The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-09
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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS.
Doings and Sayings of Hudson Coun
Athletes.

Athletes.
Messrs. Robert Thaim and H. G. Neb-
lung, of the Orion Rowing and Athletic
Association, will row up to Belleville on
the Passaic on Sunday.
The New Jersey Athletic Club claim to
have won more banners or colors in pro-
portion to their age than any other
athletic club in this country. This organ-
ization is hardly two years old, and yet
their oat house walls are well filed with
handsome proofs of many victories.
About the most interesting feature this
season among the members of the Orion
Rowing and Athletic Association is the
contest for the mileage record. H. G. Neb-
lung is in the lead up to date, with 200
miles to his credit.
The stand of colors which the defunct
Olympic Athletic Club, of this city, won
at the Eighth Regiment games on May Z,
is ready to be handed over to the New Jer-
sey Athletic Club, for the Olympics hav-
ing been merged with them, the colors
should also go, and they will soon grace
the boat house with many other similar
trophies. The Olympic Club won the
colors with a score of fifteen points, F.
Sliney winning ten and r. Hjertberg five.
The banner is arranged so that it will be
suspended on the wall.
At the boxing and wrestling champion
SDlD OIL UUG Amateur ApuleUlC OUlCu, uElu
at the Metropolitan Opera House i'll the
spring, A. Lauterwasser, n. j. A. c., and
Max Luttbeg Hornbacker, A. c., after
wrestling for over half an hour in the
final bout for those weighing 1876 pounds
and under, were tied for first honors. 1t
was growing late, and the officials seeing
how even they were, decided to postpone
the contest and settle it thereafter. About
four months have elapsed since then and
no sign of settlement by the A. A. U. has
been made.
Eight yachts belonging to the Shenan-
doah Yacht Club, of Green Island, N. Y,
will visit the Dauntless Yacht Club, of
this city, this week, and the members Of
the Dauntless Club intend to make things
entertaining for the Shenandoah con-
tingent.
The owners of the cat boats Mohican and
Standard, of Communipaw, have matched
their respective crafts to sail over a five
mile course the last Sunday in August
for a money purse and a handsome
trophy presented by "Chis'' Holderman,
the amateur swimmer. In addition to this
event, the tub and goose chasing races,
which were to have taken place at the re-
gatta of the Communipaw Swimming
Club on last Saturday, will also be held
and prizes awarded to the winner in each
event.
No business of Importance wa trans
acted at the last regular meeting OF the
Greenville Lawn Tennis Club. The
members talked over the arrangements
for future games and the affairs of the
club. 1t is proposed that he club shall be
continued as a social organization during
the winter. Refreshments.
Richard Irvine will enter the 100 yards
dash at the Accent Order of H~ibernian's
athletic games on Thursday, August Is.
Counsellor William D. Salter and Harry
Morse, of the Pamrapo Athletic Club
Wheelmen, are in the White Mountains
for a ~sojourn of sevesal months. They
have their safety bicycles with them.
Messrs. Mead and Benson, of the La
fayette Lawn Tennis Club, are becoming
quite expert with the racket.
David Il. Crispin, of the Larchmont
Yacht Club, is taking an outing at Shelter
Island.
A score or more members of the Hud-
son County Wheelmen went on a moon
light run to South Orange last evening.
The boys had an enjoyable trip.
Commencing on Monday next Bernard
C. Hendricks, a w~ell-known Splinter of
this city, will begin training at Caledon-
ian Park, IN the Heights, for the Labor
Day athletic games. He is now ION
nected with the Iitat Athletic Club, of
New York city.
John Il. Burke, of THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS, has been selected to act as clerk of
the course at the athletic games of the
united labor organizations on Labor Day.
The Hudson County Wheelmen will
have races at the Spring Valley Fair on
September "a, 25, 26 M n.
The regular weekly shoot of the Marion
Rifle Club occurred Wednesday on the
clubs range at Marion. The scores were
as follows:-Anthony Hauck, 1875; l.. p.
Hansen, 214; George C. Varick, 1913;
Thomas Stiff, 209; John Rebhan, pol;
William Weber, 100; L. w. Sutton, 189;
Henry Hoersch, 207; Henry Mahlenbrook,
1S9.