The evening world., 1888-05-25
ATHLETICS AND THE ATHleTEs.

The Bayside Athletic club, Of Bay Ridae. viii
occupy It's clubhouse shortly.
The Eagle Athle,to Club will hold games on juno
~ AZ the Empire city Colosseum ...
The Pasime Athletic Club will hold its nrat
series OF Invitation games on Sunday afternoon.
Q. NJ. Smith. Of the New York Athletic Club, will
come very near the one-half mile record this sea-
II. NJ. schioss, the Pastime Athletic Club
time.
The boat race between Billy oliver and Smith Ia
on tor one week. II will oe rowed on the Harlem
River June 4.
The Harlem River regatta will be an event of
very pleasant memory for the winners. The
medals are said 10 be as n ne as any ever given.
The club-rooms Of the Nassau Athletic club on
Washington street, Brooklyn, have been vacated.
The headquarters OF the club are now AZ Washing
ton Park.
Al Copeland, OF tho Manhattan Athletic Club,
declares his Intention Of not competing in any
spring or summer games, intending to hold back
Eddie Kraft, the ex-pedestriau Of the old wiz.
iamsburs Athletic Clu6. ha been training for long
distance running on the Brooklyn Athletic Clubs
grounds.
Mike Conlev, the Ithaca giant, 10 to be matched
against Joe McAuliffe, the heavy weight hampton
Of the Pacific slope. catch weights, London prize
ring rules, for 81 600 n side.
Charley Mccarthy, champion feather
weipht, Is In excellent trim for his coming fight to
. hnish, Tor q purse OF $500, with j. L. Suiivan's
Imported featner-weightJ j. Sylvie Burns.
Nny tHO WHu IuiHpCtt WnO DTOkB nh
kneepan at the Cedarhurst athletic meeting, Il
slowly improving nj his home on Staten Island. lie
win leave with his family for Europe June ..
The New York Athletic Clubs European team
VIII consist of A. A. Jordan, Il. G. Carter, E.
koos, George Gray, Y. NJ. smith, II. Baxter, w.
A. Dohm. They viii sail on tue servia June q
Mike Moran, the present champion amateur
bantam-wcight boxer and member of the Scottish
American Athletic Club, Ia anxious 10 have q 20
with any OF the fighters OF his class, for q valuable
trophy.
The glove contest between Pat Cabin and J. II.
Robinson for the amateur middle-weight cham
pionship, AZ the Scottish American Athletic Cubs
rooms, 4sc Grove street, Jersey City, on Monday
night, ought to DO o sr!sa.ihc and determined en-
counter.
II. M. Banks, OF Columbia College and Manhat-
tan Athletic Club, and w. A. Dohm. New York
Athletic Club and Princeton College, will meet in
the one-qu1rter mile run on Saturday at the inter-
collegiate games. These men are very evenly
matched. and viii make q fast race.
The Queens Athletic Club games on the s0th
inst open to all Amateurs, will have the following
novice; 4iGyard run, handicap; potato race; two
mile bicycle, handicap; one-mile run, handicap;
tnree-mile scratch. Entries close May a. W. l.
Wood, Secretary, Queens, l. l.
The supposed-to-be invincible Nassau tuq-of-war
team mad TO play second fiddle at tine games Of the
Schuylkill. Navy Athletic Association, held at Phil
adelphia. Wednesday, to the Thirteenth Regiment
team. The captain nj the latter, "Dave Lord,
ha7 invented 4 new anchor knot, which critics pro-
nounce far superior to any Of the styles now used.
Richard X. Fox received q despatch from Harry
Maynard, San Francisco, yesterday, saying that
Tom Meadows, the lightweight champion OF Aus-
W. He Ia under the management Of Harry May
nard, who offers TO back the Australian against any
man In America ut 1888 pounds, for 81, 900 4 side and
the ~lght-weight championship. Meadows has a
nrsi-class record. He Ia twenty-five years OF age:
was born IN sydney. He stands 8 feet 8 inches In
height and weighs, In condition, l3s pounda