New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-09
GENERAL GOSSIP ABOUT SPORT
WHAT CLUB ASSOCIATIONS AND ATHLETES
ARE DISCISSINli.

mart in the city Of Bostons amateur games on July
d. report got afoat that there was sohc'ilhs
underhanded in this, and that Mofert would not DC
DISQUALIFIED II II not deemed polite to gce MN
ont of the way Of F. J. Wells and c. T. Schesinger'
OF the New-York Athletic Club, both Of whom were
said to DO anxious TO win at the mile In TINS year
championship. The best informed people say tha'
this is ridiculous for Wells is Of the falrest atee
known and would 10 have any ahaVo''
barred from competing with him. IL Is douOuui Il
schlesnger will compete this year. on account vi ~o
recent death Of his father. The Manhattan hui'ou0
Club has Of course, promptly protested against .no
disqualification of Its champion, Mefert By appe@hhs
TO the central body of the Amateur Athletic oinoi
But the best that can be in this matter no" 70
the calling OF a mailed vote and as thirty days arc Oh
lowed for this, Meffort is effectuay preVehteu pS w
decision Of the New England district Of the hr'"Oou
Athletic Union from competing at the coming swim
ming championships Manhattan men say " 10
case Of sharp practice, because no warning VI ..o
character or rather Of the nOn-resistraton Oh 'no
rames on tile Fourth of July at Boston was given III
though warnings have Just been published over d
month ahead Of time that the Irish Athleuc hs'o'"
! tion's games to be held at the Hub next moiiOi o
Legitimate competitions for Amateur Atue'o ONDN
men. II is said that 1t is very strange ul@o '"o ''"
teur games at Boston on July were not ft compea'
tons for amateurs, because they were gwen oi'V
an appropriation made by the municipality Oh bos'on
Me0ert Is q perfectly innocent offender, having oeoi
entered by his club which would Of course never a'o
taken such step had it not supposed thao inc sa'
were entered and all right The man WI" "on
the second prize ut the Amateur Unions oii"npio"
ships held at Nyack last year won tis Boston rag
in 1900 and vet there was talk OF disbarrihg hn'
~, urcbos ~ tbe Manhattan Athletic Club, says
that three others who competed at tne bosOon eie NJ
have NOT been made to suffer, presumably because tey
were not champions, and no other cuD "dnV7" !" sou
them out Of the way. ,
r. has been most unseasonaby and surprisingly DC
cded that this years amateur swimming championship
shall be held on August 81, which is very close TO-
not conflicting WITH the Canadian championships as
the IOOyard race for the championship OF Oadu" 10
n he given at Montreal on August Is, and the one-
race to be svum there on August %. Tie Amateur
Athletic Union has let this years swimming cimp''
ships 20 to Philadelphia where they VIII taKe place on
the Schuylill over the Fiat Rock Dam course WHICH
is near Manayunk. There is one good thing about ts
choice though and that Is unless there Is gooo oe7i :"
rain between and the 2lst so as 10 hoou lo 'ei
ord nour water over the dam. the one-mile straght
ouav will be swum in nearly still water, and the mile
record can be made at this game for the nrso tno'
II is surprising the difference made oy the uuo III
swimming race. When H. V. Cleaver won On Uic
Harlem ono year II took him over 30 minutes 10 coNer
the mile AGAINST the tide The year that K hcUee'
now q professional, the race was WIN uie 0'uo
| ond tho time was IA minutes and 80 seconds Any
thing like 30 minutes is good time The PROFESSIONAL
record for mile incEngland, by j. " Johhsoh 10 20
minuies 90 seconds. For half mile 1t Is IL minutes
and 43 seconds There is sure to be coca zeal iore
excitement over this years swimming championships
! than there has been in some tme because strangely
enough. almost any town is to turn out bigger
crowd IN SEQ such race than tho great city Of New
York ever thinks of doing Tho probable winner OF
the 100 yards is W. C.. Johnson, who is the director
NJ swimming mot the teacher at the Manhattan hCf
letlc Club. He won last year at Nyack making the
100 wards in minute Is second. at the Locust TroVe
IN 1890 he made the distance In rs 1-o. Johnson
will leave for England on September Is, to represent
his club In the English championship loo-Saro race
which will be given early in October.
