New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-13
GOSSIP OF SPORTING MEN
ATHLETES PREPARING FOR A TOUR OF THE
COUNTRY.

bicycle meet Of the Manhattan Auhieuc Ciuu' VIM"
win take place September 2G here, ana theh ue
tour which amateur champion athletes VIII taHe DC
ginning on September % o4 with the trip to canaan
and ending with the return from the st. Louis cha
pionshps which to be held on October .. All
things point not only 10 great championship hice'
ing ST Louis october g. but the annual ZIP Oh
the athletes this year will be much more n'eress
enc than has been undertaken before. Indeed UlS
years athletic championship is to be regular gran"
circuit for it win take in three competitions or ge
championships take place at Toronto on ,"S md
&C. and from there the New orb New win 70 to
tie Detroit athletic grounds where they VII os
vn reacS 81 L1gs In time 10 get well rested beose
competing in aud struggles which VIII tt9 "''A"
muscle and wind TO the utmost
An attempt has been made by the officials OF the
NewYork and Manhattan Athletic Clubs 10 pu' ueii
forces together and make better terms with inc i'
ways than usual for This extended trip. III no'e tdn
scveny-fve athletes and their friends purchase rodnu
trip tickets for Toronto. Detroit and ST. LOUIS INC U
TO each win only be S25 while the regular eAcurSiou
rate for such a journey would be some Soo' "a o"i'
twenty-five or more 60 in on this consolidation ar
rangement tickets will still cost as niue as %" "P'0
From the number OF people who talk about going OIL
to see not only the ST. Louis championships out 10
witness all the games there seems to he no d2upt IV
epeSy SthIee. csicnlatons are subject to change
and the club officials were well aware OF wnat TGS
Nere doing when they talked with the railway COM
panies on basis Of seventy five tickets and even gO'
down low twenty five IL IS Il.m ,t ~ ond
mendous athletic enthusiasm MOI OF L, WALL onSiy
leisure in New York who IS ale TO t9nx selV dars
OF taking such journey Of twelve or fourteen u"'0
as this years athletic circuit means
1t is entirely probable that Mortimer Remington will
represent the Manhattan Athletic Club in the quarter
mile national championship this year, in spite Oh
all the talk there has been over his case Inc lac'S
of the Remington affair seem TO be thst Oh ms lo'ui
he could not ran anywhere near the FORM "noh 'no
English climate and conditions enabled him to snow
fpalin m Z
place which his uncle had offered MN ana n&u Dee
anxious he should take for some time Remington
couldn't bear the idea Of not running as wen mere a7
he had run abroad, but tho persuasions OF his ieus
Sim IN postpone his intended retirement little longer
and TO meet his Old-time rival Downs AGAIN c 1nS
%5 be- Luther cary, possibly owens and F. IN M
Kelley, NJ. W, Ford T. B. Turner H. u, Dauu;
Rcddy. r. r ?. Connect, ]. Reid W, T. Young Henry
Curtis C. L. Nicol T. ShearIn ab ls ~ IL M Halock
II. Heriick, F. W Go F. H. shafeT, A. F. GSP nacEt
n r. r. Arnold II. j. Hail. r. John W. schoefer, r. j.
Berlo G. A. Banker, George N: Hende' U' NJ "0iu0"'
]. w. Judge and W. s. Campoeh'
Among the champions the New-York Athletic Club
.. sending on the circuit which will include the cana
Air. chamnionsllps the meeting at Detroit and the
national championships are Thomas l. Lee, w. b.
Coster. p. Vredenburgh, A. NJ S. Cochrane, W. o.
Downs G. j. Bradish W. C. Dohm A v,i Il; TGsDTrsS'
M.c ~; haH seroe r. era f. j. Giannini George
schwegler W. +. Murphy, G. NJ Murphy a; "a h Van
Wagner.
