The morning call., 1894-05-08
SPORTING NEWS.
The Amateur Wrestling Matcii-Lake
Fishing Near at Hand.


The much-talked-of wrestling match for
a $500 trophy between Eckhardt of the
Olympic Club and Andrews of the Acme
Club will be decided this evening. AL
though the contestants are amateurs con-
siderable money has been wagered en- the
result. The Olympic man is selling IA
vorite al small odds, aud his friends will
be greatly disappointed if Andrews should
defeat him. Both men are in first-class
condition and the struggle for supremacy
Will undoubtedly be genuine. which TACT
should offer sufficient inducement to crowd
the house with the representatives OF the
Acme and Olympic clubs.
Coffin. the Olympic Club distance run
ner who broke the half-mile coast record
on Saturday last at the lair grounds, was
reported to have started from the fifteen
yard mark. This was Collins handicap.
but the young athlete refused the haDdi-
cap and started from scratch, otherwise he
would not have been credited with the
grand performance which he is deservedy
entitled to. Coffin, W tn careful training,
should cut down many records next season,
as he is one of the kind of Elen who are am
bititiouS and determined to get to the front
rank.
Frank Foster says that he will surprise
some Of the boys in hurdle-racing before
tainly lower the coast record IL he Will
only knuckle down to business.
The Olympic Club cannot very we'll eX-
pect that its outdoor athletes will train as
they should for feld-day events unless the
directors appreciate their endeavOrS, at
least 10 the extent of employing an as
sistant who will rub the athletes down
after practice.
The Acme Club will not rest satisfied
now until it has ground of its own
where the members can train for outdoor
sports. The Acmes have been heretofore
backward in producing outdoor athletes of
any consequence, but it will not be many
months when different state of affairs
will exist. athletically speaking.
Anglers who visited Point Reyes last
Sunday had the poorest days sport of the
season. Owing to the extreme high tides
which prevailed the fry of the steel-head
trout. which. however. is an anadromous
fish, were glutted with food. and as a con-
sequence they refused all kinds of tempt
ing bats that were offered them by the
angling fraternity. Charley Precht, Dol
liver, Walker, Terry and others, who
tried their luck on Saturday evening"
state that the trout rose we'll to the natn-
raj fly. which was a very small black
gna:, just previous to dusk, but so far as
artificial flies are concerned they positively
refused to honor the deceving lure. 1t
has been noticed that trOut-fshng Point
Reyes has always been bad whenever the
tides flow in daytime, and this is some
thing worthy of notice which anglers
should not forget.
1t has been learned on good authority
that trout-hshing on Lake Pilarctos will
open on the 18th inst, and that the San
Andreas Lake will be ready to receive dis
ciples on June /. 1t is also probable that
the new lake will be opened in June.
The Dolphin Boating and Swimming
Club will give grand entertainment and
regatta next Sunday at its clubhouse, foot
of Baker street. There will be several
shell and barge races, and q gala days
outing is promised all lovers of aQuatics
who will attend.
The champion wheelmen of the Pacific
Coast are training at Stockton for the
meetings which will be held in the near
future. The patrons of bicycling are
looking aDXiousy forward to the races in
which Zleger, Foster. the Terrills. Wells.
Fox and other clever riders will competa
against Eastern crack cyclists.