The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-30
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Plans Of Local Bicyclists to Procure
a Track in the City.
THE BIG POOL TOURNAMENT.
League Magnates Inducing Association
Players to Jump Contracts-Meeting of
the Board Of Directors Of the Providence
Athletic Club To-night-Prof Castldai's
Benefit

The meeting of bicyclists at the home of
the Providence Cycling Club on Saturday
| night was successful from every point OF
| view. The initial step was taken toward
| purchasing track and general athletic
| grounds, and unless the plans miscarry
now and there is no apparent reason why
they should, Providence will in the near
| future have bicycle track wrich will
compare favorably with any in New Eng
| land.
II was a union meeting Of committees
| representing all the bicycle clubs In the
| city and the Metropole Athletic Club
which has bicycling as one OF its branches
In calling the meeting and inviting the
| other clubs TO cooperate with them the
| Providence Cycling Club seems TO have
had in mind that old adage In union
there is strength" For one club 10 un-
dertake the building of track is too big
a contract, but with all the clubs work
| ing together harmoniously there Is no rea-
sol why the plan should not be carried
out successfully
| Several schemes were discussed at the
meeting on Saturday night, but the one
which struck the majority OF those pres
| ent as being the most feasible was TO
| make IL stock company with shares at
$40 apiece. 1t is estimated that the track
| property will cost about 5000. Ihls
| would make il necessary TO dispose of 800
shares, which does not seem a very large
number when there are half a dozen clubs
| ready TO lend "A hand in disposlng or them.
"A committee was appointed To look
more closely into the matter and see what
can be done. Their report will be awaited
| with interest by all who care anything for
bicycling in particular and athletics In
| general.
| The tournament for the pyramid pool
championship of the state opens at the 81.
George Hotel Billiard Parlors tonight.
| There are eight contestants for the Tour
prizes, which comprise first gold cham
| pionship medal and $50; second, $50;
third, s25; aud fourth, fancy cue The
entries are Fred Stewart, the present
state champion at continuous pool,
| Crocker of Attleboro, Zimmerman and
Woodward, both of this city, Read, the
amateur champion, Robinson of Plain
| of Woonsocket. The program has
been changed somewhat from that
originally mapped out, and instead
of one match night, two will be played
each evening, the games To begin at )
| o'clock sharp The matches Will In each
case be IL in 21 games. The players to-
night will be Stewart and Stow, Read and
Robinson, and tomorrow night Crocker
|
will play Murray. Stewart and thinner
man are the favorites at present, but
| there is possibility that the order OF
things may change in the tournament, as
| Ii is very often the case that an expert
at continuous pool goes all to pieces at the
pyramid game and vice versa. The tour
nament will be the biggest event OF the
kind ever held in this city, as the contest
| ants include not only the best players of
the city but of the State and all New
| England.
| The League magnates will not permit
any of the high and lofty motives they
have previously professed stand in the
| way of their signing any players who have
INDUCED in the trifiing frivolity of afiiXing
| signatures to American association con-
| tracts. Taylor aud Jennings have jumped
| Louisville contracts at the instance OF the
| New York club, and it is quite possible
that this may prove the forerunner OF a
| wholesale raid upon the association ranks.
OF course the association magnates will
| employ the same tactics They are no
| better than their rivals and no worse, and
in the meantime the player is getting all
| the best of it.
The board of governors of the Provi-
dence Athletic Association will hold its
regular monthly meeting this evening,
when business of Importance pertaining
to the club will be transacted.
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The ignorance of some people who pre-
| tend TO know what they are talking about
is startling. ] clip the following from a
| local evening paper which was asked to
settle bet as to the class weights OF pugi-
| lists
are as follows Ianiam ioS feather ii5 light, 1856;
welter, las; middle, l5s; heavy any weight"
| There has been more than one good
| laugh at that statement since IL appeared,
and it is to be hoped that no bets will be
paid on such authority. AS a matter of
fact the weight limits recognized the
world over are: Bantam, ll5 pounds;
feather 122; light, 1873; welter, l40; middle,
15i, and heavy, any weight.
Prof Castaldi's benefit at the Sanitary
| Gymnasium on Wednesday will be a big
success from fencing point of view, and
| il is doubtful if there ever was an event
| of the kind in the city when so many ex-
pert fencers were brought together. The
| professionals who will appear are all stars
| and the amateurs bid fair to be sometime.
| so that altogether IL will be an exhibition
of the art which will be well worth TAX
ing in.
In the fistic armament the stars con
tinue to tumble, but take good care TO
! keep out of the ring. The small fry have
monopoly on the iighting. The stage is
like n sponge nowadays, absorbing every
unstable element of society, from scandal
heorines to bridge Jumpers and prize
fighters. By-and-by the public will get
| up and howl for actors and acting. and
then the whole gang, from sullivan down,
| will have TO earn their bread the way they
| got their fame, and the eternal fitness of
things will be restored to something like
an equilibrium.
Pugilist Billy Baker was shot at Buffalo
| yesterday morning, while protecting
| Actress Laura Forrest from gang of
toughs and will probably die. Patrick