The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-23
in SPORTING CIRCLES.
The Meeting Of the Rhode Island
Yacht Club Last Evening.
A. {. AUSTIN FOR COMMODORE.
The First Day OF the Championship Tennis
Tournament - Great Day for Trap
shooters at New Haven-The Man
hattans Explain Their Defeat.

In accordance with the custom OF the
Rhode Island Yacht Club to NEST "A week
previous to the annual meeting to hear
the report of the nominating COMMITTEES,
the members of the club assembled at the
Narragansett Hotel last evening, aud
heard the following report from the COM
mittee on nominations:
Commodore, A. T.. Austin; vice-com
modore, F::p. Sands; rear commodore, c.
c. Bloomer president, Sayer Hasbrouk
secretary, f. Il. Eddy: treasurer, f.. i.
Herrick; measurer, Paul Ii. Warren
race committee. A. ID. Leete, Charles i.
Smith, Il. T.. Hubbard, a. B. Slater Jr.,
and George +. Brownell committees ON
admissions. Charles G.. Bloomcr, Jr, X.
ii. Carver, II. J.. Greene, A. NJ. Black, {.
A. Eddy, r. T. Herrick a ID. Leete,
committee, G. g. Bloomer. "A. ID. Ross, Il.
l.. Greene Poctcr's cove committee, w.
r. Fales A. ID. Ross and +. Il. Eddy.
RThe report was accepted and the names
will be voted on at the annual meeting
next week
Several amendments TO the constitution
were discussed, the most important of
which was n proposed amendment where
by the business OF the club, which has
hitherto been transacted in open meeting,
VIII De transacted DIV tne DOaru Oh directors.
Another proposed change Is one TO the by
laws whereby regular meetings shall De
held on the last Monday in January, Feb
ruary, May, June, July and August, and
the coglmodore or president may call
special meetings on the written request
of five members.
The sailing rules were also brought up
and several proposed changes discussed.
The following new members were
elected: Walter w. jackson, Providence;
j. G. Birch, Providence NJ. j. Kiley,
Boston; Arthur L. Rich, Providence;
Charles Il. Benns. Providence; l.. l..
Lorillard. Jr.. Newport; John w. Angel,
n. l.. Berry, w. o. Fifeld and Andrew II.
Hurd of Providence.
The annual banquet will be held at the
Narragansett Hotel on the evening of
March Z.
The first match for the amateur court
tennis championship of America took
place yesterday afternoon at the New
York Racquet and Tennis Club courts.
The contest was held under the joint
auspices of the Racquet aud Tennis club
OF this city and the Boston Athletic Asso-
citation of Boston; and was for perpetual
cup donated by these two clubs and an in
dividual trophy presented by the New
York organization.
The contestants yesterday were X ID.
Sears, ex-champion lawn tennis player,
Boston Athletic Association, and Il. :. de
Garmendia, New York Racquet and Ten
mis- Club. the amateur racquet champion.
Mr.. Sears was the winner by n score of
three sets TO nothing, the score standing &
6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in his favor.
The greatest gun tournament ever held
in Connecticut occurred at the grounds of
the New Haven Gun Club yesterday The
event of the day was the contest for the
State trophy Twenty-Five clubs COM
peted, and over 5000 birds were thrown.
Frank Potter OF New Haven made the
highest individual score, - out of possi-
BILE 80. The tournament was won by the
New Haven No. team by q score of 40 to
90. The Colt Club of Hartford took Sec
ond place with a score of a.
The water polo players of the Man
haitian Athletic Club have arrived in New
York, and like New York Athletic club
men have been filling their reporters with
excuses for their defeat. The New Yorks
were original and laid the blame TO the
style of the tank in which they were
beaten. but the Manhattans, in lieu of
something new, fell back on that indi-
vidual who can he blamed for anything
when all other excuses fail-the referee
They declare that the first goal scored by
the Metropolis was no goal at all, but
that the referee was Obliged to give
III 10 the nome team 'iHuer penalty
of being thrown into the tank. Was
there ever worse "rot" J." published
than statement like that
was time-keeper for the Metropolis on
Saturday night, and in that capacity oc-
cupied position at Referee Grieves' right
hand. Mr.. Sweet of the Pawtucket Boat
Club was time-keeper for the Manhattans,
and stood there. too, alongside the ref
cree, and we would have been pretty apt
10 hear any threats against the referee
had there been any made. The New
Workers who do not see the game, and
only know of it by what they read in their
own papers, must think that the Provi-
dence people are a lot of Indians,
i. W. A.