The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-29
BUSY WEEK N SPORTS
Tha Free-for-All Yacht Race ut Ter
minal Island-Santa Monica Road
Race-Notes

Today the new golf links at South Santa
Monica will be opened with the largest en-
try In a golf tournament yet given in Cal
ifornia. The tournament will continue to-
day and tomorrow and is an invitation at
fair.
Among the players who will take part are
w. H. Young, c. e. Orr, Jno. c. craven.
@. L. Warning. H. w. Vail, M. S. Severance.
Z. B. Tufts, w L. Butcher and others.
The ladies will have an event, and Mes
DANES Balch and Vail Of Los Angeles and
Mrs. Waring of Riverside will probably be
the scratch players. Mesdames Kinney
and Bryan will serve lunch both days.
An Informal golf tournament was held on
the grounds of the Santa Monica club last
Saturday. Walter Cosby won the handi-
cap with a score of SO for IS holes. less
handicap of s; E. B. Tufts was second
score IS, handicap 6. About twenty-five
players participated.
Terminal Yacht Race
The Terminal Boat club will give grand
free for all yacht race at Terminal island
next Sunday. and some of the best yachts
In this section will compete. Cash and
complimentary prizes are offered. There
are to be three classes of yachts which will
be allowed to compete for cash prizes
yachts from 80 feet up to 50; yachts from
Is feet to 80, and yachts from 20 feet to Is.
Three prizes are offered in each class, con-
sisting of so for first. $3.50 for second and
IS for third. The other classes are those
used for pleasure purposes only, and pen
nants are offered to the winners spe-
cial prize of $40 is offered for the fastest
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. The start is scheduled for 12:45 in the
afternoon and will be made by crossing an
imaginary line drawn from the end Of Ter
minal island pier to a buoy known as No. l.
situated to the east end of said pier; thence
east by southeast 2ls nautical miles, with
wind on the quarter to buoy No. q; thence
northeast by north 214 nautical miles, be-
fore the wind, to buoy No. 3, situated about
one mile southeast of Long Beach pier;
thence west by south half SOUTH four nau-
teal miles to buoy No. l, and crossing IT,
starting line.
There will be other attractions at the
island
Manhattan Club Fight
A lively fight is promised at the Man
haitian club this evening. Ben Lewis of
San Francisco and Billy Brown of San
Jose being the participants. The fight is
for fifteen rounds. Joe Cotton and Bob
Jones will go on for four round prelim-
mary. Lewis Is matched to fight Bob
THOMPSON August IL. His showing this
evening ought to furnish something of a
lead on hts ability.
Tennis Tournament
This morning the handicap tennis tourna-
ment given by the Southern California
Lawn Tennis association will be begun a.
Redondo. The courts are situated in The
rear of the hotel and have been put into
excellent condition. The handicaps will
not be announced until this morning. 1t Is
expected that Freeman and Picher will
play from scratch. Miss Marion Jones,
who won the all-comers' championship at
Philadelphia last July, will also partici-
pate. The events will consist Of gentle
mems singles and doubles, ladies' singles
and mixed doubles. The list of entries
now includes Messrs. Picher. Freeman.
Pedley, Bell, Brady, Overton, Welcome,
Way, Osbourne, Jones, Cosby, Cochrane.
Manning w. Manning, NJ. Manning, Young,
Butcher, Misses Markham, Jones. G. Jones,
Ainsworth, Seymour. The tournament will
last two days.
Santa Monica Road Race
Dave Burke Is working industriously pre-
pairing for the road race to the sea which
starts next Sunday at the corner of Wash
ington and Main streets. Burke will at
tend to the handicapping himself The
finish of the race on July 4th was scat
tering, as the majority of the riders were
new men. Something is known of the abil-
ity of the crowd which starts next Sunday.
and more exciting finishes will be the le-
suit.
With the Hunters
Good bags of doves are being made daily
by the hunters. The shooters are improv-
ing time in what is known as 1.-The flight
season." which lasts but a few weeks.
The outlook for good quail hunting is
not good. The supervisors of Ventura and
Kern counties have restricted the shooting
of quail to one day-October 1st. This ac-
tion is on account of the drouth, which has
prevented quail from breeding
The Cerritos Gun club has secured its
grounds between this city and Long Beach
for term of three years on renewed lease