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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
THE BOXERS.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons to Have
Chance to Fight In England

COrbett and FitZSm mmons to Have
a aChance to Fight In England.
The National Athletic Club will, in all
probability, match Peppers and Billy Gal
lagher for an eight-round contest at the
Auditorium in March. If Gallagher, who
is at present in Los Angeles, will refuse to
meet the colored middle-weight, the latter
says he will have no objection to contest
with Sharkey. Peppers has confidence in
his ability to 'stand off Sharkey for
eight rounds, and there are many follow
ers OF the punching game who strongly
believe that "the hot stuff" turfman and
pugllist can handsomely dispose of the
champion of the seas in limited contest.
which is decided on points.
When Peppers Is in good condition and
'Out to win" there are not many OF the
heavy weight pugIlists who can. safely
count upon putting him to sleep. In fact,
he IS very liable to reverse things in
general.
Well, Fitzsimmons has settled Maher in
very quick order. The news of the fight
and how it resulted was not surprise, as
everybody, with the exception of the
cranks on sloggers, expected to hear of
Maher's defeat. 1t is to be hoped that
Fitzsimmons and Corbett will now agree
to meet IN England, where they will have
an opportunity of deciding that old
question = who is the better man /?
Trey cannot expect protection in this
country, as every Governor in America
is opposed to boxing, and. according
to Billy Jordan, the famous master
of ceremonies, if England was to declare
war against America, the Governors of the
different States would protest against the
contest being held on the soil over which
they rule. in that case the only hope
America would have of whipping England
would be in naval battle, where the
Governors would have no Jurisdiction or
power of interference.
In England Corbett and Fitz can engage
in a fstic dispute under the auspices of
and M thew viii be- sipen ed nd
favor. Both men in first-class condition,
Fitzsimmons will find that Corbett is thor
oughly entitled to that distinction which
he has enjoyed, and that is, champion of
the world and also the most active and
clever heavyweight pugilist who has ever
stepped between ropes.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
THE RIFLE.
What Philo Jacoby Says OF the Old
Style of Shooting.

What Philo Jacoby Says OF the Old
Style of Shooting.
Lovers of rihe-shooting will be present
in large numbers tomorrow at the ranges
in Schuetzen Park and San Rafael. Ac-
cording to some of the New York sporting
journals rest shooting. so called, is having
boom throughout the East. Some of
New York S veteran offhaud shooters have
been making extraordinary scores at this
style of shooting. This is what Shooting
and Fishing, paper which gives much
space and attention to rifle-shooting, says
on the subject:
That it will become popular in San Fran
CISCO there is no doubt, as at the first meeting
OF the California SchuetZen Club in rest
matches entries were numerous and scores
high. The veteran Philo Jacoby said of it:
''Inere is much to say for and against this
style OF shooting. Although personally l am
ayerse to it, there can surely be said in favor
OF rest shooting that 1t equalizes more the
chances OF the markSmen TO make higher
scores than offhand shooting. Anyway,
there can be no harm in trying, especially as
men will enter competitions who will not do
so in an otfhand match. l have often heard
1he expression, ANY one can shoot at rest,
but this is not the case. 1t takes as much
mental if not physical work 10 shoot well at
rest as it does in offhand shooting"
An authority on rife shooting, writes as
follows:
Speaking of the muzzle rest recalls to my
mind the tact that there is quite sentiment
among many of our local riiemen for this
style of shooting. 1t is fact that only few
OF the many who take up rifie-shooting ever
succeed in becoming good offhand shots. AS a
consequence, encouragement follows, and
many men give up the sport who would not do
so If there were group in the various clubs
with whom they were affiliated who INDUCED
III rest shooting. There are many things in
connection with target shooting that, to my
mind, are best and most inteligently i'm
pressed upon ones memory through the aid OF
the muzzle rest than by any other source, and
ance who was good, steady holder would
have made much more of an expert in offhand
work had he given little more attention to
principles that are best taught by the bench
rest. 1t is the lay shooter who believes that il
is a soft snap to shoot from the rest Those
who have given 1t little attention know
otherwise.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
CASPAR WHITNEY HERE,
The Writer on Amateur Athletics
and His Views on Vari.
GUS Sports.
Mr.. Whitney Was Once an Explorer
in the Great Barren Land-Ex.
pert With the Bicycle.

