The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

the fishes this year. The rocks over
which the water boils and foams are liter
ally covered with insect life in the sha pc
of a worm that is EN- beded IN q substance
composed OF fine sand and gravel.
Standing on any point overlooking a
deep pool an observer can plainly see the
fishes both large and small digging at the
rocks. their silvery sides flashing in the
sunlight and making quite pretty pc
ture to behold.
When t ere is an abundance of bottom
food In any stream il is absurd to expect
good tiy-hshing, tor as a rule trout will
not come 10 the surface in quest of a
tempting hy when they can satisfy their
little stomachs on the grub or larva they
their ca Playground.
Among the anglers who fshed the
Truckee recently with varvinc success are
f. II. Reed, George NJ. Milchell, Sidney
Hall, Thomas Casey, bert Spring." ].
A. Carroll, S. Newman and DR.. James
Stanton.
Possibly fishing will improve on the
Truckee during the last month of the sea-
son.
Messrs. Cooper and Walker enjoyed a
good days fishing recently on Lagunitas
Creek. Cooper landed one fish that scaled
pound. 1t was taken on a small spoon.
John Gallagher and party of anglers
from Redwood City are enjoying grand
sport on Eel River. They will De Joined
by other lovers of angling in few weeks.
Lovers of yoiley ball enjoyed a splendid
exhibition of this new game at the gym
nasium of the Young Mems Christian As
sociation on last Tuesday evening, when
the Central team was defeated by the
German team with a score of % to 38
points in the latter's favor.
There was splendid team work on either
side of the net and the ball had to fly
hither and thiIher many a time before it
could take drop on the enemy. The
boys were all on the alert. But few errors
were made. The steadiest work, however,
was put in by S. Hoffman, COMPARE
lively new man, and his side scored Is
good points on his serves. The Officer of
the game were: r. Horner, umpire, and
II. +. Brewer. who acted as scorer.
The handball games that have been ar
Ryan's court are:
]. Hogan and d. Regan VS.. T. Foley ard N.
Basch, W. Kelly and d. Connolly VS.. G. Hut
crimson and 7. Kelly, G. Mcdonald and NJ
Mcneil VS.. d. Rodgers and z. Ryan, E. Toy
and White VS.. r. Murphy and J. Collins, p.
Foley and E. j. Casey VS.. P. Hearne and NJ J.
Stokes, J. c. Nealon and z. Donnelly vs. T. f.
Bonnet and r. Linehan.
The Lake County cricketers have net
been idle. On Friday last at the Red
Hill grounds the Burns Valley Club
played Lakeport and in two-inning
match were beaten by eight runs The
scores were: Burns Valley $3.50, Lake
port S9-39. Gray, Enderby and Turner
were the principal scorers for Burns Val
ley. while Keeling, Hammond Greene
and Daily performed well for the Lakeites
Last Saturday return match was played
on the same grounds and Lakeporters
were again the victor. They won this
match on the first inning by twelve runs.
The scores were: Burns Valley 129-4S
Uor five wickets) Lakeporti4L Enderby,
haggitt, Jones, Baylls and Gray scored
dou bic figures for Burns Valley, and Nagle,
Hudson, Keeling and Hammond were
successful for Lakepo-t.
Spur and Keeling came off in bowl
ing for the viciors, Enderby, Bayiis and
Dayton for the vanquished. Enderby, by
his performance in these matches, seems
to be very likely competitor with Keel
ing, the well-known Lakeite crlcketer, for
the premiership of batting in Lake
County. He scored g. go 56 and 10 not
out, which are very consistent perfor-
mances. The Lakeporis have now beaten
Burns Valley five times this season to one
n