The evening world., 1891-03-09
SPORTING News and NOTES.
A Proposed Fight that May Not
Take Place Tonight.
Yale College Cancels Its Baltimore
Baseball Date.

tween Pat Lyons, OF Rockaway Beach, and an
Englishman from East New York, do not look
very bright at present All the arrangements
were made IN very quletlmanner, and It was
thought that only chosen few would be pres
ent, but the tip seems to have got out, and the
Protective Association OF Rocksway Beach,
where the fight Is to take place, Is making such
q row that the match can hardly be fought
down there. Both men are heavy weights, and
the night will doubtless be q good one when 1t
comes of.
Ifthe bill which Is before the Missouri Leeis-
lature, making Sunday baseball playing mis-
demeanor, becomes a law the chances are that
Chris Won der Abe may think very ;ayorably
Of the proposition to switch his club from the
American Association into the National
League
In two weeks frCm to-day the New YORK
Baseball team will report for doty, and II the
weather will permit the season will be opened
In this city on the following Saturday.
The National Athletic Club cont emplates
having a very enjoyable time this evening at
It's second annual bali. The CLUB has been
making extensive preparations for this event
There will be several four-round special
bouts tonight at the "sta2" Of the Scottish
American Athletic Club, which will be well
worth seeing.
The athletic games which will lie held by
the Manhattan Athletic Club Saturday even
ing Of this week at Madison Square Garden,
will be among the most elaborate that have
ever been held. The proceeds are to he used
for good cause, as they are to be devoted to-
wards sending the Manhattan champion team
to tho English championships, which take
place in June. The club members are coming
TO the front in great shape.
The club members Of the Maphattan Athletic
| Club give MIR. Joseph Gordon great credit for
| the able manner IN which he has managed
affairs Tor the parry which is to attend the Star
Theatre Wednesday evening, Marcn IL
| The much-talked-of twenty-round glove
| contest between Tommy DRnforih, OF this
| city, and Jimmy Hagen, OF Philadelphia, will
take place tnis evening at tue Knicgerbocker
| Athletic Club, HoboEen. A large party OF
Philadelphia sporting men will come over to
| see the contest, which will begin promptly ~
9 O'Clock, in order to enable Hagen ana MS
admirers 10 catch the midnight train home.
The Phiiadelphia people are backing their man
very freely.
The ish-American Athletic Club, which
plays football az 1t Il played in ireland, has
since It's organization. April 70, 1890 The
| club has membership OF $50 men, many Of
whom are fine a'nletes. whose chiei troasle is
that they have no lime to practise. They are
| not connected with the Amateur Athletic
Union and they contne Themselves to all ath-
letlc sporls as iney .rs played III Ireland.
The toys who PLAYED football Yesterday in
the ram and mud ut Monitor Park, WeehawEen,
certainly deserve credit Tor their courage.
Elaborate preparations are being made by the
| Harlem Yacht CLUB for its annual Spring
regatta, which ia to be neid on Memorial
Day. The Club VIII nave larger list OF en-
this early date they have sold In the neighbor-
hood Of twelve hundred tickets
The Astoria Athletic Club viii hold their box
ing tournament on the sist at Puritan Hall,
Long Island Cny. Billy Oliver is managing
the affair.
The Newark Yacht Club holds its annual din
ner to-n hit al the Continental Hotel in New
ark.
The date for organizing the Cherry Diamond
| Yacht Ciuo has been changed from Saturday
| next to Friday, in order to allow all hands to
take In the games Saturday night ut Madison
Square Garden.
Corbett has began training for his Eight with
Peter Jackson, to take place in May.
Yale has notified Baltimore that the game ar
ranged for March % Is cancelled, owing To the
withdrawal OF the American Association from
the National Agreement. Barnie says he will
advertise the game and II the Yale team fais
TO appear, 1t must stand the consequences.
the Cincinnati stocS Will he turned over 10
President Louis Kramer, of the American
Association, to-day, 70 be held in trust. The
schedule meeting OF tie Association takes
place III Cincinnati, tomorrow.
The games bowled in the Acme Hall bowling
tournament Friday night resulted as follows:
Montsuk, 74o; Dart, 6T9 Lincoln Council, 4s;
The games TO be bowled tonight are: E.anges
VS., Prospect Hill, Montauk vs. Elangee, Pros
pect Hill vs. Montauk.
There will be pool match, this evening al
the Madison billiard AID pool parlors, 10 Wesl
Twenty sixth street, between p. Ii. Walsh,
champion OF the State and the winner Of tn,
last Two professional tournaments. and W.
Murray, champion Of the city OF Brooklyn.
, The games rolled in the Kings County indi-
viduai bowling tourney Saturday night re-
suited as follows: Lowery. l5l. 1e4, 1863; Rud-
yard. 1la ia, 100. Lowery, so2, 40, l78
Muster, l54, 1876 l05. Rudyard, l5l, ISL, 100
Muster, l2s. ls4, lla
Those who IKE to see good boxing and plenty
OF IL will not mss the tournament TO be helt
under the au pces Of the National Cross
. Country Assocayon The preliminary bouts
occur tomorrow evening al Central IuiL
verein Hall, Sixty-seventh street, near Thirt
; avenue. The hnali will be held Thursday
: evening at the same place.
a Charles Stout. Co. D, and William Dawsen
OF the non-cOmm ssioneG stan OF the Seventy
bTst Regiment win run match race OF on,
mue In the lAlIer part of the present montA.
The Sevcnty-brSt Regiment A. A. will give
handsome medal to the winner.
ONLY ONE CAKE LEFT.
t And the Boy Ate That in Payment
for His Trouble.
A well.known English actor, travel.