The morning call., 1893-04-15
OAR AND SHOE.
Hunting Up the Money for
a BOat=RaCe.
The Caledonia Club VIII Throw Open
Most of Its Games This
Year-FootbaIl.

Some of the leading members of the Pa
eifc Coast Rowing Association met last
evening in the Nucleus building for the
purpose of adopting some plan by which a
purse of $1,000 can be raised from among
the business men of this city. which sum
will. be given for three-mile race between
Peterson, the local champion, and Stan bury,
the champion of the world.
a good deal of talking was done and sug-
gestions offered, all of which amounted to
nothing, until Thomas E. Flynn, after thor
oughly defining the situation. moved that It
committee be appointed for the purpose t
soliciting subscriptions, and if their endeaV-
ors met with success, II would be then an
easy matter 10 arrange race between the
champions.
A committee was then appointed consist
ing of Messrs. Sullivan. Muirhead. Flynn,
Fitzgerald and Espy 10 put the matter be-
fore the prominent business men of this
city, and report progress on next Wednes-
day evening.
TIE association has been offered a purse
of $500 by the people of Baden for a series
OF races to be rowed on June on the canal
recently built at Baden. which is one and a
half miles long and sixty yards wide. II is
said that unless man is decidedly broad
the canal to accomodate four shells.
judging from the way some of the local
oarsmen row the canal would need be half
mile in width to insure against fouls and
accidents.
The association calculates upon having
four-oared barge race for amateurs, which
will be difficult race to arrange, as the
amateur oarsmen of the assoeis tion are so
few in numbers that they can be counted
upon the fingers of hand; a four-oared
har for T.,no L soh H.,
an easy matter TO fill, singles for profess
sionals. and probably a wherry race for
retired champions
The association has elected the following
officers for tbs next SIX months: w. Espy,
president; j. j. MCCARTHY, first Yice-presi-
dent; j. b. Muirbead, second ce-president;
j. ). NelaDd, secretary; 4. O. Rothkoif,
treasurer: NJ. Mannheim, sergeant-at-arms
regatta cOmmittee-A. Z. Rothkoff. J. Me
Carthy, T. }. 0'Nell, W. E. Espy and J. S.
Neland.
The quarter of mile footrace between
Henderson and Garrison, which was booked
for to-day. has been postponed until Thurs
day, in consequence of the runners not
being able to procure a proper track to run
upon. They desire straight-awaY course,
and the only two tracks fit for race Of this
kind are the Bay District and Oakland
Trotting Park.
The athletic committee of the Caledonia
Athletic Club held veTy enthusiastic meet
that at the May meeting Of this year forty
eight events Will be thrown open to public
competition instead Of seventeen events, as
at former meetings. This action on the
part of the committee will induce athletes
from all parts of he State TO visit the city
for the purpose of taking part at the great
annual games meeting of the club.
There was nothing done in reference to
the magnificeDtgold medal which the club
Will donate as a gift to its sister society of
f}Dlcapn. III will baVp ba iufrndueaH OF
general meeting of the club before final
action is taken.
d. R. Campbell of San Jose forwarded
communication TO the club suggesting that
rattan handles for hammers be used at the
games instead OF maple handles which were
unreliable owing to the fact OF their being
easily broken. This matter created much
discussion, and it WAS finally decided to
pass 1t until the next meeting of the COM
mittee.
The third exhibition of the Palo Alto
Club will take place on Tuesday evening.
The event will consist of a ten-round con-
test between Joe Sullivan and Jim Sullivan.
There will be also number Of short set-tos
and wrestling bouts.
The Association League Will present q
double bill at Central Park on Sunday. the
18th inst, and at o'clock the Thistles and
GRANTEES will contest for the Hilbert trophy.
After these teams have settled the question
of superiority the R0yers and Rangers will
line uD at 2:3Q O'clock, and as both teams
are even in the race for the trophy close
and exciting game Will result. The teams
selected to do battle are as follows:
RangeTs-Goal, q. Brown; backs. Neeson
and Kidd; half-backs-Hill. Sinke and Me-
Keand; forwards-Poole. Haskins, Waters,
Symington and Watson.
Rovers-Goal, E. G. Sloman; backs, Far
rell and Holden; half backs-Monks, Nulty
and McGivrey; forwsrds-Ciegg, Hum
phreys. Smith, Wicks aud James.
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