New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-09
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
| THE NETWORK BROOKLYN BASEBALL
SERIES.
BASEBALL
OUTLOOK FOR LOCAL FOOTBALL--P. T. POWERS
RETIREs FROM TIE CASH PRIZE CYCLING

While there is little betting baseball still con-
siderable money changed hands the result Of the hhsh
in the League between the New-iork ana brooklyn
teams. T., ralcot wacerct $1,000 that the "oh''
would beat the bridegroom In the championship race
conhdcnt that his is'ort'S Will defeat
the Brookyns the present series for the championship
Metropolitan district. The Giants were at Their
hest on SATURDAY. and won a. they pleased The second
game will be paycd at Eastern PARK, brooklyn ~of-
low, and the will end as soon as one team mas won
four games The financial aspect OF the case cuts no
figure games, and nothing would SUIT uie ''"htN
better than win four right oil the ree Inc
Giants get 80 per cent Of the gross receipts While inc
Brdcgroons compelled To give CERTAIN percen'"s
OF their receipts TO the Brooklyn club
The football season fairly under way and many
interesting will be- from now until the clos
ING game between Yale and Princeton on Thanksgiving
Day. The squabbe the undergraduate" rule Is an
unfortunate one the colleges do not want the
rule enforced, and II some settlement IL not ndae inc
caances are that will be serious split in inter
collegiate athletics There would be outcy, indeed II
this controversy the rule should prevent 1dlc ana
Harvard from coming togethcr this fall
Some people shorsighted enough to express DIS
sfacon with the YaleCrescent game at Eastern PARK
Brooklyn on SATURDAY. The wcathcr wa, entirely too
warm for the robust game In the first place III the
second Yale was not show her strength 20 TIE
universe to find out her strength There is vast
difference between exhibition and championship
game There +, denying the fact tnat the college
iampions could have rolled up larger score II they
had 30 desired but that not what they were there
for Yale tried tricks known 10 the TRADE ana
as soon as that worked all right she ri'd
another substantial victory over The tiescen's with
blank for local champions was all that was desired
and that was accomplished.
The ycliest interest Is manifested In the championship
season Of Ae American football Union which VIII begin
shortly The orange Ncw-York and Crescent Athletic
Club teams will contest for the trophy, and som" ca
ccllent contests should result At the present writing
the teams appear be more evenly matched man ever
before and chances That the Crescents Will not
be able to repeat their victories OF the last TWO
v,ars Orange has a good team and the friends OF the
Jersc1 mon seem confident that their team Will win
and Orange clubs meet
Bicycle disputes have been unusually prevalent his
war and the Hghts extended all the from the
manufacturers to riders Of the steel stccd-. The
latest unrJeasantncss cropped up in the National
Cycling Association and result. T. T. Powers. inc
general manager and one of diplomatic well
a. one OF the hardest In the organization, has
made I'D hi. mind 70 Withdraw Powerss enerts have
not been properly seconded and he feels that ne -
throwing honest the dogs Many bunders have
been made end unless there is change In rhe way OF
conducting the affair. association. tn Cash Prize
League can never hope be wonderful success mat
zimmerman and johnson ia the league A. well
s two or three Of the English champions was due entirely
10 uennv wise and Iound foolish Encouragement.
Followers of bowling preparing for the season winch
hepns in earnest to-day More clubs Will be III the
field than ever before and chances that even last
season which the Tn" history Of the sport
will be- surpassed. An unusually laf-e number oi
women's clubs also forming.