The San Francisco call., 1904-04-09
CRICKET CLUBS
EVENLY MATCHED
FOR THIS YEAR
No Team So Overwhelmingly
StrOng-~as Winners of Last
Seasons Championship
K0RTLANG COMES BACK
This Clever Player Will Be
a Member of the San
Francisco County Eleven
KORTLANG COMES BACK

The cricketers of San Francisco and
the neighborhood are looking forward
to a pleasant and a lively season. The
Pacific and Alameda clubs will not be
so grievously outmatched by the San
Francisco County Club as they were
last season. when the county team in
cluded three or four players superior
to any in either of the other clubs.
Harold B. Richardson, captain of the
County Club, has not yet returned
from England, but will probably ar
rive in time for the opening match of
the season. Bert Kortlang, who really
won the championship pennant for the
Pacific Club in 1902, returned from Sc
attle on the steamer Jean1e on Thurs
day night and announces his determi-
nation to play with the San Francisco
County Club. With Richardson, Kort-
lang. Sloman, Petersen and John, the
San Francisco County team will be a
strong one E. H. Wilkes has joined
the Pacific Club, which has nearly fifty
members. The Alameda Club has add
ed some useful players to it's roll.
The official roll of the Pacific Club,
as handed to the secretary of the Cali
fornia Cricket Association, includes the
following:
Edgar Alexander. W. Balnaves. A.. r.
Great Britain). T. W. Bewiey. H. D. Bowly.
G. E. Bull H. c. Cassidy c. p. Coles. the
Rev. s. H. Wingheld- Digby chaplain Of the
seamen's Institute) H. F. Elliott. z. c
Evans T. Forster F. A. Gayley. Charles
Barton Hin. W; J. Horn. G. L. Hurst.
w. B. Kysh. E. H. NJ. Lannowe E. T. Lang
dale John Lawson F. Levin Norman Logan,
Colonel Mcnamara r. Marsh Browne H G.
Moss. E. +. Musson. ]. w. Myers. w. Peth-
erck. w. Powell n r. Roberts. ]. A. Rob-
Sollom H. n StoTrs Dr. o. n Tayl9r j. j.
w. Wilding and E. H. Wilkes.
There will be practice on the ground
at Webster street Alameda, this after
noon and tomorrow, and on each sue
ceeding Saturday and Sunday until the
season opens. The first match for the
championship of 1904. will be played on
Sunday, May l, between those old
time rivals, the Alameda and Pacific
clubs.
The schedule of the California Crick-
ct Association for 1904 is out and in the
hands of the secretaries of the clubs.
1t contains a list of the officers. affili-
ated clubs and delegates of the associa-
tion. the rules for the government of
matches and the list of games to be
played during the season, as usual. 1t
also contains two items that have not
been included previously-viz., the
names and addresses of the secretaries
of the affiliated clubs and the list OF
winners of the annual championship
since the formation of the association
in 1892. William Greer Harrison, the
first president of the association. pre-
sented a silver cup to become the prop
erty of the club winning it three times
The Alameda Club was, In tie early
years of the association, the strongest
and became the possessOr of the trophy
by three straight victories, in 1892, 1895
and 1894 A second silver cup was pre-
sented in 1895 by Hunter Harrison and
also became the property of the Ala
media Club, which was champion in 1895.
1897 and 1885, the Bohemian Club win
ming i'm 1896 This cup was presented
to r. B. HOgue, a leading member of
the Alameda Club. in recognition Of
his services to cricket in California.
and was taken by him to New South
Wales. where ne now resides. After
1895. Edward Brown. president Of the
association, presented pennant to the
club winning the annual championship
The remnant was won in 1899 by the
California Club, in 1900 and 1901 by
the Alameda Club. in 1902 by the Pa
cific Club. and in 1908 by the San Fran
cisco County Club.