The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-13
ACTIVE ATHLETICS.
An Astonished Winner
Killed Every Bird
Bowling Contests.

The Hoboken Athletic Club will hold q
special meeting this evening, when they
will nominate officers for the ensuing
year..
The Heating Athletic Club will hold Its
regular meeting tonight at their rooms
No. 912 Communipaw avenue All mem
bers are requested to attend.
A large numbe of visitors were present
at the rooms OF the Wayne A. G. last
round bout with the gloves by Lefty
Barker, of sparrow Hill" and Chris
Pierce. better known as the pet OF the
Ore Foundry There has been bad blood
between them for a long time and soae
of the members knowing it decided To
bring them together. James Glil nas
trained Lefty" and Larry Golden has
done the same for the pet" They also
raised a purse of S21 which they gave to
the winner. After q hot contest OF
TWENTY-FIVE minutes. the pet" removed
the gloves and refused 10 continue the
fight. His eyes were black and his lace
cut and bruised. The victor. Lefty"
for some time aud wondered what
was the matter, bur when he found
the pet" had quit, his courage was slim
ulated and he made the wild offer to con-
tiuue the battle with one hand: Inc
"Petn declined the challenge. "Letly"
told one OF the spectators in confidence
that if the pet" had fought another
round he would have o as he ("Lefty")
was going to quit.
The Harrison Athletic Club held a
meeting last evening at its COINS. on
Harrison avenue. The club will hold u
stag next Monday night. The committee
in charge AVE secured excellent talent.
nv. .,o,Aaro of the OntinO Athlpt 1r
Club had a theatre party last evening.
Twenty attended the Opera House where
they saw byron the Plunger." AFTER
the show the members had Il royal time
at Turn Hall, where "A supper was spread
There were exhibitions of boxing, wrest-
ling and club swinging oy Tue menloe,s.
1t was the first of & series of outings the
members will indulge in during The WIN
ter months.
The Erie A. c., an organization on the
Hei1hts will elect officers tomorrow
night and make preparations Tor a stag
on Thanksgiving night at the Avenue
House.
The members games OF the Wayne A.
C. were postponed until mex Thursday
night as nearly all the athletes were
entered in the games of the Forty-seventh
Regiment in Brooklyn. The members
saw that thev will have several surprises
for the visitors next Thursday night.
The visitors nlgnC is pecotnins seiJ
popular with the young ladies and gentle
men on the Heights and the rooms are
usually crowded.
The Garfield Athletic Club Win the
proceeds of the recent entertainment have
been enabled to very comfortably ut up
their Linden avenue club rooms. The
rooms have been painted, and consider
able new athletic apparatus has been
purchased. The membership is increas-
ing rapidly, there being over seventy-tive
names ON the membership roll. n CLUB
is taxing an active part IN abnieelcs.
The recently organized Greenville Ath-
letic Club will give an athletic exhibition
at Metropolitan Hall on Thanksgiving
night. The feature of the evening Will
be- a four round bout between Prof:
"Bobn jackson Of GreeRville and Bill
Dunn OF Bayonne. The indications are
that it will be q lively scrap.