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The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26
TENNIS MEN
ACTIVE ON
THE COURTS
Winners in Sundays
Class Tournament
Are to Play in
Finals.
-HE class singles tournament held
last Sunday on the courts of the

~HE class singles tournament held
last Sunday on the courts OF the
II California Tennis Club was the
largest that club has ever held. The en-
try list, thirty-four players in all, was
fully twice as large as usual and the
matches were nearly all close.
The one match in the championship
class was a disappointment, as George
Whitney withdrew after the second SET
and the match went to his brother at set
all.
: Fred Brown, the University Of Califor-
mia crack, who carried off first-class
honors, played a steady game throughout
and his victory was a well-earned one
Collier was a Slight favorite. but Brown
was trifie too strong for him ana re-
tired him in the final round.
As was expected Frank StrIng,nIamI nam %eRC Stes
Guilty. Cornell was considered to nave an
even chance with him, but was badly
beaten through lack of practice. string
ham, who formerly represented the Uni
.versity of California, has been improving
rapidly since he took Hp the game and
will probably be near the head OF the first
class in few months.
By winning the third class without les
ing a set Charles Kuehn showed he Is
easily the best man in that class. kuehn
did not take to the game readily at hrst,
but of late has shown Improvement. He
will probably remain in the same class for
the present.
The fourth class, composed of the new
members Of the club, was won easily by
G. N. Armsby. He won his matches in
straight sets, none of which were deuce
sets. This was ArmSby'S first tournament
He will hereafter play in the third class
The five class winners will play off to-
morrow for first hOnOrs. The drawing
and handicaps are as follows: Brown.
first class, bye; r. N. Whitney, cham
pionship class, will allow ArmSby, fourth
class, odds of half forty; Stringham,
second class, will allow Kuehn, third
class, odds of fifteen"
The members of the tournament COM
nitee in favor of having a continuous
tournament again. There have been two
events of this kind in the past and while
they are popular at first they are short
lived. This is not a good time of the
year for a continuous tournament. as
there is a tournament scheduled for every
other Sunday. Affairs of this kind would
be more successful in the summer months
There will probably be a class singles
tournament on the park courts tomorrow
An event of this kind would prove inter
esting, as the players are evenly matched.
ROuth and Dunlap, the park champions
in doubles, have challenged Collier and
Crowell of the California Club to a match
to be played on the park courts. The
park experts are anxious to have the
match played tomorrow, but Collier and
Crowell are not in favor Of this 1t will
probably be played next Sunday.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26
OLYMPIANS
WANT TANK
TO ROW IN
Alameda Boating Club
AbandonS Annual
Regatta at
Oakland.

T HE rowing season of 1901 came to
an end with the ladies' day of the
- Dolphin Swimming and Boating
Club on the 18th inst. The Alameda Boat
CLUB intended to hold its regular regatta
for club championships in barge and out
rigged skiffs early in November, but it
has been found impossible to get the
crews together. Some of the oarsmen are
employed at night and SO the crews cam
not get regular practice. In December
the club will give its annual variety en-
tertainment in Armory Hall, Alameda.
The directors of the Olympic Club are
still considering the question of an ath-
letlc held within easy reach of the city.
If the tract in East Oakland is ultimateiv
chosen the propinquity of San Antonio
estuary and the opportunity for training
rowing crews will help the cause of oars.
men greatly. Though some Olympic mon
are in favor of retaining the ReJvedara
boathouse the facilities offered by tbe
smooth waters of Oakland Creek caDnof
fail to excite enthusiasm for rowing Tbe
Olympic Boat Club proposes to hold
regatta on Sunday, November & ar wSioS
races will take place for the club channH
pair of sculls and other prizes will ID
given by the club. There will he ha De
and outraged skiff races. 1t was st as Se
proposed to give ladies' dav bn+ 49,
event has been postponed till next snri,,a-
George James, captain of the OIvrnrSfc,
Club, and s. j. Pembroke. captain Of tbe
DOeAs Siup' a. u yliIS 10 nave a tank bI1Ilt
in the bowling alley of the clubhoI,soo VI. ~.
Post street, so that oarsmen can nrsct;ol On
indoors. as they dc. at Yale. Harvard 0sles snS
other universities In the Eastern States
If they are successful in secIIrire - ~, .
many Olympians are likely to take 'nls MS
rowing. as half an hours practice in up up
tank can be procured daily whiIe rnn,ile I tne
at Belvedere was obtainable only on Ss ing
days by men living in San FrenoHiSunna an pun
For crew to get regular practice II p % .,
been necessary either to live at Belvede@rss ~ n@s
or Io,nbS TO secure sonts ne privilege of using the
city. III the
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26
GREYHOUNDS'
STAT1INA TO
BE TESTED
Heat Coursing the
New Proposition
for Occasional
Stakes.
CONSIDERABLE discussion is go.

