The evening world., 1893-11-27
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Princeton Yale Game Now the
All-Talked-ot Football Event.
Last Weeks Billiard Match md IN,
Match TO Come.

The llarvard-Ialc football game of 1893
has passed into history. and the Yale
Princeton game Thanksgiving Day now
'hkross's tn" attention of football low
erS. Every New Yorker, excepting of
course Harvard men, will rejoice that
Yale beat Harvard, for 1t makes the
game ut ManhHttnn Fled the greatest
football contest of the year. Yale is not
supreme until she beats Princeton, and
If Princeton wins 1t virtually makes her
this years champion.
The Tigers mr." already repeating their
annual assertion. which always follows
th" Springfield game, that I'VE will beat
Yale" Whether they do or not there is
one thing that may be counted ON. that
the Tigers will play the game to the
end. Princeton hearts are just as stout
as those OF Vac, and it may be relied
uron hat there will be no lack Of sand,
which was so noticeable in lIaryari'H
play.
y Chicago despatch says that Schacfor
and Ives have signed articles FOR an
other billiard match, to be played in
Chicago In January. The conditions viii
be- the same DIS in the match just con-
r'udcd e~Ncept-and the exception Is Il
very important Ono-that thr anchor
nurse will be barred, This is tr0nallN
The beginning of the end as far as the
anchor nurse in balk line billiards is
concerned. The frequency of big runs
in the Schaefer-lyes contest has dem
onstrdtel that 4 more difficult game
must be found TO meet the increasing
skill of the experts. Earring the anchor
nurse VIII result IN more o9en play, ana
consequently p~rettier billiards.
In the mcEn time, however, we have
4 tournament. scheduled for New York
the week of Dec. II. which is now in
terestinS billiard players, in which
Schaefer, Ives and Slosson will play:
There are a good many Who would
ike to see the anchor nurse prohibited
in hat tournament. Such a restriction
would tend To put SlVsson more on a
level with the other two, although as
far as that is concerned there are those
who think the student eXCels at any style
Of the game. But Slosson is more of
an open player thar either Schaefer OF
Ives, and would be right in his element
with the tiresome nurse play out.
Jim Corbett is expected in New York
to-day to go into training for his duties
as referee in the mounted sword com
bats at Madison Square Garden this week.
Final arrangements have been com
I'ltA''l lpl lllt DlNN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rate
to be run at Madison Square Garden
Dec. Q. 1t has been definitely decided
that the distance will be twenty-five
miles. G.. W. Ashinger will steer the hi.
cycle and, as has already been told, j. j.
Alexandra will ride the horses-two in
number. The money at stake in the race
will be $3.50 a side and the gate receipts
Jack Prince posted an acceptance OF
AleXandre's challenge. but as Alexandra
and Ashinger have both beaten Prince
the horseman preferred to taxi on Ash.
niger.
\ Providence, r. l.. despatch says,
THE betting on the McGee-O'Brien figh-
which comes off at the Metropole Clul
to night, Is all in favor of O'Brian. The
q mand for tickets Is extraordinary
O'Brien is believed to be in the best
condition Of the two. and is picked out
ere as a sure winner"
Good reports are heard concerning thc
condition of all of the six principals who
will box at the Rockaway Beach A. G,
show Thanksgiving eve. Flaherty and
Craig are both down to weight for theiI
twenty-round contest. Joe Ellingsworth's
friends think that his bout with Morris,
the Bla cyclone" will not last TWEEN.
ty ounds. Since his easy defeat OF
Billy Mccarthy Saturday nig..,. Frank
Craig's stock has gone up a bit. and
Riordan is wearing Il very sober eXpres.
sion. Peter Donahue will referee the
contests.