The evening world., 1890-05-22
ATHLETES GARDEN SPOT.
The Joys Of Training on The TraVerS
Island Grounds and Track.
No Moro Picnic Games by the Pas
time Athletic Club.

Travers Island Ia Just now a garden spot
Of joy to the athletes OF the New York Attn
letic Club. The grounds and track are III
absolutely perfect condition. Men have
boon ut work on them most of the
Winter and all this Spring The new
club house Ibuilt recently at the
Island. with the already c~ommodious
quarters there, supplies every want Of the
members. Travera Island Ia really q private
- preserve. with a hiGh.class hotel service,
for the dclectation of the men Of the
=" Mercury foot" Double and single rooms
are always ready for occupancy at reasonable
rental. Saturday and Sunday table d'hote
dinners are served, and Sunday and Mon
day morning table d'hote breakfasts.
Whenever attendance warrants, regular
dinners and breakfasts are served dur
ing the week. The club rouse opens
at o a NJ. and closes at midnight.
Tho Club has made special arrangements
with the New FORK. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad for reasonable rates. also with
the stage company running from Pelham
vile to the island. Tho recent house
watming v at the new clubhouse war a brill
liant occasion.
The Pastime Athletic Club, so long famous
for it's picnic" games, has decided to es-
chew them hereafter. THIS year their pic
MICS will be rimon.puro Affairs, with no adj
ray this l.. far preferable and that the new
regime will enhance the interest in the cont
ing athletic contests of the Club. The first
picnic will Dc held June Z.
As usual. ct Harvard, the Freshman nine
is excellent. The team has been playing
great ball this Spr. ng. 1t IL q curious fact,
but HarvRrds Freshman athletic teams are
always far more ,nccessful than the, v arsity
teams. 1t il noteworthy that the Harvard
Freshmen football teams have defeated the
m naIe 4 f5ssHm nsss. every In i fssa I thSpo w sSsy a h tiS.
In 1880 there. was no game. In all
the other years the HSrvard FTeshmen have
Yards representative football team is, never
Of the baseball ieSmr. All OF which goes 10
show that y IL Yale = atning that puts win
ming teams into the field.
Princeton and Yale students would. be
very CAD to have Billy Quinn umpire their
great baseball contests; He gave great
test at New Haven.
The Glass A" OF the gentlemcn's sin
gles,' of the Berkeley Athletic Club lawn
The prize ID valued at 800. Glass b.
contests commence this afternoon. Both
finals will bo played oil Memorial Day.
There are seven entries III the eight cared
barge race OF the Harlem Regatta Asaocia-
ton this year-an unusually large number.
II seems to be generally believed that
James H.. Sullivan, who recently resigned
from the Board OF Managers of the A.. A. U.
az delegate from the Pastime Athletic Club,
will shortly be reinstated in the Board rs
representative from the New Jersey Athletic
Club.
II Ia thought that the Cutler Academy will
not nave the easy thing IL has usually hal
ut the interscholastic meeting on Saturday.
Hitherto Cutler has seemed almost irwin
chile. This year the Columbia Grammar
and Berkeley schools will cut . hot pace for
the Cutler boys.
Charley Norton, the lightweight pugilist
of Jersey, at one m claimed the title OF
lightweight champion Of America, but this
was many years ago. Whether he eau last
twenty rounds with q good one like Billy
Dacey, who is better than ever before. is a
question which sporting men are asking
each other.
Norton and Dacey are matched for q
twenty round - go"for s1. 900 4 side, the
battle to take place within four weeks.
The st. George Athletic Club Is anxious TO
add rowing to their list of pastimer. What
they want IL u clubhouse fronting or the
water.