The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-12
INTER=CEUB WAR
Between the Three Noted
Athletic Bodies.
Oakland Athletes Intimate That the
Olympics Dare Not Meet Them
at Handball.

There are rumors of war among the ath-
letes of the Olympic Club of this city and
the Acme and Reliance Clubs of Oakland.
all on account of series of games of
handbali for the local championship
which did not come off according 20
schedule.
The Oakland athletes intimate that the
Olympic handball-players are afraid, and
the latter, while Indignantly denying the
imputation, are exceedingly wroth at the
committee appointed by their own club to
schedule the games and lay all blame fer
the failure of the contests taking place as
announced upon the committees Shout
ders. AS vehe mentiv as they score the
committee do they deny the charge that
they 'are 'fraid Of Acme" and it is prob
able that when the smoke of battle clears
away there will be a series Of handbal
contests arranged that will delight lovers
of that sport.
TITS just this way" said Fl. NJ. Johns,
who. with Gus Elmer. has twice gone 20
Oakland and played bandball and as often
defeated. 1--WE Olympics started into
what We thought was series of hapdhall
games with teams from the Acme and Re-
lance clubs of Oakland. We naturally
expected schedule 10 be posted so that
we would know when and where we were
going to play and have sufficient time to
get in trim for our work. But there has
never been a schedule posted and the only
notice we have ever had of the games has
been telephone message seut to the
players personally saying Come over, we
play Tomorrow night Elmer and | have
gone over to Oakland twice and twice
been defeated, but that amounted to MOTH
ing.
Some team from our club was to play
over in Oakland last week and all the
handball 'sharps' and big crowd was
over there waiting for them, l am told.
Our boys knew nothing about 1t. The
committee having in charge the schedule
simply put II in their pocket and we GER
tainly are not to blame.
"The Acme team was to come over here
to-day, but they didn't come, / presume
on account OF our failing 10 show up. Now
the men are not to blame. 1t is the COM
mittee, and for that matter the Oakland
fellows are not entirely blameless. When
this handball tournament was started il
was agreed that the Olympic, Acme and
Reliance should hold club tournaments to
decide what teams should play in the tr-
club tournament. The Oiympics held their
tournament and on December 10, 1898. were
ready 10 enter their teams. We had to wait
on the Reliance Club. which had not Sc
lected its teams. Then on the next date
we had to walt again because the Reliance
court was being remodeled.
We're not afraid oil those fellows across
the bay, but we want schedule of dates
and teams posted so that we may know
what we are doing and what we are going
TO do"
So far the Acme team of Oakland COM
posed OF Daily and Fennessy are in the
lead in the tournament, having played and
won seven games straight. The Oakland
boys intimate that the Olympic handbali
players are ''a-skeered" of them, and that
the real reason for the failure of the games
is because the Olympics dare not face de-
feat The Acmes failed to come over yes
stated their reasons for not keeping their
engagement. Speaking OF the failures of
the Olympics TO meet them. the leader If
the Acme handball players, ID. j. Daily,
writes:
They, the Olympics were TO come 10 our club
Oh Wednesday night, and though all lovers of
watching anxiOusiy every night that the SEIZED
ule called for them to come, and the Acme bows
were always stripped at the hour the game should
have been called. yet the Olympic men failed 10
maieriallZe. The AGNES were expected at the
Olympic's court to-day Sunday but this letter
in The CALL will let all interested know why
we were not there.
The taunts of the Oaklanders will I'M
doubtedly bring the Olympies TO the
scratch, schedule or no schedule, and will
also cause the bandball committee of tina {
club, which has, the players say. caused
them TO appear as towards, a very bad
half hour. Undoubtedly the handball
players of the three clubs will begin all
over again, and, if 50. some excellently
played games may be looked for.