The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-01
CLUB CHIT CHAT.
Various d d and End of Sporting News
and Gossip.

Various Odds and Ends of Sporting News
and Gossip.
Messrs. H. A. Benedict and George H
Earle; of the Hudson County Wheelmen
started yesterday morning for the meet
of the League of American Wheelmen at
Hagerstown, Md. Before they return
they will take a run up the Shenandoah
Valley, a trip to Norfolk and a run to
Washington.
Saturday afternoon the team of the
Bedford Lacrosse Club defeated the team
of the New Jersey Athletic Club by seven
goals to four in a lacrosse match at
Bergen Point.
The third race for the Hudson County
Wheelmen's Benedict medal will take
place during the present month, j. L.
Robinson, Jr., and w. U. Allied will prob
ably be the contestants. The former
has won the trophy twice. Should he win
it again it will become his personal prop
erty.. -r
Bluefshing will soon be at it's height
along the Long Island and sersey coasts,
and many Hudson county fishermen are
preparing for some enjoyable sport.
Among the entries for the New Jersey
Athletic Clubs Independence Day earni-
val of out door sport are Messrs. Morburg,
Robinson, Kolb, korth, O'Sulliyan and
Conroy, Of the Pastime Athletic Club.
Several members of the Pamrapo
Athletic Club Wheelmen took a run yes
tefday through Bayenne and along the
Staten Island shore to South Beach and
return.
The Yacht Phantom, owned by Commo~
dore d. w. KohR, of the Pavonia Yacht
Club, is on the ways in the clubs basin
undergoing repairs.
There is good tomcod fishing at present
in Newark Bay in the vicinity of the New
Jersey Central railroads long bridge be-
A-.~o, IJ;1nbafh nT6 aPar6raTt Dnint nn6
also in the Hudson.
j. III. Vreeland has matched his swift
sailing little catbOat Aida to race Otto
Rau's jib and mainsail boat Leader for
$3.50 a side. The race will be sailed next
month over the. course of the Pavonia
Yacht Club, to which the Leader belongs.
Both boats are to be cat-rigged. The Aida
belongs to the Canarsie Yacht Club and
is tWenty-three feet min inches long. The
length Of the Leader is twenty. two feet
five inches.
Hudson county fishermen can find good
sea-bass fishing at the banks. Those who
go out in small boats have the best luck.
William T.. Eldridge, of the Hudson
County Wheelmen. has ridden more miles
this season than any other cyclist in the
State.
The championship Of the State is
claimed by the tug-of-war team of the
Lorillard Debating and Athletic Club.
Greenville, N. j., is a great lawn tennis
centre. Small as it is, 1t has two of the
finest lawn tennis clubs in the city, and
the tennis courts are beauties. Both
clubs will hold tournaments during the
season. sporting Times.
Druggist ENGLAND, of Monticello and
Harrison venues took a run with a
friend upon his unique tandem bicycle
Yesterday through Bayonne and along the
shore roads Of Staten Island. The
machine behaved nicely.
Within a few days the new clubhouse of
the Oceanic Yacht Club, on the Coinmuni-
paw shore, near the Dauntless Yacht
Clubs house, will be completed.
Stocktons, o; HamiItons, :.
There was an interesting game played
on the Central grounds yesterday between
the Stoektons and the Hamiltons, and it
was witnessed by 700 people. The game
opened with the Hamiltons at the bat,
who went out in one, two, three order.
The Stocktons opened their half with
Moylan, who made a three-base hit.
DoJynev followed with a hit, and Moylan
got out coming home. Dooley made a hit
and advanced Dowiey to third;
DoOIey, stole second v,os and aa Ga
both men scored. McKenna made a hit
which advanced Corbliss to third and
both scored on q wild throw by Curten.
No more runs were scored till the sixth
inning by either side When the Hamiltons
tied the score by three safe hits, a base on
balls and a wild throw. In the seventh
inning the Hamiltons scored three more
runs on singles by Curten and White and
Bewen's tf1reebaggef. Bowen stole home.
The Stocktons tied the score. again by
Lane and Stapleton's hits and Mays home
run. The eighth inning resulted in no
more runs for Hamilton. but for stock
ton Moylan made a home run, a Dow
ney and Dooley weIe thrown ont ut first.
Corbliss, after having two strikes called,
crossed the plate and struck lsft handed,