The morning call., 1893-03-11
ATHLETIC CLUBS.
The California Puzzled
Over It's Future.
How the Olympic Billiard Tournament
Is Progressing - News From
Oakland and Berkeley.

The California Athletic Club announced
that meeting of the stockholders would be
held last evening at its rooms in the Flood
building.
None of the stockholders, however put in
an appearance and as a result the directors
VIII, in all probability. resort to a legal
process of obtaining the necessary amount
of money 20 clear he club OF It's indebted
ness. The director cont-n that as the club
is an incorporated body, every stakeholder
Is responsible for whatever debts it had
contracted since the time of incorporation.
There seemed TO be more Interest," mani
tested in the billiard tournament of the
Olympic CLUB last evening than at any
time since the first shot was fired over the
green cloth. Among the distinguished guests
who watched the progress of the games were
John McGlynn. the famous ex- messenger OF
Wells, Fargo & Co., and James Chesley,
The champion amateur billii rdiss OF the
coast.
The tables were engaged until almost
midnight, when news arrived that Jupiter
PluYius had closed the fioOdgates and that
the sidewalks were in fine condition for
pedestriauism. The games resulted as
follows:
Billiards: McWilliams defeated Emmons,
score $50 to 145.
Fuller beat Penwell, score 100 TO 10
Kelly beat Espnosa, score $50 to ST.
Mitchell beat Beatty, score 800 to 1J7.
Taylor beat Moroney. score 275 TO 2O4
Pool: Butler beat Farnsworth. score 65
to u.
Parent beat John, score 90 to IS.
John Elliott, a critic on billiards, OBJ
served closely the styles Of the various
players, and expressed himself as being
very fayOrably impressed with EspinOsa's
huggRg style OF ball pushing. He thought
Emmons was too eXcitable. and as a nurser
he would never excel in billiards. Mr. Ell
lott thOughG that Kelly ana Mitchell were
born billiard-players, and that with a few
months close attention TO the green cloth
they would give good account of them
selves In competition with any of the lie ad-
ing players on the coast.
Unless the weather Is very uufav0rable
this afternoon, the postponed football game
of last Saturday between the Oakland High
School and Berkeley Gymnasium teams
will be contested at Central Park. Tie
games are conducted according TO intercOl-
legiate rules, and as the ground will be in
good shape, owing to the heavy rainfall, all
that will be necessary to insure good DAYS
sport is fine weather overhead.
At meeting of the Thistle Football Club
held last evening, IL was decided that every
member OF the club put in an appearance at
Central Park tomorrow morning when
teams from the athletes present will he
chosen. after which practice game will
take place.
The Olympic Club tennIs-players will hold
tournament for q trophy on the 19Jh inst.
Thus far Harley, Collier. Stetson and ALI
son have taken the lead. The trophy, to
become the properly of an individual player
must be won three times.
The classes of 80 and of 80 of the Uni
versity of California will hold field day on
the campus at Berkeley on April l. The
bad condition OF the cinderpath has re-
Gently caused the athletes to postpone pTac-
tlce until fine weather sells in.
Amateur athletes will be interested In q
rule recently adopted by the Amateur Ath-
letic Union Of the United States, and which
is that any amateur who becomes a profess
sional cannot again be Teinsiated as an
amateur.
W. II. Wright and F. " Bancroft. of the
Berkeley University, recently covered the
t distance from Berkeley to Mount DiablO
and back in IA hours and 50 minutes, break
ing the previous record OF IS hours.
The Acme Athletic Club of Oakland has
announced club run to Laundry Farm
under the management of Willis Sharpe and
T. Dowdle for the 10Th inst. The athletic
paraphernalia of the club for its new apart
ments has been shipped from New York.