CONSIDERABLE discussion is go
~ ing on just now among the locai
leashmen regarding an loea III
co,rstng. which, although not entlrely
now will be a novelty to the more recent
followers of the sport.
The plan is to run as an annual, semi
annual or monthly event stake Oh t"en-
ty-four or forty-eight entries In meats;
that is. instead of a winner being declared
AZ the end of a course it will be necessary
for the hound to have to its credit the
hest two in three or three~in five before
retiring its opponent.
The idea of such a meeting originated
with Judge John Grace and was success
fully tried at Jngleside Coursing Park IN
1885, In that trial Koolawn was the WIN
ner and Connell Bros Log Boy the run
ner I'm. The affair created favorable COM
ment at the time and would have become
a fixed event in -coursing but for the fact
that dissension developed in the ranks Of
the leashmen. This resulted In the open
ing of Union Park. More pressing matters
oecupied the promoters Of the sport and
crowded the idea of the new stake from
their minds
With the plains meeting, but, a few
weeks off the novel idea will be hailed with
de1ight by the owners of 'long- distance"
coursers. If the stake is run before the
country trip il will put the dogs. in trim
for the fields and if decided after the open
meeting the entries that have had expert
ence on the plains will be likely candi-
dates for honors in such hard stake.
There has always been difference of
opinion among leaShmen as to which is
the better attribute in the makeup of a
greyhound, speed or stamina. To the
trainer who follows the set idea of P. j..
Reilly in fitting a dog for a stake, that
is, the feeding of strong food to the
courser that he may be able to go the
long, hard route, this stake will appeal
as the proper one to test the true merits
of a greyhound
That Denny Healey's Sisquoc did not
reach the final of the last John Grace
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26
PLAYERS OF GOLF
AGAIN IN ACTION

The San Francisco Golf Club will open
the winter season this afternoon at the
Preside links with a tournament over
eighteen holes. The gross scores will
count as the qualifying round for the
councils cup competition, the eight low
est scorers to qualify. The net scores,
after the handicaps have been deducted,
will count for the handicap match tourna-
ment which begins to-day After the play
played off, each contestant receiving
three-quarterS of the number of strokes
that made his handicap in the qualifying
rounds; the handicap being applied at GER
tain holes in accoradnce with the scheme
OF handicapp1ng adopted by the tourna-
ment committee. A player who receives a
handicap of one stroke has an extra
stroke on the ninth hole. One who re-
ceives two has an extra stroke on the
ninth and eighteenth holes and so on.
. All the local courses are in a hard con-
dition and nothing can be done to inn
rains Though the Sausalito course was
formally opened last Saturday, it is not
and third holes not being in playable or
der. The new clubhouse will be great
comfort and convenience to the golfers,
who have hitherto had no shelter from
sweep down the canyon around which the
course is laid. Miss Ruth Miller was
lucky last Saturday in winning the ladies'
prizes for driving and putting after ty
ing for the driving contest with Mrs.
Mason and for the putting contest with
Mrs. Mason and Mrs. Mays. Her victor
les, however, were popular.
Among the visitors to the San Rafael
links last Sunday was John Lawson.
who played with Bell, the San Rafael
professional displaying good form.
The captains cup of the Oakland Golf
Club, which is emblematic of the medal
play championship of the club, has now
been won six times-twice by E. r. Fol-
ger and c. p. Hubbard and once by w. P
Johnson and F. s. StrattOn. w. p. john
son was beaten in the recent contest by
only one stroke, while E. R. Folger's high
score for the Short" course put him out
of the running.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26
Y YACHTSMEN.
SEEK SAFE
ANCHORAGE
Tiburon Drawbrid ge
! Will Be Uplifted
TO=rIOrrow at
1idday.
nER HE yachting season of 1901 will
81 come to an end tomorrow with
II the raising of the bridge at Tibu-

