The morning call., 1891-04-16
YOUNG WRESTLERS.
Their Tournament Is Announced
for Tonight.
Tsnnis-Players Across the Bay-Notes Among
the Local Athletes-The Dog Show
at Los Angeles

The juvenile wrestling tournament of the
Olympic Club will be begun this evening,
and a large attendance is expected. The
youngsters are very mbitious, and as they
have been thoroughly prepared for long
siege of catch-as-catch-ca by Professor
Meihling the members who will witness
their struggles for supremacy may expect
. treat which they will heartily enjoy.
The exhibition viii commence at 6 o'clock
sharp and the events will be rushed through
with all possible dispatch, as the number Of
entries is very large. In the 125-pound
class, which Is the limit of weights, the
contest will probably dwindle down to final
bouts between Cutler, Phillips and Gerdes.
In this class 1t Is generally thought that Sargent
Holmes has cineh on tie prize at stake, and in
the e5-pound class Joe Farrell, Eddie Diggans
and A. Mccarthy are picked out as being the
probable winners, with Farrell as first choice.
Probably the cleVerest bit of wrestling In the
tournament will be witnessed when Walter
Hoag and H. Lebenbaum Will meet on the mat
ting 10 contest the supremacy OF the sixty-pound
class. Young Hoag says IL he should sue
coed IN wrestling his way 10 victory that be Will
Try his mettle with some Of the contestants IN
the higher classes. The tournament promises to
be highly entertaining, and judging from the de-
mAnd for tickets the gathering Will be large.
A TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
On Saturday the third club tournament OF the
Lakeside Tennis Club for possession OF the clut
belt for the ensuing three months will be con-
tested. I he sets Will undoubtedly be spiri tedIy
contested when such players as Tobin. H ub-
bard, Sanborn and the Haight brothers will be
among the entries.
Hubbard, as winner OF the last tournament,
must, according TO the rule, meet the winner Of
Saturdays contests, provided he Will not be the
successful competitor on tins occasion. Haight
Is playing an excellent game, and those who APP
pear 10 be In The SWIM. so TO speak, look upon
him as the coming champion, although Tobln,
who has number Of stanch admirers, may sur
prise the natives with some brilliant plays.
The county double championship Will be
heId on May 30tb at either The Lakeside or East
Oakland tennis courts. Unlike the singles"
championship, held at the lastnamed grounds
en- Thanksgiving day, any player who is resi-
dent OF Alameda County, though not member
Of some Of Its clubs, VIII be entitled TO enter.
Al the last Tournament every contestant was
obliged 10 be member OF either Que OF the clubs,
for which reason many frstelass players were
barred.
MATTERS ATHLETIC.
The newly organized Occidental Athletic Club
has already the names Of 400 members OIL Its
books. IL Will give an exhibition next month,
and the event OF the evening Will be a contest
Thorpe OF the Acme Athletic Club OF Oakland
has postponed until The 26th inst. the club run
10 Redwood Canyon, which was booked for Sun
day. The Alpine Club has been Invited to join
George MeibIIng has be n elected an honorary
member OF the Pacific Swimming Club. he
says that he will introduce in the near future
new scheme OF wrestling under water.
The Reliance Club OF Oakland is arranging for
iSs annual boxing tournament, which Will be
held next month. baseball team has been
organized among the club IN mbers.
The boys OF The Amateur Academic Athletic
Association are training assiduOusly for the held
day, which Will take place at the Olympic
Grounds on the 25lh inst
RETURNED FROM A VACATION.
Eugene Van Court, the popular athlete OF the
Olympic Club, has returned from vacation on
the beadwaters OF the Sacramento River. He
saws that fish so plentiful in the tributaries OF
the Sacramento that be found no difficulty In
killing hundreds OF fine trout with base ball
Bat
walter Scott Of the OlympIcs handsomely de.
feated the champion amateur sprlnler OF Sa era
mento IN foOI-race by moonlight In one OF tn Q
streets OF the capital city one OF the beautiful
. evenings duiing the week. He also says ne had
20 run deucedly fast 10 win, and only succeeded
In hitting the ground In high places.
The Alameda Olympic Club will give one OF its