The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-04

No. $50 Church street, New York.
The New Jersey and Brooklyn clubs in
the union will make a stiff fight next sea
sou to have the championship games
bowled on more convenient alleys Had
the games been bowled away from Har-
lem IL Is believed that the first honor
would not have gone to the Pheaix
team,
The Hour and Holzhacker teams have
arranged a game for a trophy. lt Will oe
bowled next Wednesday on Major Phlll-
bert's alleys. Hoboken.
The Y. M. G. A. League will wind up
this week. Yorkville and Madison Ave
nue. will bowl their closing games tonight
on the latter's alleys. The Jersey CITY
team will finish at home tomorrow night
against the T~wenty-Third Street team.
The final game will be rolled on Saturday
night at the Bedford alleys, Brooklyn;
The Harlem team will strive to polish oil
the Bedfords.
The alleys of the Palma and Jersey
City A. G.. are almost deserted and Will
soon be closed for the season.
The heavyweights of the kllkow u
Tenny clubs will bow all summer.
Athletic Arena.
The all around competition OF the Lor-
Hard Athletic Club will begin on Satur-
day next at the clubs grounds, Oakland
Park. 1t will close in July. The ar
rangements will be the same as last
season. There will be running, jumping,
etc.. and the athlete making the highest
number of points will win the honors.
The field of the Lorillard A. g. was
badly torn up by the circus. 1t Will be
manyd days before it can be put in con,
dition for the lacrosse n baseball
teams.
The Trustees of the Lorillard A. G. had
q meeting last night.
The Warren A. c. will have an outing
on Decoration Day. During the season
they will have a picnic and games at Oak
land Park.
The Wayne A. c.. is slightly disap.
pointed over the failure to win the honors
in the national cross-country race. They
are confident that had Haisted been In
form that he would have won the Junior
championship. Tho team is not dis
couraged, and intends working earnestly
to win the honors next season..
the Manhattan Athletic Club has shut
out the alleged amateur boxers, and will
give another exhibition next Saturday
night for which professionals have been
engaged. They can find q lot of eX-
amateurs and engage them for a song.
There is a glut In the professional box
ing market now since the A. A. u, put
the screws on the alleged amateurs. AS
the demand Is small the prices have gone
down. Those who demanded $3.50 for their
appearance as amateurs eau be engaged
now for about So. SO. The association did
we'll to close the door against the crooked
pugilists. 1t will have a happy influence
over the now true amateurs. They can
not be tempted easily. The penalty will
restrain them.
Pearsau Tennis Club Reception.
The residence of Mr.. and Mrs. George
McAneny, No. II Columbia place, was
the scene of much merriment and glee
last evening IN the occasion of the clos
ing masquerade reception of the Pearsall
Tennis Club. The evening was passed
in games. dancing and a general good
time. A delicious collation. was q pleas
ing feature.
Among those present were the Misses
Ida Lembeck, Helen Lockwood, Freida
RELAY, Fannie Outwater, Ella Carey,
Lizzie McAneny. Amy Mitchell, Mamie
Harness. Mabel Chesebro, Messrs. Samuel
McAneny. G.. Lembeck. William Cen
merit, Robert Thomas, Clark Walker. Her
man and Fred Jaehne, Charles Albeit,
Leon Jeanne. E. Holmes, George Nc
Aneny and Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Nc. Nc
Aneny.
Diamond Chips.
Rain prevented the Giants from playing
yesterday. They are scheduled to play at
St. Louis today. The scores of the League
games yesterday were:-Pittsburg, A.;
Brooklyn, 3. Brooklyn, s: Pittsburg, 0.
Boston, 3; Chicago, 0. Louisville, 4; Bal
timore. 0.
In three of the four games yesterday.
one of the League teams failed to score.
The rule regulating the postponed
games is not clear. and Ward has filed a
protest against the first game yesterday
In which his team was defeated. The
protest was made before the game began.
The admirers OF the Gable Athletic
Associations baseball team declare that
no city or county league will be formed,
as the other clubs know that the Cables
would have a walk over.
Tommy Esterbrook, the dude who
made his reputation as a ball player with
the old Jersey City team. is not playing
this season.
Chic Hofford. who was SO popular here.
has obtained his release from the Troy
Club aud will captain the Crescents of
PIainfeld Of the New Jersey Central
League. "Chic' Is a clever catcher.
Gilmore, who pitched for the Harvard
freshmen yesterday. struck out IA men.
The freshmen defeated he. team OF the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The score was IA to l.
The Wesleyan team will play at Prince
ton today.
Cleveland has cut its staff of pitchers
down to five. Wan and Shearn were re-
leased yesterday.
Inks pitched a grand game yesterday.
The Pittsburgh team made only one hit.
The Tabernacle team this season will
be under the management of l.. Ryer,
whose address is No. POS First street.
The Gun,
James Hughes and G. Bauchle of
the Excelsior r. c., had match last
night of 100 shots each. 1t was on the
clubs range. 1t was a close contest.
Bauchle won by ten points.
The Ladies' Miller Rife Club of Hobo
ken has twenty members and several of
them handle the rifle like experts and
L...a .rnrnno In tho thintion InLau Ia-