The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-19
ATHLETICS Do NOT PAY
And That Is Why the Olympic
Club Grounds Are
Expensive.
Real Estate Agents Are Now
Figuring on a Valuation.
Wheel Notes.

last evening, and the principal matter dis
cussed was in relation to the grading Of
Seventh avenue and the future of the clubs
grounds. The directors have engaged
a prominent real estate agent to place a
valuation on its outdoor ground property
with a view of being in position to form an
idea of what the club should pay the land
owner per month for the use of the grounds
for the next five years. Thomas Magee
will act for John T. Doyle in like capac-
ity, and whatever conclusion the two real
estate dealers will arrive at-that is, so far
as deciding upon a figure in accordance
with the present valuation of the
property, shall be acceptable to the
club The latter has paid Mr.. DOYLE
$210 per month rent for its grounds
in the past five years, and the present
board of directors are of the opinion that
because property in the vicinity of the
athletic park has decreased in value since
the closing of the Midwinter Fair, the
owner OF the athletic grounds should re-
duce the monthly revenue received from
the club in accordance with the present
valuation of the surrounding property
Amateur boxers will now go into train
ing for a special boxing night, which will
be given by the club on the evening of May
| 16. AS the prizes will be of more than the
ordinary value, only those who are well up
| in fsticuffs may hope for g chance to APP
pear on the programme.
The clubs of the Pacific Coast Amateur
Athletic Association will give grand out
door athletic field day at the Olympic
Grounds on Saturday, the proceeds from
which will be handed over to Captain
Koch of the Berkeley university team.
The leading athletes of Stanford University
and the Ohm ypic, Acme and Reliance
II. L.
against the able men who are to represent
California In the Eastern collegiate
games. A large crowd of sport-lovers
is expected to be present to witness
the contests which should prove very in
teresting, and especially the track events
Entries will close with f. W. Koch at the
University of California this evening. 1t
is probable that Barnes, Scoggins, Wood
ward and Gill will enter for the 100-yards
dash.
For competing in an unsanctioned race
at the intercollegiate field day of the Uni
versity of California and Stanford Univer-
sity in this city last Saturday, Charles
Frazier of Portland and Roper and Gregory
of Stanford University have been sus-
pended by the racing board of the League
OF American Wheelmen for sixty DAYS
from yesterday, and all wheelmen are
warned against competing with these men
during the period of their suspension.
The racing board has granted the follow
ing sanctions for cycle races: San Joaquin
Valley Railroad tournament at Stockton,
April 20; Los Angeles wheelmen, Los
Angeles, May so and July 4; Stanford Cy-
cling Club, Palo Alto, trials for class A
records, paced and unpaced, April %.
Sanford Plummer has been appointed
official referee at San Francisco, vice w.
D. Sheldon, resigned.
The San Jose wheelmen are now salts
fed that they will be well represented in
the races to be held to-day and to-mor-
row because of Oscar Osen's reinstatement.
Osen has shown to the satisfaction of the
Phoenix town lots for cash, but instead he
exchanged them for merchandise. Osen is
in fine fettle and will give good account
of himself in the races he has entered.
A special meeting of the Imperial
Cycling Club will be held on Tuesday
evening, the 23d inst, for the purpose of
electing captain and eleven directors.
On Monday next, a whist game will
be played, for which handsome prizes are
offered
The Imperials are confident that their
representatives, Messrs. Byrnes and Met
calfe, will give good accounts of themselves
at San Jose to-day and tomorrow. The
secretary of the Imperials states that Mr..
Panario, who was run down by a Market
street cable-car recently, will sue the
company for damages. The secretary also
states that the North Pacific Railroad
Company treated the club members badly
recently by having refused them permission
to put their wheels aboard the train on its
return from San Anselmo to Sausalito.
The club members had consequently to
ride to Sausalito, and take the freight boat
to this city.
The Cross Country Club will have
tramp from San Anselmo to Nicasio on
Sunday, and on the Goth inst. the club
will take in Mount Diablo, but as the
Mountain hotel is closed this year, men,
bers are requested to bring lunch along.