The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
SACRAMENTO SPORTING.
Marysville Pigeon Shoot-Cyclists
and Anglers


SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 24.-"No:
we were not in il" said one of Sacramento's
crack shots as he savagely bit off the end
of his cigar and applied the gas let to the
other. 1--WE simply struck the hottest
combination of the season at the Marys-
Vile trap-meet. Why, clear scores would
not take anything, because when one
Adropped everything in sight three or four
Z others would do the same trick, and it
ended UP in division of pool money, and
no one would be ahead. But, say
talk about shooting and cracka Jacks and
all that, never attended such dead-hard
shoot in my life before, and never saw
such universally good scores. But we had
royalty good time if San Francisco did
capture the medal and the majority of the
stuff. "
In the medal shoot J. II. burst, A. J.
Webb and Ed Fay tied, each killing twelve
straight pigeons and in the shoot-off at
six birds Fay killed them all, scoring
eighteen straight and walking off with the
medal.
a number tied on second money, George
Wittenbrock of Sacramento being our only
representative to draw down slice in the
The spoonbill Gun Club will hold its
fifth prize shoot of the season tomorrow,
and good days sport is expected.
The Fish Commissioners are planting
trout this season in the various fishing
grounds of the mountains.
During the week 5000 young Dolly
Warden trout passed through Sacramento
for their future home in the dark-blue
waters of Lake Tahoe. Twenty thousand
youngsters have been placed in the head
waters of the Feather River, where there
is every prospect of their prospecting
greatly. As soon as some responsible man
can be found in Placerville 10 receive them
a shipment will be made to that place.
On the river the fishermen are complying
with the provisions of the law, as they are
extremely afraid of Game Warden Helms.
There are reports abroad that fish are
rising to the fly in the vicinity of Alta in
Placer County.
Last evening was ladies' night at the
Sacramento Athletic Club and every seat
IN the hail was crowded with beauty and
long-haired youths. The entertainment
was excellent. Some of Professor Barr's
pupils did great honor to their competent
Instructor and fully demonstrated their
ability TO successfully compete with pro-
fessionals.
The clubs wheelmen had an ENJOYABLE
run TO Vacaville last week. Tomorrow
they will take a chase to Newcastle and ex-
pect large turnout, as the roads are ex-
cellent.
There is revival of baseball interest in
tnls city, ana the game played yesterday
afternoon at Oak Park, near the city. be-
tween the fraternity and non-fraternity
members of the Sacramento High School,
drew large crowd. The Non Fraternitys
won.
The sporting pages in Saturdays edition
of the CALL are creating much favorable
comment among the sportsmen of Sacra-
mento and FL Dorado counties, and are
eagerly sought after by all who are in
terested in authentic reports of occurrences
in sporting events on the Pacific Slope.
\ Especial mention is made of the represen-
given the wheelmen of this City last
week when the city authorities enforced
their forgotten ordinance in an arbitrary
manner. RUTHERFORD