The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-01
Notes.

The worlds half mile walking record
was broken at Mobile yesterday by Henry
G. Klink, Jr. Klink did the half mile in
2n. and 55s. on Il sandy track, five laps to
the half mile. The record for a half mile
was formerly 3m. Il 3.4s.
Schaefer made the declaration last night
that any man who wanted to play him for
the worlds championship must come to
Chicago. He will not go to New York to
play Slosson under any circumstances.
The Manhattan A. Z. elected Ill new
members at It's meeting yesterday. The
club will a v an amateur boxing enter
tainment on April lS, and the spring games
on May %.
The Newark Club has withdrawn from
the International League. The attempt
to establish a high priced professional
club there failed.
Why not start a State Baseball League ?
Jersey CITY, Newark, Paterson, Hokoken,
Orange, Elizabeth, New Brunswick aud
Trenton would make a paying circuit
with a moderate salary limit, that is, if
interest in baseball is not absolutely dead
III New Jersey.
The erascible Caldwell, who starts the
horses at Gutenberg, has an antipathy
to jockeys who are eager TO get away well
at the start. Jockey Bergen was the
offender yesterday and was suspended for
one year.
A mad man Yesterday was Michael
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the fourth race at Gutenberg yesterday
and his own horse. Meriden. won.
The Passaic River Amateur Rowing
Association will hold their seventeenth
annual regatta on the Passaic River. at
Newark, on Saturday, May 80. There are
eleven races on tie programme, as fol
lows:-Junior single scull, senior single
scull, pair-oared gig, four-oared gig,
double scull 0unior), four-oared shell
0uGiorl, tour-oared smell (%senior), eight
cared she'll 6unior), eight-oared shell Tin
termediate), eighJ-oared she'll (~senior),
double scull (~seniOr).
The National regatta that is to be held
on the Potomuc at Washington durin z
the coming season promises to be a great
success. Secretary Gibson mas already
had assurances hat over forty organizes
ions Will be present, embracing such
crews rs the champion Bradfords, in fours
aud Fights; the famous Atlanta eight, the
old time Narragansetts, who won the
match here in 1881; the Ottawa and
Toronto clubs, the Aanhattans and New
York Athletics, n picked mines from
the ~Schuylkill Navy, besides the pick oil
New York, Newark, Chicago, Richmond
Albany, ST. PAM and Minneapolis.
The New Jersey A C., the New York
Fort Hamilton, Kings County, Cosmo-
politan, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Pater
son clubs have arranged a series of second
eleven games to be played in addition X
those of their regular teams.
i. Guest, who last year acted rs profes
sional and ground man for the New Jer
sey A. C., has been engaged by the Tiogs
Club OF Philadelphia. He will deyot,
particular attention 10 the junior eleven.
The final deposit Of $3.50 a side in thS
international mounted broadsword con
test Tor $500 a side and the championship
Of America. between Captain j.. w. Ora
ham. champion of Australia. and Prof
Robert 4. Reid of Philadelphia. Is to b.
posted tomorrow. The match takes placl
at Kearaey, y. j., on Saturday next
Eight idiots have entered into a con
tract TO 20 without sleep for a week.