The evening world., 1890-07-16
SPORTS OF SUMMERTIME.
Important Road Race Planned by
Hudson County Wheelmen.
Pelican Club OfFers a Purse for Jack
Dempsey to Reach For.

The roadway known to bicyclists a. the
New Rochelle course will he the scene July
90 of a twenty-five mile road race and will
be a scratch affair, thereby i]nsuring a choice
field Of starters. The race will be open to
all amateur cyclists, under the auspices Of
the Hudson County Wheelmen.
The prizes will be we'll worth the winning.
W. c. Marion. 1873 Nassau street. his city.
will gladly furnish all desired Information
The committee in charge consists OF II. Earl.
+. Eveland and +. +. Merseles. No machine
weighing less than thirty-fye pounds will
be allowed in the competition.
A naptha launch sweepstakes race ia talked
OF for August. the course TO bo on Long
Island sound. There has been . number
OF match races for these crafts, but these
lack the interest which would be aroused by
a sweepstakes contest
II has been suggested that the big nAptha
launch manufRctory on the Harlem River,
above Morris Dock. might put up . prize
significant Of the naptha launch champion.
ship. with the condition that IL must be con-
tested for at least once a year, to become
tho property OF the contestant winning II
three times.
1t Ia said that broad jumper Tamsdell. who
won the championship recently at the
Staten Island meeting. will enter Princeton
In the Fall. in which case the orange-and-
black will be pretty sure to win this event in
the intercollegiate contests. .
Those Mercury foot =" athletes who took
part in the late picnic games of the National
Athletic Club are coming in for considerable
criticism, as picnic gaules have never been
thought very hiEhiy OF 6y the New York
The Sloop yacht Julia, belonging to the
F%riendship Boat Club. 10 of on a cruise with
= lively party OF the Clubs oarsmen on
board.
The Xavier Boat Club 10 the name OF n re-
Gently csta blished rowing organization.
which will have Its headquarters on the
Their boat-h ou.e is expected to be finished
the after part Of next month. IL will be
street. President Mcuuire. who Il the
| prime mover In the ne a club. aud one OF it's
founders. says they will make, haste
| slowly" commencing with q small boat
house and a membership OF about ffty.
Some members Of the Nonpareil Boat
Club want To row = match race Of from one
TO two. miles for \ $40 prize. to be paid for
by the losers
That much talked of match-hundred-
yard race for 4 800 stake. between Herman
an. ,I meGry: Fl oI The Mi NSr oo York ,o Na,i9n;l
Just before the game commences. sam see.
the expert starter of the Pastime Athletic
Club, will start the baseballists on their
sprint
Football in the summer, as played by Col
lege teams. does not appeal to the magma
pastimes for the hot season., vet Capt. Cum
mock has twenty men now in training for
the Harvard eleven. which is to take the
He has the majority OF last years team
and several Freshmen. who particularly dis
tingnished themselves last year ON their
school teams, training daily at Exeter, n. II,
They use the grounds OF the Phillips Exeter
Academy.
The full list Of events to DO contested at
ihs genes y. arc 70, a. sso fo i@r''An 70 H! yafd. d.sS.
o yards run. $50 wards hurdle race. =
feet 9 inches hurdles; hAlf-mils run. mile
All these viii be handicap. There will
who have never won a prize in an open conl-
P D]S , AZ ~ s s,sn.: p oss sHse Clos. to An al
10 With Secretary Mamluks, +. o. box
293o, this city.
Ed Plummer, the popular sporting writer.
Of this city, has become PROPRIETOR OF the
Suburban Hotel at Long Branch.
The New York Athl. tic Club will train q
Junior eight for the Middle States regatta.
Bicycle men are talking about . match
race between Willie Windle and Arthur
Lumsdsn, respectively champions OF the
East and West.
The WeI'-known feAtherweiRht amateur
boxers, John Kelly and Jack hcIiernAn.
| have been matched 10 box ten rounds for .
hundred dollar trophy.
cable to the PO'ice GdZptts says that the
Pelican Club directors have decided TO ofer
q purse of cUOO for Jack Dempsey aud Jack
Burke to tight for. The club will allow
Dempsey flOo for expenses.
Richard X. Fox was informed by telegraph
middleweiRht champion, is coming to
America and IL anxious TO meet La Blanche.
Dempsey or young Mitchell in ans club IN
tl,a IfnifaN G1a1aa that will OfiAr the biggest