The evening world., 1890-01-25
WORLD OF SPORTS.
OarSmen Want an Annual Eight.
Dared Regatta.
st. Louis Anxious TO Have a Players
League Club.

An annual opon amateur eiaht.onrcl re-
gattn. four-milos stra'plinwaT. is what is
needed to cnliycn amateur oGrmanship -ac-
cordinn TO certain prominent New York oars
men. These aquatic Solons say that n race Of
this kind would 10 very far towards aroising
enthusiasm in rowing circles aud tend to de-
yelop talent on a large scale. a contest
between half n dozen NJ the crack eights Of
this country.could DO arranged for nest SUM
mer, saw these wibcncros. The idea is
to get the following crews into such n
race: University " PENNSYLVANIA. Cornell,
ATLANTA, Bradford, Columbia and New York
Athletic ClnD eigh,r. Harvard and ale. or
any other crew that 80 desired. could also
enter.
Nearly two hundred thousand people wit
messed the funeral Ut Henry T.. SearlC nj sgd
ney, Australia, which %teatiicS to tire popular
ity OF I'm uRrsman who Always rowCd - on
the square.
81. Lonis IL anxious to have n plnvcr-'
League Club and has set to work to secure n
franchise.
The Twelfth Regiment Athletic club will
hold their Spring games At their nrmory
sixty-second street and Ninth ave.
TPotPoiws%i no GiCo".yaTi dash. "fS,ocsy yGTi' rn W. milo
run, milo wink, Emile bicyci, rHcn, all
hamuicap: also 4 novice hRlt.miln aud OBJ
Htacle races. There Is also q Hu-ynGd Gnsh
the regiment only Entries close Marcl l .
j. Reilly. OF this city. desires to back Tom
Greeh.. the wslter-weight of New York.
sile and II purse Of $500 III a. finish match
with twO-ounco gloves. the battle to take
place within one hundred miles OF New York.
within four weeks from the signing OF
articles.
1t is unite possible that the National Slin.-
inG, Association may hold its. iiyo-milc rR"e
to-day at Lake MuchnttoCs. 1t depends un
hold this race to-day the mile and n quarter
and the ten miio races will tatc place Mon
uay.
pnrson rnv!es SayR he places John l..
sullivan nj tho top Of tho puEllistic Ia lder.
Peter jackson next, then kilrnlnL, SlaSiil
and Joe McAulitic. in the order named.
Frank Ives. who 10 TO 10 ono of the con-
teFtNpts of tho big billiard tournament next
month, ts PLAYING in excellent form; AZ u
prised oven hit friends by tho COOL work lie
did Mt the e::ht-inch baiE-!ine game.
Harvard will enter n tug-or-Sar team in
the Mott Haven games. despiie reports to
the contrary. She lias material for II will
ing team.
Next week Lonis Hansen will put his head
on one char and his feet on another ami try
TO hold q .1,nuO-pouud duinbboll IN his
chest. This interesting performance will
take place ut the P0ifce GdRt" office, and If
Ito succeeds, Mr.. Il. X. Fox will give him
$500.
As Stan-bury. tho Australian onrsmnn.
will not come. to him, OhConnur. tho Cana
dlnh scnlicr, Il going to SALISBURY, 0Con-
nor saws he will try to make n match with
tho Australian over the Pnramattn course.
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The crack pistol shots of the Seventh Rcgi-
ment Practise at their armory every saturday
evening. At the next athletic games given
by the regiment, pistol marksmanship will
probably form . feature.
Jacob SohAefsr. tho wizard OF the cue"
will leave Chicago next Monday tor New
York To zee about entering for tho billiard
tourney to he held ut Chickoring Hall before
long.