The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22
DOLPHTNS TO
GIVE A DAY OF
AQUATIC SPORT
MANY MEN IN RAINING
Local Barge Crews and Single
Scul1ers Are Preparing for
Astoria.

| and Boating Club held last w WedneSday
evening the following officers We're in
stalled: Fred w. Woernner, president
! Elkon Coney. vice president; J. S. Earls
! recording secretary; Frank c. Staib,
/ financial secretary; Adam /. Schuppert,
/ treasurer; Lester Hammersmith, ser
! geant at arms; T. J. Sullivan, captain;
/ George Baker, lieutenant captain; ". l..
Bush. Al MicheIetti and c.. T. Roach,
trustees The foregoing will hold Office
| for six months. The executive commit
tee was elected at the beginning Of the
year and holds office for twelve months.
! It's members are c. M Farrell and w. o..
! Patch
A new office that of coach and instruc-
! tor, was created and conferred on W. o.
! Patch in recognition of his experience
| in rowing and his readiness to take new
/ crews and single sculers in hand and
/ give them the benefit of his knowledge
/ W. O. Patch has probably devoted more
/ attention to the theory Of rowing tnan
any OF the local oarsmen. having read
with care the book on rowing and sculiinS
/ written by W. =. WOOdgate Of Brasen1se
/ College, oxford, who was well known
! Oxford University OarSman, and won the
diamond and Wingteld sculls at Henley
regatta on several occasions.
7. j. Sullivan, the new captain OF the
| DOlphins has been member OF the club
for several years, and has filled the office
OF president He is enthusiastic and has
promised 10 get together a Junior barge
! crew for the championship races. The
most likely candidates for PLACES In the
Elrath Harry Herbert, T. J. Kennedy,
| DR.. Bacigalupi and E. Convey. Harry
/ Herbert, a good swimmer and fond of
/ rowing. was elected TO membership.
The much lked-Of Ladies day Will be
/ held on the 30th inst. and great efforts
/ will be made to render it successful. one
J Of the principal events Will be the second
| race for the diamond medal between Dr..
! F. r. Sexton and George Baker, the hold
! er. Another interesting event will be the
int FlI kafT y IL
German and Italian crews. The Hiber-
nian crew will consist Of e. Sullivan, bow;
/ 9. NJ. Farrell; No. 2; W. .. Patcn' 10. g.
T. j. Kennedy, stroke; and J. S. Earlsi
cOckswain. The Teutonic aggregation Will
be J. Laib, bow; W. Schumacher, No. 2:
Stroke: and Se!idgr Adam Schubert, IT. cockswaRin
The Macaroni four will be the Sbarboro
brothers, DR.. Bacigalupi and Al Michel
etti. In last years international struggle
the Hibernians defeated the Germans.
There will be a 200-yard swimming race
for a medal offered by a. P. Rothkopf
An outraged skif race will take place
between Or. Pless of the Ariels and T.
NJ. Ferguson Of the Dolphins, a dinner to
be given by the loser TO the delegates
citation. T NJ. Ferguson is native of
/ Toronto, Canada. from which city also
/ hail President 2. J. Enright of the Ariels
and William McAusland, the well-known
/ sCuller
/ The committee having the arrangements
/ for Ladies day in charge consists OF W.
! w. Pape, 7. J. Kennedy and Lester Ham
merSmith. The swimming events Will be
/ in charge of EllIon Coney, swimming in
/ structor, who Will give an eXhlbItion IN
/ conjunction with his pupil J. S. Earls;
Victor Caglieri, formerly bow of the
! Dolphin intermediate barge crew, has re-
/ signed from the club. 1t is understood
/ he will join the Pioneers.
The South End Oarsmen are looking for
ward TO the Astoria regatta. The Mid
gets with r. Macarthur at stroke and
I NJ. J. Breen at bow, were out last sunday
/ and DR.. G. G. Dennis ]. Foley, r. Nc
Arthur and NJ: J. Breen. are practicing
tee Will pay transportation both ways, but
not hotel bills, for the San Francisco
. crews. The committee can get several
/ northern crews on these terms. George
Baker. the Dolphin skiff man, cannot go
TO Astoria, and it is doubtful whether any
( swimmers except II. A. Widemann and
, Waggenhauser Of the University Of Cali
fornia crew have gone to their homes
but will return in time to train for Asto-
ria if they can obtain the use of a suit
/ able boat. Efforts are now being made &c
/ secure the Stockton barge for their use.
/ Ex-Governor Budd is lending his assist
4 anCe in the matter, as is also John H.
/ BUdd. a Regent of the University.
S. j. Pembroke, who represents the As
toria officials in this city. is rapidly per
feCting arrangements for the trip. Only
three barge crews will so from here. The
Alamedas and the University crew are al
J ready selected. while the third will repre-
sent the South Ends. Ariels or Pioneers.
In order to determine which shall go a
race Will be held over the Long Bridge
course two weeks from tomorrow. The
/ winning crew will be sent north.
! o 80 % 9>~-4s = % 80 O
consisted in telling Jenkins to be careful
/ Of his coin and make good the fine.
Report says, Tommy Burns viii ride
/ in California next winter II Will be edi-
/ flying to native habitues of the turf to
know that Tommy is a very frolicsome
young man. fond OF diamonds as large as
a jelly doughnut and Il great admireT of
allotted tOp-Weight in the moonlight
/ handicaps' around st. Louis, and race
after race fails to land a favOrite in front.
Joe Mccarthy is training the horses
owned by Walter Hobart, and it would
/ seem no wiser selection could be made.
Joe has. had years Of experience and the
( thorOughbreds al Hobart Farm begin to
| show the marks OF his handiwork.
Joe Rose, AT present booking at St.
Louis, leaves that city to-day for New
York. The game there is very light, a
plunger being a rarity.
Barney Schreiber will race some horses
at Saratoga and Eddie Jones will do his
riding.
They are getting pretty well soured on
the jumping horse game in the Eastern
country, and one turfman proposes tnat
/ a day be set apart for this sort Of sport
/ when no fiat races should be given. This
seems a very sensible suggestion, for no
doubt the different railroads conveying
passengers 10 ana from the tracks couId
be induced to make special excursion
rates for irnbecles.
Charley Houcll is one Of the star riders
at the Fair Grounds, st. Louis While
in California Houck busted himself trying
! to sew up all the crap games and to break
all the nickel-in-the-slot machines in the
neighborhood of the track.
Success, the little gray horse which cap
tured third money in the rich NJ and NJ
stake at Detroit on Thursday of the pres
ent week, carried thirty-two ounces 'in
front" while racing at the Denver meet
in June. Unless Myron McHenry sue
ceeded in Tightening him up this was a
| big handicap