Caspar Whitney, the explorer and writer
on amateur athletics, arrived yesterday
from Puget Sound, and is at the Palace
Mr.. Whitney was here some five years
ago.
Afterward he made tour of the world
in which for portion of the way he used
tie bicycle. After this again he visited
and explored portions of the Great Barren
Land in the far land of the muskox to the
north.
Since his arrival to the coast couple ot
weeks ago, he has been gathering informa.
tion regarding the various branches o1
amateur sports. Mr.. W hitney has severely
condemned the Reliance and Olympic
clubs as to the handling of their baseball
and football teams.
He sticks to what he has said, that the
San Francisco and Oakland clubs are con
tinuaily going outside of their mem Der.
for star players. By this means, he saws
that, in addition to being unfair to thei
own struggling members who are doin!
their best, they violate the amateur rule
recognized all over the country.
According to his story, the Olympic anC
Reliance clubs are the worst of all. Still
he considers the Butte football team on,
of the most farcical in the country. 1t i
kept up by w. A. Clark, the millionaire
and he is bolstering it up.
Mr.. Whitney says the trouble on th
coast has been getting worse from year t,
year. The pace was started when tn,
clubs began importing players OF sta
ability.
Mr.. Whitney will probably be here TO
some time. He is making q special stud,
of athletics while here.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
THE OARSMEN.
Regatta on Lake Merritt-Scullers
Who VIII Bend Oars.


Who VIII Bend Oars.
All things are in readiness for to-days
regatta on Lake Merritt in Oakland
The local boat clubs sent their race boats
over yesterday, and the oarsmen who are
TO participate in the races are said ro be in
fine fettle
The prizes are as follows: First prize,
four cared barge, gold filled Waltham
watches. Single scull, first prize, gold
filled Waltham watch; second prize, Gold
watch chain. Outrigger-skiff race, first
prize, water pitcher stand and goId-lined
cups; second prize, gold collar buttons.
Although the regatta funds were consid-
erably diminished Mr.. Pembroke succeeded
in collecting money enough on the outside
to get up handsome and valuable prizes
1t was also through his efforts that the
Stockton people became interested in row.
ing regattas, and also that the Sacramento
regatta on September took place.
The Ariel club will not enter q four-oared
crew in the races to-day, owing to the i'll
ness of Bob Elliss, their stroke.
The Pacific Athletic Association, at
recent meeting, did not sanction the race
between the Columbia and University
Boat Clubs, but as the South End crew
failed to get competitor from any of the
local boat clubs, a race has been arranged
between it and the University crew. The
University crew are said to be "cracker-
jacks" and as it has been the long
cherished wish OF the South End crew to
meet University crew, the race should
prove very interesting.
There is considerable betting being done
on the single scull race, in which frank
Duplissea, William McCausland and S. J.
Pembroke are entered.
The betting seems to favor McCausland,
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
THE FIELD OF SPORT.
What the Cyclists and Other
Athletes Are Doing.

