The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-24
The Athletic Arena.

The Hoboke n Athletic Club viii have
an exhibition tomorrow night. Ed
Murphy and Ed Torpey will don the NIT:
in a special four-round 60 for a trophy.
The Garfield Athletic Club will have
stag entertainment at its rooms in Green
Vile tomorrow night. Several sparring
bouts are on the programme.
The challenge issued by Mike Brayer OF
the Olympic Athletic Club, who recently
won the lightweight wrestling cham
pionshlp at the Boston Athletic Clut
games, to wrestle any amateur in Amer.
lea, j. OBrien, N. Y. A. c., or George
BOthnsr, p. A. c., preferred, has tired OF
waiting for the acceptance OF his def
from these men. He has now arranged g
match with Magnus Gross of the Pa5time
Athletic Club.
The lacrosse teams of the New Jersey
A. g. and the College or the City of New
YORK will cross sticks in the long meadow
in Central Park tomorrow afternoon.
The special four-round bout between j.
Spiess, the 125 pound boxer of the Union
A. c., and Jack" Collins of the Bridge
A c., for a gold watch will take place al
the Union stag racket tomorrow night.
The Varsity shell race between the
eiglts Of the universities of Pennsyl-
yania, Columbia and Cornell will take
place at New Haven on June %. AL
three crews are in acti V training for the
contest.
AT the meeting of the New ] ersey A. C.
at Bayonne, last Wednesday night, seven
teen new members were elected. Tn
new clubhouse will be opened May IS. A
fair, to last one week, will begin on
May Is.
John German, the ex-champion anna
teur 125 round boxer Of America, and j.
Young of the Brooklyn \. G. have been
matched TO box four rounds for a trophy.
The event will take place at the Star box
ing tournament on April "a.
An interesting entertainment was given
last night at the National Athletic Club
Reid e and Broadway, Brooklyn
There was excellent sparring, some good
singing and banjo playing and lots ol
Jokes. The house was crowded.
WORK will be begun tomorrow al
Princeton. N. j., In the college athletic
grounds, IN the track which was LAID las
year.. The 220 yard course will be
widened to 81 feet and the remainder OF
the track to Is feet.
The Rutherford Wheelmen will have Q
100 mile race on Decoration Day. A gold
medal will be given to the winner and
silver medals to second and third. Sou.
venir medals will also be given to eacI
rider who finishes in less than twelve
hours.
There is talk of n special four round
bout between Jack Mcmahon of the West
Side A. c., and Henry Spatz of the Ma.
tional A c.. for a trophy. Ii the mattel
Is made the men will meet at the Join
boxing tournament OF the Varunas ant
Nationals on May 2.
The action of the Amateur Athleti
Union in deciding that Louis Rsiher, o.
the Acorn Athletic Association, VINO wal
suspended for competing az the late box
ing tourney Of the Palmetto AthIeti,
Association, was eligible to start in thu
cross county race tomorrow is a great re
lief to many athletes. This construction
of the rules only suspends Mike Ryan
Bridge A. C., n Charles Jackson, Pal
meito A. A.
The Pastime Athletic Club is negotiat
ing for the lease of a large and commodi
Gus brown stone building on East Fifty
seventh street. Is is the clubs purposl
to have bowling alleys gymnasium. bath,
rooms, ~ all the -conveniences of a first
class athletic club. IL Is intended to us
the old club house on SixLy-sixth stree
as an outdoor plant only. A new cinde
path is being laid out. The first OF tn
series of members monthly games vii
De held on Sunday, May 3. at 3 p. m.
The Manhattan A. G. will probably b
disciplined for paying the amateur