The evening world., 1889-01-02

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S. l.. The Club is on a firm financial basis
and is making rapid strides upward in the
athletic world. The members promise great
things in athletics next season.
Tho members of the Olympic A, G.. are GO
ing to do earnest work during the coming
months to enable them to procure new quar-
tiers in the Spring. They will give wrestling
and boxing shows in February and March,
and will probably join with the .Pastimes in
an athletic meeting to be held in Madison
Square Garden III the Spring.
The Pnstimes' grounds at Sixty. sixth street
and East River are being used by n G nod
many athletes in their preparation for the
Unions games, to be held III Madison square
Garden Jan. 10. There are more .old-tm"rs
coming to the front than was ever known be-
fore. Every day some amateur OF bygone
days shows up declaring that he never was In
better form in his life, and expects to pocket
a few OF the watches offered us orizes.
The final report of the Detroit Games Com
mittee shows a gain of 81. 432 after medals
and prizes have been !aid for.
Joe Mason. the back.number hurdle racer
of the Williamsburg A. g.. will show what he
can do at the Unions games.
DIR. Carver's feat Of breaking 60, 900 balls in
six days is acknowledged TO be one of the
most remarkable events ever recorded. But
il was not accomplished without indescrib-
able work and fatigue. To raise and lower a
Winchester rifle 60, $50 times is no easy job,
and DIR. Carver declared, when he was afraid
his muscles would refuse to act, that 4 he got
out OF that scrape he would never be caught
in another one of a like nature.
The monthly sparring exhibitions Of the
n. y. A. &. begin tn 3 month. The progress
of Donovan's pupils will be watched with
interest by many.
The next ladies' day reception of the N.
Y. A. G. will be Feb. 2.
Otto Ruhl, secretary of the N. Y. A. g.,
is very sick at his home.
Tom Lees savs that the true cause Of Hugh
Burns's attack on Charley Mitchell in the
barroom of the kennard House, Cleveland,
Brown, a prominent sport of England, and
q friend of Burns, in which Mitchell
knocked Brown down, and Burns swore to
avenge his friend.
Denny Butler has gone to his home In
Philadelphia. where he will lay himself up
until his broken arm IN healed.
James McCabe has been chosen to act as
referee at the bout between Johnny Reagan
aud Charley Norton.
Jim Kennedy. the well-known sporting
writer, has an amateur record of 10 is sec
onds for n hundred yards. Jim ran in III
seconds at 200 pounds.
The Illustrated Ne,os fake belt is in the
window of fainter & Co., tobacco dealers.
Park place. near Broad way. II is made of
tin and is said to be for Kilrain in case,
through any fault Of his. the match with Sui
livan falls through.
Billy Murray and Tommy Kelly were
matched yesterday to fight at 105 pounds To
n finish for $500, within one hundred miles
of this city, jan. ~.
The bowling team ofTthe New York Bicycle
Club will bowl its first match game of the
League schedule with the Harlem Wheelmer
Friday evening.
Soap McAlpline wants Arthur T. Lumley,
of the Illustrated Netos, to send him to Cali.
fornia. Mr.. Lumley says he is thinking Of
armed with Sullivan's summons to the sign.
ing of articles Of agreement fol- their match.
Sailor Brown is one of AL Smiths especiaI
fnvorites. They had O royal old time the
other night IN Williamsburg together, NJ
thuy vi tcbtlly'
John +. Drewen. the Jack the Barber OIL
Greenville. wants to find some fighter tc
lather with his fists. He is something of
slugger himself as his friends all declare.
The amateur boxing, wrestling and fencing
championships of America will be contested
for in this city March 81 next. The commit
tee having this event in charge consists OF
Messrs. Ruhl, Jansen, Halpin. Milligar
Bantams, ITO pounds eather-weight III
pounds light weights. 1876 pounds middle
weights, 1873 pounds. There will be no heavy
weight contests, The wrestling weights ar,
lis. 1876 and 1853 pounds. There will be fenc
ing with foils, sabres and boadswords.
Has anybody found Jim Sullivan's mus
tache? 1t is of a dark color, composed o
hairs about half an inch long and is nearl,
three inches wide. 1t disappeared mysteri
ously the other night and has not been seeI
since.
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