The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-25
FIELD OF SPORT.
The Olympians Entertain Their
Friends.
The Last of the Famous Pelican Club of Lon.
don-Postponed Coursing-Thanksgiv-
ing Pastimes.

The largest gathering of ladies and gen.
tlemen that ever assembled in the gymna-
SUM of the Olympic Club was present last
evening at an excellent entertainment pro-
vided for Ladies Night" The pro-
gramme was enjoyed by all present. 1t con-
| sisted of the following events:
| Horizontal bar. by II. Belau, r. Leando, A.
Keller, J. I. Stack and G. q. Rouse; Ben Bog
i. Dumb bells, juvenile class. by W; Smith z.
| Hogg c. Flammer. Z. Flammer. G. E. Balzariai.
o. Plageman, +. Cellarias, d. Dryer, w. Leahy,
HI. McGurren, o. b. Spadng. A. Bovine, n.
| Woods r. Yates. X. Hamilton. d; Cronin:
| lDgtnn and l.. s. Adams Jr, Harry Baker and Z.
| L. Wilson.
Club swinging by Professor William Smyth. j..
| B. j.. Ott0 L. L. Bernhard.
Bronze statues by Charles Hartman and Per-
ham w. Nahl.
E. Diggins, +. Phillips, L. Lansburgn. A. Lans.
pureh. "; Schranz J; Farrell, W; D1rbrow, G.
assisted by Mr.. T. p. Bernhard.
Fencing by W. B. Easton and A. ]. Treat.
folls; Professor l.. Ironchet and Bargne Carlo
Sobrero, ex-LIeutenant Second Sandman
Guards. rapiers; +. A. Chapuis and Barone
| Carlo Sobrero. broad. swords.
Lightning baton drll by Nelson Hadley
Double trapeZe by Joseph q. Mansfield and
| Ben Bogner.
Parallel bars by c. j. schuster, = Rouse. A.
A. u. i,
l.. lllDz, George S. Miebling.
Boxing by Fred Britten and 2. Boulo, s. Yicinl
| and &. StuiZ.
Ladder pyramids by j. W. Brewer. A. Huber,
| Rouse, g. L. Eckhardt, L. A. Kclb, j. S. j.
Otto Robert r. Russ, George W. Gerhardt. o.
! Bernhard center.
| Trampollne, r. Leando, j. T. Stack, j. q.
Stack, ii. /. Fabry, 7. 7. Bernard. J; q. Mans
| field. Ben Bogner, John Qugey, NJ. Rixloid, p.
| Boulo.
ON ITS LAST LEGS.
| The once famous Pelican Club says a
| London (EnEland) exchange, is on its last
| legs, and in all probablit'. before these
| lines are in print, the management of the
| once celebrated resort for sporting thigh
rollers" Will have passed cut of the hands
| OF its present proprietor, Ernest Wells.
| Originally established some eight years ago
| in stutfy and cramped quarters in Den
man street, the Pelican Club at once be-
| came the headquarters OF that roughish Sec
| ton OF London swelldom which interested
| itself in the turf, the prize-ring and cours-
| ing. A few tOlerably decent men. attracted
| by the glove-fghts that were from time to
| time brought OFF within its dingy precincts,
| leavened tho lump of aristocratc and
| plebeian ne'er-do wells aud rascals til at for
| most part made up the large membership.
Wells. himself dead sharp" excluded
| all birds OF prey from the club save those
| whose depredations on the pockets Of
the green" members he could be pretty
| sure of sharing in, and as the place was in
| dustriously pulled by certain clique of
newspaper men, ow ing TO the fact that one
| Goldberg, better known as 1.-THE ShifteT," a
| rare good fellow n his way, vas associated
| with Wells in the enterprise, the Pelican
Club was a huge success from the start and
| soon achieved not only national but a
| world wide reputation as the headquarters
| Of wealthy and fast sportihg-men of all
grades.
About three years ago the Pelicans moved
| into their new and gorgeous quarters, and
| for time fIa p1pInb ar hin inpraaSpl nd
| Proprietor Wells prospered exceedingly For
| some time past, however, the place has
| been in bad odOr with sporting-men of good
| Iepute. A majority of the lords and lord
| lungs, Whose names figured on the roll of
| members, have drifted into the police, the
| bankruptcy or the divorce court. The worst
| OF the West End money-lenders have played
| increasingly en- the foolish young men of
| family that frequented the place. 1t got a
| bad name generally and is now, from all one
| hears. rapidly on the way to the ''demnition
| bow-wows."
MONKEY" VS.. "DUFFER"
Dave Campbell. the champion middle
| weight pugilist of Portland, Oregon, who
was made monkey of by Jack Dempsey,
is now trying to arrange match with Ed
Gun, " dutfer," who received several de-
| feats in this city few years ago. Camp
| bell and Cuff wonld like to "do their fight
ing in some of tue San Francisco clubs.
The Occidental Coursing Club has done a
wise thing in postpoping its meeting an
nounced to take place at Newark to-mor-
row. Only a limited number of the dogs
| that would be entered for the contests are
| at present in condition to run more than
| one dash.
The Thanksgiving-day sporting events
| will consist Of the following: Olympic Club
! field day; Acme Athletic Club games, Oak
| land track; cricket at klinknerviIle and
| Alameda; singles championship lawn'teunis
| tournament at Alameda, and hand ball at
| the Howard sfrnaf courts