The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09

Sunday morning breakfast hour. and con-
tinued till dark. The most interesting con-
tests were those between Manning and
DAILY of Oakland. and Tom Rl an aud Sam
Keeney of this city, who played three rub
bPrs. All Of the games were close and ex-
citing, but the San Francisco boys were
slightly overm atched by their opponents,
who carried the day by two out OF the three
rubs. Though credited to Oakland, DAILY
has lived there but few weeks, and is said
to be a recent arrival from the land Of Sham
rocks and ball-alleys. His play was much ad-
mired by the gallery and semi professional
people present.
Another close fight at the same court was
that in which Tom CaShin and Tom Ryan
were pitted against John Kelly and Daly'
This was also an exciting bout. but not
withstanding DAYS continued good play he
and his partner lost to their opponents by a
score of two rubbers to one.
At the Union Court the day was filed in
by number Of short events the only I'M
pOrtant ones being those between Ed Ma
lOney and Pat Kelly on one side and jim
0'Donnell and Hugh Toner on the other.
All of the games were closely contested, but
the first-named team carried off the honors
by taking two out of three rubS.
They were followed by Al Pennoyer and
John McDermott against John Dillon and
hugh Toner, who played two ruDS, Dotn OIL
which We're won by the tirst-named team ne
four then changed around, McDermoJ ana
Dillon against Pennnyer ana Toner, anu
each side captured a rubber.
The only other interesting event was tGaG
in which Jim Brennich played single-handed
against Martin Iurney ana Pat Kelly, ana
won two straight games and the rubber.
The day was raw one around the courts
and only for short intervals whlie the
games we're in progress was there anything
like a crowd in the spectators quarters
a GREAT CROSs-COUNTRT RUN.
Alpine and Alameda Olympic Club Mem
bers on the War Path.
The cross-country run of the Alpine Am
ateur Athletic Club of this city and Olympic
Club of Alameda was successfully held
from the rooms of the latter club, near Park
street, Alameda, yesterday forenoon. The
mum Der of starters was net as large as had
been expected, on account of the raw wea-
Their. The morning was bitter cold, and a
good many of the boys preferred the solid
comfort of their cOucheS to exposure OF
their limbs to the cold air that blew over the
mountains which they knew would be trav-
eled during the progress of the run.
The start was made at 10 SO o'clock, and
the contestants went off at a rafting pace in
the direction of Fruityale. Passing through
that place they continued over the noun
tains, through plowed fields, across creeks,
and at last the procession reached the sum-
NIT Of the mountains overlooking Laundry
Farm picnic grounds
TIE decliVlty was alarmngiy steep, and il
was with much hesitation that the others
made up their minds TO attempt the descent.
Pell nell down the side of the mountain
they went, and when the level below was
reached it was found that several of the
crowd had been wounded by coming IN con-
tact with the bushes and rocks on the way
down. A Her the bruises attend H To
the run was again started, and a steady
pace kept up until Mills Seminary was
reached. Here the runners came to ha 1t
| and a brief survey of the grounds ur
rounding the college was made The young
| ladies' who thr0nEed the windows were
rather surprised when they saw the pack of
thInly clad men take the entrance-gate on
| the 6y-nOt single man in the crowd fail
| ing to clear 1t, although 1t is about feet
| high.
From Mills Seminary the run was con-
| tinued until resort on the San LeandrO
road was reached, and here the bows en-
joyed much-needed refreshments. George
Godfrey, the colored fighter shook hands
with the boys and congratulated them on
their line appearance while crossing the
slope directly in front of the place.
The start for the hOmeward journey was
made about u 30 o'clock. The athletes
kept 20 the road all the way into Alameda,
where they ran neatly punched up Park
street 10 the cIup-IOOmS, HnlSnlHg Al III.
The distance Travelled was about twelve
miles, which, considering the nature of the
course, made the journey equal to about
fifteen miles of Level travelling.
Those VINO reached the finish first were
j. D. Garrison, A. A. A. c.; Sol Choyn-
ski, A A. a. c.; a. c. Snow, a. o c.; T..
\. Gafney, a. A. a. c.; a. NJ. ChOynski,
a. a. a. c.; j. F. Clark, A. A. a. c.. Ii. p.
Coleman. A. a. a. c.; T. Gallagher, A. A.
:. c.; Tony Sparrow, A. o. c.
President P. \. Gafney OF tile Alpine Club
has called a meeting of the club for next
Thursday evening at Academy Hall, 921
Mission street, opposite the Mint. The Al
pine boys were very much pleased at the
reception they received from the Alameda
Club representatives, and especially the
kindness and attention Of JOHN Handforth,
the gentleman in charge of the club-rOnmS.