The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-26
The Athletic Arena,

FRANK Rush, Cahlll, Higgins, Murphy
and Stone were practising at the Scots
gymnasium last night. Rush and Stone
were at the jumps.
Andy Hart was at the rooms of the
Scots last evening.
Secretary Lowensten, of the Yonkers
A. c. has informed the S. A. A. C., by
letter, that the communication sent him
by Logan was signed by the writer as the
acting secretary of the Scots.
The Sporting Times copied from our
only competitor its report of the Logan
games n referred to them as reliable,
and mentioned the name of a man who
did not write them as the author. OF
course the report was full of mistakes,
and the ont of town athletes who read
Boss S~ulliyan's paper were led astray.
The local athletes are amused at the re-
port and Sullivan's cunning.
The Wayne A. C. had a special meeting
last night, and the new officers were in
stalled. Two members were elected and
five propositions were received. The
Games Committee had a session at the
close Of the meeting.
Bob Stoll brought over the medals last
night which will be awarded by the
Wayne A. G. in the all around champion
ship contests at the club games in Gale
DOMAIN Park on September 6. The
medals are large and beautiful. The
gold one will be presented to the
man making the greatest number o f
points, the silver one to the second ma n
and the bronze medal to the third man :.
The medals will be placed on exhibition
in the slow window of Marshall & Ball.
The Board of Managers of the Wayne
A. G. will meet on Friday night.
The Wayne A. Q. will have a regular
meeting next Tuesday night. The meet
ing will be on Tuesday as the regular
,noofipr niprbf AFa1Joxr Il, , lo1;lo.
Messrs. Thomas O'Brien, John Gill and
William Harry have been appointed as
the committee to make arrangements for
the boxing tourney of the Waynes for the
championships of New York and New
Jersey. The committee has engaged
Oakland Rink for the event. 1t will be
held on November 8.
EX-President George D. Bushfeld is
away on his vacation.
w. Gellus, of the Waynes. has been
entered in the half mile and the mile and
a half race at the games of the New Jer-
sey A. @. next Saturday.
Several Jersey City athletes will take
part IN the open games of the Riverside
A. q. at Newark.
The Bayonne Rowing and Athletic AS
sociation's team will meet the uine of the
West End Athletic Club, of Somerville,
tomorrow afternoon on the East Thirty
third street grounds in Bayonne.
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Notes.
The time for five miles was reduced
yesterday by James Grant, the profess
sional Who ran at Cambridge and finished
the race in rs minutes, 22k seconds. The
best American record was 25 minutes,
53N seconds.
The Walbaum stables caught two of
the races at Gutenberg yesterday. Brad
ford won the third and Claudine the fifth.
The Dehony stable also had two winners.
st. Omer captured the second and Tan
ner the sixth race. M. Days Blackstone
won the first race and Brooks Black
thorn the third. 1t was a good day for
favorites.
The amateur record for the hop. step
and jump in now IA feet 81 inches made
by Harry Jewell, of the Detroit A. O.. a
few days ago.
The cricket teams of the steamships
Brittanic and City of Berlin had a match
at Oakland Park yesterday. The latter
won with O total of 81. The Brittanic's
eleven scored only ~.
Ex-Governor Oden Bowie has returned
from the turf and will sell his stable.
He is in i'll health.
The session of the League of American
Wheelmen opened yesterday at Niagara
Falls, In future the secretary ana
treasurer Of a State Division are mem
bers of the national assembly.
The arrangements for the meeting of
Billy Dacey and McManus were COM
pleted last night. The meeting will take
place before the end of the week.
Racing at Gutenberg and Mopmo nth