The evening world., 1893-10-07
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Proposed Change in Rules of the
American Athletic Union.
Nigilant Bowling Club Replaces the
Old Nnssaus.

tour Athletic tulon IL found IN tn"
amendment whi. h win be submitted at
IA" aruua meeting next month. II re-
f,rs To clause M" section =. article ".
which now reads THAT In tn" event
Of fOur-iiiths Of the clubs mot loss than
twenty In uumbrrD situated in any 10.
callty not lcss thar five miles square
making apple ton to be admitted ~ n
separate association to active mcrINor-
ship in this Union. IN" Union shah hr
empowered. I'm it's discretion. to admit
ihc same as an active member. and t.
allut such locality thereto as its ter
i.tury."
That clause II IL PROPOSED to amend So
az TO rrnd
THAT in tho event uf four-ffths Of
the clubs occupying not less IA two
states In territory making formal apIli-
cation To lee admitted as Il separate as
socittion t. active membership In this
Union, this IniUn shall be empowered,
in its discretion, t. admit the same as
an active member. and to allot such
states thereto rs its territory"
IN" amendment win undoubtedly be
adopted.
The nights Of bowling are on in ear
nest, and from now until the merry
manih of May the whit of the lignum-
vitae ban will be considerably in evil
dcnce. The Nigilant Bowling club is
the new name of II famous old club
tn" Nassdus, and the christening took
pltC" at tn" Te"ums"h Hotel, Boulevard,
'tNIyc SlNty-siSth street, last might.
with tn" exception of "A few members,
NHl. ullF H,t.tIE AItr 1IIE tt-.. .,-l
have since endravor"d to start "A new
club under the old name of Nassau, the
' iEi1antS inauGuratc the season with
their old substantial members.
Under the organization they elected
th"s" officers: President, a. Il. Wilson;
Nre-rresldent, G W. Macdonald, Cap
tain, II. ". Walter; Treasurer, }. ".
Scorer. j.. ", Ochiltree. Assistant
scorer. J. *. Heath. Head ~Itootcr, viii
i&m Wilson; Trustees. capt, George W.
+, ". colwelI 1t is the purpose of de
NiEilant" to form II team of iiv" ana
enter them in the important tourna-
mcntS. IN" club offers three prizes as
daring the season. IN" il",1bcrship.
which Is limited to twenty-five. ~ now
complete. and the club has secured the
T"G4mseh Alleys for Fridays until May
!. 1891.
HORACE Leeds, of Atlantic city. and
Rilly Ernst. OF brooklyn. have finished
their training fnr the twenty rounds or
NOR" contest Monday night at roncy
island, and both sparrcrs Will seek Sc
clus!nn on the Sllin" shores of the island
tomorrow iol "A final rest. They arr
b'th within the lisht-wclght limit. 1873
lively encounter will follow the call of
time.
Leeds has "A big following in phlladel-
Ph'a, ana they ar" prepared to wager
however, has yet to meet his first de-
feat, and he has Il crushing force to
his blows, He is quick. too, and his
friends viii not he n BIT surprised to Sc,
nm stop i."rls several rounls before
the twentieth.
The preliminary bout Of ten round
VIII be furnished by Charley hammer
and Jim Sullivan, and as they met once
before In the tonsy Island arena and
boxed n draw. Mondays pa.saEc-nt-
arms should be "A thorough test of each
mans abilities.
Th" New York TurnvercIn "Rloom-
ingdrl4'wi!l hold it's annual gymnastlc
eNhihl,ipn In Terrace Garden, Fifty
eighth street and Lexington avenue.
tomorrow Sunday nignt. The pro-
Eramil" calls for tw"ly" numbers, and
includes t4bieauN. %dumbbcll and wand
exercises, horizontal bar work, fencing,
plastic, groupings. and all the finer dis
play of gymnastics.
The intercollegiate Football .Associa-
ton met 1t the Windsor Hotel last
night ana adopted tilS schedule:
oct 2S-Prinrotou ~ Wesleyan. ut Manhattan
FIrlt. H"w York. Referee not selected,
Ny : rrtn.gton vs. rntNrrrtiy Of ronnsyI.
alternate. Arthur IumnurA. OF Harvard.
N"v. Yale vs. WESLEYAN. at New Haven
Noy. Il-Nolr Ns. UniycrsIty - PENNSYLVANIA.
Place MT. selected, either Philadelphia or New
YORK R,trr.' w. \; llro"Ht NJ Harvard, alter
NOV. ?smWcl"yan vs.. University of rornJyl-
'' Yoy a, rh,,aa''rh'n Egiyrye not s),lr.,ci
Referee, ". \ Brooks, al. rnat, not selected
The mos, important question of the
meeting, VIZ, consideration OF the un-
derrrainntr RUE. was taken up. and it
Wesleyan stood together for It's con.
tiNuhnc" IN tn" rules. while Varsity of
PENNSYLVANIA ana Princeton were a unit
for its elimination, Mactey. OF Penn
aylvania, offered several different mo-
Tors. all with IN" SAM object, to ahro-
KAT" the obnoxious rule. but each time
IN a vote 1t Wa > t. >. Thus the dead
adjournment VAS taken, and the rule *
sun in vogue. Under nat rule six
arSity Of Pennsylvania players and n
number of prinC"ton's men are Ineligible
10 play in Tn" nt"rCOllcgiit series.
What the outcome may be Is uncertain,
AMI II Is by no means unlikely that
wlIhLrawals by "P"nnsy' ami Princeton
viii follow.
Ives and Rohcrrs play their hnal
games In the English blizzard match
today at the l.cnoN l.yccum The
far in the rear, being los points behind
Roberts, whose total to-day rolls up to
) ZOO, VIM" Ives has but 7l77. Vet the
latter has \ faculty Of knocking ~rt
extraordinarily large runs. such as 5Ss,
Which h" ripplrl on with "A CharrnIus
nonHhllonce, II" VITA hr obliged to do
that Kind of work to-day to pun himself
out Of the hole.
AuStralia's eleven polished off Phila-
drluhia cricket team handsomely in yes
t"Iday'S KANE In Pnillielphin. krNring
the QuatcCS down To- l9 runs in the e :,
inning. The Australians went into toe
ii"l!. scored II, two men, and stumps
w,rr drawn. The game goes ON again
today, Australia rcSuminE her un-
broken play,
The opening Eame FOR the local base
bail Championship between l!ruoklyn and
Ne" York Is ON this afternoon ut tn"
Polo Grounds.
The KINGS County Wheelmen have
OF Ian at Eastern Parkway ant Pros
rcct Park. and wIli build the largcs,
cycling track in tins raighaorhgul. The
land Was granted to the club by Gcorg'
A.. Neginam, II the Kings County
Whce,men.
Yale meets Cresccn: on the football