The San Francisco call., 1905-02-04
REGULAR TICKET APPEARS
STRONG TO YACHTSMEN
SAN Francisco Club Members Will
Elect New Board of Officers
on Wednesday


The annual meeting Of the members
OF the San Francisco Yacht Club and
the election of officers and directors
for the coming twelve months will be
held in the banquet hall on the first
floor of the California Hotel in this
city on Wednesday, the Sth inst, at s
.. m. AS was expected, an opposi-
uon or, members ticket" has been
prepared. Three of the nominees,
however, on the regular ticket and
the member ticket are the same.
these being ". G. Morrow for comrno-
dore, w. W. Wilde for secretary and A.
c. A. Mueller for financial secretary.
These nominees are the incumbents
Of the Offices for which they have been
nominated, and, as their names appear
on both tickets, they are certain of re-
election For four offices there are
tNC nominees apiece. For vice COM
mo00re }. NJ. Punnett is the regular
and 6. j. Mccormick the members &"
nominee; for port captain 7. F. Ken
neoy IS the regular" and L. c. Pts
toiesl the members I" nominee; for
treasurer W. NJ. Roberts is the reg
uiar' and G. H. Wright the mem
bers' nominee; for measurer w. w.
arrar' the incumbent, is the reg
uIar' and E. J. Fitzgerald is the
members nominee. The candidates
Tor commodore, vice commodore and
port captain on the regular ticket
are yacht owners, W. G. Morrow being
owner Of the racing sloop Challenger;
J. NJ Punnett Of the sloop CurIew, and
T. +. Kennedy owning an interest In
the yawl Witch. Unless some of the
candidates on the members 3" ticket
develop a hitherto unsuspected
strength the nominees on the reg
ular ticket will be elected by a good
majority.
The South Bay Yacht Club held the
first meeting of 1905 on January 20 in
the Offices of n r. Wretman in San
Jose. Commodore H. A. Spencer being
IN the chair. The following officers
were elected for the coming season:
DIR. H. A Spencer, commodore; S. E.
Smith, vice commodore; Niles E.
Wretman, secretary; B. L. Schwartz,
treasurer; Curtis Baker, port captain,
and j. .. Mckee, measurer. DR.. II. A.
Spencer, A. T. Bassett, Paul Garborino.
2. Knickerbocker and C NJ Barker
were chosen as directors. DR.. Spencer.
n Z. Wretman. B. I. Schwartz and ].
q. Mckee were reelected to the Of
fees held by them in 1904 and S. Z.
Smith was advanced from port captain
To vice commodore.
IL NdH OtC40CQ 10 Id1eCAne entrance
fee from S. to $40 and the monthly
dues from so cents TO 81 in order TO
meet the increased expenses. There
are 10 members on the roll of the
South Bay Yacht Club and more are
constantly coming in. Various COM
nIittees viii be appointed and a pro-
gramme Of events for the coming sea-
son viii be drawn up later.
The clubhouse and grounds of the
South Bay Yacht Club are owned by
2 corporation named the South Bay
Yacht Club Association, the officers of
which are S. r. Smith, president:
Elisha l. Corbin, secretary; B. l.
Schwartz. treasurer; Louis Sonniksen
and Dr. A. A. Wright, directors at
large. The United States Government
As dredging the slough on which the
headquarters Of the South Bay Yacht
Club are situated, from Alviso to bea-
con l3, and in consequence of this
work the accommodations of the basin
with be limited for some time. The
yschtsmen OF the South Bay viii there
fore not be ready to receive visits from
their brother yachtsmen of the upper
Ray until the middle Of June after
which time they hope to welcome
some Of their brethren from San Fran
cisco and the neighborhood.