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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-14

shall lay of, survey and plat all
towns now in existence, where
there are two or more places Of
business and less than two hundred
inhabitants as provided in other
towns, not 20 exceed 40 acres.
Said commission shall appraise
and sell said lots upon the same
terms and conditions as are pre-.
scribed for the appraisement and
sale of lots in towns where there
are more than two hundred inhab-
ants.
Al. All sales of town lots as
herein provided, shall be made
under the direction and supervis-
ion of the commission to the FIVE
civilized tribes in conjunction with
the principal chief, in such man
ner and at such times as may best
promote the interests Of the Chero-
kee nation and the towns; and said
commission shall direct the
method Of making payments Of
all moneys accruing from sales of
town lots and cause to be paid out
of same all sums TO citizens for
improvements, or for other pur-
poses, as herein provided, when
the same is payable out of the
Cherokee funds in carrying into
effect the plan herein provided for
townsites and for lands within
the two mile limit adjacent there
to; and the said commission shall
do and perform all things neces-
sary to carry into effect such plan,
not herein specifically enjoined
upon others; and strict account of
all receipts and disbursements
sball be kept. and monthly Item
lied reports made thereof to the
principal chief, and to the secre-
tary Of the interior.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
Mr., RUBE LEVY
WILL OPEN THE
BALL SEASON
First League Game
To-Day.
PLACE: RECREATION PARK
NEW MANAGERIAL DEAL WILL
LIVEN THINGS UP.
PLACE: RECREATION PARK
San Francisco and Oakland Teams
Will Cross Bats This Afternoon
and Both Will Play
for Blood.

Ye earle balltosser, yclept X Levy
alias Rube, the erstwhile idol of the KIN
dergarten, will have the honor OF staruhg
the spheroid in action for the opening or
the California Baseball League season Oh
1899 at Recreation Park this afternoon
Mr.. Levy having been selected 10 umpire
the game between Cal Ewing's young
men of Oakland and Hank Harris aggre-
CATION of home talent, he will be charged
with all the responsibilities that develop
upon the autocrat of the diamond.
A large crowd is expected at the OPEN
ing game to-day, for there Is proIn!Se VI
a big revival of interest in the nalonaI
game this season. Although the sport
has enjoyed prosperity in the East, the
lovers of the game on TINS coast were lloC @
very enthusiastic last season. The reason
was the business was badly managed
The circumstance of two teams oelng 10
Gated in this city. neither Of Whlch couIa
be depended upon for good arucle OF
ball. dampened the ardor of local rooters
Then there were eight clubs on the CIT
cult with one or two so lar out OF the
race that they failed to arouse interest
and in addition to these drawbacks the
management continually Juggled with the
schedule and forfeited games until people
became thoroughly diSgusted with a1Ialrs
Hinder new and competent management
having interest of the sport at heart, ana
with evenly matched teams secured unuer
national agreement contracts, In race
for a pennant and a $1,000 purse, there
ought to be plenty of spirited rivalry ana
Improvement all along. the line There
will be no swapping OF players TINS sea-
son, and the sport will be conducted with
ball is the only sport handled by profess
sionals that does not depend on the gam,
bling element for financial success, and
that interest in it is being revived 4n this
neck of woods is evidenced from the
fact that amateur teams are being or
ganzed ali through the State The prob
ability is that one amateur league will be
formed with an interior circuit, and that
the teams will play on Sunday mornings
at Recreation Park. Another good sign
that augurs well for the sport is the
brisk demand for private boxes being
made by representatives of a number of
the prominent social clubs.
The league schedule provides for the
opening game between Watsonville and
Santa Cruz in the former town, but the
grounds were swamped in the recent
storm, and as the Santa Cruz grounds are
under water owing to the overflow from
the San Lorenzo River the game must be
postponed. San Jose will open in Sacra-
mento, and the only other opening game
is the one scheduled for this city.
The teams will be distributed over the
diamond follows:
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
THE ANGLING SEASON.
Whippers Of Mountain Streams Do
Not Look for Good Sport on the
Ouening Dav

