The evening world., 1891-11-16
SPORTING NOTES AND NEWS.
Favorable Showing Of Yale's Foot
ball Team.
Tho Annual Meeting OF the Amateur
Athletic Union.

The work done by the football teams OF the
three leading American colleges on Saturday
gave the football enthusiast ana critic an OPP
portunity to fo-ecastc the future to q certain
extent. The manner In which Yale handled
the University OF Pennsylvania, compared to
the work done by Princeton With the
"Penny's" as opponents, shows clearly that
the blue has the lead thus far, and the result Of
the Princeton-Cornel game tends to confirm
that Idea Yale now seems confident or VIC
tory ut Manhattan Fled Thanksgiving Day.
The game which bothers the New Haven
collegians is the one with Harvard at Spring.
field on Saturday next. Harvard gave evil
dence OF weakness In the game with the Bos-
ton Athletic Association team, the Bostonians
scoring IL points while the Harvards made
but 81.
The entries for the first annual tourna-
ment for the decision Of the amateur boxing
wrestling championships OF Long Island, to
be held under the auspices Of the Long Island
Amateur Athletic League Nov. 10 and 81,
were originally designed to close Nov. IL.
The Athletic Committee decided to lengthen
the period and the entries will formally
close tonight. This time the championships
will be decided definitely, which is made
possible by the League taking hold Of the
matter ofricially.
The Williamsburg Athletic Association will
hold set OF games on tho club grounds
Thanksgiving Day. The programme consists
OF racing for the club championship by the
Centaur cycling Club, one mile champion
ship safety bicycle race by the Amity Wheel
men, the Williamsburg Athletic Associa-
tion holiday handicap athletic competitions,
games, and football match game between
the Long fellows and Brooklyns
The annual meeting OF tho Amateur Ath-
letic Union Of the United States will be held
ut the Astor House to-day. The Union will
transact the usual routine business. In ad-
dition q new Board OF Governors will be
elected. The Manhattan Athletic Club will
urge the acceptance OF Luther Corrys record
for the 1OO-yard run. The boxing question
will be discussed, and something may be done
about the character OF prizes now given for
such exhibitions.
Lacrosse has been on the wane for some
time The lovers Of the sport are bound to
preserve II II they can, and an attempt Ii
being made to form a Lacrosse League. The
organizations that may make up such
league are teams from the Astoria A. c., the
Staten Island A. c., the LOrillard A. G., the
New York A. c., the college or the City Of
New York and Columbia college A. Z.
1t Is expected that the League Will be Or
ganized and In good running condition by
next Spring.
Harry Tyers, who did such effective work
against Lord Hawkes. English cricket toam
at staten Island, has been engaged aS ground
man for the Berkeley Athletic Club.
The programme Of trap and gun work for
can be found as follows:
Tuesday-Diana Gun Club, blue rocks, at
Dexter Park.
Wednesday-Erio Gun Club, live birds, at
Tharsday-Falcon Gun Club, live birds, at
Friday-Priyate Sweepstakes, Coney Island
and Glepmore Rod and DUN club members, at
saturdayMProspect Heights Gun club, blue
rocks, at Parkville; Dexter Park Shooting As
ISOLATION, blue rocks, at Dexter Park.
The National Cross-Country Association
will hold q meeting tomorrow night at Al
West Thirty.irst street.
The New York Athletic Club will hold o
fencing exhibition in their gymnasium
will hold its annual meeting Nov 2a.
slack" sheehan, manager Of the slavin
brothers, pugtlists, announces that Jack
slavin will meet Frank Taber, the celebrated
middle weight OF Boston, in four-round
"go' at Harry Miners Bowery Theatre to-
night. The "go" should be an interesting
one. for Taber is said 70 be In excelleat con-
dition, and sporting men will be enabled to
get line on tho tisttc prowess OF Jack slavtn.
The Hnal shoot in the interstate tourna-
menJ will be held at Woodlawn Park Nov. 30.
Club Will open at the clubhouse, ITO East
Fifty-ninth street, tomorrow night
Bob Fiizsimmons says he is willing to meet
Ted Pritchard, OF England, for any amount
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Union Athletic Club, OF Hoboken. are
at the Corinthian Theatre, Hoboken, Nov. 25.
The reserved seats and boxes for the indoor
games Of the Manhattan Athletic Club at the
Madison Square Garden, Nov. 2S. will be
opened for sale tonight at the club theatre.
The entries for the first annual champion
| ship boxing and wrestling competition, oreu
| TO members OF the metropolitan Association
clubs, TO be held ut the Metropolitan Opera
House Dec. 3 and 8, will close with Secretary
| Sullivan Nov. 25.
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