The evening world., 1890-01-15
NEXT SUMMERS AQuA1ICS.
Harvard aud Yale Fights 10 Be Chal.
lensed by the AtalaHtas.
Interesting Gossip from Baseball
and bicycling Circles.

The Atlanta Boat Club, of this city,
will challenge the winner OF the Harvard.
Yale race this year. II will offer to row
the winner my distance, from II milo to
ten miles.
Rowing men remember how the Atn-
lantas defeated 10 h Harvard and Yale in
1871. They uutrowed the Yale men on
Lake S%altons,all in a threo.mi!e race. and
within n week afterwards rowed the Hnr-
ward crow at Inglesile. on the Conuecti-
cut River. eight miles above Springfield,
beat ng them worse thnn they did Yale.
Both these races wero rowed in six
onred SHELLS. The Atrlautal will begin
the effort to get oh n race with the col
lcgians by challenging tho winning crew
10 II four mile stra ght aw nv race. II tho
Ata'an,ni fail to make u III ntch with either
Harvard or Yale. they will challenge
Con nell.
As matters stanl now, the AtRlantns nro
in reality tho champions over Harvard
aud Yale. since they have defeated both.
boating men and all who like to see
justice done in the athletic world, will wish
TO see the Atn'antas successful in trying to
arrange q match with the crimsons and
blues.s
Dave Orr and the New York League
management nre on exceedingly friendly
terms. Do the New York League mana
gers want TO buy Orr's release from Co
lumbus ? They need a rafting good first
bnseman to fill the place left vacant by
such n star as Roger Conner.
Dunlap, tho great second bnsomnn, may
be transferred from the Pittshurg PLAYERS
Club to the Philadelphia Players Club
provided q star man can be secured to
play second for Pittsburg.
The New York League Club is angling
nfter Arthur Whitney and has baited ,ts
hook with very tempting terms. The
handsome third baseman, however. snys
they will angle in vain,
It will be Ewing and Ewing with the
Giants this year-the great Buck ." be-
hind the lat and his brother John in the
box to aid Keeie. John Ewing pitched
good ball for Louisville last season.
Jack Fogarty has again caught the
in tue world Mt 1853 pounds. Ho has sub
s.antial backing.
Willie Windle, the recently reinstatsd
amateur bicyclist. will be one of the
Berkeley Athletic Clubs team of wheel
men who will beard the British lion ON
his native heath this year.
The National Cross Country Association
has been put on n solid basis. The au-
nual Spring games of the organization
will be held April IL.
A. G. Banker. the crack bicyclist OF the
Berkeley Athletic Club. may not be able
to race tais year on account of the de-
mands Of business.
" The ATLANTA Boat Club had no diff
Guilty in electing their regular ticket last
night. The feature of the evening. how
ever, was tho enthusiastic reception nc
corded Capt. Van Itaden rs he entered
the club-rOom. IL was the first day he
haA been out since Christmas, as he has
been very i'll with iuiuenZa.
The Hudson River Yacht Club has
elected tho following officers: Conmo-
dore. Henry +. Allen: Vice-Commodore,
J I'm T.. Drew; Secretary. Edward r..
Wilson Treasurer. James X. Tucker
Steward. john I. HufnaRel.
Charleston. S. c., sports are much ex-
cited over the match between Billy =.
Layton. lightweight champion of South
Carolina, and an unknown" reputed
to DO n well-known Northern pugilist.
The match is for 81, 600. and will be
fought within 100 miles of Augusta. Ga.