Investigation I'm large caps is what the Executive
| cormittee of the National Association OF Amateur
| Oarsmen intends putting Hawkins, the TWO DOH
ochucs Hedey and one or two otner alegeu sus-
nIcous amateur oarsmen through at its next meeI
ing The case Of the Varuna double which team went
To Newark from Philadelphia to row in the Middle
states Regatta and Is there still practising rowing as
systematically as professionals TO the neglect OF Dus-
ness or OCCUPATION, will also be looked into. Inc
call for an Executive Committee of twelve instead OF
nine members of the Executive Committee WITH inc
hints that the New-YorS representative In TINS oouy
& inclined to be sleepy" have stimulated this action
As three CT tho Committeeman, c. G.. Peterson, OF
New-York; Henry Mcmillan, Of Philadelphia, and F.
r. Standish of Detroit are TO retire at the close OF
1891 and two of them, Messrs. Peterson ana NC
MILAN are not candidates for reelection strict scGu-
tlny will probably be given the cases In question IL
is said that It time to look closely into the STANDING
of amateur oarsmen, or this exercise will become I'M
| nonular Hawkins, who Is not wealthy young
| man is not troubled with lucrative place or bur
a.res with rich father, will be asked how he can so
IN saratoga and train for weeks under the professional
| oarsman Lee. The Donoghues Will be questioned as
| To where they obtain the funds that take them 10
| canada enable them to employ Edward Hanlan to
Dov nd n
ressntative Of the vesper Boat Club OF Philadelphia
ri, have ali sorts of impairment queries put to him
concerning his and his ability to retain such
trainers as the professionals, Ward ana Gaianaux'
One Of the wealthy members OF the Vespers saw fied-
lev making a wherry fly at Wilmington one day, and
didn't have much difficulty in capturing him as club
representative at once. Hedlcy was formerly railway
brakeman.
Capian Giannin who had taken the place OF Van
! CourtIand No 6 in the New-York Athletic Clubs
famed Chppys crew. which to contest for the eight
Dared championship at the coming National Regatta
on the Potomac became i'll last week, and had TO leu
mn in his training II is possible that Van Courtland
will be asked to resume his seat The New forks
are beginning TO feel confident OF victory with this
crew This eight are doing well under the new trainer
and IL is likely that he viii be rendered permanent
cncagement David ROache, the former trainer of the
New Works. has been i'll for long while but is recoV-
ering slowly As things are now, there VIII be plenty
of work for two. the cw-iorKs eSht are ro"ihs
a slightly modified " BOD COOK suohc' managing ulcir
slides extremely well.
The troting turf expert Z. c. Walker who is one of
the best rensmcn, well as clever writer on horses.
thinks that the 800 900 recently reported to have been
offered for the trong stallion Nelson, record 10 81,
was a fancy fgare Mr.. Walker thinks that Mel
son. who is by Young Rolf, dam by Gideon. Is not
only not as fashlonaby bred Mr.. Iiobart's great
STEAMBOAT. record H. but that STEAMBOAT. who is now
training 10 have try at his own record over the new
kite-shaped track at Stockton, California, will knock
ont Nelson's figures. STEAMBOAT Is by Sultan. ~,
$4,000 stallion now In Kentucky. Sultan is by Tho
Moor dam Fleetwing, by Rysdyks Iiambletoian,
second dam Patchen Maid, by the mighty George NJ.
Patchen record :23 L. good horse in his day. even
scoring victory over Flora Temple. 10 "a. STAN
bou Mr. Walker thinks, will get down close TO 100
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