Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
HANDBALL ENTRY
MAKES A RECORD
ATHLETIC CLUB TOURNEY HAS
MANY CONTESTANTS
Abest Exponents of Old Irish Game
to Show Skill in Two Weeks
Schedule-Chess and Table
Games

Members of the Los Angeles Ath-
| letic club promised a month ago to
| Southern California amateur sports
men a record breaking handball tour
nament. Yesterdays announcement
of two dozen entries indicates that they
have made good, as more players are
down for competition than ever start
ed in any local event heretofore.
| The committee infcharge has found
that even by playing off six match
games day two weeks will be neces-
sary to run down the affair to the
finals, one game constituting match
in the preliminaries, though the ulti-
mate decision is by the usual best two
games In three route.
| All the good players, many of the
| Intermediates and two or three of the
undeniably bads entered for this stellar
event, the latter looking toward that
| leather consolatiOn medal with longing
| eyes in the certainty of winning some
thing. Recent developments would in
dicate, however, that the competition
for the worst player in the club"
prize will not be as keen as seemed
likely at first.
Handball enthusiasts have already
started picking winners, but it must be
admitted without showing any decided
favorite. Eight, perhaps ten, show a
chance. One can never tell how tour
nament play will affect a contestant;
it may rattle him sufficiently for an
inferior man to make the necessary
points.
| Some have picked William H.
Loomis, others Samuel C. Hail. Cor
| do Whelan, Charles Moon, Joe Ames-
| toy, Gus HILL Frank Garbutt Charley
| Eyton, all have their admirers. Mix
ing the names up in hat and drawing
one is the most likely way of picking
a champion.
Owing to the lively interest mani
tested in the games by non-members,
! the board of directors has decided to
issue cards for those who wish to sit
in the visitors gallery and see the fun.
| These can be procured from any MEM
ber.
The Entries
The entry list follows: Adolph
Frankel ]. P. Amestoy, Charles L.
Moon, w. H. LOOMS, w. D., Whelanl,
| jr., Frank A. Garbutt, Samuel G. Hall,
Gus B. Hill. r. A. Dunnigan, Ray
Dunnigan, r. Brain, Lee Bradley,
| w. Mckay. William Graham, George
S. Hupp Charles w. McQuigg, w. b.
! Brain, Charles Clemente, Sam G..
Wood, D. F.. Welcome, Sam Parsons
and Stan. Mitchell.
Parsons. Welcome Garbutt, Charlie
Eyton, George Hupp are leading pri-
Yates in the veterans brigade all hard
men to beat at handball and several
of them equally so at anything else.
The young bucks like Loomis, Whelan,
Hall. Amestoy, can rely as much on
their endurance as their headwork in
placing the ball, but at that the Odd
timers with their foxy court general
ship give the lads some redhot runs at
times.
Play in the tournament will start
June /. Probably the finals will not be
decided before the middle of next
month.
The matter of taking up fencing is
exciting some talk around the club
quarters at 5341s South Spring street
nowadays Prof. Victor de Lambertiny,
formerly instructor of the Olympic club,
had shown several bouts during the
week with his son and Mr.. Eddy of
Pasadena, who is a finished fencer. The
game is a pleasing one to watch, and
has many valuable points to recommend
it to the searcher for systematic but
not violent exercise. Many skilled foils-
men are already on the club rolls.
The reading room contingent is pre-
pairing for chess and checker activity.
Nothing quite takes the place of either
with a devotee of the squared board
and its miniature battles. A tourna-
ment is in prospect for the near future
and 1t is thought a representative team
of players can be gathered from It.
Four Of the best chess players in all
California are soon to be available for
the purpose.
During the week an election of a pool
and billiard committee to arrange a
tournament at these games will be de-
| elared In order Performers in plenty
and plaoaKr oaac a ra paad,r 10 a..t1-