The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-12
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
The Water Polo Game Between tht
New Yorks and Metropolis.
BOSTON A. C. INDOOR MEET,
Smith and Hands Entered for the Races
Tomorrow Night-Articles of Ageec-
ment Sent to Conley- Local Interest in
the Fitzsimmons-Maher Fight.

Tomorrow night comes the great game
of water polo hetwe N the teams represent
ing the New York Athleti club cand the
Metropole Athletic association, which will
be played in the tank at the Sanitary Gym
nasium. II will be the first appearance of
the New York polosts in this city and the
Metropole men hope TO make it so interest
ing for them that it will not be their last
in other words the Metropole boys will
strain every nerve to defeat the New
Workers and make another game neces-
sary. The Metropole team will he made
up as follows: Hcil5orn, Stuart Scott.
Douglas. Law and Richards. The space
around the tank has been increased for the
accommodation of the crowd, by the re-
moval of the dressing rooms on the lower
floor which will allow at least 200 more to
witness the game than would otherwise be
the case.
Beside the polo game there will be an
individual swimming race of 100 yards, as
announced in the News u fortnight ago,
between Murray of the New York A. c..
Osborne of the Boston \. c., and Stuart of
the Metropole Club, for S25
silver cup offered by Mr.. Wells
of the New York Athletic Club, who
is one of the players on the polo team. and
one of the most enthusiastic men on the
game in this country.
1t will be a great night at the gymnas-
ium and the events will probably be wit
messed by larger crowd than ever gather
ed about the tank which is saying great
deal.
The indoor meeting of the Boston Ath-
letic Association at Music Hall, Boston,
tomorrow night will be monster affair
Two hundred and ninety individuals will
take part, who will make SEQ different en-
tries. James Smith and William Hands,
both OF the Metropole Club are in this big
list of entries. In the 250.yards run, with
a 10-yard handicap limit, Smith has 4
yards start, and in the f0-yards dash, 6
foot limit, he has one foot start In the
one-mile run Hands has been given the
limit, so yards start. In view of the fact
that the Metropole men have been on the
scratch in all the events for the past few
months, it is encouraging TO see them get
ting handicaps like this.
Articles of agreement were last night
forwarded by the secretary of the Glad
stone Club TO Eddie Conley in Cambridge
for his glove contest with John \. Sull-
van on the night of the reopening of the
club. Sullivan called on the secretary
last evening and they had n long confer
ence on the matter of the date which was
finally set for March 10, as Sullivan would
not consent to make il March t. as the
club members had desired. The other
event for the opening night beside
wrestling, club swinging and fencing,
will probably be ten-round go between
Young Boyle, who was tried out" against
Billy Reardon on Wednesday night, and
Murray, the lo5-pound man of Woon-
socket.
meeting between Bob Fitzsimmons and
Peter Maher, the "Irish champion"
which comes off before the Olympic Club
in New Orleans on March .. The local
fraternity is almost equally divided as to
who will win the contest, which promises
season. Maher will have from twenty To
twenty-five pounds the best OF il so far rs
weight goes, but FitZ will have slight
advantage In height and reach, and is
much shiftier on his feet. He is also clev-
erer than the Irish champion" if all
reports be true, and the chances are that
Peter will not have the 'cinch" Madden
has mapped out for him
One thing is certain. that the man who
could defeat Dempsey rs easily as did
Fitzsimmons will not be any easy mark
even for heavyweight, and Maher will
find long Bob of much different mater
ial than the 'sleepers' he has been run
ming up against during his stay in this
country.
A dispatch from New Orleans states
that Fitz Is training harder than he ever
did before. that he runs twenty miles "a
day, punches the bag for an hour aud
then boxes several of the boys at his train
ing quarters.
1.-THE indications are that he will lead
Peter Maher the heavyweight champion,
n dance around the ring for an hour or
two until he wears the Irish champion
out, then try To end the contest by a
Knockout biow.-fhe majority or sport
ing men here will back Fitzsimmons i'm
spite OF the fact that advices from New
York state that there is $1,000 behind
Maher.
Appropos OF Maher. it is reported that
private communication bearing the sigma
ture VI John L. Sullivan, received by a