The San Francisco call., 1910-11-09

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The greatest benefit performance
that san Francisco has known in many
years viii take place at the Audito-
rum. Page and Fillmore streets. to-
morrow evening The program has
been practically completed and Pro
rnoter James ". COfroth. who IS han
ding the affair. expects that It VIII oe
his Measure to turn over several thou
sand dollars 10 the Sisters or Charlty'
in charge OF the hundreds OF little
o~phans left homeless by the burning
of the Mount St. Joseph's asylum more
Khan q month ago
Conroth and his friends have been
busy for several days. canvassing the
city and selling tickets for the worthy
cause It has been their good fortune
~ meet with success on every side.
The helping hand Is being extended IN
every direction. and men, women and
children ia all walks of life are only
TOO anxious TO 60 their share IN aid
ing the cause.
VARIED ATTRACTIONS
The program is one Of the most
varied and complete ever attempted al
any show given In this city IN years
There are numbers for the the2ter
zoer. the baseball fan, the friend OF
the wrestler and the admirer or the
boxing game. Il viii be a continuous
Derformance. with one attraction fol-
lowing closely upon the heels or an
other. There viii be no delays, no in
termissions. AS fast as one turn is
finished another viii be rushed on.
In addition 10 the regular numbers
2
sensational Butchertown lightweight,
VIII be added TO the list Since he
F,oxed that. specra cular Is round draw
with Battling Nelson little more
than week ago La Grave mas oeen
anxious TO appear at the beneht, ana
5rs- as soon as Cofroth can find
worthy opponent for him the Butcher
town lad VIII be put on the bill
AS was expected, the basebau
enrfntine contest between the fastest
men on the San Francisco and Oakland
ball clubs is looming up as one OF the
most exciting and interesting features
Of the program. This race viii be Tor
blood ana each one Of the players is
training hard for the event
The entries include Witt and MADDEN
of san Francisco and Hogan and Mag
cart Of Oakland. Most OF the local
fans look for Witt TO lead his neld,
-rough Madden has many admirers,
md rbfnk that he can take the num-
har or any Of them. A big crowd OF
oakland fans viii come over TO root
FOR Hogan and Maggart. both OF whom
are great favorites across the bay.
WITT SHOWS SKILL
Wits wonderful showing in the
.'fungo" contests before yesterday
baU game convinced all who saw hlm
that the local yOungster Is IN rare
form and viii be fit 10 make the efIort
q or
Of his life when he meets IHe oIIeI
speedy ones tomorrow night MAIDEN
did not compete yesterday He Is saw
ing himself for the real test. However,
he watched Witt closely.
The accuracy throwing contest is an
other which bids fair 10 be close and
exciting. The four players already
mentioned Will compete in this as Wen
as Mite. Thomas, NcArdle and Boole
of Oakland and San Francisco Booies
stock took quite q leap yesterday when
he carried of the honors in this event
bv defeating all Of his teammates.
The followers Of the amateur game
are looking forward with great IN
terest 10 the - yard sprinting contest
which will bring together the feetest
runners in the state. The entries Tor
This event include Snedigar Of the
O1vu7pic club. Rogers Of Lick, Claudius
of me University Of California, Starrett
Of St ATary's and Needing Of the army
All Of these men have shown great
form in the various contests IN which
they have taken part during the last
wear. though they have never all lined
IN in one event before. So evenly are
they matched that it is hard TO give
anv individual the advantage. This
contest. as well as the various other
amateur athletic affairs, Will be refereed
hv. Joseph r. Hickey and Frank Foran,
the Olympic club officials.
THREE IN sHOTPUT
Three Of the best shotputters in anna
tour circles. Snedigar and Wallfsch Of
the Olympic club and Scott Of the Uni
versity Of California, will participate
in The shotput contest. Snedigar seems
- have a slight advantage here though
the others should make it every inter
esting for him.
ellison and Tolan, the vaudeville
stars. promise the crowd something &
new in their line, thanks to the kind
ness Of John Morrissey OF the Orpheum,
who has also arranged for the appear
ance Of the Bestyet trio and Arthur
Toftus the tenor, and Lester Raymond.
the acrobatic juggler. Rice and Pre-
vost. the funny knockabout clown per-
formers. will also appear, being loaned
by the mana cement of the WigWarn
theater.
Battling Nelson promises to be in
his best form when ne oons the groves
for his three round bout with clever
little Eddie Dennis. One Round Hogan
win endeavor to show the crowd how
fast he can go with his old rival
Johnny Frayne, who recently took New
Orleans by storm.
The four wrestlers. H. z. Kolb and
z F. Baraty, lightweights, and Her
bert Duncan and Carl Thias, welter
weights. are in good condition after
two weeks Of training and promise to
entertain the crowd to its satisfaction
The referees for these bouts will be
John A. Hammersmfth and Charles T.
Kreling of the Olympic club.
Those who ike to laugh VIII have
their turn when the potato race is on.
All the members OF the Olympic club
Rugby football team will take part
THE PROGRAM
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