
city. Young Mitchell intends taking trip
to the springs before he goes into training
for his match with 'the Marine"
Eugene van Court has been barred out Of
the wrestling competitions at the Olympic
Club because he has become too proficient in
the art for the members in his class. Van
Court is now taking lessons In single foil
exercises from the professor of fencing: He
lie hopes to meet Quinn, the wrestler, with
the steel weapons in the near future. 1t is
said that the latter took lessons in fencing
from a military officer while he was a resi-
dent of Victoria, b. c.
A wrestling tournament will take place
in the Olympic Club on May 18th. The
athletes who are now practicing for the
contests on the carpet are:
Mlddle-weights Q5S pounds and UNDER
Jacobs. Redding, Henderson. Winslow,
Haverly and Otto.
Light-weights Q40 pounds and under)-
Lutgen, Halcomb, Clowden, Cole, Parker.
Dick, Short and Henderson.
feather-Weights OPS pounds and underl--
Spencer, Brewer, Toomey, Donohue, w.
Code Jr.. j. Code. Beck and Bulo.
JuVehilts-freston, Cole. Gamble. Ross,
Rosenfeldt and others.
A tug-of-war team is being organized
which will give an exhibition pull on the
eleats on the evening of Ladies' night.
THE FooT-RACE ON SUNDAY.
The Foot-racing Association, under whose
auspices a 135-yard handicap will be run
next Sunday at Central Park, closed the
nominations. OF the professional sprinters
on this Coast all have entered excepting Fl.
NJ. johnson, who was unable to train, owing
10 MS very recent recovery from a very
severe attack of sickness. Among the en-
tries are number of local runners
The books closed with the following
names registered; E. T. Dobbins, T. Ken
dial, Ii. Bethune, A. l.. Grande, ID. E.
Fletcher, George Bartels, w. Morgan, T. j.
Reilly, b. B. Thomas, S. Clinton, |. Geogan.
W. Ross, G. Tiers. II. F. Winter. Thomas
Sullivan, j. Delaney, F. MundY, Charles
Link, F. McGovern, II. tombstone. Harry
J. Johnston, L. Kendrick, Fred Harris, G.
l.. Morrow, A. Leighton, j. 2. Haugh.
The Board of Directors of the Golden
Gate Club has postponed the match be-
tween Turner and Kelliher from Wednes-
nesday, April 23d, until Friday, April 18th.
Initiation fee and April dues were fixed
at 81 SO.
Con Riordan and Tom Fraker are matched
for ten-round 60 at Portland on Saturday
next.
at S18 Howard street.
At Turner 81 Nye's Gymnasium a ten
round go will take place tonight between
Young Sullivan and Brown, a colored light
weight.
One thousand cigars were received nv the
Golden Gate Athletic Club as a present
from Nj. L. Flaherty and j. G. Piodela, TWO
sporting men of New York, who visited
this city last fall. aud were the guests of
the above club while in this city.
The San francisco Yachting Club has
elected the following officers: Commodore.
]. Cutie; Commodore, j. Macdonough:
Secretary. F. b. Chandler; Financial Sec
rotary, George w. Reed; Treasurer, Charles
w. kellogg; Measurer, Mathew Turner:
DDireetorsIC. Il. Harrison, W. n. Nc
Garthy, John W. Pew, j: d. Spreckels and
E. w. Newhall. The ballot showed an
overwhelming majority for Commodore
Cutie, the SausalitO contingent voting for
him TO a man, contrary 10 expectations.
The meeting selected May Sd as theDpening
day of the club.
"A VERY PROPER ANSWER"
Mr.. Dixon Kemp, commenting on the
Dunraven in the London Field. takes occa-
sion to make the following remarks:
1t seems 10 US that the proper course for the
owners oil the Katrina and Shamrock TO adopt
would be TO bring their beautiful vessels over
here Their challenges would then be accepted
as matter Of Certainty, and We should be able
to lest the merits OF their yachts with great ex-
actness. American yachtSmeu should enueayor
10 understand that 1t is not a very brave or
chivalrOus act TO challenge a man TO come 5000
miles TO sail a match.
challenger should show more holiness than
to desire TO sail a match III his own waters IL Is
also, however, said that IL the Valkyrie visited
the United States she could compete In tile
match for the Paine Champion cup for seventy
f0Oters. value $500. We thought the value of
the cup was goo, but that does not signify; what
we wish to point out Is that a strange Yacht
among a fleet OF home built cracks would have
only very remote chance OF winning the cup In
single race.
Then wild pRans would rend the air again
that another British yacht had been beaten and
American superiority proven. We believe the
cup has not yet been sailed for, but II put Up at
all for International competition a foreign Yacht
should be only asked to sail against the winner
among the home yachts after a trial race. While
alludng 10 the extraordinary efforts which are
being made TO beguie British yachGsmen into
competitions In American waters, IL will be we'll
TO remind yachtsmen OF The United States Of
America that the Cape May Challenge Cup Is
still In the possession OF a British yachIsman on
this side OF the Atlantic.
Until an American yacht has been here and
competed for that trophy IL is rather out OF
place asking British yachts to go TO America to
factufe. In connection with this matter refer
ence should be made to the fact that there is
growing feeling on this side of the Atlantic that
we should provide challenge cup TO be sailed
Tor annually aud be open to all foreign yachts.