The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-30
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
The Big Foot Race at Narragansett
Park Tomorrow.
JOHN |. Is AT HOME AGAIN.
He Arrived from Australia Yesterday
HOutIook for st. Louis Browns I'm '0@ Is
Bad-Pigeon Flying Record Broken
Gossip of the Knights of the Gloves.
JOHN |. IS AT HOME AGAIN

Tomorrow is the date set for the three
cornered race between Hunt, Purcell and
Pryor. and with good weather there will
be big crowd there and good race, If
it's on the level. Before o'clock to-
morrow night we might know which of
the fleet trio can do the 100 yards in the
quickest time. and also who will be the
proud possessor of "the other two fell
lows" 500 rolls which they have posted
on the result.
There is no class of sport which attracts
more attention than "A good foot race, and
there is no class of sport that has >, peen zen
faxed" so often as sprinting, but still the
boys like it and will patronize
il svery time. and bet their
good many on il knowing full well that
they are apt to get the double cross at
any stage of the game There is an infatu-
alton about the business that attracts peo-
pie to il and almost after every race YOU
will hear the losers declaring that it's the
last time they II have anything TODD with
the blooming foot-race But you Will
find them there next time and betting
their money just the same, rs sure rs the
sun rises in the East. 1t was thus, and 1t
always will be.
Occasionally there is foot-race on the
level, but they are exceptions To the rule.
1t is TO be hoped tnat the race tomorrow
will be one of these exceptions.
The articles Of agreement call for the
men To be on the scratch at o'clock.
Eugene Buckley of the Boston Globe will
be pistol lirer and appoint the referee.
The Yale eleven is badly crippled Cap
tain McClung has a dislocated thumb,
Hartwell a sprained ankle Winter twist
ed knee Wallis stomach so sensitive
that he has not put on uniform Tor a
week. Paine a fever Mccormick n sprain-
ed ankle. Noyes "a bad knee and Sulphen,
Coke and jenkins broken noses.
Calamity seems TO follow upon calamity.
Lawrie Bliss worked too hard in the game
with the Orange eleven on Saturday and
has not practiced since, and yesterday san
ford strained the tendens of one of his
legs so bad that he had To he taken off the
field. The team is demoralizcd.
Won der Abe, Of the St Louis Browns,
is now In "a worse predicament than he
was at the time that Comiskey and the
rest of his followers left him and joined
forces with the Brotherhood.
Won der Abe has had agents out for sew
eral weeks past trying 90 sign players re-
served by the National League, but his
agents have made a dismal failure. He
has secured few Western Leaguers, who
were good men i'm that organization, but
who will be weak for the American. He
has made Comiskcy an offer Of s6, 900 for
W but the big captain has refused all
overtures, and now the president and
manager captain are on the outs, so to
speak, and beside Comiskey, none of the
other men who wore brown stockings last
season have signed with the st. Louis
Club.
IL is well known fact that Stivetts has
signed with the Boston League Club. and
Mccarthy has followed in his footsteps.
John T.. Sullivan, Jack Ashton. Of this
city, his sparring partner, Joe Ch0ynski
the Californian heavyweight, arrived in
san Francisco yesterday. The Biz Eel
low " Is looking well ana hasn't touched a
drop for a month.
Sullivan candidly admitted that his the
atrical adventure ia Australia had been
complete frost ~ bat those stories about
Our being stranded and cabling home for
money TO return to America" were
false.
His opinion Of Australia IL not of the
lirst-class order. lie declares that he will
meet Slavin after his theatrical engage
ment terminates In June.
Jem Mace. the cx champion Of England.
is instructips Herbert JACKSON. tAs SantA