The evening world., 1890-07-07

They are a Z" sporty" lot out there. and
have come down most gloriously with the
wherewi.hul 10 enable them to secure
really magnificent quarters wherein to
develop tueir muscle.
The Ii gruuuds are as spacious,
almost, "a the bOundle. 3 prirles. and
contain every conceivable requirement
that the ingenious modern a,h etc can
couture w or thlnk he might want or
believe would look we'll TO have around.
\ five. lnp.to-the.mile clnder path, bnse-
ball, football, cricket and ! cross fields.
gvmnasiu.n n. baths, ciuh-huuses aud
grand stands. are some of the uppurte-
naiccs of tie new grounds. There will
be a. ground warming early next month,
which Wi take the form of athl, tic CON-
petitions uf all kinds IN the afternoon
aud II ietc champetrc IN the evening.
The Nonparcil Boat club by reason of
their re-, eut victories feel 80 much clnted
TINT they intend to enter II senior eight
Dared crew in The Middle rtntcS regatta.
Capt. tUnaNan says lie thinks he shall he
able to get togct Icr TN Cighttobe pr udOi.
The numerous lawn tennis clubs ut
jersey city Heights were never more
popular than they nre thi, year, the
members turning out III force every
Nt'h " llhNNl' e lIltIt VIII W. ~ Aplll=
nanent this summer for the champion
ship OF the Heights.
The S~cawanhnkn Ront Club. of brooklyn.
vii enter u tOur.uRrcd Crsw In the Middle
Stntes regatta. winch they iundfY hope
will prove iuNincible.
The players of the " Association " style
of f,p. lr..I I,yn l.n,, tr...l a., lu.uttr
themselves If they Hic to nuke amy sort
Of showing against the Scotch team which
~ coming here. 80 lar nothing dcLnl u
la, been decided on III answer 10 these
appeals 10y prominent foutbulllsts of this
country.
The tilk about Yale and Princeton
meeting the visitors III II match EnIne is
MY talk, a. nonc Of the players uf these
colleges are III any training whatever ut
this season ut the yCnr. to say nothing of
the TACT TINT they do not play the - Az
ISOLATION game. but the Rugby"
which is entirely different.
But what the ,cudrrs of the " Assucia-
tiun game IN tins nuighbOOrhuod are
trying to do /, to find out II n representa-.
tive team can be- gathered from the clubs
of this vicinity wl'ch play under Assoc
citation !" rules. They nre now cauvassing
the clubs with this end i'll view.
The quarter mile record of the world is
i7"4s. tor n man. This was made by
Wendell Baker. II New Yorker. during
his last year at Harvard II 1886. 1t has
not been approached since. Baker is
now n member If tho New York Athletic
Club, but has practically given up sprint
ing,
W. G. Downos, Hnrvard's present great
middle. distance runne las been encour-
nped 10 belie,e that the record can be
lowered. aud will make the attempt at
Foston "Wednesday nfternnon. He will
try 1t on n straight truck. Downes's best
record, SO far Mt the quarter mile IL 40
seconds, ma To- IN Il circular track.
Cal Mccarthy will cable TO the Pelican
Athletic Club that lie accepts their offer
to match HIM for $1,000 purse against
George Dixon, the colored pugilist. Cal
says he will only be too glad to have an
other try ut the BOstonian.
As Dixon has already exhibited his
eagerness to settle the question of u
premacy with the little JerAeyman. a
match seems assured. The seyenty-rouud
draw fought between these two little TEL
lows at Boston was unsatisfactory to both.