The evening world., 1888-02-21

the American won in 2m. Is lbs. was run on
the on-to-be-obliterated track. Here, too,
the wonderful Myers met defeat, when
Brooks beat him in the 900.
It has been decided that the indefinitely
postponed billiard tournament at the Man
haitian Athletic Clubs house will be begun
on March 8. This club will have an art loan
exhibition on the afternoon of March 8, with
a musicale in the evening. Its Ladies' Day
will be on the following Monday afternoon,
with a reception to members and their
friends in the evening.
Secretary of the Yale Athletic Association
Mr.. T. +. Bayard has written to the cham
jumper, Samuel Crook, of Williams College,
inviting him to give exhibitions of his spe-
cialty on the " college night " of the coming
Yale athletic meeting. Crook has accepted
the invitation, and is in training to attempt
to break the record for the standing broad
and high jumps.
Mr.. Gus Sacks claims that the error at the
Twenty-second Regiments games the other
| night was the very natural one of Crier Fred
Burns in surprising that when the three
judges, W. Eschwege, Capt. Ford and Mr..
Sacks. concurred In saying that Thompson
cut corners in the running race, the second
man. Skillman, should get the place. The
little misunderstanding which it is a great
pity two such warm admirers Of amateur ath-
letics as Mr.. Sacks and Mr.. Sullivan have
had, should go no further.
The Manhattan Athletic Club will give a
twenty-tive-mile scratch walk on its grounds
on Saturday, May rs, at 2 o'clock p. M. En-
tries, fee 500, close at 524 Fifth avenue on
|, May H.: The annual spring games of this
club will be held on May 80, the fall games
on Sept, 10, and a hfteen-mile open amateur
run on Sept. 20.
Sixteen men started in the Manhattan Ath-
letic Clubs cross-country run for practice
Sunday morning over the Suburban Harriers'
course from the Atlantic Hotel. Fort George.
P. d. Skilman was the winner. Time, 8sm.
E. Hickey finished second. Champion
Walker E.. D. Langes, whose first running
race it was, got home fifth.
Farley, of Brooklyn, and Doris, of Yonkers,
who fought nearly three hours one morning
last summer, are to come together again in.
side Of q fortnight. 1t should be o good
mill"
Special efforts will be made to keep the
Farrell Havlin glove fight to be fought near
here early in March free from the attendance
Of undesirable spectators.
Why has the heavyweight boxing class
been omitted from the programme of the
coming first annual boxing, fencing and
wrestling championship competition of the
Amateur Athletic Union? Might as well
leave st. Bernards or mastiffs out of the show
up at the Garden.
The best. most comprehensive and thor
oughly instructive work on boxing is the one
Just received by the sporting editor of THT
author, Billy Edwards. The science of box.
ing is gone into ~exhaustively. and every
movement is illustrated by reproductions Of
instantaneous photographs of Edwards and
his nee opponent. Arthur Chambers, both in
full ring, costume. Besides short sketches
famed lightweight champions, there are full
training directions, advice on the different
kinds of exercise, points on using the punch.
ing-bag and light dumbbells. chapters on the
different boxing and fighting rules, and nc
end of other matters interesting to amateur,
and professionals. The work, which 10 9
neatly bound little volume, is having a splen'
did sale; Q second edition is among the prob.
abilities Of the near future.