The evening world., 1890-06-21
SPORTS IN FIELD AND AFLOAT.
The Varsity Races on the Thames
Next Week.
All the Cracks Entered for the East
ern States Championship.

The final preparations for the annual races
on Thames next week are almost completed.
All the crews are at their quarters and in
daily practice, and stand old New London is
taking IN q holiday appearance, The at
tendance promises to excel that OF any
previous year. The demand for seats on the
observation train, or moving grand stand,
is unprecedented. The train was soli out
long ago and single tickets are now bring
ing as high IN o. apiece. The first race OF
the weekly series will be the lale.C columbia
Cornell freshmen on Tuesday.
The dates for the others. except the Yale
Harvard Varsity race ON Friday, have not
yet been fixed, but they will probably follow
In rapid succession. Bob Cook says the
Hazard crew in the best that has been sent
out IN four years, and that they will GER
tainly make a fine race. or course he speaks
apologetically OF the \ ale crew, but the fact
remains that they are in iino condition.
Both crews average. alb ut the same in
weight, but Harvard looks tue heavier.
Tho second annual Eastern States cham
piohship of the A. A., L. wall be decided ON
the round of the staten Island Athletic
cub, est New Brighton. next. Saturday,
and then interest III athletics will somewhat
diminish for u couple OF month";. Some
good sport may BE- expected during the Sum
mcr, however, AZ the scliuduC OF the A. A.
L. shows that every SATURDAY during July
and August has boon claimed for games.
All the leading athletes of this vicinity,
Boston aud Philadelphia have entered for
the, Eastern Championship, next saturday.
and the contests are sure TO he close and IN
teresting. The events will incluuc runs ut
100, go and ilo yards ana onu mile, u
mile walk. IL hurdle race Of 100 yards over
/ tan hlIfIIna II flTRA Ias4l AMI AZ nalta In
height. II 2.u-yards run over ten hurdles
each two feet aud xix inches, running high
Jump, running broad jump. pole vault. put
ting a sixteci-p pound shot. throwing. n six
t"ecn-pound hammer, throwing q tifty-six
pound weight, and \ two-mile bicycle race.
The standard championship medals of the
union will be awarded the successful COLI
testanta.
The Kings County Wheelmen arc antici-
pating n grand meet next saturday, at their
ninth annua tourney. The events which
will begin Mt 81. NJ. III Washington Park.
will include q mile race for %noylco1; q mile.
twu-mile and a three-milo handicap: q mile
championship for Kings County wheelmen;
a mile run for tho championship on safety
bicy clcs, a mile and u two-nIle handicap ON
safety machines; n mile ride and rum; n
two-mile team rsce; q mile scratch. for
small boys: mile handicaps for the Brooklyn'
Bicycle lub. aud u mile handicap FOR the
Long Island Wheelmen.
A general bicycle tourney will probably be
arranged for this city in tho near iutur..
Wet weather spoiled the parade and contests
Of tue last National meeting III tins city.
Capt. Canavan. OF tho Nonpareils,- has
selected the following, crews for the Long
Island and PhiladelPhia reGattas: Four
cared shell-John Delaney, ,strokei, f..
Nicola. q. ,Fleek; VIM; Cody, bow. Four
g. GaT Hah HisnMbbe o seh nnnmdi IGe NNs s!s"n, &C. cox hieyi
Junior eight and eight-oared barge crews
will also 60 to Long Island.
The continuous pool match between Albert
s, Powers. the champion OF Chicago. and
Charles ii. Manning, OF this city, will be
finished tonight at Daly's ,billiAr1;room in
Washington street. Brooklyn; Tbs score
J,l7. Powers braced up last night, and
played much better than the night before.
Betting in this city on the Dixon Wallace
ored boy a good iavorlte. English pugil-
lists in town pin their faith oil Wallace. and
q few wagers were made by two OF them
yesterday At a well-known aud sporting re-
Hugh Masterson says he will accommodate
Charley Smith with n finish go, ami that
jack Welsh will provide = purse for the
The Jeanette and the Washington Gun
CLUBS Will nave a llAtch snooI July 1. Win
twelve men OIL each side.
Jimmy Larkins Is 10 be given a testimonial
benefit by his New Jersey friends at the Oak
land Rink in Jersey City Just prior to. his
departure for San Francisco, where he IL to
meet Australian Murphy before the Cali
fOrnia Athletic Club.
scotty Cox and Joe DenninR are down 10
at some place not yet decided on.
Joe Fielden. the English lightweight
pugiis,' NAY mdnS a nha,Sn = ~. PHI p,eey
Athletic Club, OF Providence, for . purse of
$500.
John II. Clark writes TO William Harding
that Mike COnley, the Ithaca Giant. now
travelling in the West. IL anxious for = go
with any of the big fellows, even II he gets
licked.