Show SOMBRERO ws DERBY Captures 3000 Purse at I Oakland TRACK WAS A SEA OF MUD Bidden by Winnie OConnor Green Morriss Chestnut ThreeYcarOld Takes Big Stake in Feature Event Corrigan Second Waterscratch Distant < Heavy Rainfall All Day Made Going Difficult and i Only Two Favorites Won OCon nor Bode Three Winners 5 TRIBUNE SPECIAL San Francisco March Sombrero ridden by Winnie OConnor won the Califprnia derby today In a gallop from Corrigan Watersciatch with 111 pounds up was a distant third The victory was a blow to the bookmakers as Sombrero was the favorite being played at 4 I to 5 His victory was due chiefly to his remarkable ability and strength as a mudlark for the track was a sea of mud as the result of a heavy rain which fell steadily all day The Futurity course produced a surprise sur-prise In the victory of Mission a fiveto one shot who won with ease from For mero the favorite Hungarian was I third In the sixth race at seven fur I Jongs Duckoy the favorite had a hard time to beat Meehanus Dorian at 4 to 1 captured the third race from Bas senzo the favotlle T Jockey OConnor mado a splendid record for the day riding the winners In the California derby the first and the sixth races and taking second In the Futurity Results First race threefourths mile Mon troya first Lemuel second Innocencla third Time 118 Second race elevensixteenths Archibald first Hilary second Loyal S third rIme IJCVi Third rac threefourths mile Dorian first Bassenzo second Cuban Girl third Time 12014 Fourth race California Derby mile and a quarter Sombrero first Corrigan second Waterscratch third Time 216FICth Fifth race Futurity course mile Mission firsU Formero second Hungarian Hun-garian third Time 149 4 Sixth race seveneighths mile Ducko first Mochanus second Impromptu Im-promptu third Time 132 SEASON NEARS CLOSES CLOSE-S veral BasketBali Teams Preparing Prepar-ing to Disband The high school basketball team disbanded dis-banded yesterday for the season The team withdrew from the Junior league before the schedule was played out Several of the best men left the team and Manager Webb said It was too late in the season to coach new players and he waa forced to disband cj I U A President Phippln of the girls league announced yesterday that the season was over for the girls and that the league had disbanded He awarded the championship to the L D S university team which closed Its season without I I a defeat t a The Reds defeated the Blues of theY the-Y M C A yesterday afternoon by a score of 5 to 0 The boys range In age from J2 to 16 and owing to the grout height of the baskets find It Impossible 7 to make big scores a a I The high school girls will play a I match game with the Rowland Hall team The girls will continue to practice prac-tice and will arrange match games with each other until the close of the basketball basket-ball season The E D S university has made a C clean sweep for the basketball championships cham-pionships The big team and the Juniors have won all games played The girls also have won every game played ZTATIONAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW fenri Fournier French Champion Chaffeur to Be at Chicago Chicago March llhe national automobile au-tomobile show opens at the Coliseum this evening It Is announced that chaffeura International reputation will be there Among these is Henri Fournier who holds the track record for a straightaway nillo In 01C5 acc onds lie will be at the Chicago show with the machine which he drove from Paris to Bordeaux In U eraccoc last June In competition for the James Gordon Gor-don Bennett cup Dally contests < < will be seen at the show Involving speed and endurance McCloskey Has Bradley Butte Mont March Manager J J McCJoskey the Butte Baseball club has signed Oliver J Burns of Stlllwater Minn as pitcher1 and Frahk T Ward as second baseman for the coming season It Is understood that Zoarfoss who caught for Tacoma lost I year will also play with the Butte olub McCloskey law B L Bradley who outfieldcd for Salt Lale also on his roll Indoor Baseball Series The first of series of live handball games between the University and the Y M C A will be played next Saturday Sat-urday |