The daily critic., 1890-09-06
SPORTING GOSSIP
THE COLUMBIA BALL TEAM AT
BERGEN POINT TO-DAY,
PLAYING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Sanguine Of Success--The Big Meeting in
0ctober-.-Ten Days Racing at Ben
nings Next Month.

The Columbia Athletic ball team left
for Bergen Point yesterday afternoon,
wlcro they play The New Jersey Ath-
lelic club team for the Eastern cham
pionship Of the A. A. L. today The
team Is badly Handicapped by the loss
Of The services Of its crack pitcher
E,yworib, who was kept at home by
reason Of illness. Either Burtor Welch
will go In the box, and Manager Simms
is confident the CLUB will easily defeat
the Jersey team a number Of club.
men and their friends accompanied the
team and will cheer the Columbia boys
on TO victory.
Next Saturday the return game will
be played In this city, and should either
win both games Il will settle the cham.
pi0nship Should a third game, how.
ever, be necessary Il will be played at
Cape May or some other neutral ground.
The winner Of the series is to meet the
Detroit A. G. team for the amateur
championship Of the United States.
The club which is TO play the Colum.
bias to-day Is an exceptionally strong
one, having lost but one championship
in twelve, and the Columbia boys will
have their hands full TO win a ball from
the Jerseyites.
Active training has commenced for
The fall meeting Of the Amateur Athletic
Union, which will be held at Staten
Island on October 13 Fully 1000 club.
men, representing every athletic club In
The country, are expected 10 be present,
and the meet viii be the largest Of It's
kind ever held. The New York clubs
will send their best athletes to contend
for the handsome medals and trophies
offered by the Union, and all the clubs
will be largely represented. The entry
list for the different events Is already
larger than on any previous occasion,
and everything points 10 a highly sue.
Ccssful meeting. The Columbia Club
Will have large contingent In the diff.
fcrcnt events, and the boys are training
hard. Crist and Brown will compete
in the bicycle races; Sam King, Kenyon
and the other crack sprinters will be in
the running dashes. The handlcapping
will not be announced until after the
entries close. and then II will be better
known what sort Of chances the local
men have for carrying of the hOnors.
Tie fall meeting OF the Washington
JO, key Club will be held next month
beginning on October 20 and lasting
ten days. The executive committee
have decided 10 offer purses agrregat.
inc $4,000, and a highly successful
meeting Is anticipated or the amount
appropriated by the club, 81, 600 will be
reserved TO offer for some special
events 20 occur during the meeting
The programme will be arranged at the
next meeting Of the executive com.
mittee, which occurs next Thursday
night
Some OF the best horses In the country
will tun at the coming meeting All
the New York hOrsemCn have expressed
themselves willing 10 come here, and,
as all the big tracks will De closed,
except Westcbestcr which closes a day
or two after the Washington meeting
opens, the club will not have any
opposition except from some Of the
smaller tracks In New Jersey.
Although not a year old, the Wash
ingtOn jockey Club has proved de-
cidCd success. Its spring meeting was
largely attended, and the racing was OF
the best. II has the confidence OF the
public, and It's officials are well known
business men, whose names are sutti
cient guarantee Of the squareness OF the
racing conducted under their super
vision.