On account of the heavy rains which
we are experiencing, the outlook for fish
ing on Saturday next is decidedly bad
The law, however, kindly allows us seven
months IN which to enjoy the sport of
sports Ito anglers), hence we graciously
submit to the All Powerful and believe
that he does all things for the best. The
rains not only benefit the farmer, the
fruit-grower, etc, but 1t is what the an
gler has wished for-even prayed for.
The poor angler financially requires
rain and lots of it to insure his pleasures
for the season in the late months. The
weIl-to-do angler does not require quite
30 much rain, as he can come pretty near
in front of his suburban home, stocked
with the best the hatcheries produce.
Should the weather moderate, the an
Rler can count on any of the coast
streams being in excellent condition with
In a week or ten days, and there is not q
.nortsman in San Francisco who would
npt willingly wait that length of time or
even longer to have his expectations
gratthed. ,
,oiative to the prospects for sport next
saturday is self-eXplanatory. He writes:
what an exodus OF anglers there will be from
-, " % oit,y on AnriI l. when the trout season
onens A few of the more fortunate for time
I'll iaave Friday, to be on their respective
WIZ t CO tnrday ncrning-the opening day
s,,, the majority will take the saturday after
oor or sunday morning trains 1or nearby
49, .aaros such as San Pablo Creek. Sonoma
~ Ei s.on Geronimo Lagunitas Paper Mill,
etg: go-,, wear brings forth host OF new faces.
and II IS an amusing sght 70 IeIo bcats
WIN n. Ine a,,er,,tbinc new in the shape OF iish-
Inc naraphcrnalia, marching on ~ my SaaISno
lie nrst Sunday morning oi 'H'
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
CYCLE RACES POSTPONED.
Wet Weather Prevents the Holding
of To-Day's Road Events.

The racing committees of the Bay City
Wheelmen and Olympic Wheelmen have
announced the postponement of their re-
spectiye road races scheduled for to-
day for one week owing to the wet
weather. The wheelmen are not at all
put out, however. for, together with the
rest of the people of the State, they are
thankful for the downpour and would
willingly POSTPONE a dozen events under
similar conditions.
The announcement that the Olympics
would open their new track, with big
meet on April 16 was received with much
interest among the club and racing men,
who foresee in this track and the energy
of its owners an active year for the rae
ing end of the sport.
II Is apparent now that Champion Jim
INV Michael has quit the cycling game:
He has signed as stable jockey for Fnll
DIVER, and will hereafter be horseman; n;
John Lawson, the 'Ierrlple SWeae,
gave the members of the Bay. City Club
an exhibition of riding ION the rollers
Chome trainer) the other evening that
droDped in for a friendly visit and was
much interested IN the men VINO were
training downstairs for the coming relay
race. He asked permission TO [ry {ne
rollers. as he had never been on them be-
fore and was speedily furnished with a
wheel and racing suit. When he got the
wheels hurnming at clip the boys had
never seen before, and kept It up for
about half an hour. After cold shower
he was as fresh as daisy, and 81, spent the the
rest Of the evening. RECALLING the crowd
with tales Of the circuit Lawson says
the he fasteners will ride. at Sacramento.
The regular monthly g. A. G: G; meet meet
ing will be held next Saturday evening;
that m is, if a quorum is present, which
seems quite unlikely, owing TO the lack
of interest taken in its affairs In fact,
Of ali the clubs around the bay, the
OIvmpics, Bay Citys and Garden Citys
are the only ones that appear to have
anv energy left.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
TRAP SHOOTING EVENTS.
Weather Permitting, Sportsmen Will
Enjoy Happy Hours This
Afternoon
Afternoon

The Shag Rock Gun Club held its
monthly blue-rock shoot last Sunday. The
scores were: Sylvester II, Eggers 10
Lewis 8, Hooper 9. Horn Ii, Nick 6. Don
nelly IA, Burnell 10, Ford 10, Seimer 6.
Peguillan 9, Rojas 1, Barry s, Finvichio s.
Becker 6.
number of sportsmen will gather to-
day at the Lucas kennels, near San Ra-
fael and enjoy a live-bird Shoot through
the invitation of Mr.. Lucas, who viii
have select lot of birds gathered for
the occasion. ~
The Union Gun Club has arranged an
elaborate programme of trap-shooting
events for the season. Shoots will be held
commencing on March 26 and ending on
September "a. The contests will take
place on the Lincoln Gun Club grounds in
Alameda. To reach the grounds sports
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
OLYMPIC BOUTS.
Semi Finals in Two Glasses and Wei
ter Weight Preliminaries for
Wednesdav Night

