The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-12
ATHLETICS.
Bolt of the Staten island A. C.-Honor
Winners.

Doll OL LILO Cthlch olAn re - UNIV
Winners.
The Wayne A. G. will hold a regular
meeting next Monday night.
The Staten Island A. G.. has Withdrawn
from the A. A. U. The reason given is
that they are not in accord with the
methods of the Union. The wise course
for the Union to pursue is to shut them
out. There are some clubs who sulk If they
cannot nave things their own way. 1t is
from this club that the plan emanated to
organize a union which wa to include
only the large and wealthy organizations
and crush out of existence all the others.
The Union can get along without the
would be aristocrats.
Boxing stag of the Scottish-American
A. G. next Monday night; There will be
a special bout between Hugh ONeil. of
the Scots, and NJ. Sheridan, of the
Waynes.
The committee of the A. A. U. to award
the prizes for individual excellence dur
Ing last season in Union contests have an
nonnced the winners as follows:-
For excellence in the championship
meetings of the Amateur Athletic Union
j. S. Mitchell, New York A. c., IA
C.; L. II. Cary. Manhatten A. G.; Il. P.
Connect, M. A. c., ana G.. A. J.. Queck-
berner, M. A. c.. a tie for second and
third prizes. each scoring 10 points.
For excellence in the championship
meetings Of the Amateur Athletic Union
and its several associations:-
Running-L. II. Cary, NJ. A. c.. and L.
P. Coaneff, NJ. A c.. a tie, each scoring
20 points.
W~alking-C. L. Nicoll, M. A. c.. 16
points.
Hurdling-A. F. Copeland, NJ. A. c.. Is
Bicycling-w. F. Murphy. N. Y. A. c.,
and G. NJ. Murphy, N. Y. A. c., a tie.
each scoring 5 points.
Jumping-A. Nickerson, N. Y. A. c.;
G.. S. Reber, Pastime A. c., st. Louis,
Mo, and L. Luce, Detroit (Mich.) A. c.,
IA tie, each scoring 10 points.
Heavy Weights-J. S. Mitchell. N. Y.
A. c.. % points.
These prizes nave been ordered and
will be ready for distribution about
March Is.
The Aroma Athletic Club will have its
annual stag at Orient Hall on Wednes-
dav evening, February "a.
A meeting will be held at Delmonico's
next Friday to form a United States
League of athletic clubs. The Jersey
City A. G. will be represented by S. r..
Finney, c. Lee Myers and A. B. Dusen-
berry.
The United States National Lawn Ten
mis- Association held it's annual meeting
last night at the Hoffman House and
elected Henry w. Slocum, Jr.. President.
The rule was amended to prohibit foot
faults" a pronounced falling of Cham
pion Campbell. The mems single cham.
pionship tourney will be held at Newport.
The yachtsmen along the Communipaw
shore of New York Bay are arranging all
ope sWeepstake race between catboats,
twenty feet and under, to be sailed over IL
triangular course of ten miles early this
spring. Commodore Beal of the Oceanic
Yacht Club is enthusiastic over the race,
and by dInt of lard work expects tnat up
ward Of twenty-five entries will be re-
ceived.
The hurting teams of the Wolfe Tone
and lrish-American Clubs of the Gaelic
Athletic Association will play their re-
turf game on Sunday next at Erastina,
S. l.. The existing rivalry between these
clubs gives promise OF a first-class display
of the Irish national game. After the
close of the hurting match the football
teams of the Barry Club Of this city and
the Wolfe Tone Club will contest at foot
ball.
Jim Corbett's entertainment at Madison
Square Garden next Tuesday, the 10Th,
frst-class in every particular. CorDett
will meet three good men. Inducements
have been offered Joe Lannon, Jack
Kelly. of Port Richmond. who achieved
considerable notoriety by challenging
Slauin and Mitchell, to have them ap-
pear n face Corbett. No one has aver
accomplished the task of outpointing
three men in one night, and Corbett
hopes to do 1t next Tuesday.