New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-30
DECORATION DAY PLANS.
MANY SPORTS AND eRAvER CEREMONIES
WHAT THE GRAND ARMY POSTS WILL Do

CONTESTS OF MANY KINDS.
Decoration Day will be observed in double sense,
By the veterans who took part In the last war VIII
be day given up to the memories of the past ana a
decoration Of the graves Of those who were mustered
ont before them There will be the usual parsoe Oh
the Grand Army posts down Fifth-ave. escor'eu "
the National Guard regiments. And aterwaru Ne Wy,
camps, posts and companies will divide into snual,
bodies Of uniformed men who will place nowers anu
days the graves Of their dead comradcs'
The younger generation will devote the DAY 10 Sports
OF various Sorts Thousands will see the racing oase
ball and the yachting, and many huhoieuS nno'S wiz
witness other contests Of various KINGS
The parade Of the Grand Army veterans VIII DC one
OF the most imposing demonstrations OF the knd ever
seen In this city Mayor Grant and other ohciais are
to review the line after which the u ,. ui"nV ios
win 20 to Riverside Park where there VIII be speeches
and appropriate ceremonies. John D "ise' Vi
Virginia will make the address theie
In the evening the LieutenantGevenor VIII weld the
xayel over the great meeting at the Metropolitan
opera House. General George A. sheroan Is "
be the principal speaker. -.
The John A. Dix Post win hold memorial ser'"e'
at Trinity Cemetery; the George E. strong fos' W
the grave Of General Strong In Greenwood cemetery
The prave of Peter Cooper will be appropriately
decorated BY the members of the Peter cooper fos'
Colonel Henry A. Gildersleeve viii speak
The members OF Reno Post viii go TO Terrace gar
den In Fifty .elghhst after the parade where 'ney
will entertain their friends. Dablgren Post OF
veterans will decorate the graves OF their co'ueS
In Greenwood Cemetery in the afternoon
City Chamberlain Thomas C. T. Grain Will denver
nm .ddress ,t the memorial services in the Lexington
Avepue opera House to-day, under the auspices Oh
Reno Post No. a., Department OF New YORK ". A. H.
The Naval brigade under Commander George W.
Sumner will form In Chaunceyave., ot the navy
Yard at q. M, and will leave there at o n. M
ON the Navy Yard tugs and go to twenty
tbird-st East River where they VIII
land and march to the line Of the parade. The hrst
battalion will be composed Of seven companies OF
marines under command OF Major r. W. huntington
preceded by the band OF the receiving snip Verlon~
The second battalion, preceded by the flagship fAia
delphta's band and under command Of Lieutenant
Charles T.. CoIahan, and the third battalion under
command of Lieutenant W r. Sewell, will be composed
NJ blueiackcts from the Lancaster. Philadelphia Con-
cord Yantic, Enterprise and Petrol. TheN VIII aiso
be a company of pioneers, equipped with helo tooS'
etc under command OF Boatswain john McLouehhh'
The Enterprise will go up the North River opposite
GRANTS tomb this morning and fire the salute during
the ceremonies there she will return TO the fafu
an the afternoon Salutes win also be fired from the
battery on Cob Dock.