There will be a gala fisticuff night at
the Olympic Club on Wednesday evening
next. The semi finals of the feather and
lightweight classes and the welter-weight
matches will be fought, making nine con-
tests in all
In the feather-weight class w. J. Leon
ard of the Olympic Club will meet Peter
Deval of the Acme Athletic Club and
William Hoskins of the San Francisco
Athletic Club will cross fists with O.:
Hasse of the Acme Club. The winners of
these bouts will fight before the club on
May 2.
the South End Rowing Club will meet
Jack Dennis of the olympics and J. Kane
of the Liberty Athletic Club will box Dan
Barry of the Manhattans. The winners
of this bout will meet on April "a:
In the welter-weight class the following
are the entries: E. Grossman, San Ra-
fael Athletic Club; Charles Poulsen, Ex-
celsior Athletic Club; F. Asst, Manhattan
Athletic Club; ]. Tormey, San Francisco
Athletic Club; A. Smoker, Manhattan
Athletic Club F. Tiernan, San Francisco
Athletic Club; ]. F. Mccarthy, Jack
Doyle, s. Vicini and A. ]. Doyle of the
Olympic Club.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26

to decide the bout, which was McCoy's
from the first to the last round?
The fact of the matter is that MCCOY
is as cunning as the proverbial reynafo'
and by allowing his heavyweight oppo-
nent to remain. so to speak, on deck un-
til the limit of the, fistic argument was
reached he would be classed as only a
jabber, without having steam behind ms
blows to terminate battle whenever the
chance for so doing presented itself
knockout blow would, in all probability
end McCoy's career as a middle-weight,
and such men az as Tommy Ryain ino+ George
would fight shy of the smiling k1d,
who, by the way, is at present many
pounds too light to battle patti succ99sssftGilly 9ssfIia
Fitzsimmons, Corhett and other Weighty
jawbreakerS.
The only thing connected with the fight
that would create suspicion that every
thing was not exactly as it should be was
the Selection of ]. c. Kennedy as referee
Brady and he is also a warm friend of
Choynski. Doubtless the principals pre-
ferred an Eastern man to referee the
game, being aware of the fact that some
of the local referees are easily ap-
If Mccoy did agree to allow Choynski
to retire from the ring without sufering
a Knockout by a man who represents the
middle-weight class he certainly gave the
thousands who witnessed the mill
run for their money, and POSSIBLY may
have disappointed the blood-thrsty sports
who do not take any interest in boxing
contest unless they can see Knockout
and faces made brilliant by liberal
washing in human gore.
Choynski has now retired from the ring
after seeing fourteen years of hard serv-
Ice. He is ornamented with puffed lips and
an enlargement of the nose, the result OF
McCoy's frequent visitations. The Kid .
attended the Oakland races yesterday and
complained Of a very sore arm, which
member stopped several hard swings that
aimed him hV his ODDOnent during
the argument Mccoy pocketed $3737 81
as his share of the receipts and Choynsh
finished his record as a prize-fighter by
taking the losers end, which amounted to
s2491 5S.
Several local sportsmen, who witnessed
the contest and who were interviewed last
evening, said that they were thorougnly
satisfied with the contest and that Mccoy
acted a very wise part in not taking any
chances of being knocked out by past
master of the game.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
AMONG THE OARSMEN.
The University of California May Be
Represented at the Next As
toria Regatta.

J. E. Sullivan. secretary of the Anna
teur Athletic Union, has informed the To-
cal board that the registration fee for
athletes has been reduced from 81 to %
cents, and that the registration cards do
not expire until one year from the date
at which they are issued The local as
sociations are to print their own cards
and registration blanks, the men being
numbered from one upward, and the title
of the association being prefxed to the
number. The national registration COM
mittee has been abolished, and each aSso-
citation must appoint a registration COM
mttee consisting of three members.
The Alameda Boat Club does not intend
to resign any of the championships 1t
won last year without a struggle, and
will make special efforts to retain the
senior barge championship The first of
a series of outraged skiff races for nov-
ices will be held tomorrow.
There is not much activity at present
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26

HO. FOR THE BAY.
To-Day Yachts Will Leave Their
Winter Quarters in the
Ia aOoOn


The continued rain is delaying the
yachtsmen in their preparations for open
ing day for 1t renders it impossible to
paint their craft, or do any out
side work To-day the Corinthia9a IN
the 5e"s lagoon M at Ttburon to their an
chorages in front of the clubhouse. When
the drawbridge was raised on october 81
of last year to permit the yachts and
arks to pass into the lagoon it was ar
ranged that the yachts should go in nrSt
and the arks afterward. AS the Corinth-
ians bear the expense of raising the
should take precedence. The bridge was,
however, raised at u o'clock last night
to let the arks out, the tide suiting at That
hour, and there being moon. The brlGge
will be raised again to-day CSunday,
March 26,) at about noon for the yachts
to come out from their winter quarters.
New members are being added quite
rapidly TO the roll of the California Yacht
Club, about twenty having come IN re-
Gently. The schooner Lily '. 1ormerly 1e o5
the California fleet, has been sold, ana
now lies to the north of the Sausallto
ferry slip. Commodore Allen NJ. Clay has
put a handsome single stick into ms sloop
PactoluS and is thoroughly oVerhauIlng
the boat "a Jules Hartman wharf. So
many yachtsmen are at work on sundays
on their craft near the California CLUB
house that the scene reminds one or a
shipyard On June II the Corinthians will
cruise up the Oakland Creek and at the
invitation of Commodore Clay will be the
following day the two fleets will cruise
together under the orders of Commodore
Carl Westerfeld out toward the Heads,
returning on the afternoon tide.
The sIoop Iris viii have her cabin re-
decorated and will be put into commission
at an early date her sail area will be en-
larged. and it is stated that her owners
intend to enter her in all the open regat-
tas of the season. She will be command
ed by G. E. Dorm and will sail under the
flag of the Encinal Yacht Club
noly
great activity and has prepared a quite
extensive programme for the season
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26

