The morning call., 1894-04-19
FIELD OF SPORT.
Famous Athletes Who
Are Coming Here.
Numbering Trout by Means of Giant
Powder = Trotting Dogs
Matched.

George d. Baird, preside It of the Pa
ci6c Association of he Amat III A letic
Union. will leave New I To for this
on Monday next. He writes to THE ALL
that he has been having quite good time
in the great metropolis of the East but
longs to return to bis late love, Frisco,
which Mr.. Baird believes o t golden
SPOT ON earth. He has compile ted negolia-
tons with some of the famous athletes OF
this country with view of having them
perform at the fair grounds next month.
Among the team of sprinters, Jumpers,
short and Ions distance runners who will
Journey in the direction Of the setting sun
will be James S. Mitchell, the famous
weight-putter and hammer-.hrOwer. E. w.
Golf. Fred C. Puffer and Louis Lebgold
have been engaged. Puffer is the A. A.
II, and Canadian champion over hurdles.
and IS credited in the East with beng the
superior of any athlete at his game. al
though w. II. Henry of the California
Unive rsity at Berkeley holds the worlds
record of 1874 seco nds for i2O-yards hurdle
racing over 3-foot 6-inch hurdles.
Liebgold's only claim to championship
class is that he was second, on sufferance,
to E. C. C arter for the 10-mile champion
snip last fall and it may be that he will be
dro pped from the list.
Considering that the best men obtain
Bile in the East are about to visit this city
it is rather strange to note that there is net
solitary outdoor athlete from the Olympic
Club in training to contest against the To-
yaders. So Tar as outdoor men is con-
cerned the Olympic Club is sadly in need
OF good material. Foster. clever burdler,
has retired from the clnder path In dis
gust, all because there IS no appreciation
attached to outdoor sports. 1t is possible,
however, that the University OF California
aud Reliance Athletic Cub OF Oakland
will unearth some good material TO pit
against the Eastern flers.
| 1t will be black eye to California, ath-
letcally speaking, if the Eastern athletes
have TO return homo win report
hat there is not an outdoor man on the
coast good enough or able enough TO com
pele successfully against the second or
| third rate amateurs of the East. The ath-
| lie lie clubs should see that something Is
done, and Gu ckly, to stir up the shoulder
ing interest 10 ON door athletics. and have
| at least bali dozen goou men selected to
meet the chamnons of the East
| Manager Gilbert of the Wild West show
has com ted arrangements for ma oh
| troltiug race between the famous canine
trotters Doc and Md. The contest will be
decided at the Haight-street grounds on
! Saturday evening, and the dis ance to be
! trotted is one furl0ng, best two In three
heats. The consideration is $500.
! Handball is rapidly coming to the front
| as a pastme. A splendid court Is now
being constructed ON Grove street, which,
when com leted, will be worthy OF pat
ronage. 1t will have glass roof so that
| handb III can be played in dry or wet
weather. The court will be 65x25 and 80
| feet in height
| Although little has been said of anglers
| who are training u for the fiy-castlng tour
| nament the following letter Will give ad
mirers of 1.-THE gentle art" an idea of The
d fsiculties some of the expert stream
whippers are experiencing:
To the Sporting Editor: Mr.. Junus Bug, a
| member of the san Francisco Angling Club,
| and its best walker when not tied up with govt,
met with a peculiar accident last Sunday. THIS
| devotee OF the gentle art" While f1y-hsnlng
! over a large eXpanSe OF water occasionally eX-
| hlbited to an admlriDg companion some OF the
! loDg-dislance casts which at the coming tour
| Dament will strike terror TO the aspiring souls
| of Noble, Cummings and others VINO have d
| dead cinch on all first prizes.
Mr.. b. was casting at what he supposed TO be
a small half-sunken log riding on the water
! something over 100 feet away, and alter few
trial casts easily Id his leader, light as hste
down, over The log. One OF the flies, however,
holding fast TO the object the easier was obliged
| to wade n TO free his leader. The disgust of
the fastdl0us Waltonian can be imagined when
| he found on Inspection that ne naQ securely
| hooked he foul-smeling carcass OF coach
| dog pup. True 10 his instinct the pup had
| taken to a cOachman even In death.
The following dispatch has been received
from Santa Rosa relative 10 the slaughter
of trout, which, if laughed at by the noble
| Boald of Fish Commissioners, should be
taken into consideration by the sporIsmen
and ang ers of this city. who might call
| the attention of the Governor of the State
| to the matter. The telegram reads:
There is great deal Of complaint regarding
| the violations of The fish law in Sonoma
| County Dynamite Is being used in many OF
! the streams. AT the rate blasting is going ON it
! will not be many weeks before every creek in
| the county Will be destitute OF trout 1t is es-
| timated that almost one-third of The young
| trout have been Killed in this manner. In Pleta
and sulphur creeks alone over $4,000 have
| been destroyed, aud Ii Is the same In Santa
! Rosa, Mark West and SOnoma creeks.
The Commissioners have men employed
who are actually not doing any more
| serviceabie work than drawing monthly
! salaries At the Shovel Creek hatchery
the deputies are only waiting for the
annual summer run of rainbow trout,
when they should be patrollng the State
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