The San Francisco call., 1910-11-11
Big ATHLETIC
BENEFIT DRAWS
GREAT CROWD
More Than 1000 Persons at
Entertainment for Calls
Orphan Fund
ThrOng Sees Clever Theatrical
Talent and Stars of Track,
Field and Ring

The big athletic and theatrical bene-
mt for the orphans Of Mount st. Joseph's
asylum attracted crowd Of more than
1000 persons to the Auditorium last
night and the affair proved to be the
great success which Promoter James W.
Co6roth and his assistants expected
There vas not single dull moment
-Ywhile the varied program was being
run of, and every number met with the
approval Of the crowd
The proceeds Of the benefit win swell
The Calls fund for the benefit ma
terially. Up 10 late hour last night
the sum had not been counted, but it
IS expected that the receipts viii be
far in excess Of the expectations Of
Conroth.
There were all sorts Of acts on the
bill from q potato race to a refined
vaudeville sketch. All Of the athletic
events were close and interesting and
held the attention Of the crowd
throughout
THOMAS Is SURPRISE
Tommy Thomas. the Oakland catcher
proved the surprise Of the evening by
winning the accuracy throwing con-
test for bail players from his two
rivals. Oscar Witt Of the Seals and
Jimmy Byrnes. the san Francisco boy
who played last season with Tacoma.
Thomas hit the mark once after II
tries and was loudly applauded-
Two very spirited boxing matches
held the attention Of the crowd for
six rounds. one Round Jack Hogan
and TuEgV Cove gave q thrilling eX-
hibition Of the hit and defense game,
while Antoine La Grave and Eddie
Dennis entertained the assemblage
with their version Of the manly art
Both contests came near ending in real
knockouts.
After wrestling for half an hour
without result, Baraty and Kolb were
forced to abandon their bout. Referee
Tiv Kroling suggested that they toss
a coin to determine the winner and the
toss was won by Kolb This bout was
for the lightweight championship Of
the coast.
In the wrestling match for welter-
weight honors. Herbert Duncan handily
threw Carl Thias. two straight falls
: Both men gave q splendid exhibition
,snd their efforts brought repeated
cheers from the crowd.
POTATO RACE
The potato race. by members of the
Olympic club Rugby football team
q was a laughable as well as an interest
- affair. Mckenzie finally won, after
NJ JOY, Of the league Of the Cross
cadets. took the 100 yard race from f.
Martin Of st. Marys, in the opening
event of the evening. The men finished
neck and neck, but Joy had the edge.
ellison and Tolan, Of the Orpheum,
appeared in z very clever little sketch
and came in for several encores. Lester
Raymond. the famous acrobatic jug
gler. and Arthu Lotus, also of the
Orpheun, entertained the crowd
through the kind permission of John
Morrissey.
The noted eLo Joe troupe of trick
bicycle riders from the Chutes were
loudly appla auded after several Of their
daring turns and Rice and Provost of
the Wigwam gave the crowd a good
laugh with their knOckabout act. The
Best Yet trio also contributed several
clever vocal selections
In the shotput contest Wallfsch of
the Olympic club defeated Trowbridge
Of the same club. His distance was SO
feet inches.
Local NO. s. American federation of
musicians, supplied a splendid orches-
ira under the leadership OF Ed O'Mal-
ley.