The Postoffce will close at 10 m today, so that
Assistant Postmaster James Gaylor may march Win
the cid Guard il the weather is clear ana 20 uou'
fishing II IL rains Below the Harlem there VIII W
two deliveries in the morning. anu aooNe ~ o"0' w
ginning at O'clock
The Yacht clubs will observe the day by opening
sails and regattas. The American steam Yacht CiuD
viii open its house at Milton Point and a meet OF
steamyachts will assemble before the clubhouse ana
salute the club flag 1t is run up to the top OF 'he
lofty staff The Atlantic Yacht Club will have an
opening sail begun of the clubhouse at Bay Rldee'
in which n large feet Of welrlOwn yachts VIII par
tlcipate Beside this there will be rcgattas by the
Harlem. Brooklyn. Kill Won Kull and Canarse yacht
clubs. and the Cornthian Mosquito aeet
Followers of outdoor sports expect to have a
rpla-day and with fair weather they VIII have IT,
seldom before have so many features been onereu
70 the sport loving public on one day. There VIII pe
great many baseball games bicycle races athletic
meetings yachting, cricket rowing, lacrosse, shootng
cross country runs and fresh-air club walks
great crowd is expected at the Polo Grounds, where
the Giants will reopen the local baseball season aiter
an absence of a month. Both the New-forR ana
Brooyn teams arrived home from the West last night
and both teams III much better condition than when
they started their tour. A great Improvement Is
anticipated In the playing OF both teams
Here are the principal baseball games arranged for
this neghborhood to-day: Cleveland against New
York at the Polo Grounds, Onehundred and-hity-
dfthst and Eighth-ave,, IL a. m. and p M il''s-
burg against Brooklyn at Eastern Park, Brooklyn, IL
a. H. and p. M Harlem Athletic Association against
Montclair Athletic Club, at Montcair, ~ j., III 40
a. H. and 3 D. M. Staten Island Athletic Club against
Lellgh, at West Brighton, S. l., ii a. M ana p H.
+. &. S'"D
at south Orange, n. j., 10 q. H.; Orange Atlleuc
Cluh against Princeton, at Orange, y. j., p. M
Fordham College against Oakhis at Yonkers, IL a. m
and D. H. Bonsonhurst Athletic Club against Coril-
THAN Athletic Club, at West Brighton, D L. IL u. d.
and D. H.; Manhattan Athletic Club VS. II'al
Athletic Club at Manhattan Field a. M; Manhattan
Athletic Club VS.. Cathedral Athletic Club at Manhattan
Held ID. M; New-JeTsey Athletic CLUB vs.
Ncw.Jersey Athletic Clab at Bergen Point Up. M.
The principal amateur athletic contests ior tO-day
will be tho Intercollegiate games at BerKeley oval al
tnoq the annual sprs games o oi 'ce Ts
amateur athletic schedule for the day is appended
Intercollegiate games at BerIeey oval Morris heights
Athlete Club at the club grounds, Bergen Pon5, :
p. M; club games OF the scottish american At.e ,
Club at Jersey City, y. M. members games OF inc
Xavier Athletic Club junior field day of the Cathedral
school Of St. Paul at Garden City, Long Island, 10
Every owner Of bicycle win feel it his duty d@t to to
p eSe h S sSsd races have been anged among tie
most prominent being the following Twenty-Five nll'
road race over the hvington- Milburn, New-Jersey,
course road run Of the brooklyn Ramblers to irving
ton, N j.. 45mlle run Of the Yonkcs Bicycle SiD %
Club TO Irvlngton, y. j.. road run OF the Painneld
Bicycle Club 70 lryingt9n, n. D. rosa runs q tnc
ioOmile road race of the Rutherford Wheemen, y: j.
meet Of the NewJersey division OF the L. A. W. al
crcEetcs viii also be ont in force today as z The
appended list shows staten Island C. 6: a9 vs. kGh
Kings County VS. Brooklyn at Pope. ssN parP
eleveDs, at Central Park, IL a. m. =,
Among the other athletic arrangements are the fol
Fresh-Air Clubs walk in the Catskils, rendezvous a
shooting2spring tournament of the MaplewoOd Gun
Club at Maplewood n. J. - ~
Lacrosse-Jersey City VS.. New-iorK a. Cp al no
flowing Annual regatta OF the Passac River ANA
ter Rowing Association Passaic River. opposite New
ark ~ j.; trial heats in the morning and finals in thu
afternoon.
FOR THE PARADE IN BROOKLYN.
THE ENTIRE SECOND BRIGADE TO BE IN LIN
II the weather is inc to day there will be well
attended parade OF militia, war veterans ana ter sons
and letter carriers frOD