The evening world., 1891-08-22

The day for the Inauguration I champion
ship games In the Long Island Amateur Ath-
lctic League has arrived. old Washing on
Baseball Park will be gay once more, The
entries for the fourteen events contain the
names OF representa- ives Of forty Long
Island athletic organizations. Unusually
hard preliminary work has been done In all
the clubs, so that very cnCient teams viii
face each other on the field and track II Is
expected that large crowd VIII be present
and that the new departure VIII prove the
wisdom OF the movement.
JACK Dempsey, now In Portland, Ore, has
slgultled his willingness to meet Ready Gal
laGhcr, in case that young gentleman IL sue.
CeSSIul In his coming fight with Young
Mitchell. The general impression was abroad
that Jack had shaken of his pugIlistic inclina-
tions II the time he has whipped three or
four good men the impression viii be dlssl-
pated.
Under the captaincy Of j. F. Baker the Boil.
ing springs Athletic Association, or Ruther-
ford, will put lacrosse team in the field.
They Will open at home with the Astoria Ath.
letic club Labor Day.
Tomorrow the lrish-American Athletic
Club will journey to Erastlna, S. l., to meet
the Rangers, Of Ionkers In game OF Gaelic
football. The feeling relative to this game
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and the tinal game will undoubtedly prove a
spirited one. The game Will be called at
?. VI.
Those interested In Cricket will md inter.
esting contests to-day as follows: League
Championship Games Brooklyn VS.. Cosmo-
politan, at Prospect Park; staten Island W.
Paterson, at Livingston, s. J.; New Jersey A.
G. VS.. Fort Hamilton, at Bergen Point, n. j..
Kings County VS.. Harlem, at Prospect Park
Bedford VS.. New York, at Prospect Park
Other Games-Berkeley vs.. Bermuda team, al
Morris Heightsi Manhattan W.. Trenton, al
Prospect Park; Fort Hamilton Second w
New Jersey Second, at Fort Hamilton.
The annual prize shoot OF the Excelsior
/ Rife Club OF Jersey City will he continued to-
day at the Greenvtlle Schuetzen Park. The
work done yesterday was very good; some re-
markable scores were made.
| AS Aug. %, the day for the flnal deposits
! for the McAuliIe-Gibbons night, draws neal
rumOrs arise that fOrebOdc a hitch In the pro
Ceedings. Both men have thus lar deposited
$1,000. There are $500 apiece Forthcoming
yet, besides the 81, 600 purse from the Granite
Club. The Granite club people do not like
the idea OF posting their money so long before
the night. II the Club fails In this particular
| the principals are at liberty TO withdraw from
the match, and undoubtedly that is what theJ
would do.
At the meeting OF the Wavne Athletic Club
of Jersey City, last night, the following ON
| GERS were elected: President, j. Z. Kelly
/ ViCe-Prcsident j. b. GIL Treasurer, II
Halstead Recording Secretary. W. II. Ber
| riga Financial Secretary, G. j. Bowman
Corresponding secretary, A. q. Everess Cap
tain, w. f. Glossy Lieutenants, II. $. ArnolC
and Z. Murphy.
Young Mitchell says he will retire from tn,
prize ring after his tight with Reddy Gala
gher.
The National tennis tournament has mar
rOwed down to Clarence Hobart, V. q. Hall
! C. 4. Lee, Y. II. HOvey and NJ. d. Smith. Tn,
straw points toward Hobart as the winner.
The open handicap games OF the Lorillart
Athletic club will be held on the clul
grounds, Jersey City, Aug. 20. A lacross,
match between the Lorillard A. C. team ant
a team from the Manhattan A. e. will b'
played on the same date.
The Richmond County Country Club will
hold race meeting at Glove Road, s. !.
oct 3.
The Brighton Athletic club, OF Brooklyn
VIII attend the championships to-day In
body. Their cOlOrs Will be conspicuous OF
the top OF fOur-horse tally-ho
|
II was at the request OF II. j. Hall, tr., NJ. A
| c., that the Kings County Wheelmen opel
their fifteen-mile road race TO the speed.
cyclist, with the hope that he would breal
| the ten-mile record which he did In 20 min
utes and 4 seconds. This was ] minute 4:
seconds better than the record held by Sidne!
| Bowman. n. Y. o. C. The offcials were JohI
Bensinger, Referee; f. G. Potter and 7. q
Mcdonald, Timers w. II. Roberts and X
Louis Jones, Judges; A. II. Miles and W.
Amerman, Scorers.