The evening world., 1889-05-21
N THE WORLD OF SPORTS,
WHAT Is come on AMONG ATHLETES OF
EVERY DESCRIPTION.

-. c.-,pa Eastern Championship Meet
,,s IF the A. A. U.-Kirain as q Let
,.v Writor-Rpglishmen Dissatisaed
-t,h rhs Csnditieas 81 the Yacht Raso
C~h.uenrs-Jaek Ashton Anxisus 70
Meet Peter Jackseu.
vbv cannot some method be adopted at
a. prelimiparieS Of boxing tournaments
wh.,eby the - bye" could be avoided 1t the
tournament ? Existing methods do not seem
satisfactory. Undoubtedly the man who
draws the bye has an advantage. OF course
ZACH has an equal chance Of drawing II, but
,ben one Of the contestants after O hard
toupht bout has TO contend with practically
aperfectly fresh man, his friends are apt to
.'kick " II he loses. The only way. ap-
nsrently, to do away with the Objectionable
bye il 10 have two preliminary meetings.
Cannot some shrewd athlete. endowed with
Yankee cuteness, devise q simpler way ?
Fame awaits him If he can.
An event Of significance In the athletic
world occurs June l at the Berkeley Oval,
namely, the first annus Eastern champion.
sihfetlc fame will run 100, 22O and f4o yards,
one.hslf mile and three miles. There will be
A one mile walk, 120-yard hurdle over ten
hurdles 8 feet 9 inches high; $40 yard hurdle,
10 hurdles, 2 feet 9 inches; running high
ting siYtsen. pound shot, throwing sixteen
pound hammer, throwing ffty-six pound
weight, two-mile bicycle race. The winners
and second and third places receive hand
some medals. Entries close next Monday.
Ever seeking after the bubble rsputa-
ton. " or rather notoriety, Steve Brodie will
probably continue his dangerous leapinR
leafs until he meets the fate Of Sam Patch.
His leap this last time into the Passaic River
vas particularly dangerous.
The announcement that Billy Myers, alias
"Tbe Illinois Cyclone" was to spar at the
Peoples Theatre drew together quite an az
s~emtlage Of admirers of affairs fistic last
evening. Myers's remarkable boxing atu-
Jude caused q good deal Of comment. It does
not seem possible he could ward of any blows
whatever. much less do execution. But Billy
has - got there. :" despite his apparently un-
scientific, way of holding himself; just how
Ia somewhat of q mystery.
Jake Kilrain has quite o talent for letter
writing. During his European tower" he
hus attended faithfully to his correspondence.
Mr.. Richard X. Fox and Frank Stevenson.
Of this city, have been especially favored.
Jake has mot made q cent, or rather II
penny" on the other side. For this reason
he will be glad to get hack to America, he
saws. He sails tomorrow. In Q letter to
Mr.. Fox, received yesterday, he reiterates
ton Oh him. He also said he was down
within fifteen pounds of his fighting weight.
A double-scull match race il on the cards
between representatives of the Hoboken
Boat Club and the Varunas. II is thought
that Patterson and Jackson will constitute
the Hoboken crew, and Treaties and Hittriok
the Varuna.
Johnny Bull, through the columns Of his
sporting papers, is growing because the New
York Yacht Club has adopted new conditions
governing challenges for the America Cup.
The fact Is, Mr.. Bulls sporting writer's want
time. Fortunately for the interest in yacht.
ing, the gentlemen who have 90 far come
over to battle for the trophy have been actu-
ated by a more sportsmanlike motive. The
latter are Willing, to let us have 2 fighting
now is that Lord Dunrayen did not elect to
send over q ninety -footer.
Another British pugilist wants q trouncing.
This time i is Bin Ho9ke, whose record is
to fight Jimmie Larkins, the Jersey City lad,
OF 100 pounds, for q $500 purse, the fight to
take place within six weeks.
Cal Mccarthy evidently prefers to "go It
hlOno, IOr no nhS IoIIEou LEOm phrLuHIbnlp
in the boxing academy, which he has run IN
Jersey for some time past. he is much in
t0Fested in the amusing and difficult pastime
known az picking the winner" at the race
track. ThiSlkeeps any mans hands full.
Jack Ashton declares that If the winner Of
the Sullivan Kilrain fight will not meet Peter
jackson he will them do 30. He says he
IL willing to fight either with bare knuckles
or akin gloves, London priae-ring rules.
There il every indication that the regatta
Of the Larehmont Yacht Club June 1 will be
Of exceptional interest. AL the prominent
clubs will participate. There are twenty.ons
classes announced to snter.
. .
Reddy Gallagher, the Cleveland middle
weight, might be induced to take Jack
Dempssy's place and fight for the %, 600
purse offered by the Southern California
Athletic Club. Dempssy's remarkable
crawling" II the dispatches from Frisco
are to be believed, completely Aoors the
Nonpareil's friends IN this city. They do not
know what to make Of the situation. Gal
lagher y the moro likely 70 be willing 70
meet Ellingsworth, a. Just now he 10 on the
lookout for laurelI new and froah fields Of