The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-12-26
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Duval Athletic Club Confident of
Bringing Off the Contest,
johnson May Not Go to Europe to
Skate.

The latest news in the Corbctt- Mitchell
matter Is that the Duval Athletic club
is still quite confident that the contest
will be allowed to take place Jan. 25, as
scheduled. and that II will not be in the
daytime. 1t does seem that for people
who profess to be as confident as the
Duval A. G. promoters they are doing n
good deal of assuring. more than the &C.
casion requires IL they are 30 positive
the contest will not be interfered with
1t has the appearance OF whistling to
keep ones courage up.
However. the statements OF the Duval
A. c. people have all along had ring OF
sincerity about them. and there Is some
thing soothing about what Manager
Bowden has to say about that letter Of
Gov. Mitchell's private secretary. Mr..
Lang. That letter. says Mr.. Bowden,
was written over a month ago, and Is
not a fresh utterance by Gov. Mitchell.
Hence there Is no new cause for uneasi-
ness Mr.. Bowden says there are many
other reasons which he could cite to de-
monstrate the Clubs ability to pull of
the contest. Not few people through
out the country would like to hear them.
81. Augustine is preparing to welcome
MltCnell. lie VIII receive this telegram
at washington to-day:
As you are aware, Mr. Thompson has selected
quarters for you here. st. Augustine 10 yours
SENATOR FRANK d. GENovAR.
Chairman Committee
After eating heartily. Mitchell spoke as
follows: III we do not meet In Jackson
Vile you can depend upon 1t that Cor
bett and | will fight somewhere else. We
will surely fight, for It has come down
to personal matter now. and II neces-
sary to meet him will forego the purse
and fight In private. believe that Cor
ing. but don't believe he Will meet me
without n purse. l am informed that II
we don't meet at jacksonville We will go
to New Orleans, and that the affair can
clsion of the courts. but 1 know nothing
about this only what have been told. ="
A friend OF John s. johnson says that
the skater and bicylclist will arrive In
this city next week. He will remain in
championships at Red Bank. and then
take part in the Mid Winter Fair BIZ
Wheelmen. johnson, 1t seems, has about
given up the notion of going to Europe
to skate In the worlds amateur cham
pionships at Stockholm. Those. events
preparations are being made for them.
Races In which johnson, Rudd, Norseng
and several Canadian cracks may COM
pete are being arranged to take place
at Waltham. Mass. during the Winter.
The Warren Athletic Club Of Jersey
City has arranged series of boxing
bouts to be given Dec. % at Woods Hall.
3l6 Barrow street. Three specials of six
These are: Joe Craig vs.. Jack McNaught,
llS pounds: Hugh O'Neill VS.. Charles
Geiger. 100 pounds; Jack Kelly VS.. John
Brogan. Warren A. c.. at lbs pounds.
REPRESENTATIVES OF, Yale, Harvard
less exciting than football, Is none the
less Interesting to its admirers. The
nament, will begin at, Harvard School a,
3 o'clock. 1t will continue throughout the
week. The contestants are. Yale-R. L.
lanes Harris. r.. ,ae. and p. ospalding,
p. Roberts, 's4 Columbia-Edward
Hymes. '95. and Edward Lebaire. "a.
Harvara's Mott Haven team will begin
training Immediately after the Christmas
recess. Special efforts will be made to
bring out heavy men for the weights
The usual cross-country run of the ath-
letic association will not be held this
year.
Jack Sheehan Is nothing II not original.
He celebrated Christmas Day by taking
a plunge off Soule pier into the cold
waters Of Gravesend Bay. This morning
he says he feels like a bird"
Both factions in the New York Athletic
Club election fight profess to be con-
fient of success. The Weeks VS.. Schuy-
Ter contest has overshadowed all other
matters.
At New Orleans yesterday, the South
ern Athletic Club defeated the Pensacols
football team by q score of 80 to 0
Trenchard, Captain Of Princeton's eleven
was the umpire Sparrow" Robert
sons training is bearing fruit
PONY" Moore says Mitchell and Cor
bett are certain to meet in the ring. Thii