The morning call., 1893-04-08
ALL=ROUND SPORT.
A New Cricket Club Is
Organized.
The Acme Club Will Have Six-Thou-
saHd-Dollar Grounds Polo
and Billiards.

There was very enthusiastic gathering
of cricketers last evening at 103 Eddy street
for the purpose of forming a new cricket
club. After considerable discussion over
a title the name San Fancisco Cricket
Club" was selected. Arrangements were
made by which all matches will be held at
the California Clubs old grounds in Kink-
nerville.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, II. X. Doyle
yice-presidents. j. NJ. Day, l.. 6. Wealth
erby, John Renner and A. Il. Cakes; sec
rotary and treasurer. II. A. Duggan; COM
mitteee on management-W. MacIndoe, A.
L. Reynolds. A. S. Webster and A. More
ton; grounds committee-J. MARYLAND and
A. S. Webster; delegates to the assocla-
tiOn-A. E. Reynolds and II. a. Duggan.
The election Of a captain was left to the
choice of the team. The colOrs 10 be worn
by the club will be white. Twenty mem-
bers were elected.
The judges decided late on Thursday
night that Captain Cooks team won the
final polo bout of the evening. Ii was first
announced that the contest was 4 draw but
this statement was erroneous. Cooks team
Will meet Captain Mingles team on next
Thursday evening for the final round. and
then will come the tug-of-war, which
should be well worth witnessing. Cooks
team is composed of the following water
dogs: William Wegener. George Nc
Comb. George Habernich, f. Fay and Harry
Ward. AS this will be one of the principal
events of the evening it should be intro
duced early.
The Association League has scheduled no
less than three games of football for Sun
day afternoon, the principal one being that
between the Wanderers and GRANTEES at
Central Park. Both teams will turn out
their strongest elevens for the contest. and
at o'clock the players will line up as fol-
lows:
Wanderers: Goal. F. K. Gray; backs
Thompson and Morrison; halfbacks-B
ring. Bryce and Howell; forwards-Fyfe,
Leal. Erskine, Morse and Broadhurst.
Grantees Goal, Patterson; backs-Craig
and Murphy; halfbacks-G0urley. Barrie
and Cooke; forwards-NcLennan, Vass.
McLachlan. Paterson and kirkpatrick. Ref
creep. Keith.
The Rovers will journey to Oakland to
try conclusions with the Oakland Athletics
at Piedmont.
At Fort Mason the Thistles will be enter
tanned by the army association team and
both teams will play a friendly game,
which is The beginning of a series Of
friendly matches between the army and
city teams. The Thslles will play their
champion eleven, while the soldiers will
put forward their star kicker, Private VIII
son.
The San Leandro Electric Railroad Com
pany decided yesterday 10 go ahead with
the construction OF athletic grounds,
which, when completed, will be occupied
by the Acme Athletic Club of Oakland.
The grounds, when completed, will cost the
company $1,000. The contract between the
club and the company was signed yester-
day.
On the 18th inst the club will move into
Its handsome rooms on Twelfth street. be-
tween Broadway and Franklin. A house.
rraf, haf.A
inst, anu the grand opening exhibition Will
take place May Z for the benefit of the
members. The clubs athletic grounds will
have f0ur-lap bicycle track and n fve-lap
cinder path. There will also be n space set
apart for football and lawn tennis.
The billiard tournament of the Olympic
Club Is drawing to a finish. If Mitchell
beats Taylor this evening he will win first
prize, and tho second prize will fall 10 the
lots Of either Moroney or Lewis. 1t has
now got TO an exciting point.
The championship games Of the Pacific
Coast Amateur Athletic Association. which
have always been held on Nav 30, will not
take place this year until September O.
Admission day. The reason for the change,
as stated by the officers of the association.
is to give the athletes ample opportunity to
get themselves into tiTst-class trim, which
cannot be very well accomplished POW.
owing to the many counter attractions.
Feter Mcintyre, the care taker of the
Olympic Clubs grounds. has gone to Palo
Alto to suDerintend the construction of a
einder path, which is being built for the
benefit Of the students of the Leland STAN
ford Jr. University. The track viii be
finished In the latter part OF May.
The San Francisco Turn Verein will hold
q special athletic meeting In n few weeks
for the purpose of deciding upon the twelve
members who will be sent to Milwaukee in
July to represent this city in the great in
ternatiOnal festival. The athletes OF the
verein will go through the following exer-
cises: Bars. horse, rings, jumping. pole
vaulting, throwing weights and rope.climb-
ing.
Al Lean, the champion all-round athlete
OF the San Francisco Yerein, is anxious to
run any member Of the Olympic Club 100
yards. Now that Henderson Is out of the
way Lean is of the opinion he can outrun
the best man the Olympics can produce.