class B men of last year are included in
this term, providing they are not receiving
remuneration or training expenses for
riding.
A list of officials for the indoor races has
been prepared as follows;
Referees-sanford Plummer, B. c. W; Al G.
Col, G. c. c.; R. NJ. WEIGH, B. c. W.; R. M.
Jndges-H. H. White, o. C. w; F. H. Kerri-
gan, B. C. W; /. d. Owens, o. c. W; W. D.
Sheldon, B. C. w; George +. Neece, Acm&; F.
H. Dunno, B. c. w; V. A. Dodd, AlamedaS II.
2. Howard B. c. W.
Timers-George P. Wetmore B. C. W; George
H. Snatton, o. C. w; George H. Strong, R. A.
c.; George w. Pollard, G. C. c.; Henry F.
Wynne, c. C. c.; Ed W. Radke, Santa Cruz
]. Kitchen Jr., Acme; F. A. Wickersham, Peta-
luna.
Scorers-A. C. Thornton, o. C. W.; C. A. Ell
liot, B. C. w; S. C. Scovern, o. C. W.; F. E.
Umpires W. H. Tooker, I. C. c.; John
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
HANDBALL.
Olympic Players VIII Hold a Busi-
ness Meeting on Monday.

OlyTnpIC TldyoTS Will F1OlO buSl-
ness Meeting on Monday.
The handball players of the Olympic
Club will meet on Monday evening and
not on Tuesday evening. as reported, to
decide upon the much -talked-of question
of a new court. No doubt the meeting
will be enthusiastic, as considerable in
terest has been manifested in the pro-
posed erection of first-class alley where
the hard ball can be used as we'll as the
soft ball.
Tomorrow there will be games played
at Phil Ryan's court, which any lover of
the good old Irish sport should not fail to
see. The athletic bill of fare reads:
r. Murphy and NJ. Edwards to play J. Collins
and ]. White; Thomas Ryan and G. Ward to
play j. Brown and P. Barry; ]. Nelson and D.
connolly to play P. Kelly and j. Slattery; j..
Sweeney and NJ. Callaha to play +. Maloney
and w Sullivan. P. Donnelly, the amateur
champion. and g. Hutchinson TO play J. Law
less and Al Pennoyer; ]. C. Nealon and NJ. j.
killgallon, the Denver champion, to play j.
Harlow. the Coast champion, and J. Riordon.
The Union handball court managers have
arranged good programme also for to-mor-
row afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
SHARP'S STORIES SCORED
The Philadelphia Savant's State.
ments Indignantly Con.
tradicted.
The O'd Commander Holly Denies
Mixing Potatoes and Gravy
With His Fingers.

At last the long-drawn-out inquiry into
the charges against Captain Healy of the
United States revenue cutter Bear is at an
end. The evidence for and against the
veteran commander will be fully tran
scribed and sent with minutes of the court
proceedings to the United States Treasury
Department at Washington. There the
Secretary of the Treasury and other off,
GERS of the Federal Government having
jurisdiction in the premises will weigh and
sift the testimony and pass upon the
charges.
Yesterdays proceedings were brief, but
not devoid of interesting features. The
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22

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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22

According to the many sporting events
that are slated for to-day, the lovers of out
door amusements can select from varied
programme, which includes 25-mile road
race over the San Leandro road, cours-
ing meeting at Newark, regatta on Lake
Merritt, football game at Central Park,
handb ball contests in the Howard-street
courts, rife-shooting at She'll Mound and
San Rafael ranges and a trap-shooting
tournament at Alameda Point.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22

and enthusiastic meeting is expected and
much good should come of the work.
The l.. A. w. visiting committee called
upon the Olympic cyclers last night, and
next Wednesday evening will go over to
the Reliance Club wheelmen of Oakland.
J. L. Fry of the California Cycling Club
secured twenty-one 10 embers for the league
one day last week. The league mem ber-
ship is increasing at the rate of about fifty
members week. SPALDING.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
COURSING.
Dogs That VIII Run at Ocean View
and Newark Parks.

anu newark Parks.
The result OF the drawing for Sundays
coursing meeting at Ocean View Park
was as follows:
w. Shields Regent vs.. J. Bradshaw's May
Belle; j. J. Edmunds' Unknown VS.. F. Browns
Kilmore; w. ID. Murphy's Lord Clifton VS. T.
humans Yreka; P. Brophy's Jumbo VS.. J. J. Ed
munds' Vida Shaw; C. Evans Dashaway VS.,
A. Merrill's Snow Bird; Villa kennels Tempest
VS.. j. J. Larkey's Spinaway; J. J. Edmunds'
Valley Queen VS.. j. Sexsmith's Mission Boy: /:
D. Leonard's Will o. the Wisp VS.. Villa kennels
Electric.
The Interstate Coursing Club will hold
its first meeting to-day at Newark Park.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
A Valley Road Claim.

