The morning call., 1895-01-15
WITH CUB And BALL.
Billiard Tournament at the
Olympic.
THE FIRST EVENINGS PLAY.
A Large. Crowd Present TO See the
Contests.
PLAYERS WHO HOPE TO WIN PRIZES.
A Whist Tournament Is Also Interesting
the Card.Players-An Another Boxing
Match Arranged.

The handball tournament OF the Acme
Athletic Club of Oakland will commence
on Friday evening. Quite a number Of
players have entered for the games, among
whom are: Chambers, Flynn, Dave and
John Williamson, G. G. Champion, Hum
phreys, Rupert, Hubble, Daily and Cork
cry. The contestants will be handicapped
in accordance with their merit, so that all
! players will have.an equal chance of win
ming prizes. The annual athletic exhibit
ton of the club will be held at the Mac
| donough Theater next month, and the
committees in charge of the affair are now
making arrangements for a grand display
of athletic performances.
| The members of the new Crescent Ath
letic Club of Berkeley are preparing for
their exhibition, which will occur on the
| night of Washingtons birthday. The
Berkeleyans will be ably assisted by Pro-
| fessors Lean, Cook and Stamberg of the
Reliance and Acme clubs and Picket and
Bean of the Olympics. A feature of the
entertainment will be the formation of
human pyramids. Berry, Mikelsen, Will
| cox, Kromen, Okerhim, Foss and the Putt
ker brothers will give good exhibition ON
the ladders. The most interesting event of
the evening will be a tug-of-war contest be-
tween teams representing the Crescent and
Acme clubs.
| The Reliance. Club Wheelmen have
elected the following officers for the sea-
son: Captain, G. D. Bates Jr.; second
lieutenant, F. W.. Knight; president, E.
B. Jerome; first lieutenant, ]. HI. DECK
man; secretary, P. H. Carleton; bugler,
| III. P. Carleton.
| Jake Schaefer, the famous billiardist,
writes that he will arrive in this city with
his star aggregation of players about the
middle of February. Schaefer was first
called the "Wizard" by Bat Masterson and
Ives was first heard of as the young Ma
poleon" through his hacker, Roche. al
Smith nicknamed George Slosson 'tthe
| Student"
The sister of the Marquis of Queensberry
is captain of team of English female foot
ball players. A game more unsuited for
females it would be difficult to imagine,
although women, as rule, make good
kickers when matters do not go their way.
! The Philadelphia Item, in its reference
to pugilists, says Alexander Greggains,
the sprinter-boxer, is at present employed
in the San Francisco Mint. He has retired
from the ring, as he now has something
more substantial.
Greggains, although making money in
| this city, has not retired from the ring,
and is ready to sign articles with any mid
dle-weight who can find good substantial
backing.
Bob Fitzsimmons has not very exalted
opinion of the champion pugilist of Amer
lea, according to his latest remarks, which
are as follows:
81 believe that Corbett is doing every-
thing in his power to hurt boxing. While
think that he will be compelled to meet
me in a contest, feel as though he would
avoid meeting with any one unless it was
some sick man. don't think he wants to
fight. He is a queer champion who does
not like the business in which he won his
honors, and who declares, win or lose,
this is my last fight especially when he is
in the prime of life. Corbett is the most
timid champion this country has ever
known"
The first billiard tournament of the year
commenced last evening at the Olympic
Club and, as expected, there was large
gathering of patrons of the game when the
first ball shot over the green cloth.
Kicking was INDUCED in by some of the
players against the handicapping which, it
was said, favored few of the entrants.
Those, however, who had fairly good
idea of the kind of game as played by most
of those who are slated for the tournament
favored the handicapping very much. 1t
is only just to state that the handicappers,
Messrs. Kruse and Saylor, had done their
best to please all contestants, and the re-
suits at the termination of the tournament
will prove how close those gentlemen came
to the mark.
The following are the entries: First
clasp. Coffin, 200 points handicap; c..
H. Williams, 200; o. B. Burns, 200; H. B.
Russ 200 (withdrew); p. L. Lewis, $50; G.
F. Kinsman, $50; w. P. Fuller, $50.
Second class-F. J. McWilliams, 1876
points handicap; Mart Johnson, $50; F.
E. Whitney, $50; John 2. Jackson Jr., 1856;
A. G. Thornton, 1876; G.. A. Pope, 125; M.
J. Madison, ITO.
Third CASA. Grant, 175 points handi-
cap; G. E. Butler, $50; J. P. Wallace, $50;
J. Elliott, 40; f. N Moore, 1856; H. M.
Johns, 140; j. Mccarthy, lbs; E. Hale 1876;
F. S. Greenlee, 125; A. Dodge, LBS; L. S.
Adams Jr., rs; NJ. J. Kast, 100.
The following is the result of last even
ing's contests: Kinsman scored $50, while
Coffin scored las.
In the second class Jackson made 81,
while MeWilliams made 165, the full
amount of his handicap; Whitney made
las, leaving to go, when Pope scored his
full complement, lbs; Johnson made his
limit of $50 points, while Madison, who
had 10 to go, scored so.
In the third class Adams ran out his 115,
while Dodge, who had lbs to 60 made only
1O5. Butler finished his complement of $50
points, while Moore, who had 135 to go,
scored but 11S. Johns made 140, his limit,
while Hale, who had 135 to make, scored
but ITO.
The players who are named to meet this
evening are c. III. Williams and DR.. o. B.
Burns in the first class; Thornton and
johnson in the second, but as Johnson
played last evening his place may be taken
by some other player. In the third class