The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-05
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Annual Meeting of the Metropole
Club Tomorrow Night.
SlAvlN FLUNKS OUT AGAIN.
He Fails to Cover Johnston's $4,000 and
the Money is Drawn Down-Providence
Fast Pigeons Sold neutrality-suspicious.
Looking for McAuliffe and Meyer.

The annual meeting of the Metropole
athletic association will be held to-
morrow evening at the club house on
Aborn street, when officers for the ensuing
year will be elected and other business OF
Importance to members will be transacted
At the conclusion of the business meet
ing there will be an interesting athletic
exhibition in the gymnasium, followed by
water polo game in the tank and an open
championship and for which all the swim
mers in the club have entered. IL is prob
able that the race will have To be decided
by several heats, as the list OF entries is
too large to allow of all competing at the
same time.
BY transfer which was recorded yester-
| day, Providence loses the three record
birds. Conroy, Miss Schmidt and Van
Uxem from the loft of jeremiah Clancy
on North Main street. They were pur-
chased by the Royal Blue line lofts at
Woodbury., n. j.
The birds were flown in the July and
August races. Conroy made the journey
from 535 miles twice. Her seasons work
on the wing aggregated over l,s2O miles,
air line. The other two were sent to the
station only once and returned in good
time.
Charley Farrell was signed yesterday by
A. c. Buckenberger to play with the Pitts
burg club next season. lie would nave
preferred to play i'm Boston, but as there
was no place for him here he is perfectly
satisfied to go to Pittsburg.
Catcher John Grim has been assigned to
Pittsburg and as the Louisville CLUB has
contract signed by him there is likely to
be trouble before the difficulty is settled.
Milwaukee also has contract with him.
A big main has been arranged between
game birds of Rhode Island, Maryland
and California which will come Oft near
New York city on Thursday. The main
will consist of fifteen battles for 800 each,
with s., 900 on the general result Several
well-known local financiers left for the
metropolis last night:
The -, 500 necessary to bind match be-
tween Slavin and John l.. Sullivan was
not in sight Yesterday afternoon at the
New York Herald office, and Charley
Johnston's deposit of g, 500 on Sullivan's
behalf was not covered. Johnston was
on hand at noon TO make the pre-
liminary arrangements, according TO
the arrangements made week ago. lie
waited until 1890 o'clock, and fs no one
appeared for Slavin, and the Australian
had gone to Chicago and could not appear
for himself, Johnston asked that his
81, 500 be restored to MIN. AS he folded up
the bills and put the roll in his pocket he
said: "That is the last chance Slavip will
have at my money. He can't fool with
me any longer. have waited six months
for him to no avail He can't use me as
means of cheap advertising any more"
Peter Lapham, the champion racket
PLAYER, returned to Boston from New
York yesterday, after a very successful
series of matches with Wright and Moore
of the New York Racket and Tennis Club.
He will wind up his matches in this coun-
try at the Boston tennis court this after
noon at o'clock, when he meets Tom
Tettit in a court tennis match.
The Chicago sportsmen are jealous of
the fame of Fulford and Brewer, and
within week they will match George
Kleinman to shoot either man for $500 or
81, 900 side.
Austin Gibbons, the Patterson, n. j.,
lightweight, issued n challenge To box
Jack McAuliffe or Billy Meyor TO finish.
He said he preferred to meet Meyer first
and that the Olympic Club OF New
Orleans had offered "A $1,000 purse for the
match. He claims that he defeated Andy
Bowen on Dec. 20, and as Bowen defeated
Meyer twice the latter has no ground TO re-
fuse TO meet him. He will post $500 for
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