In the mems foursomes, which, began
on March 4, the deciding foursome has; yet
to be played R. NJ. Fitzgerald and A
Goodalf will probably arrange with their
opponents, r. Cooke and w. A. Magee, to
play it off during the week. AT present
Cooke and Magee are one up on nine
To-day w. P. Johnson and E; R; FqqlgeIr
will play a foursome against, t, n: j;
two weeks the Oakland players will get
much practice as they rs can nisfo for faelr
the first part of which takes place on the
Oakland course on April and the second
part on the San Francisco links on
- On 81 l. Saturday, April /. the fifth, tourna-
ment for the ladies' cup will take place la,
on the links of the Oakland Club: The
previous winners are Miss Duff (twice),
Miss Dunham and Miss Belle Mhoon. At
the close of the season the winners of the
five tournaments will meet in hnal con
test. the winner of which will keep the
trophy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
Track Notes.

His Excellencys Governor Gage was an
interested spectator of the races from
the clubhouse balcony.
The fair sex was well represented in the
grandstand. Fleur de Lis was a great
favorite with them.
10 Terry of Sacramento was so elated
over the victory of his mare in the big
handicap that he invited his friends to
the refreshment booth at the end of the
betting ring and opened pint bottle of
wine.
Mike Hennessy, who rode What-Er
Lou, was very wrathy after the finish.
He declared that Spencer interferred with
him on more than one occasion, and that
he was tired CT the slim riders tactics.
Spencer is not above taking every ad-
vantage. but he generally escapes with
out a reprimand from the stand.
The ring was flooded with Montgomery
money and this may have had something
to do with the showing made by Rubicon.
His exhibition was as bad as the i'm
provement in form shown Iry Imperious
the day previous was striking.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
Will Play Handball.

Professor Riordan, of Phil Ryan's
handball court at 1858 Howard street,
prides himself on having secured list
pf crackeriack players for to-day's
game. Besides stating Champion .Nealon,
9Iack" Bonnet, Kilgallon and himself,
he has been favored with promise from
Inn tIH l''1s Frainey Of Cincinnati, who arrived
in this city for the purpose. of challeng-
mo the winner in the coming fight be-
tween tITS; n Smith and Green. Frainey is an
athlete of no mean ability ; sad ana 1t is d ex
warming within the three walls of
Ryan's court to-day. The other entries
are:
M Dillon and P Hutchinson VS.. P. Kelly and
A. Pennoyer.
and T. Clements:
alI9 d. Regan and f. Barry VS.. R. Housman and
] White and E Curley VS.. ]. Collins and
NJ Mcguire
gallon and f. Maloney
J. c. Nealon and r. Linehan VS.. T. f. Bonnet
and A Hampton.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
WHY "K|D" MCCOY
DID NOT KNOCK
CH0YNSK| OUT
The Clever Lad Wants
Smaller Game.
TOO LIGHT FOR BIG MEN
BETTING PROVES THAT THE
FIGHT WAS ALL RIGHT.
The Winner Had No Financial Object
in Allowing His Opponent to
Stay Out the Twenty
Rounds.
TOO LIGHT FOR BIG MEN
BETTING PROVES THAT THI
FIGHT WAS ALL RIGHT.

