The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-10
GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS.
Chft-Chat About the Doings of Hudson
County Sporting Men.

County Sporting Men.
William Crowley, Jr., and G. Hummell
are two of the best long distance Inc
in the Lorillard Debating and Athletic
Association.
The Hudson County Wheelmen have
the following whistle code:-Attention,
mount, or dismount, one long blast and
one dash; single file, one long blast; by
twos, two long blasts; by tours, four short
whistles; ride faster, five short whistles;
ride slower and report for accident or
trouble, three long blasts.
The annual picnic and games of the
Hudson county organizations of the An
oient Order OF Hibefnians will be held on
Thursday afternoon n evening, August
Is, in Caledonian Park, on the Heights.
The events are open to all amateurs,
and are as fOllloWs:-100 yards dash, one
mile run, running high jump and a sack
race. Entries for EACH event will remain
open until the competitors are called to
the past.
Saturday, September Z, has been Sc
lected by the GamesC Committee ofthe Loril-
lard Debating Athletic Association as the
the date for holding the organizations
annual fall games.
The Toffey Guards, of the Hill, and a
dlAO Va AAS Il I'LL
q fishing excursion yesterday to the Fish
ing Banks. They left the Morris street
dock, this city, at seven O'Clock in the
morning aboard the steamboat John E.
Moore. They had a jolly time, and hooked
several hundred pounds of finny beauties.
The road officers of the Hudson County
Wheelmen are:-Captatn, Edward J.. Day;
first lieutenant, James L. Robertson, Jr.;
second lieutenant, George E. Mclaughlin;
color bearer, Edward I. Mclaughlin, Jr.;
bugler, w. N. Allen.
Thomas Bergen, of the Lorillard De-
batting and Athletic Association. is one of
the best short distance swimmers in Hud-
son county.
David Entwistle, of the Scottish-Amer-
lean Athletic Club. will come out next
fall as a wrestler. He is now training for
several of the forthcoming boxing and
| wrestling tournaments.
During her last cruise the cabin sloop
| yacht Christine sprung q leak. Since
then the owner, Vice-Commodore Smith,
has had the craft on Communipaw beach
undergoing repairs.
The cabin sloop yachts, Tam O'Shanter,
belonging to Archibald McInness, and
Grow1er, owned by Messrs. Bijour and
Arnold, are offered for sale, Both craft
belong to the Pavonia Yacht Clubs fleet.
James Vandermast, ofithe Hudson Ath-
letic Club, is anxious to arrange a match
with Johnny Rumpf, the crack half-mile
runner, of the Scottish-American Ath-
letic Club, for O. half-mile race. to be run
at Caledonian Park, for a $25 medal and
the championship of Jersey City.
George G. S. Bogert sporting editor of
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS, has gone to
Cape May with the New Jersey Athletic
Club.
The glove contest set for last Thursday
evening at a well known sporting resort
in Bergen county, between Bryan King
and George Morash, of this city, did not
occur, but was postponed for a week In
order to give an injury to n of Kings
hands an opportunity to heal. Both are
in good condition and the battle will be a
good one when the men come together.
The Young Sluggers beat the Carterets
% to 10. The batteries were James
Gormley and Frank Gallagher for the
Carterets, and John Gormley and Patrick
Tobin for the Young Sluggers.
The Crichets would like to hear from
| all shop mines and uniformed clubs. j..
Culver is secretary of the Crickets.
dress is Nos. 816 and 318 Central avenue.
The Metropolitans and Monitors
crossed bats at the new Polo Grounds
Yesterday, and the Nets won hands down.
The next regular meeting of the Scot
tish-American Athletic Club will be held
on August 10.
AT four o'clock tomorrow afternoon a
large delegation of the Hudson County
Wheelmen will leave the Pennsylvania
Railroad depot in q special car en- route
for Philadelphia, where they will be the
guests of the Pennsylvania Wheelmen for
two days. The boys anticipate a glorious
time.
Honpy TIniou