The Nevv.Jersey Athletic Club will be represented
ar this years national championships In 81" LOUIS,
tho Canadian championships and the DeIOn sa'sS
Edwards.
The travelling which the athletes will have 70 90
this year before competing in the championships maj"
would think injurious, but the chances are tna' eeo
will he as good, IL not better chance this year.
90 far rs condition goes at least OF broken recoru9
Than ever before Taking Woodworking young pusl-
noss men ont of their harness for week would alone
he conducive to better efforts track and heio anu
when TO this are added two preliminary compeuuoiN
with two or three days let where the eSmpetton lions
man ought 10 be on edge. The Detroit games nave
been especially planned 70 improve rather thaP o over n
stance 3o0yad run takes me place OF Ie o5t pT
mile eG Soy Fss II raS and %pe The men Who
usually run mile will only be asHeu u run i'0O'
yards.
The press opening of the Manhattan Athletic
Climbs new grounds, Manhattan Field at onehundred
and fifty -eighth-st and Eghth-ave" on Thursday ana
the public inspection Of these new headquarters AZ
the Metropolitan Association championships yesterday
have satisfied all of the truthfulness Of the encomums
bestowed in this column on the efforts, energy ana
uberality of the Cherry Diamonds. The carnival OF
amateur sports which will be held there on next sac
urday will be original and attractive. The pro
eranne provides for fifteen athletic competitions for
club standard and gold silver and bronze medals, two
between the New-York Athletic and the Manhattan
Athletic teams for silk banner a lacrosse MATCH
Manhattan Athletic Clubs for silk banner; exh
ton game Of football, clay pigeon shooting eompeu,
ton a race OF naphtha launches. senior eight0ared
shell race 6o0yard open amateur swimming race
and series Of canoe rses AdTssS1 70 the a@
only.
A great disadvantage in the giving of bicycle
competition such the Manhattan Athletic Club has
prepared for Saturday September o. is in the small
prizes that can be given under the restrictions Of the
Amateur Athletic Union whose rules must govern in
this case The limit of value placed Amateur
Athletic Union prizes is S35, while wheeling clubs
may give gold watches valuable pianos, wheels, or
ANYTHING else which their lberality dictates. News
has Just been received in New-York that the Boston
Athletic Association gets around the Amateur Athletic
Union rule Of S35 prizes in an ingenious way Bicycle
races have not only the regulation SS5-m9dal to the
winner "a an incentive but the first the line
receives such prize '91 wheel This is of course
offered by somebody on the outside bicycle manu- manu-
facturer in this instance: me ManhatAns are srrcd
up over a rivalry of this kind especially when they
remember t1at Il is 10 Boston that they owe the
pension OF Mefert, the swimmer, on rather close
point.
The bicycle meet at Manhattan Field has had
guarantee OF the entry of Winde, the wheelman who
broke the worlds record in the one-mile race last
week: OF p. j. Burrough, who recently equaled the
ouartor-mile record Of 80 80 seconds and Of the
Murphy brothers. G.. VI. Worden, ii. j. Hall, jr., and
J. w. Judge. Tho programme for this meeting entries
for which with c. o. Perry, director of bicycling
Manhattan Athletic Club September 49, includes a
onemile open handicap half-mile open scratch;
twomile open handicap for ordinares hafmile open
handicap safety a onemile scratch, ordinary 80
class One-mile novice safety; 0nenlle haholctp
safety a two mile club championship scratch SAFETY ,
a one mile open scratch safety a twomile open tandem
handicap, and % two-mile open handicap safety. The
sports begin at O'Clock.
Women who are generally barred nom Travers
Island on Saturdays. will be made especially welcome
st the New-York Athletic Clubs annual regatta and
ladies' day" The regatta will begin mt O'Clock
on saturday, September 26 This annual regatta
which is one of the most popular institutions OF the
New-York Athletic Club will have on its programme
this year oube-scull gig and pair-oared gig races
entries for which close on September 49, handicap