There are few disgruntled sports who
possibly lost a few dimes on the paris
mutuels on the result Of the Mccoy and
Choynsh fight who are now yelling
fake" They contend that Billy Brady.
who is looking after McCoys interests,
had a deep finger in making UP the
fake pie and that Mccoy deliberately
permitted Choynski to remain on his feet
until the end of the twentieth round so
that those who were in on the job
could make a killing in the mutuels.
The absurdity of a statement of this
kind can be seen by a glance at the table
of pari mutuel wagerS which is posted
in a local poolroom and is as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
Total number of tickets sold, 52'

Total number OF tlcKels solu' O%oO'
pays 81 20.
It stands to reason that II Mccoy or his
dearest friends knew that the contest
would last the limit the line calling for
eighteen and over would have been played
several hundred stronger than the sum
stated in the table So much for the eX-
plosion of the eighteen rounds and over
statements. -,
The fight, however. satisfied the most
exnert Judges of the game that ChoynsN
is a dead bird and that Mccoy fought
careful battle satisfied that If the contest
should go to the limit he would win on
the score Of points. 1t certainly appeared
in some of the rounds that Mccoy could
have easily put his opponent to sleep with
a welI-directed right-hand punch on the
jaw. ss.s 49,
If these opportunities were offered the
question arises why did he not take ad-
vantage of the openings and finish the
game then and there? What could have
been his object in prolongtng the con-
test?" 4,oo,,,
that he did not hold any Wagers that
Chovnsh would stand twenty ROUNDS IN
front of 1.-The Kid" Possibly there may nay
have been considerable betting on this
nronosItiOn in New York and in the other
Eastern cities that may have caused the
artful Mccoy to travel a. ease until the
finish. e,., ~
Then again. If Mccoy was f1ghting un5
dor instructions from Brady, what could
have been the difference so far as the
auction pool betting is concerned
whether he knocked ChoynsN out IN the
ffth round or allowed him TO take pun
ishment until the referee was called upon
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
WILL ACCEPT THE TRUST.
Merchants Association Agrees to
Pass Upon Requests for City
improvements

The Merchants Association has ac-
cepted the trust imposed upon it by the
recently. This was to pass
upon the requests of improvement clubs
and individuals for various improve
ments. The following communication
was received by the Supervisors yester
day:
"On behalf of the board of directors
of the Merchants Association, we beg
to acknowledge the receipt of Resolu-
ton No. 257o (Fourth Series, and de-
sire to express to your honorable
board our deep appreciation of the
highly complimentary evidence OF
your confidence in the judgment ant
While We realize the great difficulty
of the task of complying with your
request, we accept the responsible
trust as a public duty. In view of the
various needs. of the city and the long
list of improvements petitioned for by
Improvement clubs and others, it be-
comes clearly apparent that a correct
solution of the problem to be solved
requires thorough study of the diff
ferent departments of the city govern
ment and a wel-defined and harmon
iouS plan for administration and I'M
proVement.
The necessary investigation for
this purpose will re luire much labor
and research and consume consider
able time. but we hope to be able to
make a report to your honorable
board in time to be of service to you
coming fiscal year. The first steps to
be taken by this board in this direo-
ton will be to place the various ques-
tions at issue before the next quarter
" meeting of the association, to be
held on THURSDAY eyen;ing: gas March agH 80
Market street so that we may have
the the advice and suggestions of our
members and the taxpayers generally gen rally
Sidero+ion of the details necessary t
compIv with the aforesaid resolution
VI So"A Very truly yours,
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
MISS MH00N WON
GOLF HANDICAP
The Cup in the Mems Contest Was
Captured by g. D. Green

The Oakland golf course is in several
parts so muddy that it is quite heavy
work TO go round it. In front of the
eighth hole is a small lake. over which
the ball must be lofted, while the player
walks round the water. The event set
down on the programme for yesterday
was a ladies' match play competition, nine
holes, with handicap. but only three ladies
braved the discomforts Of the course.
These were Mrs. Oscar f. Long, Mrs. w.
p Johnson and Miss Belle Mhoon. The
last named played a strong game, ana
quite outclassing her opponents won the
cup. 4,,
play competition, eighteen holes, with
handicap, was contested yesterday The
results of the games played were as fol-
lows:
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
THE EXPERT SWIMMERS.

The entries for the races advertised to
take place at Sutro Baths this afternoon
are as follows:
5O-yard dash, novice-C. Donovan, w Har-
rison. e Mckenzie A. Beyfuss, D. Harris, w
Connolly, G. Adler. H Mckenzie, H. Irving
High diving for boys-T. Guerfn A. Beyfuss
H. Seebach, c. Donovan. V. Freechtle, Q. Bey-
fuss.
Obstacle race through small tanks-W Hur-
ley, G. o Brien, r. Dahl, H. Mckenzie. G.
Clough c. Donovan. G. Strohlin, 7. Guertn,
H Seebach F. ClouGh, j. Benzon.
Trapeze diving open to all.
Trick and fancy springboard diving-W. Har-
rison r Guerin, J. Carroll, o. Schultz, G.
O'Brien. C. Donovan. D. Mccain, H. See
bach B. limerick.