The evening world., 1890-07-10
SPORTS OF THE ATHLETES.
Looking Forward to the Monster
Staten Island Carnival
Record Breaker Downes's Astonish-
ing Feat on the Ciuder Path.

Various committees have been selected
by the Staten island Athletic Club to MS
sumo charge of its monster athletic
carnival, TO occur Labor Day. If the
programmes planned by these committees
are cnrried out to even q moderate extent
the Stat, n Island Athletic Club will win
the distinction of presenting tho most
unique and interesting entertainment
ever provided by an athletic organization
in this country. .
Tie committees are four In number.
Thomas J. Conroy, the fishing expert of
the Club and manager of its baseball
interests, has been chosen Chairman Of
the Baseball Committee. &. +. Hart is
Chairman of the Rowing Commit, &c. Fred
W. Jansen of the Athletic Committee,
Robert Mszet Of the Iawn-Tennis Com.
mittee and j. L. McLain of the Lacrosse
Committee.
The sports will "a early as
10 o'clock in the morning and continue
oil day, with m intermission for n stump.
tuous dinner which will be served in the
Clubs picturesque clubhouse and on its
shaded lawns.
In order to assure strong interest in the
athletic c mpetit ons the Athletic Com.
mittee has decided TO have all the events
scratch.
This move will narrow the entry list
down to n select number of starters, who
will necessarily be the very pick and
flower of the athletes. The full cham
pionship programme of eighteen event.
will DO contested.
In order TO still further keep the gen.
eral run of athletes from sending in
their entries, the contests will oil
be invitation affairs that il,
no one not especially invited
by the committees in charge will be al.
lowed to compctr. The same condition
will control the regatta events The Row
ing Committee will invite only the fore
most oarsmen TO take part.
1t is probable that the club will secure
the services of Charles Z. Courtney
as trniner of lts crews. Courtney is not
very busy Mt Cornell in Summer owing TO
its being the holiday season, and the
negotiations now going on between l. M
n the Rowing Committee are likely 10
conclude i'll his acceptance of their offer.
The baseball game will be between the
DlNttu lSluuu nine anu ING CcleDTutcU
Cape May TENN of amateurs. The lacrosse
team that will face the s aten Island men
will be the famous Drulds. probably the
strongest aggregation of lacrosse players,
taken rs u whole, in America.
Much amusement is expected from the
pony races. the steeds to be ridden by
members of the Club.
The lawn tennis events include both
singles and doubles, and will be of tue
invitation order.
Fireworks. and music by a Hungarian
band, will be the features Of the evening"
entertainment.
The cruise OF tue Atlantic Yacht Club
commences q week from to-day. The
start will be made from New Rochelle,
the fleet having been ordered to rendez
vous at Echo Bay. AS tar as decided on,
SO far, the course of the feet will bt
eastward. through Long Island Sound
and along the Cape Cod coast. A stay oi
some duration will be made at Newport.
The fleet will stop at the larger ports
along the Sound ON its way east.
William G. Downes. the Harvard Col
lege splinter. Yesterday broke the worlds
quarter-mile record, covering the distance
in Al 2-5 seconds. Wendell Baker, of the
Harvard class of 1856. in July. 1895. ran
the distance in 472l seconds. which has