The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-02

picked their way alongside of river of
mud in the roadway leading from the
ocean beach depot 10 the baths. For two
hours there was line of creeping, halt
ing, impatient humanity along the foot
path on the edge of he palpitating mud,
while teams passed by through the slush
bespattering everybody more or less with.
the plastic mass. Some men swore in
spite of the fact that t was New Years
day, and the women muttered "Oh, dearV
1t was cold and raw and clammy, too.
Away in the afternoon distance lay an airy
continent of dense fog; clouds hid the
sun; cold winds drifted in and made peo-
pie SILVER. but still they enjoyed them
selves. The rawness OF the atmosphere
did snot affect the melody of Cassasa's
band, which entertained the thousands
within the bathing pavilion. The musical
programme was elaborate and eXcellenLly
rendered. The rendition was also gen.
erously applauded from time to time. The
audience was large and appreclatiye, and
small bucketfu Of two-bit pieces were
taken in at the gates $:
The entertainment was for the benefit
o. Mission Parlor. Ms. G. W.. for the hall
fund of that parlor. Members Of the
Olympic and Pacific swimming clubs had
volun eered their services for athletic
exhibitions and contributed some very
interesting features TO the programme. A
few of these features did not appear in
actual evidence because the participants
set do wn for them were absent, probably
on account of urgent New Years duties
elsewhere.
The musical programme consisted of the
following numbers: Grand overture.
Jubilee; Echoes from the Midway"
duo for cornet and trombone by Messrs.
Baes and Tobin; grand descriptive battle
scene; gems from the "Mascotte," SOLO for
euphonium; new Del Monte values;
| march.
| The athletic programme consisted of
boxing, wrestling, swimming, diving and
| trapeZe performances in air and over water.
At regular intervals when the band had
charmed the audience up to q proper pitch
| of harmonious appreciation the athletes
would appear in athletic attire and stir the
audience 10 new enjoyment by an exhibit
tion of strength. skill and daring. And
the ladies' wildly clapped their hands, not
| because their fingers were cold, but be-
cause their hearts grew warmer.
The first feature of the athletic exhibit
! ton was boxing match, set down IN the
bills for four rounds but drawn off in two.
| The contest ants were Frank Smith, cham
plon bantam-weight OF the Pacific coast,
| and Charles Cathcart. champion feather
| weight Of the Olympic Club. The men
came together in fine style and exchanged
| blows just as II they meant 1t and were
playing for keeps. Uppercuts and rib
| roasters, and all the rest of the scientific
| blows were represented In tho space of a
very few minutes. They fought two hot
rounds and concluded to quit, calling it a
draw.
The next was wrestling match by A.
Peter, heavyweight champion of the
| Olympic Club, and Harry Graham, middle
weight champion of the Pacific coast.
! The men took fall apiece and agreed to
| quit, as neither of them felt like making
a severe struggle for glory on New Years
day. After this there was some club
swinging. which was appropriately fol-
lowed by Gems From Robin Hood" by
the band. Miss Pearl Noble played q
| cornet solo with charming effect.
The exhibition of swimming and high
diving was most pleasing to the audience,
but rather unpleasant TO the swimmers
and divers, owing to the low temperature
] of the water. In fact, it was pronounced
E"ubearably cold, and. as no sunlight came
through the glass roof to temper the at
mosphere, the athletes had to shiver, grin
| and bear ii. The first was a 1OO-yard
swimming race by Olympic Club men,
bers. The entries were: A. Pinching, f.
| Wheaton, A. Stauf, A. Pape, A. Taylor,
| f. Garter, j. p. Jordan. o. Cradle and 81.
| Clark. The race was won by A. Taylor,
| first; j. 2. Jordan, second.
A special howard race between Dana
Thompson and Daniel Green was won by
| Thompson. The latter is tho chan plo 9
swimmer of the Pacific Coast and Green
is ex-cDampion. Thompson also per-
| formed his famous act of diving with a
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