The San Francisco call., 1899-08-16

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by the records of the men entering, so
that the handicap of each may be prop
erly apportioned. This arrangement will
be in the hands of ]. Daily and James A.
Code.
Several of the players are already here
practicing on the courts, though SO far
DR.. Phillips, the Nevada champion, who
is to play with Robert Whitney, is the
only first-class player to. arrive. The 9TH
ers will be coming in by ones and twos by
every train from now on. The counts,
which have recently been improved to
meet the requirements of tournament
| play, are in prime condition and look es-
| pecially beautiful at this season of the
| year. The prizes for the successful teams
| "a first prize and consolation prize to be
| contested for by teams defeated in the
| first and second rounds) are presented by
| the hotel management
| On Saturday the tennis tournament will
| be finished and the pigeon shoot will be
| held. This will consist of days shoot
| ing at live pigeons from traps, and is open
to members of country clubs only. Some
of the best shots among the clubs Of the
State have entered.
On Monday, the 21st the golf matches
open with the ladies handicap for the
George Crocker cup. Eighteen holes are
| TO be played to qualify for the handicap,
and some excellent sport is expected Miss
Alice AIofftt Will not be here, but the best
players from nearly all the Northern Cal
| norma CIuDS VIII CDIlptlS- ne IlIldI COII-
petition for the ladies' cup will be at
| eighteen holes match play, and will occur
! on Tuesday, the 22d.
The mems contest for the Del Monte
| cup opens ON the 23d with a qualifying
round of eighteen holes, medal play. This
will bring together experts from River
side, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Santa
Barbara, San Rafael, San Francisco, San
Mateo and Burlingame, and will be hotly
contested The tournament will continue
through the 24th and 25th, and the final
r. a4TI. Snr h
| ern California VS.. Northern California, to
be played on the 26th. The northern team
will be composed largely of Burltngame
players, and the southern team will in
clude Walter Crosby, E. Conde Jones, E.
b. Tufts and j. F. Sartori of Los An
geles, Young of Santa Monica and c. e.
| Maud Of Riverside.
The polo match between Burlingame
and a picked team from the Southern Cal
| ifornia clubs will occur on the 24th. The
polo ground, inside the oval of the race
track has been undergoing a course of
very thorough preparation and is now as
nearly perfect as a polo field can be made:
Two events in addition to the finals Of
the Del Monte cup golf contest will mark
Friday, the 25th-the five-mile handicap
bicycle race along the Monterey County
road, finishing IN front of the main en-
trance to the hotel, and the baseball
match, in which the competing mines will
be Burlingame against members of the
alumni of Stanford University and the
University of California. This match Will
world, from the oddity of the Crimson and
| Blue-a -and-Gold combination.
Saturday, the 26th, will be devoted to the
racing and steeplechase events, and the
meet will close with yacht race on Sun
day for the Hermann Oelrichs cup. The
racing programme includes seven races:
| First three-sixteenth of a mile, for polo
ponies, carrying, 40 pounds; second, one
mile open to all horses that have never
won a race. $50 pounds; third one and a
fourth miles, over hurdles for ponies, 16O
pounds; fourth, five-eighths of a mile. for
ponies 1:2 hands or under, 165 pounds;
fifth, half mile, for polo ponies. ITS
pounds; sixth, Del Monte cup, one. mile,
for ponies. 165 pounds; seventh, San Mateo
Hunt Club cup two and a half miles,
steeplechase course, carrying $50 pounds,
open to all
Some of the yacht entries already known
are: John D. Spreckels' Lurline, Harry
Simpkins'. Tramontanaa, p. A. Wiltsee' s
Aggie and DR.. A. w. McKenzie's Sappho.
DR.. Mckenzie has offered prize for the
yacht making the best time from San
Francisco to Monterey on the ruin down.