%K@ HE yachting season of 1901 will
~ come to an end tomorrow with
II the raising of the bridge at Tibu
ron and the passing of the pleasure craft
u INTO the quiet waters of the lagoon. The
San Franciscos and Corinthians took the
cioslng Joint cruise Of the year last Sum
DAY. more than forty boats being under
way. w nile there was a good breeze in
the channel, elsewhere the wind was
hght, SO that Commodore Fl. d. Hawks,
VINO led the fleet in his sloop May, did
not go over as far as SausalIto, as had
Deen intended, but cruised about between
Belvedere Point and Lime Point. A thick
log hung over the city during the greater
part OF the day, SO that the parade of the
yachts along the San Francisco water
pretty sight as it came out from Thu
ron Cove toward Sausalito, and later when
1ne IA Sacnts were lost to view In the fog or
came suddenly out into bright space. On
returning to their moorings many of the
yachtsmen stripped the sails from their
6oats. 6 0ther yachts will be dismantled to-
tomorrow morning for their entrance
into the lagoon. As it is high water at
Iiburon about II o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, the bridge will be raised shortly
from the 1880 boat from San Francisco
have passed over it. The tide is a large
one, haVlng rise of 8 feet inches, so
goon for the yachts to find suitable an
chorage. The raising of the drawbridge
Will be under the direction of Port Cap
tain John H. ,Keefe, and large launch
mas been engaged to tow the line Of
yachts; into the lagoon. Several San
francisco yachts will be towed over from
Sausalito by Port Captain James Kitter-
mans launch America, and will pass
through the. bridge. Among these will be
Vice Commodore r. S. Bridgemans sloop
Thetis, j. r. Savory's sloop Juanita and
yawl Royal. The sloop; Mischief, which
mas been chartered by some members Of
the San francisco Yacht Club during the
season will also be laid up in the lagoon.
DIR. t. l.. Hills sloop Cygnus was taken
up to Escalle last Sunday and will lie in
Corte MADEIRA Creek. The yawl Phyllis
Will go up to SuiSun marshes, and the
sloop Mike will spend the winter under
canvas on one of the sets of ways at Tib-
uron. A. c. Lees Surprise will be drawn
up on the beach at Old, Sausalito. H. r.
Sfmpkins' yawl Tramontana has already
been taken to the north of the ferry slip.
Tonight there will be q dance in the
San Francisco Yacht Club house, which
will formally wind up the season.
The supper 1T the Corinthian Club house
last Saturday night was the best that has
ever been enjoyed by the members, the
fish chowder, coffee and beans being
served up piping hot. Port Captain and
Chief Caterer John Fl. Keefe has provided
the clubhouse with a large range. on
which the suppers on jinks nights, the
New Years day dinner and other feasts
will be prepared. The closing Corinthian
links last Saturday were highly success
ful, coming to end at midnight aopIt
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26

Cup stake is due only to coursing luck.
Out in the fog and while the anxious bet
tors were awaiting the result Sisquoc was
doing his own death in pursuit of hare
that could stride a bit, too. As 1T was the
Petaluma dog, though conditioned to the
moment, was handicapped by the long
work and was not able to do himself JUS
tice in a trial with Beacon soon after.
The course between Beacon and RECTOR
which will be run at Union Coursing Park
tomorrow as the final of the John Grace
Cup stake, will be for blood. Both dogs
have been faithfully prepared for the go
and a close score is looked for. Beacon
will be the favorite and will probably lead
his younger opponent to the hare. Rector,
his hackers claim, will outpont the great
blue dog in the work and take the flag
That the course will be fast and exciting
no follower of the game doubts.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26

will meet the University of Nevada elev-
en- on the college grounds The visiting
team defeated Reliance week ago Satur
day in Reno by score of Ito o. Accord
ing to this California will meet a team
whose standard of play approaches that
of it's own and Stanford's. 1t. must be
rem membered, however, that Reliance did
not send up its strong team.
On November an eleven from the Mare
Island Navy Yard will play California on
the campus. rhe team contains several
Annapolis men and is being coached by
Lawrence Kaarsberg, who played full
back for California in 1888.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26
Olympic Club Ladies' Night.

John A. Hammersmith, leader Of the
Olympic Club, is making unusual prepara-
tions for ladies' night. next Wednesday.
The special attractions will be japanese
wrestlers and r. Z. Reid, noted swords
mali The latter shows number of in
teresting tricks such as slicing a lemon
and cutting silk ribbons, suspended in the
air. The programme will be filled out
with wrestling. fencing and boxing by the
cleverest members in the club.
Some thirty representatives Of the club
will go 10 Vallejo this afternoon to give
an exhibition tonight for the benefit of
the Vallejo Yacht Club.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26
Lowell to Meet Palo Alto.

