The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-10
Runners. Jumpers and Boxers.

Four of the athletes OF the Y. M. G. A.
had a practice run last night. They went
about a mile and a half at a hot pace and
made good time. Covert finished first in
eight minutes thirty seconds. Schoon-
over was second, Dubois third, and
Brown last. They were close at he end.
They will have another run next Wednes-
day night.
The gymnasium class of the Y. M. G. A.
win meet tomorrow night. The class is
practicing and will give an exhibition at
an entertainment to be given about
Christmas.
The trial bouts of the boxing competi-
ton under the auspices of the National
Athletic Club will take place this evening
at the Labor Lyceum in Brooklyn. The
competitions are for bantam weights, los
pounds and under; feather weights, 115
pounds and under; light weights, 1876
pounds and under, and middle weights,
1853 pounds and under. The Scottish
American Athletic Club will be repre-
scented. The final bouts will be held next
Saturday night.
The athletes of the Scots and Lorillards
will enter the games of the Outing Ath-
letic Club at Brooklyn OF election day.
Several Jersey City athletes will take
part in the games of the Riverside Club
at Newark on Saturday.
The entries for the los pound boxing
tournament for the championship of New
Jersey will close today. The tourney will
be held at the rooms of the Scottish
American Athletic Club next Tuesday
night.
Some of the clever boxers of the Scots
the Arlington Athletic Club of Long
Island City on Saturday, October 26.
The names of the young men who are
ambitious to become members of the
Scottish American A. c. are John Lee,
James Clark, Ben Tebbins, Paul Fan
and Ralph Fanchot. Their names
are posted on the blackboard at the club
Chappie Moran, the champion bantam,
was at the rooms of the Scots last night,
entertaining and instructing a dozen adj
mirers about fighters and their peculiar
tactics in the ring.
The hours of prayer and studies have
been changed at Princeton College to en-
able the football team to practice.
Charley Mccarthy made a poor stand
against Mike Breslin. The latter will now
challenge Jimmy Larkins of this city.
Cal Mccarthy is training Tor his f'go''
with Dixon at the rooms of the Parnell
Club ut Boston.
A well known walker of the New York
Athletic Club is hoofing it from Bing-
hampton, N. Y. on q wager. He is due
at the club house this evening, Last
night he passed through Newburg.
Others will initiate him, and long dis
lance walking, a-la-Weston, will become
popular.
1he Wayne Athletic Club will start on
its c~ross-country runs and long tramps
next week. Captain O'Brien is selecting
his men.
The California Athletic Club is arrang-
ing another match between La Blanche
and Dempsey. The latter had a scrap
with Tommy Warren in a saloon and
Warren, who was the aggressor, was
knocked out. Ii Dempsey is spending
much Of his time in saloons we would adj
wise the betting men to put their money
the Marine.
The yachting season of the Jersey City
Yacht Club will close on Tuesday. All
the boats are home and several are out of
commission.
Several of the owners of boats of the
Pavonia Clubs fleet will not lower their
canvas for the last time this season until
Cal Mccarthy was to have spared
three rounds with Tom Mcbride at
Garden, Hoboken, last night. Cal
did not appear and Paddy Guigan, of
Newark, took his place.
"A roller skating match will take place
at the Greenville Rink on Saturday night
between w. Il. Walls, w. d. Green and
L. Longfeld.
Frank Dolan, of the Wayne A. c., is
developing into O first-class weight
thrower. On Sunday he threw the six
pound hammer eighty-five feet. This
beats the record.
James vandermost and Andrew Hart,
Of the L. D. A, A., will compete in the