The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-19
sKAT0RIAL NOTES.
Ed Boyd is a fair skater.


Richard Kerry is the candy fend at the
Pavpnia rink.
= John Isley is one of the boys at the
Oakland rink.
Tony Fay ~ one of the toniest of the
Park rink skaters.
r Jack Finley will act as sub on the
American polo team.
George Thomiar is one of the frequenters
of the Oakland rink.
Alice Dreamer is one of the prettiest
skaters at the Pavonia rink.
Len Closterman's smiling countenance is
often seen at the Oakland rink.
Milton Hanna is one of the numerous
skaters that are to be seen at the Oakland
rink
z z. L. Smith did break-neck song and
dance at the Park rink one night last
week.
{ Burt Miller, of the Metropolitans, is the
living.
I Hattie Sopher is one of the most lady
like and graceful skaters at the Pavonia
rink
John Glenn is called wonderful skater.
He is wonderful skater-that is, wonder
fully poor
+. E. Wells, who skated at the Park
rink should get some child to teach him
how to skate.
The Scottish American Athletic Clubs
polo team are practicing as much as pos
sible at the Kinks.
George June and James Moran would
look better driving truck than rolling
around on skates.
Tom Kenny is said to be an expert, but
whether an expert skater or tumbier is
more than is known.
Adam Hagemeyer, of roller rink fame, is
painter; not boats painter, but an ar
list who sings bristles
The Metropolitan roller skating rink, at
Ogden avenue and franklin street, has
been permanently closed.
Slip Allen is a very slippery sort of a
customer IN race, as he always manages
to slip past every one.
George Magram is about as clever as the
average skater-at taking tumbles He
skates at the Park rink.
Miss E. Darrah and Mrs. Robinson. who
skate at the Pavonia rink, cannot be equal
ed for graceful skating.
@. Nelson. of the Park rink. should
practice skating for six months in a dark
room, as his skating is very poor.
r. Bruce Vandervoort, formerly floor
manage of the Park rink, has given up his
position at that place, and has left for Chi
cago.
Thomas Brierton. of the Pavouia rink. is
learning to skate, and like all beginners,
he is just conceited enough to imagine that
he is great skater.
A '.fay' is supposed to be fairy, but it
is quite evident that Thomas Fay is no
fairy from the noise he makes when he
falls at the Park rink.
Halsey Van Horn is one of the fastest
skaters at the Oakland rink. He is the son
of ex-County Clerk Van Horn, who is con-
nected with the rink.
AL Howe took fourteen (I4) tumbles in
making one lap at one of the Kinks last
week. Howe couldn't tell howe he came
to make SO many tumbles to save his life.
John Cramer is all broken up on j. c.
| girl. 1t is too bad about John. He should
have known better than to have left his
heart in the keeping of any Jersey City
| girl.
M. Mccarthy is trying to trade his watch
| for a pair of skates with Prof WEIGH. Nc
earthly had better watch the Professor"
and trade with no one, as watch is
handy thing to have around.
| S. S. Clarke, the gentleman with the
horseshoe mustache who attends the Kinks
in this city should not laugh SO heartily at
the mishaps of skaters as he is frequently
seen in attitudes that would make a horse
laugh.
| j. r. Handy, skater at the Park r.nk,
was recently seen with his clothes covered
with dust and chalk. When asked if he
had been through threshing macine, he said
he had not; that he had only been wiping
the floor while on skates
Will White is proud of having won the
medal for the championship of the county.
He has reason to be proud, as he beat sew
raj parties who had an idea that they were
the champions. The TATTLER means
Ross, Swan. Jones, Thomrs aud others.
Bob Cramer, whose smiling countenance
was seen frequently at the Pavonia rink,
has skipped by the light of the moon" or
in other words he has returned to his home
in Penn Yam, Pennsylvania He leaves a
| great many broken hearts behind him.
A young man who is possessed of the
| transparent name of William Glass was re-
Gently seen skating at one of the Kinks in
this city. From the number of hard falls
he took, it was easy to see that he was not
as brittle as his name would lead one to
suppose.
| Harry Woodward must have been wound
up by some lady. as he has been playing
f'Ting, ting, ting" with his mouth for the
past two weeks. He had better ''stop his
whistling." and see whether he couldn't
'ssing it better"
Nick McKeolsh has been attending the
different Kinks in this city for the past two
weeks with the evident intention of becom-
ing skater, but he might as well give it
| up, as he was never cut out for skater.
He can't skate a mile without tripping all
| over his own feet.
Professor WEIGH was seen at one of the
Kinks recently en-clothed in black velvet
coat, and a pair of velvet breeches that
only reached to his knees which looked as
though they were made for fiye-year-old
boy. At the time the TATTLER saw him,
he was trying to do some fancy skatidg,
but the only thing he seemed able to do
was to wipe the floor up.
A polo team called the Baggage smashers
and rival team called the Despatcher's
sextetette, both teams being composed of
P. Il. r. men after great deal of wrang-
| ling az to which was the best team decided
| to settle the matter by game, the winning
team to make goals out of 5. The galee
came off, and after a good deal of hard
playing, the referee declared the game
tie, giving each team % goals. The teams
were made up as follows: Baggage-smash-
ers; Dutch Billy, Captain and goal keeper;
H. johnson. LIST rush; A, Macy, back; S.
Ryan, centre; 81. Hogan, drive; w. Ryan,
cover. Despatchers SeKtette. I. Down
ing, Captain and goal keeper; J. McCor-
mick 1st rr1sh. q Warran. ! hack. A