The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-30
GOSSIP OF Viii CLUBS.

GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS.
Interesting Items About the Doings of
Hudson County sportsmen.
William Skillman, of this city, a brother
of Peter d. Skillman, the great racer, has
begun training for long distance running
events.
John Lambert, a former member of the
Hudson Athletic Club, of this city, is
making a very creditable record this
season as an amateur walker. He is now
a member of the Pastime Athletic Club.
Daniel DOnnelly, secretary of the Scot
fish American Athletic Club, states that
if the war between the A. A. Z. and N. A.
A. A. A. is ended before August 81, he
will probably receive about 400 entries for
that organizations games, which will
occur at Caledonian Park,on the Heights,
on the abOve date.
Joe EARLY, the hacker of Cal Mccarthy,
the feather-weight champion, arrived
home yesterday after q tour in the noun
tains. He says that he will match Nc
earthly against Johnny Murphy for any
| amount above $500, but will not make a
match for less than that amount a side.
Mr.. Early does not seem to like the state
ment that Murphy made Of his recent
meeting with Cal.
Frank H. Garger, of this city, was
chosen treasurer of the Prohibition Ath-
letic Association that was organized
Saturday afternoon in the National Pro
hibition Park at Port Richmond, Staten
Island.
Proprietor Kaiser, of the Lafayette
House, at Lafayette, where the Jersey
City Club boarded when it was home,
rendered a farewell banquet to Manager
Powers, Dan Burke, Jimmy Knowles,
Tommy O'Brien and Chic Hofford on Sun
day night. The affair was a success.
Speeches were made by Manager Powers
water. Manager Powers and his men
started for Rochester on the s o'clock
train on the West Shore yesterday morn
ing. They will probably never return to
Jersey City.
of the Hudson County Wheelmen will
probably occur early in August. h
trophy has been won twice by Lieutenant
James l.. Robertson, Jr., and should he
capture it again it will become his per-
sonal property.
The Elizabeth Wheelmen have decided
to hold a lantern parade in October. and
nave invited the Hudson County Wheel
men to take part in the event.
Moonlight angling at Greenwood Lake
is attracting many Hudson county fisher
men to the fayorite resort.
Bluefish are running well off Rock
away. Flukes and sea-bass are also quite
numerous there as many Hudson county
fishermen LAY discovered.
The Lorillard Debating and Athletic
Club is arranging for games to take place
some time in the near future with a view
to raising funds to prosecute the pro-
prietor of the hotel at Rockaway, where
the members were robbed while bathing
on Sunday last.
Sea bass are plenty and in fine condi-
ton, At the Whistling Buoy n boat
caught 1874 large ones. Another party
fishing on the same grounds hooked 70
and Is very large bluefish.
The grabbing season will be soon well
under way. a great many people make
the mistake of going grabbing and fishing
al the same time. These people generally
get "skunked." Grabbing and fishing to-
gether is like having too many irons in
the fire.
The Jersey City Young Mems Christian
Association will be represented this fall
by the following foot ball team:-C. Buff
fen, centre; William +. Loughran, quarter
back; B. r. Dixon, half back; ]. Martin,
full back; j. F. Covert, half back; William
Oxford, rush; w. Morgan, rush; K. Sau
nier, rush; A. Hoffman, rush; d. r. Wall,
rush; w. Dumont, rush.
William Smith, of the ScoJtish-Ameri-
can Athletic Club of this city, is q prom
Using amateur walker. This is his first
season, and he can already cover a mile in
less than eight minutes. Tom Smith, the
celebrated eX-amateur walker, who still
holds the eighteen-mile record, is his
brother.
The New Jersey State Sportsmen's AS,
ISOLATION for the Protection of Fish and
Game have decided upon September "a,
25, SO, and 81 as the dates for holding their
annual tournament. 1t will occur on the
grounds of the Jersey City Heights Gun
Club ct Marion, under the auspices OF
that club. The first two days will be de-
voted to inanimate target shooting, under
American Association rules, and
the last two days entirely to live
birds. The feature of the hve-bird
days will be a sweepstaKe at II
birds, open only to residents of the State
over fifty-five years of age, old Long
bow, to govern. This will be an inter
ing event, and will bring out many OF the
old timers, who lave not faced the traps
for years. The committee in charge are
w. F. Quimby, AL Heritage and Milt f,
Lindsey.
Otto Rau is getting his catboat, Leader
ready for u three weeks cruise along the
Sound. The craft is now on the beach al
Communipaw. A party of the owners
friends will go on the cruise.
The people of Jersey City will have {
chance to see some of Americas besi
actors next Saturday afternoon, August
3, at Oakland Park, where the nine of thu
Actors Amateur Athletic Association o.
America will play the celebrated Stock
tons, of this city. Many well known actors
are to be present. There will be a goot
game between the clubs as they are very
evenly matched. Admission to the grounds
will be reasonable.
mIIpENE an nJIE nTMnG