The evening world., 1893-11-22
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Billy Madden's Show at Rockaway
Beach Thanksgiving Eve.
N. Y. A. Ca New Ides for Its Next
Boxing Affair.

ally Madden announces tnat all
arrangement have been completed
Tor the opening show of his
pockeway Beach Athletic Club
Thanksgiving Eve. He says that
the contest between Martin Flaherty
and Joe Craig will be a more than or
binary interesting affair, because Tom
o'Rourke has offered to match George
Dixon against she winner. THIS. lie
avs will serve as I'm additional incen-
1--WE TO put the two men on their mettle
and make victory all the more eagerly
sought for.
craig is already down to weight, and
"a reported to be possessed OF the usual
confidence. Flaherty is preparing at
Lowell, Mass. he IS down to rs p2unGs
he were going into a finish fight. lie
ekips the rope. punches the bag ana
takes "A daily run Of fifteen mics: me
and will bring along some money to bet
on him. Reports Of the doings of the
other men who will box at the show
Indicate that they are getting into con-
The twenty-round contest between
Fred Morris and, Joe EllinSsworth Is
expected to develop. some fast work.
1he BLACK cyclone" has heard Of FL
lingsworth's determination to challenge
Jack Dempsey If ne wins, and thinks
that wOllu De u TdlutI 'ItNfI lullls "
do himself. So he doesn't purpose to
give ~Ellingsworth the opportunity If he
can help IL.
with Frank Craig. is inclined to think
the colored NAV will not be very trou-
bIesome game for him. Nevertheless,
RTiordan has aspirations to meet some
Of the hlEh-class men, consequently he
will hardly take any chances of being
beaten by Crais. The coiored man;
the Calf ornian may have his hands
full. The Long Island Railroad will
run two special trains, one leaving the
and the other at 40. They will leave
Long Island City ten minute later, land
Ing passengers at the clubhouse in
thirty minutes.
The New York Athletic Club will try
a different plan at It's boxing show
be put on than formerly, and they will
be shorter in duration. BY making the
bouts shorter it is hoped to get laster
members n the last show. Mike Dono-
van has arranged four bouts for next
Saturday night, and 1t looks as though
he had provided u good card for the
Mercury Footers.
The opening event on the programme
and Jack Dawson at 125 pounds. Then
VIII come a set-to between Jack Nc
Grath. of New York. and George Strong,
e t5e D %Iron Man. "a p d RSa"a Al o elB anre Of
Philadelphia, both Of whom have lone
service IN local athletic clubs, will meet
at 1876 pounds. Billy Mccarthy. the Aus
will finish the last bout. A savattc
match 'etWeen two Frenchmen will
where hands and feet both are used in
dealing blows.
mt t.-.
ton of Ballet, the Princeton centre
rush. who not liking the action of
ns2t sG aaH f tsam rrs fai,sa Mr.. ap HgsiiIet the IS
100 sensitive, He should have emulated
the example of Stillman of Yale, who,
played all the harder to get back on the
Varsity. Capt. Trenchard has gone af-
ter Ballet to make peace with him.
There is little doubt that Ballet will be
playing centre rush in the Thanksgiving
game.
AS the Springfield game draws nearer,
Harvard seems to, be more and more
figured upon as the me There is
scarcely any doubt that there is more
confidence at Cambridge than ever be-
fore. Whether this is the result Of the
Haven, or that the Crimson has inside
information that Yale really is weak, is
hard to tell. II the former, the Yale
well. There are only two more days to
wait.
1t Is now given as n reason, In Eng
land, for Valkyrie's defeat that Nigilant
had several water tanks along her sides
which could be filed or empticd at will
when reaching or beating.
nr. W. A. Brooks, referee In the Yale
Pennsylvania game. Is said to have re-
marked that the Pennsylvanians didn't
do any smuggling In the struggle. DR..
Brooks must haV referred to a game he
refereed in a dream.
Eugene Carter recently made a run OF
a Ia a cushion carom game in Paris:
This Is within three OF Sections record
OF Il, made ten years ago. Carter was
only stopped by the call OF game.
Capt. Johnson, OF the Yale University
rev has had about Il dozen candidates
out this FAN in an eight and barge. He
Will stop work soon because of cold
weather. Several Of the best oarsmen
are playing football. but Longacre and
Rogers, OF last years Varsity, and
Reard, Smith and coonley, OF last years
crack Freshman eight, have been prac-
Using.
George Siddons has posted $3.50 to
night Jimmy Lynch.
Frank NJ. Elliott.-Two dollars was the
price paid for granl-stanQ seats.