The morning call., 1894-08-06
1T is BOOMING.
HandbaIl on a Wave of
Popularity.
Three Champions and Veteran te
Play at the Occidental on
Wednesday Night.

81 can tell you handball Is booming
said a warm admirer Of the sport yester-
day, "as any one can see by visit to the
courts any Sunday afternoon. L nave
watched Its progress here for years. for
long time the players we're comparatlVe'y
few. but it has been gradually forcing
itself into popular favor until II mas at
last obtained that encouragement Whlch l.
deserves"
The courts were crowded as usual yes
terday and several rafting games were
seem At the San Francisco an exclting
game was PLAYED between j. Lawiess ana
d. Connolly and j. Harlow anu Pat Kelly,
the best two out of three. Lawless ana
Connolly won the game amid great excite
ment.
Bradley, the Western cyclone, got MS
revenge at the Occidental Yesterday, ne
and I. Clements defeating Nj. D0ian anu
Professor Lynch after spirited contest.
lie is still wondering what made MIN such
an easy victim the previous sunday.
Jones, the invincible, tried conclusions
with Pat Donnelly, clever player, and j.
Nelson in the best three games out of five.
He allowed them to win the hrst two
games while he husbanded his strength,
and then he started in and won the next
three games easily.
Last Wednesday night he met two foe
men worthy of his skill in j. G. Nealon
and Il. Z. Bonnet. 1t was nip and tuck
till toward the end of the fifth game, when
be drew away from them and woD. Ii
Bonnet had supported Nealon as cleverly
In the last two games as In the first three
Nealon might have at last got his revenge,
but it was not to be.
This Wednesday night magnificent
game, which is exciting the keenest inter-
act hen hot mil will Ina
played at the Occidental. Jones. the Aus
tralian champion, and ID. }. DAILY, cham
Di0n of Oakland, will play j. Rtordan, the
coast champion, and J. Q. Nealon, the
brilliant veteran, the best three games out
Of five With such an array of. talent 1t Is
easy to predict that there will be fine dis
play of science and no end OF excitement.
1t will be an opportunity that may not
occur for some time again OF seeing quar-
tet of crack players.
Three weeks ago the Union court on
Howard street. near Third. was closed,
owing to the fact that John Condor, the
lessee. could not arrive at satisfactory
agreement with the proprietor Tor re-
newal of the lease. The court will, how
ever, be opened again next Sunday by
William McManus, the new lessee. who Is
making several improvements.
Following were the games played at the
San Francisco court yesterday:
First game. Rodgers and G. McKiD
non played G. Mcdonald and Phil Ryan.
Each side won a rub by the following
score: First rub-12 TO Is, 10 to s. 13 TO 10 {;
second rub-9 to Is, Is to y, 10 TO 10.
Second game-H. Moffet and r. Shields
played d. Connolly and r. Shea. Each
side won a game, and the deciding game
will be played next Sunday.
Third game-J. Cusick and T. Mcguire
defeated j. Sullivan and j. Magee by the
score of 10 10 6, II to 10. 10 to 10.
Fourth game-J. Yogelsang and D. Con-
molly played W. Smith and j. Conway.
Each side won rub by the following
score: First rub-9 TO 10, Is 10 II. to 10;
second rub-11 to Is, 10 to 8. Is TO 10.
Fifth and final game. Lawless and d.
Connolly played j. Harlow and Pat Kelly.
They played the best two out of three
and the final game was won by LawleSs
and Connolly by the following score:
81 10 49, Is to u. q to -
The Occidental court was well patron
lied yesterday to witness some lively
games.
The first game j. O'Brien defeated W.
Cullen. Score: q to "A. 10 to d. q to 10.
j. Mullaney and A. Collins defeated j.
OBrien and w. Cullen. Score: 81 TO II.
Is to 81 81 to II.
J. Sattery defeated J. Mullanev and A.
Cullen. Score: q to IA, II 10 q, q to 10.
NJ. Dolan ana b. Clement defeated T.
Cornyn and T. Kenny two rubs. First
rub-21 to 16, "A 10 81, 81 to IS; second
rub-21 to 10, II to 81, q to 16.
NJ. Condor and T. Clements defeated
j. Slattery and !. Mullaney. Score: 81 to
II, II to q, 81 TO 49,
j. Purcell and A. Hampton defeated NJ
Condor and +. Clements. Score: q to
II. Is 70 q. q TO 10.
c. Bradley, the cyclone. and T. Gle
ments defeated NJ. Dolan and Professor
j. Lynch. Score: 81 to 16, II to o. 81 to
IA.
Then came the final game of the day
J. Jones. the Australian, played Pat Dom
nelly and j. Nelson the best three games
out of five. Donnely aud Nelson won the
first two games, and Jones won the next
three. with the following score:
DonneIIy and Nelson ..........2l 81 16 II IA
Jones. ........................-.I 10 Il Il 81
Next Wednesday night will be ladies
night" when one of the best games seen
in the court for long time will lake place.
j. Rordan. the coast champion. and j. C.
Nealson will play j. Jones, the Austria
liau. aud d. j. DAILY Of Oakland the best
three games out of five.