The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-29
Stocktons and EmeraIds
GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS.

PIeaSant Chft-Chat About Hudson
County Votaries of Outdoor Sport.
The Hudson County Wheelmen win
have an all day run to Pompton and re
turn tomorrow.
From the clubhouse of the Jersey City
Athletic Club a new white flag bearing a
red cross and the letters 81. C. A. CO. has
been flying for several days past.
The Iroquois Athletic Club, of Bergen
Point, has three entries for the Fourth of
July games, to be held by the New Jer-
sey Athletic Club. The events entered
are the 800 yards run, the half7mile run
and the one mile walk.
Twenty names of applicants for mem
bership are on the bulletin board of the
Hudson County Wheelmen's quarters on
Communipaw avenue. The majority of
the applicants will be elected at the next
meeting of the organization.
Entries for the New Jersey Athletic
Clubs Independence Day carnival of
sport closed yesterday.
A gold headed umbrella has been
offered as the winners prize in the one
mile run at the Fourth of July games of
the Y. M. c. A. Gustav Metzler, of the
B. o.. p. G. H., is the donor. Other APP
propriate prizes have been offered by O..
j. Marvin and w. A. Malliet.
In the open tournament of the Orange
Lawn Tennis Club at Mountain Station,
MISS AIlud IL. lIOCo. VI bu0 aIoClECh
Point Lawn Tennis Club, beat Miss
Campbell, a fine player, by 4-6, 6-3, and
90 in the first round at ladies' singles.
Yesterday Miss Williams, of Staten
Island, beat Miss Voorhees, in the final
round by GA, Ga. Robert H. Russell, of
the Bergen Point Lawn Tennis Club, was
beaten in the first round at gentlemen's
singles by r. p. Huntington, by 6--2, 6-3.
Messrs. J. L.. Robinson and w. E. Edge,
of the Hudson County Wheelmen, took a
run to Greenwood Lake during the week,
the distance covered being over n hun
dred miles.
Owing to the several designations and
changes the road officers of the Hudson
County Wheelmen are now as follows
Captain, Edward ]. Day; first lieutenant,
j. L. Robinson, Jr.; second lieutenant,
E. S. Mclaughlin; bugler, w. V. Allen.
Walter G. Schuyler, of New York, will
be the referee at the New Jersey Athletic
Clubs independence Day carnival Of out
door sport.
An effort is being made to organize a
club in this city to be known as the Hud-
son Athletic Club. The promoters of the
scheme hope to induce such well known
athletes as Messrs. Fandervoot, Lambert,
Meyers, Hart, Gruber, Findlay, Cum
mings, Irving and Logan to join the or
ganization, and contemplate holding ath-
letic games in the Westside Driving Park
in September. I
General James e. Sullivan, of Green.
vile, president of the Pastime Athletic
Club, is making u huStling business man
ager for the Sporting Times.
Messrs. William E. Edridge, H.. Il.
Morse and William Muller, of the Hud-
son County Wheelmen, are among the
berkshire Hills with the steeds of steel.
Today the cabin sloop yacht Christine,
| of the Pavonia Yacht Club, will sail fol
the Shrewsbury with her owners, Messrs.
William II. Smith, and a large party OF
| friends aboard. The trip Will be passed
in cunning and fishing.
John Hopkins, of this city, has beer
| appointed a regular umpire in the Allan
| tic Association.
Messrs. John T. Fenton, Charles S
Thurber and Robert p. Ahrens, of this
Vile, Staten Island, yesterday. They re-
turned last evening with forty-seven
pounds of fine weakfish.
4 During the week H. Henning and T.
Halliday were elected members of the
Hillside Boat Club, of Hoboken.
Mr.. Wallmann has resigned his mem
bership in the Germania Boat Club, OF
Hoboken.
There is nobody who does more hare
rowing on the Hudson than the president
of the Active Boat Club, of Hoboken.
A pair-oared gig race will shortly take
place between the Lee Brother, OF the
| Vaiencias, and a crew OF Active men
The Hillside Boat Club, of Hoboken, il
richer by a fine rocking chair and severa
~settees, the present of President F1nner
The North Hudson Driving Park Asso
citation has awarded the contract FOL
building the new grand and betting stant
| at the Gutenberg race track to j.. Y
McCann for S3S.400. The grand stand Ii
10 have n seating capacity of 5000 persons