The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-12
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Prospect Of Peace Between the
League and Association.
THE POOL TOURNAME

Water Polo Game at the Metropoie Next
Wednesday Games Arranged With the
Manhattsns and New Yorks-Biiiy
General Athletic Gossip.
There may be a patching up Of the diff
ferences between the warning base ball
magnates after all. II begins TO look as
if the League and Association were will
ing 20 meet each other half way, shake
hands and call everything off. The devel-
opments of the next few days will settle
the question in all probability.
President Phelps has called meeting
Of the American association, to be held at
indianapolis on Tuesday next The Ma
tional league will meet at the same time
and place.
IL Is TO be peace conference between
the two organizations, and the war which
has been waged for the past season may
be brought To "a satisfactory end. The
many rumors of negotiations, which have
been industriously circulated, have not
been entirely without foundation, and in
another week the angel of peace may de-
scend upon the two leagues.
President Phelps, when questioned about
the meeting, said:
"Yes, il is to be a peace conference, but
just what will be the result cannot be
stated at present"
"Will there be twelve clubss"
THAT cannot say. We are going there
TO talk over our differences, and no plans
have been as yet formulated"
In addition TO this information it is
given out that &. A. Prince, owner of the
Boston Association club was in New York
city on Thursday night and was closeted
uttb NaaGrS Spanlbinc, and Rvrup the
League magnates, for long time. Mr..
Prince denies that he has sold his interest
in the Boston Association club and the
! other gentlemen are dumb as To the nature
of the conference. The natural Inference
| is that the talk was about nothing else
than peace.
There will be sport galore in the tank at
the Metropole Club next "Wednesday
evening. Water polo games have been an
ranged with the Manhattan and NewI ork
teams, which will be played about the
middle of next month and the game next
| Wednesday night will be the first of the
| practice games preparatory to the New
! York trip. The Manhattan and New ork
| teams have promised return games later
| on in the season, and as the Boston water
| polo team has reorganized, there Will
| probably be games arranged with that
| club, all Of which promises lots OF sport
| the water polo game on Wednesday night
there will be several swimming races be
! tween the crack swimmers OF the club.
The proposed match between Burke and
| Montreal" which was to have been
! pulled off during the last week of this
month. is practically off, and the lovers oi
boxing are consequently sad. Both men
| have a legion of friends, each of whom OF
course maintains that his man can defeat
! the other The proposed match promised
| TO settle this difference Of opinion once
| for all, but now that the match is off they
will have to wait awhile.
| The State division of the l.. of A
! Wheelmen will hold their annual meet
ing in the new Root building on Higf
street next Wednesday evening, wher
| business of interest to all wheelmen viii
be discussed and transacted.
The monthly meeting Of the Rhod,
Island Wheelman will be held next Mon
day night when five members will b,
! voted on for mem bership, and other bust
ness of Importance transacted.
| Billy Madden says in an interview
"Peter Maher will meet either Mitchell
or Corbett, under London or QueensberrN
| rules. So match of some kind will sure
| ly be made. l have one proposition Z,
make Corbett. Maher is to spar at Madi
son Square Garden next Thursday night
j have offered Lannon, Godfrey and Xii
rain, who are the only heavyweights nea
here $500 If they will outpoint the Irisl
| champion. / will make "a special induce
ment to Pompadour Jim. If he will spa
four rounds with Maher at the Garden
will give him two weeks salary, shoulC
he outpoint Maher l will give him half o
the gate receipts"
Corbett is willing to meet Maher, bu
he feels that he wants a good crack a
Mitchell first. To make match will
Maher at this time would spoil his chance
! for match with the wiley Charlie ant
| Jim Is seeing TO it that the latter has m
long hole 10 crawl through when he al
rives on these shores. Corbett would b.
foolish to meet Maher ut Madison Squar
Garden, as he has everything to lose am
nothing to gain by it. Ii Maher could b.
hook or crook succeed in staying fou
rounds with the big Californian il woul,
place him up toward the top round Of tn
ladder right away, while defeat at Coz
belts hands would be n big card il h
made any Kind of showing at all. Mad
den knows all this and appreciates tn
value of good advertising.
The Bradford boat club OF Cambridg
has applied to the New England associa
| tion of the A. A. l.. for membership ii
that organization. The Bradford boa
club has never engaged in athletics TO an
great extent, outside of rowing, and /
now looks as though they intended win
ming glory on land. Its membership i
large. and comprises a number of likel
| men.
The First Regiment Athletic Association
! Of Boston has also applied for admission
in the n. T.. "A. of A. A. L. The associa
tlon il made up wholly of members Of tn
First Regiment. In that regiment ar
several well-known athletes. Zimmerman
the hurdler; Quinn, the mile walker, an,
many more. There exists great rivalr
between the different regiments, an
several competitions will follow.