The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-20

Athletic Association, is working with
much energy for the welfare OF h organ
ization.
Secretary James E. Sullivan, of the
Amateur Athletic Union, will otiiciate az
one of the judges at the fall games OF the
New Jersey Athletic Club, which will be
held at Bergen Point on Saturday,
August 81, ~ ~
Harry Grady, the genial secretary of
the Scottish-American Athletic Club,
made his first attempt at running on that
organizations grounds yesterday morn
ing and surprised the athletes by going a
half mile in 2.20.
Alice Powers, of the Seventh district,
this city, states that she would like to try
conclusions with Jennie, Haley in play
ing an accordion. She is willing to meet
the latter at the reception to be given by
the Turkey Buzzard Athletic Association
on September l2. The members of the
organization are willing to put up a gold
medal If the contest takes place.
Several prominent athletes have lately
joined the Lorillard Debating and Ath-
letic Club.
William Hardy, the fourteen-year-old
boy, who won the reel and jig contest at
the Hibernian Rifles games which were
held at Caledonia Park, on the Heights.
last Thursday, offers to contest with any
boy of his age, residing in New Jersey, for
$25 o side. He can be found at the rooms
of the Lorillard Debating and Athletic
Association any evening during the week.
The Olympic contingent of the New
Jersey Athletic Club were out in force
Saturday on Newark Bay. Many of them
are becoming experts with the oars.
About dusk n dozen of them formed q
barge party and went down to the Staten
Island Athletic Clubs boat house.
Large eels are plentiful in the shallow
Point end Of the New Jersey Central
Railroad Company's big bridge.
Ike Weir, the belfast Spider vas ar
rested at the ball grounds in Boston yes
terday for using profane language. After
remaining a short time locked up in the
station house he wa bailed out.
AT the annual shooting tournament of
Our Own Rifle Club, which will be held
today at Newark, the following teams
will compete in the championship shoot
for the State of New Jersey:-Miller Rifle
Club, of Hoboken, two teams; Hudson
Rifle Club and Excelsior Rifle Club, of
Jersey City; Americas Rifle Club two
teams), Excelsior Rifle Club, Howard
Rifle Club, Puritan Rifle Club and Rh8-
tia Schuetzen Club, of Newark. The
contest promises to be very exciting, as
the crack marksmen of the country are
on some of the teams.
Captain Chauncey Smith is cruising off
the Jersey coast, fendezyousing at AT.
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the Jersey City Yacht Club.
Max Tappan, of the Jersey City Yacht
Club, started on another cruise yesterday
morning In his yacht Annie. He will visit
all the famous watering places on Long
Island. 1t is his intention to make the
cruise last for the remainder of August.
Commodore Pierson, of the Jersey City
Yacht Club, reports fine fishing along the
New Jersey coast, where he is taking a
few weeks, cruise on his natty yacht Ger
trude. This boat was built by Phil ELS
worth, the famous yacht builder, and is
the last n of its kind ever constructed
by that gentleman.
On Sunday last five members of the
Jersey City Yacht Club, consisting of
Messrs. w, r. Leib, G. G. Pierce, Fred
Wright, james s. Humphrey and Ed
ward Bennett went on a fishing cruise
down to Princes Bay, on Captain John
HaYward's. yacht, .Wabasso. They had
great luck, and returned home in the
evening with a fine lot of weakfish. The
they will navigate the waters Of Long
Island Sound in search of bluefish.
b Bergen Point Tennis Tourney Ended.
The members of the Bergen Point
Lawn Tennis Club concluded yesterday
afternoon with play in the unfinished
extra rounds for second prize at gen tie
mems singles their protracted prize
handicap touInament. The sport was
excellent, especially in the final round,
five sets being contested before a result
was reached, the score of the last set be
ing unusually high and the tally in
games repeatedly returning from either
vantage III or vantage out to deuce.
The encounters resulted as follows
Walter Paret outplayed +. D. McEowen
| (handicap, fifteen points in every game)
by6-2 and 60. Robert HI. Russell, Jr.,
was worsted by Walter Paret lhandicap,
fifteen points in odd games plus fifteen
points in even games by Go, La, 4-6,
Cd and 81.
The prize winners of the tourney are:-
Mixed doubles-Miss Ida D. Voorhees,
and Robert H. Russell, Jr. Ladies' sin
gles-First prize, Miss Ida D, Voorhees,;
second prize, Miss Adele Southland. GEN
tlemen's singles-First prize, Frederick
H. Hatch; second prize, Walter Paret.
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