The morning call., 1891-03-03
ALL-ROUND SPORT.
Changes in the New Board of the
California Club.
The Alpine Club Makes Arrangements for Its
Field Day-Jhe sportsmen's Assocla-
HOMECOMING Cricket.

The Directors of the California Club held |
a meeting last evening. Captain Henry |
Morse. who was chosen by the Nominating |
Board for Treasurer. notified the club that
he could not serve, and the place was filled
by H. r. Robbins. p. f. Nolan, who was
also one of the chosen few appointed to the
directorate, refused to accept the position.
and Johnny Dean was appointed in his
place.
If rumor speaks correctly the plans which
La B lanche and his supporters concocted,
with the intention Of making nice little
winning out of the late fstic engagement,
will be blasted this evening and the once
famous Marine" will be relegated to the
shelf on which lie the remnants OF many
better days. There have been known actors
who could not perform on the stage when
an important piece was about to be pro-
duced without being well primed Tor the
occasion with several charges OF rock and 1
rye. In La Blanche's case the raw material
he was carrying when he entered Tile ring
failed to assist him in making success sful
hit The style in which the scene was
closed in the last act of the roaring farce
was pronounced by the audience as being
very unprofesslOnal Sufnclent 10 say tnaG
a first-cass fighter to become hrst-clasS
fakir must have a good head to correspond
with a good pair of limbs, as both work Ill
unison.
ALPINE CLUB. :
general meeting of the Alpine Amateur
Athletic Club was held at IL Montgomery
street last evening Z. n. Gafney occupied
| the chair. There was a large attendance OF
| members and many important matters We're
| discussed. 1t was decided TO hold the hait-
mile and three-mile handicap runs at the
Bay District Track on Sunday next, com-
mencing at II O'Clock. Between the meats
there will be exhibitions of jumping, shot
putting, etc, by members OF the CLUB. he
entries for the runs will close on Saturday
ut noon with the Secretary, a. NJ. hIng, IL
Montgomery street. Entrance VIII be Tree
TO members.
Three medals will be given to the win
ners of the runs. On Sunday, March 15th
the club will have a cross-conntry run III
conjunction with the Acme Athletic Club oil
Oakland.
a committee consisting of Sol Choynski
H. =. Coleman and George w. ArmbuSter
was appointed to prepare a constitution ana
bylaws. An individual all-round athletic
meeting TO decide the championship OF the
club will be held in June.
The next regular meeting OF the club VIII
| be held at II Montgomery street. on Mon
day evening, March 23d, at o'clock,
The following entries have already been
received for the half-mile run, which will
take place on Sundays X. c. Stats, w +.
VoIlmer, A. f. Mahoney, L. Dreyfus, Mark
Lang a, Nj. King, Charles w. Meyer, II.
?. Coleman, a. NJ. Choynski, Charles Arm
bruster, George Armbruster, Sol Choynski,
81. z. Cassidy, A. Cooke and j. ID. Garrison.
The admission TO the game on Sunday
next will be free, and seats Will be reserved
in the grand stand for ladies and their eS-
cOTtS. The three-mile run will be open to
all members of the P G. b. A. A. L.
ATHLETICS.
The San Francisco Athletic Club will
meet tomorrow evening at 431 Sixth street.
Some important matters will be discussed.
President Harrison of the Olympic Club
has returned from a business trip TO Port
land. A meeting Of the Dire tors may be
called for this evening.
The leading young business men of Port
land, Oregon, have appointed committee
10 organize an amateur athletic club on the
same basis as the Olympic Club Of this city
The charter-roll already has $50 signatures,
and all the stock of the club has been sub
scribed Tor.
A RUNNER REINsTATED.
The reinstatement of Harry Fredericks.
the professional runner, to the amateur
athletic ranks recalls an incident which
Happened ten years ago and resulted in the
Fredericks and Lon Myers. The incident
referred to occurred at the CaledOnian
games held in Jones Wood in 1881. Jack"
Frazer, previous to the games, had dis
agreement with Myers about the latterS
running ability. The npshot Of the dispute
was that Frazer took Fredericks. who was
then unknown, in hand and trained MIN for
the une-miIe run at these games so as to
beat Myers. Fredericks and Myers had |
never seen each other until the day OF the |
race. Both men faced the starter IN superb |
condition Eredericks ran beautiful race |
and finished a winner, as he thought by |
ten yards, but it was discovered later that |
he stopped twenty yards short OF the hnlsh' |
Before he could again get under way Myers |
had passed him and won. Alter that race
MYERS and Fredericks became fast friends,
in nyiC IN Nv
Fredericks accompanied Myers On his tour
TO England and Australia, the latter being
at that time a professional. in the latter
place both men got stranded. Frederlcks
was then compelled to turn professional IN
order to live and get home, his money being
all. gone. As these were the only professional
races in which he took part the union de-
cided to act favorably on his application for
reinstatement.
WHAT II COSTS THE HARVARD BOYS.
Athletics cost the Harvard boys just
So, 3TS last year. William Hooper, the
treasurer, in his report states that the eX-
penditures were divided thus: Freshma
baseball nine, $500; freshmen boat club,
5000; freshmen football eleven, s727; ath-
letic association, S2S26; baseball associa-
S566; cycling association, SST7; football
association, 5000; lawn tennis association,
| S607.
AN AMERICAN TEAM
ABOUT the mluui6 OF next JIUC u TEAM,
| including in its makeup some OF the great
| est Of American athletes, will set sail for
merrie England and endeavor to give our
| cousins and other relatives across the water
an idea of what an American athlete can
| 90 when he tries hard. The team will be
sent by the Manhattan Athletic CLUB and
! will be composed exclusively of athletes of
that club. This action was decided on at
| the last meeting of the Board OF Governors,
and the men will arrive in the Old Country
I INIT in In Enfy liCh nh0Np
pionships, which Will be held in Manches-
ter. The team will be made up as follows;
In the 100-yard dash-Carey or Westing,
and perhaps both.
In the 44O-yard run-Carey, Roddy and
Remington
Half-mile run-Roddy and Dadmun.
Mile run-A. 3. George.
-Four mile run-T., 7. Connect.
Steeplechase-W. T.. Young or w. Nc
Arthur
Walks-Lange, Nicol or W. W. Gregg
Running high jump-R. K. Pritcnard, H.
l.. HaIlock, or A. II. Green.
Pole Vault. A. Cooper.
Running broad iump-A. F. Copeland.
Hurdle race-A. IT, Copeland.
Heavy weights Queekberner or Lam
brecht.
The team is.to go on a purely amateur
| basis. The receipts of the Manhattan A.
! c. indoor games. at Madison-square Garden
| on March 18th are to be devoted to the trip.
| The club will pay expenses from start to
| finish. No gate money meetings will be
participated in, and not cent of money
will be received from any source. All the
members of the team Will be seen at the
Madison square Garden meeting. 1t is al
together probable that Captain Cornell and
/ Trainer Robinson will both accompany the
men.
CHANGE OF DISTANCE.
John Owen OF the Detroit Athletic Club,
the champion amateur sprnter and holder
of the worlds record If 9 4-5 seconds for 100
yards, has RECONSTRUCTED his intention of re-
firing from the einder path, but has decided
to give up competing in 100-yard races. In
the future Owen Will confne his efforts to
220-yard and -440-yard events. Mike Muir
ply, his trainer, is confident that Owen will
be able to create new records for both these
distances next summer.
A REACTION.
In London, England, a reaction has set in,
AFTER the recent stir made by the authorities
| against the professional fighters. All the