Lowell High Schools great football
eleven will meet the Palo Alto High
School team this morning at the Sixteenth
and Folsom street grounds. fast game
is expected If the ground is not too
heavy. Lowell has not met defeat this
season, while Palo Alto played tie game
with Berkeley's freshman team. The
game will be called at 10:15-
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26

which hour the ferry-boat left for the
city. Most of the yachtsmen slept OIL
their boats and were up at good hour
next morning to make preparatio for
the final cruise.
John. T. Carriers sloop Jessie E of the
California Yacht Club is for sale. She
was designed and built by her owner and
is constructed with great strength. She
took second place to E. F. Sugars Edna
in the 36-foot class at the last annual
regatta of the Pacific Interclub Yacht
Association. q
1t is expected that F. A. Hyde, the welf2
known attorney and president of the Au-
tomobile Club. who is now in the Eastern
States will bring back with him plans for
a new yacht, to be fitted with an auxiliary
engine. She will be, built here and will
be enrolled in the feet of the San Fran
cisco Yacht Club.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26

~ TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct.
V2A 25.-With but two weeks inter
~ vening before the intercollegiate
game and but eight days more
of actual hard practice, exclusive of
games, the Stanford football eleven is not
showing the speed the men should have
developed at this stage of the season.
Coach Fickert is satisfied with every
thlng except the speed, and the lack of
that, he says, is due to the treacherous
condition of the field. The grid has
been so hard and the injuries resulting
from falling on it so frequent that the
men are afraid to play fast ball. The field
mas not been in shape for weeks and as
result nearly every man on the team
mas sustained slight injuries, for the most
part Spra1ned ankles, wrenched knees and
muscle bruises. Kenneth Cooper of last
years team is out of the game for the
present with a badly sprained ankle. 1t
is hoped he will be out in canvas again
soon, as he is undoubtedly the best end
on the squad. Trainer Moulton remarked
to-day that the physical condition of the
excepting the bruises incidental to falling
on the clods and hard ground.
The second eleven have been putting I'D
an article of football that some members
OF the big eleven would do we'll to imi-
tate. During the practices this week the
second team has been playing star ball,
making the big eleven fight for every inch
OF ground. Roosevelt at guard, "'Guiby''
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26

For the first time since the war there is
not a negro in the North Carolian Legis-
lature.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26

. TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct.
IA 25.-With but two weeks inter-
~ vening before the intercollegiate
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26

"a ERKELEY, Oct. 25.-All work on
the University of California
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CHAPTER XIX.-CoNr1NUEp.
BY Will N. HasbeD.

CHAPTER XIX.-CONTINUED.
AS Father Surtees went into the
next room Blanche did not rise. She
seemed completely stupefied.
Rowland is anxious for me to make
a certain disclosure to you," the priest
said, taking her hand. 81 must first
beg you to be lenient. if you can,
with man who loves you with all his
soul. Of that there is no doubt
He has lost my fortune?" cried
Blanche, sharply. What do you sup
pose care for money when-when he
is dying?"
1T is not that. my dear Mrs. God
dard," said the priest. averting his
solemn gray eyes. 81 am afraid it is
even more serious than that"
What is it? What is wrong, then p.
questioned the young wife, laying a
trembling hand on the arm of the priest.
Can you bear blow from a most
unexpected source?" asked Father
Surtees. ga revelation which will
shake your faith even in the man YOU
love?"
"Hush!" Blanche cried. firing imme-
diately. do you dare to speak against
him when he is dying? Oh, my God!"
Father Surtees shrank from her an
instant, and look of pain spread over
his fine face. He allowed her indig-
nant eyes to rest on him for a mo-
ment, then he said:
He has begged me to make a con-
fession to you of the greatest i'm
portance. My poor child, you will
have to have great fortitude to listen
calmly to what 1 am going to tell
YOU"
"What b you mean?" Blanche oues-
toned, the fire still kindling in her eyes.
would you not be shocked if were
to tell you." Father Surtees began to
look about the room as if searching
for the gentlest means of conveying
his meaning. .if I were to tell YOU
that there was IA mistake about
Mrs. Goddard's death:'
Blanche's eyes grew large.
You mean that-fhat she is alive ?n
she asked, slowly.
Eyes, she is alive
Blanche fixed his eyes with steady
stare of Incredibly.
Not dead-not dead?'
The priest nodded.
"And there is something else.' he
went on, "and to do Maj. Goddard full
Justice you must make up your mind
- believe that he did not love ron as
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CHAPTER Xxx.