"A SHII6y TtOHU CIHfin.
The San Francisco and San Joaquin VALLEY
Railroad has filed a claim for the 20 per cen,
due on his subscription to the capital stock
The estate of Joseph A. Donohoe subscribed for
$50 shares of the railroad stock, at S25 600
and there is still due on the subscription
SIT. 500. This sum is asked for.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
THE WHEELM EN-.

The Association Road Race To-Day.
Officials of the Indoor
Meet.
The annual twenty-five mile handicap
road race of the California Associated Cy-
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-05-31

calamity, as far as this particular girl
is concerned. know women who have
stayed home from the Alps for fear OF
spelling their feet.
when a woman has tramped all day
in heeled shoes she is tired across the
ball Of the foot and on the instep. The
latter is sore TO the touch. If the foot
is placed in hot water the muscles OF
the instep appear to soften. If the feet
are then put fiat upon the ground the
muscles actually do fall and the trim
round foot is just so much lower and
broader than it was.
When the instep OF foot is tired
the wearer should strip the feet and
clothe them in thin stockings. Upon
her feet she should place slipper with
a totally different heel from the one just
worn-higher or lower. as the case may
be. She should then lie down and rest
the tired part of the foot. II the in
step, she can turn upon her face and
spread the foot out until the instep is
resting upon a pillow for every inch
of its breadth. The foot is now at ease.
The muscles rest and strengthen, and
the foot at the same time preserves its
adorable arch. the arch priced by all
who love pretty foot.
II am recommending spring cure
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-05-31
HARD TO PLEASE.

Even in peaceful churches the rage
for being Nd 10 date has left its demon
aIizing imprint. In a local mission
Sunday school the other day the teacher
celebrated her own birthday by invit-
ing her class of little girls to luncheon
with her. and the event was made even
more interesting by a little silver SOU
venir laid at each plate. All seemed
satisfactory. The little guests appear
ed charmed and the teacher was happy
until she overheard several all-too-can-
did comments On her entertainment
Pooh, we have brick ice cream at
home nearly every day"
Eyes. this is a pretty little silver
ring. but ! already have two gold ones"
This makes ten silver souvenir
spoons have; but all the rest OF mine
have gold bowls"
The funniest part Of the story is that
the blase little girls were not of the
wealthy classes, but from poor families,
and on this basis the deluded teacher
had fancied her little fete might have
the charm OF novelty. What she will
do next in a missionary spirit she has
not stated, but for the present her So
cial functions for the tenement children
have been abandoned
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ing their ankles. and we need not.

ing their ankles, and we need not.
"A good, broad, fiat tape that holds
the muscles in place can be placed
around the calf in classic style, and
strapped around the bathing slipper
under the foot. 1t supports and helps,
and does not allow that dreadful
broadening.
UNRULY MUSCLES.
Now I'm prepared for an awful
storm Of rage against my methods
from the advanced dress people. Ii a
muscle wants to spread it ought to
spread, they say. But I don't agree
with them. Women who wear three
sizes bigger shoes than they used to
wear tell me their feet pain them twice
as much as they did. and | have never
known a splay ankle any more COM
Portable than a trim one. Muscles can
get unruly as we'll as flesh.
81 am a firm believer in cloth and
linen shoes for the room. The woman
who slips off her shoes for an after
Moons sleep can make her feet very
trim by spreading them out, as to the
sole, in a neat linen sandal and by
binding the rest of the foot in careful
shape.
About binding the foot. Well, I can
do it better than | can tell you how it
is done. l have sandals OF most care
full pattern. You can make them your
self by taking slipper sole and cutting
it the size and shape Of the bottom OF
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of the body. Dispel that fear and think
Of the ballet dancers. who pirouette
nightly upon the very tips of their toes.
You will soon find it very restful to be
able to change your muscular repose at
will. / should also practice resting the
foot upon the side, providing you do not
bear enough weight upon it to spread
your ankle
There" said the beauty foot special
list, folding up the letter. You re-
mind me of this case in the fall and |
will read you what this young artist
writes me after trying my cure three
months. She will wear her Virginia
shoes. OF that am positive.
my greatest trouble in summer is
with my ankles. Not my own. Of
course, but those of my patrons. Wo-
men all go sea bathing in the summer
And for spreading the ankles there is
nothing like standing in the cold salt
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-05-31

