The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-16
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
A New Workers. Explanation of the
Defeat on Saturday Night.
BICYCLE MEN IN CONVENTION.
Conference Between Yale and Harvard
baseball Men Signal Failure-Patsy y
sheppard's Beneht-Dan Budd OF Meri-
dan, Conn, Won n Handicap.

And now the water polo men Of the New
York Athletic Club are telling their
townspeople how il happened that the
Metropole boys beat them on Saturday
night. Here is what T.. L. Haubold tells
sun reporter:
We were informed by the Metropole
A. A. boys that they would give us a
wrestling match, aud that is what 1t
proved to be- They have very peculiar
tank at that club IL is ifty-eight feet in
length and about twenty-five feet wide.
At one end the water is but three feet
deep. and from there 20 the centre the IN
crease in depth is only half "A foot. At the
centre the water abruptly deepens TO the
extent of eight feet. and this depth con-
tinues to the other end of the tank. IL
was in the shallow water that the Metro
pole players did their work. Scott the
champion amature wrestler of New Eng
land, and Douglass, a 23O-pound man, did
the rush work in the shallow water and
did some fine catch-as catch-can and
Graco- Roman work. They beat us in
that branch OF the game. In the deep
water, and when the game was a swim
ming one, we out-pointed them. Wells
made very clever goal for New York in
the first half and II. q. liaubold second
one i'm the last half. Another advantage
an iron pipe that was arranged around
the sides of the tank. The home players
had knack of holding on TO that pipe
with one had. holding the bali in the
other. aud kicking a tackler with both
feet that was extremely annoying.
think we can beat them in deep water, but
no team can defeat them in their own
tank"
That sort of talk reads very well for the
New York boys and to those who do not
know differently the explanation sounds
very plausible. Where there il defeat
there must be some excuse, hut Hanbold
and the rest of the team know as well as
do the people of Providence who witnessed
the game that they were defeated fairly
and squarely; that one Of their two goals
was present TO them and was made in
the shallow water against which he COM
plains so pitterly, and that three OF the six
goals scored by the Metropolis were made
by them in deep water, which the New
York men claim is their favorite game.
In other words, eliminate the shallow
water playing altogether and we still have
the Metropolis victorious in the deep end
by a score OF 9 to J..
The annual convention of the officers of
the League of American Wheelmen was
held at Columbus yesterday. Rhode
Island was represented by George l..
Cooke and H. L. Perkins. The Treas
urers report showed that the balance on
hand July I. 1891, was IS, ,502.S7 From
Secretary Bassett's report it was learned
that the membership on Feb IL was
% $50, gain of 5,567 over that of "a year
ago Rhode Island has 66S members.
The election resulted as follows: Pres
ident, Col G. II. Burnett of Hartford I;
vice presidents, Thomas II. Sheridan of
Chicago and &. Carlton Brown of New
Jersey; treasurer, Mr.. Brewster Of
Quincey, Ill.,
A resolution was adopted which pro-
vides that the value of prize in an anna
teur race shall not exceed $500. The next
meet will be held in Washington next
June.
Capt. Murphy, President Franklin OF
the Yale base ball team and ex-Capt. Nc
Clung met Capt. rockingham and presi-
dent Cumming of the Harvard team in
Springfield yesterday afternoon, and at.
tempted to arrange dates for this years
base ball team. The meeting was a signal
failure. Yalc's representative went to
Springfield forearmed and upon being
asked by Harvard If they were authorized
TO act for Yale received an affirmative an
swer. Without giving the Harvard men
an opportunity To offer anything in favor
OF an agreement, Yale presented one which
was promptly refused. After some dis
cussion the Harvard men Withdrew 10 the
corridor, where they conferred with eX-
Capt. Winslow for some time, and on re-
turning again refused to consider Yale's
What Yale's proposition was
is not known TO a certainty, but it is gen
orally understood that three dates were
offered, for one game In Cambridge, one in
this city and one in Springfield. Capt.
Murphy says that the only disagreement
was regarding the dates. He processes
not TO know what Harvard's proposals
were.
Patsy Sheppard's benefit at Music
Hall, Boston. last night was n
grand success from a standpoint of scien-
tilic boxing as well as financially Patsy
is great favorite with the sporting fra
ternity of Boston and vicinity as he used
TO be in Providence, ana ''all the boys
turned out TO pay their respects TO the
old-time teacher of the manly art and in
TO see him wind up with Arthur
Chambers, who demonstrated how tne
game used to be put up in Eye olden
times" There WAS a great aggregation
of talent on hand 20 take 1art and all
made Il interesting for the big audience. /
The performers were Frank Steele and
Dick Cronan, Doc O'Connell and Jimmy
Hurst. Marcellus Baker and Tim Nc
Carthy, Jim Godfrey and Ed. Binney
Patsy kerrgan and Ralph Lord Patsy
@ Hara, and John Conley, Jimmy Conley
Denny Sullivan, Billy Flmmer Benny
Murphy and Charlie Norton.
The l30-yard handicap race for e10O. at
England. yeeterday, was won
by Daniel Budd, of Meridian Conn. lie
was "A great favorite in the betting. He
started from the l0-yard mark and won by |
half yard. Budd has been trying for an
English handicap for three years
There is a possibility that the water
polo game between the Metropolis and the |
Manhattaus, at the Sanitary Gymnasium.
which is slated for next Saturday even
ing. may be postponed until the following /
Monday night, as Saturday is an incon- |
Ncnient time for many who would like TO |
witness the game IL they could get away
from business +. w. \.
DO you want "a situation? 4 iO-cent ad-
yertisement Ga the "Ncws" will supply il.
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Hig fIre mi Boston.
BogroN, Feb 18.-A large planning mil /
'wned by George McQuestion & Co, an