A month later Maj. Goddard was en-
abled to move about the house and
grounds with cane. He had had the
best nursing in the world, and con-
sidering the great load which had
been removed from his mind it is lit
tie wonder that he did recover. The
secret of the identity of his assailant
was kept by Blanche, Father Surtees
and the major from the other men,
bers of the household. A report had
become current that the attack was
made by a robber, whom Blanche
and the major had met on the
grounds, and who fired on them to
make his escape. These three know
ing ones thought it was likely Jeanne
had given up her murderous plans,
but for fear that she might cause fur
Their trouble, Father Surtees was max
ing strenuous efforts to find her that
he might inform her that they knew
of her marriage to Dugdale.
One bright, sunny day Talley, who
still lived at Lyndhurst, persuaded the
major to go into the city with him to
see the new bank, of which Talley
was cashier and the major vice pres
ident. They had both disposed of
their G. N. &, w. stock at an enormous
increase in value, and had invested
part of their earnings in the stock of
the new bank.
The major was writing some letters
in his Office at the bank that after
noon when the Office boy announced
lady. And when the visitor entered,
despite a long, heavy veil, Goddard
recognized Jeanne. AS the Office boy
withdrew she closed the door and
stood with her hand on the handle.
Il see you recognize me, Rowland"
she began.
eyes, I recognize you," said the
major, grown white with excitement.
won't you sit DOWN."
She took seat opposite his revolv-
ing chair, and threw back her veil, dis
closing white, wasted face.
81 have not come as an enemy, Row
land" she said, softly.
"Oh, you have not?" he said.
mo; for I am completely in your
power. knew I was taking a big
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THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.

The poets and punsters have often maligned
her,
Her temper and actions they've thorough
ly cussed!
With fun-driven heels they've endeavored
to grind her
Down into the depths of the ridicule dust.
The air has been hot with the jokes they've
fired at her.
You'd think her the worst 'un the world
ever saw,
And never a one has as yet deigned to fiat
ter
That feminine treasure. the mother-in-
law.
The angels would envy her sweet dispose
ton,
motherly smile ever clings to her face;
She's proud CT the dignity of her position;
Her temper but rarely gets Jared from
its base.
She thinks her dear son is peach ripe and
mellow,
And nine times in ten the affectionate fell
Is madly in love with his mother-in-law.
Her visits are looked on as sunny GASES
To gladden. the dreary old desert of life,
Her son-iE-law thinks she possesses rare
graces,
And loves her for giving him such sweet
wife.
The home is dreamland of love when she's
in it,
No breezes of discord blow chilly and
raw;
An hour in its flight seems bliss-laden
minute
When lit with the smiles of the mother-in-
law.
In sickness her voice so delightfully."- sooth
ing
Oft tempers the pangs of the demon of
pain;
Her hand when an invalid brow softly
smoothing
Cools down the hot fire of the feverish
brain.
She's here and she's there where her serv-
ice is wanted;
A sweeter old angel the world never saw.
And glad is the home that is frequently
haunted
With the spirit so kind of the mother-in-
law.
OF course there are some that are thor
oughbred terrors,
For there are exceptions to every rule;
They see in their sons-in-law nothing but
errors,
And grade them about on a plane with the
mule.
Their eyes ever search for cause for a
rumpus,
They're expert of tongue and they're
nimble of jaw,
But, though all the wits of newspaperdom
jump us,
We're here to stand up for the mother-in-
law.
James Barton Adams, in Denver Even
ing Post.
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Mere MutteFfngs.

Character is sometimes lost before
a reputation is attained.
knowledge is what we learn. Wis
dom is what we remember.
Poems and babies are alike. Their
parents always think they are clever.
"ChildreH and fools speak the
truth" is not this an attempt to put
an age limit on lying?
We always look so pleasant when
being photographed that it seems q
shame to get the bill for the pic
lures.
The tender-hearted coal dealer
weeps at the high price of coal. He
grieves that it was SO cheap last sum-
mer.
A genius never has to tell anyone
he is a genius, unless he Is bald. 9th
erwise his hair will proclaim his gifts,
American.