Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-03
Sporting Notes.

THE Futurity Stake of the Coney Island Jockey
Club for 1895 will be worth 500, 00O.
AN application was filed yesterday for a charter
Tor the CHARTERS Valley Athletic Association.
matched TO fight Southsidc dog owned by Andy
Meyers. The battle is TO be for Sl0O side.
A NEW system OF spectators OH the Jersey races
nowadays is 10 play the second favorite one two
Three, and Il one loses double up the money next
investment.
a. Il. SPALDING will be in the city this week.
between the National League and American Asso-
citation, with view to fixing up the association 5
circuit.
TIE big Thanksgiving Day games are usually
supposed TO end the football season. but this year
ii viii hc extended until the Crescent and orange
Athletic Clubs have their final battle. which is
sci down TO occur at Washington Park next Satur-
day.
y PLAYERS League official who knows Says
that BruEell's figures. which shows the receipts
at home aud abroad OF each club, that ought to be
straight, are not ulI that way. Brunell's figures
include deadheads who passed through the turn,
cash.
JAKE EILRAIN. Jack Ashton. Ed Smith. Yourg
6c1'nAh VIII meet all c2mers In their Respective
Cl1Sses. at the Eighth Street Theater, New York,
every night this week. MuldOOn aud Eoeber Will
also take hold'' with any wrestlers who may
put in an appearance. There may be some sur
PEiSes.
THE big athletic carnival. which will he held at
Madison Square Garden December II, l. and X
continues 10 be the principal topic OF conversation
IN athletic circles. The Boston Athletic Assocfa-
tion football team, which is made up entirely of
Harvard men. will play against the orange team
and an exciting contest is expected.
THERE is possibility that George Dixon and
Cal Mccarthy will be matched within few days.
Dixon will spar at B0wery theatcr this week,
ana Mccarthy. who claims to have found man
willing 20 back him for =. 100 says he will drive
the colorcd man out OF the business if he will
not agree to night. Dixon appears to be willing.
PHIL DALY, DR.. of Long Branch, and j. W.
Elliott, OF Westchester, y. Y, will shoot match
at 100 1--we birds each for S5G side on Erb,s New
ark grounds, on December T.. DAILY will shoot
from the 3O-yard mark with Il 1J-bore gun. and
Elliott from IS yards with IL bore. Should the
latter S gun weigh eight pounds OF more he will
have to shoot even with DAILY.
JOHN b. DAY said yesterday: 81 don't know
whether the Boston (P. l.. club Will be admitted
10 the American Association or not. The only
way that ii can he done is for the Boston people
make application for adm ission TO the association.
Then the association would, before entering into
negotiations, first have TO gain consent, under the
National agreement, from the National League,
as Boston is League territory.
ED REILLY and James Connors, the local wres-
tiers, met at this Office last evening but failed to
come 10 terms relative to a match between them.
Reilly Insisted on wrestling at l35 pounds each and
ConnOrs said it was impossible for him to get TO
that weight. He offered to bet Reilly 500 to 500 if
the Latter would wreste At catch weight. He also
offered TO bet that he ,ould three falls before
Reilly could get two. Reilly declined, claiming
that he was not middle-weig ght wrestler.