The herald., 1894-12-10
SPORTING EVENTS OF THE DAY.
The Football Boom Continues
to Grow and Spread.
The Crackerjacks at Agricultural
Park Cause Comment.
A Baseball Game 1t Athletic Park That
Reminded the Fans Of Other
Dsys-Gossip Of the
Whselmen.

Sports have "looked up" during the
week just past. The arrival Of Harry
Walton, who will coach the Athletic
clubs football team, started the
kicksrs to talking. and It's nothing I'M.
less its football with them now.
Just as soon 90 the weather permits
Walton is going to get the boys down to
"oases," and the club extends4an invi-
tstion to all football players in the city,
whsther members Of the club or not, to
come out to Athletic park and kick and
kick and kick.
The dispatch to the HERALD stating
that the Chicago university eleven CON.
templated . trip to the coast and visit
to Los Angeles, helped to awaken the
old enthusiasm. and on top OF this .
letter from the manager OF the Texas
uuiversity eleven asking II games could
be arranged with the Athletic clubs
tcam here, made things in the football
world fairly seethe.
The Athletic clubs eleven expects to
make good showing sgainst the Stan
ford team on Christmas and the Ber.
keley's ON New Years day. All the
material OF the club will be inspected
carefully by Walton and the very best
OF IL picked out for the team, and then
when the team is selected IL will get q
careful training until all ite eleven men,
bers arc cabable OF the best there is Ia
them.
The horsemen of the city are elated
over the arrival of three carloads OF
world-beatsrs and craokerjAcks. They
have expected that the month would be
\ dull season with them until the an
nouncement came that Monroe Sails.
bury and "Pa" Hamlin had decided to
bring their strings to California.
The fact 10 there isn't much to attract
horsemen to Los Angeles except the
very favorable winter climate. but the
horses are here now and before they 60
again We shall see some OF the finest
races ever had in California, out at
Agricultural park.
The bicyclists are not dead nor even
sleeping, but the past week has seen no
very great events with the whselmen.
1t 10 said that Tom McAleer will shortly
coast record, with fair chances OF doing
that very thing. A race between Nc.
Aleer and Fay Stephenson would be
good event and would decide contested
point among the wheelists.
The Sunday meets OF the Training
league are interesting events and will in
time attract larger crowds, 90 the ad.
mission is free and great deal OF good
sport is to be seen. But what the boys
want more than anything else 10 the
very training they get at these meetings
and hence they are destined to become
more popular 40 time goes on.
The baseball boys are enthusiantic
over the second game and expect to in
crease the attendance ct the Sunday
% games right along. Snch games as were
, witnessed yesterday when the Wilson's
defeated the Stars in IL innings by Q
score Of 4 to 3. will greatly help to re.
popularizs the game in this citv.
A great deal of talk is being INDUCED
in now by the sports auent the building
OF q grand athletic pork in this city
where facilities would be afforded for
every legitimate sport. The plan. as
roughly outlined now. would be TO have
park containing . straightaway and
q circular mile track for horses,
a halt and . quarter mile bicycle track,
q baseball and football field, facilities
for all kinds OF field sports OF hand and
foot. training quarters and lodgings, aud
eating houses for the accommodation OF
all the people which such an institution
would attract. The idea is to make Los
Angeles . Mecca for professional sports
OF all legitimate kind, where they might
spend each winter In training and pars
ticipation in events of all kinds. The
possibilities of thing OF this kind are
almost limitleee.