shoes and stockings and dipping each
pink tip in the water allow the cool
stream to run over the feet as high as
the ankles. Be sure to point the toes a
little and move the ankles gently in the
water to make the friction of the water
greater. Let the cool stream flow over
the tired feet for an hour, hold them in
the sun for fifteen minutes, dress and
go back to your boarding place ready
to dance all the evening in the smallest
party slippers in your summer ward
robe.
II have a letter here from a young
art student studying in Paris. Before
she went away last fall l treated her
for freckles and sunburn, and now that
she is in trouble again she writes to
me:
Il do not know what shall do with
my feet. From standing at the easle so
many hours a day they have spread
until I can only wear very loose pair
of house-ties | brought with me from
home. Must pinch into little shoes or
shall reconcile myself to big feet and
buy big shoes"
Isn't that pathetic for a Southern
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but the results of this American I'M
dertaking are confidently expected TO
become historical. Ten thousand dol
lars is the sum expended upon the pho
tographing appliances alone.
ASTRONOMICAL KALEIDOSCOPE.
Perhaps this will be the first time
that the kaleidoscope has ever figured
as a factor in astronomy 1t viii reg
lister ninety changes in a second, and
lower fraction Of time than any pre-
yioUsly recorded. The grand total ex-
pense for the undertaking is a round
half million dollars.
No wonder the astronomical world
looks for very definite results results
regarding the mOmentous and fascinat-
ing riddle of population. But that is
by no means the only question the far
away star must answer.
As every school boy would know if
he studied his lessons Mars is the
planet whose orbit is nearest the earth.
His exact diameter is not known. The
coming expedition will ascertain it.
thanks to the directions of Prof. Pick
ering. but it is about AGO miles. Mars
is 139. 000,000 miles from the sun.
On June l. next the expedition, ac-
cOrding to its own calculation. will
view the planet when it is nearly FIVE
times as bright as the ordinary phases
allow il to be. The star will also be
most brilliantly Illuminated b. the rays
OF the sun; and, as its distance from the
ear,h will be no more than 33,S00,00
miles, the superb telescope will COM
mand it perfectly.
Only once every Seventy-nine years
can Mars be examined under the most
favorable auspices, when the blaze of
the planet is so gorgeous as 10 lead to
the impression that it is . new s.ar.
The highest astronomical skill will be
dep.cyed. 50 to speak, 10 gather facts
for the science. Not alone the staff or
Harvard's observatory, but representa-
tives OF the Lick staff. Of the Green
wich observatory, Of the astronomical
observatory in Turin and numerous
other seats Of the heavenly science are
10 take part in the long Mexican vigils.
Urania will Guido herself. The reports
OF the work are to be translated into
every European language.
PLAIN TALK WITH MARS.
The people who live on Mars. assum-
ing them to have any existence at all
are TO be left without any excuse for not
knowing Of our existence, although we
may not be thoroughly aware Of theirs.
The Martians must, in the nature OF
things. be far in advance OF ourselves,
intellectually. physically and it may be
morally. as they are older than we. No
doubt they have tried TO communicate
with rs. but owing to our lack OF CO.