The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-09
The Athletic Arena.

The cross country team of the Wayne
A. q. has abandoned practice until the
weather becomes cooler.
The runners of St. Joseph's Lyceum
will have a chance to distinguish them
selves tomorrow. Mr.. Evans has donated
a gold medal TO he presented to the win
ner of the half mile run to be decided at
the West Side Driving Park.
The sprinters of the Sylvia A. c. will
meet at West Side Driving Park tomor-
row and compete in a hundred yards dash
for d Diedal.
The Lorillards will have a series of club
games at the. driving park tomorrow.
Four events are on h card:-100 yards,
quarter mile and a mile run, and u mile
| walk.
1t will be a lively day for the athletes
at the race course tomorrow.
Vogellus had a cine" In the Mohi-
can A. C.'s games at Newark on that
medal In the mile race. He was also in
vited to a supper and royalty entertained
by the captain of the Mohican Club for
defeating the champion of the Riverside
A. c.. who took part in the race.
Adams, of the Sylvas, will run in the
$50 Yards novice race this afternoon.
The Games Committee Of the Waynes
did not meet last night.
The Broom Brigade of the Waynes had
a successful drill last night. rhe per-
Torrance was satisfactory to the spec
tatOrS.
Vogellus, Gaffney and the Coffey
brothers, of the Wayne A. c., will, after
the games at Yonkers on Saturday next,
go to Dobb's Ferry, where they will spend
| Sunday.
The reorganization plan suggested by
Mr.. Mills is excellent and meets the an
proval of many athletes. President Bush
field, of the Waynes, will favor its adop-
ton at the meeting of the A. A q.
1t is likely that the rule will be changed
concerning the taking of time. 1t is sug-
| gested that the watches be submitted to
an official at the close of each contest, he
to average the time.
The Board of Managers of the A. A. U.
will have a special meeting at the Astor
House next Thursday afternoon.
Great dissatisfaction has been caused
by allowing only one athletic club to hold
games in this vicinity on a holiday. The
Staten Island A.. G. has provoked it by
making their Labor Day games scratch
events and ignoring SO many clubs in in
viting entries. Three prominent clubs
intend making application for consoli-
dated games on That date.
Notes.
The Eureka Gun Clup will occupy the
grounds of the Jersey City Heights Gun
Club next Tuesday and crack at live birds
and blue rocks.
Billy Murphy, the Australian who
"dusted" after making arrangements for
a finish fight with Jimmy Larkins, of
this city, intends returning to this
try. As soon as he lands Larkins will
present his card.
Club tomorrow. The entries will not
close until noon tomorrow.
The Claremont Shooting Association
will Y q meeting at its grounds at
Claremont this afternoon.
Return match of the cricket elevens of
the New Jersey A. c.. aud the Cosmopoli-
tan Cricket Club at Bergen Point this
! afternoon
The eighteen foot cat boats of the Jer-
sey City Yacht Club will race for a pen
nant offered by Commodore Albeit. The
race will take place over a ten mile course
on August "a. The Minnie, Annie For
sythe and Juliette will take part in the
event.
Captain A. Rue will sail the Forsyth in
the regatta of the Tappan Zee Yacht
Club today.
The yachts Kismet and Eureka nave
been added to the fleet of the Jersey City
Yacht Club by the election of Captains
Wolcott and Durhams as members.
The Oceanic Yacht Club will meet to-
morrow afternoon and complete arrange
ments for the house warming and regatta
| on August II.
lHo auuSoH Couuty Jockey NluU CON
tinues offering a superb card at each
meeting, and as the races are managed by
| competent men the attendance has been
steadily increasing, and the midsummer
meet has ceased to be an experiment. A
large and enthusiastic crowd gathered
yesterday. Speculation was brisk. The
long shot of the day was Toulon, who won
the first race and paid its hacker thirty
for one.
The Frank Fl. Kimmerly Association
will have its second annual outing and
games next Thursday at the Union Hill
Schuetzen Park. The coaches will leave
the corner of Jackson and Eye avenues at
half-past nine in the morning. Arrange
ments have been made for a jolly day.
Handsome prizes will be awarded to the
winners in the numerous athletic con-
tests.